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He waved a hand and said, “No matter. His Highness did his best. I know how hard it is to borrow troops. For His Highness to specially inform me, I’m already very grateful.”
He had begged people all over Lingxu City, and in the end, every request had sunk like a stone into the sea. Most had not even earned him a reply.
Fushan Yue had actually sent someone to apologize. That was already extremely courteous.
“It is simply too much of a pity.”
Nian Zanli understood the words “troops are hard to borrow” better than anyone.
For the past two months, he had worked every possible connection in Lingxu City, hoping someone could persuade the Lord Emperor to lend him several tens of thousands more elite troops.
The Battle of Han River had left both sides badly wounded.
He knew very well that whether it was Xia Province or Yuan, both had been drained of strength. Neither could withstand another proper war!
If he could borrow troops, then his next victory would be almost certain.
Unfortunately, he simply could not borrow them.
It could not be said that the Lord Emperor was unmoved by his plan to counterattack Yuan. Rather, he had no interest in it whatsoever.
Even when Nian Zanli described victory as something within easy reach.
As Beijia’s Lord Emperor, he had seen and heard far too many promises...
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