บท 192: Chapter 138: Returning to Changning Again_2

He had to give face to his good friend's father-in-law who had come to persuade him; otherwise, things could go wrong.

Moreover, deep down, Lu Yuan knew that the court might be tolerating him up to the limit. If he continued playing the game of not moving his troops, a confrontation was bound to happen.

He didn't want to have a falling out with the court just yet.

After all, the court currently had four Inborn Grandmasters as well as hundreds of thousands of soldiers; their strength was not weak.

Based on their recent actions, the court was even trying to win over the innate sects from the Jianghu. If they were to succeed, the sinking ship that was Da Yue might hold on for another few decades.

Turning against them now was not a good time.

'Fine, fine, I'll deploy troops. The prefecture only asked me to save Hengyang, not to suppress the Seven Star Sect.

At most, I'll lead these 15,000 soldiers to Hengyang and drive back the invading enemy forces.