Most of these commoners were the families of the officials of Yueming Empire. Staying in Pingyang City would not do them any good, so they chose to escape.
As for the other commoners, as long as they had enough food to eat, they would have no objections to whoever became their city lord.
"They can't even defend a city. Why should I even have them?" he cursed.
"Your Highness…" The leader of the shadow guards opened his mouth but did not say anything.
The army followed commands; therefore, the deputy generals could only obey the commander. Did Ming Fucheng forget that he was the commander of the Yueming army?
There were so many deputy generals. It was already good enough that they did not have any internal conflicts. All deputy generals were of the same rank, and nobody could take command. How were they going to fight this battle?
