As Su Jin had expected, after no more than four or five days, Marquis Dongxiang went out on horseback for a round and came back, then issued the final ultimatum to Nanliang.
This war is one you Nanliang insisted on fighting. Now you say you don't want to fight, hang up a truce plaque and think you can pretend nothing ever happened?
There's no such bargain.
If you want to fight, then keep fighting. If you don't, then surrender and sue for peace.
If you keep staying silent and fobbing us off with a truce plaque, Daqi will attack the city tomorrow.
The truce plaque had been hanging for over a month and Daqi hadn't reacted. Now that an ultimatum came out of nowhere, the Nanliang Military Camp was thrown into complete panic.
Duke Huguo was dead, General Shi had rebelled; although the Prince of Nanliang was sitting in command, everyone felt he was too young and not enough to shoulder such a heavy responsibility.
