She wasn’t even that sentimental, yet why were people in the great hall so agitated?
Gu Changsheng looked at the rather desolate great hall, resembling an empty house, and twitched her lips!
Actually, her original intent was really to stir things up, to ignite a bit of patriotic fervor, but before she could even begin to rouse them, this matter just muddled its way into happening!
This left Gu Changsheng rather bewildered!
"The people of the Southern Border have always been , you don’t need to fret over it." Gu Taitian glanced at his daughter, with the demeanor of a considerate father, finally offering words to soothe her tangled emotions.
"Hehe..." Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng immediately twitched her lips with an awkward smile, "Always been ... always been ... the Southern Border really has quite a tradition..."
Wasn’t it said that just one word from her would rally the troops?
But damn, she was literally struck dumb by the fervent crowd and didn’t even get to say a word before everyone scattered to attend to their own tasks!
Gu Changsheng painfully held her forehead, what on earth is this?
The eccentric citizens of the Southern Border, allowed to indulge in infighting to the point of crossing eyes, yet won’t permit outsiders to meddle even a smidgen?
This united front against external threats, this rallying together, gave Gu Changsheng a tinge of melancholy!
Apparently, her smooth advance into the Great Swamp Mountain owed itself to her birthright, just look outside the great hall, hearing of foreign invasion, Heluo City was in an uproar, the war drums thundered to the heavens!
The Southern Border, with their actions, demonstrated a truth to Gu Changsheng: internal strife is permissible, whatever! External threats, no way, everyone attacks!
Originally planning to make a brief stop in Heluo City and then continue north to join up with Flower Peacock, Gu Changsheng had to linger there for half a day!
Half a day later, expecting to head north with just over a thousand Great Accomplished Gu women of the Three Palaces, Gu Changsheng stepped out of the great hall, once again stunned by the Southern Border’s spirit of unity against outsiders!
Before the City Lord’s Great Hall in Heluo City, the vast square extended into a wide street leading outside the city, packed shoulder to shoulder, man and woman, old and young, some with pots on their backs, some with bundles, anything that could be transported from home was either carried on their backs or tied to carts!
The entire city mobilized, sparing no one from the old to the young!
"This... this..." Gu Changsheng looked at the crowd of no less than a million heads and was instantly dumbstruck, unable to speak.
Damn, are they going to war, or is this a migration?
The people of the Southern Border, you really know how to play!
Looking at the faces filled with excitement regardless of age, Gu Changsheng was internally on the verge of collapse!
This rallying together!
Damn, it’s way too tight!
"My lord, the order to gather troops to resist the enemy has been spread throughout the Southern Border’s thousands of mountains and cities using Gu insects. Although they cannot escort my lord north, they will assemble in the Great Swamp Mountain in the north, waiting for my lord’s arrival to command us Southern Border people to ride forth into the Central Plains!" A female official stepped forward and bowed, speaking solemnly.
That demeanor, as solemn as could be!
Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng immediately closed her eyes tightly!
Damn it! Who said she wanted to ride into the Central Plains?
She just wanted to drive out Southern Chen, bringing peace back to the Southwest and Central Plains! How did it turn into riding into the Central Plains?
Oh people of the Southern Border, how united you must be in facing external threats? How much spirit do you have?
Don’t force her onto the stage to make a name for herself in the Central Plains!
"Um... can we leave these underage youngsters out of this?" Gu Changsheng pointed to the solemn youngsters standing to the side, speaking awkwardly.
Don’t include the future blossoms of the Southern Border in this! They’re just in their teens, what good would they do on the battlefield? Sweep blood?
"Defending home and country, protecting the Southern Border, is the responsibility of each and every son!" The female official spoke with overwhelming vigor.
The group of youngsters nodded repeatedly.
Gu Changsheng was silent, pointing at the wrapped baby on the back of another female official, speaking exasperatedly, "Then the nursing babies don’t need to come, right?"
What good would a nursing baby do heading north? Crying for milk?
"In times of national crisis, everyone has a responsibility, as a citizen of the Southern Border, no one can stand by! If I were to die on the battlefield, the blood of my young daughter should also serve as a tribute to the battle spirit of our Southern Border Miao Ethnic Group!" The female official carrying the wrapped baby knelt, speaking resolutely.
Upon hearing this, Gu Changsheng felt like blood was rushing from her heart!