Cumeuppance

His own ragged breathing echoed in Cì Chuān’s ears. The sound of his stumbling footsteps as he raced through the city were drowned out by the blood pumping in his vains and the screams of anguish behind him.

How did this happen?! Why did this happen?! We were so close to conquering this kingdom, so why now?!

Everything had been going fairly well. His older brother had been leading their forces through the city, slowly conquering sections of the city a little at a time. Progress was much slower than they wanted, but that was to be expected. The forces arrayed against them were all Asura Realm cultivators, knew the city’s layout better, and had set up numerous chokepoints and ambushes. Their forces had dropped quite rapidly. Fortunately, they had thought to bring reinforcements. Even if they lost thousands of men, they still had plenty more to replace them.