Martial Arts Arena.
Apart from those looking out from the Great Wall, all the officers and soldiers at the garrison were assembled.
Xiang Tingchun strode onto the high platform with a bold step.
Even from dozens of steps away, everyone could sense that Lord Thousand Households was in high spirits.
"Brothers!"
Xiang Tingchun's voice boomed like a great bell, "Today, I have two matters to announce.
"Do you still remember, at the beginning of our nation's founding during the Yongchang era, our court had over three million soldiers, yet not one lacked food or clothing, and all were high in fighting spirit!"
"Alas, calamities and disasters have been unending since then.
"To the point where our Po Yang County even experienced wage and food shortages in the early years, resulting in many brothers suffering from hunger and cold, who were forced to flee and become refugees.