Seeing Li Leqing's troubled expression, Qiu Feng remained silent.
It seemed that not only Emperor Yu and the court but also the Academic Palace had tacitly approved this decision. At this moment, Yu Country was plagued by a rat epidemic from within and threatened by war from without, all while facing the looming presence of the high and mighty Haotian Taoist Sect. Any slight misstep could lead to the nation's downfall. In such a situation, the safety of Taiyuan Prefecture seemed trivial. Rather than continuing to invest meaningless manpower and resources here, it would be better to have the existing soldiers continue to encircle the city, forbidding anyone to leave. This would seal the rat plague and the even more dangerous Plague Demon Talismans within the city walls. But this also meant that many people would die.
