Moreover, the Sum Emperor's response was too direct; those were fifty thousand heavy cavalry, how could they be wiped out so easily? Others ministers, as well as the aristocratic families, will hardly believe such news when spoken aloud.
It was precisely because the message was too direct that Lin Gaoyuan felt it might not be false. Just like the initial annihilation of three hundred thousand from the Barbarian Tribe in North City, the more something seemed like false information, the more it became likely not to be.
Snapping back to reality, Zhao Wenhan immediately stood up and asked, "Your Majesty, has it been confirmed that the news is true? After all, that was fifty thousand heavy cavalry; how could they be so easily defeated?"