He Runxian was in an extremely foul mood; Zuo Jing City pulling the "assisted defense" move was just shameless.
Combat strength was short everywhere on the planet right now—was it really worth assigning people to help defend a factory that was basically shut down?
If we were really that important, then at the very least… shouldn't you give us some military orders?
But this was also a move he had no way to refuse. There were many stated reasons for "assisted defense," but roughly speaking, it meant the local side deemed a certain position very important and had to operate this way, and they were entitled to refuse to give any clear explanation.
Hesheng could disagree, but could not oppose it; it involved a key position on the battlefield, very likely enough to sway the course of the war.
