The Wang Family, altogether, including the approaching Desolate Calamity, had never anticipated that Zhao Changhe could actually be so shameless.
Previously, how did everyone conduct war? Cui Wen Jing and Wang Daoning, very tacitly and elegantly, would chat idly by the water, far away from the battlefield. Once finished, they would begin to fight on their own. Whether victory or defeat ensued, the others would not easily intervene in that battle.
When Yanmen was fought over like that, Tie Muer did not rush to be the first over the walls, largely because he feared being surrounded and Xia Longyuan descending from the heavens. But at least half of it was due to being unable to let go of face.
With the prowess of the Heavenly List, to massacre a bunch of soldiers who didn't even have the Mystical Gate was something the world would laugh at. If you've taken that city, you've also lost your face. Unless it was an extremely critical dead end, not many would do such a thing.
