The General Who Only Knows How to Spoil His Beloved and Write Stories 53

Chapter 53: Betraying One’s Own

Dong—dong—

A muffled bell tolled throughout the capital. The common folk all sealed their doors and windows, and the garrisons and imperial guards all moved out, rushing towards the city gates.

Rong Feijun was startled and, opening his eyes, got up from Wulanbaer’s embrace.

“I’m going to the city gate.” He threw on his soft armor and hurried out of the room.

Wulanbaer was in no hurry to go out. He walked over to a rack where a map of the capital’s military layout and terrain was hanging, lost in thought.

He had discovered it long ago. Rong Feijun’s talent for governing was impeccable, and he knew a lot about military strategy. But he had very little experience in leading campaigns, and perhaps because he was too close to the situation, he had forgotten another possibility…

Wulanbaer put on his outer robe and strode away.

The capital had four gates: the main city gate, the west gate, the south gate, and the east gate.

The east gate was rarely used and had been abandoned for many years, so the court had simply sealed it. The west gate led to Shahan, and the south gate connected to Manluo. Rong Feijun was currently leading his troops to defend the main city gate against the Sheng Luo army’s attack. However, Wulanbaer did not lead his men to support him, instead going to the south gate…

“Just as I thought.” Looking at the fallen city gate guards and the scene of the King of Sheng Luo, Xuan Su, leading his men towards the south gate not far away, he sneered. The army at the main city gate was just a feint. The place Sheng Luo really wanted to capture was here! The weakly defended south gate!

The reason he had thought of this was because he had thought from the enemy’s perspective and had the keen intuition of a man who had fought for many years. And besides, he had heard Rong Feijun say before that Manluo seemed to have been forcibly bought over by Junce and Sheng Luo, so it was reasonable that Manluo would be willing to let Xuan Su pass through.

Seeing Wulanbaer and the Shahan people behind him stationed at the south gate, Xuan Su was a little surprised. His operation this time was very secret, and it was impossible for any news to have leaked. Unless this king had guessed his thoughts…

Just a guess, and he dared to lead his men here to wait for me? What if he had been wrong? What courage!

Xuan Su waved his hand for his troops to stop, and he himself rode to the city wall and said in a loud voice, “King of Shahan! The King of Langxuan’s intentions are known to the world. Rather than submitting to him after the world is unified, why not join forces with me and the King of Junce, and we can divide the world into three in the future? I guarantee that what the King of Langxuan can give you, I can definitely give you better.”

Wulanbaer smiled. “I am a man of high position and great wealth, and I can have a beauty with just a call. The Shahan people have never lost a battle. If I wanted this world, I could just take it. Do you think I would care for what you can give me?”

“Then what did the King of Langxuan give you to make you stand here and help him against me?” Xuan Su frowned.

Wulanbaer unexpectedly leaped down from the city wall and, with a swing of his saber, knocked him off his horse.

“Heh.” He sneered, looking down at Xuan Su from above, and said coldly, “Useless.”

With the explosion of the red signal flares, Qi Xiao subconsciously looked up at Fu Yunzhi. He shouldn’t have looked. The moment he did, his heart turned cold.

On the city wall, Wang Zhou had one arm around Fu Yunzhi’s waist and a dagger held to his neck. The skin on the neck was already fragile, and now, with the dagger rubbing against it, a faint red mark with traces of blood appeared.

The soldiers on the city wall who were covering Jiang Luori’s team were all stunned. This is…?

“Don’t mind us!” Fu Yunzhi shouted. “Do what you have to do! Protect yourselves!”

Before the soldiers could understand his last sentence, they saw the few Southern Conquest Army soldiers who had remained at the bottom of the city wall being surrounded by Wang Zhou’s Xianju City garrison. The garrison was trying to kill them all within the circle.

The garrison, which was in charge of logistics and dispersing the people, was numerous, while most of the Southern Conquest Army had already left the city gate to fight the enemy outside. There were very few left inside. So, after a round of killing, there were not many Southern Conquest Army soldiers left at the bottom of the city wall.

“Qi Xiao!” Wang Zhou waved his dagger. “If you still want him to live, then surrender obediently!”

Fu Yunzhi frowned. He could only blame himself for being unprepared and falling into the hands of this hypocrite who betrayed his own! Now, even if he told Qi Xiao to ignore him and focus on the battle, he probably wouldn’t.

Qi Xiao was so angry he was fuming.

“Wang Zhou! The court has not treated you unfairly! Why have you betrayed your country!”

He had been hit by two arrows earlier, and his body was a sea of red. Now, with his furious expression, he looked somewhat like the terrifying Shura. Wang Zhou’s hand couldn’t help but tremble.

The court treated him well, but it was just well. It didn’t make him a man above all others, he thought. Qi Xiao is the General of the South, and in the future, he will surely be the Grand Marshal. He was a dragon among men from the very beginning. And I, an ugly crow dressed in a phoenix’s feathers, am still just a lowly crow.

However, the King of Junce’s proposal…

“If Junce wins this war, you will be the General Who Guards the Nation, with power over the court and control over five cities.”

Wang Zhou’s eyes were red, and the hand holding the dagger was trembling.

“Qi Xiao! Don’t move! If you take one step, I’ll cut out one of Fu Yunzhi’s eyes. Two steps, both eyes. Let’s just see how many parts of his body we can cut off.” With that, he moved the dagger to Fu Yunzhi’s eye.

Qi Xiao’s whole body was stiff. He didn’t dare to move an inch, afraid that Wang Zhou’s hand would slip and hurt him.

Seeing that he couldn’t move, Zhuo Fang swung his sword at him.

Qi Xiao took a deep breath and closed his eyes, not moving at all.

Thump—

Zhuo Fang’s sword was blocked. Qi Xiao opened his eyes and saw Gu Sanqiu standing in front of him.

“Brother Qi! Are you alright?”

“I’m fine. Be careful…”

Gu Sanqiu’s martial arts were no match for Zhuo Fang’s. She struggled to block his attacks and was forced back step by step. Even so, she still gritted her teeth and didn’t let his sword hurt Qi Xiao.

Seeing a cut on her arm, Qi Xiao clenched his fists, never having felt so aggrieved, angry, and hateful.

He hated the traitor on the city wall, and he hated his own powerlessness even more!

Wang Zhou watched Gu Sanqiu’s desperate figure, and the force in his hand became uncontrollable. The dagger cut the corner of Fu Yunzhi’s eye, leaving a bleeding gash.

He couldn’t help but turn his head and let out a low cry of pain.

As he turned, he saw Mu Linglong hiding in a corner of the city wall, crawling forward silently. Seeing that he had noticed him, Mu Linglong shook his head and placed his index finger to his lips.

“Shh…”

At the same time, Jiang Luori and his team had also lost their target.

They had originally been guarding the city gate, doing their best to stop the living dead and the Junce army from attacking. With their interference, the large battering ram had been unable to be used.

But now, the living dead in front of them had started to spontaneously combust!

For some reason, flames erupted from their chests and gradually grew into a large fire, crackling as it burned their bodies.

“Gek gek gek gek gek—”

The living dead let out a strange sound and then charged at the city gate as if their lives depended on it.

Thump—

Thump thump—

Jiang Luori watched as these living dead crashed into the city gate one by one, not afraid of being shattered to pieces. Their bodies disintegrated on the gate, and the gate also caught fire, crackling as it began to burn.

He came back to his senses and shouted, “Stop them!”

However, these living dead were like fireballs, and they moved quickly. How could a mortal body of flesh and blood stop these moving balls of fire?

The city gate creaked under their impact and finally fell with a boom.

The heavy iron-and-wood gate fell to the ground, and dust flew everywhere. The Junce army cheered.

How can the city gate be so fragile! Fu Yunzhi thought. It fell after burning for a while and being hit a few times?

“You tampered with the city wall,” he said to Wang Zhou through gritted teeth.

It wasn’t a question, but a statement.

He glanced at the Xianju garrison at the bottom of the city wall and said faintly, “You won’t succeed.”

I will absolutely not let you succeed… A strange smile appeared on his face.