While earth-shaking changes occurred in Qufu City, the situation in Philadelphia became increasingly tense.

Philadelphia, Gongshan Mansion

Gongshan Buyi stood next to the main seat with a gloomy face. He kicked the seat behind him to the ground. More than a dozen people below were standing respectfully bowing their heads. The hall was full of tension. The reason for all this was caused by the bamboo slips in Gongshan Buyi's hand.

Gongshan Buying calmed down for a moment and said, "The King is bullying me too much. I have no other intentions. I just want to punish Ji Sun, seek justice for Lord Yanghu and protect all the Philadelphia tribes. You all have been following Lord Yanghu and I Gongshan to this point. Now Ji Yan is trying to cut off our retreat. Do you choose to sit and wait for death or fight to the death?"

Yes, when the coalition forces in Qufu were preparing, Gongshan Buyi placed his spies in Qufu and quickly sent the news back to Philadelphia. Gongshan Buyi did not expect that Qufu could join forces with Wu to organize a team of 20,000 people so decisively in such a short period of time.

A team of 20,000 people was not something that was less than 10,000 in Philadelphia and most of them were Yang Hu's men. Gongshan made the decision to "save the soldiers and protect the car". He proposed to Ji Yan that all the members would return to Qufu and obey the royal family's orders. However, just now, a bamboo slip covered with the seal of Lu Jun sent from the city was sent to Gongshan Buying's table, and the contents of the letter had been circulated in Philadelphia through unknown means.

"Mr. Gongshan, the king said that he had sent 20,000 troops to besiege Philadelphia in order to correct the national law. We deviated from Ji Sun because Ji Sun Yiru was suspicious of Lord Yanghu and even wanted to get rid of it quickly. He fled to Philadelphia for survival. During this period, he never had any disrespect to the king. How could he violate the national law? In my opinion, it would be better to open the city gate and surrender. As for Lord Yanghu's revenge, we must avenge it, but I have always had a doubt. Gongshan said that the Ji Sun family sent a killer to assassinate Lord Yanghu and burn the city lord's mansion. What is the evidence?"

The person who speaks is Guan Yi. He grew up with Yang Hu since childhood, which is the Uncle Guan that Yang Rui mentioned.

Gongshan Buying waved his hand and said, "Brother Guan Yi is such a bad word. If Lord Yang Hu's death was not done by Ji Sun's family, would there be someone else? Besides, since Ji Sun family would send someone to kill Lord Yang Hu, they must have believed that Ji Sun Yi died at our hands. Can this kind of thing as a slave killing the master be considered contrary to the laws of the country of Lu and even among the countries?"

"Ji Sun Yiru did not die at your and my hands, we have a clear conscience! Lord Yanghu~"

"Who can prove it?" Gongshan Buhuang directly interrupted Guan Yi's words and said with anger: "Besides, Ji Sun treats us like this, do we have to return to Qufu City to bow down? Are you planning to bring him back to the murderer before his body is cold?"

The loud voice of Gongshan was echoing in the hall, and most of the people present looked puzzled. If Gongshan was not angry, they would obviously fight for the 20,000 troops outside the city, which was not what they were happy to see.

He saw everyone's reaction and said in a deep voice: "We did not murder Ji Sun Yiru, nor did we, but Yang Hu, who did not murder Ji Sun Yiru, is no longer here. What about us? Return to Qufuzhong and return to us controlled by Ji Sun's family?"

Everyone remained silent, obviously considering their future.

Gongshan waved his hand and continued, "The enemy is outside. If you want to leave today, you can leave, but you must not disrupt the morale of the army in my city. Those who violate the violation will be killed. As for me, I will not leave unless the king is willing to severely punish Ji Sun and make us feel at ease."

Guan Yi looked at Gongshan who looked righteous and righteous. As soon as he was about to speak, his eyes suddenly widened, like a dead fish. On Guan Yi's neck, a sharp short sword pierced it through, and the tip of the sword was still dripping blood downwards.

Plop! Guan Yi fell down. The sudden change made everyone present unable to react. At this time, a man in black, covered in blood, stood not far away, and walked towards the hall. When he came to Gongshan Buying, he said in a hoarse voice: "Sir, the enemy outside the city has broken through the west gate of Philadelphia. There are people in the city who are inside. It is Guan Yi's people."

"What!" Gongshan Buqiu was shocked and shouted angrily: "What's the situation now?"

The man in black was even having difficulty speaking because of his serious injury. He shook his head and said, "A Er, A San and the others are still leading their troops to resist, but the gap in strength is too great, and they will probably attack soon."

Gongshan Buhui glanced at Guan Yi who was lying in a pool of blood, and then ignored everyone in the hall and walked straight to the backyard. Seeing that Gongshan Buhui left, everyone stood up. They had not yet come back to their senses from Guan Yi's sudden death, so naturally they did not want Gongshan Buhui, the last pillar, to leave easily.

Ada stretched out his blood-stained arm to stop everyone, and said in a cold voice: "Stay here or leave."

No one paid attention to Ada's obstruction, he joked, and the person in charge was about to leave again, so what should they do?

One person fell down, two people fell down, and the few people walking in the front fell down, and they were all sealed with a sword. Ada held the blood-stained sword in his hand and repeated in a cold voice: "Stay here or leave."

...

Half an hour later, in Gongshan Mansion, Shao Zheng took Xiaozhi and Yang Rui to stand in the main hall. Looking at the corpses on the ground, Xiaozhi said in a deep voice: "General, these people have just died shortly, Gongshan has not yet gone far. Do we want to order the pursuit?"

"No need," Shao Zheng shook his head and said, "When the city was broken, those men in black caught my attention. Their skills were extremely skilled. No one died in battle and disappeared without a trace. I think they were mostly protecting the Gongshan Mountain and fled. With these people in half an hour, they should have left Philadelphia. It is impossible to catch them."

Yang Rui, who was holding Guan Yi's body, said coldly: "So Uncle Guan died in vain?"

Although the city was successfully broken, thanks to Guan Yi's cooperation, and Guan Yi was willing to help the coalition forces because of Yang Rui, but Shao Zheng did not give Yang Rui any good face. He said expressionlessly: "The day before yesterday, you sneaked into the city and Xiaozhi to explain to him the truth about the matter. He just needs to work with us inside and outside. Today, Gongshan is not summoned to him. Since he is willing to die, who can he blame?"

"You're talking nonsense!" Yang Rui said angrily: "Uncle Guan just wants to kill his enemy with me."

Facing Yang Rui's roar, Shao Zheng's smiled and said softly, "The courage of an ordinary man." Shao Zheng's roar was not targeting Yang Rui, but just explained a fact. He was meticulous in marching and fighting, so he had to take risks even if he had to win? Similarly, Shao Zheng's roar did not regard Yang Rui as a child, because at Yang Rui's age he was already a soldier in the Lu Kingdom.

Yang Rui's negative emotions were getting higher and higher, and there was even a tendency to fight with Shao Zheng. Xiaozhi hurriedly grabbed Yang Rui and whispered: "It is not a good thing for Guan Yi to accompany Lord Yang Hu to die together. After all, he is a good brother for decades." After controlling Yang Rui's emotions, Xiaozhi continued: "Now the Philadelphia tribes do not know the truth, so you need to come forward to comfort me. For Lord Yang Hu and Guan Yi, cheer me up a little."

Yang Rui said sadly: "I understand." After returning to Philadelphia, Yang Rui confirmed the news of his father's death. Now he is closest to him. Seeing Guan Yi, who grew up, died of a bad life, he really couldn't accept it.

Because Yang Rui, the son of Yang Hu, came forward to explain everything, Yang Hu's old subordinates who had surrendered or wanted to break through, gathered together. They learned that everything was the blame for Gongshan Wushang, and they were just kept in the dark. After all, everyone settled down. In the end, except for a few Gongshan Wushang's close friends who broke through the siege and out of the city, the remaining nearly 8,000 people in the city were under the control of Shao Zheng and generals sent by major families.

The 5,000 people led by Shao Zheng and the 6,000 people of the Mengsun clan accounted for more than 50%. Therefore, with the support of Mengsun clan's supreme commander Mengsun clan, more than 8,000 people in Philadelphia were temporarily under the jurisdiction of Shao Zhengsun clan, and they would make plans after returning to Qufu. Other forces, including Shusun clan's supreme commander Shusun clan, were powerless even if they were dissatisfied with this. After all, there was a gap in power, and the head of the family also told him not to get into evil with the Wu army.

Except for Gongshan who did not lead some of the remnants to be found, the entire Philadelphia had fallen under the control of Shao Zhengye and others. After a day's rest, the army marched to Qufu in a mighty way. This battle did not end up like a war, but rather a ceremony to welcome nearly 10,000 people in Philadelphia to return to Qufu.

When the coalition forces and nearly 10,000 surrendered troops in Philadelphia went out of the west gate toward Qufu, Gongshan Buying stood on the small hill where Xiaozhi and Yang Rui fled from Philadelphia to watch all this, then turned around and said to Ada and others behind him, "How many people are left in Lingxiao?"

Ada said in a deep voice: "Less than a hundred people."

"Less than a hundred people~" Gongshan said as if he was sighing: "Let's go, Lu State has no place to live."

A Si, with messy hair, whispered: "Sir, where are we going?"

Gongshan Buyun looked at the sky and said in a daze: "I don't know either, go to the west to take a look~"
Chapter completed!