The fighting lasted until late at night, when the ice and snow became more and more violent, and corpses blocked the city gate before they had to stop.
Ji Dan looked at the military report in his hand and kept rubbing his eyebrows. In just half a day, they had destroyed five battalions and schools, maimed nearly ten, and killed and injured more than 20,000 people.
"Your Majesty!" General Yan Yi called Ji Dan in a low voice.
Ji Dan then raised his head, looked at Yan Yi, and asked, "Is Lord Chang Guo back?"
"No!" Yan Yi shook his head.
Ji Dan's brows tightened, and there was no news from Lejian. So what was he doing here this time?
All the generals bowed their heads and said nothing. They had long advised Ji Dan not to mobilize the army before Lord Chang returned, but Ji Dan didn't listen. When he saw the city gate opened, he thought he had a chance of winning, and showed a benevolent and filial gesture.
I have to personally lead the horse and bridle the horse for Mr. Yan Chun, lower my posture, and hope to get Mr. Yan Chun’s understanding...
But, doesn’t the king know that any movement of the army before the dust settles will be regarded as fraud and attack by the other party?
The generals all sighed in their hearts, what a failure!
"The king has attacked the city?" Lejian was not imprisoned in the palace of Fangcheng City Lord, but he was not allowed to leave. He looked at Yan Chunjun who returned to the palace to recuperate and asked hurriedly.
He had been anxious these past few moments and thought a lot. Someone wanted him dead, so they bewitched the king to attack the city? Or had the king already abandoned him and deliberately asked him to confuse Lord Yan Chun?
When people are confused, they always think of the worst, and the same is true for Lejian. The most important thing is that he does not trust Ji Dan from the bottom of his heart.
If Ji Dan trusted him, he would not have taken back his military power after he defeated Donghu, and the position of general would still be in the hands of the incompetent Yan Yi.
In Ji Dan's eyes, he was just a tool, a tool that was used only when needed. It was the same this time. If he hadn't had an old relationship with Yan Chunjun, I'm afraid Ji Dan wouldn't have thought of him.
"Yes, is this your sincerity? You would actually believe that a regicide who killed his king, his father, and his master would be honest, benevolent, and moral!" Yan Chunjun sneered and asked the imperial doctor to treat him.
Le Jian didn't say anything, and he didn't expect that Ji Dan would actually use troops during the negotiation period. This was a disregard for his life and death!
"Send me out of the city, and I will ask the king face to face why he is like this!" Le Jian was also very angry.
Yan Chunjun looked at Lejian, and then shook his head: "Listen to my advice, you will die if you go back. In this battle, the Yan army was defeated. Based on my understanding of the evil barrier, it will definitely be blamed for the defeat.
If it comes to you, you will definitely die when the time comes!"
Didn't Lejian know this? He finally sighed and looked at the roof blankly. Lecheng had also advised him to join Zhao, but he thought that Ji Dan would change. He would be the master of the rejuvenation of the Yan Kingdom and would lead the Yan Kingdom.
He wanted to become more powerful, so he refused, but he didn't expect that he was too naive.
"Take Chang Guojun down!" Looking at Lejian's loss of consciousness, Yan Chunjun sighed. He had experienced Lejian's current situation before, but His Majesty pulled him out of the abyss and gave him life in the mist.
He pointed the way.
However, who will show him the way in Lejian now?
Lejian was in a state of despair and was taken to a small courtyard to rest by the guards, but could not sleep for a long time. Finally, he walked to the courtyard with his sword in hand, and carefully wiped the sword that had been with him for half his life in the army. His eyes were reflected by the light of the snow.
Then he slowly placed the sword on his neck.
"Who!" Just when Lejian was about to draw his sword and kill himself, he suddenly felt that there was someone else in the courtyard, and he instantly pointed his sword at the figure.
"Is it worthy of Yan to die like this?" the visitor said calmly.
"Who are you?" Le Jian frowned and shouted coldly. His loud shouting did not alert the guards around him. It was obvious that the person who came here was evil.
"It doesn't matter who we are, what's important is that we can use Lord Chang Guo's body!" Le Jian's attention was attracted by the person in front of him, because he failed to notice that a figure appeared behind him and slapped him with a palm.
On the back of his head.
Le Jian felt his eyes go dark, and suddenly shouted loudly: "Enemy attack!"
"Oops!" The assassins who sneaked in were shocked. They had no intention of killing Lejian, but just wanted to control Lejian. Therefore, the strength of the palm was reduced a lot, but they did not expect that Lejian did not fall unconscious immediately.
Early warnings can also be issued.
Yan Chunjun, who was about to go to sleep, woke up instantly, rolled over and got out of bed, held the long sword in his hand, and hid behind the pillar, and Jueying came to his side immediately.
The sound of armor leaves clashing also arrived, and the guards of the City Lord's Mansion also rushed in immediately, protecting Lord Yan Chun in the middle.
"Who issued the early warning!" Yan Chunjun asked hurriedly.
"This is Lord Chang Guo's courtyard!" Jueying is the top expert in the City Lord's Mansion, so she also knows better where the alarm came from.
"Quickly, send a group of people to surround the small courtyard!" Yan Chunjun is not stupid. He can sneak into the city lord's palace quietly and make Le Jian unable to resist and issue an early warning. He must be a master-level or even a grandmaster-level expert.
To deal with such people, only mobilizing an army is possible!
In Lejian's small courtyard, the guards arrived quickly, but when they entered the courtyard, they only saw Lejian sitting in front of the pavilion with his back to them.
"Is Mr. Chang Guo okay?" the captain of the guard asked cautiously without approaching, half unsheathing his sword.
"It's okay, the thief has been frightened away by everyone." Lejian said calmly, his voice was dull.
"The Lord of Nachang continues to rest, I will take my leave first." The captain of the guard led the guards and retreated out of the small courtyard.
The captain of the guard put his hands behind his back, made a gesture, and then slowly led the people out.
"What a danger!" Seeing the guards withdrawing, a man walked out of the shadow of Lejian's body. If they hadn't used the Yin Yang family's puppetry to control Lejian immediately, they might have been surrounded by the army.
"Almost!" The other person also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Peng!" There was a loud noise, and the walls around the courtyard collapsed!
"Buzz buzz~"
"Swish swish~"
The rapid sound of bowstrings and crossbows and the sound of arrows breaking through the air could be heard instantly.
Before the two assassins had time to relax, countless arrows shot toward the two of them, and even Lejian's body was covered by the arrows.
"Soldiers never tire of deceit, they have fallen into a trap!" The two men immediately understood. The captain of the guard had discovered that they were just deliberately paralyzing them.
It's just that they don't understand. Aren't they afraid that they will accidentally kill Le Jian?
The captain of the guard directed the guards who came to tear down the courtyard wall, and then shot arrows at the two of them and Lejian, not caring about Lejian's life or death at all.
"They should be able to protect Lord Chang!" The captain of the guard was actually a little worried. He knew very well that these assassins were very powerful and it was difficult to save people from them.
If they wanted to protect themselves, they would also protect Lejian, so they dared to order arrows to be fired indiscriminately.
Finally, the two assassins swept away the arrows and protected the sleeping Lejian.
"It's okay!" The captain of the guard also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this.