It doesn't matter what the lord is.

That night, when the rear team was packing their bags, suddenly flames shot up into the sky.

The trumpets sounded passionately and the drums of war shook the sky.

Fang Shisan's army appeared silently on the front battlefield, with an extremely fierce murderous aura, like a sharp blade that had been hidden for a long time and finally unsheathed, instantly piercing into the Yunyang Army's camp.

49. Can’t Leave

The main force of this attack was the [Xuanjia Battalion] led by Luger, but it was not just the Xuanjia Battalion.

The ones charging in the front were the members of the evil party who had obtained official status in Yuxi City. There were about fifty of them, led by Qian Teng, the first person to join Yuxi City. Qian Teng was still the same. The darkness blurred his face, and only his eyes reflecting the moonlight and his snow-white teeth could be seen clearly. His devilish smile and the great sword that could cut countless people in two in the blink of an eye made the soldiers of Yunyang feel cold in their hearts when they first stepped onto the battlefield.

Pingzi, who joined Yuxi City at the same time as him, did not come. He was in Fengyan City to protect the safety of Selaginella. But this time, the four new kings also shined on the battlefield. [Ghost Hand] Walter was like swimming in the crowd, sneering and wandering in Yunyang's army. When he was blocked by a soldier, he raised his hand to push him aside. The venom corroded the armor and the flesh together, and the people who were touched quickly turned into a pool of blood. [White Face] Jade Owl used a fan to elegantly smash the throats of the surrounding soldiers. The people who were hit would stand still in place for a while, and then suddenly fall down. His clothes were not even stained with blood, and they were always clean and new, with the demeanor of a celebrity and aristocrat.

In comparison, [Broken Sword] Arwen and [Fugitive] Set's killing methods were a bit brutal, all of them were big and violent with great momentum, except that Arwen had a slightly fanatical smile on her face, while Set's hoarse venting was mixed with a bit of pain.

They are not soldiers, but they like the battlefield and the feeling of killing.

Taking human lives can help them conduct experiments, relieve their boredom, sharpen their swordsmanship, or vent their pain. In short, for various purposes, they gathered in Yuxi City and were willing to exchange occasional battles for a long-term place to stay.

These people are a unique existence in Yuxi City, and Reed even set up an organization specifically for them.

Its name is, [Evil Valley].

In addition to the masters of the Evil Valley who were at the forefront, Luger's Black Armor Battalion followed closely behind. This army could be said to be the elite trained in Yuxi City, and some of them were veterans who had experienced the "one gold to buy bones" incident of Lide.

The Black Armor Battalion, together with the newly recruited soldiers, barely reached a thousand people, but they were the main force of this war. The number of the Evil Valley masters responsible for clearing the way was small, and even if each of them killed a dozen people, the damage to the Yunyang army would still be very limited. Their role was more to create chaos and directly break the formation of the Yunyang army, so that the Black Armor Battalion could perform better.

The Xuanjia Camp did live up to everyone's expectations and was unstoppable.

Unlike the members of the Evil Valley who were killing people everywhere, the formation of the Black Armor Camp had never been disrupted since the beginning of the attack. They kept moving forward, and under great pressure, they killed the Yunyang army. The blade of the knife in Luger's hand was bent, and he changed to another one. He still remembered the principle that Lid taught him: since you choose to use a knife, you must move forward without hesitation. A little hesitation may cost you your life.

No one in the entire Black Armor Battalion retreated, even if their companions fell down every time they took a step forward, the survivors still bravely moved forward. After killing through the Yunyang army, the rear team of the Black Armor Battalion became the front team, and rushed back in the direction they had just come from, and once again opened up a bloody path in the rushing Yunyang army.

With Ferrog already dying, the lieutenant Petis could not command the army as the commander did. Yunyang Prince Liyi desperately shouted at Petis to calm the situation down and lead him to break out to the east. The whole situation was in complete chaos.

The soldiers of Yunyang were still fighting. After all, a considerable number of them came from the two territories of Huaiwang and Qiming. Their combat effectiveness was also very high. Moreover, the lower-level officers were still alive. After being beaten, they quickly organized people to resist. After all, the army of Yunyang had the advantage in numbers. After they reacted, the Black Armor Battalion could no longer charge into the battle array as easily as before. Instead, they encountered considerable resistance, and the casualties increased. The advancement speed began to slow down.

But at this moment, an unexpected situation occurred to the Yunyang army again.

As tiny golden lights fell from the sky in the dark night, the wounded soldiers in the Black Armor Camp suddenly regained their fighting power, and the situation that had been deadlocked for a while instantly fell in favor of the Black Armor Camp again. Luger was stabbed in the abdomen, and blood kept pouring out. However, at this moment, he swung his sword and knocked down the Yunyang officer who was about to attack him. He took two deep breaths, loosened his hand covering his abdomen, and the original injury disappeared.

Luger looked into the distance. On the wall of Rivet City, a girl stood silently under the moonlight. She raised her arms high, and golden light flowed out from Rivet City. Under her guidance, it merged into the sky above the heads of the warring parties. The light scattered like fireworks and fell into the world. When the soldiers of the Black Armor Camp touched this firefly-like light, a warm feeling immediately flowed through their bodies, the pain disappeared, and the wounds healed.

The wind was very strong tonight, blowing off the hood of the cloaked girl on the city wall, revealing a pair of long elf ears.

Pettis also stared at Rivet City, his eyes wide as big as copper bells, and blurted out:

"Saint?! How could there be a saint in this place..."

This was the first time that Pettis had seen the Saint in Yunyang. Not to mention Yunyang, no one in any of the territories outside the top ten had ever heard of a Saint. Why would there be a Saint in Yuxi City?

Before he could recover from the extreme shock, Li Yi's angry roar came from afar:

"Petis! What are you doing?! I handed the army over to you, not to let you be suppressed by such a small number of enemies. Quickly get rid of these guys and take me back! Do you hear me——"

During the riot, Li Yi couldn't figure out where Pettis was, so he could only shout at the top of his lungs.

Pettis had no time to respond to Li Yi, because Ferrog on his back was breathing hard at the moment, and said weakly:

"An army like this... has a chance of winning even if it starts a head-on battle with us."

Amid the splashing flames, the shouting and cursing of Li Yi, and the fighting of countless soldiers, Pettis listened attentively to his teacher's last words:

"Fang Shisan did so much just to reduce her own sacrifice and leave us no way to retreat. Her target from the beginning was the prince... I thought I could stand on the right side this time, regain control of Yunyang's military power, and purge those parasites in the army, but I didn't expect that greed would lead to such bad consequences. Let's go, Pettis, put me down and take the prince away... Before they send people to hunt you down, take the mountain road and hide as far away as possible-"

Ferrog's white-haired face showed a look of pain, his eyes were filled with dense bloodshot, and he growled:

"Go quickly!!"

These two words seemed to have exhausted all of Ferrog's strength. The moment the words came out of his mouth, the old Yunyang general coughed violently, blood kept flowing out of his mouth and nose, and his vitality was quickly drained away.

Pettis nodded, gritted his teeth, and vowed to avenge his teacher.

He gently placed Ferrog on the ground, raised his head, and suddenly found that he could not hear Li Yi's shouting. Petis turned around, wanting to find the prince of Yunyang and take him away from this battlefield where there was no chance of winning, but he found nothing after looking around. Petis could only stand up on his knees, and kept walking through the fighting soldiers, looking for Li Yi's figure on the battlefield.

Finally, he found it.

At the same time, great despair completely bound him like a net.

The blonde swordswoman held the sword in one hand and with the other hand dragged the unconscious Li Yi like a dead dog, walking towards him calmly.

50. After a long separation, let’s have a fight first.

The Lord of Yunyang never waited for his son. The commander of the Yunyang Army, Feroge, was killed, and the 5,000 soldiers were almost wiped out. Li Yi was also forcibly taken back to Yuxi City by Alaiya.

On that day, Lid announced the result of the war and officially took over Fengyan City and Lianbo City, further expanding his sphere of influence.

Looking at the Yunyang Lord who was reluctant to withdraw his troops, Lid, who was standing solemnly on the city wall, shook his head and said:

"When you are beaten, you must stand at attention, and Prince Yunyang is no exception. Father, if you have the time to guard the city, you might as well go back and send a more capable envoy to negotiate."

After saying this, he turned around and left without looking at Lord Yunyang's reaction. Lord Yunyang, who had not dared to take action before, would not do anything desperate after the dust settled. Since Lid said that the matter could be resolved through negotiation, Lord Yunyang would definitely not pin his hopes on suppressing it by force.

When withdrawing troops, Lord Yunyang frowned, turned around on his horse and looked towards Lianbo City.

Lid's figure had disappeared, but Lord Yunyang still muttered to himself:

"Why is it you..."

He didn't say anything else, his eyes filled with unwillingness and anger that he couldn't hide. He pulled the reins hard and went back to Lingyun City.

……

……

……

Reed met his brother again in Yuxi City.

The difference is that last year in Lingyun City, he had to work hard to escape from his father and brother. With a small fortune he earned, and only Alayya by his side, he traveled thousands of miles to the most dilapidated Yuxi City in Yunyang to take up his post. To the east was Li Neng, the number one licker of Li Yi, to the west were the demons who came to collect money every few days, to the north was Zhaochen, Yunyang's mortal enemy, eyeing him covetously, and to the south were the Yunhai merchants who wanted to drain his wallet.

In the blink of an eye, one year has passed.

All of Lineng's fiefdoms were transferred to Lide, and the King of the East of the Demon Tribe also signed a friendly treaty with Yuxi City. Not to mention the north and south, Bai Huang, one of the Phoenixes of the Sea of ​​Clouds, is now serving as the Chief Inspector of Yuxi City, and the thirteenth daughter of Lord Zhaochen was dug up by Lide with a hoe.

So what did Li Yi do during this year?

He became the Prince of Yunyang as he wished.

Other than that, no more.

When he was in the capital, he listened to the lies of Kaia, Norn and others, and repeatedly made trouble for Lid, and even took advantage of Lid's absence in Yuxi City to let Li Neng launch a sneak attack. This time, he also promised the interests of Yunyang to Kaia and Norn in exchange for their support, completely ignoring how much loss Yunyang would suffer in the future.

He seemed to have gained a lot in the past year, including status, power, foreign aid, army... However, he had never thought about one problem: if one's virtue does not match his position, there will be disaster.

Is he worthy?

When they met again, Li De looked the same as before, still wearing gorgeous clothes and looking like a dandy. Li Yi, who once pointed at Li De's nose and cursed "I want you to die, why don't you die", was now tied up and imprisoned.

Although he tried to show an attitude of not giving in, his knees kept shaking, and his eyes wandered between Lid and Alaiya. After the rag stuffed in his mouth was taken off, Li Yi immediately spoke:

"Xian, Xian brother, what are you doing? I know you have always been jealous of me, but the identity of Yunyang's prince is already mine. Even if you kill me, father will never let you be the prince. Just give up on this idea! Besides, you are so naughty and idle. Yunyang must not be destroyed in your hands!"

Lid looked at him for a while, sighed, and said:

"Hey, you look like a human being, but why don't you speak like a human being?"

Seeing that he looked lazy and casual, Li Yi felt more confident and began to increase his efforts:

"My dear brother, I am now the Prince of Yunyang. Think it through! I know that you used my third brother to blackmail my father and made a fortune. I also know that you plan to repeat the same trick and use me to cheat some money. But I advise you to be more respectful. If it weren't for the incompetence of Ferrog and Petis, you wouldn't even have the chance to talk to me now. To put it bluntly, you are just lucky! With my status, even if I have to be inferior to others temporarily, I must serve you well. I tell you, even if I lose a hair, don't even think about explaining to my father."

Lid waited patiently for him to finish speaking, then walked forward with a smile and asked:

"Li Yi, do you know where this is?"

Li Yi sneered and replied:

"Isn't it just Yuxi City? It's shabby and a city that I, Yunyang, don't even like!"

Reed raised his head, as if recalling something, and then looked away.

There was something covered by a black and red curtain.

“This is the memorial hall.”

After saying these six words, Lid walked slowly towards there and pulled down the black-red curtain. Underneath was a gray-white stone tablet, engraved with names one after another, many of which were stained with dark red blood. Li Yi frowned slightly, not knowing what Lid meant by showing him these. When he was wondering, Lid turned around and said to him:

"Li Yi, the time when I wanted to destroy your third-rate martial arts and cripple you the most was when you said in Lingyun City that you had had improper thoughts about Alaiya."

Lid's voice was calm, but beneath the calmness there was a hint of coldness:

"And the time when I wanted to kill you the most was when I learned that Yuxi City was doing its best to resist the attack of the demons, and you and your men had been stabbing us in the back. Everyone who left their names on this stone tablet had a chance to escape death, but because of you, they can only sleep here forever, and many of them even have no remains left."

Li Yi continued to sneer.

Lid put his hands in his sleeves and said to him:

"When I was in Tianxing City, I knelt in the mourning hall and apologized for the soldiers who died because of me. Now, it is your turn to apologize to those who died because of you. I promised the people in the city that I would seek justice for all the dead."

Li Yi spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm. He originally wanted to spit on the stone tablet, but the distance was not enough, so he only spit on the ground in front of the stone tablet.

Li Yi's voice was filled with disdain:

"Lid, are you crazy? You asked me to apologize to these lowly people, I'm fucking——"

Before Li Yi finished speaking, he was interrupted by Li De. The latter looked normal and only said three words:

"Alaiya!"

Alayya raised her sword and swung it down, the long sword [Youlong] that had not yet been unsheathed was suddenly pulled down, directly breaking Li Yi's kneecap.

With a pig-like wail, Li Yi's body involuntarily fell to his knees, twisting on the ground like a worm. But he still refused to bow his head, staring at Li De with his red eyes, and said hatefully:

"How dare you, how dare you——"

Alayya hit him on the back with another sword, shaking his internal organs. He spat out blood and the acid in his stomach on the ground, and kept retching. He arched his body like a bean worm and stretched it out again, moving on the ground with difficulty, laughing strangely, and comforting himself like a madman:

"You're done. Father will never let you go!"

Alayya took a step forward, her face expressionless the entire time. She raised her unsheathed sword high in the air, drew a perfect arc, and slapped Li Yi in the face, causing the right half of his face to swell up and he spat out two or three broken teeth.

Li Yi finally broke down, kowtowed and wailed.

Reed was too lazy to watch this scene any longer. He pulled his coat tighter and walked out the door.

The door was already blocked by people who had gathered there at some point in time. After Reed came out, everyone automatically made way for him.

"I have partially fulfilled my promise to you."

As Reed walked, he said:

"In addition to the villains who stabbed us in the back, there are also the demons who massacred our compatriots. This hatred will be settled one day."

After a brief silence, the crowd was in an uproar and cheers reached the sky.

51. I Decided It's You

Some are happy and some are sad.

This war was a great victory for Lid and his Yuxi City, but it was a complete defeat for Yunyang.

Veteran General Ferrog led 5,000 elite troops but suffered a defeat, and even his own son became a hostage. It can be said that he was completely ashamed to face people after such a defeat. But life must go on as usual. The most urgent task at the moment is to rescue Li Yi from Yuxi City, otherwise it will bring countless troubles to Yunyang over time.

Lord Yunyang summoned his envoys, explained the reason to them, and promised them a huge reward in the hope that they would go to Yuxi City to negotiate with Lide. A huge reward would surely attract brave men, and many members of the envoys were ready to act, but the consul of the envoys, Larte, shook his head and stood up to Lord Yunyang and said:

"My Lord, it is not convenient for us to come forward on this matter. First, we are a territory-level envoy group. Every time we go out, we only negotiate with other lords. If we come to meet the Lord of Yuxi City, it will be easy for him to realize how much you value this matter, and then he will ask for a high price. Second, once we come forward, it means that you have intervened in the struggle between your heirs, which will have a great impact on your reputation. Third, we have always been responsible for the diplomacy of Yunyang Territory, and we know very little about the internal struggles. Even if we are allowed to go, we may not be able to achieve the desired results."

Lord Yunyang couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Larter stroked his beard and advised:

"Lord, you might as well find some reliable people around the prince and have them go to Yuxi City to negotiate. This way, the matter will still look like a conflict between the prince and Li De. In my opinion, what the lord of Yuxi City wants is nothing more than money and land. Anyway, the fifth son Li Ze is in his hands now. At most, the six remaining cities of Li Ze can be given to him legitimately, which will definitely save the prince's life. After all, there is no mortal hatred between Li De and the prince, just some conflicts. Li De should not make things too difficult for the prince."

Lord Yunyang sighed and sent him away.

Larte was one of the few retainers under him who did not get involved in the internal strife in Yunyang. He usually spent most of his time traveling to various territories with the envoys. He seemed to be unaware that the lord of Yunyang had wanted to use Lide as a sacrifice, that Liyi had launched more than 120 assassination attempts on his brother, and that he did not know the truth behind Lide's escape from Yuxi City.

Since his own envoys were useless, Lord Yunyang naturally turned his attention to Li Yi's envoys.

The delegation led by Zi Pu had just returned not long ago. This time, they went to Huayue City on behalf of Li Yi to negotiate with Kaia and Noren, and won three thousand soldiers and countless supplies from the two of them. It can be seen that these women that Li Yi trusts are still quite powerful.

Thinking of this, Lord Yunyang summoned Zi Pu, the consul of the envoy group, and first gave her a generous reward to reward her for her outstanding performance in the negotiations in Huayue City. Then, when she was smiling, he asked her to go to Yuxi City to rescue Li Yi.