Imperial Prison.
Jiang Tian walked up to Murong Xue.
"Young Master Murong, it's been a few days. How have you been?" Jiang Tian looked at Murong Xue, who had been beaten so badly that it was unbearable to look at. "You people are too ruthless. Look at what you've done to Young Master Murong."
He looks like this, even his mother probably wouldn't recognize him.
Upon hearing this, Murong Xue thought Jiang Tian was sympathizing with him.
"Lord Jiang, I know I was wrong. Please discipline your subordinates."
"They beat me to death."
"I told you, as long as you let me go, I'll give you whatever money you want."
"I just beg you to stop hitting me."
Before he could finish speaking, the guy burst into tears.
"How many young girls have you fooled?" Jiang Tian asked. If he hadn't appeared in time, Princess Qiong Yao would have been taken advantage of by this bastard.
"My lord, this is not my fault. My lord, you know that I, Murong Xue, am handsome and dashing. I don't even need to beckon to those young girls who come up to me and throw themselves at me."
Jiang Tian hated it most when Murong Xue, a man who looked like a transvestite, said such things.
"Keep hitting them, they're not hitting them hard enough."
Soon, the whip rained down on Murong Xue's body.
Murong Xue's scars hadn't even scabbed over yet when she was whipped open again, leaving her covered in blood.
"Lu Jianxing, how much silver has this guy sent over?"
"Chen Jianghe has already gone to the capital of the Xianbei with those five million taels of silver notes. I wonder if he has arrived yet."
Jiang Tian patted Murong Xue's face: "I think your father, Murong Chui, doesn't care about your life or death at all. He actually sent people to try to kidnap me."
Jiang Tian snapped his fingers.
Murong Min and the other person were brought in.
Upon seeing Murong Min, Murong Xue flew into a rage: "You two bastards, who sent you?"
"Young Master, the Commander-in-Chief has been concerned about your safety and hopes we can rescue you."
Murong Xue swore out every single swear word she knew in her life.
This guy cursed for the duration of an incense stick burning, until his mouth was dry.
"Murong Chui, you bastard, I told you not to come and save me, not to come and save me."
"Your wolf guards are too incompetent. They can't save me; they can only torture me."
"Murong Min, how many people did you bring this time? Where are the others? Tell me quickly, otherwise not only will you be in trouble, but your eldest son will also be in trouble."
Murong Min and his companion had long since lost their composure.
"Please calm down, Lord Jiang, we were wrong."
"We will never dare to do it again."
Our hideout is in a courtyard in the west of the city. They're telling me to send men right now to arrest them; they'll be sure to catch them all, not a single one will escape.
"Li Yuanba, take your men to the address Murong Yun gave you and arrest him. Kill him if you can."
Ever since Lan Fenghuang said that the disguise techniques these Xianbei wolf guards knew were only superficial.
Jiang Tian didn't have a good impression of these wolf guards.
Keeping them around is pointless.
"promise……"
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The capital of the Xianbei people.
Murong Kang knelt respectfully before Murong Chui.
"Why are you back so soon? Did you see the eldest young master?" Murong Chui asked.
"General, the other Wolf Guards are trying to rescue the eldest son. With the Murong brothers, Jun and Min, on the front lines, the eldest son will surely be saved."
Murong Chui let out a long sigh. His right eye had been twitching non-stop for the past few days.
Madam Murong also had several nightmares.
"I hope so," Murong Chui picked up a cup of tea and took a small sip. "What brings you back halfway this time?"
"General, Commander Murong has sent me back to report two things to you."
"We discovered that Jiang Tian's team is equipped with a very powerful weapon."
"I have seen the horse-slaying sabers that Jiang Tian's troops are equipped with. These sabers are exceptionally sharp. Those cavalrymen of the past were cut down by these sabers and their horses were shattered."
"That's not all."
"The weapons equipped in the General's army can shoot more than 1,000 paces. We went to the forest where their weapons were the largest to check them out ourselves."
Trees more than 1,000 paces away were struck and snapped in half.
A tree that was so large it would take one person to barely hug it had holes punched in it, each hole bigger than a bowl.
Murong Chui had no interest in listening to this: "How come even you've learned to exaggerate things? What kind of weapon is this?"
"If we had such weapons, we wouldn't need to fight the others."
Murong Kang: "General, I dare not lie. Commander Murong, please excuse me. I have returned to report this matter to you."
This weapon emits a thunderous sound when fired, which can be clearly heard even from tens of miles away.
Upon hearing this, Murong Chui seemed to have thought of something.
When he was in the capital, he heard people say that he heard a deafening sound when Yelü Chucai, the Grand Prince of the Northern Privy Council, was wiped out.
"General, we must take this matter seriously. Otherwise, it will be too late for us to prepare when the enemy attacks."
Murong Chui nodded: "Pass down the order, the army shall immediately begin to forge defensive weapons for the city."
"Catapults, heavy crossbows—we must prepare plenty of these."
Looking at the white expanse outside, Murong Chui let out a long sigh of relief: "Fortunately, a blizzard has struck, so even if that bastard Jiang Tian wanted to break in, he wouldn't be able to do so so quickly."
Murong Kang quickly said, "The second thing my subordinate mentioned is this. We discovered that Jiang Tian's troops are equipped with a type of vehicle that doesn't require horses but can run incredibly fast on the snow."
Is this really true?
"Absolutely true, there is not a single lie."
"We could see from a distance that the other vehicle was going extremely fast, much faster than a regular horse-drawn carriage on flat ground."
"What's most frightening is that these vehicles can go incredibly fast on snow."
Upon hearing this, Murong Chui felt a chill run down his spine.
If that's the case, it means that Jiang Tian's troops could attack anytime, anywhere.
He simply didn't have much time to prepare.
"What should I do?" Murong Chui murmured to himself.
"First, we will build defensive weapons. In any case, the Xianbei have 300,000 troops. With the addition of some cavalry, we can easily raise 500,000 troops."
"With an army of 500,000, and with the city's defenses reinforced, making the city as solid as a rock, even if Jiang Tian comes, it won't be of any use."
This guy can only numb himself now.
"Your Excellency is wise." Murong Kang knelt respectfully on the ground.
…………
It's freezing cold.
The wind and snow were fierce, and the cold was biting.
Of course, it was the people within the royal city who suffered the most.
Murong Chui ordered all the able-bodied young people in the capital to go to the city walls to reinforce the city's defenses.
They needed to build the city walls even higher, and in addition, they needed to deploy enough catapults and heavy crossbows on the walls.
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