Seeing that the white pieces on the chessboard had already shown signs of becoming active, Cheng Yu's expression changed slightly.
Fu Xie said slowly, "Zhongde, I understood your plan the moment I saw it. The reason I followed your path was for this final step..."
Cheng Yu simply smiled slightly: "Prefect Fu's considerations are profound; I admire them!"
"Alas, it's such a pity about General Yang Feng and his soldiers; they should have died on the battlefield!"
Fu Xie sighed softly, clutching the chess piece in his hand, a hint of sorrow flashing in his eyes.
"For them, this is a battlefield...!"
As he spoke, Cheng Yu placed a black stone, launching a desperate attack against the white stones.
"Yes, for the victory of this war, you and I are both willing to die!!"
Fu Xie's expression darkened, and he used the white pieces to launch an attack on the black pieces.
Just as Cheng Yu and Fu Xie were playing chess, several torches suddenly lit up in the city.
"Kill them!!"
Amidst shouts and cheers, the warriors and retainers gathered in the mansions of the powerful families in the city rushed out of their gates.
Looking down from the night sky, the ranks of the assassins and their retainers resembled a dozen long, fiery dragons as they charged toward the prefectural governor's mansion.
Meanwhile, Bei Gong Boyu and the assassins and retainers from Bian Zhang's mansion made their way towards the north gate in the dark.
Shouts of battle immediately resounded throughout the entire city.
Many Qiang people were also awakened from their sleep, and as soon as they opened their doors, they were hacked to death.
"They're here!!"
Hearing the faint sounds of battle cries coming from afar, Cheng Yu smiled slightly, made another move, and took five white pieces from Fu Xie.
"Ha! Don't be blinded by superficial gains!"
Fu Xie chuckled softly, placing a white piece at the corner of the board, forming an encirclement around the black pieces.
Before long, nearly three thousand assassins and retainers from those powerful families rushed to within a hundred paces of the prefect's mansion.
Looking at the prefectural governor's mansion, which remained dark and quiet ahead, a hint of bloodlust and madness flashed in the eyes of the assassins under the torchlight.
The eight words "kill officials and rebel, and enjoy wealth and glory" constantly bombarded their minds.
"Kill them!!"
In the crowd, someone shouted, and in an instant, the emotions of the assassins were stirred up. They roared and charged toward the prefectural governor's mansion.
"Whoosh~ Whoosh~ Whoosh!!"
Just as the assassins reached within fifty paces of the prefectural governor's mansion, a series of whooshing sounds rang out. Under the torchlight, a barrage of arrows, gleaming with a cold light, shot out from the mansion.
"Ah...ah...ah!"
As screams rang out, hundreds of assassins fell to the ground amidst the rain of arrows, while those who were not killed continued to wail in agony.
"Keep killing!!"
However, this volley of arrows did not seem to frighten the group of assassins, who continued to shout and charge toward the gate of the prefectural governor's mansion.
"Light the torch!!"
At the same time, with a shout from the Commandant of Jincheng, dozens of fires suddenly lit up inside the Prefectural Governor's Mansion, and the front and back courtyards of the Prefectural Governor's Mansion were filled with neatly dressed soldiers of the Prefecture.
"Release the arrows!!"
At a command, the hundreds of soldiers guarding the wall immediately climbed onto the large carts and wooden ladders beside them.
Beside each large cart and wooden ladder stood seven or eight soldiers, each holding a powerful crossbow loaded with arrows and a bowstring.
As soon as the hundred soldiers climbed onto the wall, they turned around and took the first standard crossbow handed to them by their comrades. They then pulled the triggers of the crossbows at the charging suicide soldiers.
As the sound of crossbow strings snapping rang out, another scream erupted from the ranks charging towards the prefectural governor's mansion, and over a hundred more soldiers perished.
After firing, the soldiers on the cart and the wooden ladder immediately took the second crossbow and pulled the trigger again.
Then came the third wave, the fourth wave...!
Within a few breaths, seven waves of arrows rained down from the prefectural governor's mansion.
Before the assassins could even get close, more than five hundred men had already fallen to the rain of arrows.
In an instant, the assassins who had been charging forward stopped in their tracks and retreated in panic.
Inside the prefectural governor's mansion, seeing that the crossbow bolts had run out, the captain immediately drew his long sword: "The governor has ordered that whoever kills one enemy will be rewarded with ten thousand coins, ten sheep, and three oxen!"
"Kill them!!"
Just as the assassins were still in shock, the gates of the prefectural governor's mansion suddenly burst open, and more than a thousand soldiers from the prefecture rushed out with excited expressions.
Many soldiers also climbed over the wall using those large carts and wooden ladders, then jumped down and eagerly charged forward.
Soon, the two sides clashed, and a bloody battle unfolded around the prefectural governor's mansion.
Although the number of soldiers from the prefectures and kingdoms was small compared to those who were willing to die for their lives, Jincheng was one of the most important border prefectures, so the armor and weapons worn by the soldiers were no different from those worn by the regular army.
Protected by their armor, these soldiers from various prefectures and kingdoms fought like tigers among sheep, hacking and slashing fiercely.
For a moment, screams of agony rose and fell.
Under the torchlight, the blood dripping onto the ground began to flow everywhere.
Before long, the assassins and retainers in those powerful families' mansions were being slaughtered and forced to retreat in defeat.
The shouts of battle outside the mansion did not seem to affect Cheng Yu and Fu Xie's game of chess. The two, each holding black and white pieces, continued their back-and-forth battle on the chessboard.
News of the failed siege of the prefectural governor's mansion quickly reached Beigong Boyu's ears.
"Run!!"
Bei Gong Boyu and Bian Zhang were terrified and immediately led everyone to flee the mansion.
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