Yan Shaoheng, who was resting and reorganizing his troops, woke up from a dream with a start, breaking out in a cold sweat.
"Cheng Ying, Cheng Ying." Yan Shaoheng couldn't tell whether it was a dream or something that had already happened.
"Greetings, Your Majesty."
Cheng Ying appeared in Yan Shaoheng's tent in a flash.
"Instruct the imperial physician to check Jing Shu's pulse every day this afternoon. I need to know her daily condition and there must be no mistakes."
"But……"
These past two days have been alright, as the journey to the capital hasn't been too far. However, if we were to reach the northern border in a few more days, the journey would require some effort.
Cheng Ying hesitated, unsure whether she should speak.
He felt that his master was paying too much attention to Chen Jingshu.
Once a person has a weakness, it will be difficult for them to achieve great things.
Seeing that Yan Shaoheng remained silent, Cheng Ying didn't say what was on the tip of her tongue, "I'll go and do it right away."
Three days later, Yan Shaoheng led his army to the border.
Everything is normal on Chen Jingshu's side as well.
Perhaps this was just Yun Xi worrying unnecessarily, or perhaps the Gu worms had already become one with him over the years and could not harm her at all.
——
With the army pressing in, Yan Shaoheng led a group of undead and an army of ten thousand men, shouting and howling at the gate.
"Yue Xiyuan, you have deceived my wife and children. Today I will take your head back as a sacrifice to help me ascend the throne!"
"You bullied your wife and children? It's like being bitten by a dog and the dog barks first. Yan Shaoheng, I have to say, your skin is as thick as a city wall. I'm afraid even a rocket launcher couldn't penetrate it. As long as you're here, I really don't have the confidence to break through the walls of Yan Kingdom."
Yan An glanced at him sideways, his face full of disdain, practically writing "You're shameless!" on his forehead.
"Leaving aside their identities, just the things Yan Shaoheng and Chen Jingshu have done to Yue Xiyuan over the years, I will definitely make them taste what it means to wish they were dead."
"Oh, by the way, guess what Chen Jingshu looks like now? Has she gone mad? Is she dead? Or is she like you, a vessel for that thing?"
Yan An smiled, the corners of his mouth curving with contempt. Not only was his smile contemptuous, but his eyes seemed to be wrapped with knives, and his tone was anything but friendly.
Upon hearing Yan An's words, Yan Shaoheng sensed something was wrong and looked at Cheng Ying with a gloomy face.
Are you telling the truth?
His deep voice seemed to carry a hint of displeasure. Yan Shaoheng looked down at him, his brows furrowing slightly, and his voice carried a hint of reprimand.
Cheng Ying had followed him for so many years, so he naturally knew that his master was angry. But he had done nothing wrong. He dismounted and knelt on the ground, saying, "Everything I have said is true."
"Get up."
He will judge for himself whether it is true or not.
If he was truly being deceived, he would rather not have such a subordinate; the person he hates most in this life is the disloyal.
Yan An looked at them with amusement, knowing that once the seed of doubt was planted, it would be impossible to believe again.
Once you're on the march or fighting a war, it's hard to regain composure if you get flustered.
Yan Shaoheng led his army of the undead, like a black storm, sweeping towards the border of the Moon Kingdom.
There was no fear in their eyes, only absolute obedience to Yan Shaoheng.
Yan Shaoheng stood on the chariot, commanding this immortal army. With them, he believed that the Yue Kingdom was nothing more than a dying struggle.
"Yue Xiyuan, do these people look familiar? Let them take a good look and see if they have any relatives among them, hahaha!"
"Yue Xiyuan, Yan An, so what if you have the water of Tianshan? There are tens of thousands of living dead here, living dead, neither alive nor dead!"
Yan Shaoheng's smile grew increasingly maniacal, a twisted arc forming at the corners of his mouth.
On the walls of the Moon Kingdom, Yan An could see their trembling bodies, and guessed that there must be their relatives among them.
She could save one person, but not tens of thousands, not to mention that these people had already stopped breathing.
Now all she can do is kill the culprit.
"Your Highness and Your Highness, give the order." The commander in charge spoke first.
With tens of thousands of undead charging into battle, the Yan army's morale soared. "Charge!"
Yue Xiyuan's Silver Light Crossbowmen, who had been prepared in advance, stood ready on the city wall. When the undead army came into range, countless Silver Light crossbow bolts shot towards the enemy like a meteor shower.
And so, the once indestructible undead fell one after another under the silver light, their immortal bodies becoming incredibly fragile in the face of the Moon Kingdom's special weapons.
Upon seeing this, Yan Shaoheng immediately adjusted his tactics, ordering the undead army to disperse and attempt to attack from multiple directions simultaneously in order to weaken the Yue Kingdom's defensive forces.
However, things didn't go as planned. While they had many living dead, Yue Xiyuan and his silver crossbows were even more numerous.
This is a crossbow they specially made for the living dead. The arrows were soaked in water from the Tianshan Mountains for seven days. They also used Yan An's blueprints to improve the original crossbow, making the silver crossbow more powerful.
As he watched the silver arrows pierce the bodies of the undead, Yan Shaoheng remained calm, knowing that they were insufficient to kill them.
Unless, of course, a headshot!
But even if they shoot farther, what good is it? With a longer range, the accuracy will be lower.
"Kill! Take Yue Xiyuan Yan'an's head, and I will reward him with ten thousand taels of gold."
Yan Shaoheng's eyes were red-rimmed, and he was already in a bloodthirsty frenzy. He didn't even see the fallen living dead and never got up again.
More and more undead have already besieged the city, frantically climbing up the ladders.
Seeing that the time was ripe, Yan An said, "Now is the time, release them!"
Giant shells shot into the air and exploded, creating a deafening roar.
But the shells weren't filled with gunpowder; instead, they contained water from the Tianshan Mountains.
The water from the Tianshan Mountains fell like a torrential downpour, and with each shell fired, the "rain" grew heavier and heavier.
The undead at the forefront fell one after another.
Even Yan Shaoheng, Yun Xi and others felt the Gu worms moving through their blood vessels and nerves.
Their bodies trembled uncontrollably, their muscles tensed to the limit, and each breath became extremely difficult. Sweat poured down their foreheads like rain, mingling with tears of pain, and dripped to the ground.
Even with one pill after another being consumed, it's difficult to temporarily put the Gu worms into hibernation.
"Who are you? How do you have so much water from Tianshan?" Yun Xi struggled to get up, but the little strength she had left was completely drained by the Gu worms.
"What? You still want more?" At this moment, the city gates opened wide, and Yan An walked out from inside.
She took a bucket of water from Tianshan from An Si, saying, "It's alright, I have plenty of this. If you want, I'll give you another bucket."
The entire bucket of water from Tianshan was poured over Yunxi without spilling a single drop.
"Ah! I'm going to... kill you!"
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