Chapter 842 United in Defending the City (First Update)
On the way back, Chang Wei remained silent.
Seeing that Chang Wei looked devastated, Wenren Chong and Zhao Dengfeng kept giving Li Shen meaningful glances.
Li Shen couldn't say anything in front of Chang Wei, so he could only ignore his companion's gaze.
The group arrived at the hillside where the warhorses were parked, and sure enough, the Black Wind Riders, who hadn't been tied up, were standing there unharmed.
On the contrary, Chang Wei's warhorse's reins broke, but at this moment it was obediently suppressed by the Black Wind King and did not dare to go anywhere.
“A wild animal has been here,” Gu Jiao said, looking at the footprints on the ground.
There are advantages to not being tethered; the Black Wind Riders can fight together. If they were tethered, they would only be killed by wild beasts.
"Are you alright?" Gu Jiao asked, patting Black Wind King's neck.
Black Wind King tilted his head back and let out a domineering snort.
Looks like everything's alright.
Eleven Black Wind Riders are no joke; they could scare away even wolves that came.
Chang Wei's horse was a little frightened, but it has been calmed down by Black Wind King.
In the past, everyone only saw the power of domination in the Black Wind King, but this time, everyone felt another side of the Black Wind King - a side that Han Ye had never seen before.
The group mounted their horses.
Gu Jiao sighed and said, "Don't be so downcast. Maybe he didn't really mean it that way and was just saying it out of anger."
That's the right way to advise someone; the more you try to persuade them, the angrier they'll get.
Chang Wei gave a cold snort, cracked his whip, and spurred his horse into the night.
Zhao Dengfeng finally couldn't help but voice his doubts: "What happened? Did he get beaten up?"
Li Shen is a man of few words.
He ignored Zhao Dengfeng.
Mu Qingchen was not familiar with Zhao Dengfeng and did not speak.
Zhao Dengfeng then looked at the young commander.
The young commander sighed dramatically, "Alas, he was betrayed by a scumbag, his heart is broken."
Zhao Dengfeng: "..."
Everyone: "..."
Zhao Dengfeng and his group caught up with Chang Wei. What if he was trying to escape?
Mu Qingchen covered Gu Jiao's retreat, and the two walked at a leisurely pace. Mu Qingchen said, "I can't guess who the general of Liang Kingdom is, but the Nangong family... it seems to be the fourth son, Nangong Jue."
Gu Jiao said, "Yes, I also think it's him."
He said, "My father picked up Chang Wei," and that father should be the head of the Nangong family.
The head of the Nangong family has four sons. Nangong Cheng is the eldest son, but he is not skilled in martial arts. It is unlikely that the Nangong family would let him risk coming here in the middle of the night.
The second son, Nangong Li, is dead, and the voice of the third son, Nangong Ze, is not the same.
Currently, only the fourth son, Nangong Jue, still possesses full combat strength.
Mu Qingchen asked, "Should we kill him?"
Gu Jiao glanced at him: "Have you gotten used to killing people now?"
Mu Qingchen lowered her eyes and said, "You have to get used to it eventually."
Gu Jiao was very satisfied. As expected of Young Master Qingchen, his progress was rapid.
Gu Jiao said, "He won't come out tonight. We can't kill him. Let's wait for the duel."
After the group returned to the military camp in Quyang City, Chang Wei immediately went to his wounded soldiers' camp.
The physician felt a gust of wind sweep past him and was immediately awakened from his sleep.
He shuddered, glanced at Chang Wei who had practically collapsed onto the hospital bed, and then looked at the young commander outside.
He strode out and asked, "Commander, is he... alright?"
Gu Jiao said, "It's alright, don't worry about him, and don't ask any more questions. Just take the medicine as needed, and everything will proceed as usual."
"Yes," the physician replied.
Everyone returned to their tents, and the physician went to care for the other patients.
Chang Wei lay alone on the hospital bed covered with thick mattresses, his whole body ice cold.
“He came from a poor family. When my father met him, he was begging on the street.”
"He's stubborn, inflexible, and resistant to change!"
"...the most loyal dog in the Nangong family!"
"As long as Chang Wei leads them to cooperate with you from within and without, your Liang Kingdom's plan to attack the city will surely be twice as effective with half the effort!"
"Just because you were incompetent and lost, do you think our Liang army is just as useless as the remnants of your Nangong family? If that general named Chang Wei came to our Liang, we wouldn't even give him the position of a centurion!"
Chang Wei's fists clenched tighter and tighter, his whole body trembled violently, his wounds burst open, and blood seeped out from the gauze, staining his entire shirt red!
The Liang army discovered the abnormality in their weapons on the morning of the second day. A light rain was falling at the border in the early morning. Several soldiers from the supply battalion went to wipe the rainwater off the chariots. As soon as they touched the corners of the chariots, the chariots collapsed with a loud bang!
The group stood there, stunned.
The huge commotion startled the deputy commander of the supply battalion. The deputy commander inspected the remaining chariots and found that, without exception, they had all collapsed with a crash!
Not only that, the ladders they used to climb the city walls also broke into pieces.
This was a major accident in the military camp.
The deputy commander of the supply battalion immediately reported to several generals.
After Chu Feipeng arrived at the scene and examined the wreckage, he ran his fingers over the smooth cuts on the broken pieces of the chariot and his eyes turned cold: "Snowfield Heavenly Silkworm Silk!"
The general standing nearby said, "General, this..."
Chu Feipeng said calmly, "It seems someone came last night."
The general immediately knelt on one knee: "Your subordinate has failed in his duty!"
Chu Feipeng looked towards Quyang City: "Nangong Jue is right, the Black Wind Cavalry of the Great Yan Kingdom is not easy to deal with. The plan to attack the city must be postponed. Tell the Nangong family that I have agreed to their conditions."
...
The Liang army, having lost its weapons, spent a full eight days transporting new siege ladders and chariots from other cities. This required a significant investment of manpower and resources, which slightly dampened the morale of the army.
But it doesn't matter. The Great Yan is surrounded by wolves, and the enemy is not just the Liang Kingdom. The other five kingdoms are also frantically devouring this piece of fat meat.
Sooner or later, the Great Yan will fall completely.
On September 18th, at the hour of You (5-7 PM), the west wind was strong.
General Song Kai of the Liang Kingdom led 20,000 vanguard troops in the first wave of attack on the west gate of Quyang City.
The night before, Chang Wei received instructions from the Nangong family.
The Nangong family had been established in Quyang City for a long time, and naturally they still had spies in the city. One of them disguised himself as a vegetable vendor and infiltrated the military camp, arriving at Chang Wei's tent where he was recuperating.
He revealed the token in his sleeve and said to Chang Wei, "The patriarch has ordered that if the Liang Kingdom attacks the city, you must immediately order your men to charge out and wipe out the Black Wind Camp!"
Chang Wei's reaction was calm: "Does the patriarch mean that I should aid and abet evil, and betray the country?"
The vendor said, "The King of Great Yan is ruthless. This is a scheme to use one enemy to devour another. Of course, the Patriarch will not betray the country. Once the Black Wind Camp is captured, the Patriarch will have the General lead troops to drive the Liang army out of the border of Great Yan!"
Chang Wei lowered his eyes and said in a low voice, "Is that so?"
The vendor smiled and said, "Of course, the patriarch is wholeheartedly devoted to the people of Great Yan, and his sincerity is evident to heaven and earth. The patriarch's entrustment of General Chang with important responsibilities is both a sign of his trust in General Chang and a sign of his high regard for him. General Chang, you must not disappoint the patriarch, after all, you are the most trusted retainer of the Nangong family."
Chang Wei looked at the vendor with a serious expression: "Patriarch... is that really how you see me? Don't you think I'm just a lackey of the Nangong family?"
The vendor sighed, "General Chang, why would you think that? Have you heard some rumors? Ah, General Chang, you've been brought back to the border by the patriarch for many years. Have you ever seen the patriarch do anything that would betray the people? Yes, abandoning the city and fleeing is wrong, but it was for the greater good. Don't forget who saved your life back then. Without the patriarch, you mustn't be ungrateful."
After the peddler left, Chang Wei went to the place where prisoners of war were held for the first time.
They were stripped of their armor and weapons, but none of them suffered any form of abuse.
They ate whatever the Black Wind Riders ate, without missing a single meal.
All the wounded soldiers received timely medical treatment, and the bodies of the dead soldiers were not mutilated. They were all sewn up and placed in the coffin by a coroner so that they could be buried with dignity.
The iron plaque has been safely stored away and is kept safe with Master Hu.
Chang Wei went to Master Hu's place and retrieved the iron plaques belonging to the soldiers.
The next time everyone saw Chang Wei was when the Liang army was at the city gates.
Chang Wei stood atop the city tower, where the west wind howled fiercely, clad in gleaming armor, a large bow resting on his hand.
Before the Liang army's camp, Song Kai leisurely rode his horse to the very front of the column. Standing on the empty battlefield, he looked up at Chang Wei atop the city wall, smiled, and said in somewhat broken Yan dialect, "You must be General Chang Wei. It seems this battle is unnecessary; the Nangong family has already recaptured Quyang City—"
Before he could finish speaking, Chang Wei drew his bow and shot an arrow that pierced his shoulder!
The immense force sent Song Kai flying off his horse!
Song Kai screamed and fell heavily to the ground.
He clutched his injured arm, staring incredulously at Chang Wei, who had fired a sneak arrow at him from the city wall: "Chang! Are you insane?!"
Chang Wei raised his hand, and hundreds of archers appeared on the city wall in a flash, all drawing their bows and aiming them at the Liang army.
These people... are not the Black Wind Cavalry of Shengdu!
It's the Nangong family's troops!
Chang Wei coldly looked at Song Kai and said, "Didn't you say that the garrison of Quyang City is all useless? How does it feel to be shot by a piece of trash like me?"
“When did I ever say that…” Song Kai’s pupils contracted. Yes, he had said it!
In front of Nangong Jue, he mocked Nangong's army, which had lost to the Black Wind Cavalry, as a bunch of ragtag soldiers and good-for-nothings!
How did Chang Wei know?
What did Nangong Jue tell Chang Wei?
No, impossible, Nangong Jue wouldn't do that.
Could it be—
Song Kai's eyes turned icy: "You were the one who sabotaged the weapons that night!"
Chang Wei did not explain that he did not do it; it was obviously pointless to waste words with such a person.
Chang Wei scoffed, "My strength is indeed lacking, but it's more than enough to deal with you, to deal with you bunch of Liang Kingdom traitors! Now, open your eyes and see how we, a bunch of trash, will drive you Liang Kingdom traitors out of the Great Yan border!"
Song Kai endured the sharp pain in his arm, a sense of foreboding washing over him: "What is this guy going to do?"
Chang Wei looked down at the dark mass of Liang troops from his high vantage point and commanded, "Archers, listen to my order! Fire!"
(End of this chapter)
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