Gu Mu can mobilize 500,000 troops from the Qi Kingdom to support the Southern Kingdom.
After leaving behind a large quantity of hybrid rice, he began leading his 500,000 soldiers southward.
And at this moment—
As Gu Mu was rushing back, war had already broken out in the Southern Kingdom.
The Emperor of the Eagle Kingdom waited in vain for the envoy to go to the Southern Kingdom for negotiations. After the deadline he set had passed, he began to send troops to the Southern Kingdom.
Even if neighboring countries that have established diplomatic relations with the South Kingdom join forces to support it,
However... it could only resist for a period of time and could not repel the attack from the Eagle Nation.
General Meng and Shen Ci fought for a month, with countless soldiers killed or wounded.
Left with no other choice, they retreated back to the capital.
The cities in the south are completely indefensible; their only hope is to hold onto the capital, the last piece of land in the south that has not yet fallen.
It is also the main base of the Southern Kingdom, awaiting the return of the Regent.
But nobody knows where the regent has gone.
It seems that he vanished from the face of the earth right after killing those envoys from the Eagle Kingdom.
Meanwhile, in the capital city of the Southern Kingdom, the officials...
The young emperor angrily pointed at his officials and shouted, "Protect the emperor! Protect the emperor! Drive those Eagle people away!"
"What am I keeping you around for? The Eagle Kingdom has invaded the capital, can't you just drive them away?!"
In the hall, the officials bowed their heads, and not one of them responded.
Although they outwardly remained respectful to the young emperor, in their hearts he was merely a figurehead.
The officials, heads bowed, were powerless in the face of the wrath of the British.
They could only silently hope that the long-lost regent would suddenly reappear.
After the court session ended and they left the main hall, on their way back...
The officials also began to discuss it amongst themselves.
They whispered, "Do you think His Highness had no other choice but to run away alone?"
"If that's the case, Your Highness wouldn't have killed those envoys at all. Between escaping and still holding onto power, it's definitely better to hold onto power!"
“What if His Highness acted impulsively at the time and regretted it later… As you all know, His Highness is actually mentally unstable…”
After these words were spoken, the officials remained silent for a long time.
At this moment, another official said with an expectant tone, "But perhaps Your Highness really does have a connection with Hidden City? After all, during the disaster relief efforts in Jiangnan, Your Highness conjured up so many hybrid rice plants out of thin air..."
"But... the Eagle Kingdom has already invaded the Southern Kingdom, and His Highness has still not appeared..."
"Besides, given the current situation, even if His Highness were to appear, it would be too late to reverse the situation. The capital has fallen..."
The remaining soldiers held the city gates of the capital to the death.
Outside the city gates, corpses lay strewn across the fields.
Blood flowed like a river on the city walls.
When Gu Mu, in his guise as the City Lord of the Hidden City, arrived at the border of the Southern Kingdom.
He pretended to send the assassin away, so that he could carry out the mission for him.
In reality, they recruited the assassins into the Hidden City and dressed them in the clothes of the Hidden City Lord that Gu Mu had originally been wearing.
Gu Mu then found a secluded spot, quickly took off his clothes, changed into the python robe worn by the Regent of the Southern Kingdom, and resumed his original identity.
And so, the regent of the Southern Kingdom and the assassins faced each other.
"I have brought you the soldier. I hope you will keep your promise." The assassin, disguised as the city lord of the hidden city, spoke coldly, mimicking the voice Gu Mu had previously used.
"You've worked hard." Gu Mu held his spear in his hand, looking coldly at the Hidden City Lord disguised as a death squad member.
At this moment, a talented general from the Qi Kingdom suddenly said, "City Lord, didn't you say that once you killed the Regent of the Southern Kingdom, your restrictions would be lifted?"
"How about we brothers team up now, tie him up for you, and you finish him off yourself?"
"???" A heartless assassin.
My mind went blank for a moment.
Gu Mu chuckled lightly, his face full of sarcasm: "You probably don't know, but if you can't catch me off guard and kill me instantly before I can react, then I have a hundred ways to commit suicide."
"If you make me suffer, then I'll make the whole world suffer," Gu Mu said viciously.
The young general scratched his head. He was just a general who led troops into battle; how could he know so much?
Now it seems he wasn't much smarter than the Lord of the Hidden City.
What he could think of, the city lord of the hidden city probably already thought of long ago.
The reason we're not killing Gu Mu now is because we're afraid he'll commit suicide.
After all, if a person knows that they are going to die and that it will benefit the person who kills them, it is not unreasonable for them to commit suicide.
The young general looked at the Hidden City Lord with a hint of sympathy. It seemed that the Hidden City Lord could only kill Gu Mu through underhanded means.
That's really tough.
The assassins, devoid of emotion, returned to the Hidden City after performing this charade with Gu Mu.
Everyone knows that upon returning to the Hidden City, a white mist will appear around the person, and then the person will vanish into thin air.
The way the assassins returned to the Hidden City was also the same.
Although the fact that the object appeared out of thin air in the main hall of Qi Kingdom had already convinced everyone of the Hidden City Lord's identity, witnessing it firsthand still left people in awe.
This whole charade was performed for the world to see, to prevent people from associating the Hidden City Lord with Gu Mu.
In this way, he could bewitch the princess.
The princess was instructed to shift her focus from torturing the regent to killing the lord of the Hidden City, who was not even a fully existing entity.
Gu Mu took control of the 500,000 soldiers and began leading them toward the capital.
Along the way, one can see that the cities have been breached and have all been occupied by the people of the Southern Kingdom.
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