Ch 382: Yu Qingyang Arrives
In the blink of an eye, more than a month had passed.
The war was raging fiercely.
Under the leadership of Xiao Tiansheng, the Northern Qi army’s morale was high, advancing victoriously, and consecutively occupied several other cities in Yanzhou with an unstoppable momentum.
When the last city was conquered.
The Dragon Court’s expanded army also arrived as scheduled, and under the leadership of numerous military officers, they engaged in a defensive battle with the Northern Qi army, and the situation immediately fell into a stalemate.
However, although the Northern Qi army did not have an advantage in numbers, their combat power was almost unstoppable.
Not only did they hold onto the cities they had conquered, but they also inflicted considerable casualties on the Dragon Court army, forcing them to retreat steadily.
Xiao Tiansheng originally thought that he could defeat this combined army in one fell swoop.
Who would have thought that another unstable factor emerged?
A team composed of Jianghu people arrived.
Unlike soldiers who charged into battle, they were almost always in teams of two or three.
Occasionally active on the battlefield, they would suddenly launch surprise attacks on the cities occupied by the Northern Qi army.
Their individual strength was far superior to that of ordinary Northern Qi soldiers.
Almost every time they made a move, it resulted in casualties.
At this point, Xiao Tiansheng immediately realized the seriousness of the situation, so he no longer chose to launch reckless attacks, but slowed down the rate of advance.
Even with the slowed progress, the Northern Qi army still had a hard time.
Because these Jianghu people were incredibly cunning; when the Northern Qi soldiers fought fiercely on the battlefield and finally got some rest, the Jianghu people would immediately jump out and disrupt their rest.
The situation also changed abruptly, becoming increasingly difficult.
Dragon Court.
Emperor Yu Yang lay comfortably in a chair.
At this moment, Yuan Wuji was reporting on the situation on the battlefield: “Your Majesty, now that the Jianghu people from Divine Peak Mountain have joined, Xiao Tiansheng’s current situation is merely a last flicker of life.”
“I believe that it won’t be long before the army will break through the Northern Qi army and capture Xiao Tiansheng.”
After listening, Emperor Yu Yang slowly said, “In that case, I should thank them properly.”
“With Your Majesty’s encouragement, they will surely fight even more bravely, even if it means sacrificing their lives!” Yuan Wuji replied with a smile.
“In that case, I will prepare a generous award for them, waiting for their triumphant return.”
Emperor Yu Yang smiled, but his mind was unknown what he was calculating.
King of Northern Qi’s Mansion.
Li Hanzhou frowned, looking at the stack of secret letters in his hand.
These were battle reports sent from Xiao Tiansheng in recent days.
Most of the information in these battle reports was repetitive, repeatedly emphasizing the serious threat posed by the Jianghu people.
Li Hanzhou was also very troubled by these extremely troublesome Jianghu people.
If it were not for the interference of these Jianghu people, their Northern Qi army would have been invincible, and even advancing all the way to the Dragon Court would have only been a matter of time.
Although Li Hanzhou knew that they must have been deceived by Emperor Yu Yang, they all regarded the King of Northern Qi’s Mansion as their bitter enemy.
But these people are all stubborn; a solution must be found.
At present, the entire King of Northern Qi’s Mansion is considered by everyone in the Divine Palace to be nothing more than rebels who plotted rebellion and usurpation.
If Yu Qingyang were here, there might still be some chance to salvage the situation.
After all, the identity of a prince is easier for people to believe than those so-called rebellious ministers; among these people, many are still willing to believe Yu Qingyang.
But unfortunately, thinking about these things now is futile.
“Humph.”
Li Hanzhou, who was contemplating countermeasures, came to his senses, put down the battle reports, looked towards the tightly closed door, and waved his hand casually.
The next moment.
With a creak, the door opened automatically without a breeze.
A figure stumbled into the room from outside, nearly falling to the ground.
Li Hanzhou calmly looked up.
This was a man with disheveled hair and ragged clothes, looking like an extremely ordinary beggar.
How could an ordinary beggar enter the King of Northern Qi’s Mansion and come before him?
It must be a scout sent to gather intelligence.
Since he launched a wave of pursuit of scouts in Xuanzhou and had the soldiers strictly guard Xuanzhou.
The scouts inside could only enter but not leave.
Therefore, some scouts felt that their true identities were about to be discovered, so they would try every means to come to the King of Northern Qi’s Mansion, and some even wanted to assassinate him.
So in the past few days, he had been assassinated at least eight or nine times.
Li Hanzhou could sense an aura belonging to the Transcendent Realm from the beggar in front of him.
Very weak, negligible.
This beggar was naturally Yu Qingyang.
Since Yu Qingyang disguised himself as a beggar, no one paid attention to him, so he entered Xuanzhou smoothly.
However, after entering Xuanzhou, Yu Qingyang did not rush to blindly look for Xiao Han as instructed by Yu Qinghe.
He would not believe Xiao Han based on Yu Qinghe’s last words before he died, because he knew that his third brother’s intelligence was not that high, and he might have been fooled, so he believed what he saw more.
Therefore, after arriving in Luoshui City, he infiltrated the city for a while, mingling among the commoners and secretly observing Li Hanzhou.
He did this to determine what kind of person Li Hanzhou was.
After observation.
Yu Qingyang found that this heir, Xiao Han, was a fairly decent person.
He did not have the arrogant and domineering demeanor of ordinary heirs, nor the aloof demeanor of a young man who had gained the name of Sword Immortal.
He was kind to both his subordinates and the commoners of Xuanzhou.
Yu Qingyang even saw a familiar feeling in Xiao Han; he felt that Xiao Han and Li Hanzhou must have some kind of relationship, perhaps they were even friends.
After all, besides talent and realm, the only thing left to consider when befriending Li Hanzhou is the person’s character.
That is why he chose to come here to see Xiao Han at this time.
As for being discovered, he wasn’t surprised; after all, the other party was a Sword Immortal; if he couldn’t even detect someone like him, then that Sword Immortal would be undeserving of his reputation.
Despite his current shabby appearance, Yu Qingyang stood up straight, patted his old but clean clothes, and clasped his fists: “Greetings, Fallen Sword Immortal.”
Looking at the man’s demeanor, Li Hanzhou felt that he didn’t seem like an ordinary scout; his dirty face looked familiar.
Yu Qingyang!
Li Hanzhou’s pupils constricted, confirming that the person in front of him was Yu Qingyang, who had recently disappeared.
He didn’t expect him to have come to Xuanzhou.
Everyone in the world is looking for him.
“Ninth Prince, you’ve arrived late at night, is there something you need?” Li Hanzhou put down his pen and said lightly, “At this time, Ninth Prince, you come to Xuanzhou alone, you are quite bold.”
Hearing Li Hanzhou’s words, Yu Qingyang showed no expression, but simply reached out and took out the Spirit Summoning Talisman from his bosom.
“I’ve come at night, I just want to ask the Heir, do you know Senior Li, Li Hanzhou of the Longevity Temple?”
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