Chapter 1594 - 500: Leaving the City and the Sudden Upheaval, Bloodless Victory (Part 3)
Chapter 1594: Chapter 500: Leaving the City and the Sudden Upheaval, Bloodless Victory (Part 3)
Clang...
"Return to the city, Wenhai, quickly lead everyone back to the city!"
Long Mingyuan drew the silver longsword from his waist, withstanding the blade edge while completely abandoning the idea of heading to the clan, and turned around to the direction of the army outside the city, shouting in shock and anger without hesitation.
His roar was truly filled with deep fear.
The reason was simple, this green blade aura was all too familiar to him, it was from his most trusted subordinate, the Dragon Valley Army Chief, Li Yangtian’s Green Blade.
Li Yangtian has rebelled!
How could this be? How could this be? How could this be?
Long Mingyuan roared angrily in his heart three times, turned to look at Li Yangtian who he had just brushed away with a single blade, seeing the cold gaze of the other, his heart chilled instantly, even forgetting his anger momentarily.
Li Yangtian has rebelled!
Then what about the Iron Thorn Army? What about his die-hard supporters in the Defensive Army?
Did they lure me to split fifteen thousand men northward to aid Wuchuan as a plan?
It’s over...
Boom boom boom!
As these words appeared in Long Mingyuan’s mind, several loud noises sounded again from the direction of the Long family clan at the center of the city.
He turned his head to look, terrified, subconsciously wanting to step forward, but Li Yangtian immediately moved to follow him.
"Fifteenth Army Commander, lead everyone back to the city, quickly quickly quickly!"
Long Wenhai, outside the city, finally reacted at this point too. He shouted angrily to call the Fifteenth Army Commander back to the city, then flew into the sky, rushing towards his father Long Mingyuan.
However, he had just flown into the sky,
Whoosh... Swoosh... Buzz...
A sword, a blade, and an axe, three attacks suddenly assaulted him from the top, middle, and bottom simultaneously.
The sword aura beneath him shot out thousands of feather-like lights, the speed had already reached its peak; the blade aura horizontally slashing at him from the middle, carrying an arc-shaped fierce edge over a hundred meters long; finally, the axe above him swept with countless air waves, crashing down on him like Mount Tai.
Long Wenhai’s face was full of terror and shock, his pupils instantly covered with a layer of death, he raised his longsword above his head purely out of a survival instinct.
There was no choice, he could feel it, the axe above was the greatest threat.
Unfortunately, this was just a desperate struggle.
Boom......
The feathered light sword aura instantly devoured his lower body, the blade edge cleaved him open straightaway, and lastly the terrifying axe, first broke his big saber, then smashed down from his skull...
"Ah......"
As the three simultaneously attacked, their weapons ended, Long Wenhai had already turned into a bloody pulp, unable to make any sound; the scream came from his father, Long Valley Lord Long Mingyuan.
"My son......"
Long Mingyuan had rushed toward the direction outside the city the moment his eldest son was ambushed, but Li Yangtian directly blocked his way.
Witnessing his first-born be shattered to pieces, Long Mingyuan was extremely heartbroken, but this was only the beginning.
"Yuan Cheng, Luo Yuan, Xu Ning..."
Long Mingyuan saw the three who killed his son, his expression already twisted to the extreme, nearly shouting out their names through clenched teeth.
Wasn’t Yuan Cheng supposed to be leading the rear army to besiege Yangqu?
Wasn’t Luo Yuan commanding thirty thousand troops at Fushan, ready to lead the middle army and join forces with Yuwen Dao’s ten thousand troops to attack Wuchuan East Valley Camp?
How did these two end up here?
"Lord Long, let your fifteen thousand men surrender voluntarily! This Minister does not desire further slaughter; have them lay down their weapons and they may be spared!"
A voice suddenly sounded from behind, causing Long Mingyuan’s body to shudder violently, he turned his head in extreme fear, seeing Xia Chuan and the eleven behind him, his face full of disbelief.
Wasn’t Xia Chuan supposed to be leading the Jinyang Alliance Army, preparing to attack the Baimu Camp at Beishuo Town? How did they suddenly appear here?
"We’ve been played, Great Xia deliberately posed four routes of warfare as a bluff, initially causing all the northern towns to shrink back. Ignoring Dragon Valley intentionally, because Li Yangtian had already been turned, Great Xia’s real objective at the start of the war was never to open the supply line, but my Dragon Valley Town."
"Lord Long, persuade them to surrender, then take your own life, This Minister hereby promises in person, preserving a sliver of legacy for your Long Family, otherwise..."
Long Mingyuan was interrupted by Xia Chuan again, just as he was about to speak, he saw the objects held by Xia Chuan’s group, his pupils instantly dyed with a blood-red tinge.
"Ah ah ah, Li Yangtian, you traitor, I’ll have your life!"
The three closest behind Xia Chuan were Hong Tian, Lin Ye, and Zhao Hu.
Each of these three held a head, and the owner of the head was none other than Long Mingyuan’s youngest son Long Wenhong, and his two nephews Long Wenqing and Long Wenying.
Even if Long Mingyuan was foolish, he could now realize that he himself was responsible for the death of his youngest son and nephews. Li Yangtian had long betrayed him, the whole thing was an act, from luring him to split troops northward out of town, arranging for the Iron Thorn Army to stay with his three sons to guard the Town, to guiding him to reveal the hiding places of the Town’s remaining three Xianyang level practitioners...
All of it was an act.
He was tricked by Li Yangtian...
"Stubborn, kill them!"
Xia Chuan at this point had no desire to bother with Long Mingyuan any further. Great Xia expended considerable efforts to recruit Li Yangtian and intended to portray him as a model for turning to the light, showing it to the remaining four towns’ Xianyang level practitioners; consequently, Long Mingyuan could not be allowed to wreak havoc here.
At his command, Yuan Cheng and the others immediately swarmed forward.
Li Yangtian’s strength had always been just slightly weaker than Long Mingyuan’s, coupled with Yuan Cheng and over a dozen other Xianyang level practitioners attacking together, the outcome was predictable.
Long Mingyuan was destined to die, Xia Chuan didn’t even look at him anymore, he only glanced downwards at the army charging the North City Gate, with a faint chill in his eyes.
These troops had no chance to break through the gate, yet they, incited by fifteen commanders, began climbing the city walls and had already preliminarily engaged the defending forces inside the city.
Looking at these still defiant Dragon Valley Defensive Army soldiers, Xia Chuan took a slight breath, then released skeletal energy, speaking sternly:
"Dragon Valley Town has changed hands, do you truly still wish to resist stubbornly? The widowed and elderly left at home within the city, are you all not intending to care for them?"
The strong killing intent in this voice made a large number of soldiers assaulting the gate instantly stop, and the city wall fell into dead silence, everyone raised their heads to look at Xia Chuan in the sky, their eyes full of struggle.