"… To all of you, if you harm His Highness, the only path left for you is death. But if you release His Highness, this general guarantees that I will personally plead with His Majesty for mercy. Perhaps His Majesty will spare your lives on account of the fact that you are not the main culprits!
Don't even think that this general will let you go, because if we allow you to take His Highness away, we will find it difficult to escape His Majesty's punishment, and we will all find it difficult to escape death. If we advance, we die, and if we retreat, we die. Thus, if you don't release His Highness, don't even think about leaving this place alive! "
Dugu Feiying had seen Xuan Ye threaten Li Tai with Li Junxian's life to make him, Dugu Feiying, and Wang Chengwu open a path. After a few moments of thought, Dugu Feiying firmly refused.
But Dugu Feiying was not being unreasonable in his refusal. He still 'patiently' reasoned with Xuan Ye's group. First, he wanted to make clear his position and situation. In this situation, whether Xuan Ye snapped Li Tai's neck on the spot or they allowed Xuan Ye to take Li Tai away, they would have to endure Li Er's thunderous fury. This was why Dugu Feiying had said that 'if we advance, we die, and if we retreat, we die'.
Of course, Dugu Feiying had another purpose in saying so much, and that was to stall for time and wait for more soldiers to arrive. Dugu Feiying and Fang Gongteng had only brought a little more than a hundred people to this place after seeing the signal fireworks and hearing the sounds of battle. The rest of the Bing Province Barracks were still searching for Wang Kui's whereabouts, so Dugu Feiying wanted to stall for time and wait for more soldiers to arrive so that they could completely surround Xuan Ye and the others!
In addition, Dugu Feiying's words had also cut off the hopes of many Turkic spies. Before this, most of the Turkic spies by Xuan Ye's side believed that as long as Li Tai was still in their hands, the authorities would definitely let them leave. However, they had overlooked one problem: anyone who dared to let them leave with Li Tai would be punished by Li Er, and it was very likely that they would not be able to escape death!
In this case, their plan to take Li Tai hostage and leave safely would be for naught!
A pensive look appeared on Xuan Ye's face. It was clear that he also felt that Dugu Feiying's words were reasonable. In this situation, both sides were in a deadlock where they would either die if they advanced or retreated!
"… This one does not care if you live or die, but this one can swear on my life that as long as you prevent us from leaving and do not harm our Lord Guard, we will not harm a hair on King of Wei's head! Once we safely leave this place, we will King King Emperor Tang, this! This way, you will be able to report to the Emperor of the Great Tang. General Dugu, what do you think? Otherwise, I'll snap King Wei's neck right now. That way, we'll all be buried together with King Wei! "
After a few moments of silence, Xuan Ye raised his head and shouted at Dugu Feiying in the north.
Although Dugu Feiying had said that if they released Li Tai, he would plead with Li Er for mercy, and perhaps Li Er would spare their lives because they were not the main culprits, Xuan Ye did not want to rely on Dugu Feiying's vague promise. He wanted to take back the initiative!
This time, it was Dugu Feiying's turn to fall silent. His words earlier had been to show that they were in a desperate situation. As the saying went, the unreasonable feared the reckless, and the reckless feared the reckless. People in desperate situations had no scruples, and such people were the most difficult to deal with.
Xuan Ye's words seemed to be taking a step back and giving Dugu Feiying and the others a 'path to survival', but in reality, this was not the case. After all, who knew how trustworthy Xuan Ye's oath on his life was? What if Li Tai met with misfortune in their hands? Who would be able to bear the responsibility for this?
"Hmph! A bunch of traitors who betrayed their ancestors. No matter how heavy their oaths are, they can't be trusted! "
Li Junxian coldly snorted as he mercilessly jeered.
At the same time, he made his stance clear: he did not want to release Dugu Feifei!!
Upon hearing Li Junxian's voice, Dugu Feiying finally realized Li Junxian's existence. In Chang 'an, he had met Li Junxian a few times, but the two of them weren't very familiar with each other. However, he had heard that this mysterious commander of one hundred cavalry was extremely skilled in martial arts. In the younger generation, only Li Zexuan could contend against him!
With Li Junxian 'holding down the fort', it was no wonder Xuan Ye and the others had been unable to escape! Dugu Feiying said to himself.
"Heh! This one has already said what needs to be said! Both of us serve our own masters, so why make things difficult for each other and fight to the death? "
Xuan Ye turned to Li Junxian and chuckled. "If General Li doesn't believe me, then there's nothing I can do! But I will count to five. If you don't open a path, this one will immediately send His Highness King of Wei on his way. If you don't believe me, you can try! "
After saying this, Xuan Ye shot a glance at the pale and heavily injured Celestial Eagle. Celestial Eagle understood and hastily waved his hand. A group of Turkic spies immediately surrounded Xuan Ye. This way, even if Li Junxian, Wang Chengwu, and Dugu Feiying launched another sneak attack, these 'meat shields' would give Xuan Ye enough time to kill Li Tai!
Upon seeing Xuan Ye's intentions, Li Junxian, Wang Chengwu, and Dugu Feiying grimaced. They understood that Xuan Ye was about to get serious. If they didn't get out of the way, Li Tai's fate really did look grim!
"One … Two …"
As Li Junxian, Wang Chengwu, and Dugu Feiying hesitated, Xuan Ye extended a finger and began to count!
All of the Imperial Army soldiers, cavalrymen, and soldiers from the Bing Province Barracks held their breaths and stared nervously at their leader, waiting for the latter's order. Then, they would immediately charge with their weapons in hand!
But none of Li Junxian, Wang Chengwu, or Dugu Feiying dared to give such an order, because none of them were confident that they could save Li Tai before Xuan Ye did!
"Three … Four …"
But Xuan Ye seemed to have made up his mind, and he began to count faster and faster. Xuan Ye was about to reach five, and his hand was already on Li Tai's head. Everyone's hearts were in their throats, because there was a high chance that Li Tai's neck would be snapped and he would die!
"… Stop!"
Li Junxian and Dugu Feiying both shouted at the same time.
Xuan Ye raised his head, glanced at Dugu Feiying, and then at Li Junxian, and silently waited.
Dugu Feiying clenched his teeth and finally made a difficult decision. Just when he was about to speak, Li Junxian spoke first. "Release His Highness and this general will let you leave!"
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