"In this battle, you need to rope in some of the nobles to rebel with you." Hidden Island's Young Lord Fang Qingyi said, "Finance Minister Sof should have left behind an account book with all the officials and nobles embezzling the national treasury."
As soon as he said this, the faces of the city guards changed. Over the years, these generals not only embezzled military funds, but also seized the people's property. Over the years, the hundreds of generals here had taken at least a million gold coins.
But then they thought, they had already committed the crime of rebellion, so what if they had embezzled money?
Fang Qingyi continued, "Even if Sauron found the gold coin reserve, he would still have a deficit of more than four million gold coins. In addition to the one million gold coins needed to maintain the kingdom's operations, he would need another five to six million gold coins. In Sof's secret account book, there are dozens of super greedy people who have been beheaded more than ten times. Søren will not let them go and will exterminate their families. And these people know that they have no way out, so they can only follow you to the end. "
City Guard Commander Yuwen Gai said, "How many people can these super greedy people gather?"
Fang Qingyi said, "At least thirty thousand. I have already sent people to inform them, as long as you all join the army, they will respond immediately!"
Yuwen Gai closed his eyes and calculated, "Our city guards have fifty thousand soldiers participating in the rebellion, plus the thirty thousand from the corrupt nobles, plus the fifteen thousand from the Holy Cathedral's army, a total of one hundred thousand!"
Fang Qingyi said, "Søren has sixty thousand imperial guards, but they are scattered all over the place. The Princess' residence has three thousand, the Royal City has five thousand, maintaining order in Fengdu, and guarding the gates has ten thousand. So there are only forty thousand imperial guards guarding the palace, less than half of what we have! "
Yuwen Gai nodded, "One hundred thousand against forty thousand, and we also have the elite Holy Cathedral's army, we have a chance!"
A handsome middle-aged man next to him said, "Commander, are we going to attack the palace or occupy the city?"
This handsome man was Ye Feidie's father, Viscount Ye Jin, the city guard's quartermaster. The reason why he asked if they wanted to occupy King City was because he wanted to take the opportunity to make a fortune.
Yuwen Gai said, "Our army of a hundred thousand cannot be split up. We have to attack the palace directly, capture the king, and eliminate Søren and Jung Yeon. We cannot be split up."
The infantry commander beside him said, "That's right, and our slogan is to purge the emperor's side and kill the treacherous officials. We can only attack the palace!"
Yuwen Gai said, "Then it's settled! Young Lord Fang, please contact the Temple Army and the corrupted officials. Brothers of the city guards, please return to your army immediately. At noon, the 100,000 strong army will be assembled, and we will officially attack the palace and kill Søren! "
"Yes, sir!" The hundreds of city guard generals present shouted in unison.
But at that moment …
"Ah … ah … ah …"
The Secret Sentinel Warriors outside let out miserable cries!
Then, a few warriors rushed in and shouted, "Marshal, we've been exposed, we've been surrounded …"
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh …"
Then, arrows rained down from the sky, nailing these warriors to the ground.
Yuwen Gai and Fang Qingyi couldn't help but turn pale, and their hair stood on end.
How could this be? How could they have been exposed?
The location of their gathering was a top secret. How could anyone know about it?
One had to know that other than Yuwen Gai, Viscount Ye Jin, and Fang Qingyi, the other city guard generals didn't know the location before coming to the meeting. They had gathered at another place first, and then Yuwen Fa personally brought them here.
Of course, some people might ask why they didn't plot in the city guard camp.
That was because not every City Guard was willing to rebel. Moreover, Yuwen Gai and the high-ranking officers of the City Guard had already been stripped of their positions. As soon as they appeared in the barracks, many people knew that they were going to rebel.
And for safety's sake, Søren had scattered the city guards into several camps.
Only Yuwen Gai, Viscount Ye Jin, and Fang Qingyi knew about this secret hideout beforehand, so why would it be leaked?
Immediately, Yuwen Gai looked at Viscount Ye Jin like lightning, because he was the one who arranged this location.
"No one knows about this location. After I bought this place two years ago, no one has lived here. I haven't come here myself," Viscount Ye Jin said.
Of course, he was lying. One of his lovers had stayed here for a few days, but he killed this lover.
Seeing that Yuwen Gai's eyes were still full of suspicion, Viscount Ye Jin said, "I know, my daughter had an affair with Søren. But I embezzled 200,000 gold coins, do you think I have a way out? "
As soon as these words came out, everyone present was shocked.
200,000 gold coins? As the city guard's quartermaster, Viscount Ye Jin actually embezzled 200,000 gold coins. This was completely shocking.
Viscount Ye Jin said, "Of course, this money wasn't only embezzled from the city guard, but also from when he was the quartermaster of the Northern Legion. In total, he embezzled 200,000 gold coins in more than ten years."
Fang Qingyi hissed, "Don't argue about these meaningless things at this time. Is there a secret passage to leave?"
Viscount Ye Jin shook his head and said, "This is just an ordinary house, how can there be a secret passage?"
At this time, the thousands of city guards outside were no longer secretive and quickly surrounded the house. Their orderly and hurried footsteps pounded on everyone's heart.
"City guards are arresting people. Unauthorized people, leave immediately!"
"Ready!"
"Fire!"
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh …"
A dense rain of arrows fell once again.
Moreover, it was actually fire arrows.
"Fire, fire, fire …"
Round after round of arrows rained down.
Six thousand Imperial Guards surrounded this house that was only a few acres in size. Not even a drop of water could trickle through.
After a short period of clearing the area and expelling the surrounding citizens, they weren't in a hurry to rush in and directly fired fire arrows.
At the same time, a bird's cry came from the sky.
More than ten griffins flew above the house and threw primitive cluster bombs down.
"Boom, boom, boom …"
A series of earth-shattering explosions rang out!
In this secret stronghold, there were only about a hundred people participating in the gathering. Among them, there were only a dozen or so dragon warriors, and there were four super experts who were Fang Qingyi's bodyguards.
Under this kind of crazy and concentrated attack, even high-level warriors would find it hard to resist.
The dense rain of arrows was still manageable, but the deadly primitive cluster bombs were too terrifying. Over a hundred kilograms of gunpowder directly smashed through the roof and then exploded inside the house, thousands of bullets shooting wildly.
In an instant, screams rang out in the house, and mid-level generals with low martial arts skills died one after another.
Fortunately, in order to fool people, Viscount Ye Jin chose this area with fewer people. Most of it was warehouses and carriages.
But even so, there were still many citizens fleeing in all directions, and there were even quite a number of casualties.
And when the nobles in the capital heard the loud noise, they first trembled in fear, thinking that Søren was going to start a raid. But thinking about it, all the nobles were in the inner city, and the city guards were fighting in a remote corner in the southern part of the city, so they couldn't be attacking the nobles.
As long as the fire didn't burn their heads, they were happy to watch from the sidelines.
…
This kind of rain of arrows and bombardment lasted for more than an hour.
An hour later, not to mention this house, all the buildings within a dozen or so square meters had been blasted into ruins.
And inside the ruins, there were only a dozen or so survivors like Yuwen Gai and Fang Qingyi.
Most of the city guards' generals had already been shot to death by the rain of arrows.
These lucky survivors were all experts at the Dragon Warrior level or above!
The reason Viscount Ye Jin didn't die was because Yuwen Gai and his son protected him.
And at this time, the commander of the city guards, Hei Ningqi, shouted loudly, "People inside, listen up! The main culprits of the city guards' rebellion are Yuwen Gai and his son! Anyone who captures Yuwen Gai and his son will be spared from death! "
Yuwen Gai and his son's expressions changed when they heard this.
Then, Yuwen Gai said with a sad expression, "At this point, we are willing to help you, brothers. Capture me and offer me to Søren in exchange for a way out! "
Yuwen Fa was stunned, saying, "Father!"
Instantly, the city guards' infantry commander knelt down and said in a hoarse voice, "Commander-in-chief, what are you talking about? We have lived and died together for more than a dozen years. You have shown us great kindness, how can we be so ungrateful? "
Then, the dozen or so city guards' generals also knelt down, expressing their willingness to live and die together with Yuwen Gai.
Yuwen Gai was so moved that tears streamed down his cheeks. He stepped forward to help the infantry commander up and said in a trembling voice, "Good brother, good brother, let us live and die together!"
But …
The infantry commander's eyes suddenly turned cold. Taking advantage of Yuwen Gai stepping forward to help him up, he took out a dagger from his sleeve and stabbed it towards Yuwen Gai's heart.
Seeing this scene …
The surrounding generals were shocked. Then, their expressions turned cold. They all drew their weapons and charged towards Yuwen Gai and his son.
"Commander-in-chief, let me borrow your father's head."
At this time, Yuwen Gai laughed loudly and suddenly grabbed the infantry commander's arms.
The infantry commander's dagger was only half an inch away from Yuwen Gai's heart, but it couldn't pierce through. Yuwen Gai's arms were like two iron pincers.
"Brother, why do you have to do this?" Yuwen Gai sneered and suddenly tore with both hands.
"Ah …" A shrill scream.
The infantry commander of the city guards was torn into two halves.
At the same time, Yuwen Gai and his son were fighting with the dozen or so high-ranking generals.
All of them were at least ten-thousand-man commanders, and their cultivation bases were at least at the Dragon Warrior level.
Yuwen Fa had just broken through to dragon warrior not long ago and could only fight one person at a time.
Therefore, Yuwen Gai was fighting one against ten!
But even so, he was not at a disadvantage at all!
He was like a fierce tiger, incomparably violent. The sword in his hand was completely unmatched.
Not only was he fighting one against ten, he also had to protect his son.
"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh …"
Every time Yuwen Gai slashed down, he would cleave a city guard general in half. He would either cleave them vertically or horizontally. It was an incomparably bloody and terrifying scene.
On the side, Viscount Ye Jin held a gorgeous longsword in his hand and trembled there, not knowing what to do.
The four Hidden Island super powerhouses only protected Fang Qingyi and watched coldly from the side, not having the slightest intention of helping.
The incomparably powerful Yuwen Gai was still killing one with each slash.
In a short span of three minutes, more than ten city guard generals had been completely killed.
It should be noted that these people were all dragon warriors and above.
Seeing this scene, Viscount Ye Jin was completely stunned.
He had long heard of Yuwen Gai's power. Rumor had it that he was the third most powerful person in the military, second only to Count Sauron and Duke Turin Tuo. He was stronger than Count Jianze and Count Chuye, and even stronger than the Imperial Guard Commander Hei Ningqi.
Viscount Ye Jin did not believe it because he had never seen Yuwen Gai in action all these years.
Now, it seemed that he was really an invincible general. No wonder Count Sauron liked him so much back then.
However, so what if his martial arts were strong?
Jianze was so powerful, but when faced with Søren's beheading order, he knelt down without any resistance and was beheaded.
Duke Turin Tuo, known as the strongest person in the military, did not even have the chance to fight and directly committed suicide by consuming poison.
…
After killing all of his subordinates, Yuwen Gai came in front of Viscount Ye Jin and said, "In-law, tell me honestly, is it possible that other people know about this secret stronghold of yours?"
Viscount Ye Jin closed his eyes and recalled. Before coming here last night, he had taken the key and went to see his daughter Ye Feidie for the last time.
However, even if his daughter Ye Feidie saw his key, she would not know about the existence of this place.
Viscount Ye Jin shook his head and said, "General, no one really knows."
Yuwen Gai shook his head in pain and said, "It's too late to say anything now."
Then, he came in front of Fang Qingyi and looked at him with an extremely complicated gaze.
Why did Yuwen Gai betray Count Sauron? Why did he betray the renegade king?
The Yin Yuan Association played a very important role in this.
Yuwen Gai was born a commoner, and under Count Sauron's promotion, he became the commander of the city guards.
However, his foundation was too shallow. Even though his salary was quite generous, he could only afford a small courtyard in the Royal City, where every inch of land was worth its weight in gold.
His wife and children, old and young, were still seen as poor. In the Royal City's upper class society, they had no foothold at all.
Women were all vain. Who didn't want to wear gold and silver?
Just like that, the Yin Yuan Association slowly infiltrated Yuwen Gai's mother, wife, and daughter.
All men in the world were lustful. When Yuwen Gai was young, because of his family's circumstances, he did not have the opportunity to come into contact with beautiful women. He only experienced his wife.
His wife's looks were only passable, and as she grew older, her charm became even less.
At this time, the women sent by the Yin Yuan Association were each more beautiful than the last. That beauty, that figure, that skin, it was as if water would come out of it if you pinched it.
Who wouldn't love glory, wealth, and beautiful women?
Moreover, at that time, Count Sauron was already paralyzed in bed, and Duke Turin Tuo had already betrayed the king.
The two mountains in front of him had fallen, and Zhi Li was at the peak of his power. Yuwen Gai felt that it was meaningless for him to continue to be loyal to the king.
And the most coincidental thing was that although His Highness Zhi Li was at the peak of his power, he lacked a true confidant.
Yuwen Gai was completely different from Jian Ze. Jian Ze wanted to save face and suffered, insisting that Zhi Li visit the straw hut three times to invite him.
On the other hand, Yuwen Gai was very sensible. As soon as Zhi Li put on a courteous attitude, he immediately knelt down, as if he had finally met a wise master.
Therefore, Yuwen Gai became Zhi Li's number one confidant in the military, guarding the Royal City for him at all times.
When Zhi Li forcibly ascended the throne, Yuwen Gai did not even appear in the palace. Instead, he led the city guards to protect the order of the Royal City, escorting Zhi Li.
Of course, after Zhi Li was defeated, he assassinated the king and forcibly ascended the throne. Yuwen Gai no longer had high hopes for him. Although he still supported him in secret, he carefully drew a clear line between them.
As for Søren, after he entered the Royal City, Yuwen Gai never went to visit him.
His thoughts were even more complicated, and there was no need for outsiders to know. But there was one thing that he was more desperate than anyone else for the royal family to hide Søren.
But no matter what was right or wrong, there was no longer any meaning.
Now that things had developed to this point, there was no turning back. Whether it was regret or self-consolation, there was no meaning.
…
After a deep sigh, Yuwen Gai seemed to have made some kind of decision. He cupped his hands and bowed to Fang Qingyi. "Young Lord Fang, take care."
Fang Qingyi ignored him. Previously, he only treated Yuwen Gai with courtesy because he needed him. Now that all his plans had been destroyed, why should he be nice to these lowly people?
"Son, follow me!" Yuwen Gai said.
Yuwen Fa immediately followed behind him.
Yuwen Gai raised his hands and slowly walked outside.
Seeing the two of them appear, thousands of arrows were instantly aimed at the father and son duo.
Yuwen Gai loudly said, "General Hei Ningqi, I surrender!"
The Imperial Guard Grand Commander was stunned. Yuwen Gai was willing to surrender? This was somewhat unexpected. He thought that an invincible general like Yuwen Gai should have killed himself on the spot.
Surrender? Even his last bit of dignity would be gone!
However, since Yuwen Gai was willing to surrender, Hei Ningqi could not stop him. His fate would be decided by Søren.
Hei Ningqi waved his hand. Instantly, two Shadow Pavilion warriors stepped forward and used Demonic Silk to bind Yuwen Gai tightly.
Demonic Silk was actually made by stretching platinum into silk.
Platinum was one of the toughest secret metals in the world, second only to Dragon Gold. Wearing Platinum Soft Armor would make one invulnerable. Søren was always wearing one.
Once any expert was bound by the Demonic Silk, they would not be able to break free no matter how strong they were.
Of course, the reason why they could not break free was not because they did not have enough strength. It was because these Platinum Silk were extremely tough and sharp. If you tried to break free, it would directly cut into your body. Therefore, no matter how much strength you used, you would only be able to cut off your body and arms.
"General Hei Ningqi, I wish to see His Excellency Søren," Yuwen Gai said.
The Imperial Guard Grand Commander Hei Ningqi said, "I can help you pass the message, but whether His Excellency Duke will see you is not certain."
Then, he shouted, "Men, put Yuwen Gai and his son into the prison carriage!"
Just like that, the once number six person in the military, the invincible Imperial Guard Grand Commander Yuwen Gai, was reduced to a prisoner.
"And me, and me …" Viscount Ye Jin rushed out and directly knelt on the ground with both hands raised. "I also surrender, I also surrender. My daughter Ye Feidie was once the Regent Duke's lover."
A Shadow Pavilion warrior stepped forward and directly stuffed him into the prison carriage. They did not even tie him up with ordinary ropes. It was clear that they did not care about Viscount Ye Jin's trash martial arts.
At this time, in the ruins of the residence, only the Hidden Island Young Master Fang Qingyi and his four bodyguards were left.
Hei Ningqi asked, "There are still five people inside, who are they?"
Although his spiritual power cultivation was at its peak, he could still sense that there were five powerful energy bodies.
Viscount Ye Jin hurriedly said, "It's the Hidden Island Young Master Fang Qingyi and his four bodyguards!"
Hei Ningqi's eyes lit up with ecstasy.
He did not expect that when he came to capture Yuwen Gai and his son, he actually caught a big fish!
"Hahahaha …" Hei Ningqi said loudly, "Young Master Fang Qingyi, are you going to come out yourself and surrender, or do you want us to kill our way in?"
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