Hu Yan Longhao's move caught Wei Er off guard.
By the time he finished speaking, Hu Yan Longhao's fingers were already on the edge of Wei Er's cheek.
With a slight tug, the human - skin mask in the appearance of Wei Ying would be torn off, revealing the real face beneath.
Seeing the other man reach out and press his hand, Hu Yan Longhao narrowed his eyes and said with a hint of邪气, "What, Lord Xiao has taken a fancy to this pretty - boy look?"
Wei Er shifted his body slightly and replied with a polite smile, "I can handle this myself. Your Highness doesn't need to trouble yourself."
Humph, he didn't want anyone to touch his face.
You know, in order to easily disguise as various people, he had spent a fortune on taking care of his face.
If a rough person like Hu Yan Longhao scratched it, he would suffer a great loss.
Thinking of this, Wei Er quickened his hand movement. With a gentle tug, the mask came off.
Looking at the somewhat pale face of Xiao He in front of him, Hu Yan Longhao let out a slight sigh of relief.
Just now, he suddenly wondered if the person in front of him was also an imposter.
Now it seemed that he had been overthinking.
If the other person was really sent by Wei Ying, then Wei Ying's insidiousness would be beyond imagination.
And Wei Er also let out a sigh of relief in his heart. Fortunately, he had had the sudden idea of wearing two masks today.
...
By the time Hu Yan Longhao finished his business and reached the city tower of Chuanzhou City, Hu Yan Longchang had already finished mustering the troops and was ready to set off at any moment.
He couldn't wait to strike the enemy by surprise.
As far as he knew, the military strength in Qingzhou City was even less than that in Chuanzhou City. They had already captured Chuanzhou City. He didn't believe that the Prince of Ning could defend a small Qingzhou City.
Even if the Prince of Ning asked for reinforcements, it was unlikely that they could arrive within a few days. Moreover, they had previously made a big show of spreading the news that the Prince of Ning was going to marry into Xiliang. Those with real abilities might have loathed the Prince of Ning to the extreme.
So, the Prince of Ning wouldn't get any military assistance!
Thinking of this, Hu Yan Longchang got a bit excited. Standing tall on the city gate tower, he raised the big knife in his hand, used a bit of his internal strength, and loudly said to the soldiers, "Brave sons of Xiliang, you are all the children of eagles. The plateau is our god!"
"The plateau is our god!"
"Today, I will lead you to continue attacking the land of the Great Yan and contribute strength to our god!"
"Contribute strength to our god!"
"The people of the Great Yan are treacherous and sinister. We Xiliang people need to enlighten them ourselves. Are you ready!"
"Ready!"
Hu Yan Longhao watched all this coldly. His elder brother usually seemed vulgar and tough, but every time he led the troops into battle, his mouth could always say something... quite inspiring. However, it only inspired these lowly ants at the bottom.
Thinking of this, Hu Yan Longhao curled his lips slightly.
After Hu Yan Longchang finished speaking, he glanced at Hu Yan Longhao beside him and said dissatisfiedly, "Aren't you going to say something to boost the morale?"
Hu Yan Longhao replied with a smile, "Brother has said it perfectly. Whatever I say, I can't compare to your lofty image in their hearts."
"Would it kill you to say a few words?" Hearing the somewhat perfunctory words, Hu Yan Longchang scolded coldly.
He always attached great importance to boosting the soldiers' morale before a battle. Hu Yan Longhao's perfunctory attitude clearly meant that he thought it was unnecessary.
Seeing Hu Yan Longchang getting angry for no reason, Hu Yan Longhao could only roll his eyes silently in his heart. Against his will, he loudly said to the army below the city, "You are all the most outstanding warriors of Xiliang. Gather your spirits and let's welcome our next victory together!"
Although it was a bit perfunctory, the soldiers really liked this kind of speech.
One by one, their eyes sparkled and they were eager to fight.
It seemed that they had already seen the dawn of victory.
...
Led by Hu Yan Longchang, they managed to shorten the four - or five - day journey to three days.
Sure enough, the scouts who had gone to investigate the enemy's situation came back to report that the city - defense soldiers in Qingzhou City were in a complete mess when they saw their army.
Hearing the news, Hu Yan Longchang let out a wild laugh. Then he waved his hand forcefully, signaling to move forward at full speed.
When they reached the city gate of Qingzhou City, they saw that the enemy seemed to be on high alert.
But if you looked closely, you could see that there were some loopholes in the defense at key checkpoints.
It seemed that they were really not ready!
Thinking of this, Hu Yan Longchang shouted at the people on the city tower in broken Central Plains dialect, "We Xiliang people are honest and kind. If you open the city gates and surrender, we will definitely spare the lives of the common people in the city!"
A middle - aged man who seemed to be a general on the city gate tower glared angrily and shouted back, "You Xiliang dogs, stop playing these tricks! We in Qingzhou will never surrender!"
After understanding the curse, Hu Yan Longchang laughed out of anger, "With your meager military strength, can you stop our Xiliang's powerful army?"
"You... Don't be so arrogant! His Highness, the Prince of Ning, has sent us a message. He has already led the nearest army to come to our aid! As long as we can hold out for one day, he will kill you Xiliang dogs to the last man!"
"One day? Then I'll see if you can hold out for one day!" Enraged, Hu Yan Longhao didn't waste any more words. He waved his hand, and the sound of the horn rang out.
Arrows cut through the sky and shot menacingly at the figures on the city wall first.
Then a large number of Xiliang soldiers advanced under the rain of arrows to the foot of the city tower and climbed up the straight city wall, each one extremely brave.
In contrast to the Xiliang soldiers, the city - defense soldiers in Qingzhou City seemed like a mob. They only shouted loudly and hacked randomly.
Some Xiliang soldiers who had just climbed onto the city wall were unexpectedly hacked down. The ones who came later were more cautious. Soon, they saw the enemy's loopholes. After dodging a straight - forward slash from the enemy, the Xiliang soldiers raised their weapons to kill the enemy.
Unexpectedly...
The little soldier who had been trembling and hacking randomly just now suddenly went limp in the legs and rolled to the side. Then... he actually ran away crying like a stray dog?
Perhaps the enemy's embarrassed appearance amused the Xiliang soldiers. When they laughed and hacked at the Qingzhou city - defense soldiers, those who had been resisting finally couldn't bear the fear anymore. One by one, they panicked and fled in a hurry. Some... even fell inside the city wall and no one knew where they had landed.
The Xiliang soldiers didn't think much. Seeing that the city tower was quickly occupied by their own people, they happily shouted to Hu Yan Longchang waiting outside the city, "Your Highness, the Crown Prince! We've captured the city tower!"
Seeing that the city tower had been captured so quickly, Hu Yan Longchang beamed with joy and led the soldiers to attack the city gate.
Looking at Hu Yan Longchang's back, Hu Yan Longhao frowned slightly.
However... he wasn't going to be kind enough to remind this reckless man, Hu Yan Longchang.
As long as he was careful.
Even if there was an ambush...
"The city gate has been rammed open!"
"Charge!"
Was it really that easy to capture the city?
Hu Yan Longhao had a hunch that something was fishy, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong.
Watching Hu Yan Longchang enter the city smoothly, Hu Yan Longhao didn't want to give all the fruits of victory to Hu Yan Longchang for nothing. So he gritted his teeth, gathered a group of elite guards around him, and then entered Qingzhou City as well.