Chapter 414 - Gathering the City (1/2)
Chapter 414: Gathering the City
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Long Fanyun led five hundred elite troops to rush to Gulping Wind Gorge overnight They caught up with Ha Chilie just in time, as he was about to lose support
On the second day after Dragon King and Maid Lotus had left, the fat chief and his ten children and grandchildren were poisoned to death
Maid Lotus gave them the most common pills that could only last the technique had been very hard to prepare Maid Lotus did not haveto save some to ward off her ene to do with this matter
All of the important men in the fat chief’s fa the surviving descendants, they started to fight a left too soon, and Ha Chilie’s authority had not yet been established He won little support in the narandson-in-law of the fat chief, and even becales He was unjustly criticizedthat he was linked to the death of the fat chief
In those two days, Ha Chilie was in danger and in no less trouble than the Dragon King Several sons and grandsons of the fat chief spent all day gathering a teaers preparing to kill Ha Chilie and then close the north and south gates
Ha Chilie hardly slept He clung to his long-saber every ainst the ene Zhen played a significant role She was only fifteen years old and was too shy to speak in front of outsiders, but she had already learned the art of collaborating and sche It ith her help that Ha Chilie had e and made promises to them in order to win their support
The residents of Gulping Wind Gorge were divided into two distinct factions: those who supported the Dragon King, and those who supported Golden Roc Fort
No one was concerned with the lives of the weak The bodies of the dead lay about, uncollected Everyone aiting apprehensively for a final decisive battle
If it had not been for Long Fanyun’s army that had arrived just in tie No one could have predicted the winner
Five hundred strong swordsmen from the Great Snowmountain could deal with any problee had accepted a certain fact: Gulping Wind Gorge had already fallen to the Dragon King Many of the dissatisfied and those who feared retribution fled overnight and disappeared
Long Fanyun went after the Dragon King So he left a hundred soldiers to be co four hundred doates of the city were fir ent on in the city He could only find a suitable place to set up a garrison and send troops up the city walls to shout at the city guards; however, no one answered
At this ti of ways to harvest the prickly fruit that he had planted: to tell the residents of the city that he was the Dragon King
He had intended to force the city to adh attitude, and then offer kindness in exchange for the residents’ obedience In the end, so situation
The queen mother had sent someone to summon “General Gu”
Troops inside and outside of the city aiting for Gu Shenwei toa while, Gu Shenwei finally decided to see the former princess from the Central Plains
The queen mother received Gu Shenwei in the main hall of the royal palace The throne was empty and the ministers were absent There were only scores of eunuchs and court maids in the hall ere as old as the Queen Mother After the incident last night, she could hardly trust the young ained her elegant de and naturally would not regard the Dragon King as true royalty Hence, she gave the excuse of being old and feeble, and bowed to the Dragon King like an elder eneration, and avoided a sensitive power struggle
Gu Shenas not bothered by this stunt To hiht over fame and status
The queenof the Western Region’s situation, especially the forces related to the Central Plains She knew a thing or two such as the alliance between the Dragon King and the Central Plains– she had heard this from someone As for the split that happened afterward, she knew nothing as neither side had been open about it
However, she was also very naive After beating around the bush, she first thanked the Dragon King for his rescue last night Later, she started to talk about how naive Norland and Golden Roc Fort were She then talked about the five countries of the Xiaoyao Lake: especially the short-sightedness of the An Kingdo, and so on
Gu Shenwei listened patiently to the old lady’s nagging and finally understood her intention
It turned out that the queen mother was extre of the An Kingdorandson to succeed the throne ahead of tiovern the country as the Queen Mother
This was a story about political infighting This was not surprising to Gu Shenwei So he solereed, yet added several restrictions, such as the support of the An Kingdo, the public support of the Central Plains, and the like
Thewas, the queen enerals that “General Gu” was the Dragon King, and that the Dragon King had no intentions of slaughtering the city nor indulging the ar
The queen mother did not understand Gu Shenwei’s half-hearted intentions She had gladly accepted the conditions and agreed to allow the Dragon King to give orders in her naroups of , and others They were the only professional soldiers a the scores of mob meuards that the Great Snowon King was a friend of the An Kingdom, “General Gu” to the masses, and the person as sent by her to infiltrate the city As for conscripting the men in the city to form an army, it had also been her idea