Chapter 427 - Surrounding the Camp (1/2)

Chapter 427: Surrounding the Camp

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Shangguan Hong had only just left the military camp when he was ambushed in an isolated corner His corpse was, in terrible condition, was nearly diced into mincemeat It could only be identified fro that could be brought back to the Dragon King, the soldiers on patrol could only invite hio down to see for himself

It was more than any ordinary assassination It was e or had wished to use such crude methods to hide the truth

Gu Shenwei felt that the prior theory was more plausible The Golden Roc Fort he knew could be ruthless and strike without mercy, but its killers rarely defiled the corpses of their viction King’s theory but he was still pale with shock and nearly threw up

He had hated Shangguan Hong, had even wished for his half-brother to perish as quickly as possible However, upon seeing the pieces of flesh strewn across the ground, even if it could be someone else’s, he still felt soory scene

The Dragon King was going to take serious action For the next five consecutive days, a huge search was conducted in the capital of the Stone Kingdom, as well as as inside and outside of the military camp He personally took part in searches of crucial areas and left no stone unturned

A total of 34 killers and machetemen from the Golden Roc Fort were rounded up Most of them were executed on the spot Only tere captured alive, but they co escorted to the Dragon King

They definitely were not the entirety spies planted in the Xiaoyao Lake region, but Gu Shenwei could only do so ’s disappearance, two supply depots within the borders of the Stone Kingdom were secretly set on fire simultaneously

The existence of one of the depots was public knowledge, while that of the other was kept secret The former was situated about 20 kilometers in a southwesterly direction froht both Shangguan brothers to visit before There were s stored in it The latter was closely adjacent to the city walls of the capital and looked like an ordinary commoner’s house that was frequented by encuuan Fei saw that night was stored in this depot

The scale of the sneak attacks exceeded everyone’s expectations Each depot was hit by groups of about 80 to 90 people; the searches over the last five days did not seeth In fact, it seethened security at both locations and even set up traps for the attackers After a brief fight, the ambushers suffered heavy losses and were nearly wiped out Even so, they successfully set fire to the depots and laid waste to Zhong Heng’s strenuous endeavor

The fires, both north and south, shot up high and illu tiradually died down near dawn

Ru the soldiers and civilians of the Xiaoyao Lake to have even less confidence in the upcoan snatching up provisions and storing thee

When the fires raged on, Gu Shenwei and Zhong Heng were in their tents planning battle forht As the neas passed on to theh of relief

In the end, Shangguan Hong still ence on to the Golden Roc Fort, He even did it even quicker than they had expected As for the two depots, they were only displayed that one day for Shangguan Hong’s viewing pleasure, and more than half of the suit of armors kept there were replicasthee takes, at the very least, half a ’s death, yet the Golden Roc Fort see raised his doubts

“Therefore, the person who gave the order would definitely not be Shangguan Jianyi Most probably it was soet him to…” Gu Shenwei remarked as he briskly walked to the entrance of his tent Suddenly he paused and spun around, struck by an idea “Could it be that…”

“That’s exactly right!” the usually cal exclai upon his face “Shangguan Jianyi has already snuck into the Xiaoyao Lake region, he’s somewhere near to us!”

“He’s the Co Heng grinned

It was coe in risky business alone The Dragon King had gone alone to gather intelligence on the eneuan Jianyi would behave in the same manner It was exactly the type of behavior that the Suprehtly sloppy to assume that the enemy Commander, after only two sneak attacks which weresoly sensed that it was plausible He could not help but get excited as well

Zhong Heng led some men to put out the fires and catch the arsonists who escaped Gu Shenwei led over 200 guard troops and 300 swords military officers of Xiaoyao Lake hiuess while deducing that Shangguan Jianyi was hiding in the camp

After he was attacked in the royal palace, Gu Shenwei ordered people to observe the Shangguan brothers secretly There were various signs that showed that the person Shangguan Hong wascontact with came from the tents of the military officers froinally planned to keep the sh he could wait a while longer for the largest fish to take the bait, he decided that it was time to reel it in; he even suspect he was a bit too late

Just as the encircleain that the arsonists were lers from the other four nations of the Xiaoyao Lake who had fled after their loss On paper, they never returned to their camp, nor were their names recorded within the personnel files In reality, however, they had been hiding in the ca, protected by their comrades

The armies of all five nations were involved in the do to protect the deserters

The situation soon beca’s army consisted one-third of the soldiers from the five nations ar the betrayal to continue, were he to act too harshly, it would be a detrith No matter what, it was not as si to turn to the Golden Roc Fort

It was still dark when Gu Shenwei gave the order for all his troops to asse military officers of the five nations ar the dozens of officers and all of thereet the Dragon King

In reality, none of the of the supply depots was huge news and could even be seen frouilty or afraid of trouble, hid in their tents trying to listen to the noises outside