Chapter 428 - Morale of the Military (2/2)

“Yes?” answered Dugu Xian He did not knohat he should say and squeezed out a vague sound fro has come to visit and asks if it’s convenient for you, General”

The u Xian, his gaze indifferent

“It is,” Dugu Xian replied He shi+fted his body weight to the other leg and came to a sudden decision It was done so quickly that he did not even have the tih the pros and cons “There’s…”

Just as he was gathering his breath to shout the rest of the words, the sabers of the assasins struck at hi in front and behind hi above of where he was currently standing

“… an aed to shout the rest of his words, despite the attacks He could feel an intense pain co from the left side of his body i to die Strangely, though, he was still very conscious Legends had it that the Golden Roc assasins always killed in just one stroke; but the strike of his assailants did not seeu Xian did not have time to think about it, as he withstood the sharp pain before he fell to the ground; it took hiet back to his feet

The first thing he noticed was that his left ar froon King in theassassin

When Dugu Xian was still sound asleep, three Golden Roc killers had already snuck into his room

Gu Shenwei entered the city just before daybreak and ordered the soldiers to surround the nearby alleys, while he alone went ahead to find out the situation

The guards in the courtyard were still alive but having faced a sneak attack the night before, two soldiers who used to be savages, were injured by hidden weapons Therefore the other soldiers had broadened their patrolling radius Even after ain

As for Dugu Xian, who had reuards could vouch that absolutely no one snuck in

Gu Shenwei thought otherwise and therefore sent a guard to check on the general He had reuard to not speak too u Xian

However, the guard did not follow the Dragon King’s warning When he was killed, the Dragon King had been standing guard on the roof, listening closely to the voices below and trying to find any traces an enemy

The prime opportunity for him to strike was the moment when the three assassins retreated fro the assassins were ready to kill hih the roof and killed two of the assassins in one go He was slightly late, though, and unable to save the ared three bloith the third assassin before killing him as well

The three of them were not just any ordinary killers froe of striking first, Gu Shenas not certain if he could withstand their attacks

Dugu Xian was starting to slip into unconsciousness He had understood roughly what had occured before he blacked-out and fainted

The sounds of the battle drew the guards outside Dugu Xian’s roo the corpses strewn across the floor They hurriedly bandaged Dugu Xian’s wounds and cleaned up the scene

Gu Shenwei examined the corpses of the three assassins carefully He did not kno Shangguan Jianyi looked like, but he was certain that none of theed to that bold eneuan Jianyi had either fled fro spot This was no ordinary opponent – Gu Shenas convinced of his assessreithin hiuan Jianyi’s action of setting fire to the two supply depots and setting a trap at Dugu Xian’s roo to take the bait

A short while later, Dugu Xian woke up Sharp pain accoroaned twice “Shangguan Jianyi will ain for the rest of this year”

Gu Shenwei stood in front of the general’s bed and nodded, replying, “No, but he’ll send ence that the Dragon King wanted Shangguan Hong to pass on was not the guan Jianyi suspicious was the two supply depots He was an extre The inventory in the depots were uan Jianyi would believe that both Shangguan Hong and the depots were part of an elaborate plot cooked up by the Dragon King to trick hi him to fall into the trap

It was a ploy similar to a double bluff and when Gu Shenwei told eneral was evenwas that it would work This was due to the fact that he understood Shangguan Jianyi’s character “He doesn’t trust anybody except for his own eyes,” he counseled

Therefore, Gu Shenwei made sure he ‘saith his own eyes’

Gu Shenwei stayed for a while before returning to the barracks It was highly plausible that Shangguan Jianyi would wait till the next spring before sending his soldiers to battle, but even if there was only a ten percent chance that he could attack now, the Great Snow Mountain army could not afford to relax Before winter came, they must improve on their defences

The ath tension as they would be facing tough opponents All soldiers were ordered to gather earlier on and had still not been disroup of swordsainst the personnel file in their hands while another bunch of theh search of the entire camp Eventually, they found close to a hundred soldiers that were unaccounted for Inluding the arsonists that had set fire to the supply depots, there were more than 270 spies within the army camp of the five nations

It was Gu Shenwei’s thorniest proble the five nations of Xiaoyao Lake?

The spies had to executed, publicly Anything else would go against h to try to pacify everyone, though; just a few promises and pretty words would not assure anyone After Gu Shenwei gave the order to behead the spies, he disradually suppress the fear and longing to desert within his troops

It was an extre him out Some did it blatantly while others tried to drop hints, but all of theainst someone else If Gu Shenere to listen to thee, he would have to have killed half of his own army

He knew that not all of the spies had been uncovered It was actually very likely that other soldiers, ere registered in the personnel files, harbored the sa and the Great Snow Mountain ar caht very thoroughly about what he was about to say He first told Gu Shenwei about the serious consequences of the upheaval in the fighting spirit of his troops, before suggesting a solution that he believed was etIt’s the most important link between the Great Snow Mountain and Xiaoyao Lake”

Gu Shenwei understood what Zhong Heng was getting at Logically, he knew that it was a good idea which he should have thought of before But in his heart, he realized that he had was strongly opposed to the princess It had nothing to do with their previous encounter It was a resistance that had taken root the day he decided to ask for her hand in e