The first one to notice that something was odd was Lianpo.
Lianpo led 70 thousand Yanhuang Alliance troops to monitor Feng Yi's legion. The moment Feng Yi's legion started to move toward Wenshan City, they were noticed by the scouts that Lianpo had arranged on the frontlines.
However, Lianpo thought at first that Feng Yi's legion was moving to reinforce the Dragon Legion Corps, so he did not treat the movement that seriously. Apart from reporting the intel to the command center, he only ordered the troops to enter battle status.
It was not that Lianpo was arrogant. However, based on their reports, Feng Yi only had a single legion filled with prisoners that Shanhai City had recently captured.
The standards of Feng Yi's troops were not bad, but the troops were not well meshed with one another. Hence, Lianpo naturally felt confident about using 70 thousand Yanhuang Alliance troops to stop them. Not to mention that they were on such a narrow mountain path.
Not only Lianpo, even Wuqi and Di Chen were not really surprised by this intel.
However, the following situation stunned them completely.
On the west, the Tiger Leopard Cavalry led by Ma Chao was the fastest. It was like a lightning bolt streaking through the wilderness and charging at Wenshan City menacingly.
When Di Chen and the others received the news, the Tiger Leopard Cavalry was already less than 20 miles away from Wenshan City. With their movement speed, that was just a brief distance.
Such a change immediately startled them, and it even caused them to panic a little.
"What happened, how did the Guards Legion Corps suddenly appear near Wenshan City?" Di Chen and the others were not fools and immediately suspected Little Six.
For the Guards Legion Corps to reach here naturally meant that they had teleported over and the nearest city was Yuanyang City. Di Chen and the others did not even need to think and could basically confirm that it was Little Six who had betrayed the Yunnan City-State.
The greatest possibility was that this person had been working with Shanhai City from the start.
"Traitor!"
Qin Feng lost control of his emotions; he unsheathed his blade and raised it toward Little Six's neck.
Little Six was extremely calm and said, "I'm a traitor? I just cooperated with Shanhai City. If I'm a traitor, what are you who sold the City-State to the Yanhuang Alliance?"
Since matters had developed to such a state, all the Lords could see that the Yanhuang Alliance were exceedingly greedy and ambitious. The Lords in the City-State had started to feel regret, some of them wished they had surrendered to Shanhai City.
Hence, the Lords started to feel unhappy and displeased with Qin Feng since he was the person who started this whole affair.
Hearing Little Six's words, many felt that it resonated with them.
On the other hand, Qin Feng felt that he was stabbed at a fatal point, and he scolded, "Since you admitted it yourself, then go to hell!"
As he spoke these words, the longsword was about to cut down.
When Little Six saw that, his eyes were filled with mocking, and he remained unmoved.
"Do not kill him!"
"Stop!"
At the crucial moment, Di Chen and Zhan Lang stopped Qin Feng from performing a reckless act.
"Oh?"
Qin Feng did not understand.
Di Chen facepalmed, "Idiot. This person worked with Shanhai City, so we should interrogate him. Killing him would just be returning the tiger to the mountains."
Since he was furious, Di Chen scolded Qin Feng without holding anything back.
A single 'idiot' left Qin Feng feeling even more ashamed and embarrassed. If there was a hole in the floor, he would rather just dive into it.
In the blink of an eye, he was not welcomed by either side.
Qin Feng did not understand what was going on.
Di Chen knew that he had spoken the wrong words but he had no intentions of taking them back. He turned toward Little Six, "Tell us Shanhai City's plan, and I will represent the Yanhuang Alliance to pardon you and will even reward you."
Little Six laughed mockingly, "How magnanimous! When did the matters of Yunnan City-State end up being controlled by the Yanhuang Alliance? Pardon me? How amusing!"
The moment he spoke those words, the expressions of all the City-State Lords changed.
"Stop asking for trouble." Di Chen's face turned extremely gloomy.
Little Six had a casual smile on his face, which showed that he had no intentions of replying to Di Chen's question.
When Sha Pojun at the side saw that, he was furious and jumped out, "You dog, how dare you be so stubborn when you are on the brink of death? Do you believe we cannot lock you up all the way?"
Little Six shook his head; he gave the seated Lords a look of pity, especially the members of the Yanhuang Alliance, "You're the ones on the brink of death. You all are so arrogant and think you're so smart but you fell into Shanhai City's trap from the start."
"What did you say?" Sha Pojun was exasperated.
"I'm talking about all of you, just wait and die. I will not accompany you anymore." As Little Six said those words, he bit the poison pill hidden in his mouth and killed himself.
Of course, he did not mind dying because Shanhai City had already prepared a substitute doll for him. Since he had completed the mission, he could basically enjoy riches for the rest of his life.
Before he died, the other Lords left in the City-State felt exceedingly tragic and despondent.
Why did we fight so hard? Didn't we just lose in the end? The biggest mistake of the Yunnan City-State was working together with the Yanhuang Alliance.
Along with Little Six turning into a white light and disappearing, the atmosphere became one of deathly silence.
Amidst such an awkward atmosphere, more and more intel was being sent over one by one. Every piece of intel they received made the atmosphere turn colder and colder.
Near the end, the entire place had reached a freezing point.
Di Chen and the others were like ice statues; their faces were ashen white and filled
with despair.
Zhan Lang and Xiong Ba gave out long sighs. In their hearts, there was an indescribable sense of failure.
"We still lost to Shanhai City in the end!"
Zhan Lang truly could not accept this ending. During this battle, the Yanhuang Alliance Army basically did not commit any errors and even had many plus points.
They had seen victory in their sights, but they did not expect that there would be a sudden 180-degree twist.
Was it truly like what Little Six had said and that their every step was calculated by Shanhai City? Zhan Lang instinctively did not want to believe it.
If that was truly the case, it meant a total destruction of their confidence.
Who knows from when but Shanhai City had transformed into a large shadow that loomed over the heads of Yanhuang Alliance; it had become something they were unable to be shaken off.
Just at this moment, Xiong Ba suddenly spoke up after his extended period of silence, "Guys calm down. Looking at the situation, the enemy will reach Wenshan City soon. Let's think about what we should do; do we fight or retreat?"
"Retreat? How?"
Di Chen felt a little bitter. They were not retreating one to two thousand people but 200 thousand troops. It would take one to two hours just to rush back to Wenshan City.
Moreover, there was still a massive battle on the frontlines, and Wuqi had dispatched both the front and back troops to the fray, so how could they easily remove themselves?
No one had the ability to do so, not even Wuqi.
Xiong Ba shook his head, "Of course, I do not hope to retreat all the troops. What I meant is that we should call back the main generals before they surround us. After that, we should immediately teleport away. If not, the moment Wenshan City is surrounded, they could all be captured."
"None of you want to see that happen, right?"
Xiong Ba's words sent a shiver down their spines.
That was right. Soldiers could be recruited and trained if lost. If Wuqi, Lianpo, Tian Dan, and hundreds of other generals were captured, it would be a total calamity.
Wasn't Zhao Kuo a huge lesson?