Twin Space: The Evil King Should Never Think of Taking the Throne

Chapter 114: Catch the Turtle in the Jar

Ji Cheng led his army to set off. Fulin stood under the city wall, looking at the large group of troops marching away, and silently prayed in his heart that the king would return with a great victory.

Ji Cheng led his men and horses and traveled all the way, finally arriving at Linhai Town where the rebels were stationed, and set up camp outside Linhai Town.

He had experienced this rebellion and roughly knew what would happen next, so he was not in a hurry. At present, the only person he needed to be wary of was his good uncle, King Jing.

In his previous life, Prince Jing acted decisively in this rebellion. Although he helped him to quell the war, he won numerous praises in the court. He also made a lot of moves when he married the Princess of the Central Plains.

When he later investigated the incident, he found out that one of the assassins who killed the eldest princess was a subordinate of Uncle Jing. After Duoduo entered the palace, Uncle Jing also tried to place people around him many times on the grounds that the queen was weak and had difficulty in bearing children.

"Ji Yuan, you are the general in this rebellion suppression. You don't have to worry about anything. I will fully support you."

"Yes!"

Ji Yuan received the order and immediately arranged the troops. Ji Cheng quietly sent Ji Wuye to keep an eye on King Jing, and if he made any unusual moves, he would immediately send a pigeon to him.

"Uncle Wang, it's not that my nephew is taking advantage of the situation. I just took advantage of the situation in advance."

Ji Cheng curled his lips. This time, he wanted to suppress the rebellion and return to the court on his own. He wanted to make sure that Uncle Jing's heroic deeds were useless. He wanted to plan carefully to welcome his queen back to the Chongming Palace.

He also had to help the queen rescue the poor brother who was attacked by the spiritual weapon, make the vixen in Red Clothes acknowledge his identity as her future brother-in-law, and then kick that little brat Zhang Qiong aside.

Ji Cheng spurred his horse and came to the city gate. Looking at the high-hanging flag with the word "King Xu" on it, he became angry and took the bow and arrow from his horse and shot.

The king's flag snapped, and the Linhai garrison was in a panic. They looked down and saw a king in black clothes and armor looking at the city with cold eyes.

"I am here, you rebels, why don't you surrender?"

"Kings!"

The soldiers on the city wall saw the royal flag behind Ji Cheng and immediately thought of the identity of the newcomer. The moment they saw the king in black, they began to panic unconsciously. There was a commotion on the city wall. Ji Cheng just looked at the crowded city wall with a look of disdain and domineering.

The commotion on the tower was soon interrupted by a loud shout, and a thin figure walked up to the city gate. He looked down at Ji Cheng, his eyes were calm, but his heart was not calm.

"Ming Wang, are you alright?"

Ji Cheng raised his head and looked at the thinner man, with a faint smile and cold eyes. He was not unfamiliar with the man on the city wall. Xu Qingming, the Zhenhai General he promoted, held the power of life and death over the three towns of Linhai, Near the sea and along the coast. It can be said that they once trusted each other and were close to each other, but this person he trusted wanted to rebel against him.

"Qingming, I haven't seen you for many years. You have lost weight."

"hehe!"

Xu Qingming snorted and leaned against the city wall to look at the 30,000 troops brought by Ji Cheng. With 30,000 men against his 50,000 defenders, this king was as arrogant as ever.

"Qingming, why do you want to rebel?"

Ji Cheng's army was at the gates of the city. He looked at the general who had been killed by Ji Yuan with a single blow, and felt sorry for him. In his previous life, he was so angry about his rebellion that he had not noticed that he had lost so much weight. What was the reason that made the Zhenhai general whom he trusted rebel against him?

"King, do you need a reason to rebel? Just rebel if you want to!"

"The Qingming I know is not this kind of person."

Xu Qingming bowed his head. He could not see Ji Cheng's expression clearly, but he could hear Ji Cheng's determination at this moment. What a good sentence, "I am not such a person". This sentence touched him deeply. However, he became such a person.

There was silence for a long time. Xu Qingming didn't say anything. He didn't know what to say and could only remain silent.

"Xu Qingming, I have one more question for you. Why did you rebel against me?"

Ji Cheng's voice was twice as loud, even mixed with extreme anger. In his previous life, he should have asked for an answer, but unfortunately, he was too extreme at that time and did not give Xu Qingming any chance.

"King, there is no point in talking any more."

Xu Qingming took the bow and arrow from the soldier, aimed at Ji Cheng, and then released the bowstring with a bang. The arrow flew towards Ji Cheng, but Ji Cheng did not move, just looking at Xu Qingming, as if trying to see something from that thin figure.

The arrows flew close to him, and he swung his sword and deflected them, and the arrows fell to the ground, and he was intact. Then, thousands of arrows shot towards the city, and Ji Cheng swung his sword lightly, and the army began to attack the city.

War is always cruel, and Ji Cheng knew who would suffer in such a civil war. He still remembered that when he mentioned the rebellion to the queen, she said with great distress:

"When one family fights against another, the people will always suffer. If possible, I really hope that there will be no war."

At that time, he thought the queen was saddened by the war between Zhongyuan and Liushuo, but now he knew that his queen was kind. Ji Cheng led the way to kill the enemy, but his mind was not on the battlefield at all. This was thanks to his long experience in the battlefield. If it were someone else, he would have been killed long ago.

This siege put a lot of pressure on the enemy, but the 30,000 troops he brought also suffered a small loss. However, because the siege vanguards he selected were all elites, it was much easier than the battle in the previous life.

Seeing that the city could not be taken after a long siege, Ji Cheng ordered his troops to retreat. The army had traveled all the way and started to attack the city as soon as they arrived. The soldiers were very tired. However, after returning to the camp, Ji Cheng did not dare to relax because the enemy would definitely launch a surprise attack tonight.

In his previous life, he failed in the siege and was in a bad mood. His army was also very tired, so when someone came to attack them, they were caught off guard and their food supplies were burned before they could react. Now, he had to prepare carefully and catch these sneak attackers in the trap.

It was late at night, with few lights on. From time to time, voices calling for commands could be heard from the military camp, and occasionally a few crickets could be heard chirping.

In the dark night, a group of people came quietly. They sneaked into the military camp and came to the outside of the tent silently.

"General, are we going to kill the king?"

A soldier with his face covered asked softly to the leading man in black. The man shook his head at him and pointed in the direction of the food and grass. His meaning was very clear: just burn the food and grass and don't cause any trouble.

The soldier nodded and rushed to the food cart first. Before he could throw the torch into the cart, a cloud-piercing arrow flew out and knocked him to the ground, and the torch also fell to the ground.

"Oops, we've been ambushed. Retreat!"

The leader of the men in black shouted, and more than a hundred men in black rushed in one direction, trying to fight their way out and escape.