I am the villain in the book

Late in the afternoon, Wei Changtian and the others returned to Jinzhou City after seeing Liang Qin off.

Although the 300,000-strong army had already left the city, Wei Changtian didn't need to accompany them at all times since they were still far from Xin Feng.

Therefore, he planned to spend the night in Jinzhou City and take care of two things while he was there.

"Young Master."

Passing through the bustling streets, the carriage slowly stopped in front of an inn that had been cleared of people.

Chu Xianping, who had been waiting outside the carriage, immediately greeted Wei Changtian as he stepped down, and said softly:

"An hour ago, the Qian and Hui kingdoms completed their encirclement of Fengyuan."

"Now Fengyuan is completely and utterly an isolated city."

" . "

"Mm."

Without stopping, Wei Changtian asked calmly: "How many people returned to Fengyuan City?"

"Less than 100,000."

Chu Xianping replied with his head lowered: "Even if you include the martial monks who haven't rebelled, it's only about 120,000 or 130,000."

"120,000 or 130,000 ."

Wei Changtian nodded and asked again: "How many troops from the Qian and Hui kingdoms are besieging the city now?"

"At least 500,000, and the number is still increasing."

Chu Xianping's expression was not good: "It seems they don't plan to advance slowly by occupying one city and then defending it, but intend to flatten the entire Xin Feng territory in one go."

"If that's the case, Miss Xu probably won't be able to hold out for too long. I'm worried that Fengyuan might fall before we even arrive."

"Young Master, should we order the armies to march even faster?"

A hundred and twenty to thirty thousand people defending a large city like Fengyuan.

And among them, there are many Buddhist martial monks who may not be reliable.

Looking at it this way, Xu Sui's current situation is much more dangerous than Li Qi's before.

Back then, Li Qi stubbornly defended Fengyuan with nearly 300,000 old, weak, and disabled soldiers, facing more than 400,000 elites from Da Ning, and ultimately held out for more than a month.

But now, the strength in Xu Sui's hands is less than half of Li Qi's, and the enemy's strength is even greater.

With this disparity, how long can she hold out? This is definitely not a simple math problem.

Last time, although Da Ning's military strength was much stronger than Da Feng's, the gap had not reached the point where it could subvert conventional tactics.

In other words, Da Ning still needed to attack and pause intermittently when attacking the city, and Da Feng also had enough troops to rotate when defending the city.

But this time, the Qian and Hui kingdoms, with five times the strength of the enemy, don't need tactical adjustments at all, and can maintain a high-intensity siege non-stop.

As for Xin Feng, most of the soldiers, once they are on the city wall, probably won't have a chance to come down again.

So, how long Xu Sui can hold out, the answer may not be optimistic.

However

"Brother Chu, we are already marching at full speed. If we go any faster, I'm afraid that even if the soldiers arrive a few days earlier, they will be like a plate of loose sand, with no strength to fight."

"As for the Tiangou Army, although they are brave, their numbers are too small. Only by using them as a surprise force can they exert their power. Facing the enemy head-on would be hurting ourselves by eight hundred while harming the enemy by a thousand. There's no need for that."

"Therefore, we don't need to adjust the marching plan for the time being. Everything can remain as usual."

"Creak ~"

Pushing open the door of a room, Wei Changtian walked to the table and sat down, turning his head to look at Chu Xianping, who was frowning.

"Brother Chu, I know you're worried that we'll be too late."

"Actually, you don't need to worry about this matter."

"Let me ask you, has Xu Sui sent any new news today?"

"This ."

Chu Xianping was stunned, as if he understood Wei Changtian's meaning: "No, Miss Xu hasn't sent any message yet."

"Look, that's the thing."

Wei Changtian smiled: "Since she's not in a hurry, why should we be?"

"Don't worry, didn't I tell you? Xu Sui has no fewer tricks than I do."

"When she's really at her wit's end, she'll urge me."

" . "

"Yes, I understand."

Lowering his head, Chu Xianping didn't say anything more.

"Young Master, if there's nothing else, I'll go out first."

"Mm, go ahead, and call Zhang San over."

"Yes."

" . "

Lowering his head and taking two steps back, Chu Xianping quickly turned and left the room.

Wei Changtian also turned his gaze to Yang Liushi, who had been silent all along and was now making tea.

"Have you investigated the matter I told you about yesterday?"

"Mm, I've investigated."

Yang Liushi walked over with a cup of tea and placed it in front of Wei Changtian: "Last night, this servant secretly went to Huangfeng Valley and sensed a intermittent aura of a demon beast in the back mountain."

"It seems that the information given by the Suspended Mirror Division should be correct. There is indeed an old demon with deep cultivation imprisoned there."

"Well, that's fine, then we'll go tonight."

Wei Changtian nodded and took a sip of tea.

This was one of the two things he planned to do in Jinzhou.

After obtaining the Eclipse Bead, he secretly asked the Freemasons and the Suspended Mirror Division to investigate where there were major demons appearing in Ning and Shu.

The former hasn't found any accurate information so far, and what they got are basically unreliable rumors.

However, because the Suspended Mirror Division is in charge of both demonic matters and Jianghu sect affairs, it has provided a lot of information.

For example, this "Huangfeng Valley", which is both a place name and a sect.

The latter is a relatively large Jianghu force in Jinzhou. The mountain gate is not far from Jinzhou City, less than a hundred miles north of the city.

If it were placed in a fantasy novel of the previous life, Huangfeng Valley would be a standard "Medicine Sect", which mostly grows immortal herbs and is extremely good at medicine and alchemy.

However, compared to the spiritual herbs and immortal pills it "produces", a poison called "Half Moon" is more famous.

Not only is the output extremely small, but it is also extremely poisonous. It is one of the few poisons that can threaten cultivators.

It is said that just one drop can cause a third-rank martial artist to die of a broken heart within three breaths, and three drops can cause a middle-rank martial artist to faint on the spot.

Poisons that can have an effect on cultivators and have such a fierce effect cannot be refined from ordinary poisons, so Huangfeng Valley must have some other means.

Ordinary people would not know the truth.

However, it can't hide from the Suspended Mirror Division.

According to the latter's information, Huangfeng Valley most likely secretly raises a snake demon with at least 500 years of cultivation, and "Half Moon" is refined from the venom of this demon snake.

The Suspended Mirror Division's information is already very reliable, and Yang Liushi personally verified it last night, so this matter is basically true.

In this way, Wei Changtian became interested.

Of course, he is not for the poison, but preparing to kill the snake demon to "recharge" the Eclipse Bead.

Anyway, it just happens to be in Jinzhou, so he can do it easily, saving him from having to make another trip in the future.

As for why not go over immediately and have to wait until night .

"Dong dong dong!"

"Young Master, Madam."

The door was knocked, and Zhang San came in and greeted the two of them first, and then approached Wei Changtian and asked: "The carriage is ready, do you want to go to the Wang family now?"

"Mm, go now."

Wei Changtian drank the tea in his cup, stood up and said to Yang Liushi: "I'm going out for a while, I'll be back soon."

"Okay"

Yang Liushi nodded in surprise, but didn't ask much.

She watched Wei Changtian and Zhang San push the door and leave, and then blinked her eyes in confusion.

"The Wang family?"