I am the villain in the book

The setting sun casts its light on the pavilion as the gathering clouds herald a mountain storm.

With the departure of Wei Changtian and Tang Chen, the Gongji Society was temporarily "frozen" by force, and Chu Xianping's rebellion seemed to have come to a temporary end.

However, everyone understood that this was only the beginning.

Like the calm before a storm, the real actions of Chu Xianping had not yet begun, and no one knew what would happen next.

Only Wei Changtian could explore the truth of the matter.

As for the others, regardless of whether there were huge waves or surging tides ahead, they had to continue forward.

That night, at midnight, Han Zhao, who had taken over the command of the 300,000-strong army, gave an order, and the army, which had rested in Huailing City for a day, once again set out to the west, slowly advancing towards the former Dafeng Yanmen Prefecture, now the Xin Feng Yanmen County.

Of course, Yanmen County had already been occupied by the Qian and Hui countries.

This meant that, at most, three days later, the Ning and Shu countries would face the Qian and Hui countries head-on for the first time on the battlefield.

Would the Qian and Hui countries, whose main force was besieging Fengyuan, set up defenses?

Delay? Fight to the death? Or simply not resist and "let them pass"?

Han Zhao didn't care.

He would block soldiers with generals and dams with earth. With 300,000 troops under his command, as well as the powerful combination of the "Tiangou Army and gunpowder", he did not think that the mere tens of thousands of garrison troops in Yanmen County could cause any trouble.

In short, the outcome of this war would most likely, or rather, certainly, be decided under the city of Fengyuan.

As a veteran general of the Great Ning, who had experienced many battles, it must be said that Han Zhao's judgment of the situation was very accurate.

Three days later, when the army approached Yanmen City, there was indeed not a single garrison soldier on the city walls.

In this way, the 300,000 reinforcements directly entered Yanmen County without any obstruction, moving a step closer to Fengyuan.

If they did not encounter any resistance along the way, they would arrive at the periphery of the Fengyuan battlefield in about seven or eight days.

By then, the Qian and Hui countries would no longer be able to avoid the battle.

Whether to continue fighting with a stiff upper lip, or to retreat to their homeland with a gray face, a decision had to be made at that time.

Oh, no, that's not right.

For the Qian and Hui countries, they actually had a third way to go—

That was to capture Fengyuan before the Ning and Shu reinforcements arrived.

Xin Feng, Tianshui County.

The scene shifts to Wei Changtian's side.

Just as Han Zhao was leading 300,000 people to advance into Yanmen City, he and Tang Chen had already arrived in Tianshui County, which was closest to Fengyuan.

Maintaining such speed while needing to conceal their whereabouts showed that Wei Changtian was indeed very anxious this time.

Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened along the way.

"Young Master Wei, how should we get into Fengyuan City next?"

Standing on a small, not-so-high earth slope, Tang Chen and Wei Changtian were next to a temporary sentry post, where several scouts had already turned into corpses, lying scattered in pools of blood.

Tang Chen looked at the endless rows of tents in the distance, and then at Wei Changtian's calm expression, wondering how they would cross the Qian and Hui armies' camps and enter Fengyuan City.

Wei Changtian didn't waste any time, and soon took out two talismans from his pocket.

【Avoidance Talisman: Single-use item, use when no one is watching. After use, it can hide the user's figure and aura. This effect lasts for 60 minutes. 300 points】

Last time, when Zhang San and Huang Sheng were tracking the Jue Ji Allied Forces in Tianshan, Wei Changtian had exchanged two Avoidance Talismans for them just in case.

However, they didn't use them, and Wei Changtian had asked for them back.

Fortunately, this time he didn't have to exchange them again.

"Young Master Tang, this talisman is called Avoidance."

In a few simple words, Wei Changtian told Tang Chen the method of use and the effect of the Avoidance Talisman.

The latter was naturally greatly surprised after hearing this, and his eyes changed when he looked at the talisman again.

Wei Changtian knew what he was thinking, hesitated for a moment, and then said softly:

"Young Master Tang, I know you must have many questions for me."

"Including the scene you saw during the peace talks in Zishan Hall, although you have never asked me, you must have many doubts in your heart."

"It's a long story, and I will tell you when the time is right."

"As for now, let's get down to business first."

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"Yes, everything will be as you say, Young Master."

Although Tang Chen didn't know what "when the time is right" meant, he still nodded solemnly.

One didn't ask, and the other didn't answer.

The two of them stayed on the small earth slope for a while, rested a little, and then went down the slope and headed straight for the Qian and Hui armies' camps in the distance.

The effect of the Avoidance Talisman only lasted for an hour, which was half an hour.

This time was not short, but it was not enough for them to run from here to Fengyuan.

Across the river was the Qian and Hui armies' joint camp. Looking around, the banners were fluttering and the swords and arrows were like a forest.

And after passing through the military camp, they would reach Fengyuan City, which was also the main battlefield of the Xin Feng battle.

"Rumbling"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

A muffled and suppressed loud noise rolled in from the front, seemingly mixed with faint sounds of fighting.

Obviously, there was fierce fighting under Fengyuan City now.

Or rather, there had been fierce fighting here every day for the past half month.

Wei Changtian didn't know the exact number of people who had died in the Fengyuan siege.

However, according to intelligence, the two sides had lost nearly 200,000 soldiers combined.

Two hundred thousand.

Even though most of them were soldiers from Da Qian and Da Hui, Xin Feng, with its extremely inferior military strength, must have reached its last desperate moment.

And now there were still seven or eight days before the Ning and Shu reinforcements arrived.

So, he didn't know what other tricks Xu Sui Sui had up her sleeve.

Shaking his head, putting these questions out of his mind, Wei Changtian reached out and took out the Avoidance Talisman.

Tang Chen, who was beside him, also took the talisman in his hand when he saw this.

The two looked at each other, their expressions were very calm, but their thoughts were slightly different at this moment.

For Tang Chen, he was taking a great risk by following Wei Changtian into Fengyuan.

But for the sake of Li Zimu, he did fulfill what he had said that night, "to do his best to help."

As for Wei Changtian...

To be honest, one of the reasons he brought Tang Chen this time was to use the latter's ability to "read minds."

On the other hand, he actually had a rather "cruel" purpose—

It must be known that although his relationship with Xu Sui Sui had eased somewhat because of the Seventh Demon Land, it was not necessarily "back to normal."

Therefore, he had to make the worst preparations—

That was to fall out with Xu Sui Sui again.

Without a doubt, if they really fell out, his situation would become extremely dangerous.

Xu Sui Sui had the Buddhist School, Qin Zhengqiu, Shen Ran and her brother Xu Quan, and even possibly Chu Xianping.

And what about himself?

Once he entered Fengyuan, Wei Changtian didn't think he could take down so many people alone.

Then the only thing he could rely on at that time was the system.

【System Points: 1630】

There were still 1630 points left, which was not a small amount, but it was hard to say whether it would be enough.

So, Tang Chen's other role was...

"Young Master Tang, let's go."

A trace of internal force was injected into the Avoidance Talisman, and Wei Changtian said the last sentence without any expression.

"Yes."

Tang Chen immediately followed suit and crushed the talisman in his hand.

A gust of wind blew past, and the somewhat reddish river water flowed rapidly, rustling in the excitement of the pebbles.

On the shore, the figures of the two had disappeared.