The Rising Phoenix
Chapter 219: Showing Off His Strength

Chapter 219: Chapter 219: Showing Off His Strength

Bai Xiang was riding his horse, standing in front of all the soldiers, facing the Yue Kingdom’s military camp. They arrived at this destination just now.

"I am Bai Xiang from Liuyin Empire. I want to invade your country. If you resist, I will kill you." Bai Xiang shouted.

Bai Xifeng was riding a horse as well beside Bai Tingfeng. She looked at her brother.

"Do we need to announce like this?" Bai Xifeng asked.

"Well, usually, we don’t." Bai Tingfeng shook his head.

"Oh, I know. He might feel like showing off his strength." Bai Xifeng said.

Bai Tingfeng chuckled. He could not help to say in his mind. ’Xixi, that is your father.’

Bai Xiang looked at the wall. At the top, Zhang Tao looked down at the Liuyin Empire’s soldiers. To be honest, the Liuyin Empire’s soldiers were considered a small amount compared to the Yue Kingdom’s soldiers.

But the Yue Kingdom’s soldiers’ average strength was only the High-Rank Congealing Channels Realm. The ones who had passed the Cold Core Realm were a small number of people.

Not to mention, from their spies, they knew that the individual strength of Liuyin Empire’s soldiers had been increased after consuming the pill provided by the rumoured-talented alchemist.

Zhang Tao felt that he could not fight this battle. However, he could not just give up. He had a country to protect.

He is waiting for the messenger from the emperor. He gave his report about the battle and Gao Shoushan. He wanted to know if the emperor wanted to save Gao Shoushan or not.

He needed to delay it until the messenger came over. If the emperor wanted to save Gao Shoushan, they needed to negotiate the terms to exchange the hostage.

"Brother, why are they not responding?" Bai Xifeng whispered.

"Who knows?" Bai Tingfeng was also confused.

"Bring the war prisoners to the front." Bai Xiang ordered.

The soldiers pulled the tied-up people and arranged them in front of them. The one who struggled the most is Gao Shoushan. The soldier needed to kick him to make him move.

"Bastard, how dare you to kick me? I will make you regret this. I will kill you." Gao Shoushan shouted.

Gao Shoushan, for three days, had been trying to escape from Liuyin Empire’s soldiers. However, he was not able to break the rope. He couldn’t do anything about this.

Zhang Tao managed to recognize Gao Shoushan. It seemed Gao Shoushan had been beaten up. But he still could speak loudly, meaning he is still fine.

Gao Shousan looked up. He could see the top of the wall.

"General Zhang, save me." Gao Shoushan shouted.

But he got no response. He gritted his teeth. He felt like Zhang Tao had abandoned him. The anger rose.

"Zhang Tao, you better save me. I am His Majesty’s nephew." Gao Shoushan shouted again.

Of course, Zhang Tao heard that. It was very disrespectful of Gao Shoushan to call him like that.

The messenger arrived bringing the order from the emperor. The emperor ordered him to save Gao Shoushan at all costs. Since that was what the emperor wanted, he would obey.

Bai Xiang was waiting for so long but did not get a response. He thought it was time to enter and attack the enemy.

"Everyone, stand...." Bai Xiang began to shout.

"Wait a minute."

Bai Xiang heard the voice from inside the fortress. He stopped his movement.

The door of the fortress is opened. It was Zhang Tao who came out of the door.

"Zhang Tao..." Bai Xiang knew Zhang Tao since they did face each other in the past.

"Bai Xiang, we surrender. However, please release our people." Zhang Tao said.

"Oh, not so fast. We can accept your surrender but releasing your people is not enough." Bai Xiang said.

"Then, what do you want?" Zhang Tao gritted his teeth.

"This fortress and the nearby city." Bai Xiang stated.

"What?" Zhang Tao was surprised.

This fortress was owned by the Yue Kingdom for thousands of years. They built this fortress to perfection. And now they needed to hand out to the enemy just like that. How could Zhang Tao not be angry about that?

It was because of such a person like Gao Shoushan who did not learn what people had said led to this event. But the emperor already ordered him to save his nephew at any cost.

"Alright." Zhang Tao agreed. "However, it takes time to move everyone out. Please wait for three days."

"Sure. I will return the war prisoners to you three days later. Until then..." Bai Xiang was happy to get what he wanted. It seemed that someone as important as Gao Shoushan was very working.

Zhang Tao entered the fortress again and started giving orders to all the soldiers to move out of the fortress. Some of the high-ranking soldiers protested saying that Zhang Tao should not agree so quickly about that.

However, when he showed the decree from the emperor, everyone finally shut up. They knew that they did not have any choice but to obey the emperor’s order. They felt angry at Gao Shoushan for recklessly bringing the soldiers to go and attack the Liuyin Empire. If he listened to Zhang Tao, none of this would have happened.

He had many soldiers, but he still failed and even became a war prisoner. If it were not for his identity as the nephew of the emperor, they would not care about him at all. They would just let him die.

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