Chapter Seventy-Three: Feud
Xuan Qi quickly stepped forward, clicked on the black-clothed man's acupoint, and pulled down the black-clothed man's masked scarf, but it was Ashinatai. Xuan Qi took Ashinatai under his armpit, fell lightly to the floor on the first floor, handed it over to the two guards who came up, and strode out.
Under the firelight, more than a dozen corpses were lined up, and even Zhu Huolong and Ashinati were tied up and placed on the ground. Xuan Qi immediately ordered the three captured people to be imprisoned separately, and he was the first to enter the cell where Zhu Huolong was being held.
"Zhu Huolong, there are a few things to ask you, and you'd better answer honestly. โ
"Ask!"
"Your real master is Ashinakun, right?"
"Yes. โ
"The wife of the Hua family was intercepted and killed in Yangqu back then, but it has something to do with you?"
"You... Who the hell are you, and why do you know this?"
"You just have to answer honestly, and you don't have to know who I am. โ
"Okay! But I wish a certain participation. โ
"Who is the master?"
"The Holy Son of the 'Heavenly Divine Sect', and Helian Yinshan. โ
"How can you be willing to obey the two of them?"
"The head of the family has long cooperated with the 'Heavenly Divine Sect' and Helian Yinshan, and this is just one of the things in the cooperation. โ
"Since you have cooperated with Helian Yinshan, why does no one in the king's tent know you?"
"Cooperation is expensive cooperation, the head of the family didn't let me wait to show up in front of people, naturally no one knows me. โ
Xuan Qi nodded and continued to ask, "Who else was involved in the killing of Mrs. Hua besides you?"
"One is Ashinati, and the other two are just ordinary disciples of the Ashina family. โ
"Another thing is that the assassination of Li Sheng, the generalissimo of the Celestial Empire, is it also related to you?"
"Are you Li Ning?" Zhu Huolong's eyes widened, but he had already guessed Xuan Qi's identity, after all, he could know so much, and he cared so much about these two things, and at the same time, his martial arts were even more superb, not too much.
"Better keep your mouth shut!"
Seeing that Xuan Qi did not deny it, Zhu Huolong lowered his head dejectedly and said slowly: "Zhu Mou did not participate in this matter. However, I heard that it was the hand of the holy woman of the 'Heavenly God Sect', and the people she brought were all masters of the 'Heavenly God Sect'. โ
"Do you know the Son and the Virgin?"
"I've seen it a few times, but it's all with my face covered, and I've never seen my real face. โ
"Do you know where these two are now?"
Zhu Huolong shook his head and said, "I saw the Holy Son once in Ashina's house two years ago, and I haven't seen it since then, as for the Holy Maiden, Zhu really doesn't know." โ
Xuan Qi saw that he couldn't ask anything, so he slowly walked towards Zhu Huolong, and Zhu Huolong's eyes showed horror: "What are you going to do?"
"There are some things, since you have done them, you have to be prepared responsibly. โ
"No ยทยทยทยทยทยท"
Xuan Qi then interrogated Ashinatai and Ashinati brothers, but what they knew was similar to Zhu Huolong, and there was nothing that could attract Xuan Qi's attention.
That night, the entire Juyanhai was in the sound of horses' hooves and shouts of killing, and countless spies lurking in Juyanhai were found, some were killed on the spot, and some were put in prison.
Early the next morning, a row of heads was hung at the gate of the city for public display, which naturally included the two brothers Ashinatai and Ashinati. The news that the five brothers were all folded in Juyanhai this time was transmitted back to Ashina's house, which immediately made Ashinakun faint with anger, and when he woke up, he made a poisonous oath on the spot that he must take Xuanqi's life and avenge his son.
And the failure of this plan also allowed the Ashina family to join the attack on the Xiongnu in advance, thereby speeding up the speed of Helianhan's destruction, which everyone did not expect.
When the news reached Helian Han's ears, Helian Han was also shocked, and immediately broke into the Yan family's room and asked why his beautiful Yan family knew someone from the Ashina family. The beautiful Yan Shi was just looking for a middleman, and as for who made the shot, he didn't know, and as for the middleman, it was naturally impossible to find it.
A group of envoys and princes and nobles who came to Juyanhai to congratulate them all felt a little unbelievable that Juyanhai dared to kill so many people from the Ashina family, after all, this Ashina family has always been high, and even the surrounding countries are behemoths that dare not easily offend. But at the same time, these people also felt sincere admiration for Ju Yanhai's daring to openly offend the Ashina family, after all, not many people have such courage.
On the day of Helian Nian's enthronement ceremony, Helian Nian, in his capacity as the King of Juyanhai Khan, issued a notice condemning the Ashina family for assassinating his mother and son for no reason, saying that he wanted Ashina Kun to give an explanation. As soon as this announcement document came out, it was undoubtedly equivalent to directly announcing that he had really gone to the opposite side with the Ashina family.
After Chu Lin assisted Helian Nian that night, he disappeared, and naturally not many people noticed Chu Lin's existence. In order to ensure the safety of Helian Yu'er's mother and son, Xuanqi had no choice but to ask Chu Lin to inform the Xuanmen disciples and the beggar disciples to sneak into Juyanhai as soon as possible.
As the ice and snow melted and spring blossomed, the attack of the old hairy people began again. Since the 500,000 reinforcements sent by Queen Elena had not yet arrived, Juyanhai had a chance to breathe for the time being. Xuan Qi was basically not in the king's tent during this period, and he had already entered all parts of the border of Juyanhai, fully supervising and guiding the construction of the city and the wall.
Hundreds of thousands of people in Juyanhai joined the construction army day and night, and soon, Xiongguan and cities quickly stood up on the border of Juyanhai. In accordance with the principle of gradually approaching the hinterland from the border, Xuanqi gradually advanced towards the hinterland of Juyanhai.
By the end of April, Ivanov's army had fully broken through the Yenisei River and approached the banks of Lake Baikal, Irkutsk and the Lena River. However, due to the great reduction of Helian Lu's troops, he temporarily formed a tug-of-war with Helian Han in the area of Mulun and Kusugul Lake.
The 500,000 reinforcements of the old Mao people and the 3,000 disciples sent by the Ashina family finally arrived. After allocating an army of 300,000, Helian Lu gained a numerical advantage and quickly took the towns of Mulun and Tunel, Hatgal, Idel, and Talialang, and approached the north bank of the Selenga River.
Ivanov, on the other hand, took the entire Baikal Lake, as well as Irkutsk and Ulan-Ude along the coast, as well as Ust-Kut and Palshino on the banks of the Lena River, and then began to turn south, approaching the north bank of the Selenga River.