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Chapter 151 Assassination Showdown in Yongcheng

Cang, the commander of the secret service, arrived at the princess's tent and knelt on one knee inside.

“Your Highness,” Cang Kai said softly, “Having received Master Bai Li’s decree, I hereby acknowledge you as my new master. This is the contract; please accept it, Master.”

He then presented a brocade letter with both hands.

Li Cen took the letter and examined it closely. The commander of the Dark Guard was named Cang.

He is one of the top five experts in the entire continent of twenty-four countries.

The Duke of Dingguo of the Bai family saved his life, so he remained loyal to the Bai family for life to repay this kindness.

And they will protect the Bai family head for generations. Li Cen covered her mouth with her fingers in surprise.

In other words, her mother passed the position of head of the Bai family to her?

Sure enough, after the brocade letter was fully opened, it contained a small box, which was the Bai family ancestral seal.

“Mother, she…” Li Cen’s eyes were a little wet. She had once thought that her mother did not love her as her daughter because of her father’s deception.

Now, the feeling that had been missing in my heart for many years is finally being gradually filled by something.

She knew she wasn't the unloved one; years of resentment caused her emotions to surge up like a flood unleashed.

But stubborn as she was, she managed not to lose her composure.

“Master, I will now obey you completely.”

Cang ignored her emotional fluctuations and operated like a machine: "My personal abilities lean more towards assassination skills. I can take a person's head from among ten thousand people as easily as taking something out of a bag."

Cang's implication was quite clear.

"You mean you're going to kill Chao Zhiyi?" Li Cen understood immediately; she instantly grasped her mother's intention in giving her Cang at this time.

While they might not be able to defeat the Chao Zhiyi in military campaigns, assassination was a specialty of the spies.

This is a reminder to Li Cen that he should not be confined to battlefield combat, but should instead make use of his own advantages.

"Can you kill Chao Zhiyi?" Li Cen hesitated, worried that Cang might not be able to do it perfectly.

“Very easy!” Cang laughed dismissively.

"Although I can easily kill Asanogi, I cannot guarantee that they will turn into a defeated army after Asanogi dies."

"Yes, at least we need to eliminate one core member first. The commander-in-chief is the heart of the army. Without the heart, they lose their direction."

Li Cen nodded and gave Cang the order to assassinate Chao Zhiyi.

Cang accepted the order, left the tent, and with a light touch of his toes, his movements were ghostly; he disappeared into the night in a few moments.

This night was destined to be restless.

Cang sent a signal to all the sentries in Yongcheng, and in an instant, the city's granaries were ablaze with fire.

Several granaries were set ablaze, and the east and west wards of Yongcheng were brightly lit.

Asanogi's army was indeed well-trained and experienced in combat; it was common for their supplies to be burned by the enemy.

Therefore, both prevention and remedial measures were very effective, and the fire was quickly brought under control.

Chao Zhiyi personally rushed to the vicinity of the burning granary to stabilize morale and investigate spies, but the hidden sentries were not actually targeting the grain supplies.

The sentries who set the fire had long since dispersed, and thousands of eyes were now focused on the movements of the city's guards.

Attack wherever there is a weakness.

The border troops in the city were soon exhausted from running around.

It was only then that Chaozhiyi realized something was wrong; they seemed to be being led by the nose and played around.

"Lieutenant Liu! We've reached the intermediate level; the enemy is probably trying to wear us down."

Chao Zhiyi called out to his deputy general Liu, "Take your men and arrange the troops in each location. Set up camps one mile apart at each location to facilitate rapid support from all sides."

By dividing the city into more points and having multiple points support each other, we can deal with enemy sneak attacks. After all, as things stand, the number of enemy troops that have infiltrated the city is not large.

Cang hid in the shadows, watching as Chao Zhiyi fell into the trap step by step.

He was dispersing the people around him step by step, just as Cang had expected.

After passing several key military locations, only Asahi Yoshi was left with a garrison of no more than a hundred men.

The time has come.

Cang raised her hand and lightly flipped her wrist in the air.

A thin, curved blade flew out of his hand.

Taking advantage of the dark clouds obscuring the bright moon, the throwing knife stealthily moved through the darkness.

Cang lowered his hand, and the curved blade was already deeply embedded in the doorpost behind Chao Zhiyi.

The dull sound seemed so insignificant.

The path the throwing knife had just traversed was where heads were just beginning to fall to the ground.

As Cang gracefully moved forward step by step, her raised hand once again drew a beautiful arc in the air.

The soldiers around him who had just reacted only had time to turn around and look at him before their throats were pierced and they fell to the ground silently.

Cang doesn't like to hear painful screams, so his throwing knives always sever the vocal cords and trachea, killing people silently.

He walked to the end of the row of corpses, pulled the throwing knife off the doorpost, and gently wiped it with a handkerchief.

He sheathed his flying knife, grabbed Chao Zhiyi's head, leaped onto the roof, and strode away.

This night was a nightmare for the soldiers guarding the city's borders.

Because they had never seen what their opponent looked like.

This was a fighting style they had never seen before, like a ghost, invisible and intangible, yet able to take the commander's head right under their noses.

The disappearance of Chao Zhiyi's head and the silent deaths of his soldiers deeply shocked everyone else.

As dawn broke, Chao Zhiyi's head was hung on the battle flag of Li Cen's army, a triumphant display of power.

Liao Chen shouted and cursed at the front lines, demanding that the border guards come out and surrender immediately.

They called out for almost the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, but there was still no response from Yongcheng.

“Your Highness, they are no ordinary army. If the head of Chaozhiyi cannot deter them, it is very likely to enrage them.”

General Bai Jin, who was beside Li Cen, reminded him not to be too optimistic.

"Then, General, what should we do?" Li Cen looked at the tightly closed city gate and had already made the worst-case scenario plan.

"Prepare for war..." Bai Jin's eyes burned with determination: "They might not surrender!"

"Did all the sentries in the city withdraw last night?" Liao Chen asked Li Cen, turning around.

"The commander of the secret service came out with twenty men, the rest are still hiding inside." Fortunately, Lu He had provided the sentries with communication equipment beforehand.

The inside has been thoroughly searched from last night to today. If it weren't for those devices, we might have lost contact with the hidden sentries inside.

Liao Chen drew the greatsword from his back: "We are outnumbered. Although we weakened them somewhat last night, we are still 20,000 to 30,000 behind..."

“The grain and fodder inside have all been burned. If we attack the city multiple times, we can exhaust them,” Bai Jin continued, picking up where Liao Chen left off.

"attack!"

At Li Cen's command, Liao Chen led his troops straight to the city gate.

Bai Jin assigned 10,000 elite troops to protect Li Cen, waiting for Liao Chen's attack to end before she would engage in a series of attacks.

The city gates of Yongcheng were tightly closed, and the city walls were filled with archers waiting for orders.

Deputy General Liu peeked out and fired a stray arrow in the direction of the Princess, shouting, "We would rather die than surrender! To avenge General Chao!"

Bai Jin swung her spear to block the arrow.

"I guessed right, they were indeed enraged and are determined to fight to the death!"

Liao Chen's first wave of attacks failed to gain any advantage and resulted in numerous casualties.

The opposing side truly lived up to its reputation as a border guard force that had fought for many years.

Their defense is virtually impenetrable.

What should we do... Li Cen looked at the towering wall and frowned.

Cang suddenly appeared beside Li Cen like a ghost: "Report from the rear, an unidentified group is approaching us!"