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Xu Shiqiu's guess was not wrong, at this time, the people from the Flower Hall in the capital had indeed succeeded.

Bearded General only realized that he had been designed after being unarmed and tied up with a rope.

But the person who trapped him didn't even give him a chance to speak. Not only was there a bunch of rags stuffed in his mouth, there was only himself in the entire dark room.

Bearded General didn't understand who he had offended. All he could do was hope that the long-faced warrior general could find him in time and rescue him out.

Bearded General was waiting for the long-faced warrior to save him, but it was not easy for the long-faced warrior either.

After he followed the guide away, he did meet the little beauty that he had been yearning for. However, she wanted to drink with him, so he didn't act in a rush. Instead, he drank with her.

However, after drinking this pot of wine, what happened next was not something he could control.

When he woke up again, he found out that he was completely naked on the bed. There was indeed a woman lying beside him, but she was not the little beauty he had been drinking with.

He had originally thought that he had spent eight hundred taels of silver in vain. Who knew that in the next instant, the closed door would be forcefully pushed open by someone. That familiar tigress would then angrily appear in front of him.

When the tigress arrived, before he could even get dressed, she had already pulled him off the bed. The tigress then extended her hand to the woman who was originally lying beside him.

Following an ear-piercing screech, he steadied himself and realized that the woman who had been awakened by the tigress earlier was already dead in her hands.

Although the long-faced marshal's wife was fierce, she had never personally killed anyone. At this moment, she never would have thought that she would snap this woman's neck just by pinching her.

And in the moment that the woman died, last night, he should have left with the long-faced military general. Only then did the little beauty's eyes turn red, and she appeared at the door with a group of people.

Following that, it was the little beauty who claimed that she had only asked her servant to give her water to bathe. Unexpectedly, the long-faced military general became so perverted that he pulled on the servant, refusing to let go.

She could not tolerate her husband, on his first night, actually having any feelings for his servant and leaving by himself. She had wanted to explain it clearly, but she did not expect him to be so heartless as to take her servant's life.

The long-faced martial general naturally did not want to admit that he had done such a thing. However, even though he had felt drunk last night, a few images were faintly surfacing in his mind.

And those scenes were exactly the same as the little beauty's words.

Just as the long-faced warrior general was about to argue on his behalf, the yamen runners who came to arrest the Bearded General and hear about what had happened heard. They all rushed over to capture the female tigers who had killed them and were already in a daze, unable to wash their faces clean.

The news of two people dying in succession in the pavilion had spread throughout the capital before noon. The most unexpected thing was that this matter involved two military generals from the imperial government.

The people of the capital loved to listen to the gossip of the officials. However, this time, it was not just gossip. There were people who witnessed it with their own eyes.

It wasn't until the Bearded General's tigress went to visit the Bearded General in prison that he was sure that he had been tricked.

Other than Xu Shiqiu, there was no one else that he and the long-faced warrior could offend at the same time.

Bearded General instructed his tigress in detail. Because he was in a hurry to save himself, he did not notice the gaze his wife was giving him, which was completely devoid of friendship.

Bearded General wanted to save himself, but in the army camp at the outskirts of the city, the other two military generals leading the troops also noticed that they had disappeared.

At first, they had thought that Xu Shiqiu's men had kidnapped them at night. But when they were caught one after another in the afternoon by Xu Shiqiu's men, they found out that Xu Shiqiu's men had not been able to catch them at all.

"Your Highness, according to the previous agreement, we cannot leave the military base in the capital until the victor is decided."

Xu Shiqiu frowned, he seemed to be speaking unintentionally, but he reminded Prince Duan, who was in charge of this competition, that these two people were not in the army camp, and that they had already violated the rules.

Initially, Prince Duan thought that Xu Shiqiu had enmity with the two of them and sent people to hide them, hoping to use this matter to make things difficult for the two of them.

Therefore, when he heard Xu Shiqiu talk about this matter, he lightly stroked his beard and said to Xu Shiqiu: "Rest assured, this king will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly, and will not allow anyone to violate the rules of this competition."

Prince Duan's words had given him some leeway.

He had led this army for many years, and there were also his men in the military camp outside the capital. Naturally, he knew that Xu Shiqiu and the two people that he had not seen before were not very happy with each other.

However, his royal brother wanted to maintain a balance within the military camp. So, even if those two people violated the rules and left the military camp during the competition, he would punish them with military rules and not take away their official positions.

But what Prince Duan did not know at the moment, was that Xu Shiqiu wanted Xu Shiqiu to personally make these promises in front of everyone.

In the evening, Prince Duan had a bad premonition when he found out that the two people he didn't see in the capital had actually had a scene in the Flower Hall.

However, his previous words had already been spread out. Now, these two people not only left the camp during the sparring match, but also went to the flower pavilion. They were involved in the deaths of others.

Right now, he couldn't simply deal with this matter. This matter wasn't something that he could handle.

When Xu Shiqiu heard that the capital had already made a ruckus, his lips curled into a cold smile, "Since I've already made my move, I definitely won't leave any leeway for you."

Not long after Xu Shiqiu received the order, Ye Shuo and Xu Yanhao, who were in charge of "intercepting" the mountain and seizing the military talismans, had already swept the mountain three times. After confirming that no fish had escaped the net, they returned to the camp at the foot of the mountain.

They had just returned, there was a big pot set up in the army camp over at Xu Shiqiu's side.

When the general in charge of the military camp heard the news, he immediately ordered, "Quick, bring out the pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks, and chickens that we bought this morning. We can't let them cook our meat for us."

Although purchasing these pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks, and ducks had cost him a lot of silver, the general who was left behind felt extremely satisfied when he thought about how he had greatly humiliated Xu Shiqiu after defending the army camp this time.

He only paid silver this time, unlike Xu Shiqiu, who would pay silver out several times a month.

The moment the general who was left behind to defend the camp finished his words, they quickly began to cook the meat.

Although they had more people on their side and not as much meat as their counterparts, this was already a rare opportunity for the soldiers that were stationed here.

After the first batch of soldiers had finished eating, the general that was left behind changed his armor and began lecturing the soldiers below.

"Tonight will be the last night for all the soldiers. As long as we can hold on to this night, tomorrow at noon will be our victory."

As the general's voice faded, the soldiers standing below raised the weapons in their hands and shouted, "Guard! Guard! Guard! Victory! Victory! Victory! "

Hearing the voice coming from below, the general was in an extremely good mood. He then continued, "As long as you hold the military camp, after tomorrow's victory, I will buy you some good wine and let you all eat to your heart's content!"

This was not a real war, so even if they won, there would be no spoils of war.

However, as long as he won, even if he took out another silver to buy meat, he would be willing to do so.

Because if he defeated Xu Shiqiu, his name would definitely be reported to the Prince Duan and His Majesty would know of it.

At that time, no matter how much money he spent, he could take it all back!

The main general, who was left to defend the camp, had given up a sum of money. Therefore, after the soldiers had eaten their fill, they also had some confidence in tonight's garrison.

However, what they didn't expect was that they had waited all night for the opponent's attack with their eyes closed.

The next day, the sky was already slightly bright. The general in charge of guarding this military camp was sitting gloomily on the seat of honor.

No matter what, he could not understand why Xu Shiqiu did not send anyone to attack the camp that night.

One had to know that there was only half a day and a few hours left until the end of the competition. Could it be that he was so confident that he could take down their military camp before noon?

The Lord will not understand, but he can only wait.

Not only was the general waiting, but the other soldiers were also waiting.

They had been waiting from the end of Yin hour to the end of Chen hour. However, Xu Shiqiu's men had not come to attack the camp yet.

There were still four hours until the end of the afternoon. Even if Xu Shiqiu sent people to attack, he would not be able to take down the army camp within four hours.

So, this Xu Shiqiu, what exactly is his plan?

Could it be that he didn't plan to seize the military camp?

The main general who was left behind to defend knew that Xu Shiqiu had already taken down all of the other squads deep in the mountains. Thinking that perhaps Xu Shiqiu had given them some face, and thought that it might be a draw, he felt that this matter was very likely.

With this thought, the general that was left behind told the other generals what he had guessed.

"There are still four hours until the end of the competition. Even now, Xu Shiqiu has not sent anyone to continue fighting for the camp. I'm afraid there won't be anyone else."

The remaining military general had just finished saying this when two of the military generals exchanged a quick glance. The two of them were already close to each other, so they didn't attract anyone's attention at this time.

After all, the other people in the tent who also had a good relationship with him gave him the right eye.

The general in charge saw their actions clearly, and seeing that they did not refute him, he could not help but continue, "Since that's the case, we should get ready as well." With that said, the main general snorted and said: "Looks like this Xu Shiqiu has some eyes, he knows to leave a way out for himself."

He understood the meaning of the general's words. He was thinking that Xu Shiqiu did not force them into a dead end, otherwise, if they really attacked with all their might, they might not even be able to hold on.

After all, the other squad of soldiers they had sent into the mountains had returned.

As the general's voice fell, two martial artists immediately flattered him, "It's still best if General's arrangements are correct. On the previous night, maybe Xu Shiqiu sensed that we had other plans."

"It must be so, Xu Shiqiu was definitely shocked by the general's arrangements, and did not dare to rashly come over."

Just as the two of them finished speaking, the general's face revealed a hint of a smile.

But before he could speak again, the curtain of the tent was suddenly lifted, and more than ten soldiers of the Iron Eagle Brigade poured in.

Without waiting for them to react, the Iron Eagle Brigade Soldiers quickly stepped forward and tied up the previous smiling faces of the main general and the others.

Just as the general who was guarding the camp came back to his senses, he discovered that there were two generals in the camp who were not tied up.

"You guys betrayed us?"

As the general's voice faded, the two men looked at each other, then smiled and said, "We were originally General Xu's men." After saying so, the two of them raised their hands at the same time and removed the masks covering their faces, revealing their original appearances.

Seeing that the two of them removed their masks, revealing two faces that were similar to the two generals, the faces of the generals in the tent became completely dark.

He truly did not expect that there would be spies amongst them.

These two did not care what they thought, they were chosen by Xu Shiqiu under his command. Not only were they 60-70% similar to the two generals who were replaced, the most important thing was that they were specially selected by Xu Shiqiu to train these special soldiers.

After the two revealed their true appearances, they quickly walked out of the tent, not caring at all about the expressions of the other people in the tent.

After the two of them had walked out, the general in the tent pondered for a moment before saying in a stern voice, "We have been deceived!"

They had indeed been deceived.

Actually, on the first night of the assault, Xu Shiqiu's soldiers took advantage of the chaos to exchange away the thousand soldiers.

Some of the soldiers here had been killed that night, so with these thousand people, they successfully took over the military camp.

It was only when the garrison general was brought out of the tent that they found out that a weak powder had been added to the thin porridge eaten by the soldiers in the barracks this morning.

The time limit was only six hours.

However, this was enough time.