"What did you say? Who betrayed us?" Qin Jingsu stood there in a daze.
"Crown Prince! The Second Prince has committed treason! Luzhou has fallen!" the Guest Minister repeated.
...
「Outside Huai Mountain Pass」
After defending the city for four months, Qin Jingsu looked quite exhausted.
But the situation was turning for the better.
'If I can just hold on for another two months at most, the morale of the Jin army, unable to break through after such a long siege, will surely hit rock bottom.'
'Then, I can truly launch a counterattack!'
But just then, a letter arrived from the Imperial City for Qin Jingsu, along with several million Elixirs.
It contained only a few simple sentences:
"This Elixir can neutralize the miasma in the Black Beast Forest for ten hours. You are to set an ambush in the Black Beast Forest valley as soon as possible and await the Jin army. Jing Yuan will cut off their retreat! Remember! Do not let Jing Yuan's painstaking plan go to waste!"
