Chapter 114: Blood and Steel
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“Sun Yuanzhi has conspired to assassinate the Prince of Qi! Anyone involved will be executed without mercy!”
Li San shouted at the top of his lungs. The servants who had suddenly turned violent were actually secret guards disguised as assassins.
In an instant, most of the powerful families who had conspired with Sun Yuanzhi were either dead or injured. Sun Yuanzhi himself was forced to retreat under the relentless assault of the secret guards.
However, the private soldiers from the Sun family, charging out of the grove, quickly closed the distance, forcing the secret guards to temporarily withdraw to protect Xiao Ming.
Sun Yuanzhi laughed maniacally. “Xiao Ming, you’re truly a fool. Even though you knew this was a trap, you still came. Since you delivered yourself to me, don’t blame me for what happens next.”
“If I hadn’t come, how would you traitors have revealed yourselves? Everyone knows the principle of ‘capture the leader to defeat the rebels.’ Now, let’s see whose side fate is on,” Xiao Ming said coldly.
The previous night, Sun Yuanzhi and his allies had chosen to stay in a fortress outside the city rather than within Qingzhou, making it difficult to capture them.
If Xiao Ming had rashly led the Qingzhou army to attack Sun Yuanzhi’s ambush, Sun Yuanzhi would have fled in advance.
In that case, Xiao Ming’s plan to eliminate these powerful families in one fell swoop would have failed. If these families escaped, they would inevitably conspire to harm Qingzhou’s interests, no matter whose banner they rallied under.
This was especially true for Sun Yuanzhi’s faction. If they fled to the grasslands, they would become a future threat to Qingzhou.
It was for this reason that Xiao Ming had taken the risk. After all, in an era of vast territories, sparse populations, and backward communication, capturing fugitives would be extremely difficult.