Perhaps Ye Weiming had not hidden well enough while lying in wait. He had followed Yelü Jun's army in secret the entire way and had even gotten a close look at Yelü Jun's face, confirming that he was indeed poisoned. Yet even when the army arrived beneath Shangjing's walls, Li Chi Mei never appeared to cure him.
Something was off with this script.
Logically speaking, shouldn't Li Chi Mei be doing everything possible to prolong Yelü Jun's life at a time like this, in hopes of turning the situation around?
Was the other side being overly cautious, or had he inadvertently exposed himself without realizing it?
Or perhaps Li Chi Mei truly had that much patience, intending to wait until the two sides officially clashed, when everyone else was too occupied to spare attention elsewhere, before appearing to cure Yelü Jun?
Determined to kill the bastard, Ye Weiming decided to keep waiting.
Then...
After Yelü Jun's army reached the outskirts of Shangjing and rested for half a day, they began their assault on the city.
However, Yelü Hongji himself commanded the most elite tenth of the entire Liao Dynasty's forces. Holding the royal city in the short term was no problem at all.
And so, after a fierce battle lasting a day and a night, Xiao Feng finally arrived with the troops formerly under the Southern Courtyard Great King's command. He easily tore open a gap in Yelü Jun's encirclement and charged straight to the foot of Shangjing's walls.
This was where Yelü Hongji's exceptional qualities showed themselves.
By normal logic, Yelü Hongji had previously thrown Xiao Feng into the Heavenly Prison and treated him as an enemy. Now Xiao Feng had arrived with a massive force to rescue the throne—anyone's first thought would be that he was attempting to