"As Protector-General, naturally I need a little strength. How else could I defend Kucha?"
Wei Qingping replied with a smile.
"I never expected it to go so smoothly."
Yue Qiu sighed in wonder.
At his words, Wei Qingping nodded too.
In all honesty, this move of theirs had been extremely dangerous!
If even one man had escaped, their plan would have failed, and the delegation would have plunged into an abyss beyond all redemption!
Fortunately, they had caught their unsuspecting opponents prepared, and those men had all been drinking tea, leaving them unable to react in time.
By the time they did react, the fight had already become a one-sided rout. Moreover, to make monitoring the delegation easier, this relay station had only one entrance.
Once that entrance was blocked, no matter how many men there were, none could get out.
Climb over the wall?
Useless!
Could they move faster than a blade?
In a way, they had spun a cocoon only to trap themselves inside it.
Yue Qiu's gaze fell on the Prime Minister.
Seeing that the Prime Minister had closed his eyes, he could not help laughing.
"Prime Minister?"
"Prime Minister!"
"Why close your eyes?"
Hearing Yue Qiu's words, the Prime Minister let out a long sigh. "I should have discovered what you were planning long ago!"
He had already noticed a few irregularities, yet he had never imagined they would truly be so bold! A hundred men against eighty—though they had a slight numerical advantage, this was not a series of one-on-one fights!
The slightest misstep would have brought failure!
Yet even so, they had dared to strike like this?
For a dazed instant, the Prime Minister seemed to glimpse once again that terrifying Han Envoy of rumor.
"It is just a pity about them. They were