"Kill!"
At Sikong Jing's command, fifty thousand soldiers spurred their horses into a charge.
They had long grown accustomed to Sikong Jing's terrifying methods. Their momentum surged like a flood as they stormed into the city.
An hour later, the fighting within the city had completely died down. Every Xia Kingdom sleeper agent and bandit had been slaughtered.
Two hours later, Sikong Jing rode out of Qingyun City once more.
By then, the forces behind him had grown to one hundred thousand. The additional fifty thousand had naturally joined them from Qingyun City.
The hundred thousand troops Sikong Jing had wanted had now become a reality.
Another half day passed before Sikong Jing led his hundred thousand troops and finally spotted Yanyun City in the distance.
At that moment, smoke and flames rose everywhere within Yanyun City. Its four gates were tightly shut, while numerous powerful figures in golden armor stood atop the walls. They were, of course, Xia Kingdom men. Some were experts who had followed the First Prince of Xia Kingdom here.
Others were Xia Kingdom sleeper agents who had originally hidden within Yanyun City as ordinary people.
Still more had gathered from all across Xia Kingdom and Yun Province after the First Prince was killed.
They had now seized the city and sealed it off, mobilizing every Xia Kingdom man in and around Yanyun City to hold fast within it.
They had not left for no other reason than that Sui Yu was still alive.
At the same time, they intended to use the lives of everyone in Yanyun City to negotiate with the Great Shang Dynasty, forcing the Great Shang Dynasty to pay an even more grievous price.
The First Prince's death could not be offset by Sui Yu's life alone.
Outside Yanyun City, on the