Seeing Marshal Li, who had seemed like a god descending from heaven beneath the city walls, now standing there lost and helpless, and hearing Kong Xiao's urging, the soldiers beside him, whose hearts had already turned cold as water, could not help growing excited as well. They hurriedly ran to one side.
Kong Xiao sneered inwardly. He had not expected Li Yan to care so deeply about old ties. That was beyond his expectations.
Thinking of how Li Yan was usually decisive and ruthless, treating lives like blades of grass, Kong Xiao had never known where Li Yan's weakness lay. What he had done just now had been an act of desperation.
Nor did Kong Xiao know whose jade ring it was. Just as he had said, he had merely felt that the jade ring was extraordinary; even keeping it for himself would have been worthwhile. He had never imagined it would have such an effect.
But at that moment, the soldiers nearby suddenly erupted into chaos. Kong Xiao quickly gathered his thoughts and shifted his gaze away from Li Yan, who stood below with his sword planted at his side. What he saw gave him a shock.
For at that moment, a rider suddenly shot out diagonally from one side beyond the city. The person on horseback wore silver armor that covered their entire body and held a long spear.
The person had appeared without warning and came as swift as lightning. Just as everyone atop the walls had focused their attention on Li Yan below, the silver-armored rider had already emerged.
By the time they saw the person clearly, they were already charging like the wind. In the blink of an eye, the rider had galloped to Li Yan's side beneath the walls.
Then they saw the silver-armored