A sickly fellow ridiculed by the entire army? I'll be the most beautiful woman in the barracks!

Centurion Gao Yuan was suddenly pierced through the back by a long sword in the chest. A sharp pain shot through him, and his legs buckled, causing him to kneel on the ground. He looked down in disbelief at the tip of the sword protruding from his chest.

While everyone was on guard against the movements of the Black Armor Camp's cavalry, a black-armored guard who had somehow gotten behind Gao Yuan launched a sneak attack from behind.

Zhao Daxuan turned around with a gloomy face and looked behind him. As expected, the scream that came from behind him was from the leader of the bandits in Daliang Mountain!

At that moment, the leader was also brutally stabbed in the heart from behind by a man dressed as a city guard. The leader only had time to scream before he died on the spot.

The surrounding crowd was in an uproar, not expecting that the Black Armor Guards and others would suddenly launch a sneak attack on Gao Yuan and the bandit leader.

Gao Yuan struggled to lift his head again, looking at Wang Liefeng with a puzzled expression in his eyes. His lips trembled, and he said in a hoarse voice, "Why...why?"

Wang Liefeng did not answer Gao Yuan's question. He simply stood there with his hands behind his back and said coldly, "Gao Yuan has been accused of treason. The evidence is conclusive, and he should be executed according to the law."

As soon as Wang Liefeng finished speaking, the black-armored guard who had attacked from behind twisted his long sword violently. Gao Yuan's eyes widened suddenly, and he coughed up a mouthful of blood. He could no longer catch his breath and died instantly.

Gao Yuan died with his eyes wide open, his spirits defiant. He was unwilling to accept his fate; he hadn't yet risen to prominence based on his achievements in the Liangshan Mountains yesterday. He thought it was just the beginning, but little did he know his life was already over.

Zhao Daxuan stared in shock and anger at the scene before him. Gao Yuan and the bandit leader had been killed in a sneak attack, and the witnesses in his possession had been wiped out.

He pointed to the city guard who had launched the sneak attack in the crowd and shouted sternly, "Arrest that man!"

The surrounding city guards looked at the unfamiliar man in front of them. Although he was dressed as a city guard, he was definitely not one of their original members.

Just as several city guards were about to pounce on him and grab him, they saw that he was quick-witted and threw his city guard leather armor on the ground, revealing his black armored guard attire underneath.

The group of men who were halfway through their attack hurriedly stopped, looking at the man dressed as a black-armored guard in front of them, and dared not continue their attack.

The black-armored guard in the crowd gave a cold smile, pushed through the crowd, and quickly ran towards the black-armored battalion.

Seeing that it was the work of the Black Armor Guards again, Zhao Daxuan turned to look at Wang Liefeng, who was beaming with pride, and said coldly, "Captain Wang, what a fine handiwork. I will report everything that happened today truthfully."

Wang Liefeng, however, seemed completely unconcerned, calmly retorting with a mocking tone, "It's alright, go ahead and report it. Gao Yuan is colluding with bandits, and the bandit leader is the most wicked of them all; he cannot be allowed to live. I, Wang, act with integrity and uprightness; what have I to fear?"

Zhao Daxuan knew he was right, but he didn't alert them along the way. He wanted to dig deeper after returning to Zhenbei Town and uncover more people behind them.

However, someone intercepted his lead, cutting off his witness clues, leaving him with only that letter.

The contents of the letter were very cryptic and could not prove that any other forces were involved besides Gao Yuan, let alone prove who those other forces were.

However, Gao Daxuan and Zhao Daxuan knew that there must be other forces behind them, including the Black Armor Camp in front of them.

After Wang Liefeng finished speaking, he turned around, mounted his horse, and pulled on the reins.

He glanced at the injured Black Armor Guards who were being helped back onto their horses by the other Black Armor Guards, his face cold, and looked down at Zhao Daxuan, whose face was ashen and looked like he had swallowed a fly. Only then did he feel a little better.

A cold voice rang out: "I've taken note of the fact that you injured my man today. There's plenty of time in the future, so you'd better watch out."

Having said that, he turned the reins around and shouted, "Back to the city!"

As soon as Gao Yuan finished speaking, the group of Black Armored Cavalrymen spurred their horses and galloped straight towards Zhenbei City.

Watching the Black Armored Cavalry depart into the distance, Zhao Daxuan gritted his teeth and abandoned the idea of ​​raising his longbow to shoot Wang Liefeng.

He knew that doing so would not solve the problem at all; on the contrary, it would only exacerbate the conflict, make him a target of public criticism, and ultimately put him in a disadvantageous position.

Faced with internal forces like the city guards and the Black Armor Camp, he couldn't just fight his way up like he did on the Daliang Mountains. He could only go back and act according to circumstances.

If anyone has a problem, it's his own low status. If he were a Lieutenant General, he could have killed Wang Liefeng on the spot for what he did.

However, with his current strength, it's only a matter of time before he rises to the rank of Lieutenant General. When that time comes, he will settle accounts with Wang Liefeng and the forces behind him.

Thinking of this, Zhao Daxuan let out a long breath, turned to look at the group, and naturally ordered, "Clean up the corpses and set off again."

Immediately, people took the initiative to clean up the scene.

After Gao Yuan's death, Zhao Daxuan was not the highest-ranking person in the team, but at this moment, the other centurions all remained silent and stood in the crowd without saying a word.

The others instinctively acted upon hearing Zhao Daxuan's order, unaware that anything was amiss.

It can only be said that Zhao Daxuan's performance yesterday was too dazzling, and the shock to this team of several hundred people was too great. Unconsciously, Zhao Daxuan, who was just an ordinary soldier, said words that made everyone instinctively carry them out.

The team quickly regrouped and continued their journey. The distance of a few kilometers was covered in just a quarter of an hour. The city guards saw the team returning from their mission from afar, asked them a few simple questions, and then let them into the city.

The long procession returned to Zhenbei City and walked along the main road towards the core camp. Everyone had an expression of triumph and smugness.

The people lining both sides of the street looked at the long queue, not only full of energy, but also without any damage to their armor or even a scratch.

Some people mocked, "They're back in just three days, without a single one injured. They must have gone for a stroll in the Liangshan Mountains again."

Someone nearby chimed in, "Sigh, I never had any hope for them. They've already suppressed bandits in the Liangshan Mountains several times, and it's still the same."

Some of the city guards with sharp ears overheard the conversation. In the past, they would have simply pretended not to hear it and would not have dared to refute it, but this time was different.

He glared at them, a smug look on his face, and said, "Who said we went for a stroll? Open your eyes and look at the back of the column; those dozens of prisoners are bandits from the Liangshan Mountains!"

The civilians, whose conversation had been exposed by the city guards, looked embarrassed, then startled and looked towards the back of the line.

Sure enough, at the back of the long line were more than forty men dressed in shabby clothes, indeed in the attire of bandits.

The crowd stared wide-eyed in disbelief at the scene before them.

A thought popped into everyone's mind: Could it be that this city guard team just happened to run into a bandit who came down the mountain alone and then took advantage of the situation?