In my dream of returning to the Tang Dynasty, I snatched Wu Zetian from my lap.

The atmosphere in the council chamber became extremely harmonious, and everyone in the Ōtomo clan, including the guards outside, relaxed their vigilance.

They were completely unaware of the murderous intent emanating from the Han King's personal guards, nor did they notice that dozens of guards waiting outside had already silently seized multiple "dynamic routes."

Time passed by, second by second.

Yamazaki's delayed arrival made Li Yuanchang somewhat uneasy.

If Tanaka Chishima's people succeed, and Yamazaki isn't here, it could become an unexpected situation.

And his fears soon came true.

Just as the two sides were chatting enthusiastically and harmoniously in the council hall, a huge fire suddenly broke out somewhere in the Ōtomo Shogunate.

Accompanying this was a faint, noisy chorus of shouts of killing.

It was quite obvious, and the billowing black smoke immediately caught the attention of the council chamber.

"What happened?"

Jisaburo suddenly stood up, took a few steps forward, and looked out at the sky.

"Report!"

A samurai rushed in, his face filled with panic: "Master, something's happened!"

"A fire broke out in the library, and the condemned prisoners in the water dungeon were released in the chaos and are now causing trouble!"

boom!

The senior management of the Otomo Corporation began to change color.

"wrong!"

"If something happened in the water dungeon, why are there shouts of killing coming from inside Wushe?" Jisaburo roared angrily, his expression extremely grave, having already sensed something amiss in the voices.

"Quick, go out and see!"

He shouted at the top of his lungs.

Immediately, dozens of warriors rushed out from inside and outside the council hall, wanting to go out and check the situation.

But at that moment...

bang bang bang...

Suddenly, the gates to the entire council chamber area were pulled shut and slammed shut.

The guards outside suddenly attacked, drawing their swords decisively and striking with raised hands.

Before the warriors could react, they were swiftly hacked down, their screams and blood filling the area outside the council hall.

Immediately afterwards, chaos erupted in the courtyard, with a massacre taking place.

"ah!!"

Fast, too fast.

The sudden turn of events left all the senior members of the council chamber completely bewildered, thinking they had misread the situation.

It wasn't until piercing screams tore through their eardrums and mangled corpses fell one after another that they realized it was all real.

Jisaburo suddenly turned around, his eyes fixed on Li Yuanchang, who remained seated as still as a mountain, his expression unchanged.

"What are you doing?!" he roared.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Inside the hall, swords clashed and shadows flashed.

The dozens of people in the hall, including Otomo, all drew their swords, their eyes wide with fury.

thump thump...

At this point, the guards no longer needed to pretend; they all drew their Tang swords and partially surrounded the enemy.

Everyone stood up, but Li Yuanchang remained seated.

"Li Yuanchang, what do you want to do?" Several high-ranking Japanese pirates from the Ōtomo clan roared angrily.

Li Yuanchang remained remarkably calm, offering no explanation: "Will you surrender yourselves, or will my men capture you?"

These words immediately drew a barrage of insults.

"Baka yarou!"

"..."

"You think you can cause trouble for the Ōtomo Shogunate with just your small group?"

"Do you think you're our opponent?" Jisaburo asked grimly.

Li Yuanchang said, "How will we know if we don't try?"

Jisaburo flew into a rage: "I think you've gone mad!"

"Capture this beast, now!!"

He shouted and urged, realizing that it might be a joint effort from inside and outside, otherwise there wouldn't have been such a big commotion in other areas of Wushe.

"ah!!"

"kill!"

Before the battle, the Japanese pirates would shout with their mouths wide open, their faces contorted in a ferocious manner, and dozens of them would rush towards Li Yuanchang wielding samurai swords.

In contrast, Huang Tu and his group attacked without saying a word, their faces grim and cold, but their attacks were the epitome of violent aesthetics.

boom!

Click!

"what!"

A series of agonizing screams, accompanied by flying corpses, smashed through many bamboo doors in the council hall. Some people even crashed through doors and windows and flew more than ten meters away.

The chaotic battle has officially broken out in full force.

The entire council chamber, which covered a vast area, was completely sealed off, and inside, the elite troops of both sides were engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat.

Besides this place, chaos, fires, and battles broke out throughout the entire shogunate.

Large numbers of servants and maids screamed and fled, as if it were a war of annihilation.

In just a quarter of an hour, the Ōtomo clan's stronghold was in complete chaos.

"quick!"

"quick!"

"Something has happened to the head of the family!"

Upon hearing the commotion, squads of warriors rushed frantically to the scene of the incident, where Li Yuanchang was, wearing wooden clogs.

But as they charged forward, one of their companions suddenly slashed them on the back of the head from behind.

"What are you doing?"

puff! !

The samurai leader had barely spoken when he opened his eyes wide in agony, unable to utter a sound. He could only watch as his men stepped over his corpse, dying without ever knowing what had happened.

This happens repeatedly within Wushe.

A large number of his own men defected and caused chaos everywhere, causing the Ōtomo clan's guards to lose their ability to distinguish friend from foe, greatly reducing their efficiency. Forget about sending reinforcements, they themselves fell into chaos first.

This was Tanaka Chishima's plan.

"..."

Fifteen minutes later, in the council chamber.

The corpses lay scattered about, and blood stained the white window frames, trickling down the steps.

The battles here are the fiercest, but they also end the fastest.

The guards seized the initiative and, with overwhelming force, slaughtered nearly a hundred of Jisaburo's close associates here, and blocked the entrances and exits.

"Li Yuanchang, why did you do this!"

"Why?" Jisaburo shouted angrily and fearfully. At this moment, he was surrounded by only seven or eight people, huddled together for warmth, shivering and wary of the Han King's personal guards who were like gods of death around him.

"You should know better than anyone why I did this."

"Since you don't want a proper cooperation and instead want to betray me, then I have no choice but to send you away." Li Yuanchang said coldly, sitting there without moving an inch.

Jisaburo's pupils contracted, his face filled with shock: "You, how did you know?"

"There's an old saying in the Tang Dynasty: 'If you don't want others to know, then don't do it in the first place,'" Li Yuanchang said.

Jisaburo panicked!

He kept looking outside, wondering why the reinforcements hadn't arrived yet.

Faced with the ever-approaching Han King's personal guards, he had nowhere to retreat and was forced to shout, "Even if you kill me, you won't get out of here!"

"You'll die here too!"

"That's not your concern," Li Yuanchang said, waving his hand gently.

Huang Tu and his men were suddenly filled with murderous intent.

"ah!!"

The remaining senior members of the Otomo clan roared and fought back fiercely.

The two sides clashed, but facing the stronger Han King's personal guards, they were instantly suppressed and killed.

Puff puff……

Blood gushed out, and corpses fell one after another.

boom!

Jisaburo's knees slammed heavily to the ground, his body trembling, his mouth agape in pain, blood gushing from his chest where a Tang sword had pierced through him.

His eyes pleaded, and he reached out his hand as if begging to be let go.

Li Yuanchang slowly got up, came to him, and without saying a word, stabbed him directly.

puff! !

Jisaburo's head rolled all over the ground like a watermelon.