Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

Soon, Nan Xingkuang put on his clothes.

He ordered the guards to fetch his Overlord Spear. He stood on the observation deck holding the Overlord Spear and shouted, "Stop it, everyone."

As he shouted, the people fighting below stopped.

The soldiers in the Jiangnan camp carried the wounded soldiers away in an orderly manner, lined up in formation, and surrounded Bai Jingtian and others.

Bai Jingtian and the others were in a mess in the circle. They were so scared that they huddled together with their backs against each other, in a panic.

The winner of this contest between the two sides was immediately apparent.

Nan Xing Kuang said coldly, "Brothers of the officers in Jiangnan City, as officers, there is no need for you to fight to the death with our soldiers. If you have the energy, it is better to stay on the battlefield and kill the enemy. Now I give you a chance to leave, otherwise I will kill you without mercy."

"Thank you, General, for not killing me." All the officials thanked him in unison.

Then they fled like dogs, leaving Bai Jingtian and his companions behind.

Bai Jingtian stood there with a long sword in his hand, his face ashen. He really didn't expect that Nan Xingkuang had such great prestige in the Jiangnan area. Just a few words from him were enough to scare the officials to death.

Now he realized that it would be impossible for him to bring people to capture Nan Xing Kuang tonight.

Nan Xing Kuang leaped down from the observation deck and landed steadily in front of Bai Jingtian. He pointed the Overlord Spear in his hand at him and said, "Who are you? Tell me your name."

"Captain of the Imperial Guards Bai Jingtian, I'm here tonight on the orders of the Second Prince to take you to the Censorate for questioning." Bai Jingtian said, holding up the golden order in his hand.

"What crime have I committed that the Second Prince must hold me accountable?" Nan Xing Kuang asked coldly.

"This is the second prince's fiefdom. You were in his fiefdom, disobeying his orders and arbitrarily dispatching troops and blocking the Jiangnan area. Isn't that a violation of military orders?" Bai Jingtian said.

Nan Xing Kuang laughed disdainfully and said, "What a joke! This general will never obey any orders from any prince except the emperor. Let alone your Second Prince, even if it is an order from the Crown Prince, I will treat it as shit. The blockade of the Jiangnan area is an order given to me by the emperor. This general is just following the military order. How come it is against the military order when it comes to the Second Prince?"

"What? Is this an order from the emperor?" Bai Jingtian said in surprise.

Obviously, he never expected that the military order to blockade the Jiangnan area was actually issued by the emperor.

You know, now that the emperor has retreated behind the scenes and temporarily handed over state affairs to the crown prince, they thought that this military order was secretly issued by the crown prince.

But judging from the current situation, they were indeed wrong.

Nan Xing Kuang didn't want to waste any more time talking, and glared at Bai Jingtian and said, "You attacked my Jiangnan camp at night, which is a capital crime. If you surrender now, I will punish you severely. Otherwise, don't blame me for being merciless."

"General, if that's the case, then I'd like to learn from your skills." Bai Jingtian put the golden order into his arms and said while holding the long sword.

He knew in his heart that if he did not fight and win with Nanxing Kuang tonight, it would be impossible for him and his few imperial guards to leave safely.

Nan Xing Kuang sneered and said, "Not bad, you are brave, then come on! As long as you beat this general, I will let you go tonight as if nothing happened."

"General, I'm sorry." Bai Jingtian shouted.

After saying that, he leaped up, swung the long sword in his hand and rushed forward.

Nan Xing Kuang also became interested and rushed forward to fight.

“Boring, borring, borring…”

As soon as the two sides came into contact, the weapons in their hands clashed fiercely, causing a series of deafening clanging sounds.

Several palace guards quickly retreated, not daring to get too close to the two of them. After all, these two were both top-level masters of physical skills, and their current battle was no longer something that small fry like them could participate in...

After midnight, in the study room in the backyard of the Censorate's Mansion.

At this time, Xuanyuan Lie was pacing anxiously in front of the desk. Yan Xishan and Guo Huai were sitting beside him, also looking pale and as if sitting on pins and needles.

The hundreds of officials who had escaped back earlier had sent people to report to them that Bai Jingtian and others had been trapped in the Jiangnan camp. Now more than two hours have passed, and Bai Jingtian and others have not returned yet, which means that they are very likely in danger.

How could this not make them anxious?

Just as the three were getting anxious, a soldier in armor rushed into the study.

"Who are you? How dare you trespass into my palace? Someone, come here! Someone, come here."

When Yan Xishan saw the soldiers coming in, he was so scared that he quickly stood up and shouted towards the outside of the door.

The soldier walked up to the three men and said, "Master Yan, there's no need to shout. I've already dealt with your people. You can take your servants and deal with them later."

"Ah? This..." Yan Xishan was so frightened that his face turned pale as paper. He sat there and didn't dare to move.

The soldier looked at Xuanyuan Lie and said, "Second Prince, my general asked me to tell you that your men have been captured. If you want them to be safe, the three of you will personally take a little beggar named Gu Chan to the Jiangnan camp to ask for him tomorrow morning. Otherwise, at noon tomorrow, you will go to the top of the East City Gate to collect their bodies. I will not wait any longer."

"Okay, okay, what a Nanxing Kuang! He is worthy of being the great general of Jiangnan. He is really brave. He even dares to touch my people, right!" Xuanyuan Lie gritted his teeth and shouted angrily.

"Second Prince, my general has already given you a lot of face, otherwise those people would not be alive now. You'd better take care of yourself!" said the soldier in a cold voice.

After saying that, he turned around and walked away majestically, leaving Xuanyuan Lie and the other two looking at each other in a daze.

It was not until now that they understood that Nan Xingkuang, the great general of Jiangnan, was not as easy to control as they had imagined. On the contrary, he possessed a powerful strength that was not inferior to Bai Jingtian, and possessed methods that were as ruthless as those of the crown prince. As for his brains, he was probably not much weaker than the ninth prince Xuanyuan Qing.

Facing such a strong opponent, they suffered a complete setback this time. They failed to steal the chicken but ended up eating the rice instead!

The three of them were silent for a long time. At some point, Yan Xishan, who was the first to come to his senses, said, "This is strange. When did this Nanxing Kuang hook up with Gu Chan again? He even specifically asked you to take him to the Jiangnan camp tomorrow. What's going on?"

"Sure enough, he has sided with the prince. The prince wants him to protect Gu Chan!" Guo Huai sighed with a stiff face. What he said was complete nonsense.

But Xuanyuan Lie and Yan Xishan believed it.

Both of them now believe that Gu Chan must have colluded with Nan Xing Kuang. They just obey the orders of the prince and have to take over the Jiangnan area for him!