"Brother is doing well. It was my sister who removed the poison for me," Wei Junzhuo trembled in his reply, "Yuan Zhen and the wizard who once harmed you and me have been sent to their deaths by me and my sister. Ah Yuan, it must have hurt a lot back then... I’m sorry, it was my fault for not protecting you, it’s all my mistake."

Only then did Wei Chengyuan realize that the "Emperor" who tormented him was the Wei Country Emperor Yuan Zhen, who had passed away. Many things he remembered, but couldn’t fully grasp them.

He recalled Yuan Zhen’s face, as if those glass-colored eyes were still observing him, and he shuddered instinctively, feeling as if he had returned to that cold, dark place.

"Ah Yuan," Rong Heng timely interrupted Wei Chengyuan’s immersive recollection, saying blandly, "I only ask one thing of you, next time you see Gu Lan, don’t cry."

Looking at Wei Chengyuan’s expression, he knew that when he saw Lanlan again, he would definitely cry holding his Lanlan!

Wei Chengyuan pursed his lips, looking at Rong Heng’s cold and unfeeling handsome face, he felt an even greater urge to cry.

Without Lanlan by his side, he could only substitute with Rong Heng—the next moment, Wei Chengyuan started to wipe his tears:

"I had such a miserable childhood, Rong Heng you have no sympathy at all, not letting me cry to Lanlan, then I’ll cry to you!"

Rong Heng’s mouth twitched: "You crybaby of a man—crying like a ghost, it would’ve been better if you hadn’t regained your memories..."

Wei Junzhuo stared dully at the two of them, finally realizing that after his brother escaped, he lived well, formed bonds, made friends, and just like when he was young, remained a crybaby.

In just two seconds, Wei Chengyuan gathered his tears because he realized they were still on the battlefield!

So embarrassing, if Lanlan knew, she would definitely despise him!

Wei Chengyuan calmed himself, showing a gentle smile to Wei Junzhuo, and said:

"I don’t remember any of that, I later met the old Marquis and Lanlan, I was very fortunate."

"Luckily you met them."

Wei Junzhuo’s heart was already aching intensely, hearing his brother’s words, he couldn’t hold back anymore, and tears spilled from his eyes.

Rong Heng: "You two truly are brothers."

He combined it with Wei Junzhuo’s earlier words of "testing medicine", roughly understanding Wei Chengyuan’s past.

Pretty miserable indeed.

The next moment, Prince Xiang, with a calm expression and indifferent demeanor, spoke up:

"If you want to reminisce, there’s plenty of time for that later. Wei Junzhuo, the one who lost now, is you."

"Great General, the city, inside the city... Yan’s reinforcements are in the city! What do we do now?" A shocked Wei Army general shouted.

Another one exclaimed in disbelief: "Those are the surrendered Qi Country troops! They have recaptured Qingzhou City!"

Wei Junzhuo clenched his fists, looking back once more at the woman in red armor standing on the city walls, surrounded by countless soldiers in green armor, he quickly realized everything.

No wonder Rong Heng dared to fight desperately with him, he was indeed buying time, but he was not waiting for Princess Changle to bring reinforcements from a thousand miles away, but for Princess Changle and Su Yi’s Pingnan Army, to win over the Qi Country surrendered troops inside Qingzhou City!

Wei Junzhuo was aware that sending reinforcements from the town nearest to Qingzhou would also require two days to arrive, and Rong Baoyi had only left the Yan army camp last night;

He had also set up a strict scout line, to prevent Rong Heng from hiding ambush nearby, besides Ah Yuan who led the mere hundred heavy cavalry and went unnoticed by the scouts due to their small numbers, any large-scale army would have been detected by him; 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

He even deliberately destroyed Yan’s siege equipment, withheld Su Yi and the five thousand Pingnan Army atop the city, while being lenient with Rong Heng, not knowing Rong Heng and Mu Jun insisted on fighting him to the death...

—As it turns out, Rong Baoyi did not go to the nearest small town for reinforcements but infiltrated Qingzhou City, persuading nearly ten thousand Qi Country surrendered troops inside the city!

Now thinking back, the ten or so guards who disappeared with Rong Baoyi in the Yan army camp last night, should be former Qi Country generals and nobles.

While Qi Country is a small nation, Qingzhou, aside from its capital, is its most important city, with many garrison troops.

Half a month ago, Wei Junzhuo led a surprise attack on Qingzhou, capturing it. Even Xu Ding, the monarch, abandoned his territory and fled to Yan Country, while the troops left in Qingzhou put up a brief resistance before they obediently surrendered to Wei Country.

The Qi Country surrendered troops, numbering over ten thousand.

Wei Junzhuo didn’t consider using these surrendered troops as cannon fodder when Rong Heng was attacking the city, as the Wei Army didn’t lack manpower. After all, they were surrendered troops, sending these half-hearted soldiers against the proud and fierce soldiers of Yan Country could, in case of mutiny, cause chaos for the entire army.