I became the God Brother of the Regent King after Transmigration!-Chapter 339 - 259: A Tacit Understanding

"The bait is me, is all of you."

After Lu Jian finished speaking, he sat down on the ground.

He leaned on the heavy halberd, looking up at the pitch-black sky.

The night sky was vast, the stars infinite, truly beautiful. This might be his last time gazing at the stars; wondering what kind of bustling scene might be happening in Bian now.

However, the human heart is more beautiful and wonderful than the sky.

This war, lasting several months, was finally coming to an end.

This conflict shouldn’t have started this quickly. They wanted to conceal the existence of the Young Prince and to slowly incorporate the Qiangrong into the Wei Army. Wei Junzhuo and Jiang Qu had reached a consensus: Wei Country would help him rebuild the Royal Court, providing food, military supplies, and funding, while Jiang Qu would help Wei Country transport horses and train the cavalry Wei Country had always lacked.

The original plan was to truly mobilize forces after the Young Prince was born.

Once the court situation stabilized, Yuan Zhen would quietly pass away, and when the entire world thought Wei Country was in chaos, the Great General would then thunderously swallow Yan Country’s Southern Border.

Perhaps half a year later, or maybe a year.

But, news in the palace about the Prince was exposed early. The initial plan was leaked by that fool Yuan Lu to the Emperor of Yan, which led his master to turn the tables, feigning an attack on Cang Wind Port while actually redirecting to Yinzhou.

Regardless, at least Prince Rui of Yan Country died.

His master, before anyone could react, used Yuan Zhen’s name to gather an expedition of 100,000 troops to Yan Country, changed the strategy from besieging Yinzhou, and dispatched 20,000 truly elite troops thousands of miles to Dingbei Pass.

Lu Jian didn’t know when his master made this decision.

Perhaps, on the night Jiang Qu fled;

Perhaps, after seeing Gu Lan at the frontlines.

If Yinzhou was hard to breach, he found another path—this was what made his master admired and revered.

And these 100,000 hastily assembled troops before his eyes, only a small portion were loyal to him and Wei Junzhuo, more were muddled, chasing military achievements, following the expedition!

They were leaders, supervisors, nobles inserted into the army for gilded purposes, inherently believing his master and Princess Consort Jin were traitors and scourges.

Especially the former Crown Prince Yuan Lang, since setting himself up in Lin’an; because Yuan Zhen was still there, many officials and nobles of Wei from top to bottom were already longing for Lin’an.

Indeed Wei Junzhuo had wielded actual power over Wei for years, but nominally he remained Wei Country’s subject. How could a subject overrule an Emperor?

Lu Jian looked at the panic-stricken Wei Army leaders with undisguised disdain. The more they lost composure, the wider his smile grew.

These people truly forgot, the Yuan Family imperial clan they sworn allegiance to are the thieves usurping his master and Princess Consort Jin’s positions, they stole the Wei Family’s realm, even using drugs and Gu technique to control his master. Had Princess Consort Jin not broken the Gu curse, his master would serve as a beast of burden for them forever!

Now, it’s payback time.

And today, he would cleanse all traitors within the Wei Country Army for his master!

From the start, they were bait for the Yan Country.

The bait was abundant, rich, along with himself as Wei Junzhuo’s sole disciple.

He wasn’t supposed to tell these leaders everything, to have them silently slaughtered by the arriving Yan forces at Dingyuan Marquis, celebrating the victory in blood over the Snowfield—this was his master’s last order.

But he couldn’t resist saying it out loud.

Lu Jian wanted to see those once high and mighty generals, nobles, who scorned him, yet fawned over his master, die in despair.

"According to what you say, Lu Jian, do you not want to live yourself! Do you know the standing of the Chen Family in the court? The Great General, the Great General surely has contingencies, how dare he act against the Chen Family?" The old general hoarsely questioned.

"We are bait? No, impossible! I am from the Wen Family; my aunt is the Empress, how could I die here?"

"General, what if the Dingyuan Marquis and the Pingnan Army never came to support us! The army is now in chaos; we might not be able to seize Yinzhou, losing both men and material, with misfortune compounded." The adjutant tried to make his voice sound less fearful as he seriously asked.

What if the Dingyuan Marquis never arrived?

Troops around the tent fell silent, Lu Jian smiled, leaning on the heavy halberd, speaking softly:

"The Emperor of Yan, upon learning we have a 100,000-strong army, secretly commanded Gu Chengzhao to ensure Yinzhou’s safety, ordering him to lead 20,000 Dingyuan Marquises cavalry to support Gu Lan."

He closed his eyes, recalling the bits and pieces of Wei Junzhuo teaching him martial arts and military tactics.

Wei Junzhuo said rather than not giving the Young Prince any congratulatory gift, he must return alive to Bian.

He also said he could leave camp a day before Gu Chengzhao arrived, leaving these fools to perish.

"Master, this is the only time Lu Jian disobeys your orders. I wish to die for Great Wei and bear worldwide disgrace. But this Great Wei, must be your Great Wei."

Having said that, Lu Jian stood up, looked around.

Some glared at him in anger, some attempted to draw blades for rebellion, others had already led troops away, even the army hinted at a trace of despair and madness, some troops encircled him ready for mutiny, it’s signaling the onset of a camp riot.

Lu Jian chuckled disdainfully, loudly declaring:

"Only two thousand of Dingyuan Army! Great Wei has seventy thousand soldiers, what is there to fear? If there are still those who believe in me, unwilling to accept that our Great Wei might truly lose to the Yan people, tomorrow follow me to continue besieging the city, what if... Dingyuan Army hasn’t arrived yet, and Yinzhou is taken, would it not be a double delight?"

He forced himself to believe the words he just spoke, after all, he didn’t truly wish to lend his neck to the Yan blades, allowing the Young Master he disdains to achieve preeminent feats effortlessly. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

He also had to force others to believe his words.

Only thus, they wouldn’t mutiny but gather courage to continue the siege, awaiting that so-called miracle.

After a while, others seemed enchanted, truly convinced by Lu Jian, despairingly silent one by one.

They seemed resigned, exchanging their lives for a grand victory thousands of miles away was also good.

"Wei people have knelt far too long," Lu Jian howled to the skies, "it’s about time for our Great Wei to win once!"

For some reason, before his eyes, the face of Young Master Gu appeared.

It was an illusion; the youth looked at him and gently said: "Thank you for giving me a grand victory, a meteoric rise."

Lu Jian murmured to himself in a voice only he could hear:

"Look back at your Northern Territory, I still won."

The youth’s face turned pale; Lu Jian smiled satisfactorily.

The long night was ending.

Before dawn, the already geared-up Tang Zhan arrived at the military council tent, reporting the spy’s findings: "Gu Lan, the spies report something seems amiss in the Wei camp last night. This is the detailed information gathered."

Seated at the head seat was Gu Lan; she was already fully dressed, the bloodstains on yesterday’s armor cleaned meticulously. She took the report, calm as she read.

"He waited, and so did I," Gu Lan broke a piece of steamed bun, chewing slowly, "But what we waited for is different."

"Young Master, what are you riddling about?"

To one side, Rong Heng finished his last piece of dry rations and stood.

Today, he was not wearing a Python Robe but donned battle armor, crowned with a Cloud Crown, his figure tall and elegant, exuding the proud and fierce coldness of Prince Xiang, evoking surrender.

"Few notice such a detail; Lu Jian brought this diluted group of ten thousand Wei troops which are largely supported by Wei Emperor’s people and some gilded Wei nobles sent to the army," Rong Heng explained for Gu Lan, "So aside from besieging the city, he came to Yinzhou with another purpose—"

Just then, Wei Chengyuan stormed into the tent with carrier pigeons, exclaiming: "Lanlan, Xiao An has sent word."

The generals felt a jolt, remembering the days ago when Xiao An led 2,000 troops to Ling Port, helping defend the city for the governor of Lu State.

Earlier it was reported, those 2,000 archers ambushed on the riverside harshly wearing down the Vanguard Army’s edge before heading to Lu State for the city’s defense.

The carrier pigeon in Wei Chengyuan’s hand flapped down into Gu Lan’s hand, but she didn’t need to read. She looked at the Wei Army camp and said:

"They had another purpose, which was to deliver death!"

Thanking Lu Jian for giving her a grand victory,

He wanted those Wei generals dead,

How could she politely refuse?