CHAPTER 721: CHAPTER 307: THE SPY REVEALED (PART 2)

"It’s not someone from Beimu Country." Xiao Jinxing spoke up, "The spy is one of our own, from Daxuan."

"How could Beimu Country have the capability to get in touch with our people from Daxuan Kingdom, and even bribe our soldiers!"

"It wasn’t Beimu Country’s doing; it was Xiao Jinsen." Xiao Jinxing enunciated every word.

Bai Mowan was taken aback.

And yet, in that moment, she came to a sudden realization.

"I have already sent Lin Qianyu to investigate the Beimu army. After a month of undercover work, he finally sent back information yesterday that Xiao Jinsen is now in Beimu’s military camp." Xiao Jinxing enunciated each word.

Xie Ruotong’s eyes flickered slightly.

No wonder they couldn’t catch Xiao Jinsen.

He had already made arrangements and gone to the enemy country.

She couldn’t help but glance at Song Yanqing next to her.

Song Yanqing, feeling Xie Ruotong’s gaze, lowered his eyes.

"So, when it comes to the spies in our military camp, it’s more accurate to say they’re Xiao Jinsen’s rather than Beimu’s." Xiao Jinxing stated bluntly, "And now Xiao Jinsen has started to use his spies, not just to pass on military secrets, but to disturb our army’s morale. With this move, he hasn’t harmed a single one of our soldiers, but he has impacted our military, causing dissension and mutual suspicion among us."

"Xiao Jinsen!" Bai Mowan couldn’t help but spit out his name through gritted teeth.

Just thinking about his cruelty in the past life.

She didn’t need to doubt the means of Xiao Jinsen.

"If we really let Xiao Jinsen disturb our military’s morale, and then Beimu sends troops, we will be at a disadvantage." Xiao Jinxing analyzed the situation.

The atmosphere on the scene tightened again.

Bai Moyi couldn’t hold back and spoke up again, "I said we should have attacked directly before. Back then, our morale was high, and we might have succeeded with a vigorous assault. Now we keep waiting, and waiting for the enemy to plot against us. Now there’s bound to be suspicion within the troops, and without morale, how can we fight?"

Everyone fell silent.

It seemed they too were pondering whether a direct attack could have been successful, despite the heavy losses, instead of the passive situation they found themselves in now.

"I just knew we shouldn’t have listened to a civil officer, only good at tactics on paper!" Bai Moyi, seeing no one refute him, couldn’t help but throw a few sarcastic remarks at Song Yanqing.

Song Yanqing locked eyes with Bai Moyi.

He didn’t say a word.

In the quiet.

"Prince, Great General, it’s bad!" Suddenly, a voice came from outside the tent.

In the military camp, the bugle sounded urgently again.

Everyone rushed out in a hurry.

"It’s bad, several company tents in the military camp have caught fire." A soldier hurriedly reported, "We just put out the fire in the granary, and while most of the soldiers were taking a break, the tents of several companies caught fire."

Xiao Jinxing immediately led a team quickly to the scene.

The rest followed closely behind.

This time the tents that caught fire were exactly those of the companies that had just been putting out the fire. They had not expected another fire outbreak and, because they were exhausted from fighting the previous fire, all the soldiers were sleeping soundly. Now, with the fire approaching, the soldiers were trapped inside.

Soldiers from other companies hurried forward to put out the fire.

Still, some soldiers were burned alive.

"Damn it!" Bai Moyi suddenly roared in extreme anger, "Whoever set the fire, if I catch them, I’ll chop them to pieces with a sword!"

"Shut up!" Bai Wenwu yelled at his son, "Don’t be so impatient!"

At this time, their leaders needed to remain calm and collected.

If they themselves were flustered, it would only cause the soldiers to panic even more.

Bai Moyi clenched his teeth.

At this moment, he was full of hatred with nowhere to vent it.

"Prince, General, we’ve found a suspicious person!" A soldier hurriedly stepped forward to report.

"Bring him here!"

"Yes, sir."

A man dressed in black was brought forward, shackled harshly, and made to kneel on the ground.

"Take off his mask!" Xiao Jinxing ordered.

The soldier snatched off the man’s mask in one move.

The expression on Bai Moyi’s face instantly changed, "Zhang Hezhi!"

Xiao Jinxing’s eyes tightened.

Ye Qichi also looked at Bai Moyi.

The fact that Bai Moyi could call out a name so easily meant he was definitely not just any ordinary soldier.

"You actually betrayed me!" Bai Moyi was so furious he was about to execute the traitor on the spot.

"Hold your hand!" Xiao Jinxing immediately stopped Bai Moyi.

Bai Moyi was trembling with rage.

He had calculated everything, but never expected that the spy would come from the army he led, and more specifically, from his own personal bodyguard leader.

In that moment, he even wondered, if danger occurred on the battlefield during an evacuation, would this man directly kill him!

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became.

Bai Moyi wished he could chop him to pieces with a disorderly barrage of sword slashes.

"Who instructed you to do this?!" Xiao Jinxing asked coldly.

Zhang Hezhi maintained a staunch silence unto death.

"Speak now, and I, the Prince, will grant you a swift death. Otherwise, you will wish you were dead," Xiao Jinxing threatened.

Zhang Hezhi was already indifferent to the threats.

"Bring someone to chop off his arm!" Xiao Jinxing commanded.

"Yes."

The soldier raised his sword and chopped down without hesitation.

Blood splattered everywhere.

Ye Qichi’s eyes flickered slightly.

Still, such cruelty stirred some turmoil in her heart.

Xie Ruotong, on the other hand, was quite accustomed to it.

"If the Princess is scared, you don’t have to watch," Xie Ruotong whispered softly.

Ye Qichi slightly nodded.

But still, she watched the scene unfolding before her.

Stepping onto the battlefield, one must face such brutality.

She needed to adapt.

"I will ask you one more time, who instructed you? Besides you, who else is involved?!" Xiao Jinxing’s voice grew colder and colder.

The cruelty and gore were plainly visible.

Zhang Hezhi’s face was pale white.

Having lost an arm, he trembled with excruciating pain.

He said, "Who instructed me to do this, does Prince Chen really not know?!"

Xiao Jinxing clenched his teeth.

So Xiao Jinsen knew, he had guessed that he was in the Beimu military camp.

"As for how many others there are..." Zhang Hezhi suddenly let out a cold laugh, "To be able to set the granary on fire and so easily burn down your camp, do you think, my Lord, the number of people involved would be small?! Perhaps, half of those here are enemies..."

Xiao Jinxing’s face became exceedingly ugly.

Zhang Hezhi’s words undoubtedly exacerbated the dissolution of camaraderie, causing the soldiers to suspect each other.

Like this.

There could be no unity in enmity.

The fear of betrayal by one’s own comrades was even greater.

Xiao Jinxing had not yet given another command.

Zhang Hezhi suddenly spat out black blood and died in front of them.

Ye Qichi quickly stepped forward.

She placed her finger under Zhang Hezhi’s nose, then bent down to smell the odor in the blood.

Clearly, Zhang Hezhi had swallowed a potent poison.

Once ingested, within less than the time it takes to burn a column of incense, his heart and lung functions ceased, and he died bleeding black blood.

This meant.

Zhang Hezhi had taken the poison before he was caught; his deliberate slip-up to get caught was to speak words of panic in public, to instill fear and unease in the ranks.

Ye Qichi looked up at Xiao Jinxing and shook her head, indicating it was beyond salvation!