An Jing and Xiao Changyi did not know that Linghe had been hoping for their death all along. As soon as they entered Xilin City, they heard the city's defending General Luo Fengsheng reporting on the situation within Xilin City.
Everything in Xilin City seemed normal.
It is likely that the Emperor of Chilin had already learned that the Xiyun Kingdom was planning to attack Chilin. At the border between Chilin and Xiyun, there were increasingly more Chilin soldiers patrolling, and their patrols were becoming more frequent.
Upon understanding the situation within Xilin City, Xiao Changyi gathered with the generals to discuss strategies for attacking Chilin using a map of Chilin.
Detailed maps of each country are highly classified. The Xiyun Kingdom possesses its own detailed maps, but the map of Chilin held by Xiao Changyi and the others was far from comprehensive.
