Wen Xingzhi anticipated Yan Qing would wait outside Youzhou City, lying in wait for him, but he had to return for the thirty thousand troops inside.
He borrowed Ning Zhi from Ning Ye, indeed to counter Yan Qing's sword, but didn't expect Ning Zhi to fall so easily at Yan Qing's hand. Until he saw with his own eyes Ning Zhi's fear at the moment Yan Qing appeared, and Yan Qing's sword strike against Ning Zhi—although it was an unremarkable move—it contained myriad variations that were impossible to evade, he realized this and thought today Ning Zhi might indeed fall here.
As expected, Ning Zhi has fallen here now.
It must be said, in this chess match, Yan Qing moved quickly, ruthlessly, and steadily, tracking for thousands of miles, and today, although he didn't kill Ning Ye and himself, he nonetheless gave both him and Ning Ye a significant shock.
