bayedsolid Chapter 324: Lord Yan, don’t kill me!
Chapter 324: Lord Yan, don’t kill me!
Leng Jiu hesitated and said, "...No...The prince has won several battles in a row."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Tao immediately stepped forward, grabbed his ears and said, "Leng Jiu, you are such a good person! When the princess asked you a question, you dared not tell the truth? I will beat you to a pulp today!"
Chu Nanyue looked at Xiao Tao, who was somewhat seeking revenge, and couldn't help but twitch her lips: "Leng Jiu, even if you don't tell the truth now, I can still learn from my eldest brother when the news of the battle between the two armies reaches the capital in a few days. Then you don't have to stay with me."
Upon hearing this, Leng Jiu became anxious. He stretched out his arms to hold down Xiao Tao's head, and said hesitantly, "Princess, the Nanye Kingdom has gone crazy because of the killing. They are so despicable that they poisoned our soldiers. I don't know what the poison was. Overnight, half of our soldiers were poisoned. Feng Chuan and Doctor Wen couldn't diagnose the cause. The prince had no choice but to withdraw the camp and retreat fifty miles overnight, and lost the city of You'an!"
Chu Nanyue was startled and staggered: "Half of the soldiers? Is the prince okay... and Axun..."
Seeing this, Xiaotao immediately stopped her aggressive behavior and quickly supported Chu Nanyue.
Leng Jiu glanced at the back of his hand that was scratched with bloody marks, then clenched his fists and said indignantly: "The Nanye Kingdom is so despicable and shameless. They secretly poisoned our army during the battle, causing nearly half of our soldiers to be missing. They really deserve to be struck by lightning... But the prince and the second young master are probably fine..."
He didn't know about this either, after all, the secret letter didn't mention it, but he thought his prince should be fine, right?
Chu Nanyue held her belly and looked into the distance with a look of disappointment. She really wanted to go to the battlefield, but in two or three months, she would give birth, so she was powerless...
Thinking of this, she took a long breath and forced herself to calm down. After a cup of tea, she finally straightened her back. She said calmly: "Leng Jiu, now tell me in detail the symptoms of the poisoned soldiers..."
Meanwhile, Xiao Hanye looked at the soldiers howling in the tents, with a hint of murderous intent in his eyes: "Jiang Yan, follow General Qin to select 20,000 elite soldiers, and follow me to attack Nanye Kingdom at night!" Then he said to Fengchuan, "Fengchuan, you and Marquis Zhenyuan guard the barracks!"
"I obey your command!" Qin Siang and Jiang Yan looked at each other, then immediately took the order and retreated to select the troops and generals.
He was a man of quick temper and could not stand such humiliation. The move of Prince Yan was exactly what he wanted. Killing one would cover his investment, and killing two would be a profit.
Feng Chuan and Zhenyuan Hou were calm and composed. Feng Chuan bowed his head and said, "Your Highness, this is not right. Nanye is waiting for you to jump in. The most urgent task now is to find a way to detoxify as soon as possible."
Marquis Zhenyuan also said: "What Vice General Feng said is true. Now we should not only find a way to detoxify, but also stabilize the morale of the army and ask for support from the court!"
"You can just do these!" Xiao Hanye smiled, with a murderous arc on the corner of his mouth, "But how can they guess where I will jump?"
That night, the wind was blowing coldly. Xiao Hanye personally led 20,000 night marchers to bypass the Nanye army and launch a surprise attack on the capital of Nanye.
The capital of Nanye Kingdom was immersed in tranquility at this moment. They all thought that the Beixiao Kingdom's army had been severely damaged by the poisoning and would not take any action in the short term.
Therefore, when the iron hooves of the Northern Xiao army trampled through the city gates of the capital, the city gate troops of the Southern Ye Kingdom were still immersed in sleep and were completely unprepared. At the command of the King of Yan, the Northern Xiao army rushed into the capital like wolves and tigers and launched a crazy massacre.
"Your Majesty, Prince Yan is bringing his men to attack us!" The commander of the imperial guards ignored the rules and broke into the bedroom of the Emperor of Nanye Kingdom to protect him.
The Emperor of Nanye was a pot-bellied old emperor. At this moment, he was sleeping soundly with Concubine Tan in his arms. Upon hearing this, he suddenly jumped up with a start: "...What?"
The commander of the Imperial Guards observed the situation outside with vigilance, and said calmly, "Your Majesty, rest assured. The Crown Prince has received the news and is rushing to protect you!"
Looking at the blood outside, the Emperor of Nanye Kingdom shuddered, and then pushed Concubine Tan away from his arms: "It's all your good son's fault. He had to fight a war instead of enjoying a good life. Now, my 500,000-strong army can't even protect my capital, and the Beixiao army has even come to my doorstep. This is really unreasonable!"
Concubine Tan was also frightened, but she calmed down and said calmly: "Your Majesty, don't worry. The Beixiao army suffered a defeat on the battlefield and took a risk to attack us directly. They are just a bunch of rabble. The prince will definitely come to rescue us!"
The Emperor of Nanye said angrily: "You'd better pray for this, otherwise I will kill you with my own hands before the Beixiao army rushes in!"
Although the city gate troops and the imperial guards were also strong, they were no match for the battle-hardened Beixiao Army, which had fought bloody battles for years. Under the leadership of Prince Yan, they were bloodthirsty and invincible all the way.
While Qin Siang was fighting with the Imperial Guards, he did not forget the instructions of King Yan, that is, to kill and burn wherever they went.
"Damn it, it's a shame to burn down such a magnificent palace... Pah, how can it be a shame to burn down the palace of the dog emperor of Nanye? It's better to burn it down. Since his son dared to poison our army, we will burn down his lair."
"Now, let's see if that son of a bitch and that traitor can still gain a foothold in their Nanye country? Pah!"
While killing the enemy, Jiang Yan cursed angrily: "If you want to blame someone, blame that traitor in the gutter, the running dog, the beast who sold out his master for fame! He is really evil and insidious, worse than a pig or a dog!"
Hearing this, Xiao Hanye's men swung their spears like dragons, and swept through a group of imperial guards with a few more heads falling from their swords.
"Prince Yan, don't kill me!" Just as he was about to shoot the man in front of him in the head, someone called out to him.
Looking closely, it turned out to be Princess Ye Yao of Nanye.
Something unexpected happened in the palace, and Ye Yao was about to go to protect her mother, but she wanted to see Prince Yan again, so she couldn't help but run to the front yard. Fortunately, she really saw him, but unfortunately, he was about to stab her to death with a gun.
"Prince Yan...I have secretly informed you..."
Xiao Hanye came back to his senses, looking at the countless corpses of the imperial guards and the raging fire that lined the palace. He narrowed his eyes, retracted his spear, turned his horse around and said, "Retreat!"
He did not come to assassinate the Emperor of Nanye Kingdom tonight, firstly, there was not enough time, and secondly, it would be useless.
He just wanted to destroy the imperial city and catch the old emperor and the crown prince of Nanye Kingdom off guard, forcing them to re-plan the military forces in their imperial city and thus buy time to rescue his soldiers.
Before returning to the camp, he unexpectedly attacked the Nanye military camp and massacred 20,000 soldiers of the Nanye Kingdom.
Ye Xiu, the crown prince of Nanye Kingdom, was so angry that he slapped his thigh!
Originally, he expected that with Xiao Hanye's temper, he would not be able to swallow this and would launch a night attack, so he set up a tight net in the military camp in advance to wait for him to jump, but in the end, he jumped to their Nanye Kingdom's imperial capital.
When he led his army to rescue the emperor, he jumped back and killed the 20,000 soldiers he had left behind...
As a result, he had to retreat fifty miles and lost You'an again...