Li Dingxing sat blankly holding Li Yaoyang's body. The sun set in the west. The other Nanhuai troops who were chasing Ma Liu also rushed back. After counting, there were more than 30,000 Nanhuai troops left. The five thousand Li Yaoyang brought All the Nanhuai troops died in the battle, and no one survived.
The generals came up one after another to persuade Li Dingxing to restrain Li Yaoyang's body. Li Dingxing seemed not to have heard it, and still sat in the bloody water, quietly holding Li Yaoyang's body.
Reluctantly, the generals ordered their soldiers to clean up the battlefield and set up camp on the spot. They also tied a tent on top of Li Dingxing's head. The generals urged Li Dingxing that it was not good to put the body in blood, and Li Dingxing let go.
Everyone carried Li Yaoyang's body to the desk, and Li Dingxing followed behind like a helpless child. It wasn't until everyone wiped the body that Li Dingxing hugged him again. The generals took turns to accompany him, and Li Dingxing sat there all night.
"What should I do?"
"Staying here is not an option. What if the Chu Xiang army comes back again?"
"But the second master can't listen to anything he says now. He hasn't eaten since last night..."
The generals discussed each other with glances and words, and a bearded general quietly left the group and came to Li Dingxing's side.
"Second Master, it's time to take the prince home..." a bearded general said from the side.
"Go home? Go home...yes, go home, brother, I will take you home." Li Dingxing woke up from a dream, and as he spoke, he was about to pick up Li Yaoyang's body.
The bearded general grabbed him and said, "Your Majesty, you are too tired. Please let Your Majesty take a rest...ah?"
Li Dingxing nodded blankly: "Yes, brother is very tired, let him take a nap..." As soon as he finished speaking, Li Dingxing closed his eyes and was about to fall to the ground. Fortunately, the bearded man was quick and hugged Li Dingxing.
"Don't mention it yet, Da Liu, you really have a way." The other generals noticed the change here and rushed over one after another. When they saw Li Dingxing falling asleep, they couldn't help but praise the bearded man.
"Come here and help me!" the bearded man shouted.
Outside the camp gate, Yi Xiaodao finally arrived. Seeing that it was the Nanhuai Army, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Huh, it's okay, it's not too late."
"Stop! What are you... Ah, Mr. Yi, why are you back?" The guard guard drank Yi Xiaodao and asked in surprise after seeing clearly.
Yi Xiaodao waved his hand: "Don't worry too much. Are the eldest and second young masters here? Huh? It smells so strong of blood. Have you fought with the Chu Xiang Army?" Yi Xiaodao asked about the movements of the two of them and couldn't help sniffing the air. The smell of blood is exactly the same as in Hangzhou in Nanhuai.
When the soldiers saw Yi Xiaodao asking about the two of them, they lowered their heads and stepped aside: "The second young master is in the commander's tent..."
Yi Xiaodao saw the soldier's silence and didn't take it seriously. After dismounting, he handed the horse to the soldier and ran towards the commander's tent alone.
"First Young Master, Second Young Master, I have news about the Chu Xiang Army..." Yi Xiaodao opened the curtain and walked into the commander's tent excitedly.
The Nanhuai generals drew their swords and stood up: "Who is so bold to break into the commander's tent! Ah, Master Yi, why are you here?"
Yi Xiaodao stood there blankly, and what he saw was the battered body of Li Yaoyang lying on the table, and the sleeping Li Dingxing beside him.
"What...what's going on..." Yi Xiaodao stretched out his hand tremblingly and pointed at the table.
The bearded military general came over and whispered: "The Chu Xiang army is outflanking from the north and south. The prince gave almost all the Nanhuai soldiers to the second master, and together with us, he ordered us to fight against the Chu Xiang army in the north. I only brought Five thousand men went to fight the South Road...In the end, they were outnumbered..."
Yi Xiaodao shook his head repeatedly: "I don't believe it. It's impossible for the eldest son to die. How can he lose when he is outnumbered by thousands of people? You must be teasing me!" As he said that, Yi Xiaodao walked up to the case with a smile and saw Li Yaoyang's face. His body was covered with wounds, and he couldn't help but feel his eyes twitching.
"Young Master, get up quickly. I've already seen through it... If you don't get up, I'm going to tickle your flesh! Ha~" Yi Xiaodao reached out and scratched Li Yaoyang twice.
Li Yaoyang's body was motionless.
"Eldest Young Master..." Yi Xiaodao lowered his head and had to accept this fact.
Everyone present bowed their heads, but no one said anything.
Suddenly, there was a burst of noise outside the commander's tent, and all the Nanhuai soldiers ran around in a panic.
The bearded man opened the curtain and shouted outside: "Why are you running? Why are you panicking? Are the Chu Xiang Army coming?"
A soldier just ran past the commander's tent and was grabbed by the bearded man: "What happened?"
When the soldier saw the bearded man, he quickly bowed his head and saluted, and said, "A large army is coming outside. I heard they are soldiers from the imperial court..."
"The soldiers and horses of the imperial court?" The bearded man let go of the soldiers and signaled to retreat. He turned back to the commander's tent and asked, "Why are the soldiers and horses of the imperial court coming at this time?"
All the generals looked at Yi Xiaodao with doubts on their faces. Yi Xiaodao was pounding in his heart. Although Zhao Yizhi sent him out for this trip, he did so secretly. He didn't know if he could control it.
Everyone and Yi Xiaodao came to the outside of the camp together. They saw flags waving in the distance, and a troop of troops and horses coming from the north. The men and horses were strong. It was impossible to see how many troops and horses there were. They only saw several generals in front of them. There are hundreds of people in the row. Everyone has different weapons and distinctive armor.
"Are they the soldiers and horses of the imperial court?" the bearded man asked the others.
"I'm afraid I can't be wrong...except for the imperial army, who dares to fly the Yellow Dragon Flag?" someone replied.
A large yellow dragon flag was flying in the wind, and the word "Zhao" could be faintly seen on the yellow dragon flag. It was sewn with silver thread and looked even more shining in the sun.
"I'll go take a look!" Yi Xiaodao said and was about to go to the stable to pick up the horse.
A young general stopped in front of Yi Xiaodao: "Stop, you want to send a message, right?"
"How did you say this?" Yi Xiaodao was quite puzzled.
The young war general grabbed Yi Xiaodao by the collar and said, "Since you came to Nanhuai, things have happened constantly in Nanhuai. First, the old prince was killed, and then the court sent two prisoners. The prince and Chu Xiang declared war. Now even the prince also He died in battle. Do you dare to say that it has nothing to do with you? Now you enter the camp first to check the death of the prince, and then the imperial army comes. Now that Jin Chan has escaped from his shell, you want to run away? "
Yi Xiaodao looked at the other generals. The generals looked at the two without saying a word, but it could be seen from the eyes of everyone that many people were skeptical.
Yi Xiaodao raised his hand and pointed to the sky and said: "If I, Yi Xiaodao, have this intention, I will be struck by five thunderbolts that day, and I will die miserably!"
"How dare you speak so harshly!" The young warrior said, raising his fist and trying to strike Yi Xiaodao down.
"stop!"
Two soldiers supported Li Dingxing, and Li Dingxing said angrily: "What are you going to do?"
"Second Master, you're awake!" When the generals saw that Li Dingxing was awake, they quickly gathered around him.
Li Dingxing looked around at the generals: "Why didn't anyone try to dissuade you? You think so too?"
Everyone was silent, and the bearded man whispered: "You have to be convincing."
Li Dingxing pushed aside the generals, came to the stable, took out a war horse, and handed the reins to Yi Xiaodao: "Master Yi, I believe you, go ahead."
Yi Xiaodao pushed away the reins, walked to the camp gate, and said, "I'm not going, just wait here."
The young general muttered: "Still pretending."
Li Dingxing ignored everyone and stood behind Yi Xiaodao, waiting quietly together.
The army was not very fast and advanced slowly, but it didn't take long before they arrived outside the camp gate. The war generals on both sides split into two sides. One man, wearing a light helmet and soft armor, came out patting his horse. Along with him was a young eunuch.
The person coming is none other than Zhou Ziru!
"According to His Majesty's Holy Order, Nanhuai King Li Yaoyang acted willfully and started a war. He is guilty of both the country and the people! We are sending heavenly troops to attack him and cancel the Nanhuai King's vassal position! The order is over. All the troops surrender early!"
The little eunuch finished reading and ducked aside.
Yi Xiaodao said loudly: "General, please answer!"
Zhou Ziru saw Yi Xiaodao at a glance and was shocked: "Why is this guy here..." The two had never met, but Zhou Ziru had already hid in the capital when Yi Xiaodao arrived in the capital with Yin Meng Guards and Kong Bao. Among the crowd, Yi Xiaodao was seen.
"Are you the commander-in-chief?" Yi Xiaodao saw that no one answered. Only the man waving the fan stood in front of everyone, and he expected that this person must be the commander-in-chief of the army.
"So what? Who are you?" Zhou Ziru asked knowingly.
Yi Xiaodao cupped his hands and said, "Your Excellency, Yi Xiaodao, has been sent as an envoy to Nanhuai by your Majesty's order. Before I went as an envoy, I had never heard that Your Majesty was going to be unfavorable to Nanhuai. Please be aware of this!"
Zhou Ziru smiled and said: "Yi Xiaodao? The court has never heard of this person."
"What? He's not from the imperial court?"
"He's fake!"
"We were all fooled!"
Everyone in Nanhuai was in an uproar when they heard this, and they were talking behind Yi Xiaodao and Li Dingxing.
Li Dingxing had long known the details of Yi Xiaodao. Seeing that Yi Xiaodao was being made things difficult for him, Li Dingxing couldn't bear it, but he couldn't say anything. He just stood quietly behind Yi Xiaodao.
Yi Xiaodao ignored the reaction of everyone in Nanhuai and said, neither humble nor arrogant, "Please allow me to return to Beijing and meet His Majesty before making a decision!"
"Who are you! The imperial army is on an expedition, and it's your turn as a pawn to speak!" Before Zhou Ziru could answer, a general behind him started shouting with a sword.
Yi Xiaodao ignored the general and stared straight at Zhou Ziru: "Nanhuai King Li Yaoyang has died in the battle, please be lenient."
Zhou Ziru raised his eyebrows, his eyes full of shock: "Seriously?"
"It's absolutely true. Please allow King Nanhuai to be buried in Nanhuai!"
Zhou Ziru's heart was filled with waves. This imperial edict was naturally false. Even Zhao Yizhi, who was far away in the capital, didn't know that Zhou Ziru had led his army to Poyang Lake. Zhou Ziru's goal is to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers and tigers. When Nanhuai, Chu and Xiang are fighting, one of them will lose. But after all, Nanhuai is rich. Regardless of whether Nanhuai wins or loses, Nanhuai must be the first to regain the imperial court. Only then can the imperial court have a steady stream of taxes from Nanhuai to support his plan to reduce the vassalage.
Zhou Ziru received the battle report yesterday. Chu Xiang was defeated and all 50,000 troops and horses were lost. Zhou Ziru took the risk and led the army just to stop Nanhuai. Then, under the pretext of starting a war, he launched a war against Nanhuai and took Nanhuai into his pocket.
In Zhou Ziru's mind, as long as he regained Nanhuai, his plan to reduce the vassal status would be half successful. At this time, I heard that Nanhuai King Li Yaoyang died in the battle, and I felt a little regretful. I had known that I wouldn't have come. It would have been nice to just sell him a favor. But when the play has reached this stage, there is absolutely no reason to expose it.
While Zhou Ziru was thinking about it, the general behind him could no longer bear his temper. He slapped his horse and came forward with his sword in the air: "Boy, take a stab at me!"
The Nanhuai generals moved forward one after another, moved closer to Li Dingxing, and protected him.
Yi Xiaodao slowly walked out of the camp gate and walked towards the visitor. He raised his sword high and his horse was running very fast, about to cut him down.
Yi Xiaodao punched the war horse in the face, and a ball of fire burst out from his fist, covering the war horse. The war horse was frightened and twisted up and down. The general was also taken aback. He was caught off guard and was thrown off his horse. He was punched in the face by Yi Xiaodao.
"roll!"
The sword-wielding general was knocked dozens of steps away by Yi Xiaodao's punch, and flew straight in front of the other generals. One of the generals stretched out a square-shaped halberd to help the man stop.
"presumptuous!"
Both Nanhuai and the imperial court could clearly see the blazing fire in Yi Xiaodao's fist, and everyone was shocked.
However, one of the imperial generals was punched away, which also angered hundreds of imperial generals present, and everyone was ready to leave.
"Slow down!" Zhou Ziru waved his fan to stop the hundreds of generals who were restless behind him.
Yi Xiaodao retracted his fist, stared at Zhou Ziru and repeated: "Please allow the King of Nanhuai to return to Nanhuai for burial!"
Li Dingxing stood behind Yi Xiaodao, looking at Yi Xiaodao's back, his eyes blurred with tears. Through his tears, Li Dingxing seemed to see Li Yaoyang's proud figure: "Brother..."
