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Gu Chen and the young prince led the remaining seven thousand soldiers and horses and returned to Zhenbei Royal City.
On the way back, they had already received news that the eldest prince's troops had been completely wiped out.
The eldest prince himself was also captured alive!
After hearing the news, Duke Beiguo, the controller of Beixing City, personally led the soldiers and civilians in the city to open the city gate and beg for surrender to Tianming Iron Cavalry.
After the eldest prince was tortured for three days, he was personally killed by the invincible general, commander of Tianming's cavalry!
And hung the eldest prince's head outside the gate of Beixing City.
While Gu Chen and the young prince led the troops back, the young prince remained silent.
He didn't ask Gu Chen any more questions.
Because he knew very well why Gu Chen didn't save the eldest prince.
The eldest prince indeed deserves to die.
However, the humiliating death among the Tianming Iron Riders was definitely a heavy blow to the entire Great Xia Empire.
After the news of the annihilation of the eldest prince's army was transmitted back to the imperial capital, the entire imperial capital was in an uproar.
Furthermore, the entire Great Xia Empire was in an uproar.
For a time, even the entire Daxia Empire fell into a state of panic.
The emperor was furious on the spot and wanted to send troops to northern Xinjiang to counterattack the Tianming Iron Cavalry.
But unexpectedly, there was a voice of opposition in the court.
From then on, they were divided into two factions, one faction advocated war, and the other faction advocated peace!
…
"My young prince, I will return the Tiger Cavalry Camp to you. I am not interested in leading the troops!"
Back at Zhenbei King City, Gu Chen directly signaled Fatty, Fifth Tribulation, and Ling Meixin to come out.
At the same time, he signaled Jin Dao to follow the young prince.
"Master Gu!"
The young prince shook his head and said: "As long as my Zhenbei Palace is still here, the Tiger Cavalry Camp will always belong to the Young Master!"
"Farewell!"
Gu Chen didn't say anything more, turned around and left with the three fat men.
"General..." Seeing Gu Chen and the others leaving, Jin Dao couldn't help but let out a low cry, but in the end, he fell silent.
He knew that he and Gu Chen were not destined to be from the same world.
The four of them, Gu Chen, joined the army just to experience themselves.
And for him to join the army is his destiny!
As long as he is alive in this life, he is destined to be unable to leave the army.
Just as Gu Chen and the other two were riding their horses towards the Wuling Palace, they were stopped by a beautiful figure.
"Master Gu!"
After stopping the four people, this beautiful figure bowed directly to Gu Chen.
"Princess Duo'an, what's the matter?" Gu Chen looked at Fifth Duo'an: "If you're here to say thank you, there's no need. Everything I do is what I want to do, and I don't need anyone to thank you."
The fifth Duo'an said softly: "Thank you, of course, but I also have something to say. I want to talk to Mr. Gu. I wonder if Mr. Gu can delay a little time?"
Gu Chen was slightly silent.
Then he looked at the three fat men: "You go to Wuling Palace first. When you get there, go directly to the Young Palace Master Leng Ling and ask him to arrange a place for you. Just say it was me."
The fat man glanced at Fifth Duoan meaningfully and grinned: "Okay!"
"Boss, we are not in a hurry, you can chat!" Fifth Tribulation also responded.
Ling Meixin didn't say anything, she just glanced at Fifth Duo'an one more time, and then left with Fatty and Fifth Tribulation.
"Just take a walk?"
Fifth Duoan made an inviting gesture to Gu Chen.
Gu Chen nodded and said nothing more.
The two then walked slowly along the street.
Seeing that the fifth Duo'an didn't speak, Gu Chen said: "What's the matter? Princess Duo'an said it bluntly. After several days on the battlefield, she is somewhat tired."
Fifth Duoan took a deep breath and said: "I just want to ask the young master for advice on where he thinks the current Zhenbei Palace should go."
Gu Chen glanced at the girl: "Are you worried about the death of the eldest prince, angering the emperor, or are you worried about Tianming's cavalry attacking Zhenbei Royal City?"
As he spoke, he withdrew his eyes and looked at the endless flow of people on the street and a famous vendor on both sides of the street.
Everything shows that there is no chaos in Zhenbei Royal City.
He could still be so calm under the huge pressure of Tianming's cavalry.
This is enough to illustrate the status and reputation of Zhenbei Palace in people's minds.
If people didn't trust the Zhenbei Palace, I'm afraid the entire Zhenbei Palace would have been in chaos the moment the news came back that the eldest prince had been defeated and killed.
"It's both. The Tianming Empire's surrender letter has been sent to the palace."
Fifth Duoan sighed softly and said: "But until now, we have not received any news from the Imperial City."
No matter what, news should come from the Imperial City.
After all, the entire northern border is now under the watchful eye of Tianming Iron Cavalry.
Should they at least send reinforcements to the imperial capital?
Even if there are no reinforcements, there should be no shortage of food, grass and baggage!
But now, there is nothing!
There wasn't even a military order.
This made the Prince of Zhenbei wonder whether the empire was planning to abandon the northern border!
If Zhenbei Royal City is lost, the entire northern territory will fall into the hands of the Tianming Empire.
Gu Chen shook his head and said: "In the direction of the Imperial City, we dare not move to Zhenbei Palace now. The reason why there is no news is that we are discussing the issue of war and peace."
Even if the emperor really moved his anger against Zhenbei Palace, he would not dare to touch Zhenbei Palace at this time.
Unless you really want to hand over half of the northern border of the Daxia Empire to the Tianming Empire.
But it's obviously impossible!
There was no movement. The only possibility was that they had not yet decided whether to send troops to the north or make peace with the Tianming Empire.
"If we make peace, I'm afraid we will lose at least half of our territory in the north!" Fifth Duoan frowned.
Naturally she thought of this too.
If you want to make Tianming retreat by making peace, then the only way is to cede the territory!
Defeat is called begging for peace!
Only after victory can you be qualified to talk about peace!
Fifth Duoan sighed softly: "It seems that the Tianming Empire's so-called search for the princess is just a cover to attack Daxia!"
"oh?"
Hearing this, Gu Chen was slightly startled: "Are you saying that this time the Tianming Cavalry invaded Daxia, the reason for the war was to find the princess?"
The fifth Duoan nodded: "That's true. According to the Tianming Empire's war report, it is Princess Lianxue of the Tianming Empire who has disappeared in Northern Xinjiang!"
"so……"
Hearing this, Gu Chen fell silent.
Everything that happened recently flashed through his mind quickly.
Not long after, his eyes lit up slightly, "It seems that the opportunity has come!"
Afterwards, Gu Chen took out a pen and paper and wrote on it: "Come to see me quickly and bring energy crystals!"
After writing, he handed the paper to the fifth Duoan: "Princess Duoan, I need you to send someone immediately to deliver this letter to the imperial city and hand it into the hands of the third prince!"
"Third Prince?"
Hearing this title, Fifth Duoan was slightly startled, not knowing what Gu Chen was going to do.
But he didn't ask any more questions, and nodded directly: "Don't worry, it will be delivered soon."
"good!"
Gu Chen nodded slightly and left a message: "In the past few days, you don't have to worry about anything else. You only need to defend the Zhenbei Royal City well to prevent the Tianming Iron Cavalry from sneak attacks!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he jumped onto his horse and said, "I'll say goodbye!"
