I am a prince in Zhutian Films

Chapter 220 Langya Incident
Does Chu Zhao need to repel the Beili army?
Do not!
What he wanted was to completely defeat the Zhenxi Army and make Beili never dare to mention the word Zhenxi again.

"Sound the horn of counterattack for me."

"Boom boom boom——"

“Woo—woo—”

On the top of Langya City, the sound of war drums was heard and the deep and melodious sound of trumpets spread in all directions.

At this time, the gates on three sides of the city wall were wide open.

Under the west city wall, Wei Zheng, the commander of the Langya Army, rode on his warhorse and said in a loud voice: "I heard that there is also a Langya Army in Beili. What do you think we should do?"

"kill!"

"kill!"

"kill!"

"Yes, kill. Kill until Beili dares not use the Langya number anymore. Kill until the only Langya army in the world is our Chu State. Follow me!"

For a moment, the soldiers of the Chu State's Langya Army rushed to the battlefield like a flood, destroying everything they encountered.

At the same time, the soldiers of the two armies under the east and north city walls also rushed towards the battlefield.

Although Xiao Ruofeng had issued the order to retreat, it would take some time for the order to reach the front line. As a result, before his order reached the front line, the two armies had already engaged in a full-scale battle outside the city and launched a field battle.

The air was filled with the smell of gunpowder and blood, the flames on the earth were still burning, countless corpses lay on the ground, and screams, gunfire, and sounds of fighting mixed together.

The warhorse fell while running, and the cavalryman rolled to the ground. The warhorse weighing thousands of pounds broke his body, breaking bones and squeezing flesh and blood. The blood impact burst the skin membrane, and his companions behind also fell one after another.

The morale of the Chu State was high, and they flattened everything like a torrent.

On the other hand, the Beili side was in chaos, with only a small number of troops resisting with difficulty.

Ye Xiaoying fell in a pool of blood.

He was knocked down by the blast caused by the last round of artillery fire. He fell heavily to the ground and fainted for a while. When he woke up, countless buzzing sounds were ringing in his head.

A warhorse with a broken leg was neighing and struggling. In the distance, there were charred horses and soldiers. The remaining flames were burning on the ground. The wounded horses and soldiers were staggering and trying to stand up...

He turned his head and looked at one end of the battlefield. The brave Beili soldiers were still attacking the Xichu positions. Then they fell one after another like waves hitting reefs, but more soldiers were like flying waves, running in chaos in different directions.

At this moment, no specific reaction even flashed through Ye Xiaoying's mind, not even the thought that "it's over".

As a general who followed Xiao Ruofeng into battle, he had experienced many wars, tasted the joy of victory, and recently suffered the bitter fruit of defeat. Of course, he also had the experience of crawling up among the corpses of his comrades, but the feeling of powerlessness that was real yet illusory at this moment was something he had never experienced in his life.

An army of 200,000 was defeated by a few rounds of artillery fire and pinned to the ground by the soldiers of Western Chu. Can Beili resist the attack of Western Chu?

he does not know.

Xiao Ruofeng in the back didn't know either.

At this time, the smoke and flames of the battlefield, as well as the bloodshot vision, made it impossible for him to see the situation on the two armies' positions. He lowered his head helplessly, repeating "I'm sorry" over and over again...

Tears streaming down my face!

At the same time, to the north of Tianqi City, there was singing and dancing, cars and horses flowed like water, streets were like a chessboard, shops were connected, and banners and cloth strips fluttered in the wind. It was not affected by the war at all, but instead was filled with joy everywhere because of the Laba Festival.

Tianqi is prosperous and is known as the best city in the world.

Although Beili has been at war for the past two years and is still at war with Xichu, it is precisely because of this that a large number of wealthy families and businessmen have fled to Tianqi City, making Tianqi City more prosperous and lively. It seems that wealthy businessmen and dignitaries who spend money lavishly can be seen everywhere.

As the sky was getting dark, the lights in the 32 music halls of Tianqi were on, and the voices of singing girls and musicians were heard incessantly.

Normally, this place is a gathering place for scholars, talented men and beautiful women, heroes and wealthy businessmen. Now that it is a festival to be celebrated, it is even more lively.

Baihualou.

The name of the building is vulgar, but it is the most famous brothel in Tianqi City.

It is now the cold winter, but the pavilion is full of bright flowers, elegant music is playing, the fragrance of flowers is everywhere, and graceful women in light gauze are dancing in the building, holding light fans.

In Baihua Tower, there is a warm room, which is warm as spring all year round. In the warm room, there is a high platform with vertical white gauze on all sides. Under the platform are several tables, which are now full of people. Except for the table in the corner, the other tables have servants with swords and knives on both sides. It is obvious that their identities are not simple. But no one dares to underestimate the four young masters in the corner, because they are four of the Eight Young Masters of Beili.

Feng Qiuyu had not arrived yet, and everyone was chatting.

A young man in luxurious clothes turned his head to look at Gu Jianmen in the corner, and said with a fake smile: "Gu Jianmen, I heard that your Gu family was destroyed by Xi Chu. Do you still have money for wine and women? Do you want me to lend you some?"

Gu Jianmen glanced over with murderous intent in his eyes.

Seeing this, Luo Xuan on the side hurriedly said: "Young Marquis, you are going too far."

The young marquis was frightened by Gu Jianmen's eyes, and was also worried that Gu Jianmen would suddenly attack and hurt someone, so after hearing Luo Xuan's words, he snorted coldly and did not dare to provoke him again.

Liu Yue poured a glass of wine for Gu Jianmen and advised him, "Drink a glass of wine and calm down. The Gu family's property will be taken back sooner or later. Why bother to be angry with him?"

"Ah~"

Mo Xiaohei beside him suddenly sighed: "I wonder how the war in Langya City is going?"

Gu Jianmen picked up the wine glass and drank it all, then said with a tone of great certainty and hatred: "Xi Chu is definitely not a match for me, Bei Li. Ruofeng will definitely win, and Chu Zhao will definitely die!"

"If Ruofeng is in charge personally, we will definitely win. But I am worried...if Chu Zhao is immoral and attacks Ruofeng personally, who in the Zhenxi Army can stop him?"

"Chu Zhao wouldn't be so despicable, right?" Luo Xuan retorted.

Mo Xiaohei sighed: "Who knows, it would be great if Master was with Ruofeng."

Liu Yue hummed, and then changed the subject: "However, I still agree with Luo Xuan's statement. Chu Zhao is not that despicable. We can see that from his behavior when he caused trouble in Tianqi City."

As he spoke, he picked up the wine glass and took a sip, then smiled faintly, "The war is being taken care of by the bigwigs in the court, so the trouble in Xi Chu won't last long. Well, Miss Feng is here, so let's listen to the piano."

The three people present all nodded and looked up at the platform. They saw a graceful figure appear behind the white veil. She plucked the strings of the zither to tune it, and then a melodious sound came out.

Although Feng Qiuyu, the national player, was born in a brothel, she plays the guqin very movingly. A few years ago, Luo Xuan, who was known for his peerless elegance, praised her as "a mere fifteen-year-old girl playing the peerless sound of Beili for a hundred years", which shows her attainments in the art of playing the guqin.

Of course, compared to her piano playing, her appearance is a more discussed topic.

It is said that she is as beautiful as the top courtesan in Baihua Tower. Unfortunately, this Miss Feng has only sold her art and not her body, and no one has ever had the chance to enjoy her beauty.

There are also stories that she was a princess of the previous dynasty and was forced to live in a brothel, but in fact she was of noble status and was secretly protected by a peerless master.

In fact, Feng Qiuyu is really a princess, but she is a princess of the previous dynasty of Nan Jue, and her real name is Feng Lingjue.

In addition, the story between Gu Jianmen and Feng Qiuyu was also talked about by the people of Tianqi.

It was just one song. Just when Gu Jianmen stood up and prepared to find Feng Qiuyu to reminisce about the past, a man dressed as a guard ran in hurriedly.

"My Lord, the Marquis asked you to return home immediately!"

Before he could finish his words, someone else rushed in.

"Sir, the master wants you to return home immediately."

People rushed into the warm room one after another, and all said the same thing: their family elders asked them to return home immediately.

This situation... Even a fool would know that something big has happened in Apocalypse City.

Liu Yue and the other three looked at each other and said at the same time: "Let's go back to the school."

The school has its own intelligence organization - Dieying.

If we only talk about the control over the news of Apocalypse City, they are even above Bai Xiaotang, so they naturally know what major events have taken place in Apocalypse City.

That is, Emperor Tai'an is dead!
Time goes back to half an hour ago.

A secret letter was delivered to the palace. It was a secret letter from Xiao Ruofeng from Langya City.

In fact, there was not much written in the letter, just one sentence.

——Your son will fight a decisive battle with Western Chu on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. I hope your father takes care of his health. This is respectfully presented by your unfilial son Ruofeng!

Regarding the battle in Langya City, the imperial court has been promoting the fact that good results were achieved. In fact, all the important officials in the court knew that the situation was very serious.

Xiao Chongjing was already in poor health after being tortured by Chu Zhao. He caught a cold in the winter this year, which made his condition even worse. He was already on the verge of death.

When he saw the secret letter from Xiao Ruofeng saying that he wanted to fight a decisive battle with Xi Chu, his eyes widened and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Then there is no more then.

A great emperor died with his eyes open, his death was quite dramatic!
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In Langya City, the war between the two sides is still going on.

Even after nightfall, the Chu army showed no intention of stopping.

During this period, Lei Meng went to Langya City once, but Chu Zhao did not even see him and still ordered the army to pursue and massacre the defeated Beili Zhenxi Army.

In the situation of absolute crushing, what is needed to deal with a fleeing army is the decisiveness to pursue the enemy while they are at their wits' end.

Only by cutting the grass and rooting it out can we prevent the other party from reviving, so let alone Lei Mengsha, even if Yueyao and the others came to persuade him, he would not stop. Five days later.

As the sun set, the black smoke had stopped spreading, and for the first time in five days, the sounds of fighting had stopped.

Within a hundred miles to the east of Langya City, the woodland barracks that had been burned to charcoal by the war were reflected in the light of the setting sun, creating a strangely quiet atmosphere.

Gusts of cold wind blew gently, carrying with them a pungent smell of blood and a biting chill.

The fighting in Langya City had completely stopped at this time.

Wave after wave of surrendering prisoners were escorted by the Chu soldiers to several triangular sunken areas outside the city of Langya. The Chu army's muskets and artillery guarded the outward openings to prevent the prisoners from escaping.

On the battlefield, which was originally a larger area, the flags of the Beili army fell, the baggage was in chaos, and the corpses were most densely packed on the front line of the battle. The tragic scene spread towards the east of Langya City.

The fire had gone out in the area ravaged by artillery fire, leaving behind shocking charred corpses and soil from explosions and burning. The smell of gunpowder had dissipated, and many corpses were impaled on spears... The wounded but not dead Beili soldiers were groaning in the cold wind, and tears could even be seen on the faces of some of the Beili soldiers who were driven away for custody.

The moon is cold and bright, and the sky is full of stars.

There is tranquility between heaven and earth.

On the battlefield outside Langya City, artillery shells had turned the soil into black everywhere, and the smell of blood was still lingering.

The commanders of the two armies held a meeting. Chu Zhao did not bring anyone with him but himself, while Xiao Ruofeng brought Lei Mengsha and Ye Xiaoying with him.

"you win."

This was the first sentence Xiao Ruofeng said when he saw him, his tone was full of reluctance, regret, and bitterness...

Chu Zhao was not very happy, but said calmly: "Our weapons and equipment are not at the same level at all. It's normal for us to win, but it would be strange if we lost."

"You are despicable. If you hadn't taken action yourself before, we would have captured Langya City at that time." Ye Xiaoying said angrily.

Chu Zhao turned his head slightly: "Who are you?"

"Leaf Screaming Eagle."

"So you are Ye Xiaoying."

Chu Zhao looked at him carefully for a while, and then slowly said: "You are right, if I hadn't led thirty free and easy heavenly realm masters to attack that day, you might have already conquered Langya City, but you said I was despicable, I don't agree.

On the battlefield, you can use any means to win.

Besides, you were the ones who broke the agreement first, so is there anything wrong with me taking action?

Later, didn’t you also send out masters from Xiaoyao Tianjing?
If I really didn't follow any rules, I wouldn't go to the battlefield myself, but send people from the Wen family to poison your army."

Ye Xiaoying was furious: "You..."

"Howling Eagle, if we lose, we lose. No matter what the reason is, we lose. We can win it back later." Xiao Ruofeng said.

"Look, this is the mentality that a military commander should have." Chu Zhao smiled and turned to look at Xiao Ruofeng: "Tell me, what do you want from me?"

"My father passed away."

Chu Zhao was stunned: "Well, I know, so what?"

"I'm going to withdraw my troops and return to Beili."

Chu Zhao understood and nodded, "I told Lei Mengsha that I have no intention of attacking your Beili. Of course, this is limited to me. As for whether my son will do the same in the future, I can't guarantee it, so I have recalled the Blood Clothes Army in your rear."

Xiao Ruofeng was startled and said with a wry smile: "Thank you!"

"You're welcome." Chu Zhao said calmly, "Come to think of it, do you want any prisoners?"

"What conditions?"

Xiao Ruofeng didn't believe that Chu Zhao would return the captives to him for nothing.

"We have captured about 30,000 people and 30 million taels of silver."

Before Xiao Ruofeng could speak, Ye Xiaoying couldn't help it.

"One thousand taels each, why don't you go and rob them?"

You know, an adult strong man in Beili is only worth twenty taels of silver, and one thousand taels is enough to buy forty or fifty people.

Chu Zhao glanced at him and said calmly, "Fifty million taels."

"I agree. I'll have someone send it to you later." Xiao Ruofeng spoke quickly. If Ye Xiaoying interrupted again, he believed that Chu Zhao would definitely shout out 100 million taels.

Chu Zhao nodded: "That's okay, I'm leaving!"

"Wait a moment."

Xiao Ruofeng stopped him and asked, "Do you want the Lingnan area?"

"What do you mean?"

"Let's join forces and go south. I'll take back Jiangnan, and Lingnan will be yours."

At present, the areas of Jiangnan and Lingnan have been ceded to Nan Jue by Xiao Chongjing.

Of course, this is not the point. The point is that from the map of this world, Lingnan is located on the outskirts of Jiangnan and is connected to Yuelu City.

If... he meant that if Lingnan was taken, the land north of Jiangnan would be completely isolated from Nanjue. If Nanjue wanted to move north on a large scale, it would have to pass through the Chu State first.

It was obvious that Xiao Ruofeng was planning to let the Chu State serve as a line of defense.

Chu Zhao said unhappily: "You have a really good plan."

Xiao Ruofeng smiled: "So, do you want to join forces?"

"Although I know you have bad intentions, I really can't resist this temptation. Tell me, when are you going to go south?"

There is no way. For their Chu State, the Lingnan area is too important.

After occupying Lingnan, the State of Chu was able to intervene in the entire Central Plains, which was an important springboard for moving south and north.

Moreover, as Lingnan is adjacent to the wealthy area of ​​Jiangnan, it has an absolute geographical advantage and can become the economic center of Chu.

Xiao Ruofeng knew that Chu Zhao could see through his plan, but he was also certain that Chu Zhao would not give up Lingnan, so he had already considered everything.

Without even thinking, he blurted out, "One year, go south in one year!"

Chu Zhao nodded, said no more, turned around and left.

It was not until Chu Zhao's figure completely disappeared that Ye Xiaoying opened his mouth and asked about the doubts in his heart.

"General, with the strength shown by Xi Chu and Yuelu City as a springboard, he can easily send troops to conquer Lingnan on his own. Why did he agree to cooperate with us?"

"Because Xichu needs an excuse to go to war with Nanjue."

"In addition, because he is a man of his word, he said that as long as he gets the old land of Western Chu, he will never invade Beili. If it weren't for Your Highness's active invitation, he would not take action against Lingnan." Lei Mengsha added.

Ye Xiaoying was stunned. "If that's the case, why should we unite with him? Isn't this just handing Lingnan over to Xichu?"

Although they couldn't beat Xichu, they still had a good chance of winning the Southern Finals.

Why was the Beili court willing to cede Jiangnan and Lingnan to Nanjue in order to seek peace? To put it bluntly, it was because they had full confidence that they could take the two places back.

"Because he keeps his word."

"What do you mean?" Ye Xiaoying said he didn't understand.

"Because he is a man of his word, we don't have to worry about him attacking us. So, giving Lingnan to him can protect us from being harassed by Nanjue, and can also hinder the development momentum of Xichu with the help of Nanjue."

Xiao Ruofeng glanced at the top of Langya City and said leisurely, "After all, Nanjue will not let Xichu take away the meat they have eaten. Moreover, if Nanjue wants to go north, it must first pass Lingnan."

In addition to what he said, there is actually one more point.

Lingnan is the ancestral home of the Wen family.

In other words, the Wen family will return to Lingnan sooner or later.

With the reputation of the Wen family in Lingnan, even if Chu Zhao does not openly take control of Lingnan, he will be able to become the actual controller with the help of the Wen family.

So, it doesn’t matter whether you give it or not.

If they gave it to him, Xi Chu could serve as their defense line in the north and south.

"This...kills two birds with one stone. Great plan, Marshal."

"It's not my idea. It was Mengsha's suggestion."

Xiao Ruofeng shook his head and smiled: "Let's go, we have to get back to Tianqi as soon as possible."

At this point, the Battle of Langya ended.

(End of this chapter)