I am a prince in Zhutian Films

Chapter 227: Troubles the world?

In Gusu, there are many alleys and small bridges, and all the houses are located on the river. Following the flow of the water, as the boat sways and rocks into the depths of the water, the slender and delicate charm of Gusu is quietly revealed, accompanied by the soft Wu dialect and the humming Jiangnan tunes.

This is a gentle place where you need to take a slow walk!
After touring Gusu City for several days, Chu Zhao and his friends finally set out on their return journey.

The third year of Kaiyuan, late autumn.

Half a year passed in the blink of an eye. During this half year, the old territory of Western Chu has been almost completely recovered, with only Lausanne City, which is the nine cities north of Qiandong City, still in Beili... To be precise, it is under the control of Baili Luochen.

That’s right, Baili Luochen broke the contract and returned to Qiandong, the fiefdom of Marquis Zhenxi, to lead his army to resist the army of Chu.

So, Chu Zhao set out from Yuelu again and led his army northward.

It has to be said that the Pofeng Army was worthy of being the main force that destroyed Western Chu back then. Its combat power was definitely the best in the north and caused considerable trouble to the Chu army.

However, it is just a nuisance.

Chu Zhao led an army of 200,000, plus the Zhengdong Army which had grown to 300,000. They were simply not something that the Pofeng Army of 100,000 could resist. The Chu army quickly flattened everything.

On the day when winter came, except for Qiandong City, the other nine cities were all captured, and an army of 500,000 men besieged Qiandong City.

In this world, some things are very big.

Mountains and rivers fell, dynasties came and went, and at a certain point, these huge historical events completely changed people's lives, determined the future direction of an entire country, and left a strong mark in the books of history.

But no matter what kind of stroke it is, it can't really interrupt people's experience. No matter how great the sorrow is, it can't change people's physiological needs. No matter how great the humiliation is, it can't make people forget to eat and drink.

However, due to the siege by the large army, Qiandong City, which had been peaceful and stable for eighteen years, was now filled with fear and panic even in eating, drinking, defecating and urinating. The laughter and joy that once existed were completely shattered.

In the third year of Kaiyuan, there was light snow.

Although winter has just begun, Qiandong City has already experienced several snowfalls due to its geographical location.

Amid the howling of the cold wind, snowflakes fell, the sky seemed like a dome, and heavy snow covered the entire area.

Winter evenings come early, and when the last ray of sunlight was about to sink into the mountains, the ancient Western Chu war song rang out in all directions of Qiandong City.

Clusters of flames propped up the small orange space, as if they were fighting against the sky.

Looking at the sparks burning in all directions, a soldier guarding the city wall of Qiandong City hurried away, while the rest of the people started cursing.

"You bastard, come again?!"

"They come every day. They don't get tired of performing, but grandpa gets tired of watching them."

"You bastards from Xichu, come attack the city if you dare, I'll chop you to death."

"You're a bastard who only knows how to scheme and plot."

"Hold……"

The angry curses continued, and the soldiers defending the city kept greeting the ancestors of the soldiers led by Chu Zhao.

However, the Chu army remained unmoved. After singing the war song, they retreated to the camp and had no intention of attacking the city at all.

On a night when heavy snow fell from the sky like goose feathers, a small fire broke out in the Chu army camp outside Qiandong City.

The cause of the fire was that Baili Luochen sent people to launch a surprise attack, intending to burn the army's food supplies, but they were captured just after they lit the fire.

It was late at night, and the simple tent was still filled with the chill of winter. Speaking of this, Li Junxin glanced at the young man above him who was resting with his eyes closed, and his eyes suddenly became bloodthirsty and majestic.

"Your Majesty, it seems that Baili Luochen is determined to resist to the death."

The army had besieged Qiandong for several days but had not yet attacked the city. Its purpose was to make Qiandong city exhausted and the city would open the city gates and surrender.

In addition, it was also to reduce the casualties on their side. After all, there were not only Baili Luochen's 50,000 Pofeng Army in Qiandong City, but also many masters of Beili.

In addition to the masters from Xueyue City led by Baili Dongjun who came to support Qiandong early on, many masters from the Beili court, including the Shadow Sect, the Academy, the Imperial Observatory, and the Nine Observatories of Tianqi, that is, the previous four supervisors and the current five supervisors of Beili, have recently arrived, as well as the Tang Sect, Wushuang City, and Lei Sect in the martial arts world... It can be said that all the famous sects and families in the martial arts world have sent people to Qiandong City.

Moreover, these people are all famous masters in the world.

In addition, Li Changsheng, who had returned from his wedding trip, brought a group of people with him. This is a force that cannot be underestimated. The casualties caused by these people are absolutely incalculable.

Therefore, Chu Zhaocai had been keeping his troops on hold, waiting for Baili Luochen to come to his senses and open the city to surrender, and also waiting for the arrival of their Chu State's masters.

"hold on."

Li Junxin exclaimed: "Still waiting."

"Wait!"

There is no way. In this martial arts world that is almost like cultivation, a small number of masters may not be able to change the situation of a large-scale battle, but hundreds or thousands of martial arts masters can change it, and even lead to the destruction of a country.

Seven days have passed in a blink of an eye, and today is a rare good day.

The wind and snow stopped, and winter was still here.

In the Chu army camp, which was already covered with heavy snow, there were bursts of shouting, and the air was filled with a solemn and crazy atmosphere. Everyone was waiting for Chu Zhao's order.

"All troops, move out and attack the city!"

Outside Qiandong City, the Chu army came in a mighty force, like a flood and a beast, as if it would submerge the entire Qiandong City in the next moment.

There were no soldiers on the top of Qiandong City, only martial arts masters.

On the top of the city wall, Li Changsheng stood proudly with only a sword in hand, facing tens of thousands of troops.

"Xiao Ba, come out and see me!"

The sound was like thunder, shaking in all directions.

A figure floated across the army formation, and Chu Zhao, holding an ordinary iron sword, landed in front of Li Changsheng.

"Li Changsheng, do you want to stop me?"

For Chu Zhao, the current Li Changsheng still looks like Nangong Chunshui, but the Li Changsheng at this moment is not the Nangong Chunshui in Xueyue City, but the Li Changsheng of Beili.

Perhaps because he hadn't been called by this name for a long time, Li Changsheng was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "I can't help it. I can't watch you wreak havoc on the world anymore."

"Bringing chaos to the world...hahaha..."

Chu Zhao laughed wildly, "Li Changsheng, you said I brought chaos to the world? Let me ask you, have you been to Chu? Have you seen what the people of Chu are like? Go ask the people of Beili in the current Chu territory, have I brought chaos to the world?"

Li Changsheng was speechless.

He had actually been to the State of Chu, but he had heard about some of the situations in the State of Chu.

I have to say that just from some of the news heard from the people, we can tell that the people under the rule of the Chu State lived a very good life.

Unfortunately, Chu is Chu and Beili is Beili.

Because the restoration of Western Chu led to invasions by the southern and northern barbarians, the imperial court had to recruit soldiers and increase taxes, causing countless families in the north to be torn apart, so he stood up.

"Why, you have nothing to say?"

Chu Zhao sneered: "After all, what you call the world is nothing more than Beili's world."

As he spoke, Chu Zhao flipped his hand and a booklet appeared out of thin air.

He threw the manual directly to Li Changsheng and shouted angrily: "In the ninth year of Taihe, Emperor Tai'an Xiao Chongjing formed the Xiaolong Guard and joined forces with the Shadow Sect and other court organizations to hunt down a nine-year-old boy from Western Chu. In just a few years, countless people were killed and injured, and the entire family was exterminated.

In addition, in just a few years, the Xiaolong Guards also massacred more than 100,000 survivors of Western Chu.

Why didn't you stop Xiao Chongjing at that time?

Oh, I forgot that you are from Beili. In the eyes of you Beili people, we, the survivors of Western Chu, are criminals and deserve to die!

But I just want to ask, why didn’t you do anything when Xiao Chongjing massacred your Beili people and plotted to frame your Beili loyal ministers and generals?
Now you have the nerve to come to me and say that I have brought chaos to the world?
Li Changsheng, you are so fucking shameless.

I have never seen anyone as shameless as you!"

The voice was transmitted several miles away through the powerful internal force, and everyone inside and outside Qiandong City could hear it.

A moment later, shouts from the Chu army camp shook the heavens and the earth.

"brazen!"

"brazen!"

"..."

Li Changsheng silently threw away the book in his hand without saying anything. He still stood in front of the army with a sword in his hand.

Neither advance nor retreat!

Obviously, this battle is inevitable.

Chu Zhao ignored him and looked at Baili Dongjun on the top of the city wall.

"Bai Li Dong Jun, didn't you ask me in Tianqi City why I couldn't let it go? Today, I will let you see why I can't let it go. I will let you see the hell on earth... Luosang!"

After saying that, Chu Zhao flew into the air.

He used the sword in his hand as a pen, the sky as a curtain, and the clouds as ink. With just a few strokes of his pen, the originally sunny sky instantly became pitch black.

The entire Qiandong City was covered in a scene of hell on earth.

Suddenly, a burning city appeared out of nowhere.

Bones filled the fields and corpses were everywhere.

The raging fire burned the corpse and the blood flowed like a long river.

The living are like walking corpses, and the dead are all wandering ghosts.

Seeing this tragic scene, everyone seemed to faintly smell a strong smell of blood and burning flesh.

The land was flowing with blood, bones piled up like mountains, and corpses piled up like the sea.

One mutilated corpse after another floated up and down with blood!

The one in the picture is a Western Chu soldier wearing tattered armor and pierced by thousands of arrows.

There was a Confucian scholar from Western Chu whose body was covered in blood and whose head had been cut off.

There was a woman from Western Chu whose clothes were torn and who had been abused to death.

There are young children who are ignorant but pierced by spears...

Watching the scenes flashing across the sky, the viewers were all moved.

This is simply... a naked massacre!

Baili Dongjun opened his mouth but didn't know what to say, because he saw many familiar people in those scenes, including his grandfather and his father.

Not only him, but all the people in Qiandong City who saw the scenes, such as Lei Mengsha, Xiao Ruofeng, Ye Xiaoying, Tang Lianyue of the Tang Clan, the three heroes of the Lei Clan, etc., seemed to have completely lost their voices.

Even Li Changsheng, who was used to seeing people die, sighed slightly and lowered his head!
There will definitely be a winner and a loser in the battle between the two countries. Beili is more suitable to unify the world than Xichu, so he can only choose one.

No regrets, but guilty!

It’s not that he felt guilty towards the soldiers and civilians who died in the war, but he felt guilty towards the survivors of Western Chu who were later massacred by Beili.

Chu Zhao held a sword in his hand and looked at the hell on earth that he had created. He said to the people of Qiandong City below: "If I didn't have the identity of the Prince of Western Chu, with my strength and talent, I could travel freely anywhere in the world. But... I can't help it. Now that I have this identity, I have to do something, otherwise I will be sorry for the millions of souls who died tragically!"

Before he finished speaking, an old figure rose into the sky from Qiandong City.

"This matter has nothing to do with the soldiers and civilians of Qiandong City. His Highness the Ninth Prince wants revenge, and I will take it. Can you bypass the soldiers and civilians in the city?"

Looking at Baili Luochen who jumped onto the top of the city wall, Chu Zhao replied indifferently: "Baili Luochen, I gave you a chance, but you didn't cherish it. Now... it's too late!"

After saying that, Chu Zhao casually swung out a sword.

A sharp sword energy rushed straight towards Baili Luochen.

At this moment, Li Changsheng took action.

He raised his hand and pointed, and dispersed the sword energy that carried the killing intent.

Li Changsheng slowly rose into the air and stood above the city wall. He sighed, "Xiao Ba, the past is gone. Why do you still cling to it?"

"If you don't know the past, how can you talk about the future? If the past can be forgotten, then what's happening today won't be tomorrow's past? Everything in the world is the past. I may not care about it, hear it, or ask about it."

Li Changsheng was stunned and praised sincerely: "What a sharp wit! No wonder even the little monk Wangyou couldn't win the debate with you."

As he spoke, Li Changsheng murmured again: "Yu Shengmo's martial arts are good, but his talent... is just average. Could it be Lu Suzhen?"

"Senior Brother Lu never taught me to chant sutras, nor did he teach me the Great Dao. But when I left Wangcheng Mountain, Senior Brother Lu told me three words - follow your heart."

Chu Zhao paused, looking at Li Changsheng with a stern gaze: "If you are not at peace with yourself, how can you be at peace with others? If you are not at peace with yourself, how can you be at peace with others? Li Changsheng, since you are already free and easy in the world, you should not interfere in the affairs of the world."

Li Changsheng sighed: "You are right, but if you want to follow your heart and control your own heart, it is not just your business."

Chu Zhao shook his head: "But everyone must give an answer for what they have done."

"Not everything has an answer, and not everything needs to be answered." Li Changsheng's eyes suddenly changed: "If you are too obsessed, you will burn yourself to death."

"You can't convince me, and I can't convince you either. Let's see who's the winner."

Chu Zhao smiled faintly and turned to look at the sky.

At this moment, the tragic scene on the sky was frozen, as if the Qiandong City below was reflected on the sky, except that the scene on the sky was extremely tragic.

"Baili Luochen, you were unwilling to let go of the common people of Western Chu back then, so today I will bring the soldiers and civilians of Luosang with me." Chu Zhao raised the sword in his hand and roared, "I will bring the old people of Western Chu with me to avenge your Qiandong City. All the troops listen to my order. After the city is captured, the soldiers will be free for three days!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Zhao swung his sword.

The tragic city of Lausanne on the sky fell down like a meteorite, whistling towards Qiandong City.

"Tian Ning!"

Li Changsheng shouted loudly and pointed his sword at the Lausanne City that fell from the sky.

The moisture in the air instantly condensed into fine frost, freezing the city that blocked out the sky in mid-air...

(End of this chapter)