Chapter 251: The Long Night
"Three Princes!
The young man dragged the injured body and knocked the soldiers away one by one, and the soldiers behind made way of an aisle and came to those corpses, most of them were bloody, some of their backs were covered with sharp arrows like hedgehogs, some lost half of their faces, and some of them were brought back by the gentian just now, and they were pulled to the ground by the rude soldiers, and the whole barracks looked as terrible as a slaughterhouse.
"Where is he, why are you only telling me now!" Chu Xianzhao grabbed a soldier's collar and said angrily, the man saw Chu Xianzhao's appearance, felt his brain buzz, and immediately pointed to the camp tent at the end: "You are also seriously injured, everyone is afraid of disturbing your rest...... All ......"
Chu Xianzhao immediately let go of his fingers and said in a trembling voice: "He...... Is it really gone?"
A military general lowered his head and said, "General Qian Li has ...... If you sacrifice, you will succeed and your bones will wither, so don't blame yourself too much. β
"What about Qian Yi, Qian Yi, is he okay?"
"General Qian Yi was also seriously injured, and his arm was cut off by Yan Yiren, and now he is still lying on it and has not yet woken up. β
Chu Xianzhao suddenly froze where the whole person was, and he began to feel chills, what did he do after he woke up, drank and laughed with his brother, and went to ** with Su Nianyu in his arms at night, but he forgot these subordinates who were born and died for him. If it weren't for the fact that the two maids learned about Qian Li's death from them just now, and Qian Yi's arm was also cut off, Yiwu would have been abolished like this.
That is his personal guard, although Chu Xianzhao has never asked them to protect him, but in his mind the status of the twins is irreplaceable, along the way these two brothers get along with him and cooperate, the younger brother stepped into the icy river water at night to catch fish for him, the elder brother carried the flag for him on the battlefield and did not retreat, they experienced the test of life and death together, such brothers...... Such a good brother, how can you say that death is death?
Chu Xianzhao stood in the pile of corpses, with mixed feelings in his heart, guilt accounted for a large part, and the green tendons on his forehead jumped up, now in order to defend the city, they lost most of the Eagle Tuo cavalry, Jingnan City Lushui Division together with the 10,000 defenders, more than 10,000 elite marines of Yinguo, all of them died, the remaining 70,000 soldiers were wounded 25,800, the remnants were 13,700, and the people who could continue to fight were less than 30,000, but the 20,000 cavalry brought by the elder brother only lost less than 800, and there were 30,000 Shuyue soldiers in the city who were loyal to the Shuyue Empressγ
There have been gains and losses on this battlefield, but people are always thinking about what they have lost.
Chu Xianzhao sniffled, tears immediately welled up in his eyes, and a warm current flowed in his heart, the young man suddenly felt that the world was spinning, and the wide eyes of those corpses seemed to be watching him, making his legs weak.
"Down!down!" The generals hurriedly supported Chu Xuanzhao, who was about to faint, and the young man waved his hand, his eyes were tired, and he said: "What about the owner of Jianyin Mountain Villa? I heard that he led his disciples to fight against tens of thousands of Yanfu warriors outside the city, and successfully blocked their war elephants!
His father named him the chief swordsman of the royal family!
"Two thousand disciples died in Jianyin Villa, and as for the owner of Qianxun Yang Villa, he was attacked by someone...... The weapon pierced his spine...... I can't stand up in this life. Someone hesitated.
"So many people died...... What were you doing at that time?" Chu Xuanzhao angrily reprimanded the group of generals in front of him.
Several generals bowed to the ground together: "The last generals deserve death! β
"I don't care! Write down the names of those soldiers who died in battle, burn them into ashes and put them in wooden jars, engrave their names, and burn all the bodies that are vague and illegible, and pack their ashes and take them to Lin'an City. Chu Xianzhao said word by word, and the generals nodded again and again: "What are you still doing, transport all their corpses back to me, and also collect the weapons and artillery of the Yanfu people, those who are injured, those who have broken hands and feet!
"Yes!"
Chu Xianzhao rubbed his forehead, feeling that he was a little out of shape, and slowly exhaled a breath of turbidity, Chu Xianzhao lowered his head and followed the sergeant, along the way there were constantly corpses brought back from outside the city gate, and they were also pushing the wounded soldiers, the wounded soldiers on the wheeled cart hated life and begged for death, they were in pain, they wailed, and the blood flowed all over the ground along the wheelbarrow, Chu Xianzhao didn't even know how he came to the cowhide tent.
"General Hua is also inside...... Do you really want to see the Third Prince?"
"Look! Why don't you look!" Chu Xianzhao opened the curtain, the rows of wooden shelves inside were full of corpses, the candles inside were dim, the corpses on these wooden shelves seemed to have no end in sight, and no matter how heavy the lime was sprinkled on them, it couldn't hide the heavy corpse smell, the woman in black squatted on the ground, looking at the corpse in front of her, the woman's shoulders were loose, and a slight sobbing sound came into his ears, Chu Xianzhao felt a tidal wave of sadness rushing to his face, and the blood cooled down bit by bit.
"Teacher......" He lifted the curtain, and the distance between the two was no more than ten steps.
Hua Youyue didn't turn, her beautiful but haggard face was full of tears, Chu Xianzhao walked over slowly, put his hand on her shoulder, looked down, and immediately covered his face with both hands, revealing only a pair of eyes full of horror.
It's so ugly to even die......
Qian Li only has half a son left, the upper ribs burst out, the blood is blurred in the eyes, the iron armor is full of horses' hooves, the iron armor is deeply immersed in blood, if it is forcibly taken off, you can see the internal organs inside, the only face is still intact, otherwise even people will not be able to recognize it.
Many years ago, Hua Youyue hugged him in swaddling clothes, and the child was not afraid of life, he kept drooling on her, laughing silly, remembering the past as if he had spent a hundred years, he finally put on the white armor of the Yinguo cavalry, and became a heroic soldier who could put on armor and get on the horse.
Now that he is dead, he has truly sacrificed his life for his country.
Flower Moon
Suddenly cried, the cry was like a knife stabbing Chu Xianzhao's heart, Chu Zhaozhao knelt behind her and hugged her, he felt a deep powerlessness from the bottom of his heart, he woke up and his heart has been good, probably he is still a child, thinking that he can relax after defending the city, and happily hold a celebration banquet with the people he likes, but now he can't be happy. The corpses outside were piled up like a hill, although the Yanfu people said that they would retreat from the army, they could make a comeback at any time, and in this war, he did not lose his blood relatives. But Qian Li and Qian Yi are the relatives of General Hua, they died on the battlefield, how could she not despair?
From the moment he stepped into the city, there was no going back, either they killed all the Yan Fu soldiers, or the Yan Fu soldiers killed them, it was that simple, it was so cruel.
"You're all gone...... Father...... Mother...... Sister, Qian Li Qian Yi...... Don't leave me alone...... I can't live alone. Hua Youyue cried into tears, he hugged Hua Youyue tightly, and whispered in her ear: "You are not alone...... You still have me...... And me......"
Hearing Chu Xuanzhao's voice, the woman slowly opened her eyes: "Instantaneous Zhao...... Where are you...... I can not see you. Her voice was small and full of pain, and Chu Xianzhao twisted her son and held it in his arms: "I've always been there...... It's always been there. β
Hua Youyue couldn't speak while crying, just lying on his stomach in his arms and choking in pain, Chu Xianzhao took out a hand and slowly closed his eyes: "Rest in peace...... My brother, you have done your duty......"
The sergeant urged her outside a few times, worried that the taste inside would not be good for Chu Xianzhao, as for how long Hua Youyue would stay with her, and later saw Chu Xianzhao carry her out, the sergeant left silently, she cried and tired on his back, and her heart seemed to be hollowed out.
Chu Xianzhao turned his head and said to her: "Don't worry, Qian Li sacrificed and fought bloodily for the country, the court will definitely not forget his merits, I will arrange for Qian Yi to cultivate in Jingnan City, and Qian Li I will definitely bring his ashes back to Lin'an, and he will be buried in a beautiful way." β
"People are dead...... Where is it not buried?" she was powerless, whether it was Yinguo or the victory of the war, nothing was more important to her than her family, and now that her family was almost all dead, and the rest of her who were still alive were also dying and old, what was the meaning of this war to her.
Hua Youyue cried again, buried her head in Chu Xianzhao's back, and the surrounding soldiers suddenly looked at her at a loss, their faces were inconsistent, silent, sneering, sarcastic, speechless, and lowling, Chu Xianzhao suddenly became angry: "Look at what to see! Whoever laughs again, Benxia will personally tear your mouth off!"
The sergeants walked away in silence.
Chu Xianzhao carried her back to the room, she suddenly said that she wanted to drink, Chu Xianzhao didn't say a word to get her warm rice wine, and asked the military doctor for a sleep aid medicine, grinded it and sprinkled it into the wine, watching her drink it slowly.
Chu Xianzhao held it
Her hand wanted to give her a little warmth, but she only cared about being sad, she didn't even know how to go back to face Qian Li and Qian Yi's parents, who were one of the few people who didn't despise her...... Now that she had gone to war with their children, one dead and the other crippled, she was desperate...... More desperate than when he knew that Li Changyuan was dead.
She leaned on Chu Xianzhao, the young man comforted and persuaded her, she still burst into tears, Chu Xianzhao asked her if she wanted to stay in Jingnan City, or go back to Yinguo, as long as she nodded, he would definitely arrange a ship to send her back, the first brother and General Meng Yu had already come, she could rest.
"You're going to let me go back?" Hua Youyue stared at him with wide eyes, she looked like a resurrected corpse in a tomb, lifeless and lifeless.
"yes...... Teacher, go home, it's enough for me to have my brother and General Meng Yu, you've done enough. Chu Xianzhao said cautiously, Hua Youyue suddenly laughed, and the laughter gradually became sharp and harsh, like a female madman: "Yes, you are like this! You will always be like this! You and your father are both a virtue! Treat me as a prostitute in the Qinglou) and abandon it, now this city is defended, and the Yan people have withdrawn! I am useless, I am useless!"
"That's not what I knew! You know I didn't mean that. Chu Xianzhao's voice was weak and weak, Hua Youyue was still laughing wildly, she thought that Chu Xianzhao was different, at least different from Emperor Yin, she regarded him as her own hope, but now it has become her own despair.
"I don't have a home anymore!" the woman said hysterically, tugging at his collar, the sadness in her eyes enough to break anyone's heart.
He told her to go home? But where is her home?
She left Lin'an City and traveled thousands of mountains and rivers to come to Yanfu, what was she for? She lost her relatives, Chu Xianzhao didn't want her now, Meng Yu also felt that she was useless, everyone looked at her as either a madman or a devil, because she killed more people than them.
She didn't want to go anywhere, she didn't want to face the accusations of her relatives, she didn't want to face the ridicule of the soldiers, her heart was dead, she just wanted to go to a place where no one knew her, even if she was alone.
"That's what you mean! Even you don't want me anymore! I have paid so much for your Chu family, what have I gained, my father and mother are dead! My sister was killed by your father! Every war launched since your father ascended the throne has been dripping with the blood of my Hua family, and I am the last drop of blood, I am lucky that no one has killed me, but this does not mean that I have to be driven by you like a dog, as long as I am willing! Your father! Your brother! Including you are not my opponent! It's a big deal that I will go back to Lin'an City to play that " Huangquan Confessional Requiem bΔ«) Hurry me up, you all have to die!" the woman said hysterically.
Chu Xianzhao shook his head: "You are crazy, how can there be immortals in the war, I care about you before I let you go back, your current state can't participate in the next battle, what do you still want me to do, is it difficult to give you your own life?"
Don't you dare to ask for it?" Chu Xianzhao stood up, but Hua Youyue grabbed his shoulder with his hand and forced him to sit down: "Why don't I want to, your life is mine from now on!"
"You are unreasonable, I won't quarrel with you if you are injured, if I do something wrong, I will apologize to you now, you have a bad heart, I know, you saw Qian Li's body, and Qian Yi is still lying on it, it is hard to say what will happen after that, you are sad and angry in your heart, I understand, even if you point at me and scold me in front of the generals, I don't mind, as long as you are happy...... You are a woman, and you are my teacher, I should let you. β
"Both of them died as your guards, you have Wang Xi in your body, and Tai'a Sword, and the legendary blood, what kind of guards do you want for such a powerful person! You say you care about them now, why didn't you help them block one knife when you were on the battlefield, and you won't die if you block ten knives!"
Chu Xianzhao took a deep breath: "I thought I knew you, but I ...... now." I don't know you anymore. β
"You don't know why I'm here to fight this war! It's all because of you, you have the Tai'a Sword in your body, and the reason why I told you not to use the Tai'a Sword is because I don't want you to end up like me!"
She suddenly pushed Chu Xianzhao to the ground, she ripped off the thin black clothes, Chu Xianzhao raised her head in pain, in the dim candlelight, she still had a bandage on her stomach, the man's curve was slightly red, maybe because of shyness or anger, one hand was stuck in front of her, and the other hand was clenched into a fist, Chu Zhaozhao saw the angry phoenix pattern that crawled all over her, the phoenix head lowered her head and lowered her eyebrows on her heart, her eyes flashed with rage, this picture of confusion and horror formed a kind of impact full of fear, and he also found that the position covered by the pattern was like flowing lava, the red light flashed and dimmed, and it could not be observed without looking carefullyγ
Under Chu Xianzhao's scrutinizing gaze, she subconsciously clamped her legs, and the slender ** tightened in vain, she forced the shame in her heart and said in a trembling voice: "Have you seen these fire marks? My soul has been sold to Phoenix Qin, my life no longer belongs to me, you are different from me, don't become a slave of these divine soldiers...... Otherwise, you will be tormented by the whispers of the gods and Buddhas in your sleep, just like me...... It's impossible to kill myself, otherwise I would have ended my life with a piece of white silk. β
Chu Xianzhao suddenly covered his eyes: "Don't be like this......"
Hua Youyue stepped forward and kicked him, picked up her clothes and put them on quickly, she snorted, turned back to the top in tears, Chu Xianzhao also stood up, he felt a little embarrassed, and stood a little helplessly, rubbing his hands like a child who had done something wrong, Hua Youyue said coldly: "If you have a reaction, go back to find your cloud-robed little lady to get out, you and your father are both beasts, and your Chu family is a beast!"
"What the hell do you mean?
Bing didn't care about anyone, and said that others looked down on you, and you pretended to be like that all day long, look at what you look like now? My father has no conscience? I think you're useless? Guess, if it weren't for my father telling me to listen to you and treat you well, would the three princes of the dignified Yin be scolded like a clown? The Yanfu people I killed would never be more ...... than you?"
"If you have the ability, you will slaughter me now!Kill me, a sinner in the battle of the West! Instead of despising you, people will call you a hero!" Hua Youyue roared back with red eyes.
"I am in awe of you, I respect you...... You're my teacher, but what can't we talk about?"
"What are you talking about? Do you think I'm the same as you? When you were splashing and rolling in my mother's arms, I had learned to practice alone, read and eat alone, sleep silently, when I went to the battlefield, you were still playing in the palace and chasing the maids, and when I was holding the heads of the soldiers who died in the camp and weeping, you were ...... I don't know what you're doing, it's all boring stuff anyway. Hua Youyue leaned to the side, her eyes were foggy, as if she had returned to the war-torn battlefield, the enemy's arrows swept overhead, and the soldiers raised their swords one by one to die.
"If you weren't the third prince of Dayin, who would look at you squarely, you were born with a good skin and died in Qinglou as a little minister, people trampled on you and humiliated you like a dog, have you ever tasted this kind of taste?" Hua Youyue only cared about venting her anger, and didn't give him any face at all.
In the end, it is a child from the emperor's family, Chu Xianzhao has long learned from his father what it means to be pampered and not surprised, how to keep the eight winds still in the humiliation of others, Hua Youyue's three-word ridicule is just a goose plucking feathers to him, and it can't stir up any waves.
Chu Xianzhao sneered: "What's the use of you saying this, one life, two luck, three feng shui, four accumulation of virtue and five studies, I was born as a prince, this is not for you and me to decide, you tell God to go, you fucking ......"
He retorted to her in a small voice, but she still heard Chu Xianzhao's words: "What did you say?"
"One life, two luck and three ......"
"You fuck!" Hua Youyue finally got angry, picked up the pillow and threw it at Chu Xianzhao, Chu Xianzhao didn't even block it, the pillow fell softly into his face and fell to the ground.
"What do you want to do now?" Chu Xianzhao finally relented, Hua Youyue looked at his nest, and his anger became bigger and bigger: "What do I think, I want to slaughter all the Yan Fu people who killed my cousin!
"If you kill them, you won't be able to survive with money. Chu Xianzhao muttered, Hua Youyue bit the back of her hand with tears: "What do you know, I am most annoyed by you, if you hadn't accepted the gift of Tai'a Sword, I wouldn't have to come to this battlefield where birds don't at all, and my cousin They don't have to die, what kind of person are you, I can't die."
What's your business?"
β...... You are a prince, you are extremely honored, everyone likes you, no matter what you do wrong, they will forgive you, how can you look at people and things the same as me? What do you mean that you still have me, do you think that promises can be made casually? Promises can be forgotten casually, but others will take them seriously for the rest of their lives!
β...... I really want to slaughter you now, and then kill you back to Lin'an City to slaughter your father and the emperor, and slaughter all the people of your Chu family! You self-righteous boy, do you really think you are very powerful? One person blocked all the ghost warrior legions, and killed the dragons in the Yunjian River, and attacked the ships of the Yanfu people with fire without consulting with me, and now that the power that others have cultivated all their lives has been easily mastered by you, what else do you want to do?"
"Why did I meet someone like you...... You are not Li Changyuan. Hua Youyue choked and lay on his stomach, Chu Xianzhao lowered his head and was silent, his mind was extremely confused, he turned away, the moment he pushed the door open, he found that there were people standing outside the door, his brother was a little embarrassed leaning on the pillar, Ye Weiwei and Su Nianyu were also there, their faces were a little burning, Ye Weiwei looked at Chu Xianzhao's eyes strangely, and turned to leave, as for Su Nianyu, she reached out and pulled Chu Xianzhao's sleeve, and comforted softly: "It's not your fault." β
"What are you doing here?" Chu Xianzhao said coldly, his eyes fell on the guards with swords, and they trembled in fear of Chu Xianzhao's gaze: "General Hua spoke in a loud voice...... And it threatens your life, this woman's thread has always been very unstable, if she makes a move against you, according to His Majesty's secret edict, we have the right to execute her life!"
The cry inside seemed to be a little louder, and Chu instantly summoned his anger and dispersed the guards with kicks and beatings: "Get out! Get out of here! I don't want to see you bastards again!"
Su Nianyu took Tantai Ningning's hand and left in a little panic, maybe there were Nangong Mingyue and Zhang Heng among these crowds, in short, he didn't see it, and hurriedly left when Chu Xianzhao's anger was still on those guards and did not affect them.
Chu Ying looked down at his younger brother, looked up at the room where the crying sounded out, Hua Youyue cried like a girl from a good family who had been defiled by the disciples, he was a veteran who was crisscrossing the flowers and felt seven or eight points in his heart, raised his hand and patted his younger brother's shoulder, but he shook it away angrily, he was not angry, leaving a pot of wine on the railing, as if talking to himself.
"It is easy to get rid of sorrow and illness in a foreign land, and it is difficult to cure the intestines and break people. β
Chu Xianzhao glared at his brother's back, and the man left after carrying the halberd.
Nangong Mingyue followed, her face was half weird, half joking: "I have long seen that the two of them have a leg? This Hua Youyue has a dead face to everyone, once she talks about your brother, she will be alive, at least she can see that she cares about her little one." β
"Who is my brother, how can there be a woman in the world who doesn't like him, if it weren't for my sister being so arrogant and spoiled him when he was a child,
The palace maids in the palace had already eaten him completely. Chu Ying looked up and laughed.
"You're not angry at all?"
"What am I angry about, if my brother let that girl go back to Lin'an City with a big belly, and my father knows about it, I will be relieved to look at it. β
"That's how your family is...... In fact, I think Xiao Xia has always been very passive, maybe shy, and I haven't seen him die or live for anyone. β
"Who said no, I will slowly tell you the story of him and that Su Nianyu tonight, it is guaranteed to be more exciting than what you have seen in the boudoir, do you want to listen to it on the top, and you still want to listen to it in my arms?" Chu Yingyang showed his fox tail without saying a few words, and Nangong Mingyue was gently pulled back into his arms just when he wanted to escape.
He sniffed at the fragrance on her and said softly, "It's been a long night......