Chapter 326: Triumphant Return
In the face of the siege of the Feng Annihilation Army, these people were just a rabble in the eyes of Chu Mo and the others, but Chu Mo knew that Liang Zi was completely finished, but now was not the time to tear his face.
Chu Mo did not let Yu Zixuan and the others go on a killing spree, and when he saw the Feng Annihilation Army in the city constantly appearing, Chu Mo nodded at Li Chengwen, and immediately shouted at Yu Zixuan and the others, and chose to evacuate.
After all, Li Chengwen is the prince of Dawu, and with Gu Haoqi, the general of the Dawu Dynasty, Ju Yingwu doesn't dare to do anything to them, after all, Ju Yingwu is only targeting Chu Mo.
Seeing that Chu Mo and the others were fleeing under their noses, this made Ju Yingwu angry, looking at the corpses of the Feng Annihilation Army all over the ground, Ju Yingwu in a fit of anger directly sent several Feng Annihilation Army squads to pursue Chu Mo and the others, as for Li Chengwen and the others, just as Chu Mo thought, Ju Yingwu did not embarrass them as before, but let them enter the city.
Entering the city, Li Chengwen and the army did not stay, and after replenishing some supplies, they returned to Kyoto.
On the other side, after leaving, Chu Mo and the others did not hide in the east and west, although they were in Zhongzhou at the moment, it was impossible to force them to have no way to retreat just by relying on the Feng Annihilation Army.
This is not the only way to return to Kyoto, and after some deliberation, Chu Mo and the others decided to return to Kyoto through Zhongzhou Wudi City.
In order to save a little time, after entering Emperor Wu City without danger, Chu Mo and the others bought some dry food and fast horses, and then left.
A few days later, Dawu Kyoto.
Li Chengwen led the army to return triumphantly, and after Li Deyi learned the news, he directly gathered hundreds of civil and military officials together, and actually personally led these ministers of the court and the central government to Dongcheng to greet them.
The people of Kyoto came spontaneously, holding flowers in their hands and standing in a row on both sides, and the grandeur of the procession could not be seen as far as the eye could see.
"Report!"
"Your Majesty, the Seventh Prince and General Gu have led the army thousands of meters away!"
A Praetorian Guard hurriedly ran into Dongcheng and came to Li Deyi to pray.
The distance of a kilometer is not long, just as soon as the Praetorian Guard finished speaking, there were cheers among the people on both sides, and as Li Deyi looked up, he saw that outside the city gate, the mighty army was coming towards the city gate under the leadership of Li Chengwen and Gu Haoqi.
Li Chengwen, who was wearing armor, and Gu Haoqi were at the front of the line.
Behind the two of them, there were more than a dozen generals in the army, and finally 10,000 troops from Kyoto.
Looking at the triumphant return of the army, the smile on Li Deyi's face became more and more intense, and he even ignored Li Si beside him, and walked directly down from Long Yuan to meet him.
It's just that some people are happy and some are worried.
At this moment, most of the people were immersed in a joyful atmosphere, but Li Gan, who was on the left side of Long Yuan, had an extremely cold face at the moment.
Not only Li Gan, but Li Tianqi's face was the same.
Li Chengwen returned triumphantly, which was good news for the Dawu Dynasty, but it was not good news for the two of them.
But seeing that Li Deyi stepped forward at this moment, one of them was the crown prince, and the other was the prince, if they didn't go forward at this time, I was afraid that it would cause some unnecessary trouble, and in desperation, the two could only follow Li Deyi to the outside of the city.
At this moment, the army returned in triumph.
Compared with the joyful atmosphere in the city, the atmosphere in the army was a little heavy.
For the people in the city and the people in the court, they did win the battle this time, but this victory killed more than 30,000 people.
Victory, also a pyrrhic victory!
When the two armies fought, casualties were inevitable, but they could obviously avoid so many casualties in this battle, and it was only because of Ju Yingwu that they suffered such heavy losses.
Approaching the city gate and looking at the towering city wall, Li Chengwen and Gu Haoqi's hearts became heavier and heavier, because they didn't know how to explain to the families of those dead soldiers.
At this time, Li Deyi and hundreds of civil and military officials had also come to the city gate, looking at the army that was constantly walking in front of them, and everyone had a smile on their faces.
But when everyone saw the number of the triumphant army, the smiles on everyone's faces instantly froze, even Li Deyi, the expression on his face became a little solemn at this moment.
The 50,000 army went on the expedition, but now the number of people who have returned is two-thirds less, which makes Li Deyi a little difficult to accept this fact for a while.
At this time, Li Chengwen and Gu Haoqi also discovered His Majesty who came to greet him, and when they were less than two hundred meters away from the city gate; The two turned over and dismounted, and then walked to Li Deyi.
As for the generals and the army behind them, they stayed in place.
"Son-in-law, see father!"
"Wechen see Your Majesty."
The two knelt down on one knee and made a big bow.
After coming back to his senses, Li Deyi hurriedly stepped forward to help the two of them up, and after a faint sigh, he said in a slightly heavy tone: "Emperor, Aiqing, thank you for your hard work." ”
The two did not reply, everything was silent.
Li Chengwen and Gu Haoqi followed Li Deyi back to the city, and the army behind them entered the city in an orderly manner under the leadership of the generals.
The people of Kyoto cheered, the long streets were covered with flower petals, and the sound of artillery and applause rang out in unison, and Kyoto was completely calm and joyful at this moment.
"The crown prince's face is a little ugly, could it be that he is unwell?"
Behind Li Deyi, Li Gan and Li Tianqi rode white horses together.
Because Li Chengwen returned with great achievements, he was invited by Li Deyi to take the dragon chariot back to the palace together.
This scene in Li Gan's eyes naturally made him unhappy, and his face was gloomy.
And how can this scene escape the ears and eyes of Li Tianqi on the side.
Listening to Li Tianqi's slightly mocking words, Li Gan's heart became more atmospheric, but his face was silent.
"Thank you for your concern, but instead of paying so much attention to Prince Ben, the second brother should think about yourself."
Li Qian said lightly.
"Hehe, the crown prince and the royal brother are too worried, the imperial brother is all right, why do you need to think about yourself."
Li Tianqi said with a smile.
"Really? I said second brother, seeing that the seventh child was able to ascend to his father's dragon chariot, don't you have a little feeling in your heart? After so many years of open and secret fighting between you and my brothers, you probably didn't expect that the person who originally thought that he should not be the least threat to you and me would now come to such a position step by step. ”
"Now, Lao Qi's status in the eyes of his father is no lower than that of you and me, and it is even more than that. In addition to the news I received, the hypocrisy between Beiliang Shizi and him is quite large. The person you have always wanted to win over, but now you are helping the seventh brother wholeheartedly, I don't know how the second brother feels? ”
Li Qian said lightly.
After hearing Li Gan's words, the smile on Li Tianqi's face instantly froze, and the whole person fell into deep thought......