Chapter 238 Reversal

"boom--"

A deafening explosion came suddenly, setting off a terrifying wave that shook the earth. Scarlet flames shot up into the sky, turning the dark night into day, allowing people to see the panicked faces more clearly.

The blood-red flames accompanied the shattered crowd. The Xianbei warriors who were originally guarding outside the tents had never expected that they, who were supposed to be hunters, would become lambs this time.

The sound of explosions was incessant. Not only this tent, but the surrounding ones also collapsed and burned. Sparks flew, and the horses were frightened and fled in panic, taking away more lives.

"Magic, that Great Zhou person has used magic again!"

"Run away! He can summon raging fire. I can't die here!"

"Ah! Help me, save me, take me with you..."

The sounds of crying, howling and shouting mixed together. The Xianbei people's camp had become a purgatory, or even more terrifying than purgatory, constantly reaping their lives.

Suddenly, two human heads appeared on the distant hilltop, and they saw the Asura Hell below.

Even from such a distance, I could still clearly hear the panicked cries from below, filled with fear and terror of the unknown.

He Jun was lying in the grass, his whole body shivering. He couldn't help but turn his head to look at Su Fengzhang.

Su Fengzhang, who was lying in the grass like him, also looked a little embarrassed. They had finally escaped from the Xianbei camp and were still wearing Xianbei clothes, with even their hair styled in the same way.

Su Fengzhang usually looks bright and cheerful, but now he looks a bit rough.

Perhaps noticing He Jun's gaze, Su Fengzhang turned around and smiled at him: "Prince Xi, what's wrong?"

Under the moonlight, He Jun could clearly see the red mole at the corner of Su Fengzhang's eye. Normally, he only thought it was feminine and charming, but now it made him shudder and felt extremely bloody.

Su Fengzhang felt that He Jun's eyes were a little strange, but it was not surprising when he thought about what he had just done.

He smiled and said, "Prince Xi, we shouldn't stay here for long. Who knows if these Xianbei people will react? We should hurry on and meet up with General Meng and the others."

He Jun nodded and said, "That's right, let's go now."

At this time, Su Fengzhang dragged out two horses and said with a smile: "The Xianbei people have nothing else, but these horses are indeed better than those of the Great Zhou."

He Jun also said: "Isn't it true? If it weren't for the powerful Xianbei cavalry, we wouldn't be forced into this situation."

"A desperate counterattack may leave a name for himself in history." Su Fengzhang said with a smile.

He Jun looked at the Xianbei camp below where people were still howling in agony, and then thought of the Xianbei princes who had been tricked by Su Fengzhang into their tents before the incident, and he felt extremely happy in his heart.

"Yes, we will become famous in one battle."

In the darkness of the night, two horses galloped towards Yunzhou. Halfway along the way, He Jun couldn't help but ask, "Ziqing, how on earth did you manage to bring so much gunpowder into the Xianbei camp?"

This time their feigned surrender was extremely risky. If He Jun had not been pushed to the extreme, he would never have used such a risky method.

It is easy to pretend to surrender, and it is not difficult to save the lives of two people after pretending to surrender, but it is not easy to make such a big commotion in the Xianbei camp. After all, the Xianbei people are not fools. After they were captured that day, they were almost stripped of their clothes.

In this situation, He Jun was also very curious about how Su Fengzhang had managed to sneak into Chencang and bring in quite a lot of gunpowder, which eventually caused such a commotion.

In this explosion, the Xianbei commander and prince were probably killed, and their Great Zhou had won without a fight.

Su Fengzhang would not tell him the truth, but just smiled and said, "I don't have any other skills, I can only use some unconventional methods."

He Jun suddenly realized that this person did have some unorthodox methods. Wasn't that the crabapple painting that had stunned the capital? Su Fengzhang was reluctant to talk, so He Jun frowned and didn't ask any more questions.

He probably thought in his heart that Su Fengzhang and Prince Cheng might have some secrets, and it didn't matter if he didn't know.

The Xianbei camp was in chaos, and the only few who could still make decisions were suffering from liver and gallbladder rupture.

"Asshole, put out the fire! The general and the ninth prince are still inside!"

"Damn it, how could they let them go in alone!"

"Found it, found the general's arm..."

"This is the Ninth Prince's helmet..."

With such a huge explosion, no one believed there were still people alive inside. "Where are those two people from the Great Zhou Dynasty?"

"I didn't notice, they disappeared out of thin air!"

"Bullshit! How could a living person disappear out of thin air? They must be the ones causing trouble!"

"Report... The people from the Great Zhou are attacking!"

"How could it be such a coincidence!"

"Boys, follow me on horseback. Today we will kill all of these people from the Great Zhou Dynasty and avenge the general and the ninth prince!"

The surviving Xianbei general was full of passion, but unfortunately his tent was bombed, and the leading general and prince were killed. Countless tribesmen around him were killed or injured. Even though the Xianbei were ruthless, they were afraid at this moment.

This is a war whose outcome is determined before it even begins.

"Cough cough cough..." In the carriage, Prince Rong couldn't help coughing. He frowned and forced himself to suppress the urge to continue coughing, so as not to make people outside hear it and worry.

At first, Prince Rong was traveling on horseback, but he fell ill halfway through the journey and had no choice but to change to a carriage.

The guard had already heard his cough and asked worriedly, "Your Highness, do you want to stop and rest for a while?"

Prince Rong shook his head and said, "No, we must rush to Yunzhou as soon as possible to find out the truth."

He Jun is his only son-in-law, and Su Fengzhang is his highly regarded successor. It is no exaggeration to say that if something happens to these two people, their plan will have failed by half.

The guard was a little worried and was about to say something to persuade him, but he saw several fast horses coming towards him, waving the flags of the Zhenbei Army. "Your Highness, it looks like they are from Yunzhou, rushing for 800 miles."

Prince Rong frowned and said without hesitation: "Stop him!"

The guard's heart skipped a beat, but he quickly obeyed the order.

After being stopped, the messenger, after learning who the person was, felt relieved and knelt on one knee. "Your Highness, report to Prince Rong, Yunzhou has won a great victory. Prince Xi and Lord Su pretended to surrender to the Xianbei, killing the Xianbei's ninth prince and commander. General Meng and General Chen joined forces with them, defeating the Xianbei cavalry and taking over ten thousand prisoners. The Xianbei have now been routed and fled."

The series of information bombardment made Prince Rong's head buzz.

Soon, Prince Rong burst into laughter: "He Jun and Su Fengzhang are feigning surrender? Have they already defeated the Xianbei?"

The messenger shouted, "That's right. General Meng was afraid that Your Majesty would be worried, so he sent me to rush the victory report to the capital over a distance of eight hundred miles."

"Good, good." Prince Rong's waist and legs no longer ached, and he felt full of energy. "I knew these two clever guys would never be captured and surrender to the enemy."

"Alright, you can continue delivering the letter," Prince Rong said with a smile. "Take a message to His Majesty on my behalf. Tell him that I will continue on to Yunzhou and will return to the capital with the army."

"Yes," the messenger said immediately, then mounted his horse and left.

Looking at the dust raised by the horses' hooves, Prince Rong was surprised and said, "I actually forgot to ask them how they were doing and if they were injured."

The guard consoled him, "Your Highness, I'm sure Prince Xi and Lord Su are safe and sound, otherwise the messenger wouldn't have failed to mention it."

Prince Rong also felt the same way. Thinking about the news he had just heard, he burst into laughter. "I was originally worried about their safety and feared that Yunzhou would fall. I didn't expect these two guys to be so capable."

After thinking about it, Prince Rong felt that the idea of ​​feigning surrender was probably Su Fengzhang's idea. He knew He Jun. He was good at fighting with real swords and guns, but he was not good at playing tricks.

Prince Rong was instantly curious and grabbed the guard, asking, "I can imagine feigning surrender, but how did they manage to blow up the Xianbei camp and kill the enemy leader?"

The guard was also helpless and replied bitterly: "If even Your Highness can't figure it out, how can I possibly imagine it? If I had that kind of brain, I would have taken the imperial examination."

Prince Rong glared at him and sighed, "What a pity! They should both be my sons-in-law."

The guards hurriedly looked at each other and kept silent, thinking that this prince was really bold.

Prince Rong also realized that he had made a mistake. He sighed and changed the subject: "Since the Holy Order ordered me to go to Yunzhou to investigate this matter, even though the matter is now clear, I still have to make this trip."

After he finished speaking, his eyes turned cold: "I want to see who is playing tricks and framing the loyal officials of the court."

The news of the great victory in Yunzhou was brought to the capital by messengers. In fact, the news spread faster than the express mail of 800 miles, simply because the Great Zhou had been stable for many years, and it had suffered an extremely humiliating defeat the previous year, and now it could be said that it had regained its face.

Another one is that first Prince Xi and Su Fengzhang pretended to surrender, then the camp was blown up, the life and death of the Xianbei commander was at stake, and then 10,000 troops were captured.

Defeating the enemy with fewer troops or taking risky military tactics, no matter which one is mentioned, it is a legendary event. Just as He Jun said, this battle is destined to be written into the history of the Great Zhou and be passed down for thousands of years.

The moment the news reached the capital, the officers and soldiers who were guarding outside the Su and He families disappeared quietly.

Inside the palace, the emperor, who had been bedridden again due to a series of tragic news, felt better. He exclaimed with renewed energy, "Well done! You are indeed a worthy man of our Great Zhou. Your great achievements will be remembered for eternity!"

After saying this, the emperor recalled the "misunderstanding" caused by the previous false surrender and said, "I am sorry for frightening the families of the He and Su families. When the army returns to the capital, I will definitely reward them handsomely."

"Let Ajun and Ziqing escort the prisoners of war to the capital. Laowu, you will escort them a hundred miles away on my behalf. You must not neglect the meritorious officials of the Great Zhou."

Before he finished speaking, the faces of the three princes changed. Not to mention whether it was against the rules to welcome the army a hundred miles away, in history, it was usually the prince's job to welcome the returning army.

The fifth prince nodded his head, looking calm.

The Fourth Prince glanced at the First Prince with a smug look, his eyes tinged with provocation. As soon as he left, he said, "Brother, it seems that Father doesn't trust you that much. Otherwise, he should have let you go this time. After all, you are the boss."

The eldest prince's face was gloomy: "It's the same for us."

After saying that, he looked at the fifth brother again. He felt a little uneasy in his heart. When he thought of the contributions made by Prince Xi and Su Fengzhang, he couldn't sleep or eat. Even though he knew that Prince Cheng was a woman, he couldn't calm down.

Perhaps, he should advance his plan and never let Prince Cheng continue to grow in power!