The general who guards the country naturally also heard about the situation on the battlefield here, and guessed that this was Yue Lin’s secret weapon, the bomb.
They now have no city walls to protect them, and they really have no power to resist against such weapons.
"Axinwei, you will be punished by heaven for carrying out such a massacre and using such weapons."
"Divine punishment?" Asinwei couldn't help but laugh out loud. "The general who guards the country won't have the chance to see it."
"Soldiers, let the Northern Wei Dynasty experience the power of our bombs."
At his command, the soldiers picked up the bombs and threw them into the Northern Wei army.
"Everyone get down."
The general who defended the country shouted loudly, and many soldiers fell down.
Just when the soldiers who were close to the bomb thought they were going to die, they didn't hear any movement.
The bomb was thrown like a stone and rolled to the ground without any reaction.
"What's going on?" Asinwei frowned. "Keep throwing."
Bombs were thrown at the Northern Wei soldiers one after another.
Apart from occasionally hitting one or two soldiers, it posed no threat.
The Northern Wei Dynasty had never witnessed the power of the bombs with their own eyes, and thought it was exaggerated.
They all laughed at the Yuelin Kingdom for using a stone as a weapon.
The general who defended the country sneered, knowing that their bombs had been destroyed by the Yuan Dynasty and they no longer had these weapons in their hands.
Jiang Weizhen had already told him about this matter in advance, so he dared to set up camp in this open place, with the purpose of luring the Yuelin Kingdom to take action.
After all, Yue Lin did such a thing. If he retreated safely, where would the face of the Northern Wei and the Yuan Dynasty be?
That's why he acted out this scene with Asinwe.
Now that the show is over, it’s time for him to fight back.
"Asinwe, prepare to die."
If you dare to use underhanded tactics and kidnap the crown prince of Northern Wei, you will have to pay the price.
Before Asinwei could react, the general gave an order and all the soldiers of the Northern Wei Dynasty launched a desperate counterattack.
After several months of hard fighting and heavy losses, the Yuelin Kingdom was no match for the Northern Wei.
Asinwei's face changed drastically and he quickly retreated, but he was surrounded by Jiang Weizhen and King Xuanyang from behind, and he had no way to retreat.
Finally, under the protection of the army, he barely escaped from the encirclement with a few thousand of his confidants.
Just when he wanted to retreat back to Yongcheng, he saw several of his men and Ruan Hezhu fleeing from the city in a panic.
"Prince, Yongcheng has been recaptured."
Hearing this, Asinwei was furious. He was clearly being fooled by these people.
In an instant, his 500,000-strong army was completely wiped out, and the Yongcheng city he had captured with great difficulty was also lost.
This means that he suffered heavy losses in this war.
"Go back to the capital."
No matter how unwilling he was, he now had no way out and the only way was to return to Yuelin Capital.
This time, Ruan Hezhu did not dissuade him. The defeat before him was beyond redemption.
She remembered that when she fled Yongcheng in a panic, she saw Jiang Qingluo in armor, sitting on a tall horse with high spirits, commanding the soldiers to fight. She felt unwilling in her heart.
He was the one who should have been trampled under her feet, but now he beat her up badly.
But she won't give up. Sooner or later, she will make a comeback.
Ruan Hezhu, who firmly believed that she was the protagonist, did not know that Jiang Qingluo had blocked all her escape routes.
The reason these people escaped from Yongcheng was because Jiang Qingluo deliberately let them go.
When Asinwei and others escaped from the Yuan Dynasty border, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
No matter what happens when he returns to China, his life is saved.
In the past, he had conquered small countries, and since he was indeed a talented general, he was basically invincible and had never encountered such a dangerous situation.
Only at this moment did he realize that his ability was far from enough, and he could not compare with Jiang Weizhen and the great generals of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
"Prince, when we return to the capital this time, the King and the eldest prince will definitely take the opportunity to cause trouble."
Ruan Hezhu asked tentatively, "What are your plans, Prince?"
"I've lost, and there's no point in making excuses. If the king wants to punish me, I'm willing to accept it."
Not only did he fail, but he also caused so many soldiers to die on the battlefield. He deserved these punishments.
Thinking of the soldiers who risked their lives to help him break out, Asinwei felt guilty towards them.
It was his ambition that killed them.
"How can that be?" Ruan Hezhu couldn't help but blurt out. She followed Asinwei not just for some fame and fortune.
If he could only be an idle prince in the future, what would she do?
"What do you mean?" Asinwei frowned. He naturally knew that Ruan Hezhu was an ambitious woman, but things had come to this point. Even if they were unwilling, it would be of no avail.
"If you don't want to follow this prince, you can leave at any time."
Although he admired Ruan Hezhu's intelligence, he didn't want her to be with him. If a woman was willing to follow him, he would keep her. If she wanted to find another way out, he wouldn't force her.
"Prince, that's not what I meant. I'm already yours, so naturally I have to follow you for the rest of my life."
Ruan Hezhu quickly expressed his sincerity, then lowered his eyes and said with a look of regret, "I just feel sorry for the prince."
"Half of Yuelin's territory was conquered by the prince, but because of a single failure, he is going to lose everything. It's so unfair."
Asinwei was naturally unwilling to accept this. He sighed softly and drank the wine in front of him. "There's nothing I can do about it. When I left the capital, I issued a military order."
When leaving the capital, the eldest prince forced him to sign a military order, stating that if he failed this time, he would have to surrender all his military power.
At that time, he was only thinking about conquering the Yuan Dynasty. Even though he knew that the eldest prince was deliberately making things difficult for him, he still signed the military order without hesitation. Now it is too late to regret.
Besides, taking away his military power is also what the king wants to do.
"That being said, we can't just accept our fate, right?"
Ruan Hezhu picked up the wine pot and poured him another glass of wine.
"Prince, if it weren't for your years of fighting, Yuelin wouldn't be where it is today. You would have long been the well-deserved king in the hearts of the people of Yuelin."
"What nonsense?"
Asinwei's face was stunned and he glared at Ruan Hezhu fiercely.
Ruan Hezhu knelt down hastily, but without a trace of fear on his face, he continued, "Prince, the King is in poor health right now. If you lose your military power, it would be like handing the throne over to the eldest prince."
"But the eldest prince has never contributed anything to the Moon Scale Nation except playing political games. Why does he deserve everything?"
Asinwei's eyes darkened, and he said in a deep voice, "It's just because he is the eldest prince, the eldest legitimate son."
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