After Chu Jinghuai gave the order, the soldiers of Daxia roared and howled like tigers and wolves with their reins untied, and charged towards the army of Beizhao.
There was ferocity and determination in their eyes, and they waved their weapons, each swing causing blood to splatter.
Prince Pingnan gazed upon the mighty scene before him, watching his men fall one after another like wheat being harvested. The screams and the falling figures struck his heart like a hammer.
He knew that he had been defeated this time, and completely defeated.
Prince Pingnan's voice trembled slightly, "Prince Su, tell them to stop and we will retreat."
Chu Jinghuai just gave him a cold look and said, "It's too late."
"Do you have to be so ruthless?"
Chu Jinghuai sneered and asked, "If I were not here today, would you let my Great Xia soldiers go? Wouldn't you kill them all?"
The answer is definitely no.
This bloody battle lasted a whole day. On the battlefield, almost everyone was covered in blood, the bright red blood staining their armor and clothes so much that their original color could no longer be seen.
The soldiers' faces were full of fatigue, but their eyes still showed the will to fight.
Chu Jinghuai held a long sword in his hand, the blade still dripping with blood. His cold eyes slowly swept across the endless pile of corpses, without a trace of pity in his heart.
In his opinion, war is so cruel that if you don't want to die, you must make the enemy die.
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Chu Jinghuai left 20,000 soldiers to count the casualties, and the rest followed him back to Qingzhou.
Just as the army was about to march, a soldier hurried over to report: "Your Highness, we found a woman in the Beizhao camp. She said she knew Your Highness."
Chu Jinghuai nodded slightly, "Bring her in."
Soon, Ye Nandie was brought in by the soldiers. Her hair was a little messy, and her face was pitiful. As soon as she saw Chu Jinghuai, she burst into tears and said, "Jinghuai, you're finally here. Those people from Beizhao arrested me, and I told them I knew you, so they wanted to use me to threaten you." As she spoke, she wiped her tears, which were not many at all, with a handkerchief.
But anyone who heard this statement would find it full of loopholes.
Ji Yunzhou: Wasn't she poisonous? She came to see him two days ago, and then she was captured by Bei Zhao? If I say this, I'm afraid even ghosts won't believe it.
Chu Jinghuai just glanced at her coldly, his eyes full of disgust, and then said, "Take him away and chop him off."
When Ye Nandie heard this, she immediately panicked and her voice became sharp: "Jing Huai, why? Why do you want to kill me?"
Chu Jinghuai snorted coldly and said, "Why are you in the Beizhao camp? Do you think I don't know?" It turned out that he saw Ye Nandie on the day he arrived at the military camp, so he sent people to follow her secretly.
When Ye Nandie heard Chu Jinghuai's words, her face turned pale as paper. What did he know? She must not die. So she hurriedly begged, "Jinghuai, please let me go. I am willing to give you all the property of the Ouyang family."
Chu Jinghuai said disdainfully, "The Ouyang family's property? If I want it, I can take it anytime and take it away."
Seeing that begging for mercy was useless, Ye Nandie became increasingly panicked. She shouted at the top of her lungs, "Jing Huai, you can't kill me! You can't kill me! If you kill me, you won't even know where Jing Li's child is."
Chu Jinghuai was startled when he heard this, and quickly raised his hand to stop him, saying, "Stop."
Ye Nandie heaved a sigh of relief when she saw Chu Jinghuai stop the soldiers. She knew her life was saved for the time being.
Chu Jinghuai stared at Ye Nandie with a hint of anxiety in his eyes and asked, "Jingli's child?"
Ye Nandie's lips curled up into a smug yet twisted smile, and she said, "That's right, the child is already four years old. It was born the day before Jingli went to rescue you. Don't you want to know why Jingli listened to me so much? Yes, I used such a dirty trick. He was still considering it, still wondering if you were really in danger. I said that as long as he was willing to lead the troops to rescue you, I would be willing to follow him. I didn't expect him to be so gullible and so stupid."
Chu Jinghuai was instantly enraged. He suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed Ye Nandie's neck, gritting his teeth and asking, "Where is the child?"
Ye Nandie's face flushed red from being pinched, and she spoke intermittently, "My...child...was...hidden by...me."
Chu Jinghuai suppressed the murderous intent in his heart and pushed her away.
Ye Nandie was thrown to the ground like a rag doll. She coughed violently a few times, then raised her head with a hint of provocation in her eyes and said, "Kill me! If you kill me, you will never see that child again. Hahaha!"
Ji Yunzhou looked at the crazy woman in front of him, wondering why Chu Jingli could like such a person. To achieve her goal, she would even commit treason.
They are brothers, so why are their standards for choosing women so different? Only a woman like Chen Jingxi is suitable to be a princess.
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At this moment, Chen Jingxi was playing chess with Zhou Peichuan.
Chen Jingxi paused slightly for a moment, and then put down the chess piece in his hand after thinking for a moment.
Zhou Peichuan shook his head and put the chess piece back in his hand. "Looks like I lost this round again."
Chen Jingxi laughed and said, "Big brother is a gentleman in chess, and I am a stinker. It's like a scholar meeting a soldier, and it's hard to explain the reason."
Zhou Peichuan knew that this was not the case. Chen Jingxi's chess style was steady and agile, with both offensive and defensive capabilities. He tried to analyze her strategy, but fell into her trap.
"Let's stop here today. I'll go down with Xi'er another day."
At this time, Ling Ying hurried over, "Princess, the Xiqi army is about to enter Qingzhou."
Chen Jingxi nodded, "I understand."
"Princess, what should we do now?"
Chen Jingxi raised an eyebrow and thought for a moment, then smiled faintly and took out a letter and handed it to Ling Ying, "Tell Ling Feng to act according to the plan."
"Yes." Ling Ying took the letter and walked out directly.
"Xier, do you have any plans?" Zhou Peichuan asked.
"It's not really a plan, it's just some arrangements in advance to stop Xiqi a little bit."
Zhou Peichuan looked at this cousin whom he didn't know very well, and was more and more amazed at her ability to remain calm. If his aunt also had such ability, she would not have died so early.
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