Chapter 3559 Surrounded
Chen Wenxiao continued, "Your Highness, Prince of Han, if you don't come out now, we won't be able to return you to your father even if we want to. Do you want to die for your country?"
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"You are still young, and it would be a pity if you died for your country like this."
Still no one answered from inside.
All they could do was look through the firelight at the panicked expressions of the soldiers, and at the war horses that were frightened by the fire and were neighing and struggling.
If it continues burning, they will really be burned to death.
Li Wushang frowned slightly, then said, "King of Han, I don't want to make your mother sad."
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"You still have a long way to go. Victory and defeat are common in the military. You don't have to give up on yourself completely just because of one failure. You're still young."
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"When I learned that your father had transferred you all the way from Peking, I knew what he was going to do."
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"He wants you to become famous. He wants you to establish your authority through a battle."
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"Because he's old."
Hearing the word "old", the soldiers on the Yue side were like wolves smelling blood, and they let out low panting sounds of excitement, while the people in the fire scene were so quiet that they could not hear even a sound.
Li Wushang continued, "He's old, and he's well aware of that. For years, he's been planning for the future of Yan and Yue. However, he's suffering from a chronic illness, and even if he wanted to, he wouldn't be able to hold on for many more years. Therefore, he must choose a military successor for the upcoming confrontation with us."
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"It's just that those who followed him are getting old and scattered, and you—as his son, would have been the best candidate for succession. It's a pity that you are too young."
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"You are too young to intimidate your enemies, or even to establish your authority within the Yan Nation's military. If you still can't hold up this pillar of support when he leaves, he won't be able to close his eyes even in death."
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"So, he only has one solution."
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"It's to establish your authority through a clever fight."
The people around were still a little dazed, but Chen Wenxiao had already come to his senses. He frowned and said softly, "Your Majesty is saying that the Emperor of Yan planned all this just for tonight. He wants his son to come and burn our food supplies. If they burn the food supplies, they will win the battle, and he will take all the credit for this battle on his son's head."
Li Wushang said, "Not bad."
“…”
"So, a teenager in his teens was able to force the Yue Kingdom's ruler and his ministers to retreat in a single battle. What a great achievement and prestige! Are you still worried that he won't be able to gain a foothold in the army?"
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"Zhu Feng did this to train his son into a young war god and inherit his legacy."
Although he already knew that Li Wushang had seen through all of this and even broken it, Chen Wenxiao still couldn't help but shudder when he heard it.
He had long known that the Emperor of Yan was powerful, but he had never imagined that this man could be so shrewd.
If Li Wushang had not been prepared in advance, and had transferred the food and supplies and deliberately withdrawn most of the guards here to lure these people here, if their plan had really succeeded, not only would they have lost the battle, they might have really been defeated by the fact that a child could defeat them.
By that time, the hearts of the Yue king and his ministers were broken.
Thinking of this, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Looking back into the fire, his expression darkened. It was as if he had just nearly fallen off a cliff, now filled with the relief of survival. He shouted to the inside, "Your Highness, Prince of Han, why don't you come out? We don't want to kill you. If you stay in there, we'll just have to carry a charred corpse back to your father."
At this point, the people inside have already reached their limit.
If this continues, they will really be burned to death in the fire.
Then, someone saw that the high-standing "Han" flag slowly fell down at this time. Li Wushang immediately waved his hand and said, "Put out the fire! Let them out!"
The people below immediately rushed forward with buckets of water and put out the flame blocking the gate. With a sizzling sound, scalding steam wrapped in thick smoke shot straight up into the sky, almost splitting the dark night in two.
As soon as the wall of fire was extinguished, the people inside rushed out like a flood, unable to wait.
Each of these people was about to be roasted. When they rushed out, they even brought a gust of hot air directly onto the faces of Li Wushang and Chen Wenxiao. Chen Wenxiao subconsciously reached out to wipe his face, frowned and took a step back, but Li Wushang did not move, and did not even blink. He just stared at the people running out.
One, two...
A group of people came out, but none of them saw the figure of King Han Zhu Chengjun.
What's going on?
He felt a little uneasy in his heart, but he still patiently stared at the people rushing out of the fire. Finally, when the last person rode out, he saw a familiar figure.
But immediately, his heart sank again.
The familiar figure was a young man, handsome and tall. Although his whole body had turned red due to the fire, his handsome features were still clear.
It’s Lu Linchuan!
He was the young man who was recaptured after the destruction of Tiangang Lianhuanwu.
Li Wushang knew him and had seen him before. He even had a vague, indescribable hostility towards this young man - because like him, this Lu Linchuan was also brought back by the imperial concubine and placed next to the King of Han, Zhu Chengjun.
But I didn't expect that he would appear here!
As soon as he saw him, Li Wushang's expression changed. He frowned and asked, "It's you?"
Lu Linchuan was already scorched to the point of being burnt, and when he came out and felt the cool breeze, his vision went dark. However, when he met Li Wushang, he remained calm and saluted him: "Commander Li - oh no, His Majesty the King of Yue."
Li Wushang's heart sank.
The feeling of being plotted against, like an ant being manipulated by Zhu Feng, surged into his mind once again. He said in a deep voice, "Where's Zhu Chengjun? You, you are—"
Before he finished speaking, the team behind him suddenly made a chaotic noise.
Chen Wenxiao had already sensed something was wrong, and immediately shouted, "What's going on?"
A soldier ran up from behind, his face full of panic, and reported: "Your Majesty, General, a large group of people are following us and are surrounding us now."
"What!?"
Chen Wenxiao was shocked.
Li Wushang's face was already pale. He slowly turned his head and saw a little fire suddenly lit up in the dark night behind him.
Then two o'clock, three o'clock.
Gradually, countless flames gathered into a sea of fire, surrounding them.
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