Hearing the same answer again, Hai Quan felt a buzzing in his head, and his vision suddenly went dark. His body actually shook slightly, and he had already let go of the guard's clothes. His face looked ugly and his eyes were dull.
Yuan Yao and the others hadn't expected something like this to happen. Seeing the Sea King's body swaying slightly, his expression filled with grief, it was clear that he couldn't bear the blow. Several people in the tent stepped forward to support Hai Quan, comforting him, "Your Highness, please accept my condolences. You must not collapse at this time."
Hai Quan was heartbroken. His son had died like this? How could he accept this fact? Even though Hai Yue wasn't particularly loved by him, he was still his son. How could he not be heartbroken?
He raised his son for more than twenty years, cultivated him as the crown prince for more than twenty years, and put in so much effort, but in the end, he was killed in a war.
Thinking of this, Hai Quan felt a pang of pain in his heart, and tears welled up in his eyes...
In front of all the generals, Hai Quan could only close his eyes, clenching his teeth tightly, and swallowing back the tears that were about to burst out. He asked the guard in a hoarse voice, "Where is Chen Xi? Didn't he promise to rescue Yue'er? Where are he? Where is Qi Jingyuan? How could this happen? Didn't the king secretly send a hundred thousand troops to support Chen Xi? Why couldn't he protect the prince?"
"Yes, what about the Prince? What was he doing when the Crown Prince suffered such misfortune? Why didn't he protect the Crown Prince? What happened then?" Although Hai Quan's words had enlightened Yuan Yao, in his heart, he still favored Hai Yue. When he heard the Prince of the Sea mention Hai Chenxi, he quickly asked the guard.
The guard felt that he was in a dilemma and was extremely worried that the prince would kill him after knowing the truth. But even if he didn't tell the prince, he would still kill him.
The guard was extremely embarrassed for a moment, but he could only bite the bullet and say, "Qi Jingyuan captured the prince alive, and the prince... the prince is..."
"What is it? Is there anything that can't be said at once? Is hesitating like a man?" Hai Quan was furious. He opened his eyes suddenly and glared at the guards in front of him with bloodshot eyes. The murderous intent in his eyes startled everyone and they dared not speak again.
"Your Highness, please spare my life, Your Highness, please spare my life. The Duke was fighting Qi Jingyuan at the time, but the Crown Prince grabbed the guard's spear and stabbed the Duke's horse, forcing him to fall off. The Duke was fighting two men alone, having to deal with Qi Jingyuan and guard against the Crown Prince, which was already a struggle. But the Crown Prince refused to let the Duke go, which finally angered him. The Duke turned around, and the long sword in his hand pierced the Crown Prince's chest, killing him on the spot." The guard knelt down with a plop, and in a cold sweat, he spoke out all the words that were pent up in his heart, and then he dared not speak again. But he was trembling all over, obviously knowing the consequences of speaking out.
The atmosphere in the tent instantly dropped to its lowest point. Everyone looked at each other, and they could see shock and disbelief in each other's eyes.
No one could believe that such a thing could happen. If the news from the front was true, this was a case of brothers killing each other. If the prince hadn't wanted to kill the prince, the prince probably wouldn't have killed his brother so quickly.
The one with the ugliest expression in the tent was Yuan Yao. He had previously favored Hai Yue, and now that Hai Yue was dead, the Sea King would ascend the throne and would undoubtedly make Hai Chenxi the crown prince. If that were the case, when Hai Quan died and Hai Chenxi succeeded him, he feared his good days would be over.
Thinking of this, Yuan Yao was already sweating profusely, his heart pounding. He hurriedly questioned the guards, "How did the prince deploy 150,000 troops? 150,000 troops, and they couldn't even save the prince's life! What are they doing? How could they watch this happen to the prince and the prince?"
Seeing Yuan Yao asking about the most important thing, the guard's trembling body suddenly stiffened, and he subconsciously shrank his neck. After a long while, he replied in a low voice: "150,000 soldiers... all were killed..."
Everyone felt a layer of cold sweat on their backs. Now the Crown Prince was dead, and the Prince of Hai County had been captured alive by Qi Jingyuan. Even more devastating was that 150,000 elite soldiers had been killed overnight. This was a huge blow to the strength of the Prince of Hai County. Moreover, the Prince of Hai County was already a skilled warrior, and now his capture was like cutting off an arm of the Prince of Hai County.
For a moment, all the generals felt extremely anxious. What should they do when there was such a bright prospect and such a mistake occurred at this critical moment?
The blood drained from Hai Quan's face in an instant. He felt dizzy and took three steps back until he touched the desk behind him and was able to stand still.
One of his two sons was killed and the other was captured, and all this was caused by an internal conflict between his sons. How could he accept this?
Fifteen thousand elite soldiers and generals disappeared overnight. Half of all the hard work of so many years was destroyed by his two sons. Hai Quan's heart was really bleeding.
A loud bang suddenly sounded in the silent tent.
Everyone's heart skipped a beat and they all looked up at Hai Quan, only to see him slamming one hand on the table, staring at it with hatred in his eyes.
"Qi--Jing--Yuan!" Hai Quan growled out the name that made him hate for the rest of his life, almost gritting his teeth.
For a moment, Hai Quan felt his chest churning, anger welling up in his heart, and a sweet, fishy smell rushed straight to his throat...
"Your Highness, please accept my condolences. The most important thing now is to rescue the Prince. Without the Crown Prince, we cannot afford to lose the Prince again." Yuan Yao knew how important Hai Chenxi was in Hai Quan's heart, and immediately spoke to comfort the Prince.
"Save? How can I save him? Qi Jingyuan is so cruel and ruthless. If he hadn't caught Yue'er, how could I have lost Yue'er? And how could Chen Xi have become a prisoner?" Hai Quan hadn't caught his breath yet, his face was full of grief, his eyes were filled with heartbreak, his right hand clenched into a fist and slammed heavily on the table, the joints glowed white, and the veins on the back of his hand were exposed, which showed how much hatred was suppressed in his heart.
However, after hearing Yuan Yao's reminder and remembering the difficult problems that needed to be solved, Hai Quan had to swallow his blood even if it meant breaking his teeth. He suppressed his anger and endured the heartache. As Hai Quan stood up straight, his eyes had regained their previous calmness.
Hai Quan took a big step forward and came to the guard, pointing at him and asking, "Tell me, besides Qi Jingyuan's men, did anyone find Jiang Muchen or Chu Feiyang?"
The guard let the cold sweat drip onto the ground. He swallowed and told everything he knew, "To answer your Highness, at that time, Qi Jingyuan and Han Shaomian formed a pincer attack, and the Northern Qi army and the Chu King's army formed a pincer attack. After General Bai's 100,000-man army arrived outside the capital, Han Shaomian led his 50,000 troops and the Northern Qi army's 100,000 troops to surround them in the middle..."
"Good, good, good Qi Jingyuan, good Chu Feiyang, they actually play me in the palm of their hands, good, good, hahaha..." Hai Quan laughed loudly towards the sky, his eyes filled with hatred and ruthlessness.
He stopped laughing, a sinister expression on his face. He ordered Yuan Yao in a cold voice, "Yuan Yao, go down and pass on my order to secretly execute all those imprisoned in the dungeon of the Sea Palace. Chu Feiyang wants to cut off my incense, and I will let the whole world be buried with him. If they dare to attack Chen Xi, even if I have to slaughter all of Jincheng, I will pull Yun Qianmeng out and chop him into pieces, so that he can taste the pain of losing his own flesh and blood!"
He originally thought that he had calculated Chu Feiyang, preventing him from learning about Yun Qianmeng's news in the fastest time, thus losing the best chance to rescue Yun Qianmeng. However, he did not expect that Chu Feiyang would team up with Qi Jingyuan to deal him such a heavy blow.
However, victory and defeat are common in the military, and there are countless conspiracies and calculations on the battlefield. I can't blame others for not having thought it through beforehand. But tonight's incident already involves the Hai family's incense. Hai Quan hates Chu Feiyang and Qi Jingyuan in his heart. If those two were here, I'm afraid Hai Quan would have killed them long ago.
"Yes. But, should Xiahou An'er, Qu Feiqing and others be dealt with together?" Yuan Yao thought of Xiahou An'er and others who were secretly sent to Chaocheng by Hai Chenxi, and asked Hai Quan for his opinion.
"It's still useful to keep them now. After all, Chenxi is in the hands of Chu Feiyang and others. If we don't have something that can restrain Chu Feiyang, we will be extremely passive. Let them live a few more days. As long as I get the Danshu Tiequan in Yun Qianmeng's hand, I will chop off the heads of Yun Qianmeng and others one by one in front of Chu Feiyang to commemorate my Yue'er. Okay, everyone go out. I want to be alone." After speaking, Hai Quan sat back in his seat, raised his head and closed his eyes, looking extremely tired.
"Yes, I will take my leave." Yuan Yao had been with Hai Quan the longest, and he knew that the prince would never look so dejected unless he was in extreme pain. He wanted to stay and say a few words to comfort the King of the Sea, but seeing that he had closed his eyes, Yuan Yao could only swallow the words on his lips and walked out of the tent with everyone else.
Everyone looked at each other, knowing that the prince must be feeling uncomfortable, but they could only shake their heads and disperse helplessly...
With a "crash", as everyone stepped out of the tent, they heard the sound of tables and chairs being overturned and pens, ink, paper and inkstone being swept to the ground.
'Puff...' After Hai Quan became angry, he could no longer suppress the blood and it spurted out of his mouth. Drops of hot blood spilled onto the ground, and the rice paper that was brushed onto the ground was stained with many red plum blossoms, which was extremely dazzling.
Looking at the blood dripping onto the rice paper, Hai Quan's eyes flashed with venom, and he said with hatred, "Qi Jingyuan, Chu Feiyang, you are so good! You have plotted against me. Yun Qianmeng's head is definitely mine!"
As the sky brightened, Haiman walked out of the tent with a solemn expression and a fierce look in his eyes.
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