The already demoralized imperial soldiers were even more disoriented after learning of the enemy's attack. But suddenly, the Eighth Prince, who was rumored to be dying, walked out of his tent in silver armor and gathered his troops.
Looking at the Eighth Prince's appearance, he is nothing like the one previously rumored.
The Eighth Prince not only escaped unscathed, but also appeared even more brilliant and valiant in this matter.
Cheers erupted in the military camp. Before the enemy could react, they saw the Eighth Prince's troops quickly assembling.
The enemy realized they had been tricked, but they had no choice but to confront them head-on.
The troops in the southwest were confident of victory, but while they were engaged in fierce fighting with the imperial troops, they suddenly saw the sky behind them turn fiery red.
"Oh no, that's the direction our supplies are heading."
Someone in the Southwest Army shouted this, and their formation suddenly fell into disarray.
The imperial troops pursued their victory, driving the southwestern forces all the way back to their camp.
After the troops from the southwest returned, all their provisions had been burned.
The general, who had just suffered a defeat, was anxious when he saw this and immediately berated Gao Ren.
"What happened? The grain and fodder were perfectly fine, how did they suddenly catch fire?"
"The weather is dry..."
"Go to hell! This is the southwest, not your capital. We get plenty of rain here; it's not dry here."
Amidst the blazing flames, Gao Ren's eyes filled with intense killing intent at his words.
The general was about to continue cursing when a blade flashed, and with a hiss, blood spurted from his neck.
"you……"
He could no longer make a sound and collapsed to the ground with a thud.
"General!"
"Gao Ren, what do you want to do?"
Gao Ren sneered, the dagger in his hand still dripping blood.
"What do I want to do? Naturally, I want to show you the right path."
"You...you want to betray the Great General!"
"You have never treated me as one of your people, so how could I have betrayed Meng Ran? Now Meng Ran is trapped in the capital with 20,000 troops. Even if your Southwest Army is brave and skilled in battle, how can 20,000 troops fight against reinforcements from all sides?"
The generals' expressions changed drastically, and the way they looked at Gao Ren was different now.
What do you want to do?
Gao Ren's phoenix eyes, filled with a smile, were particularly alluring in the night, but at this moment, no one appreciated his good looks.
"You betrayed our General, betrayed the Southwest, and now you've burned our supplies and killed our brothers. We will not forgive you."
"Yes, yes, I can't let you off the hook."
"Kill him as a warning to others!"
They surrounded Gao Rentuan.
But Gao Ren was still smiling.
"How long are you going to wait?"
He shouted this into the night sky, instantly sending a chill down the spines of the generals around him.
In the next instant, the sound of an arrow piercing the air rang out, and the soldier who had been about to attack the expert was shot in the chest.
One by one, people fell down, leaving only a few who had remained silent, looking around in fear, wishing they could disappear into the ground.
With the generals falling, the soldiers were at a loss.
Meanwhile, the Eighth Prince was also gathering his men outside the camp. Besieged from both inside and outside, if they resisted, they might suffer the same fate as the generals who had just been there.
Those who surrender will not be killed.
After Gao Ren finished speaking, everyone was silent for a moment, followed by the clanging sound of weapons being thrown to the ground.
Gao Ren waved his hand, and his men bound the remaining generals.
Then he ordered his men to open the camp gates, and the Eighth Prince led his troops into their camp and confiscated all their weapons.
The valiant and skilled soldiers of the southwest were all taken prisoner overnight simply because they lacked a single capable general.
No one in the camp could sleep all night as the Eighth Prince, Gao Ren, and several generals discussed their plans.
The next morning, Huo Zhun arrived with his thousand men.
They marched into Yizhou, stormed into Meng Ran's hometown under cover of darkness, captured his wife and children, and on their way to meet the Eighth Prince, they passed through Nanzhen, besieged the Gao residence, and captured Gao Wancheng and Gao Jie, who were trying to escape.
Huo Zhun led the group to the Eighth Prince's tent, where more than twenty people were wailing and crying.
Gao Wancheng and Gao Jie were at the very front; they had already realized their defeat on the way here.
But when they saw Gao Ren walking out with the Eighth Prince, both of them turned pale.
"Ren'er!"
"Gao Ren!"
Gao Ren looked at them with an unusually cold and unfamiliar gaze.
"Ren'er, how dare you betray your father!"
"You ungrateful wretch! If it weren't for your uncle's kindness in taking you home back then, you would have starved and frozen to death long ago. You wouldn't be where you are today."
Gao Ren couldn't help but let out a cold laugh.
"Kindness? More like you're feeling guilty and afraid of retribution, aren't you?"
What are you saying?
"Do you really want me to continue? Then I'll tell you all how the Gao family murdered their neighbors and robbed them of their property more than 20 years ago, and how they imprisoned my mother and used me to work for the Gao family."
Gao Wancheng's eyes widened in disbelief.
"Who told you that? They're all trying to drive a wedge between us, father and son."
"You're still trying to deny it? Do you expect me to bring my mother to you and let her confront you?"
Gao Ren stared blankly for a moment, mouth agape.
"No wonder……"
A while ago, a fire broke out at a temple in Yuzhou. The house and the women inside were burned to ashes. There was no one there, so how did the fire start?
It turned out the fire was arson, and the woman was rescued.
Gao Ren still managed to find the place and learn the truth about what happened back then.
If he had known, he wouldn't have kept that woman.
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