Prince Rui's martial arts prowess ranking is at most thirty-three, so Xia Yixin, who has recently risen to the top fifteen after being baptized in bloody battles, simply crushes him.
In just a few rounds, Crown Prince Rui was knocked unconscious by Xia Yixin, and his guards were also dealt with by Xia Yixin.
Xia Yixin quickly stripped Prince Rui of his outer garment and swapped it with that of another Beiming soldier. After binding him and carrying him on her back, she shouted in a panic, "Prince Rui is dead! Prince Rui is dead!!"
In the camp, the soldiers who had initially been in a commotion because of a burning tent were stunned when they heard the shout. Through the firelight, they saw Prince Rui's iconic golden armor lying on the ground, blood flowing everywhere, and immediately believed it.
panic!
The death of the commander-in-chief in the camp immediately shattered the morale of the entire army.
The first voice, seemingly from nowhere, cried out, "The Southern Yu army is here! Seize the grain and flee!"
The sound immediately spread like a contagious disease; among tens of thousands of people, the first rushed towards the location of the grain ships, and immediately a second, a third…
People follow the crowd. In an instant, all the soldiers had only one thought in their minds: escape. The nearest town was thousands of kilometers away, and they couldn't starve to death!
When flames suddenly erupted throughout the camp, people in the Maicheng direction noticed something was wrong.
Chu Mubai and his group were sneaking out from the direction of Maicheng under the cover of darkness, and were about to reach the location of the grain transport ships when suddenly, a fire broke out at the Beiming camp.
Chu Mubai tightened the reins and ordered sternly, "Leng Zhan, go and find out what's going on immediately!"
After Leng Zhan left, Chu Mubai frowned. It was impossible for Crown Prince Rui to have seen through his feint tonight, and even if he had, there shouldn't have been flames at the Beiming camp.
Could it be that the new emperor has finally come to his senses and is willing to send reinforcements?
Chu Mubai quickly dismissed the guess. Just then, Leng Zhan returned on horseback, his face pale. "Master, something terrible has happened! A large number of Beiming soldiers are fleeing towards us!"
"Escape?" Chu Mubai sensed something was wrong.
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