1741 Pleading, Doudou is stupid again

In the end, the Ninth Prince still failed to keep Feng Qingchen. Under the Ninth Prince's stern look, Feng Qingchen followed the Eighteen Riders back to the city without hesitation.

Feng Qingchen did not answer the Ninth Uncle's question, but asked: "What is the real reason why you don't let me go back to the Imperial City alone? Tell me, no matter what the reason is, I can drop everything and go to Night City with you, but there is one thing you can't lie to me."

The last sentence blocked the Ninth Prince's words. The Ninth Prince looked at Feng Qingchen in silence, his deep eyes so calm that it was chilling.

It would be better to let Feng Qingchen return to the city.

"You really know how to hurt people." The Ninth Prince's silence was undoubtedly like a sharp blade to Feng Qingchen, stabbing him and causing him to bleed profusely.

Feng Qingchen said nothing and immediately jumped off the carriage and left with the Eighteen Riders. The Ninth Prince did not get off the carriage to see him off either. The two of them parted ways and went about their own business.

Since Feng Qingchen was not going to Yecheng, the Ninth Prince naturally would not ride in the carriage again. He abandoned the carriage and horses that day and rode at full speed towards Yecheng.

They traveled day and night and finished a month's journey in less than twenty days. All the soldiers were so tired that their faces turned pale. As soon as they arrived at the camp, they fell to the ground and were carried into the tents by the stationed soldiers.

"The Ninth Prince is here so soon." After hearing the report from the messenger, Yuwen Yuanhua quickly stood up and rushed outside to greet him.

"Your humble servant pays his respects to the Regent. May he live a thousand years and a thousand thousand years." Yuwen Yuanhua has always known how to seek benefits and avoid harm. He saluted the Ninth Uncle with great respect and humility. Seeing that the Ninth Uncle was alone, he never mentioned Feng Qingchen.

"No need to be polite." The Ninth Prince threw the whip to the person beside him and strode towards the tent: "Now, what is the situation between the enemy and us?"

Yuwen Yuanhua stood up and followed, explaining the situation of both sides on the way, and also reporting the details of the battle.

The two sides fought several small-scale battles, with only 10,000 to 20,000 casualties in Yecheng, while Dongling suffered as many as 50,000 to 60,000 casualties.

"What tactics did Yecheng use?" The Ninth Prince paused and looked sideways at Yuwen Yuanhua. Yuwen Yuanhua was startled and quickly gathered his thoughts. He answered more carefully, "The opponent did not win by tactics, but by weapons. At some point, Yecheng had attacked a group of strange iron chariots. The iron chariots were like moving houses, filled with weapons. The iron chariots were invulnerable to swords and guns, and trenches were useless against them. They played a huge role on the battlefield."

"So, your soldiers have repeatedly died tragically in the iron chariots, and you knew the power of the iron chariots, but you still let the soldiers charge into battle, regardless of their lives." The Ninth Prince's tone changed slightly, and his eyes became sharp in an instant: "General Yuwen, you'd better tell me the truth, otherwise I don't mind using your head as a sacrifice."

"Dong..." Yuwen Yuanhua's legs reacted faster than his brain, and he knelt in front of the Ninth Uncle: "Prince Regent, please forgive me."

The Ninth Prince snorted and walked straight into the tent, leaving Yuwen Yuanhua kneeling outside.

"Pass on this order and summon the deputy general to discuss matters." The Ninth Prince was exhausted from the journey, and according to his habit he would have to wash up first. But today he was obviously in a bad mood. As soon as he arrived, he summoned everyone and even embarrassed Yuwen Yuanhua in public, making him kneel outside.

Doudou is now a junior officer beside Yuwen Yuanhua, led by Yuwen Yuanhua himself. When he saw Yuwen Yuanhua kneeling outside the main tent from a distance, Doudou was dumbfounded. He pulled over a colleague and asked, "What happened to the general? I was just peeing, and the general is kneeling outside. Is there anyone in this military camp who dares to ask the general to kneel?"

After staying in the army for the previous month, Yuwen Yuanhua was very strict in disciplining the army and was even more strict with Doudou. Doudou deeply understood what it meant that military orders were as heavy as a mountain and what the authority of a general was.

In the army, Yuwen Yuanhua is the king and his words are orders. No matter right or wrong, reasonable or not, they can only execute orders and have no right to say no.

"I heard that the regent had come, and he got angry at the general as soon as he arrived." Doudou's personality was very likable. Although he was parachuted in, the old people around Yuwen Yuanhua also liked this young man who was born simple-minded but very sensitive to war.

The old people around Yuwen Yuanhua knew very well that their future had reached its peak and that the Ninth Prince would no longer use them. They did not care at all about Doudou stealing the credit.

"Who is the Regent? He is more powerful than the Ninth Uncle? So the general is afraid of him?" Doudou's bright eyes were filled with doubts, which made the guards who were originally worried about Yuwen Yuanhua couldn't help laughing. They stretched out their hands and tapped Doudou on the forehead: "You silly boy, the Regent is the Ninth Uncle. Don't you know that the Ninth Uncle is in charge of Dongling's government affairs now?"

"What? The Regent is the Ninth Uncle? You said the Ninth Uncle is here?" Doudou's eyes lit up, and he was so happy: "So, we are about to win the battle?"

"Do you also think that we can win if the Ninth Prince leads the troops personally?" Yuwen Yuanhua's personal soldiers felt very unhappy.

General Yuwen lost so many people and failed to capture Yecheng. If it was easily taken by the Ninth Prince, then General Yuwen would have almost no place to stand among the military generals.

"Win, of course we can win." Doudou didn't understand the meaning of the other party's words at all, and said excitedly: "By the way, where are the people who came with the Ninth Prince? I will find someone to plead for the general. We can't let everyone kneel all the time."

The originally unhappy man immediately smiled when he heard what Doudou said, and pointed to the military camp not far away: "It's there." It was worthy of General Yuwen's personal teaching. This kid has a conscience.

"Okay, I'll go find someone to plead for the general. You tell everyone else to shut up and not spread rumors." Even though Doudou was ignorant, he understood that if the entire army knew that the general was kneeling outside the tent, he would have no prestige in the army in the future.

"Good boy, you still have a conscience, go quickly." Yuwen Yuanhua's personal soldier patted Doudou's shoulder heavily, tears welling up in his eyes.

Doudou was not paying attention and stumbled, almost falling to the ground, which earned him a kind smile from everyone: "You have a body like a bean sprout, you need to practice more in the future, don't fall down when the wind blows."

"Hehe." Doudou touched the back of his head naively and ran away quickly. He slowed down when he ran to a deserted place and touched his aching shoulder. He felt extremely aggrieved, but when he thought about seeing Feng Qingchen soon, Doudou became happy again.

This time, he was obedient, not showing off his martial arts, not taking credit for others' achievements, and learning from Yuwen Yuanhua and his soldiers. This time, Feng Qingchen should praise him and let him lead the troops.

When Doudou thought about being able to be like Yuwen Yuanhua in the future, wearing the general's robe, riding a war horse, and commanding battles in a majestic manner, his blood began to boil. He wished that Feng Qingchen would give him an army right now so that he could gallop on the battlefield.

Doudou's enthusiasm suddenly cooled when he walked into the tent and saw a bunch of soldiers staggering around: This... Qingchen is here? It's impossible, how could the Ninth Prince let Qingchen sleep with a group of grown men.

Did he go to the wrong place?

Doudou stepped out and pulled a soldier to ask. After learning that all the people who came with the Ninth Prince were settled here, he felt very disappointed.

Where is Qingchen?

Doudou looked up at the sky, and then thought that the Ninth Prince had entered the commander-in-chief's camp, and Qingchen must be with the Ninth Prince as well. He immediately turned his grief and anger into strength and rushed to the commander-in-chief's camp.

Yuwen Yuanhua, who was kneeling outside, saw Doudou and wanted to warn him, but then he changed his mind and realized that the Ninth Prince would always find someone to vent his anger on, and it would be him. Based on the principle of "it is better to die with a friend than to die with poverty", Yuwen Yuanhua lowered his head and knelt, pretending that he saw nothing.

Anyway, Doudou belongs to Feng Qingchen, so even if the Ninth Prince is angry, he won't kill Doudou...