Chapter 245【Listen to her carefully! 】
Xin Che resisted the urge to hug Jiang Lili and tucked her messy hair behind her ears with his warm fingertips: "Let's go home and rest."
At this moment, there was a sudden commotion outside the Xin family army.
Jiang Lili was protected by Xin Che behind him. She only heard Xing Rui yelling, "Who are you?"
The male voice that answered him was arrogant and domineering: "Prince Zhaoping, I have long heard of your great name!"
Jiang Lili suddenly felt that the male voice sounded familiar.
When everyone looked back, they saw a group of soldiers wearing rough-edged clothes and holding weapons rushing towards Xin's army from behind, surrounding them layer by layer.
Jiang Lili looked over and saw countless people.
They wore leather helmets with sea monster patterns embroidered on the top, their fangs and claws bared as if they could scare the waves.
They carry short knives at their waists, shields in their hands, and high combat boots on their feet. The bottoms of the boots have anti-slip grooves to ensure that they can stand firm as a rock on the slippery plywood.
Judging from the way these people are dressed, they should be the navy of the Mi Kingdom!
The leader came riding on a golden leopard. He was Fei Di, the high priest of the Mi Kingdom.
He held a staff with a bell hanging on it in his hand, his purple robe was embroidered with exquisite golden totems, and he had a wide golden belt around his waist, inlaid with dazzling gems.
He rode a leopard, and the navy of the Ya Kingdom looked at him with piety and respect, and made way for him.
Fei Di's golden totem was in the shape of a sheep. Jiang Lili remembered that she seemed to have seen such a totem somewhere.
That’s right!
Wen Qiao told him that the northern tribe used this kind of shepherd god totem. It seemed that the royal family of Mi Kingdom had blocked the news very well. These sailors didn't know that the northern tribe had been "exposed" and collapsed.
Fei Di looked at Xin Che's movements to protect Jiang Lili with a joking look: "It seems that my gamble was a good one."
"The Crown Prince is truly worried about the Crown Princess, sending so many elite soldiers to protect her."
Fei Di's eyes were filled with pride. "Sir, what do you think of my performance?"
Fei Di's eyes swept over Jiang Lili, and finally he looked at Xin Che with a smile: "Concentrate your firepower on her. This single action alone has exposed you and your trump card."
Fei Di pointed the staff in his hand at the Xin family army who were on alert.
"The prince is so brave that he even has his own private army even after being exiled."
Xin Chefeng pursed his red lips into a straight line, gripped his spear tightly, and glanced at the fire pole in Cheng Jiayu's hand five steps away from him.
Cheng Jiayu understood and exchanged a glance with Xin Che.
Fei Di's tone was threatening: "If the emperor of your Great Sheng Dynasty knew about this, I'm afraid he would be eager to send people to wipe it out, right?"
Xin Che's eyes were cold and he said in a cold voice, "You dare not."
"If the Emperor of Dasheng knew about this, how would you occupy Haizhou Island?"
Fei Di laughed heartily upon hearing this. "Prince, you are a wise man. A man of integrity doesn't mince words. Why don't you have your people lay down their weapons and surrender now, and submit to our Mi Kingdom?"
He fixed his eyes on Jiang Lili: "I can ensure that the Crown Princess is safe and sound."
Fei Di had just observed the interaction between Jiang Lili and Xin Che. The actions between the two were immature and it seemed that they were still in the process of developing feelings for each other. He noticed that Xin Che had even restrained himself from giving Jiang Lili a hug.
It seems that the prince knew that he was poisoned and had been keeping a distance from Jiang Lili. I heard that the two of them were often separated. It seems that Xin Che is still a romantic man and is reluctant to let Jiang Lili be infected with the poison in his body.
Fei Di's eyes were as sharp as fire, and his words were full of threats: "Otherwise, if such a beautiful woman as the Crown Prince's Consort becomes a prisoner of war, her future will be uncertain."
Xin Che leaned slightly to the side, blocking Fei Di's view of Jiang Lili. "Surrender? That's just wishful thinking!"
Seeing Xin Che defending Jiang Lili, Fei Di became even more certain of his guess. "I've heard your Xin family army is powerful, but my Mi Kingdom navy currently has 5,000 soldiers, and your Xin family army only has 300. What can you use to fight me?"
Xin Che was about to make a gesture to Cheng Jiayu when Jiang Lili grabbed his sleeve.
He turned his head slightly and met Jiang Lili's cunning and clear almond eyes.
Xin Che understood what he meant. It seemed that the little god had another trick up his sleeve.
Jiang Lili poked her head out from behind Xin Che and said to Fei Di, "I'm curious. You promised not to kill those who surrender, but are you able to keep your promise? What is your status as a high priest in the Mi Kingdom? It sounds like you're similar to those fraudulent Taoist priests in the Great Saint Dynasty."
Jiang Lili's tone was filled with doubt: "Can you keep me, my husband, and my family safe?"
"A fraudulent Taoist priest?" The leader of the navy behind Fei Di sneered at Jiang Lili's words. "Are they worthy of being compared with the high priest?"
Many people couldn't help but defend their sacred faith: "The high priest is the chieftain of the northern tribes and a descendant of the shepherd god, the patron saint of our country! How can you insult his name like this?"
Jiang Lili acted as if she had heard something funny: "Don't you know that the envoy of the northern tribe was stoned to death for his deception?"
"The story about the northern tribes being descendants of the shepherd god is completely fabricated by them in order to gain power!"
When someone said this about something they believed in, everyone's first reaction was disbelief. The navy soldiers retorted: "How is that possible? What nonsense are you talking about!"
"When I was a child, the northern tribe cured my parents' terminal illness!"
"We were hungry and cold, and it was the tribes in the north that provided us with food..."
The smile on Fei Di's face was a little stiff. How did Jiang Lili know such a secret about their country of Mi?
Could it be that the news has leaked from Mi Country to Haizhou? But how could it be so fast?!
He knew he couldn't let Jiang Lili speak again, so he quickly gave the order: "Since these people would rather die than surrender, and they are even arrogantly slandering the Shepherd God, then send them on their way! Go!"
At the high priest's order, the leader of the Mi Kingdom navy blew the horn of attack.
The scene suddenly became noisy and chaotic!
No one listened to what Jiang Lili said anymore.
Jiang Lili had no choice but to beat the guy into submission first. After all, a fight was necessary to make people behave themselves!
The Mi Kingdom navy raised their short swords or spears and attacked the Xin family army: "Charge! Kill them and build our new home!"
"Change formation!"
Xin Che didn't need to say much, the Xin family army had already changed into a defensive formation, and each person had a fire pole sticking out from the gaps in the shields.
Xin Che: "Fire!"
“Bang, bang, bang—”
Fire bombs shot out from the fire poles and exploded in front of the Mi Kingdom navy who were holding primitive weapons.
The shrapnel immediately sobered up the group of fanatics who were rushing in the front. They fell to the ground one after another, covering their bleeding wounds and rolling on the ground groaning in pain.
Such terrifying firepower is like cutting leeks, it is absolutely impossible to defeat them by relying on numbers!
The unprecedented weapons filled many people with an unknown fear, forcing the attacking Mikoku navy to stop abruptly.
Going forward is suicide!
"Everyone."
Xin Che raised his eyes, his thin lips curved in a smile: "Now, can you listen carefully to what my prince's wife has to say?"
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