bookrandom Chapter 563: The fight begins! Prepare to collect the body of the eighth brother!
Chapter 563: The fight begins! Prepare to collect the body of the eighth brother!
"Your Highness, you should take the princess to the palace to hide for a while!"
Liu Shouren tried to persuade him anxiously, fearing that Xiahou Yan would attack with his troops.
So many people from the Xiahou family died this time, and Xiahou Yan brought 3,000 soldiers from outside the city into the city at all costs. Of course, it couldn't be just a show.
Once the two sides started fighting, Liu Shouren would not dare to guarantee the safety of Chu Ning and Shen Wanying.
At this moment, only the palace is the safest place.
No matter how brave Xiahou Yan is, he would never lead troops to attack the palace!
As long as he enters the palace and waits for the emperor to come back, Xiahou Yan will no longer be able to do anything to Chu Ning.
Even Deng Hongwen, who was standing by, suggested in a deep voice: "Your Highness, Lord Liu is right. Please go to the palace with the princess as soon as possible. Lord Liu and I will stop Xiahou Yan here!"
It would definitely not work without someone to cover their retreat, so they volunteered to stay behind to resist Xiahou Yan's troops.
But Chu Ning raised his lips slightly when he heard this: "Don't worry, since I dare to come back, I have made all the preparations!
Humph, you want to capture me with just 3,000 Sizhou soldiers? You are just dreaming!"
Liu Shouren and Deng Hongwen were shocked and looked at each other. Only then did they realize that Chu Ning had been prepared.
But they were very curious, where could Chu Ning mobilize troops from at this moment?
Just as the two were pondering, Ran Ming came in from outside the mansion and shouted loudly: "Your Highness, Xiahou Yan is here with his troops!"
Chu Ning narrowed his eyes, and a cold look flashed across his face: "Someone, hang up Xiahou Sizi's body!"
At the order, the guards of the palace immediately hung the bodies of Xiahou Yun and other three men on four long pillars.
This scene also made the prince, who was watching the show from a distance, extremely happy.
"Hahahaha, Chu Ning, ah Chu Ning, you are really courting death!"
The prince showed a smug look on his face: "Hang up the bodies of Xiahou Yun and others, you really think you are not dying fast enough!"
Xiahou Yan's three thousand soldiers have strong combat effectiveness, otherwise they would not have been able to defend Kyoto.
Judging from the current manpower around Chu Ning, there is no way they can be a match for Xiahou Yan!
As long as the two sides fight, Chu Ning will definitely lose!
Now, it depends on whether Xiahou Yan has the courage to kill Chu Ning.
Thinking of this, the prince sneered: "Master Yang, how are our people arranged?"
A cold expression appeared on Yang Yuntao's lips. "Don't worry, Your Highness, the assassins have been arranged. Once the two sides start fighting, they will disguise themselves as Sizhou soldiers and rush into the Chu Palace!"
"very good!"
The prince showed satisfaction on his face; "If Chu Ning is killed today, you will be credited with the first achievement!"
After a pause, the prince suddenly asked, "By the way, what's the situation with the other princes?"
Yang Yuntao chuckled: "Others choose to wait and see, no one will help the King of Chu at this time."
This answer made the prince very satisfied!
"It seems that my Eighteenth Brother will not be able to escape today."
The prince had his hands behind his back, with an air of looking down on the world and a smile of victory on his face.
Before the battle even started, he was already invincible!
Now the emperor is still outside the city and has not returned yet. Chu Ning does not have many soldiers and horses around him, and no one can save Chu Ning.
Now we just wait for Xiahou Yan to lead his troops to take action!
Just when the prince was feeling proud, Yang Yuntao suddenly pointed to the street in the distance and said, "Your Highness, General Xiahou and his men are here!"
Following the direction of Yang Yuntao's finger, a troop from the direction of the Crown Prince had arrived outside the Prince of Chu's Palace.
Then, a roar spread across the sky.
"Chu Ning, get out here!"
Xiahou Yan, with an angry face, actually called Chu Ning by his name, without caring about Chu Ning's identity as a prince at all.
The corpses all over the ground and the four brothers who had been hanged made Xiahou Yan completely lose his mind.
At this moment, he no longer cared about reputation or status, he just wanted to kill Chu Ning!
The Xiahou family has been active in the State of Chu for decades, but has never been treated like this. If they don't kill Chu Ning, how can the Xiahou family gain a foothold in the State of Chu?
As soon as he finished speaking, the guards of the palace made way for them, and Chu Ning walked out slowly with Liu Shouren and Deng Hongwen.
"Xiahou Yan, you are so brave!"
Chu Ning put his hands behind his back and said coldly, "You call me by my name, do you want to die?"
Xiahou Yan stared at Chu Ning, his eyes blazing with anger: "Today, one of us must die here!
You killed my father first, then humiliated my Xiahou family, and now you have killed my four legitimate sons. My Xiahou family and you cannot coexist!"
Chu Ning narrowed his eyes and sneered, "Irreconcilable? That's just right, I also want to take your life!"
Xiahou Yan's face was filled with murderous intent: "At this point, you still dare to act like a prince. Today, I will make you realize how powerful my Xiahou family is!"
"Come here, kill them. If anything goes wrong, I will take the responsibility!"
This one sentence dispelled the concerns of the Sizhou soldiers, and they immediately attacked.
Ran Ming roared angrily and rushed forward with the white horse cavalry.
Deng Hongwen's eyes turned cold, and he ordered: "Protect His Highness!"
The palace guards were responsible for protecting Chu Ning, while the others followed the white horse cavalry to charge.
Suddenly, the two sides started fighting.
This scene made the prince who was watching the battle from a distance extremely happy.
“Hahahaha, the fight finally started!”
The prince was in a good mood: "Everything is as I expected. Now I can wait to collect the body of my eighteenth brother!"
Yang Yuntao, who was standing by, bowed and saluted at this time: "Your Highness, if you can catch Deng Hongwen, please hand him over to me for handling."
They were both among the top three in the imperial examination, but the top scholar Deng Hongwen always surpassed him, which made him extremely resentful towards Deng Hongwen.
This time he had the chance, he wanted to get rid of Deng Hongwen himself, resolve the demons in his heart, and make his thoughts clear.
The prince laughed, patted his shoulder, nodded and said with a smile: "Don't worry, if there is a chance, Deng Hongwen will be left to you to deal with!"
"Thank you, Your Highness!" Yang Yuntao was overjoyed.
If he could take the opportunity to get rid of Deng Hongwen, the position of Minister of Rites would be vacant, and perhaps he would have a chance to replace him!
But Yang Yuntao's excitement didn't last long, a soldier came to report: "Your Highness, a troop of soldiers has come in from outside the city, and they are rushing towards the direction of the Chu Palace!"
The prince's face changed: "Do you know who is coming? How many soldiers are there? Why didn't the people guarding the city stop them?"
The soldier quickly replied, "The man is the Minister of War, Lord Feng Anguo. He brought about 500 men into the city, and the centurions guarding the city did not dare to stop them."
Assistant Minister of War Feng Anguo!
The prince's face was extremely gloomy. "Didn't he receive orders to guard Yunzhou? Logically, he should be halfway there. How come he suddenly appeared in Kyoto?"
Yang Yuntao rolled his eyes and smiled to comfort him: “Your Highness, don’t worry, this Feng Anguo is a general who has received the favor of the general, and he may have come to help General Xiahou Yan.
Even if he was helping the King of Chu, he only brought 500 people with him. What could he change?"
The prince's eyes lit up, and he came back to his senses and smiled: "Yes, a mere 500 people can't change the current situation at all."
The soldier who came to report the news opened his mouth when he heard this, as if he wanted to say something.
But seeing that the prince looked confident of victory, he chose to keep silent.
Although the 500 soldiers were tall, holding three-meter-long swords and full of murderous aura, he felt that the fighting power of the Sizhou troops was not weak either.
At this time, it is better not to spoil the Crown Prince's fun!