"I...I...I admit my guilt!"
Plop!
Liu Mansheng knelt on the ground, his face full of remorse: "It was my fault! Please forgive me, Your Highness! Your Highness, I am willing to lead the troops myself to the front line and deal with the Nandu army!"
“…” Prince Yu raised his eyebrows in confusion, and everyone looked at Liu Mansheng in astonishment.
Liu Mansheng actually admitted his mistake so easily
How could he bear to let Liu's army go to the battlefield
The Duke of Zhenguo frowned and looked at Prince Yu nervously.
"General Liu is thoughtful. This matter requires long-term consideration. We should decide on the candidate after discussing it with all the generals." After a while, Prince Yu broke the silence.
"Yes, Your Highness."
The army then decided that Li Wen and Li Wu would lead the army to fight against the Nandu Kingdom.
Two days later, in the evening.
The brothers Li Wen and Li Wu led an army of 400,000 and attacked the army that crossed the Nandu River at night.
However…
The third day, early morning.
"Oh no! Oh no!"
A cry of surprise cut through the sky above Amaterasu’s camp.
Prince Yu, Duke Zhenguo, Lou Qianxue and other generals walked out of the military tent one after another.
"What's all the fuss?" the prince frowned.
"Your Highness! It's bad! Generals Li Wen and Li Wu were ambushed by the enemy. Now the two generals and the 400,000-man army... have no news and have lost contact!"
"What?" Everyone gasped!
"That... that's 400,000 troops!"
People haven't come back to their senses yet...
"Report—"
Someone else shouted, "A million troops from the south are crossing the border and attacking the camp!"
"!!!" Everyone stood there in a daze.
His face was full of disbelief, as if he couldn't react to what happened...
"Report—the Nandu army has broken through the first line of defense!"
"…The Nandu Army broke through the second line of defense…"
The million-strong army that crossed the river to the south was unstoppable and broke through Amaterasu's several lines of defense with ease!
"How come it's so fast?" The generals were horrified!
"What should we do? We only have 700,000 troops in total. The Li brothers took away 400,000. Now there are only 300,000 left..."
"Three hundred thousand versus one million..." Everyone's face was pale and their eyes were filled with despair.
However…
"Fight!" Prince Yu's face was stern and he gave the order in a deep voice.
"Your Highness! Absolutely not! If anything happens to you, how are we going to explain to His Majesty?" The Duke of Zhenguo's face changed drastically and he hurried to stop him.
"Yes! Your Highness, you'd better leave quickly! You have a special status. If you fall into the hands of the army that crosses the south, the consequences will be disastrous!" A general advised nervously.
“Your Highness! Your deputy general Lou Qianxue is so powerful, he will definitely be able to help you escape... You should leave quickly! It will be too late once the Nandu army breaks through all the defense lines!” Liu Mansheng also joined in the persuasion.
Lou Qianxue's dark and crystal eyes stared at him steadily, which made Liu Mansheng feel uneasy.
"Your Highness." The Duke of Zhenguo sighed, "I will send two teams of the Chu family army to escort you away."
Prince Yu remained silent.
The Duke of Zhenguo quickly selected two teams of the Chu family army, and other generals also began to mobilize the remaining soldiers to prepare to meet the army that was crossing the south together.
Prince Yu stood where he was, silently watching the generals with panic expressions, busy coming and going, with cold eyes.
"Your Highness." The Duke of Zhenguo led two teams of the Chu family army and seemed to be hesitant to speak.
Lou Qianxue glanced somewhere, then retracted her gaze and said calmly, "Your Highness, let's go. I'll escort you away."
Prince Yu nodded: "Okay."
The group turned around and said, "We will cross the misty forest and retreat to Lincheng first."
"..." The generals watched Prince Yu leave, feeling depressed: "His Royal Highness has a special status, he should leave... But as the commander, he just left us without saying a word... It's really chilling!"
"Yes... Besides, this situation was caused by the Crown Prince! If he hadn't allowed Lou Qianxue to destroy all of Nandu's granaries, how could the Nandu army be enraged? If he hadn't favored Lou Qianxue and refused to hand her over, how could Nandu break through so many of our defenses so quickly?"
"Having such a commander and such a prince is really... Oh, I just hope that when he really becomes a king in the future, he won't be so incompetent!"
Many thanks to [Mo Shuang] for the reward of 588 reading points. Thank you very much. Here is the first update. I will continue later!
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