Chapter 105: Died for one's country

Chapter 105: Sacrificing oneself for one’s country

“How is your Royal Highness?” Yu Qining asked the chamberlain beside him.

"Reporting to the princess, Your Highness... he doesn't look well. He has been making noises in the tent and wants to go out." The chamberlain replied carefully.

Yu Qining couldn't tell the emotion on his face, "Send a few more people to guard. If His Highness runs out, I'll question you."

 “Yes, princess.” The chamberlain hurriedly withdrew.

“Princess, Vice General Chen wants to see you!” the attendant outside the account reported.

 “Please come quickly!” Yu Qining’s heart trembled, and he had a bad feeling.

“Princess Qi, the general’s cavalry found the Chu army fifty miles outside the city, and they are expected to arrive in three hours at most.” Vice General Chen sounded anxious.

Yu Qining's body is a little unstable, so fast! "Send an order to all the soldiers to get ready for battle, and then bring me Li Qingyun."

"yes!"

Not long after, Li Qingyun hurriedly entered the account. Yu Qining stepped back and handed him a box.

 “Your Highness, how to attack the city?” the deputy general asked him.

Chu Ziyu frowned, "The drummer is actually a woman. Hey, is there no one in Daxia?"

Chu Ziyu smiled brightly. He had a good appearance. If he were not at the scene of the confrontation between the two armies, he would really look like a handsome young man with a clear breeze and bright moonlight. Unfortunately, the blood energy around him was too heavy.

“Okay, we’ll set off in a quarter of an hour.” Chu Ziyu’s heart was agitated. The capital of Daxia was far away, and the recovery of Chu was within reach.

“This contains a letter written by my father, as well as an imperial decree passed down to the prince. What you have to do is to protect the prince’s safety, and then hand this to him after it is completely safe.”

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"Oh? Is she the one who was named the Princess Protector?" Chu Ziyu almost laughed out loud. The Great Xia Kingdom was also interesting. A woman was allowed to protect the country, but the prince was hiding behind her. No wonder she ended up like this.

“Yu Tanjun, what’s the point of hiding behind a woman? You’re really useless!”

"Princess Protecting the Country, right?" Chu Ziyu shouted loudly, "If you know the current situation and surrender on the spot, you will not be able to protect the country, but you can still protect the capital."

 "Dong! Dong! Dong..." The faint sound of drums came.

A quarter of an hour later, 30,000 Chu troops set off and marched towards the capital of Daxia. The Chu army had strong soldiers and horses, and the soldiers marched with great energy and energy. In just two hours, they saw the gate of the capital of Daxia.

Chu Ziyu has long received the news that there are only a few thousand remaining soldiers defending the capital of Daxia, so there is nothing to be afraid of.

"Present courtesy, if you don't accept it, attack directly!" With these few remaining soldiers, Chu Ziyu didn't even bother to play with them in any military strategy.

Yu Qining stopped playing the drums and turned to look at Chu Ziyu. The shocking impact of her beauty made Chu Ziyu's heart skip a beat.

“The person playing the drum should be Princess Qining, the eldest princess of Daxia Kingdom, and next to her is Prince Yu Tanjun.” the deputy general replied.

 “If you speak arrogant words, you must first pass the level of this palace.” Yu Qining looked indifferent.

Li Qingyun suddenly felt that the box weighed a thousand pounds. His eyes were full of tears and his eyes were firm, "The last general will live up to the trust of the princess and swear to protect His Highness the Crown Prince to the death."

 “Who plays the drum?”

Chu Ziyu rode a tall horse and led a group of generals to the city. He looked up and saw a woman in white with green hair like a waterfall on the city tower. She was hitting a tiger-skin drum with a sledgehammer in her white hands. Standing next to her was a woman. A handsome young man wearing black clothes.

Yu Qining closed his eyes and said, "Go down."

"Your Highness, the soldiers have almost rested." Fifty miles outside the city, Chu's 30,000-strong army was stationed here. The deputy general said to the six princes of Chu who were leading the troops.

"Yu Qining! I know that there are only a few thousand soldiers and horses left in the capital, and resisting stubbornly will only cost your life. I think you are not bad, and I like you very much. Why don't you come back to Chu with me? If you can’t do it, my concubine, I can still do it. As long as you agree, I will never hurt a single soldier in this city.”

"Your Highness! She is the princess of Daxia..." The deputy general became anxious.

“Shut up, you have no business talking.” Chu Ziyu glanced at him lightly, and the lieutenant broke out in a cold sweat, forgetting that His Highness hated someone to refute his words.

 “How about it? Think about it.”

 “Insolent!” Yu Tanjun couldn’t help shouting.

Chu Ziyu laughed loudly, "Am I presumptuous? Yu Tanjun, do you understand? Now, you are the fish and meat, and I am the swordsman."

Yu Qining was condescending, looking at Chu Ziyu's proud expression of being in control, and smiled softly, like an epiphyllum blooming, extremely beautiful but also extremely short-lived, "No need to say more, just fight if you want."

She waved her hand and took a step back with Yu Tanjun beside her. A group of archers instantly appeared on the city tower, aiming at the Chu army, their sharp arrowheads shining coldly.

 “If you don’t drink a toast, you’ll have to drink wine as a penalty.” Chu Ziyu’s mood changed from sunny to cloudy, and he waved his hand, “Attack the city!”

"If anyone captures the princess or the prince of Daxia alive, we will reward him with ten thousand taels of gold and be promoted to a noble title."

The battle between the two armies began. Archers appeared on the towers of Daxia in a steady stream, blocking the Chu army's advance, and the ambush troops hidden outside the city gate also came out.

"Go up the ladder!" Chu Ziyu gave the order. The soldiers who rushed to the city wall set up the ladder and tried to climb up. The soldiers on the tower immediately poured boiling water down, and the soldiers on the ladder screamed and fell down.

Yu Qining opened his bow, put the arrow on the bowstring, narrowed his eyes slightly, and pointed the arrowhead at Chu Ziyu.

The string collapsed to the extreme, Yu Qining suddenly released it, and the arrow shot through the air with murderous intent!

Chu Ziyu, who had just slashed down a Daxia soldier with a sword, felt bad and subconsciously turned to the side. The next moment, his temples were grazed, and the soldier behind him was pierced through the chest by a glistening arrow.

Chu Ziyu looked at a strand of his hair that was falling, his face as dark as water, "Generals, listen to the order and attack the city gate!"

Originally, he wanted to pity her, but now it seems that this is not a delicate flower, but a king flower, so he pulled out her thorns with his own hands!

Da Xia now only has a few thousand men, so how can it possibly defeat the Chu army, which is well-equipped and has high morale? Within a few hours, the Xia army suffered numerous casualties, with only a few remaining defeated generals still guarding the city gate.

"Bump!" Chu Ziyu gave the order, and the Chu army hit the city gate. Within a moment, the city gate was opened and all the generals were captured.

"Yu Qining, Yu Tanjun, if you haven't come down yet, do you need me to personally invite you?" Chu Ziyu's face was stained with blood, and he looked even more evil.

Yu Qining's sword was stained with blood, her hands were shaking slightly, and she could hardly hold on. "The winner is the king and the loser is the enemy. It's just like this. You win today, but I may not lose."

Chu Ziyu shook his head with a sigh, "You've already reached this point, and you're still being stubborn? You said you're a well-dressed princess, why do you have to do this?"

 To be honest, he really admired her a little. If she were a man, Daxia would never be taken down so easily.

Yu Qining looked back at the once prosperous and lively capital city, which now seemed like a dead city. This was the land of Daxia. People here used to be the people of Daxia, but she could no longer protect it.

 She slowly raised the **** sword and put it on her neck.

 “Princess!” This is the scream of the generals in the city.

"Yu Qining, what are you doing?" There was a hint of panic in Chu Ziyu's tone that she didn't notice.

“Mr.…sister, please don’t…” Yu Tanjun was the person closest to her, and he was so frightened that his liver and gallbladder broke.

"Stop, don't move." Yu Qining retreated to the edge of the tower, "I said, I, Yu Qining, would rather die standing than live on my knees. I will not mourn Daxia. I will let Daxia Funeral for me!"

After speaking, her eyes flickered, and she made a semicircle with her sword hand. Blood immediately rushed out, and she collapsed to the ground instantly.

"No! Princess!" The captured generals shouted like crazy, kicking away the people who were restraining them in an instant, and the next moment.

"Princess, don't be afraid, the end is coming!" Then they all drew their swords and killed themselves, and several people fell to the ground.

Chu Ziyu looked at all this blankly, "Madman, really madman."

He walked up to the tower and saw Yu Qining, who had lost her breath. Her eyes were piercingly red, dyeing her white clothes red, but she was breathtakingly beautiful.

 “Trash!” Chu Ziyu kicked down Yu Tanjun who had lost his soul.

“Princess, princess.” Yu Tanjun came to his senses, crawled to Yu Qining’s side, and cried heartbreakingly.

Princess? Chu Ziyu frowned, "That's not right!" He immediately stepped forward, stretched his hand towards Yu Tanjun's face, and a mask was torn off.

“You are not Yu Tanjun! Yu Qining is stalling for time!” Chu Ziyu realized that she had been tricked, “Look for him quickly, he can’t run far.”

"Yes." The deputy general immediately led people to trace the whereabouts of Yu Tanjun.

Chu Ziyu took another look at Yu Qining, who had a face as golden as paper, and the Xia generals who had died for their country, and sighed inaudibly, feeling slightly moved, "They all should be buried generously."

Even though she is an enemy, he still wants to leave her the last bit of dignity.

 “Yes, Your Highness.”

In a secret room in the capital, it was exactly where the Chu army was looking for Yu Tanjun to stay. It was only a few hundred meters away from the city gate in a straight line. The so-called most dangerous place was the safest place. If they fled desperately, It will be easy to be caught up by the Chu army.

  Enough food has been stored in the secret room for them to stay here for several months.

“Your Highness, let’s have something to eat.” Li Qingyun brought over a bowl of porridge and handed it to Yu Tanjun.

"Go away! Gu is not your highness. Do any of you respect Gu as the prince?" Yu Tanjun was drugged and taken away. When he opened his eyes, he was in this secret room.

“Bring the antidote! I want to go back to camp!” Yu Tanjun said through gritted teeth.

Li Qingyun lowered his head and said nothing for a long time. After a long time, he said in a hoarse voice: "There is no place to go back to, Your Highness."

"What do you mean?" Yu Tanjun's heart trembled suddenly, beating like a drum, "Raise your head and answer Gu!"

Li Qingyun raised his face, and a face full of tears appeared in front of Yu Tanjun.

“What happened? Did the Chu army come to kill us?”

Yu Tanjun struggled to get up and fell to the ground. "Hurry up and help me up. I want to go back and help my sister."

“Your Highness!” Li Qingyun’s voice was painful, “The capital is gone!”

"Li Qingyun, you are so presumptuous! How dare you say such traitorous words!" Yu Tanjun's face panicked for a moment, and he immediately denied what he said.

 “No, no, how is it possible?”

“Li Qingyun, tell Gu Gu, are you lying to Gu Gu, or are you a spy of the Chu State who deliberately took Gu Gu away and said so?”

 “Li Qingyun, speak! Answer me!”

Yu Tanjun looked at his painful face and collapsed more and more, praying helplessly for an answer like a child.

"Where's my sister? Where's my lonely sister?" Yu Tanjun reacted and found the strength to grab Li Qingyun's shoulders and shake him violently.

Li Qingyun closed her eyes in pain, "Princess...Princess, she..."

 “What happened to her? Tell me!”

"Princess, she... died for her country." After saying this, Li Qingyun seemed to have been drained of all his strength and collapsed on the ground.

"Impossible, impossible! Sister will not do it! Sister will not abandon me!" Yu Tanjun shook his head wildly, refusing to believe this fact.

Li Qingyun took out the box in his arms and said, "This is what the princess asked me to give to you."

"Take it away!" Yu Tanjun waved his hand, and the box fell to the ground and was thrown open. The bright yellow silk cloth pierced his eyes, and Yu Tanjun's pupils shrank.

"I don't believe it! I want to go out, yes, I want to go out! Sister A must still be waiting for me."

Yu Tanjun's expression was almost crazy. Li Qingyun gritted his teeth and knocked him out again.

"Your Highness, you can blame me, hate me, or even want to kill me, but I promised the princess that I will send you out safely. As long as you are still there, Daxia will always be there." Li Qingyun's eyes were firm, With determination.

 (End of this chapter)