Drunk House

When the old protector arrived on horseback, he saw Yan Huisheng withdrawing his sword, with no damage to his body.

 He breathed a sigh of relief and was quite pleased, "Your Highness is heroic, my minister is old, his sword is rusty, and he is slow."

Yan Hui smiled faintly, "With the old Duke sitting at the rear, I can go into battle with peace of mind. Old Duke, please don't belittle yourself. Today is not without gain."

"Yes, destroying the two siege cannons of the Wei Dynasty today is a big gain." The old protector looked at a figure on the wall of Qiangli City and shook his head, "The second prince of the Wei Dynasty, Yuan Chen, is not as good as The prince of the Wei Dynasty, Yuan Zhao, is far away."

The worst thing is not that Yuan Chen doesn’t have many masters, but that his group of masters failed to save He Lanying. Being narrow-minded, one of the generals was lost.

You must know that the old Duke Protector has been fighting with He Lanying these days. Although He Lanying lost six cities in a row, the old Duke feels that this young general of the Helan family is still somewhat capable. He does not have to die today. In order to prevent the two destroyed siege guns from falling into Daliang's hands and being studied, he desperately destroyed the siege guns, and he himself also lost his life on the battlefield.

He lost six cities in a row without fighting to the end. Instead, he lost his life for two siege guns.

The Second Highness on the wall of Qiangli City, for whatever reason, never went down the city wall, and his people did not expect to completely destroy the siege cannon. He Lanying's people tried their best to destroy it before it fell into the hands of Daliang. Even the siege artillery and his men did not save He Lanying.

"It's a pity that we couldn't get back a siege cannon for research." He Lanying, who was killed by Yan Huisheng himself, could clearly see the moment he closed his eyes. He was very unwilling. It seemed that he didn't expect that he would die like this. , I heard that he is from Yuan Zhao. If Yuan Zhao were here today, he would not die.

"It's a pity, but the people of the Wei Dynasty can't let us get siege guns. Let's do this for today! Take a rest and we will attack the city again at night." The old protector of the country was fair.

Yan nodded in response.

 Daliang Mingjin withdrew his troops, cleared the battlefield, and even collected the blown siege artillery debris.

Yuan Chen did not expect that the first time he set out to face the battlefield, not only did he not gain any benefit, but he also lost two heavy siege guns.

He watched with a sullen face as Daliang soldiers retreated from the city. Daliang soldiers cleared the battlefield and took away He Lanying's body. He asked the leader of the Xunying Guards: "Why didn't you save He Lanying?"

The leader bowed his head and apologized, "Your Highness, we can't be saved. You saw the situation at that time. If we go back to save General Helan, we will lose most of our people."

He thought it was not worth losing a large number of his own men just to save a defeated general.

Yuan Chen naturally saw it, and he asked sharply: "Then why don't you destroy the siege cannon?"

The leader once again apologized, "I think that if I fight to the death, I might be able to protect the siege cannon. After all, the siege cannon is an important weapon. Your Highness, you made a promise in front of His Majesty that you will protect the siege cannon as a last resort. It cannot be destroyed.”

 The real situation is that he wanted to destroy the situation at that time, but did not dare. He Lanying can be destroyed, but His Second Highness cannot.

Yuan Chen closed his eyes, "The person I met in this palace is Yan Huisheng, the prince of Daliang. Even if the father comes, he can't protect these two siege cannons. Unless..." He gritted his teeth and said: "Prince Come."

Yuan Chen really doesn't want to admit that he is not as good as Yuan Zhao, but he has to admit that he has not been as smart or talented as Yuan Zhao since he was a child, and he is not as trusted and favored as him. Yuan Zhao has everything and is uniquely endowed. If he were to face Yan Huisheng today, Yan Huisheng may not be able to destroy two siege guns. After all, Yuan Zhao is surrounded by experts. Not to mention his own secret guards, just his quasi-princess, a poisonous doctor, is enough to scare countless people.

He ordered with a gloomy face, "Clean the battlefield, count the number of people, and I will go write a battle report to my father."

It’s not that his own prestige was destroyed by the ambition of others. In fact, he saw clearly in today’s battle that he was no match for Yan Huisheng and the old protector of the country. Two siege cannons were destroyed in one battle, and tens of thousands more were lost. The men and horses in his hands are not as strong as Daliang, and he is afraid that he will not be able to defend Qiangli City.

If he hides it and refuses to retaliate, he will be harming the Wei Dynasty.

So Yuan Chen gritted his teeth and wrote two battle reports and sent people eight hundred miles to rush, one to the capital of Wei Dynasty and the other to Nanchu.

 After sending off the battle report, Yuan Chen stood in front of the table, his expression changed, and after a long time, he sat down on the chair.

 The two staff and deputy generals beside him looked at him and said, "Your Highness, don't be discouraged. We haven't reached the point where we can't defend Qiangli City yet."

Yuan Chen said: "It's not that I'm discouraged that I can't defend Qiangli City, but that I'm discouraged. I'm not as good as the prince. I've missed this opportunity and will never have another chance in the future."

 This is what he thought of when he made the decision to personally deliver the battle report to Yuan Zhao. Over the years, he has always been ambitious and unconvinced, and wanted to unseat Yuan Zhao, but he has been suppressed by him, unable to take the lead. Now, he has obtained the tiger talisman and military power of 300,000 troops. This is his chance, but today he discovered , what is most discouraging is that you cannot seize this opportunity.

The two staff and lieutenants were silent after hearing this. They were from Yuan Chen, so they naturally wanted His Highness to reach the top of Yuji, but they had to admit that judging from today's situation, they could not win this battle.

 The morale of the soldiers in Daliang was unprecedented because of the prestige of the prince of Daliang and the prestige of the old protector of the country. The Wei Dynasty lost several battles and six cities in a row, and their second highness, Yuan Chen, did not have much prestige in the Wei Dynasty and could not inspire the morale of the Wei soldiers. Therefore, they were defeated again today.

This battle is very crucial. If they fail to win, then they will have to defend and have no chance of winning.

 That night, after Daliang rested, they launched another siege. Yuan Chen gritted his teeth and led the Wei soldiers to resist vigorously. Without the support of siege artillery, the masters of both sides competed, the soldiers of both sides competed, and their weapons competed with blood.

Three days later, the city gate was finally broken. Yuan Chen gritted his teeth and led his troops to withdraw from Qiangli City and retreated to Fenghuan City.

 Daliang captured seven cities in a row, replaced them with Daliang flags, and sent the good news to the capital. That night, they rewarded the three armies in Qiangli City.

Xie Lin felt that after this battle, he had grown up. When he first chased His Royal Highness into the battlefield, he gritted his teeth and followed up. Who is not afraid of death? Facing the first battlefield, Of course he was also afraid. But in these three days, he adapted to the battlefield. He felt that the battlefield was not that scary. He also fought with the soldiers for three days. He suffered several wounds on his body and his arm could no longer swing the sword. But the moment the city was defeated, he felt an indescribable passion and ambition.

 It turns out that his father was right, and he could do it too.

Compared to Zhou Gu, he is not that bad.