Yu Liang sent someone to investigate overnight. At dawn, he came back and went into Dongfang Shuo's tent.

When Dongfang Shuo was on the march, he slept very lightly and woke up at the slightest movement. When he saw that it was Yu Liang, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Your Highness, I have heard that the Crown Princess is ill. When I went there, I found several military doctors coming in and out of her tent. Chu Ren and the others looked very anxious."

Yu Liang said: "I heard that the Crown Princess couldn't adapt to the weather and food in Yizhou City, so she collapsed. As the saying goes, 'If you are not used to the local climate and environment, you will definitely get sick', that's probably the case. The atmosphere in their military camp is very tense. Even though the higher-ups tried their best to suppress the news, someone still leaked it."

"So she is sick. I was wondering why she came to Yizhou City but did not take any action." Dongfang Shuo smiled.

"She said she was not used to the local climate, but it was just a cover-up. I think she was afraid of the blood and death of war. Rather than saying that she was sick because she was not used to the local climate, it would be better to say that she was scared and fell ill. It's really interesting, very interesting."

Yu Liang also laughed. He thought that his prince's analysis was very correct. The Crown Princess grew up in the village. Life was very hard back then, but she was not unfamiliar with the local climate.

He must have been frightened to the point of falling ill.

Or they were afraid to go to the battlefield and pretended to be sick.

After all, she is a woman.

At daybreak, news spread that the Crown Princess, who had led the army personally, had fallen ill due to the fright of the war.

Dongfang Shuo also asked Yu Liang to deliver this news to Qingfeng County.

Qingfeng County was in an uproar.

They were already at the end of their strength, holding on for their last breath, waiting for reinforcements to arrive. Even when they learned that it was Chu Heyi who was coming, they tried to adjust their mentality.

As a result, the Crown Princess fell ill before the battle even started, and she was frightened into falling ill!

Their faces were pale, as if the last bit of strength in their bodies had been drained away, and they were no more than walking corpses.

Dongfang Shuo's army was still drinking and eating meat, laughing wildly and wantonly, and they were only separated from Qin Yi, Ding Sheng and others by a city wall.

The laughter, the aroma of meat and wine during their celebration spread over the city wall into the county town, filling the air above the county town. People were greedy, sad, hateful and unwilling.

And this was exactly Dongfang Shuo's purpose, to make them so angry that they could not suppress their rage and would rush out to die.

However, after waiting for half a night, the city gate did not move, so Dongfang Shuo had to let everyone rest and started to attack the city at dawn.

Lying on the bed, Dongfang Shuo's mind began to wander, recalling the time when he broke off the engagement with Chu Heyi. It was truly humiliating at that time.

They took advantage of Chu Heyi and Xie Lin's wedding to kill the prince and launch a coup. They thought that they would have the throne in their hands from then on. However, in the end, he and Runxue were forced to flee Shengjing City and fled all the way to Yanzhou City. The fetus in Runxue's belly was lost.

That was their first child.

At that time, he never imagined that the next encounter with Chu Heyi would be on the battlefield in Yizhou.

Since Chu Heyi had already started to feel scared before he even went to the battlefield, and was even frightened to the point of falling ill, he would massacre the entire Qingfeng County tomorrow and give Chu Heyi a big gift.

Dongfang Shuo felt great thinking that she would be scared to death when he thought about the scene of Qingfeng County with rivers of blood and corpses everywhere tomorrow.

In a good mood, Dongfang Shuo fell asleep in a daze.

He felt as if he had just fallen asleep when he heard the sound of fighting outside. Yu Liang rushed in and said, "Your Highness, someone attacked us at night. I think it was someone from the Crown Princess' side!"

Dongfang Shuo did not take off his armor when he slept. He immediately picked up the magic crossbow beside him, jumped up, and rushed out of the tent.

Yu Liang had already arranged more than a dozen people to surround Dongfang Shuo and protect his safety.

No matter whether he moved forward or backward, there was always a human wall around him, and Yang Qi and others could not get close to him, let alone capture him or kill him.

After Dongfang Shuo shot and killed some of the people who attacked at night with the magic crossbow, he quickly summoned the magic crossbow soldiers to work together to deal with those who dared to attack at night.

The one leading the night attack tonight is Yang Qi.

He came with three thousand men and was discovered by Dongfang Shuo, and the fight between the two sides became more and more intense.

Ding Sheng and Qin Yi, who were in Qingfeng County, would go up to the city wall from time to time to keep an eye on the movements outside. When they learned that someone had attacked at night, they immediately opened the city gate and led their troops out to attack Dongfang Shuo.

They have endured for too long. If they continue to endure without anything to eat, they will die. They might as well rush out and fight to the death.

Just as Ding Sheng once said, killing one person is no loss, but killing two people is a profit.

However, when Yang Qi saw Dongfang Shuo summoning the divine crossbowmen, he began to lead his men to retreat towards the county town.

Dongfang Shuo once again marveled at the power of the divine crossbowmen. Before they even started fighting, many men from Yang Qi's side had fallen and had already begun to retreat.

Runxue said that it was no exaggeration to say that this magical crossbow was invincible.

However, none of the Daqi soldiers had even one of these magical crossbows. Thinking of this, Dongfang Shuo instantly gained more confidence.

He had originally planned to massacre the city after daybreak to give Chu Heyi a "big surprise". Now that Yang Qi's night attack had annoyed him, and with the gates of Qingfeng County open, he decided that now was the best time to massacre the city and there was no need to wait until daybreak.

He summoned the army, rode on war horses, held a magic crossbow in hand, and chased after them, vowing to kill everyone in Qingfeng County.

At this moment, Dongfang Shuo didn't take anyone seriously at all.

Military Advisor Hao reminded him: "Your Highness, they have the audacity to launch a night attack with only a few thousand men. Be careful of a trap."

"What are you afraid of? I have a divine crossbow in my hand, they are no match for me! Besides, Chu Heyi is sick, what else can they do except a night attack? Since they are here to die, don't blame me for being rude!"

Dongfang Shuo led his men to chase after them, and Yang Qi led his three thousand soldiers to retreat continuously. But later, Ding Sheng and Qin Yi from Qingfeng County rushed out with their soldiers, and they had to fight with Dongfang Shuo.

The divine crossbowmen were so powerful that Yang Qi, Ding Sheng, and Qin Yi finally retreated to Qingfeng County. After closing the city gates, they discovered that there had been heavy casualties.

However, what made Ding Sheng and Qin Yi happy was that Yang Qi and his men seemed to be coming not just for a night attack, but each of them was carrying food.

This gave them hope after being out of food for a long time.

Ding Sheng ignored the injuries on his body and asked, "Is the Crown Princess really frightened to the point of falling ill?"

This is a matter of great concern to all of them.

Outside the city gate, there was a sound of celebration. Dongfang Shuo said, "Military Advisor Hao, look, it's daybreak. We have won another victory. Did you see how they fled just now?"

Military Advisor Hao: “…”

Dongfang Shuo said: "Yu Liang, sound the horn to call back the troops. Rest here for an incense stick of time and prepare to attack the city!"

Yu Liang passed down the order to call back the troops.

The soldiers were smiling, relaxed and ready to rest.

But at this moment, arrows came like rain, breaking through the air.

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