Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather.

Chapter 611 Chen Zhaoxuan's Death

"Your Highness, if anyone can leave, let them leave! Staying in the city will only increase casualties!" Liang Zhiman advised in a low voice.

He had already advised Chen Zhaoxuan, but Chen Zhaoxuan was unwilling to leave.

Chen Zhaoxuan naturally didn't want to leave, as his wife and children were in the city.

Although he is a martial arts fanatic, it doesn't mean that he doesn't know how to love his wife and children.

"No need, maybe it's a good thing if I die here!" Chen Zhaoxuan said hoarsely.

"This may alert Your Majesty and let the court officials know about the rebellion of the bandits in Longnan!"

He was resentful towards Emperor Jianxing and the court.

Because he believed that all this was caused by the inaction of the emperor and the court.

He didn't know much about state affairs, and this was all he could think of.

"Your Highness!" Liang Zhiman wanted to persuade him.

Chen Zhaoxuan interrupted him and said, "Don't say anything, I won't leave!"

He looked at the enemy troops under the city, and his mind drifted away unconsciously.

He thought of Kyoto, the imperial city, the Marquis of Jing'an's Mansion, and Yang Zhengshan.

The person he wanted to see most at this moment was not his father or his brother, but Yang Zhengshan.

"If only Master were here, he would definitely have a way to deal with the bandits outside the city!"

He murmured quietly.

"Your Highness, even if you don't want to leave, you should let the prince go!" Liang Zhiman looked anxious.

In fact, he didn't have much contact with Chen Zhaoxuan before, and it was taboo for local officials to have too much contact with princes.

But they fought side by side for these twenty days, and he respected Chen Zhaoxuan from the bottom of his heart.

He himself no longer had any chance to escape from the city, but he hoped that Chen Zhaoxuan could escape.

Chen Zhaoxuan lowered his head and fell silent.

After a long while, he said, "I understand. I'll arrange it right away!"

"Master Liang, the rest depends on you!"

He bowed solemnly.

This bow was his expression of gratitude to Liang Zhiman and his respect for Liang Zhiman.

Liang Zhiman dodged sideways and said, "Go, Your Majesty, don't delay any longer!"

Chen Zhaoxuan glanced at the bandits outside the city, then left the city wall with a determined look.

……

In the palace.

Princess Dai held the hands of her two children, stood in front of the main hall door, and looked outside.

Chen Zhaoxuan only had one main wife, not even a concubine, but he had a son and a daughter. His son was fourteen years old this year, and his daughter was only eight years old.

Chen Zhaoxuan walked hurriedly towards the door, and Princess Dai's eyes lit up when she saw him.

"Your Majesty, outside the city..."

Princess Dai wanted to ask about the situation outside the city, but she was interrupted by Chen Zhaoxuan before she could finish her words.

"Stop talking nonsense and pack your things immediately. We will break out soon!"

Upon hearing this, Princess Dai immediately nodded nervously, "I'll go and clean it up right away!"

"Don't bring too many things, let's ride on horses!" said Chen Zhaoxuan.

Princess Dai immediately asked the maids and servants in the mansion to pack up the valuables, while Chen Zhaoxuan summoned the guards and eunuchs in the mansion.

Most of the guards in the palace were guarding on the city walls. At this time, there were only twenty guards and more than thirty eunuchs in the huge palace.

As for the officials in the palace, Chen Zhaoxuan could not rely on them at all.

The guards and eunuchs arrived, and Chen Zhaoxuan scanned their faces one by one.

Such a huge palace still has some power.

Among the eunuchs, there were two senior eunuchs who were transferred from the Imperial Stables, and they both had outstanding cultivation.

The guards in his palace are also elite.

However, facing an army of 200,000 bandits, these few people obviously cannot play a big role.

"Eunuch Lu, Eunuch Zhang, the princess and the prince are left to you!" Chen Zhaoxuan said to the two eunuchs.

"I will definitely protect the princess and the prince!"

The two eunuchs said firmly.

Chen Zhaoxuan looked at Xiao Anzi and Liu Bin again. Xiao Anzi was his companion, and Liu Bin was also a bodyguard who had followed him for more than ten years.

"Liu Bin, Xiao Anzi, protect Yan'er!"

"Yes!" The two responded with firm expressions.

Chen Zhaoxuan nodded and ordered: "Go and bring the horses, let's go out of the city, I hope we can rush out!"

The guards and eunuchs immediately brought all the horses in the palace.

Shouts of killing were heard outside the city, and the people inside had already rushed onto the city walls.

A moment later, a large group of people rushed out of the palace in a chaotic manner.

Princess Dai looked at Chen Zhaoxuan who was walking in front of her, holding the reins tightly with both hands.

"Your Majesty!"

she called out suddenly.

Chen Zhaoxuan turned around.

"Be sure to protect Chi'er and Yan'er and get them out!" Princess Dai's eyes were slightly red.

Chen Zhaoxuan looked at her, said nothing, and just nodded vigorously.

The city walls were attacked by bandits on all four sides, and there were also many bandits outside the north gate. Liang Zhiman had already made arrangements, and as soon as Chen Zhaoxuan and his party arrived at the city gate, dozens of soldiers opened the gate.

The reason for exiting from the north gate is because there is a barbican at the north gate.

After entering the city wall, the soldiers opened the outer city gate again.

There were still hundreds of bandits outside the city gate pushing wooden poles to hit the gate.

The city gate suddenly opened and the thieves outside had no time to react.

"kill!"

Chen Zhaoxuan took the lead and rushed out of the city gate with a spear in hand.

With the wielding spear, he knocked the bandits away one by one, and behind him, more than a dozen guards also rushed out of the city gate with him.

However, the charge of more than a dozen people had an unstoppable momentum. The bandits outside the city gate did not expect that someone would come out from the city to kill them. They were frightened and scattered for a moment.

Rushing out of the city gate, Chen Zhaoxuan looked around and said, "Northeast direction, quick!"

"kill!"

There are bandit camps in the southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest directions. Although the camp in the north is relatively small, there are also 20,000 to 30,000 bandit soldiers. With their limited manpower, it is definitely impossible to attack the camp head-on, so they can only head towards the northeast and try to avoid the bandit camp.

The eunuchs, maids and old women in the rear followed closely and rushed out of the city gate. Although they were just a group of maids and old women, those who dared to rush out must have something to rely on.

Guards, eunuchs, maids, old women, and even teenagers, no more than a hundred people, armed with weapons and gritting their teeth, followed Chen Zhaoxuan as they rushed out.

They protected the two young masters, regardless of life or death, and risked their lives to protect them.

At this time, the benefits of Chen Zhaoxuan's kindness to others were revealed. The eunuchs and maids in the palace were all loyal to Chen Zhaoxuan's family.

"Stop them!"

The bandit leader outside the city discovered Chen Zhaoxuan and his group and immediately gave orders.

Suddenly, hundreds or thousands of bandits surrounded Chen Zhaoxuan and his group.

Chen Zhaoxuan waved his spear and cut a bloody path for his wife and children behind him.

There were more and more enemies blocking the way ahead, but Chen Zhaoxuan's spear was like the scythe of the god of death. All the bandits who came within ten feet of him were killed by him.

The speed of the attack slowed down, and the eunuchs and maids in the rear suffered casualties.

However, the bandits in front have begun to disintegrate.

Those bandits were not elite soldiers, and they were not fearless enough to die.

Faced with a killing god like Chen Zhaoxuan, they were terrified of being killed and fled in all directions.

But Chen Zhaoxuan and his men also attracted the elite bandits. A group of bandit cavalry that looked obviously different from ordinary bandits came galloping and crashed into the middle of the team.

"Chi'er!"

A shrill howl was heard, and Chen Zhaoxuan turned around suddenly, his eyes suddenly widened.

He saw a ferocious-looking thief slashing his son with a knife.

"what!"

Chen Zhaoxuan roared, "Charge forward!"

As he said this, he jumped up from his horse and stabbed the knife-wielding thief in the chest with his spear.

With a puff, the thief's chest was pierced.

Chen Zhaoxuan, however, held his son's body with one hand.

The fourteen-year-old boy had a bloody wound on his back.

"Cough cough~~" Chi'er coughed violently, his body shaking violently.

"Father!"

Chen Zhaoxuan's eyes were full of fear.

He was afraid that his son would die in front of him.

He was afraid that he would not be able to save his son.

Although he had made preparations for his entire family to die in Daizhou City, when the time came, his heart twitched with pain.

"Chi'er~~"

Princess Dai fell off her horse, crawled over, and cried loudly while hugging her son.

Chen Zhaoxuan looked at the Princess of Dai and waved his spear to kill the bandits around him.

He looked again at the guards and eunuchs who were still rushing out, and his daughter who was being protected by Xiao Anzi and Liu Bin.

His eyes were already filled with tears without him noticing.

"Go, go quickly!"

"Your Highness!" Xiao Anzi wanted to turn back.

Liu Bin killed a bandit soldier with a single blow, and took the opportunity to yell at Xiao Anzi, "Protect the princess!"

Chen Zhaoxuan's heart ached so much that it seemed to be bleeding, but he knew very well that his princess and son could not leave today, and only his daughter had a chance to survive.

"Miss!"

"Prince, kill them!" Princess Dai screamed, her hateful voice echoing throughout the battlefield.

Chen Zhaoxuan once again fought off the surrounding bandits and turned to look at the Princess of Dai behind him.

At this time, the princess had already placed her son's body on the ground; their son was already dead.

Princess Dai looked at Chen Zhaoxuan sadly, and suddenly placed the sword across her neck.

"Your Majesty~~"

"No!" Chen Zhaoxuan felt as if his heart was pierced.

Princess Dai resolutely committed suicide by slashing her throat with a sword, but her eyes were still looking at Chen Zhaoxuan with longing.

The grief in her heart was no less than that of Chen Zhaoxuan, but she understood more clearly that she had become a burden to Chen Zhaoxuan.

She hoped that Chen Zhaoxuan could avenge her son, but she hoped even more that Chen Zhaoxuan could escape.

"Go! Escape!" Princess Dai said her last words, and then fell miserably in a pool of blood.

It was her son's blood, which stained her green clothes and mixed with her blood.

"Ah~~"

Chen Zhaoxuan completely lost control. He looked at his wife and children lying on the ground, and at the bright red blood staining the yellow-brown land. He felt as if everything in front of him had turned blood red.

He roared and growled in anger.

He swung his spear and madly harvested the lives of the bandits.

As waves of bandits were defeated, new waves came.

Suddenly, thousands of arrows fell like rain.

It hit the armor on his body, but did not penetrate it.

But the bodies of the princess and Chi'er were full of arrows.

Chen Zhaoxuan rushed into the enemy camp like a madman, chasing thousands of bandits and fighting frantically.

"Kill, kill, kill~"

He kept muttering to himself, his eyes bloodshot.

He didn't know how much time had passed, nor how many people he had killed, but suddenly a knife came towards his abdomen. The knife was so fast and sharp that the exhausted Chen Zhaoxuan was caught off guard and was hit hard.

The blade entered his abdomen, and Chen Zhaoxuan fired a shot suddenly, sweeping the attacker away.

Another spear stabbed and pierced his shoulder.

"Ah~~"

He took up his spear and stabbed the bandit in front of him.

But at this moment, he fell down.

The afterglow of the setting sun dyed the sky red, and the bright red blood gathered into a stream. Chen Zhaoxuan lay on the ground, with blood gurgling from his mouth and nose.

His eyes were still moving as he looked at the corpses all around him, trying to find the bodies of his wife and children.

Unfortunately, he was too far away from the bodies of his wife and children at this time.

Several more spears pierced his back, the pain became weaker and his consciousness became blurred.

Gradually, his consciousness dissipated, dissipating with hatred and unwillingness.

The huge battlefield also became quiet.

King Daliang walked over with the help of his close followers. He looked calmly at Chen Zhaoxuan's body and the sea of ​​blood to the east of Chen Zhaoxuan.

The distance of three hundred feet was filled with corpses lying all over the place, just like a road paved with corpses.

"My lord, this man is so powerful that he killed thousands of our brothers! Liu Laosan and Li Dadao were both killed by him!" said a bandit leader with lingering fear.

King Daliang said in a deep voice: "This should be the King of Dai in Daizhou City. Take him down and find a place to bury him!"

Chen Zhaoxuan died, and the Daizhou city was also breached by the bandit army. Tens of thousands of people in the city were looted, and countless people died under the blades of the bandit army.

Liang Zhiman also died. He was a weak scholar who died under the swords of the bandits.

In the northeast of Daizhou City, Xiao Anzi was riding his horse madly while holding the unconscious little girl in his arms. There was no one else around him.

Liu Bin and the remaining guards were there to cover their retreat, and his life or death was unknown.

They didn't know how long they galloped until their horses fell to the ground from exhaustion and they were forced to stop.

Xiao Anzi's name is Fang An. He should no longer be called Xiao Anzi because he is now thirty-six years old.

The horse could no longer run, so Fang An carried the princess on his back and marched towards Shanhe Province day and night.

They hid all the way until three days later when they finally arrived at the territory of Shanhe Province.

The situation in Shanhe Province is much better than that in Longnan Province. At least there are no bandit troops roaming around.

As they arrived in Shanhe Province, the news that Daizhou City was breached by the enemy army and King Dai Chen Zhaoxuan died in battle in Daizhou City spread quickly.

……

In the imperial study in Kyoto Imperial Palace.

Chen Zhaojun sat behind the desk with a dazed look on his face.

The death of his brother was a great blow to him.

Since ancient times, kings have been mostly unfaithful, and the most ruthless are the imperial families.

Dramas of fathers and sons turning against each other and brothers killing each other were often staged in the royal family. In the face of supreme power, the family affection that ordinary people cherished was almost worthless.

Chen Zhaojun was not a sentimental person, but he still valued his younger brother very much.

It should be Chen Zhaojun's luck to have a close brother without any ambition.

But now this brother is dead!
Chen Zhaojun suddenly felt a little weak, a level of weakness he had never felt before.

He has been trying his best to change the situation in the court, but the result is getting worse and worse.

(End of this chapter)