Please call me Your Majesty!

Chapter 250 I Want to Surrender

Chu Shizhao's deduction speed this time was much faster than the previous times.

"I'm so stupid that I didn't even notice such an important thing." Chu Shizhao cursed inwardly and rushed towards the city wall at a high speed.

Before people even climbed up the city wall, they heard bursts of miserable screams.

"Spare my life!"

"Please let us in, we are also citizens of the Great Zhou!"

"I don't want to die yet!"

These cries for mercy did not come from the walls of Xueyuan Pass, but from outside.

The gates were completely closed, blocking ordinary people from entering.

Chu Shizhao couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart.

I would rather be a dog in prosperous times than a man in troubled times!
He also wanted to save everyone, but there was no way. If the gates were not closed, it would be impossible to stop the charge of the Northern Di cavalry.

Once Xueyuan Pass is breached, it won’t just be these people who will die, but hundreds of thousands or millions of people from the Great Zhou.

As soon as he jumped onto the top of the city wall, Chu Shizhao felt the sky suddenly darken.

A dark cloud flew over from the direction of the Northern Di cavalry.

Chu Shizhao certainly knew that these were not dark clouds, but arrows released by the Northern Di cavalry.

Judging from the arrow feathers hitting the city wall, this should not be their first volley.

"Be careful to dodge!" Li Batian roared and ordered, while raising a huge shield.

It was not until this time that he noticed Chu Shizhao who had just jumped onto the city wall.

Li Batian was so frightened that his face turned pale.

If anything happened to Chu Shizhao, even if he was cut into pieces, it would not be enough to make up for my mistake.

"Be careful, Your Highness!"

Without caring whether he would get hurt or not, Li Batian stomped heavily on the city wall and rushed towards Chu Shizhao like a cannonball.

The enormous force shook the people around Li Batian all over the place, and the bluestones used to build the city walls were cracked where he stepped.

Look at this guy's aggressive look.

If Chu Shizhao didn't know that Li Batian was loyal to him, he couldn't help but suspect that this guy was rushing over to kill him.

In less than a breath, Li Batian had rushed in front of Chu Shizhao, and the huge shield protected the two of them firmly.

Almost at the same time, Chu Shizhao heard a series of clanging sounds coming from the shield.

And, endless screams.

When the rain of arrows ended, there was no sound at all from below the city wall.

Only on the city wall, there were many soldiers who were shot by arrows, holding their wounds and crying out in pain.

The long swords of these Northern Di cavalry were extremely terrifying, more than one meter long and as thick as two fingers.

Moreover, even at a distance of two or three hundred steps, these arrows could actually penetrate deeply into the city wall. Their power was astonishing.

Huo Qinghuang rushed over in a hurry and said, "I am late in coming to your rescue. Please punish me, young master."

The mission of the Wolf Riders is to protect the minority.

But her reaction was even slower than that of Li Batian, which was simply unforgivable.

"The battle situation is urgent. General Huo, there is no need to do this. What is the current situation?"

Chu Shizhao didn't pursue the matter any further.

Now that his biological brother, who he wasn't sure whether he was real or fake, was dead, Huo Qinghuang naturally wouldn't continue to waver, right?
The reason for uncertainty is that Chu Shizhao is also unclear.

Will there be another Chu Shiying or Chu Shilang in the future?

But at least in the deduction, Huo Qinghuang sacrificed himself more than once to save himself.

No matter what her purpose is, how could Chu Shizhao not trust such a person? If not her, who else could he trust?
Chu Batian threw away his shield, which had been pierced by dozens of arrows and could no longer be used.

"Reporting to Your Highness, Beidi must have discovered that the Dark Night Cult's plan to cooperate with them in the sneak attack on Xueyuan Pass has been exposed, so they dare not attack the city rashly."

Huo Qinghuang also added: "However, under the current circumstances, the Northern Di will certainly not be willing to withdraw their troops. They shot and killed the civilians under the city wall in order to undermine the morale of our army. Now that the civilians have almost been killed, it is estimated that they will soon attack the city."

When they arrived at the edge of the city wall, Chu Shizhao saw the miserable deaths of the people.

I'm afraid they would never have thought that after escaping from other places with great difficulty, they would end up dying here.

No one knows how many of them have not been discovered yet, and have been poisoned by the Dark Night Cult to deal with the people of the Great Zhou.

Chu Shizhao originally thought that they would test the situation with bows and arrows before attacking.

As a result, a man in armor slowly walked out from among the Beidi cavalry.

This man's armor was covered with complex and ferocious patterns, making him look particularly aggressive and fierce.

"Listen up, people on the city wall. I am Murong Ze, the Northern Di general who conquers the south. Now the Northern Di soldiers have arrived. You southern barbarians, surrender quickly."

"This general can show mercy and ensure that the people in the city will not be harmed."

"But if you barbarians dare to resist my Northern Di soldiers, we will kill you all when we break into the city!"

How could Li Batian tolerate such an insult? He flew into a rage: "How dare a mere barbarian dare to be so arrogant? Your Highness, I will chop off this guy's head and use it as a sacrifice to the flag!"

"Don't be impulsive." Chu Shizhao hurriedly stopped Li Tianba.

Although the Northern Di cavalry looked mighty and powerful, they might not be a match for Li Batian.

The point is, killing the main general of Beidi is useless. Now Beidi has easily captured several cities of Da Zhou and has become arrogant beyond measure.

Killing the main general will only make their attack more frenzied.

"But Young Master..." Li Batian still wanted to fight for it.

Huo Qinghuang glared at him coldly: "Pay attention to your identity. When is it your turn to question the young master's orders?"

Li Batian, who had killed countless people on the battlefield and had never known what fear was, suddenly felt a chill.

In a trance, he seemed to see a picture of his throat pierced by a spear.

Even though it was just a mere murderous intent.

However, Li Batian could instinctively feel that Huo Qinghuang was serious.

If he continued to insist, this woman would definitely kill him without mercy.

"Huo Qinghuang, don't be impulsive. Li Batian is just straightforward. I don't think she has any other intentions." Chu Shizhao knew the relationship between the two too well, so he quickly stepped forward to mediate.

After all, during the deduction, these two people fought because of their ideological and personalities more than once or twice.

Although both of them were very sensible and didn't really delay anything major.

But it had a profound impact on the army.

Especially when both of them lived relatively long lives, the armies they commanded were almost incompatible.

"It is your fault, Meng Lang. Please forgive me, young master." Huo Qinghuang never doubted Chu Shizhao's words and apologized immediately.

However, the person he apologized to was Chu Shizhao, not Li Batian. "Your Highness, I am a rough man. If there is anything wrong, please feel free to scold me."

Chu Shizhao was speechless.

He didn't know why, but these two people just disliked each other.

Now is not the time to think about these things. Chu Shizhao signaled the two with his eyes not to act rashly.

He stuck his head out from behind the parapet, pretending to smile cautiously, his voice trembling, looking extremely cowardly yet somewhat delighted: "General, is everything you said true?"

Murong Ze snorted disdainfully: "This general has no interest in deceiving you southern barbarians."

Chu Shizhao on the city wall shrank back in horror, which again aroused Murong Ze's disdain.

The officials of the Southern Dynasty really had no ability.

It's ridiculous that this pretty boy with nothing to his credit except his pretty face can become an official.

"General, please forgive me for making fun of you. After all, this concerns the lives of tens of thousands of people in Xueyuan Pass. I have to be more cautious, right?"

Chu Shizhao didn't believe a word the other party said.

This Murong Ze probably thought that he was very smart. He just said that he disdains to lie, but he didn't say that he can't lie.

Without any definite conditions, he tried to trick him into opening the city gate.

After all, this was not the first time the other party had fooled him.

"What do you mean?" Murong Ze's face darkened. The more he looked at the pretty boy on the city wall, the more annoying he found him.

Even though it was their first meeting, he wanted to chop the other person into minced meat.

Even Murong Ze couldn't figure out where his deep hatred for this guy came from.

Maybe, the other party is my enemy in the previous life.

"Hehe..." Chu Shizhao laughed dryly: "General, can you give us some time to discuss this?"

"No..." Murong Ze subconsciously wanted to refuse, but he swallowed the words back when they came to his lips.

They had already planned it before attacking Xueyuan Pass.

The members of the Dark Night Cult will use their poison techniques to deal with the generals and defenders of Xueyuan Pass.

Even if we can't kill them all, we can at least cause them huge damage so that they won't be able to defend themselves with peace of mind.

In addition, the members of the Dark Night Cult will control the city gates, allowing the Northern Di cavalry to march straight in and capture Xueyuan Pass in one fell swoop.

They had done this several times before, and the results were naturally better than expected.

They captured those cities with almost no effort.

Although the gate of Xueyuan Pass has been closed and the Dragon-Breaking Stone has been put down.

But looking at the state of the soldiers on the city wall, it is clear that they should indeed be familiar with the Dark Night Cult.

Although I don’t know what the situation is, the losses must be considerable.

But the walls of Xueyuan Pass were too high, even though he had confidence in the current Beidi cavalry.

But if we can take Xueyuan Pass without bloodshed, it’s better than losing lives, right?
All kinds of complicated thoughts flashed through Murong Ze's mind.

When the words of refusal came to my lips, they turned into: "Who are you to make this decision?"

Chu Shizhao hurriedly clasped his fists and said flatteringly: "General, I am Zhu Mingyuan, the commander of Xueyuan Pass. I dare not speak for other places, but at least in Xueyuan Pass, my words still carry some weight."

Seeing that Chu Shizhao seemed to become more confident all of a sudden when talking about his power, Murong Ze sneered and curled his lips.

No wonder the Great Zhou Dynasty was getting worse year by year. Such a guy who only knew how to bully others in his own circle could not only become an official but also a military general. More importantly, this guy was a military general who commanded the garrison of an entire city.

This guy would be so scared that he would pee his pants just by seeing the arrival of the Northern Di army.

It is ridiculous that the emperor of Beidi actually wants such a waste to guard the city.

"General, don't worry, I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer before sunset tomorrow."

Murong Ze was so angry that he almost laughed out loud.

"One hour. I will only give you one hour. If you fail to open the city gates and surrender, my cavalry will immediately launch an attack. By then, there will still be no one left."

Zhu Mingyuan on the tower suddenly became anxious: "General, this matter is not as easy as you think..."

Before he could finish, Murong Ze interrupted him coldly: "I don't care what difficulties you have, one hour more than a quarter of an hour is not acceptable, starting from now on."

As he was speaking, several Beidi cavalrymen rode up behind Murong Ze. One of them dismounted from his horse and took out a huge incense stick as thick as his forearm and stuck it into the ground.

The other person had already lit a torch and used it to light the incense stick.

Murong Ze's expression was icy: "If the incense is destroyed, the city will be destroyed!"

Seeing his resolute attitude, Chu Shizhao turned around and ran away in a hurry: "General, please wait for my news. Don't attack the city before the time comes... Ouch!"

In his haste, he seemed to have fallen.

Many of the Beidi cavalrymen, who had been like sculptures, exuding cold murderous intent, sneered in disdain.

On top of the city wall.

Both Huo Qinghuang and Li Batian were stunned.

Chu Shizhao is the fourth prince of the current Emperor Yongjin. Not only has he lived a life of luxury since childhood, but he also has great talent and strategy.

But what did they see just now?
His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince is a sinister villain who, in the face of a powerful enemy, does not want to defend his country, but instead is deliberately thinking about how to surrender.

If Chu Shizhao was not a prince, Huo Qinghuang, Li Batian and others might have directly taken action to chop off this surrenderist to avoid shaking the morale of the army.

"Your Highness, what are you doing?"

"Little Lord?"

Chu Shizhao continued to pretend to run, controlling the sound of his footsteps to gradually become lighter, making it look like he was running far away.

Then he whispered to them: "Just fooling these fools."

Then his expression changed and he said solemnly: "Li Batian, you must leave the city immediately to find Hengyi and have them rush to Xueyuan Pass as quickly as possible to help evacuate the people there."

"Huo Qinghuang, you lead fifty... no! One hundred Ice Wolf Riders to wipe out all the remnants of the Dark Night Cult in Xueyuan Pass as quickly as possible. Don't leave any alive."

Originally, Chu Shizhao did not dare to transfer too many Ice Wolf Cavalry, but considering that the morale of the defenders of Xueyuan Pass is now relatively good, it should not be a big problem.

Before Huo Qinghuang left, Chu Shizhao whispered a few words in her ear with a smile.

After the two of them left, Chu Shizhao called some generals in the army.

Seeing these few things, Chu Shizhao found that he could not blame the generals for their low morale.

Except for the main general Zhu Mingyuan, almost all the generals with experience in leading troops were captured by the Dark Night Cult.

The person with the highest authority was actually just a vanguard officer, and the rest were six captains.

A captain with a hundred men under him is not even considered an officer.

Obviously, in the eyes of the Dark Night Cult, the Xueyuan Pass is no different from a sieve, full of holes.

(End of this chapter)