Joy of Life: I'm really not a saint

It seems that this will end the war.

"If you ask me who is qualified to lead Dongyi City today, maybe I am more suitable than you!"

In the local war, the Black Knights have gained the advantage, but new soldiers and new enemies keep pouring out of the forest, making the battle situation more and more tense.

There is space here for the cavalry to launch a charge, but it is only the initial wave of attack. Once it is resisted, the cavalry will be unable to move and will be stuck in the quagmire.

"The front team retreats! The reserve team attacks!"

While organizing the second wave of attack, Fan Xian responded to Li Chengzong angrily: "Since we know that you have the blood of Dongyi City and Qing Kingdom, why did you stop the cavalry of Dongyi City and Qing Kingdom? Now that Qing Kingdom is under attack, do you really want to betray your country?"

“Hahaha!” Li Chengzong narrowed his eyes slightly, a cold light gradually appeared in his eyes, and his voice became as thin as an icy line: “No matter what, I have never really hurt Qingguo. Or to be more precise, I have never had the ability to hurt Qingguo. I don’t have the strength and qualifications to do so!”

"I did not participate in the fight for the throne between the Li family princes, and I was not present in the assassination of my father. After all, I am a citizen of Qing Kingdom!"

"And you? What did you do?"

"Assassinating my father! Forcing the Queen Mother to death! Participating in the fight between the princes! Which of these is not an act of treason!?"

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Chapter 378 The debt of favor is the hardest to repay!

"I didn't kill the Queen Mother!"

Fan Xian's expression was complicated, and he no longer had the confidence to respond.

"Even if you didn't kill the Queen Mother." The eldest prince approached step by step, "Do you really dare to say that you don't have such thoughts? If you answer that I don't, then please explain your actions when you appeared in front of the palace that night!"

Fan Xian couldn't answer because what Li Chengzong said was true.

Is it right to avenge your mother?

Of course it is right.

But Fan Xian's every move also brought great harm to the country called "Nanqing", consuming countless resources and strength.

Due to the terrain, the mixed cavalry of about 2,000 people was just a test, the vanguard, and the subsequent forces were approaching and rotating.

The real battle has not yet begun.

It usually takes a long time for the direction of a war to be seen with the naked eye.

"You can't answer?"

Li Chengzong pointed at the scene in the field and said, "You were an envoy to Northern Qi before and made contributions to the country, but today is the first time you actually fought with Northern Qi, right?"

"Have you ever calculated how many Qing people have died at your hands directly or indirectly? Even if all the Northern Qi soldiers here are dead, can they catch up?"

"Is this your attitude towards Qing now?" Fan Xian said to Li Chengzong worriedly. The two of them had officially fallen out, and the friendship they had in the past had disappeared without a trace today. "You know the purpose of my trip and the effect it can have. This is a respite for Qing, and it is also the best way to bring stability to the people of all countries! If you still refuse to give way, it only proves that you are no longer a person of Qing."

"Qing Kingdom? Haha, are you talking about the Qing Kingdom that is now headed by the Second Brother?"

"Concubine Yi and the Queen are still in her hands!"

"He and Cheng Qian have opposite personalities, but their natures are the same. If I were such a person from Qing Country, I would not have been one long ago!"

"You should think about how to explain to Chengping. He is still young, but Cheng Qian is the one who trusts you the most. How is he now?"

The atmosphere in the field right now is very subtle. The leaders of the two opposing sides are actually a pair of half-brothers. I don't know what the deep meaning of Li Ang's arrangement is.

But the soldiers on both sides attacking each other don't care about that.

Fan Xian led the Black Cavalry of Qing Kingdom and the Cavalry of Dongyi City.

Except for the one hundred or so personal guards who served as grassroots officers, all those led by Li Chengzong were people from Northern Qi!

And how much did the people of Northern Qi hate the people of Qing?

This can be seen from the fact that they suffered more damage than the enemy, but they fought to the death.

"Cheng Qian is now in Dongyi City. He tried to commit suicide, but I stopped him."

Facing Li Chengzong approaching with a gun, Fan Xian gradually turned his horse to meet him.

The two of them fought with real swords and guns!

Under normal circumstances, Fan Xian's ninth-rank strength would be enough to defeat the seventh-rank Li Chengzong in two rounds. But now that he was missing an arm, even his skills were greatly reduced. If he hadn't started practicing the "Four-Guo Swordsmanship" mental method, he wouldn't even dare to use his domineering true energy easily.

In addition, spearmanship is a battlefield weapon, and he is not as proficient as Li Chengzong.

Only then can the two of them fight back and forth!

However, the enemy had roughly figured out his marching route and strength. Although it could ease the pressure on the border troops of Qing State and attract part of the strength of Northern Qi State, defeat was inevitable sooner or later.

Just as he is gradually losing to Li Chengzong now.

"Then you should really let Cheng Qian commit suicide successfully, why stop him!"

Li Chengzong's spear skills were powerful and wide-open. He did not look ahead and behind like Fan Xian, who was petty and integrated his sword skills into the spear skills. With the burst of true energy, he struck Fan Xian's waist and abdomen with a powerful spear, forcing him and his horse to retreat two steps, and also knocked the spear in Fan Xian's hand away.

He was cautious in his heart, knowing that Fan Xian's real strength lay in his endless stream of tricks, not his marksmanship.

Taking advantage of Fan Xian's weak stance, he quickly spurred on his horse and chased after him!

"Do you really think so?"

Fan Xian smiled bitterly: "Cheng Qian looks a lot like my father. I killed my father, but I didn't want Cheng Qian to die in front of me."

He drew out the soft sword from his waist, and with the infusion of true Qi, the sword tip became straight. He planned to use the true Qi to burst out his ninth-grade strength for a short period of time to defeat Li Chengzong first!

He didn't know what Li An was going to do to him if he was captured. Thinking about his broken arm, Li An's move was too dark and too heavy.

Fan Xian shook his head violently, and three steel needles hidden in his hair jumped out and stabbed towards Li Chengzong's face!

Following closely, Fan Xian thrust his sword straight forward!

"Piercing the sky and the earth!"

"Well done!"

Li Chengzong raised his spear and swung it around, knocking three steel needles away. He then gathered his remaining strength to meet Fan Xian's sword!

But is it so easy to stop the ninth level of cultivation?

Fan Xian jumped on his horse, and the long sword in his hand mixed with true energy and kinetic energy, splitting the spear in Li Chengzong's hand in two, and finally stabbed Li Chengzong's shoulder. At the last moment, Li Chengzong only had time to lean his body, but could not completely avoid the attack.

The true energy surged into the body and then exploded.

Li Chengzong felt as if his shoulders were being scraped by countless knives, the pain was unbearable.

He lay down on the horse's rump.

He loosened his hands, threw away the broken gun, and took out another thing from his clothes. It was this thing that made Fan Xian open his eyes wide!

That's a pistol!

The hammer hit the machine gun, sparks flew out, and a bullet exploded in the air with a loud bang. The bullet also hit Fan Xian's chest and then fell to the ground.

Has Fan Xian become indestructible?

No. He was wearing a 'bulletproof vest'!

This is the way to survive in Dongyi City!

Even so, Fan Xian spat out a mouthful of thick blood. The huge pressure in his chest made his eyes turn black in an instant, and his legs went soft and he fell off the horse.

The previous forceful burst of true energy had caused him to suffer even more injuries, and he looked extremely uncomfortable.

Lost!

Who would have thought that he would be defeated by a pistol?

Also, where did Li Chengzong get the pistol? Did Li An give it to him as well?

Li Chengzong dismounted, picked up an ownerless spear on the ground, and slowly walked towards Fan Xian.

The Black Cavalry on the side wanted to rescue him, but they were held back by the chaotic army in front of them and could not move forward. They could only watch Fan Xian dying.

The tip of the spear stopped at Fan Xian's neck, and Li Chengzong shouted: "The enemy general has been captured! The others must surrender and will not be killed!"

"Give up, it's useless!"

Fan Xian's weak voice was heard. As expected, no one, whether from Dongyi City or the Black Cavalry, stopped fighting.

It is understandable that the people of Dongyi City did not care about Fan Xian's comfort.

But did the Black Knights even ignore their leader?

Li Chengzong didn't know that the Black Cavalry would only carry out the initial order. If the leader died, the deputy leader would take over. If the deputy leader died, the junior officer would take over again, and this would continue until the last person completed the established order.

Even Fan Xian is no exception!

This is also the reason why the Black Knights can become the strongest force in Qing Kingdom and the most feared existence.

"I'll spare your life, and then you can order a retreat to Dongyi City in the name of the leader!" Li Chengzong said coldly as he looked at Fan Xian lying on the ground, unable to even get up.

"In this way, Ye Qingmei's friendship and the favor of the princess have been repaid!"

Chapter 379 makes the death of the people meaningless.

"You won't kill me?"

"I don't think these favors can buy you a life. When you go back, Li An will find out that you let me go, and I'm afraid it will be bad for you."

Li Chengzong was a recent surrender, and with the relationship with the eldest princess, he had a future in Northern Qi.

But releasing the enemy general in front of the battle line is not a good idea, even if the two are brothers.

The military has strict laws and regulations, and Li An would not be able to convince the people if he did not punish Li Chengzong.

"I have my own plans!"

Li Chengzong seemed unintentional, but in fact he gave the final reminder. If he was not used unless necessary in Northern Qi, he might just be an idle person. "It is impossible for Dongyi City and Qing Kingdom to defeat Northern Qi with Li An in charge!"

What this means is that if you, Fan Xian, still want to do something, you still have to seek help from outside.

Previously, there was an unspoken rule in various countries that grand masters were not allowed to participate in wars, but this rule no longer applies to him, Li An. What's more, the people who made the rules are almost all dead now!

Looking at the figure of the elder brother in front of him, Fan Xian gradually fell silent.

In Fan Xian's opinion, this prince, who was born in a humble family but had no ambition to be emperor, was actually the most suitable person to be the emperor of Qing.

If it weren't for his background, he would be more suitable for the position in Fan Xian's mind than the Third Prince.

To outsiders, Li Chengzong is a mixed-race of Dongyi and Nanqing, a straightforward military general, a henpecked, henpecked, and straight man.

But Fan Xian knew that Li Chengzong was the one who was most similar to him, and was the "modern man" most like himself and Li Ang!

The two were originally friends, and even brothers, but things have come to this point. Is this what Li Ang wants to tell me?

The spear tip against Fan Xian's neck slowly moved away. Fan Xian stood up and stared at Li Chengzong for a long time before finally saying, "You are still a Qing countryman."

Raising his hands and shaking them, Fan Xian shouted, "Gather together, and retreat with me!"

Li Chengzong stared at the group of cavalrymen who seemed to be buried in the black without blinking. After a fierce battle, they were still agile and expressionless. Wearing blood-stained black armor, they slowly retracted their spears and raised their straight swords, carrying bows and arrows on their backs and retreating slowly but orderly.

The fierce murderous aura that hit him in the face made him hold his breath subconsciously.

It was the first time he had seen the strength of the Black Knights. In the past he had only heard rumors from others, but now it seemed that these rumors were not only not exaggerated, but rather modest!

"See you next time. If nothing unexpected happens, we will be complete enemies." Li Chengzong had already lost heart to Qing Kingdom, and what he said was from his heart.

"The friendship is over, and that's how it should be"

Fan Xian frowned when he saw the chaos on the field. Although he had a purpose for this trip, he still ordered his soldiers to take the bodies of his dead companions with him.

They are going to retreat and pause.

Whether to return to Dongyi City or wait for an opportunity to fight again, Fan Xian has to think about it before making a decision.

Li Chengzong tightened his grip on the spear, watching coldly as Fan Xian led his troops to slowly retreat. When Fan Xian disappeared from his sight, he turned around and asked his adjutant, "Casualties!"

The adjutant was covered in blood at this time. He did not answer immediately after hearing the words. Instead, he looked at Li Chengzong with hatred.

He probably didn't expect that he would suffer such a huge loss in this battle, and he didn't expect that Li Chengzong, as the chief officer, would choose to let the enemy go. He snorted in a low voice: "More than 1,200 brothers were killed and more than 2,000 were injured!"

These are just visual estimates, and the specific data can only be obtained after processing the battlefield.

As usual, he analyzed and explained: "The enemy's armor is thick and cannot be easily broken. Although they have just arrived and are exhausted, they are very capable. We were not well prepared and gave them the opportunity to charge, so there were so many casualties. But I will report your actions to the Imperial Master later. I hope Your Excellency will know!"

This is what it should be.

Li Chengzong sighed. Li An asked him to make this contribution. It seemed that he was too shallow to bear it. "You have worked hard. Let the wounded and those in the front take a rest first. The people in the rear will replace the people in the front to clean up the battlefield. Give orders to load all the bodies onto the trucks and take them back. I will give you an explanation for this matter!"