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Chapter 248 The Defeat Has Been Determined
Ye Zhaoyan, who was soaked in blood, sheathed his sword, turned his head and stepped into the billowing dust and smoke in the distance. After a while, the dust cleared, and a tall man with a black cloth on his head walked out of the dust and smoke under her escort.

The armies of both sides were stunned.

I saw the man staggering, covered in blood, his body was still tied with ropes, his lips were blocked by cloth strips, and his injuries were serious, as if he had been punished.

Ye Zhaoyan pushed the man towards the Beiliang army, forced him to kneel down, and said loudly, "Here is Chu Li, son of Beiliang!"

"What?" The generals of Beiliang stared wide-eyed, their faces full of astonishment.

Chen Yuntao also opened his eyes wide, showing disbelief.

How did Chu Li become like this!

An hour ago, Ye Zhaoyan tried his best to persuade him to hand over Chu Li on the grounds that Tianlu held Beiliang's prince hostage in order to clear the relationship between Nanzhao and Nanzhao.

Thinking of Beiliang's strength, Chen Yuntao finally let go of Chuli and handed it over to the opponent.

He could have expected Ye Zhaoyan to interrogate Chu Li and even blackmail Bei Liang with Chu Li, but he didn't expect her to be so bold as to torture the son of Bei Liang into such a state!

Chen Yuntao turned pale with shock, and asked sharply, "Major General Ye, what did you do to him?"

If he offends the future monarch of Beiliang, who can bear Beiliang's anger in the future?

Ye Zhaoyan smiled and said: "Commander Chen, don't worry, Ye didn't hurt his life, he just taught him a lesson."

She immediately shouted: "Come here, tear off the wrapping from his head!"

Immediately, some soldiers tore off the cloth strips stuffed on Chu Li's head, revealing a horrible face.

Everyone gasped——Chu Li's forehead was dripping with blood, and his flesh was curled up. It was obvious that he had been tortured terribly.

When the Beiliang army saw this person, they immediately exploded.

"His Royal Highness..."

Chu Li stared at Ye Zhaoyan angrily, wishing to eat his bone marrow and chew his flesh.

Ye Zhaoyan was not afraid of Chu Li's venomous eyes, but said with a smile, "His Royal Highness, you are safe and well. Ye Mou respects you as the future monarch of Beiliang, so you are spared. You don't have to thank Ye Mou."

Chu Li struggled and opened his mouth to cry out, but just as he uttered a word, his throat felt as if it had been scorched by fire, the pain was unbearable, and he started coughing.

He looked at this very familiar face under the sun, and a thought in his mind became clearer and clearer.

It was too dark that night, he was anxious to get the seal and documents, and he didn't care about the front and back, so he didn't see through the identity of this person.

And two hours ago, when Ye Zhaoyan tortured him with punishment, he suddenly realized.

Besides Ye Wenxuan's direct descendants, who else could have such deep hatred for him?

And Ye Wenxuan didn't have any heirs at all.

Scenes flashed through his mind, and his conjecture became more and more certain. The face of Major General Ye in front of him overlapped with the face of a beautiful woman in his mind.

"He" is clearly Marven Ye's granddaughter Ye Zhaoyan!

She is here to take revenge on him!

"Why are you staring at me like that?"

Chu Li gritted his teeth and stared at her fiercely, "You are Ye Zhao."

"Wait." Ye Zhaoyan interrupted Chu Li with a loud voice, and glanced at him lightly: "I advise the prince to be quiet, so as not to humiliate himself."

Chu Li's canthus was about to burst, his eyes flickered, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Ye heard that the son is far-sighted, broad-minded, and rare to be wise, so Ye wants to discuss a business with the son, but I don't know what the son will do?" Ye Zhao said in an understatement.

Chu Liyin said ruthlessly: "Don't be crazy! Do you really think you can do whatever you want by pinching me? Beiliang will not be so stupid as to let you get whatever you want! When the two armies are fighting, you Tianlu can only hit a stone with an egg!"

"His Royal Highness is indeed very brave, but it's a pity that your Beiliang army is not up to par." Ye Zhaoyan shook his head and sighed, "His Royal Highness may wish to guess, just now the two armies are fighting, how is the battle in Beiliang?"

Chu Li fell silent. He had already noticed that the Beiliang army was not as good as the Ye family army.

It's just that the number of Beiliang's army is astonishing, and Tianlu can't do anything about it.

Ye Zhaoyan looked calm, "Eight thousand Beiliang troops are on the line, and the morale of the Ye family army has not diminished. One thousand elite soldiers defeated the vanguard of two thousand Beiliang troops."

Chu Li's face changed slightly, and he stared at Ye Zhaoyan coldly, wishing to eat his flesh alive.

He never expected that Ye Zhaoyan would be so tough. A newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, and if he dared to openly deal with the Beiliang army, wouldn't he be afraid of the remaining Beiliang army's counterattack?

Ye Zhaoyan seemed to see through his thoughts, "Although the Ye family's army is not weak, Ye Mou didn't want to hurt both sides and hurt the peace of the two countries, so he invited the prince!"

"What on earth are you trying to do!" Chu Li asked in a hoarse voice.

Ye Zhaoyan continued: "All you need is for the son to agree to let Beiliang surrender and retreat, and I promise to let the son go."

Chu Li suddenly laughed, tears streaming down his face: "Ye Zhaoyan, you underestimate me, do you really think I'm a covetous person who fears death?"

He didn't believe that Ye Zhaoyan, the daughter of a Tianlu general, dared to risk the limelight of provoking disputes between the two countries, and really hurt his life.

"Although Beiliang's army is brutal, it has a fatal weakness. It is afraid of civil strife and cannot be leaderless. If the prince dies because of the confrontation between the two armies, who will be left to hold the military power?" Ye Zhaoyan lowered his head and approached him, " I'm afraid the son doesn't know that Chu Yuan has fled from Beiliang with his mother."

This sentence is like throwing a stone into a calm lake, instantly setting off monstrous waves.

Chu Li is not the only prince in Beiliang, the one who is more qualified to inherit the throne is Chu Yuan who was originally imprisoned for many days.

Chu Li's pupils suddenly tightened, and Chu Yuan escaped!

If he dies here, Chu Yuan is very likely to be in power. In this way, Tianlu will gain some influence indistinctly.

At that time, maybe Emperor Donglin will reward the Ye family.

With such a best-of-both-worlds approach, there is no guarantee that Ye Zhaoyan will not be greedy for profit and really become murderous!
I didn't calculate this point after all my calculations!
"You" he finally started to get scared.

Ye Zhaoyan raised his eyes to look in the direction of Beiliang Camp, and said lightly: "My lord, as long as you are willing to surrender, I promise that my soldiers will never hurt you, and send you back to Beiliang safe and sound!"

The Beiliang army was in chaos.

The soldiers in Beiliang yelled for the general to lead troops to attack Ye's army, while Ye Zhaoyan controlled Chu Li's neck. As long as she exerted a little force, she could break Chu Li's neck.

Although the Beiliang soldiers roared angrily, they had to admit that their eldest son had been captured, and they could no longer act rashly.

If the eldest son died, the situation in Beiliang would be in jeopardy.

All power wheels will be shuffled and reshuffled.

This is not a good thing for the officials and generals in Beiliang who are now holding power.

At this time, Chen Yuntao rode over and said in a deep voice, "My lord, since we are already doomed, why not surrender."

He had to admire that Ye Jiajun played this game of chess very well.

　I've been very busy the past few days, so I didn't have time to refine yesterday's update, sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)