Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law.

Chapter 587: Prince Huai Returns
Under the dim sky.

Fengzhou was located in the Chen army camp in Luanshan County. This county was the southernmost part of Fengzhou and also bordered Yanzhou.

Because Fengzhou and Huaizhou are now the territories of the "Chen Mo regime", the Chen army stationed in Fengzhou no longer needs to be stationed in Jing County to guard Huaizhou, but only needs to be on guard against the south.

This resulted in most of the Chen army stationed in Fengzhou coming to Luanshan County to camp. In the general's tent of the military camp, Deng Tian, ​​who served as the chancellor of the Xianzhenwei and is now the garrison commander of Fengzhou, had just finished his dinner and was holding a military book, reading it with great interest.

On the table in front of him was a map of the area around Luanshan County. This map was recently drawn and some places had not yet been completed. After all, Chen's army had just occupied Fengzhou not long ago, and the previous maps of the area around Luanshan County were basically meaningless because they were too old, so they needed to be newly drawn.

"Tap Tap"

A hurried sound of footsteps came from outside the tent. It was Deng Tian's personal soldiers. As soon as they came in, they said anxiously: "General, it's bad. Xing County was attacked by the enemy and suffered heavy losses. I hope you can send reinforcements."

"what?"

Hearing this, Deng Tian stood up suddenly, his face changed slightly, and he quickly looked at the map on the table in front of him.

Xing County is to the east of Luanshan County, and the two counties are less than fifty miles apart. Although it is also close to Yanzhou, there is a mountain a thousand feet high on the side of Xing County away from Yanzhou.

Fengzhou only has enemies in the south, but if the enemies in the south want to attack Fengzhou, the easiest way is to invade from Luanshan County. If they invade from Xing County, they have to cross the thousand-foot mountain and there is no route for marching. Could it be that the army that raids Xing County fell from the sky?

Deng Tian frowned. On the newly drawn map of Luanshan County, the east side was not drawn successfully.

"Who has the troops and how many people are there?" Deng Tian asked.

"General, according to the brothers who came to ask for help, this enemy army is wearing Chongjun armor, and the number of people is unknown."

"What, the armor of Chongjun?" Deng Tian's eyelids jumped. If it was the Yanzhou army that raided Xing County, he wouldn't have to worry too much, but if it was the Chongjun, he knew there might be big changes.

The war was suddenly imminent, and Deng Tian had no time to think about it. He hurriedly said, "Send the order to gather 5,000 troops and follow me to rescue Xing County. Also, send a messenger to Huaizhou to tell General Xiao and General Zhao that the Chong army was found in Fengzhou, and ask them to be on guard."

While speaking, Deng Tian was also putting on armor.

"promise."

……

Soon, Deng Tian led 5,000 troops to Xing County overnight to provide assistance.

However, only twenty miles out of the city, they passed through a valley.

"Kill."

In the lush valley, countless soldiers in Chongjun armor swooped down from the mountains on both sides of the official road.

At this time, it was not completely dark yet and the road could be seen clearly, but it was gloomy after all and it was impossible to estimate how many people there were. Listening to the thunderous shouting and killing, it only felt like there were thousands of troops.

Deng Tian sat upright on horseback in the center of the army, his face showing a little panic, but his expression was still calm. He quickly ordered the infantry to deploy the army formation and attack with the magic arm crossbow.

Amid the sound of gongs and drums, the infantrymen formed a tortoise-back formation. The shield soldiers held up their heavy shields and stood at the front, with long spears placed on top of their shields to prevent the formation from being broken up by the swooping enemy troops.

puff!

The first enemy soldier who rushed to the front was instantly pierced through the body by four or five spears.

Seeing that more and more people were rushing up, the crossbowmen and longbowmen in the turtleback formation immediately called out and fired thousands of arrows.

"Puff. Puff."

"Ahhh."

The sounds of shouting, screaming, roaring, etc. intertwined together, bringing a strong smell of blood and noise to the originally silent valley.

Deng Tian sat upright on his horse, looking around to see if there were any omissions so that he could fill them in time.

But at this moment, his ears pricked up and he instinctively felt a little uneasiness. He looked up and saw a sharp sound of breaking wind coming from diagonally above. The speed was so fast that even though he dodged quickly, the arrow still knocked off the helmet on his head.

The protective spiritual energy around him was like a layer of thin paper, and became vulnerable in front of the sharp arrow.

Deng Tian's face changed drastically, and he immediately realized that the person who shot the arrow was stronger than himself.

On a commanding height in the mountains on the right side of the official road, Prince Huai put down his bow and arrow, frowned, and muttered, "He actually managed to dodge it."

He waved his hand and said in a cold tone: "Don't let anyone escape."

The battle lasted for half an hour and ended early.

Prince Huai personally led his troops to ambush, and their number was larger. Deng Tian was not leading the most elite and brave guards in the Chen army, so how could he win?

Not only that, none of the 5,000 troops that Deng Tian brought out to help escaped. At this moment, the sky had already darkened.

In the valley, flames lit up and shone on the official road. Corpses could be seen everywhere, and blood had dyed the yellow mud road red.

Next to a burning tree, Deng Tian, ​​covered in blood, was tied up and kneeling on the ground.

Of course, the blood was not his, but that of his enemy.

All around him were Huai Army soldiers wearing Chong Army armor, holding swords and guns and pointing them at him.

Deng Tian was captured by Prince Huai himself. Prince Huai's confidants had either died in previous battles or surrendered. Therefore, even when facing Deng Tian, ​​a fifth-rank warrior, he had to do it himself to capture him.

Under the gazes of those people, the King of Huai came to Deng Tian with a sword hanging from his waist. Seeing Deng Tian kneeling in front of him with his hands tied behind his back, the King of Huai was very happy:

"Fengzhou, I am back again. This time I will take back everything I lost before."

When the King of Huai was speaking excitedly, Deng Tian spat and said sarcastically: "You are a loser dog, barking here."

"How dare you." The personal soldiers of Prince Huai shouted loudly, and swung the whip down with a sound of breaking wind. Only a snap was heard, but the whip did not hit Deng Tian.

It was Prince Huai who stopped him.

"Go back."

The soldier looked at Prince Huai with some confusion, but ultimately did not dare to disobey the order and retreated.

Prince Huai said calmly, "I did lose miserably before, but that was before. I underestimated him. This time I came back to let him have a taste of what I felt back then. You must be very confused now, wondering why I am lying in ambush here, right?"

Perhaps because he had lost too many battles, Prince Huai couldn't wait to show off his victory in front of Deng Tian.

Looking at the smug look of Prince Huai, Deng Tian smiled contemptuously, tilted his head to one side, and looked down on Prince Huai.

The smile on the King Huai's face froze. Deng Tian's reaction was obviously beyond his expectations. He immediately said, "You would never have thought that there is a small path in the mountain south of Xing County, right?
By the way, my real target is not Xing County. Attacking Xing County is just a trick of mys truly. My real goal is to lure you out and ambush you. I didn’t expect you to really fall for it, hahahaha.”

In the face of Prince Huai's ridicule, Deng Tian remained silent.

This feeling was like punching cotton, and Prince Huai felt uncomfortable.

He thought about it, changed his train of thought, and said, "Do you want to live? As long as you surrender to me, I will give you a way out. Not only that, I will also ask the court to confer you a title of nobility."

Prince Huai felt that killing Deng Tian was too easy and would not be able to avenge Chen Mo. If Deng Tian could be persuaded to surrender, he could truly avenge Chen Mo and let him taste the feeling of being betrayed by his own people.

However, Deng Tian remained silent, with an expression as calm as if he was ready to die.

The guards of the Prince of Huai could not help but shout: "Don't refuse a toast and drink a penalty. The prince is kind-hearted and will give you a way out. Don't be ungrateful."

"Humph." Deng Tian snorted coldly, "You are traitors, losers, and incompetent people who were beaten by the Duke of Anguo and left their wives and children behind. You are worthy of my surrender, bah."

Deng Tian spat a mouthful of thick phlegm directly at King Huai.

Unfortunately, it was blocked by Prince Huai's innate spiritual energy.

"presumptuous!"

"Be bold!"

The personal soldiers of the King of Huai nearby immediately became angry and ready to skin Deng Tian alive as soon as the King of Huai gave the order.

Prince Huai was also angered by Deng Tian's words, especially the sentence that "he was beaten by Duke Anguo and abandoned his wife and children", which touched his bottom line and his face darkened.

But he still maintained his restraint and said coldly: "Traitor? Come, show him the imperial edict and let him see who the traitor is."

"promise."

Soon, a personal soldier came to Deng Tian with the imperial edict, opened it, and brought the torch in his hand closer so that Deng Tian could see it more clearly.

Prince Huai also said: "The court has vindicated me. Chen Mo is the real traitor. His Majesty has issued an order to dismiss Chen Mo's title and official position, and to appoint me as the governor of Fengzhou, in charge of all matters in Fengzhou, and to lead the army to attack the traitor Chen Mo."

Since Lu Sheng has allied with King Chong and King Huai, he naturally has to justify the names of the two. Moreover, he also needs a reason to send troops to attack Chen Mo.

Fortunately, during Chen Mo's early years, he had many "black spots", including being a rebel and killing officials, which can now be used to deal with Chen Mo.

When Deng Tian heard this, his heart sank and he thought to himself that something was wrong.

(End of this chapter)