It's better to be an empress than a county magistrate

King Chen felt that Lu Xingchen's behavior was too mean.

If you have the ability to fight a real battle on the battlefield, what's the point of playing tricks behind the scenes?

When His Royal Highness Prince Chen saw that the troops at the rear had completed their battle array, he rode forward and arrived at the center of the confrontation between the two sides.

Seeing that Prince Chen had already stepped out of the line, Lu Xingchen also rode his horse forward and came to a position where he could speak to Prince Chen without being overheard.

"Woman surnamed Lu, you are so bold that you dare to betray the court and start a rebellion."

King Chen raised the spear in his hand and said to Lu Xingchen.

"Today, I will destroy you right here."

Lu Xingchen also had an angry expression on his face, "Xiao Yan, you are so bold that you dare to betray His Majesty..."

"Your Majesty asked me to come and fight the thief."

King Chen was furious. This was simply the thief crying "stop thief".

"Lu Xingchen, you are such a mean woman. You actually spread rumors and framed me behind my back. I will definitely cut you into pieces today."

Lu Xingchen sneered, "I am loyal to Your Majesty, and all the territories and taxes I have conquered will be handed over to Your Majesty."

"Although the prince has conquered so much land, I have never seen him pay taxes to the court. Instead, he needs the court's military pay to support you."

"Who do you think is going to betray Daliang?"

"If I really betrayed Daliang, how could I hand over the taxes from my land to Your Majesty?"

King Chen was so angry that he almost died. "You are such a silver-tongued woman."

Lu Xingchen raised the spear in his hand, and the tassel danced in the wind.

"Prince Chen, Xiao Yan, you betrayed His Majesty and planned to establish yourself as emperor. Today, the commander-in-chief will execute you on His Majesty's orders and eliminate this great scourge for Daliang."

"Kill, kill her! You must kill her." King Chen shouted, waving the spear in his hand.

Immediately, King Chen's cavalry began to move.

Thousands of cavalrymen were so powerful that they raised dust on the ground and made the whole earth tremble.

Then the shouts of killing shook the world.

The sounds of neighing horses, unsheathed swords, and horses trampling the ground intertwined together, seeming to form a huge symphony.

Lu Xingchen returned to his position and slowly retreated.

She saw that King Chen's cavalry was gradually approaching her position.

At this moment, fifty muskets were fired.

With a loud bang, a puff of green smoke spewed out of the musket, and then bullets shot out from the muzzle and shot directly at King Chen's cavalry.

King Chen had never seen such a weapon before.

Naturally, his cavalry had never seen it either.

Dozens of cavalrymen fell under the attack of muskets.

Then fifty more gunmen came up from behind and pulled the trigger. Gunshots rang out, and dozens of King Chen's cavalrymen fell to the ground.

The wave of musketeers who had just finished firing went back to refill the gunpowder, compacted it with an awl, and loaded the bullets. At the same time, the third wave of musketeers pulled the trigger.

Under the suppression of muskets, Prince Chen's cavalry showed signs of retreat.

"Charge, charge forward, don't be scared by her weapon. Anyone who dares to retreat will be killed..." King Chen shouted from behind.

After the musketeers launched two rounds of attacks, King Chen's cavalry had already rushed to the front of the formation.

The musketeers stepped aside, and then the soldiers trained by Pei Jun appeared.

Qiang branches, long spears, and huge shields appeared in front of the cavalry.

When King Chen's cavalry approached, Qiangzhi attacked first, followed by spears, and then the cavalry who fell off their horses had their heads chopped off by the swordsmen.

Seeing thousands of cavalrymen being wiped out in the attack, King Chen could hardly believe what he was seeing.

"Charge forward, all of you, charge forward."

Because Lu Xingchen's position didn't seem to have many people, only about 3,000 to 4,000 soldiers in total. He had 15,000 soldiers, so how could he be completely suppressed by the other side?

He has led troops in battles for so many years, and his cavalry has been invincible. He has never been in such a passive situation as today.

The infantry also rushed forward with knives in hand.

At this moment, explosive packs were flying in the sky like stars falling to the ground.

This was followed by the sound of the catapult making a bang, shaking the entire valley.

This was followed by a series of violent explosions.

Although the power of explosives is not enough to kill people directly, it can have a huge deterrent effect and can also knock people away or make them unconscious.

The entire battlefield was immersed in the bombing of explosives.

After two waves of explosives were thrown, Lu Xingchen raised the spear in his hand.

"Kill them all, remember your achievements, and come back to claim your reward."

Suddenly, shouts of killing shook the sky, one louder than the other.

Zhang Fan, Wei Hu, Pei Jun, Leng Feng and others held up their weapons and clamped their legs around their horses.

The horses galloped forward and rushed into the battlefield

The infantry behind followed closely behind.

The two sides met with swords and the sound of killing continued.

The fighting between the two sides continued for nearly an hour.

The battlefield was covered in blood and corpses were everywhere.

The battle between the two sides has reached this point, and they are already completely stalemate. At this time, tactics and weapons are not important, and the brave will win when they meet on a narrow road.

However, under the suppression of muskets and explosives, King Chen's troops had lost their fighting spirit.

"Your Majesty, the situation is hopeless. Let's retreat, retreat back to Yongzhou City and defend it. We still have a chance to make a comeback." Sun Yang found the blood-thirsty Prince Chen and shouted.

King Chen looked at everything on the battlefield with red eyes, his heart broken.

How could his 15,000 elite soldiers be annihilated here today? He couldn't believe it.

This is reality, this is war.

King Chen cried out in pain, turned his horse around, and began to gallop towards Shazhou.

The retreating cavalry and infantry followed closely in the footsteps of King Chen.

"Xiao Yan, where are you escaping to?" Zhang Fan chased after King Chen with the big knife in his hand.

"Don't chase, don't chase." Wei Hu saw Zhang Fan chasing after him and shouted from behind.

Zhang Fan did not hear Wei Hu's call, and chased after King Chen with his personal guards.

"General, Zhang Fan is chasing after King Chen." Wei Hu said anxiously when he saw Lu Xingchen.

"Hurry up and take people to chase them, so as to avoid falling into a trap," said Lu Xingchen.

Prince Chen has been using troops for so many years. If he had kept a backup plan, Zhang Fan would be the one who would suffer.

Wei Hu agreed and took his men to follow Zhang Fan.

But he was too late. Zhang Fan was so angry that he wanted to kill King Chen and make a great contribution.

He wanted to lead the troops independently, he wanted to be the commander of an army.

Although he and Wei Hu grew up together and were as close as brothers, Wei Hu was already able to lead troops independently, but he could not. His competitive spirit had never been suppressed.

So he caught up with King Chen. If he could kill King Chen and accomplish this great feat, he would surely be valued by Lu Xingchen.

But he didn't expect that King Chen had left a thousand archers here.

Just as he was about to catch up with King Chen, suddenly a thousand archers appeared from all directions and started shooting arrows at him and his followers, launching an attack.

At first, Zhang Fan was so angry that he didn't take the thousand archers seriously at all. However, the enemy's attacks became more and more fierce. His heart skipped a beat and he realized that he was too rash and fell into the enemy's ambush.

It was too late to lead people out now.

He could only struggle forward, catch up with King Chen and kill him, which also meant he broke through the enemy's encirclement.