Traveling through ancient times: living a different life

They walked to the East City. Because of the rain, there were few soldiers outside the square. Everyone was hiding in the house. Only a few soldiers were standing guard in the rain wearing bamboo hats. When the soldiers saw the princess coming, they all saluted and greeted her.

Bi Yue greeted them with a smile, and then walked up the steps to the top of the city wall. Zhu Jingtang and several generals were watching the battle on the city wall. When they saw Bi Yue coming, they all saluted him. She said to everyone,

"General and other generals, there is no need to be polite. I will come over to see the situation of the battle. I heard that Dongfang Wenqing of Wulan Country is very good at martial arts. The long spear in his hand is very powerful. It seems to contain magic power with lightning. It is obviously a magic weapon."

General Shi added, "The princess is right. That halberd is very strange. It turns out to be a magical weapon. No wonder when our weapons collided with it, our palms felt numb, and then the numbness spread to our entire hands, like an electric shock."

"Is there any way to suppress her?"

General Ding continued, "Now that the princess is here, there must be a way to suppress her."

Bi Yue looked at them and said, “The trident in General Han Luochen’s hand can suppress Dongfang Wenqing’s halberd.

After hearing what the princess said, all the generals looked down at the tower, mainly staring at the trident in Luo Chen's hand. The three generals next to him were also fighting fiercely.

Luo Chen was fighting with Dongfang Wenqing, and they were evenly matched. When the two weapons collided, there was a "bang bang" sound.

Zhu Jingtang explained to Biyue, "Just now, General Zhao and General Qiu led their troops to fight. The three generals fought against him, but none of them was his match. One of them was injured and fell off his horse.

General Han volunteered to fight, and he and several other generals just went out to fight him. It was only an incense stick of time since they went down, and you came here."

Bi Yue listened to his explanation, glanced at him sideways, and then looked down. She saw that the two men were equally skilled. The two weapons flew up and down, making crisp collision sounds. Dongfang Wenqing's halberd seemed to be more powerful in this rainy day.

Maybe it was raining, and the lightning in the gun could be transmitted more easily when it met water, but Luo Chen's trident was not to be triumphed over, and the two fought hard.

Several generals nearby were also fighting with the enemy. Dongfang Wenqing saw that he could not gain the upper hand, so he shot out ten poisonous darts from his sleeves and shot them at Luo Chen.

Because the two were close to each other, and the opponent had more poison marks, Luo Chen saw that the situation was dangerous and had no time to do anything else. He quickly hid on the horse. The poison marks shot from the direction of his body.

The poisonous dart did not hit Luo Chen, but hit the soldiers of Ulan State. Only screams were heard from the soldiers who were hit. Maybe three or five people were hit.

The screams made Dongfang Wenqing realize that the person riding the horse suddenly disappeared, disappearing from the horse, and the warhorse retreated several meters away. This strange scene frightened him.

The people watching the battle upstairs suddenly noticed that General Han was not on his horse. They were confused, and Bi Yue explained to them,

"He has the magic weapon I gave him. The poison dart can't hurt him. Don't worry."

A general wanted to ask Biyue because she was curious about why General Han was suddenly not on his horse, but Zhu Jingtang quickly stopped him with his hand.

At this moment, Luo Chen suddenly appeared on his horse, rushed over with a trident in his hand, and stabbed at his chest. He quickly dodged, but was still stabbed in his left arm.

He blocked the trident with his right hand, and the tip of the trident pierced his skin. Blood flowed out of his arm, staining his left hand red. Several Ulan generals nearby hurried over to rescue him, but he was too injured to fight again, so the other side sounded the retreat and both sides withdrew from their respective camps.

Bi Yue thought to herself, the way the ancients fought wars was really interesting. Even after such a situation, they still politely retreated. Why were they so polite? They wanted to kill him while he was sick, but letting him go back now was like letting a tiger return to the mountains.

Luo Chen and several generals rode in from the suspension bridge, entered the city gate, and came to the square outside. Although the rain was not heavy, it could wet their clothes. Although they were wearing armor, they were still wet.

After the troops entered, the war horses were handed over to the soldiers, and the generals went to the barracks to wash themselves with water and then changed into dry clothes.

Zhu Jingtang, Bi Yue and other generals came down from the tower and went to the meeting hall of the military camp.

Bi Yue was thinking that today's battle might have stopped because Dongfang Wenqing was injured.

She asked Zhu Jingtang beside her, "General, Dongfang Wenqing was injured just now. Why didn't our army pursue him and defeat him?"

Zhu Jingtang patiently explained, "Since ancient times, when two armies are at war, if the other side calls off the battle, indicating a truce, they must retreat to their respective camps. This is the rule."

Bi Yue thought to herself, there were a lot of rules in ancient times, and there were so many twists and turns in a war. If countries were so law-abiding and polite, why did their Ulan Kingdom form an alliance and attack my Changping Kingdom?

"I think this rule is a bit rigid. While he is injured, we should pursue him and defeat him. I guess he is injured today and will definitely retreat to Fenglong County tomorrow. If you don't believe me, then wait and see tomorrow."

Zhu Jingtang and the generals were speechless. Although what the princess said made sense, this was something that had been passed down for thousands of years. It seemed unreasonable to break it rashly.

At this time, a young general in his 20s came to Bi Yue and bowed to him, saying, "Your Highness, your cousin, General Chen, was accidentally injured while fighting this morning and may be in the field hospital now."

When Bi Yue heard this, she immediately said to the general beside her, "Thank you for telling me this. May I ask your name? He is seriously injured."

"Your Highness, my name is Hong Tao. I have a good relationship with General Chen. Last time I was injured on the battlefield, he rushed to protect me and rescued me from the battlefield. I was saved from death by the enemy. I will always remember this friendship in my heart. Ting Wei was not seriously injured. He was shot in the left arm and left calf by Dongfang Wenqing's poison dart."

Bi Yue heaved a sigh of relief when she heard what he said. She gave him a bottle of Chuji Lingquan water on the day he came. As long as he drank a sip, the poison would fade and be diluted into water, and then excreted through urine.

Knowing that his third brother was fine, he went to the meeting hall of the military camp with General Zhu. After the generals sat down, Zhu Jingtang looked at the generals below and spoke first,

"The letter has been sent out for three or four days, but we still haven't received the surrender letter from Ulan State. It seems that they want to resist to the end," he said, looking at the generals below.

General Zhao sat on the chair and said, "Since they are unwilling to write a letter of surrender, we will take down the cities one by one and march to their capital."