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The Imperial Palace of Xiling Kingdom.

After fighting with the North Vietnam for more than two months, not only could they not capture Yunjun City, the capital of the North Vietnam, which was 800 miles away, they could not even capture three small border towns. Ye Mengtian no longer had the arrogance he had at the beginning.

"Father, there are only 60,000 soldiers and horses in Lion City. My sister has been fighting for more than two months but has not been able to take it. I want to attack Lion City tomorrow." Xiling Prince Ye Changgeng said.

Before Ye Mengtian could say anything, the Crown Prince's tutor Zheng Zecheng hurriedly stopped him: "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince is only fifteen years old and shoulders the future of Xiling State. He must not go to the battlefield and put himself in danger."

The other ministers also suggested that the prince should not be allowed to take risks. Ye Mengtian naturally did not want his prince to go into battle and kill the enemy.

"Father, the Grand Tutor is right. My younger brother is still young. As for Lion City, I will not give up!" Ye Linglong said.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say but I don't know whether I should say it or not." Prime Minister Xie Daorun said hesitantly.

Ye Mengtian glanced at him and said, "You say."

"We have been fighting with North Vietnam for more than two months. Not only have we not captured a city so far, but countless soldiers have been killed and wounded. Recently, we have been defeated repeatedly. This has led to increasing public resentment and complaints from the people. If this continues, I am afraid something big will happen!" Xie Daorun said painfully.

Ye Mengtian frowned and said nothing. He was in a dilemma. He thought that the combined forces of Dongxia and the two countries would easily defeat the North Vietnam, but he did not expect that the North Vietnam was so powerful that he could not capture only three border towns and lost countless soldiers.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the soldiers have lost their previous morale after being attacked for a long time. If the battle continues, I'm afraid there will be more casualties." A civil servant also stepped forward and said.

If the ministers had said this in the past, Ye Mengtian would have been furious, but now, he really had lost his temper.

"So what do you think we should do?" Ye Mengtian asked.

"I think that if we stop the war now, the national strength can be restored to its previous level within three years. If the war continues, it will probably take more than ten years or even longer to restore to its previous level." Xie Daorun replied.

"Let me think about it for a few days. Don't send out any more troops during these days!" Ye Mengtian said.

Seeing Ye Mengtian say he was considering it, Xie Daorun breathed a sigh of relief. If the war continued, the entire country would be doomed.

In Lucheng, Chu Xingyue and General Chen Wenqiao of Yongsheng went to meet General Lu Ting to make arrangements for the upcoming war.

Based on the recent defeats of Xiling State, Lu Ting believed that Xiling State should take a break for a while to rest and reorganize its army. Although he was just guessing, Chen Wenqiao and Han Zhui could not let their guard down and act according to the plan.

In Hecheng, Chu Xinghai stood by the window and looked at the moon in the night sky, and sighed. He originally thought that coming to Hecheng was his chance to show off, which gave his silent heart a glimmer of hope. If he fought bravely and performed well, he would still have hope of becoming the crown prince. He thought that he was better than King Jing and King Xuan in both strategy and martial arts.

This was indeed the case. Even Emperor Ying had praised him for being better than other princes in every aspect. But he had no support. His mother, Concubine Yue's brothers were officials in the court, but later resigned due to illness, and his maternal family could not help him at all. He finally married Ye Yiyi, the daughter of Ye Hong, the Minister of War, and thought that he could get what he wanted with the help of Ye Hong's power. But who would have thought that Ye Hong would die in two years.

Becoming the crown prince has always been his obsession. He once lamented that fate was unfair and that he had bad luck. But since he came to Hecheng and went to the battlefield, seeing the tragic deaths of soldiers and the cruel scenes of blood flowing like a river every day, he suddenly became less obsessed.

After coming to Hecheng, the person he thought about most every day was Ye Yiyi. When he thought of Ye Yiyi, he felt calmest and most relaxed. When he thought of the harm he had done to her in the past, he would slap himself hard twice.

What he hoped most now was that the war would end soon so that he could go back and live a good life with Ye Yiyi. It didn't matter whether he was a prince or not. He just wanted to be with Ye Yiyi. At this moment, Ye Yiyi was the most important to him.

Lion City, in the city.

Xia Taoyuan lay beside Chu Xingluo and murmured, "The weather is getting hotter and hotter. If the war doesn't end, I will have to wear thick and heavy armor on the battlefield. How painful it will be!"

Chu Xingluo stroked her face and said with a smile: "Don't think too much, go to sleep!"

After a while, Xia Taoyuan fell into a deep sleep. Chu Xingluo got up and went out with Lu Feiyu and Ximen Huan to patrol a few times, and reminded the soldiers on night patrol not to take it lightly.

Long Yan asked the three to go back and rest early, and that they could rest assured that he and Qingyun were there. Then they all went back.

The next day, at noon, there was still no movement from Xiling Country, Lu Feiyu knew that they would not come today. Chu Xingluo also breathed a sigh of relief, he could spend more time with Xia Taoyuan.

Another day passed like this, and there was still no movement from Xiling State. After noon, Long Yan and Qingyun came to the yard, and Qingyun laughed loudly: "I guess Xiling State must have been scared, and it hasn't sent out troops for two days."

Chu Xingluo heard the noise in the house and came out, lowering his voice and saying, "Keep your voice down, Queying and Yingge are both resting, they will be patrolling at night."

Qingyun Longyan, Heilong Fengwu, and Queying Yingge were divided into three groups to patrol in turns, with one group during the day and one group at night, and these people also lived in the same yard with Chu Xingluo.

Qingyun patted his head and whispered, "I forgot about it because I was so happy."

Qingyun and Longyan went back to their rooms. Chu Xingluo also turned around and walked back to the room. At this time, Xia Taoyuan was just coming out of the room.

The moment Xia Taoyuan looked up at Chu Xingluo, she noticed from the corner of her eyes that the trees in the yard were shaking violently. The trees were already lush and leafy at this time of year. She wondered why the branches and leaves were shaking so violently when there was no wind.

Maybe he had seen it wrong, and when he looked again, he saw an arrow shot towards Chu Xingluo. At this time, Chu Xingluo had his back to the direction of the arrow. Xia Taoyuan was startled and shouted "Be careful!" without thinking and rushed behind Chu Xingluo.

Chu Xingluo turned around in a hurry and caught Xia Taoyuan who was about to fall. He found that Xia Taoyuan was shot in the back, and Chu Xingluo was panicked. He looked up again and saw only the branches and leaves still shaking, and a tree next to it was also shaking violently.

Hearing the sound, Long Yan and Qingyun also came out. Chu Xingluo pointed in the direction of the tree. Long Yan, Qingyun and Chu Xingluo jumped onto the tree branch and climbed over the courtyard wall to chase out.

Yingge and Queying also came out of their respective rooms, and were surprised to see Xia Taoyuan was shot by an arrow.

Chu Xingluo hugged Xia Taoyuan and shouted anxiously: "Taotao! Taotao!"

Xia Taoyuan didn't react at all. Yingge said to Queying, "Go call the imperial physician quickly!"

Que Yingfei also ran out, and Yingge said, "Your Highness, carry the princess into the house first."