Nine dragons fight for the throne, I don't want to sit on this throne

After two days and one night of fighting, the 50,000 Qin troops were completely destroyed.

Thousands of people who followed Yanagida in the rebellion were also wiped out.

However, on the third day, when Xue Huaide was about to report to Chu Ning after cleaning up the battlefield, he was shocked by Chu Ning's condition.

In the Zhou army camp, inside the central army tent.

Chu Ning was lying on the bed, with a dark purple color on his face, and even his whole face was a little swollen.

Xue Huaide, who didn't know the news, came to report happily and bowed as soon as he entered the tent.

But before he could open his mouth, he saw Chu Ning's miserable condition at first sight and his face changed drastically.

"Why... why does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Chu look like this?"

Xue Huaide was shocked and looked at Zhao Yu in astonishment.

Zhao Yu's face was grim, he clenched his hands, and said guiltily: "It was I who failed to protect His Highness, allowing Li Xing to shoot the hidden arrow before he died."

"That sleeve arrow was extremely sharp, and even pierced through your Highness's battle armor and golden silk soft armor."

"Although the hidden arrow itself only caused your highness a superficial wound, the arrowhead is poisonous. Your highness is poisoned and is now in critical condition."

Xue Huaide's heart trembled when he heard this, and he quickly comforted him: "Don't worry, General Zhao, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Chu is blessed by heaven, and nothing will happen to him."

"However, this matter cannot be delayed. We need to arrange for a doctor to come and treat you immediately."

"I am familiar with this place. I will send someone to find a doctor right away."

After saying that, Xue Huaide turned around and was about to leave.

But Zhao Yu shouted, "General Xue, His Highness has ordered that we cannot look for a doctor here, lest the news leak out."

"After being poisoned, I have written a letter on behalf of Your Highness to Her Majesty the Empress, asking her to secretly send a royal physician here."

"According to the time, it should arrive in the next two days. Please keep this matter secret, General Xue."

When Xue Huaide heard that it had to be kept secret, he finally reacted.

Once the news of Chu Ning's poisoning spreads, it will definitely cause greater turmoil.

Not to mention the Qin State, even other dynasties, and even within the Chu State, there would be people ready to make moves.

"I understand!"

Xue Huaide turned to look at the unconscious Chu Ning, frowned and said: "But after delaying for so long, can His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Chu hold on?"

Since it is highly toxic, the poison must be extremely strong. Xue Huaide is worried that Chu Ning won't be able to hold on for too long.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Chu Ning, who had his eyes closed, slowly opened them.

"Your Highness!"

"Your Highness, the Crown Prince of Chu!"

Zhao Yu and Xue Huaide immediately went forward to meet them.

Chu Ning glanced at the two of them weakly, and asked in a low voice: "How long have I been unconscious?"

"Your Highness, it's been almost three days." Zhao Yu's face was full of worry: "If this continues, your health..."

When it came to the emotional part, Zhao Yu gritted his teeth and dared not say it out loud.

But Chu Ning shook his head, indicating that he was fine. He looked at Xue Huaide and asked, "What was the result of this battle?"

Xue Huaide quickly replied: "All 50,000 Qin troops were annihilated, not a single one escaped, and more than 3,000 were captured."

Not all the Qin soldiers had a will of steel, and some of them surrendered in the end.

Zhao Yu's eyes lit up: "I will go and ask for the antidote right away!"

"No... no need."

Chu Ning frowned and called out to Zhao Yu: "How could the Qin army know such a confidential matter?"

But Zhao Yu was unwilling to give up, gritted his teeth, and said fiercely: "Someone will definitely know, even if Qin Jun doesn't know, then Zhou Min will definitely know!

Your Highness, please wait for me. I will go to Feihe City to interrogate Zhou Min in person!"

After saying that, Zhao Yu looked at Xue Huaide and saluted: "Your Highness will be taken care of by General Xue. I will rush back immediately after questioning Zhou Min!"

Xue Huaide knew that this matter was of great importance, so he nodded and agreed: "General Zhao, please go ahead. I will definitely take good care of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Chu."

"Thank you!" Zhao Yu bowed again, then turned around and left in a hurry.

If Zhao Yu handed Chu Ning over to someone else, he might not feel at ease.

But Chu Ning was indebted to Xue Huaide. Without Chu Ning's help, Xue Huaide would not have become a great general of the Zhou Dynasty.

He believed that Xue Huaide would take good care of Chu Ning.

All he had to do was rush back to Feihe City and force Zhou Min to give him the antidote.

Chu Ning looked at Zhao Yu's departing back, a touch of emotion flashed in his eyes.

He is not a heartless man. Zhao Yu has followed him for so many years and has been loyal to him. He sees it all in his heart.

This time he was poisoned, fortunately Zhao Yu was there, using his skills to help him suppress the poison temporarily. Otherwise, let alone waking up now, he might have lost his life.

While deep in thought, Xue Huaide said seriously, "Your Highness has just woken up, do you want to eat something?"

Chu Ning nodded slightly and said in a low voice: "Let them prepare some porridge."

Xue Huaide immediately shouted outside: "Come here, make a bowl of porridge for His Highness immediately!"

As long as Chu Ning wants to eat, things will be easy.

While thinking, Chu Ning suddenly sighed: "I was careless this time. I didn't expect that someone would collect the weapons left by our army on the battlefield and forge them into hidden arrows."

Xue Huaide was stunned: "Why do you make such a conclusion, Your Highness?"

Chu Ning glanced at the three sharp arrows on the table and said in a deep voice: "Those arrowheads are weapons specially made by our dynasty. Other dynasties cannot forge them."

"And my battle armor and golden silk soft armor are both hard materials. Only the steel I have developed can penetrate them."

"Combining the two, it seems that when the two armies were fighting, the Qin army took the opportunity to collect some of our army's weapons."

"Although they can't forge it, they can still forge a batch of magical weapons using the weapons left behind by our army on the battlefield."

"Li Xing is indeed a cunning man. He deliberately provoked me to fight him with his words. His ultimate goal is to use his hidden arrows to poison me."

At this point, a solemn look flashed across Chu Ning's eyes.

Although he had never looked down on anyone, he had never expected that the other party would use his own things to penetrate his armor and gold silk soft armor.

More importantly, Li Xing seemed to know that he could not be killed by the hidden arrow alone, so he deliberately smeared poison on the arrow head.

The sleeve arrows were only used to penetrate his armor.

Poison is the real killer move.

Xue Huaide realized after hearing this that all this was arranged by Li Xing in advance.

"Fortunately, it is His Highness who is leading the army this time, otherwise I would have no chance of winning against this man."

Xue Huaide sighed, and then said: "But your highness does not need to worry. General Zhao Yu has just said that our emperor has sent a royal doctor here. I believe that he will be able to remove the poison for you soon."

But Chu Ning shook his head and said in a deep voice: "It's useless. I know a little bit about medicine. This poison is not from the Central Plains. I'm afraid the imperial physician has never seen it."

"Now we can only wait and see what Zhao Yu can extract from me, otherwise I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to get through this crisis!"