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

The gong had just struck three times at midnight when Zhao Yu pulled the reins and looked at the city defense camp gate three feet away.

The white mist from the thousands of war horses condensed into frost on the black armor. He raised his hand to wipe away the ice between his eyebrows and eyelashes. A muffled sound came from under the bronze visor:

"Chen An, I will go through the front door, and you block the back door."

"Yes!" Chen An immediately led a team of cavalry and headed for the rear camp.

Then, Zhao Yu narrowed his eyes, waved his hand, and the white horse cavalry rushed out like silver arrows.

The three riders in the front suddenly swung out the Flying Tiger Claw, and the iron-clad wooden fence collapsed with a loud bang with the sound of tearing cloth.

Before the night duty soldier in the city defense camp could even utter a cry of surprise, Zhao Yu's shiny silver spear had already knocked the gong out of his hand.

"Oh no! Someone is attacking the camp!" the soldier shouted.

The sound traveled far in the night and the camp suddenly became noisy. Many soldiers rushed out of the tents, picked up their weapons and horses and headed towards the main gate.

"General Zhao, are you planning a rebellion?"

Zhang Huan, deputy commander of the city defense battalion, blocked Zhao Yu's way with his spear. The tip of the spear glowed coldly. He stared at Zhao Yu and said coldly:

"Without General Shen's order, even if the prince came in person..."

The silver spear brushed past his ear and vibrated as it was nailed to the watchtower pillar.

Zhao Yu rode his horse closer, his black cloak sweeping across the bloodstains on Zhang Huan's armor that had not been wiped clean - those were the bloodstains left by the Han envoys when they suppressed the bandits yesterday.

"Shen Zhengqing colluded with the remnants of the Zhao State. I have now found out the truth. The remnants of the Zhao State are in the camp."

Zhao Yu stared coldly at the soldiers of the city defense camp: "If you don't want to help the tyrant, push it away immediately, otherwise this day next year will be your death anniversary!"

Unexpectedly, Zhang Huan's face suddenly changed when he heard this, and he roared: "How dare you slander the general!"

"Come here, take them down and hand them over to General Shen for punishment!"

At the command, the soldiers of the city defense camp actually charged towards the white horse cavalry.

Zhao Yu's face darkened completely: "It seems that you also know about the remnants of Zhao State, otherwise you wouldn't have taken action!"

"Humph, just in time to catch you all in one fell swoop!"

After he finished speaking, Zhao Yu rode his horse and led the white horse cavalry into the camp.

The two sides immediately engaged in a fierce battle.

At the same time, at the back door of the military camp.

Suddenly, there was a sound of a clay pot breaking inside the gate.

More than thirty figures in white filed out of the granary. The seemingly frail women were carrying sacks half a person's height.

The golden hairpin in the hair of the leading woman flashed suddenly. The moment Chen An turned his head to avoid it, three cold stars had already penetrated into the throat of the personal soldier behind him.

"Formation!"

Chen An shouted loudly, and the archers who were ambushing behind him appeared all at once.

But the remnants of the Zhao State suddenly tore off their coarse cloth clothes, revealing the red soft armor underneath, and when they rang the silver bells on their wrists, they actually formed the Nine Palaces and Eight Diagrams formation.

Chen An's pupils suddenly contracted

He recognized this formation—it was Zhao State’s killing formation!

These people are undoubtedly the remnants of the Zhao State!

"Get away!"

"Archers, shoot!" Chen An roared at the top of his voice.

Twenty white horse cavalrymen suddenly took off the wooden boxes on their backs, and when the trigger clicked, caltrops fell all over the sky like a torrential rain.

The unprepared remnants of the Zhao State screamed in agony, and those who were shot fell to the ground with a bang, leaving winding blood trails on the snow.

"Kill!" Chen An personally led the cavalry to charge in.

The White Horse Cavalry was so powerful that they quickly killed most of the remnants of the Zhao State.

Even the soldiers from the surrounding city defense camp who wanted to come up to help were killed by them!

At this time, Zhao Yu chased Zhang Huan to the rear camp.

The remnants of the Zhao State were almost killed, and he could not help but shout:

"Keep alive!"

Chen An reacted and shouted, "Release the net!"

Eight iron chain nets dropped from the sky, and the barbs on the nets tore open the red armor.

The captured remnants of the Zhao State suddenly screamed to the sky, their voices like a cuckoo crying blood.

Zhao Yu thought to himself that something was wrong, and swept his silver spear across to knock out the poison sac on her tongue, but he saw black blood oozing from the corner of her mouth.

"Be careful they might commit suicide by taking poison, capture them immediately!"

After he finished speaking, Zhao Yu spun the spear in his hand and smashed it hard at Zhang Huan.

Zhang Huan was shocked and could only wield his weapon to fight back.

"Qiang~"

The lance in his hand was broken by the spear, and the tip of the spear pierced his heart.

Zhao Yu put away his gun and said coldly: "People from the city defense camp, put down your weapons. His Royal Highness will not hold you responsible because you are unaware of the situation!"

"If you continue to resist, I will kill you without mercy!"

The cold words frightened the soldiers in the city defense camp.

Now that their leader was gone and their deputy general had been killed, they were at a loss and could only choose to lay down their weapons and stop resisting.

Afterwards, the White Horse Cavalry immediately took control of all these people.

At the end of the Mao hour, the waning moon sank into the western city wall.

Zhao Yu led eight prisoner cars, escorting eight remnants of the Zhao State to the execution ground in the east of the city.

At this time, Chu Ning also accompanied Shen Wanying to the prison.

The moss on the stone steps of the sky prison was covered with blood foam, and Shen Wanying's hands were shaking as she held the gold-painted food box.

Chu Ning reached out to help her, but saw her shaking her head stubbornly.

"Are you here to see me off for the last time, Sister?"

The sound of iron chains came from deep within the cell, and Shen Zhengqing laughed while leaning on a pile of moldy grass.

The osmanthus cake in the food box rolled to the ground, and Shen Wanying rushed to the fence.

The stench of decay hit her in the face, but the Crown Princess ignored it and stared at Shen Zhengqing, asking angrily:

"Why did you collude with the remnants of the Zhao Kingdom? Don't you know that this is a capital crime?"

"Why can't I collude with the remnants of the Zhao Kingdom? To Chu Ning, you and I are just remnants of the previous dynasty!"

Shen Zhengqing suddenly jumped up, and the iron chain scraped sparks off the stone wall.

He pulled open the back of his prison uniform, revealing the dark red tattoo on his waist and abdomen which was the totem of his former country.

"How many people from my dynasty died at the hands of the Chu army when the Chu army broke into the city that year? From that time on, I secretly swore that I would make the Chu Kingdom pay for its blood debt with blood!"

Shen Wanying staggered backward and bumped into Chu Ning behind her.

Chu Ning frowned and reached out to support her so that she wouldn't be unable to stand.

But at this moment, Shen Zhengqing continued:

"Do you think Chu Ning really treats you as his wife?"

Shen Zhengqing suddenly softened his tone, as if coaxing someone to drink medicine: "He knew that you were an orphan of the royal family of the previous dynasty, and he kept you just to catch the big fish like me..."

"enough!"

Chu Ning swung his sword to cut the iron chain, and the cold light brushed Shen Zhengqing's throat and sank into the stone wall.

Shen Zhengqing wanted to say something, but found that he couldn't speak at all.

Shen Wanying took out some homemade food from the food box and put it in through the fence.

"I made all of these myself. Eat them now so you can get going."

Shen Zhengqing closed his eyes and turned his head away to avoid Shen Wanying.

"The execution will take place at the East City Execution Ground in one hour!"

Chu Ning suddenly said: "You only have one hour to finish this last meal!"

After saying that, he pulled Shen Wanying out.

Shen Wanying took one last look at Shen Zhengqing.

Just at this moment, Shen Zhengqing also turned around and looked.

Two lines of tears flowed down Shen Wanying's delicate face.

Shen Zhengqing knew that he would not survive, and he did not want to make Shen Wanying feel uncomfortable, so under her gaze, he slowly walked towards the food in the prison.

This scene made Shen Wanying feel relieved.

Even if Shen Zhengqing was to be killed, she would not let Shen Zhengqing starve to death.

Perhaps, this is the only thing she can do for Shen Zhengqing now.

While he was deep in thought, Chu Ning's voice came to his ears: "Return to the palace first, I will personally supervise the execution!"