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

"The prince really wants to stop the Liangzhou troops from coming to support us?"

Liu Shouren had a gloomy face as he looked at the prince who was leading his troops to stop them.

The prince sneered: "I have said that you don't need to take care of the affairs of the city defense camp. As the Minister of Revenue, you should take care of the Ministry of Revenue instead of interfering in this matter!"

The resolute tone represents the prince's determination on this matter.

Liu Shouren knew that he could not clash with the prince at this moment. Seeing that the prince would not give way, he made a prompt decision:

"Someone, take a detour!"

Although it would take some time, he believed that the King of Chu would be able to hold on until he arrived.

At the order, the troops of Liangzhou took a detour.

But strangely, the prince did not try to stop them. Instead, he watched the Liangzhou troops pass through another street.

This strange action made Liu Shouren feel depressed.

He was not afraid of the prince's obstruction, but he was afraid that the prince would do something bad behind his back!

However, he had no time to think now, he could only rush to the city defense camp as soon as possible.

But soon, he knew why the prince did not stop him from taking a detour.

On another street, there was an acrobatic troupe performing at this moment.

"My Lord, I will chase them away right now!"

"Well, we need to make it clear to them that we are just passing through here, and we need to be more polite."

Liu Shouren had just nodded in agreement when he heard cheers from an inn on the street in the distance.

When I looked up, it was the prince!

The opened window revealed the prince's playful face.

"Master Liu, we meet again."

The prince chuckled and said, "I invited this acrobatic troupe to perform here specially. The people didn't have enough fun during the Lantern Festival a while ago, so I'll let them have some fun today."

Liu Shouren's face changed, knowing that the prince was deliberately blocking him. He wanted to refute, but didn't know how.

At this moment, people from all directions came to watch the show.

"Dad, look, that man can actually breathe fire!"

"That man is so powerful that he can break the bricks with his bare hands."

"Look, so many bowls are being danced by that person."

The people were very excited and more and more people came.

At the inn, Yang Yuntao chuckled and said, "Master Liu, I have specially sent people to invite the people to come and watch. If you are free, why don't you come up and take a look?"

The prince laughed and said, "The scenery here is a hundred times better than down there. Sir Liu, can you come up and have a chat?"

Liu Shouren clasped his hands, stared at the two men and said in a deep voice: "Does the prince really think that this can stop the Liangzhou troops from coming to support?"

The prince shook his head, a look of contempt on his face, and said nothing.

Yang Yuntao raised his eyebrows, and a smug look appeared on his sinister face: "I have arranged many wonderful programs for Lord Liu on the several streets leading to the city defense camp."

"You can't go anywhere today!"

Relying on the prince being by his side, Yang Yuntao did not take the Minister of Revenue seriously at all.

Liu Shouren knew that what this person said was true. Since the prince showed up in person, it was impossible for him to pass easily.

But could he only be trapped here and watch the King of Chu being besieged?

Taking a deep breath, Liu Shouren stared at the prince and said coldly, "Your Highness, are you really going to go this far? Haven't you thought about the consequences of failure?"

"The consequences of failure?"

The prince smiled playfully, stroked his chin and pretended to be in deep thought, then laughed out loud: "I really haven't thought about the consequences of failure, because this thing will not fail at all!"

Ten thousand Sizhou soldiers against three thousand Liangzhou soldiers, as well as three thousand city defense camp soldiers with different intentions, it is absolutely foolproof!

Although it seems that Chu Ning has 6,000 soldiers under his command, don't forget that he has 3,000 soldiers in the city defense camp.

The commander of the City Defense Battalion, Su Wenguang, was captured by Chu Ning. Will the soldiers of the City Defense Battalion have a good impression of Chu Ning?

In this way, the only ones who really fought for Chu Ning were the three thousand soldiers from Liangzhou.

Ten thousand versus three thousand, the advantage is on my side, I’m sure to win!

Liu Shouren looked at the prince's confident expression and knew that it was useless for him to say anything. He could only sigh:

"I will never give up!"

After saying this, Liu Shouren made a prompt decision: "Come here, check other streets immediately. Once you find a passable street, report back immediately!"

There were too many people at the scene, and the street was completely blocked, so they couldn't get through.

Forcing their way in would provoke civil unrest and lead to impeachment by the Crown Prince. The best way was to find a street through which one could pass.

At the command, more than a dozen spies divided into several teams to go and check.

The prince saw this scene clearly in the inn and a look of mockery appeared on his face.

"Humph, even if the king of heaven comes today, they won't be able to get through!"

The prince flicked his sleeves and sat down confidently.

He Peng's eyes lit up, and he immediately shouted, "Come on, serve the food and wine!"

Today, they are going to witness Chu Ning’s defeat with their own eyes!

At the same time, the battle in the city defense camp also entered a fierce stage.

Corpses paved the road, blood dyed the barracks red, and the pungent smell of blood was nauseating.

Zhou Lecheng looked at the camp gate that was about to be breached, with a smug look on his face.

"King Chu, if you surrender now, His Majesty might even spare your life!"

Zhou Lecheng shouted into the barracks: "You are a prince after all. His Majesty will definitely show leniency. Stop struggling fearlessly!"

Inside the barracks.

Chu Ning still had a calm expression.

However, Ran Ming was furious when he heard this: "Your Highness, let me take my brothers out to fight. I will definitely kill this bastard!"

Chu Ning glanced at him and said, "The terrain is narrow. It's hard for you to find him, let alone kill him."

"Are we just going to let him go out and clamor and slander His Highness?"

Ran Ming's eyes turned red with anger: "Our people haven't come yet, they must have been stopped. It's no use defending any longer, we have to fight our way out!"

"No, we have reinforcements!"

Chu Ning smiled mysteriously: "Keep holding on, reinforcements will arrive soon."

As they were talking, Deng Hongwen hurried over from the rear camp.

"Your Highness, the soldiers in the rear camp defense camp have no fighting spirit and even want to let the Sizhou troops in!"

There are two troops in the camp, the Liangzhou troops and the City Defense Battalion, commanded by Chu Ning and Deng Hongwen respectively. At this moment, there is a problem with the City Defense Battalion which is responsible for the rear camp.

Ran Ming's eyes widened when he heard this: "I'll go over and kill a few people, and see if they dare to act so recklessly!"

Chu Ning raised his eyebrows and said, "Don't make trouble. You just command the troops to guard here. Without my order, you are not allowed to go out to meet the enemy!"

After saying that, Chu Ning turned and headed towards the rear camp, and Deng Hongwen immediately followed.

When they arrived at the rear camp, many soldiers from the city defense camp were standing lazily in place, shooting arrows listlessly, with no sign of fighting at all.

The Sizhou soldiers outside seemed to notice this and launched a fierce attack.

If it weren't for the intelligence personnel around Deng Hongwen fighting to the death, this place would have been breached long ago!

Chu Ning looked coldly at the group of soldiers from the city defense camp who had no fighting spirit in front of him. With murderous aura filling his body, he suddenly drew the sword from his waist!

"Qiang!"

With a clanging sound, the sharp sword was unsheathed, emitting a cold light that was terrifying.

Chu Ning held a sharp sword in his hand, his aura surged, and he stared at everyone coldly: "Today you only have two choices!"

"Either you stop the Sizhou troops, and I will forgive you for your past mistakes and reward you according to your merits."

"Or...you will die here!"