My best friend is wearing a double body! Marry the emperor! Help me win the throne

Murong Ye's troops suffered heavy losses in the two attacks of arrow rain.

But once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back. From the moment he decided to rebel, he had no way out.

So what if the East Camp fails?

He still has a backup plan. As long as Nanny Li can get Queen Mother Yin out of the palace, he can turn the situation around and win.

At this moment, everyone was shocked by the rain of arrows just now.

He must find a way to reignite the morale of his soldiers!

Murong Ye weighed the pros and cons in his heart, gritted his teeth, made up his mind, and tore off his armor with force, revealing a white undershirt.

On his abdomen, bright red blood had already soaked the snow-white cloth. "Everyone, don't be deceived by Xue Wuji! The wounds on my body are the best evidence that Murong Che killed his brother! He is narrow-minded and cannot tolerate me! You are all loyal subordinates to me. Once I die, how can Murong Che let you live?"

Xue Wuji's handsome face was stern, and his tone was sonorous and powerful. "The emperor loves the people like his own children, and everyone can see it! He is the one the people support! The traitor Murong Ye deliberately provoked the war, and he has ulterior motives. Do you really want to point the swords in your hands at your compatriots? The court trained you so that we can defend our country together, not let our compatriots kill each other! Now the 50,000 troops of the East Camp have surrounded Murong Ye! You have been deceived by the traitor. If you surrender immediately, I will spare your lives! Otherwise, thousands of arrows will be fired at you, just as a cleansing of the house!"

The soldiers at the palace gate looked up and saw rows of archers appearing on the palace wall. They drew their bows and arrows, and there was always one sharp arrow tip aimed at them.

Looking at the corpses lying all over the place at their feet, their hearts trembled and hesitation appeared on their faces.

"Everyone, don't be fooled by Xue Wuji's sweet words! He keeps slandering Your Highness as a traitor. Even if we surrender now, it will be a heinous crime that will result in the extermination of our entire clan! It's better to fight them head-on. Even if we die here today, it will be an honorable death..."

call out!

Among the crowd, some of Murong Ye's loyal followers tried to incite everyone to continue the rebellion.

However, before he could finish his words, the arrow in Xue Wuzhi's hand flew over and pierced his chest on the spot.

His body stiffened and he fell straight to the ground, completely motionless.

The people around him looked at him with their eyes open as he died, and their mental defenses were gradually crumbling.

Those who were originally waving flags and cheering fell silent.

Seeing that they were so frightened by Xue Wuji's few words that they dared not even fart, Si Sha suddenly felt an ominous premonition in his heart.

I'm afraid we can't continue this battle today!

He looked at the rows of archers at the city gate and lowered his voice to remind Murong Ye, "Your Highness, I was negligent in the matter of the East Camp. I didn't expect Xue Wuji to be so cunning, pretending to be drugged! Now that we are outnumbered by the enemy, we will suffer if we continue to stand still. Let me escort you out of the encirclement! As long as we have a green mountain, we will not be afraid of running out of firewood!"

Murong Ye waited for so long, but still received no news from Nanny Li. He couldn't help but pull up the corners of his lips dejectedly, "It seems that my hidden chess piece is gone too."

Si Sha is right. Only by staying alive can we have a chance to turn things around in the future!

He cannot die here before completing his great cause!

"Your Highness, let's retreat northward from that direction!"

Murong Ye struggled in his heart for a long time and finally made up his mind.

He took a deep breath and nodded slowly, "Okay, let's go!"

So, Sisha used his little finger as a whistle, put it to his mouth and blew it hard.

When the assassins heard his command, they immediately scattered. Some of them tried their best to climb up the palace wall, while others raised their sleeve crossbows to shoot the archers on the wall. They attacked with all their might, without any defense at all, and fought to the death to get rid of Murong Ye.

Si Shachong made a gesture to his death squad, then took Murong Ye and rode away to the north.

In order to cover Murong Ye's escape, these assassins rushed forward in wave after wave.

As soon as the first wave falls, the next wave will quickly fill in.

The death squad escorting Murong Ye fought and retreated, and did not want to fight to the end.

However, when Murong Ye broke out of Xue Wuzhi's encirclement, most of his nearly one hundred soldiers were killed, leaving only more than thirty people still firmly following his horse.

Seeing that Xue Wuji hadn't caught up, Si Sha said to Murong Ye thankfully, "Your Highness, we've made it out!"

Although they were all injured to some extent, as long as His Highness was safe and sound, those dead warriors could be considered to have died a worthy death.

At this moment, Murong Ye suddenly found that there was a man on horseback blocking their way.

He was startled, and only when he got closer did he see the other person's face clearly, "Fifth brother?"

In the alley between the two palace walls, Murong Nan led a group of people and had been waiting here for a long time.

Originally, when Chu Xinyue told him that Murong Ye was going to rebel, he didn't believe it.

At this moment, he looked at the man whose clothes were stained dark red with blood, his eyes filled with disappointment and anger, "Why? Second brother, why are you rebelling?"

"Fifth brother, didn't you see clearly when I was under house arrest in the Imperial Hospital? Murong Che has no tolerance for me at all. He wanted to stab me with a knife himself! Even if I didn't rebel today, he still wouldn't let me go!"

In order to escape, Murong Ye had been shaking on his horse, and the wound on his abdomen had burst several times.

He was so nervous just now that he didn't feel any pain, but now the excruciating pain from the wound made his voice tremble even when he spoke.

Murong Nan slowly raised the sword in his hand, pointed the tip of the sword directly at Murong Ye's face, and shouted at him, "Second brother, I must keep you here today!"

As Murong Ye's confidant, Si Sha knew very well how good the relationship between the two brothers Murong Ye and Murong Nan was.

He glanced at Murong Nan, whose eyes were determined, and asked Murong Ye in a low voice, "Your Highness, what should we do now?"

Murong Ye looked at Murong Nan, who was about ten feet away from him, and said to Si Sha, "Murong Nan's fighting skills are not good enough, so just leave two assassins to hold him back. We must leave the capital as soon as possible and head north to meet up with my sister!"

The moment Murong Ye decided to take action, Murong Mian left the capital overnight.

She is Murong Ye's last resort.

If Murong Ye's rebellion failed, he could retreat to the northern border with Murong Mian and be protected by Jiang Yuanshan's 100,000-strong army.

The Northern Frontier is a bitterly cold place thousands of miles away from the capital, bordering the Northern Desert and the Kingdom of Japan. If they can join forces with the Northern Desert and Japan, they may be able to compete with the Jiuzhou army.

Besides, he will create some more trouble for Murong Che before leaving.

"Yes!" Si Sha responded, then realized that Murong Nan was definitely no match for the assassins, so he added, "I will definitely instruct the assassins to show mercy and never harm King Kang's life."

"No need. If necessary, you can just take his life."

Murong Ye looked at Murong Nan, who had liked to follow him around since childhood, from such a long distance. It seemed as if he saw the crybaby little boy through him.

Unfortunately, Murong Nan didn't know that Murong Ye had plotted to make him fall into the ice cave, and that Murong Ye's rescue of him was also carefully planned, all to win him over to his side.

Since Murong Nan chose to stand on Murong Che's side, he didn't have to show mercy to him.

Si Sha received his instructions and pointed to the two assassins beside him, "You hold back Prince Kang, and the rest of you will follow His Highness and fight your way out of the encirclement!"

These warriors seemed to feel no pain during the fight. Even if it meant getting injured themselves, they would still deliver a fatal blow to their opponents.

Murong Nan's troops quickly fell into a disadvantageous fight in which they almost died.

A assassin took advantage of Murong Nan's unpreparedness and slashed the horse's leg with a sword.

The horse felt pain and threw Murong Nan off its back.

Murong Nan was caught off guard and was thrown to the ground, rolling several times before stopping.

Before he could even catch his breath, the assassin swung the long sword down on his head.

Murong Nan fell to the ground, his whole body in pain as if it was falling apart, and he had no time to dodge.

At this moment, there was a muffled "whoosh" sound, and a long arrow shot from behind the assassin and hit the assassin's left atrium.

The assassin froze in his sword-swinging motion and fell to the ground, dead.

Such fast and accurate archery!

Murong Nan looked up with lingering fear. When he saw the slender figure on the horse, his eyes lit up instantly, "Ayue!"

The person who came was Chu Xinyue.

She looked at Murong Nan, who was lying on the ground covered in dust, and frowned in disdain, "I told you, you can't do it without me!"

Murong Nan raised his hand to wipe the blood foam from the corner of his mouth, with a look of grievance on his face, "If you hadn't arrived in time, my life would have come to an end!"

Chu Xinyue rode up to him and held out her hand to him, "Come on up."

Murong Nan extended his hand to her, and she gently tugged and pulled Murong Nan onto the horse's back. "After a stroll through the gates of hell, do you see Murong Ye's true face now?"

"From today on, I will pretend that I don't have this royal brother!"

Murong Nan glanced in the direction of Murong Ye and reached out to hug Chu Xinyue's waist tightly. "Ayue, you saved my life. From now on, I will follow your lead... Over there! Si Sha is trying to escape with Murong Ye!"

Chu Xinyue looked up and saw that Si Sha, despite being repelled by the assassins, was protecting Murong Ye and breaking out of the siege.

Seeing that their horses were about to run out of the alley, Chu Xinyue calmly drew her bow and arrow.

call out!

The sound of a sharp arrow breaking through the air rang out without warning.

The long arrow hit Murong Ye's back accurately.

In severe pain, Murong Ye's body stiffened and his hand holding the reins suddenly loosened.

"Your Highness!"

Si Sha growled and leaped from his own horse onto Murong Ye's horse, while reaching out to grab Murong Ye who had fallen off the horse in time.

He pulled Murong Ye back onto the horse, holding the reins with one hand and supporting Murong Ye with the other, squeezing the horse's belly tightly, "Gee—"

Murong Ye was already injured in the abdomen, and now he was hit by an arrow in the back. His body was covered in blood, and the waves of tearing pain made his body tremble uncontrollably.

Every detail of his journey was replayed in his mind frame by frame.

He suddenly started laughing, and his laughter got louder and louder.

There was a mocking smile on his handsome face, which was as pale as paper.

"Your Highness, what's wrong with you?"

When Si Sha heard his miserable laughter, he felt a tightness in his chest.

Murong Ye's cracked lips opened and closed, and he asked in a hoarse voice, "Si Sha, am I taking the wrong road?"

He always acts decisively, and once he has determined the direction, he will go forward without hesitation.

However, now his most capable subordinates have left him one by one.

Liu Sanniang, Liu Siniang, Night Crow, and the death warriors who had been trained with countless efforts...

"Your Highness, the path to becoming an emperor is a journey of sacrifice. You are not wrong; it is Murong Che who is pushing you too far!"

"Yes, if he hadn't pressed me so hard, why would I have chosen to act so hastily? He wants to kill me, so I won't let him off easily! Meng Shi's Nanzhao envoys are almost arriving in Lingnan, right? Notify the death squads following them that it's time to take action. Make sure they die within Jiuzhou territory and provoke a war between Nanzhao and Jiuzhou... cough... cough cough..."

Before Murong Ye finished speaking, he started coughing violently.

Si Sha listened to his coughing, his heart in his throat, "Your Highness! How are you? Can you still hold on?"

Murong Ye panted for a long time before he stopped coughing.

He closed his eyes palely, his thin lips opening and closing. After a long while, he spoke in a low, hoarse voice, "I'm fine, just too tired. I want to sleep for a while. I'll be fine when I wake up..."

After saying that, he seemed to lose all strength and slowly fell into Si Sha's arms.

Si Sha looked at the fallen man, his heart almost jumping out of his throat with nervousness, "Your Highness! Your Highness!"

He called out several times, but Murong Ye didn't respond at all.

Si Sha quickly slowed down the horse, freed one hand and put it under Murong Ye's nose. When his fingers felt the hot breath from the man, the tense string in his head relaxed.

so far so good!

His Highness is still alive!

Just now, His Highness instructed him to sow discord between Nanzhao and Jiuzhou, so that Southern Xinjiang would be plunged into war again. He would definitely not let His Highness down!

Now that His Highness is seriously injured, the more chaotic the situation in Jiuzhou is, the better it is for them!