Traveling through time and space and becoming a deposed prince, he just wants to survive!

Li Xin was given the imperial surname and was now the Prince of Dingzhou. The magistrate of Guangchang County addressed him as "Prince Zhao!"

Unexpectedly, he waved his hand and said, "Open the north gate, and the rest of you, charge out after that."

Outside the north gate.

Wu Ke-nan led his troops to attack the city, and they were first attacked by long-range rifle fire. After all, they had few bullets, so they started shooting after a hundred steps.

As a result, the shields were able to block the bullets, so they had to attack the people behind them who had no bullets.

Because of the guns, the men holding shields walked much more slowly. When the bullets ran out, the two armies began to shoot arrows at each other.

The Xiongnu were sieging the city with great success when they saw a disorganized, fleeing army coming towards them from the west gate. In an instant, the siege troops panicked.

Seeing this, Wu Kenan mounted his horse and observed for a moment, then waved his scimitar: "Continue to attack the city, don't look over there."

On the tower, two men armed with powerful crossbows saw this and finally found someone with the right to speak in the crowd. They exchanged a glance and, without any commands, aimed at the man on horseback, brandishing a sword and shouting.

"Dang..."

The string of a powerful crossbow sounded, and the arrow with explosives on its head flew out at a rapid speed.

Then, another "bang..."

The same arrow stood out and flew straight towards the arrogant man brandishing a scimitar.

Wu Ke'nan probably himself did not expect that he was only 600 steps away from the city and there were no catapults on the opposite side. He thought he was safe, but now he has become a victim.

The two arrows were not shot at the same time, but the locations they hit were surprisingly the same.

He was hit by an arrow in each of his abdomen. Because of the explosion of the arrows, the iron head of the first arrow nailed him to the saddle. After the second arrow exploded, the iron head directly split him in two.

When the deputy general beside him saw him, he saw that half of his body was still on the horse, his upper body had fallen off the horse, his intestines were dragging on the ground, and he seemed to be saying something.

Everyone could only watch him move his mouth, which continued to move as if he was unwilling to give up, and finally he stared with his eyes wide open and could not close them.

His tribesmen didn't know what to do. How could they carry such a corpse?

In the end, there was really no other way, so one person had to wrap him up in a cloak, and the remaining half could only be led forward on horseback.

Yelu Changcun was considered lucky, as he finally escaped with his remaining 20,000 troops.

Most of them were cavalry, and only a small number of infantry barely escaped.

Since they had lost their food supplies, they had no choice but to keep moving forward towards the Great Chanyu.

A hundred and fifty thousand men attacked Guangchang County, which had fewer than three thousand men, and then brought in fifty thousand reinforcements. In less than seven days, they had lost over a hundred and twenty thousand men. The Great Chanyu could not accept such a defeat.

But now we only have 100,000 troops. What can we do even if we continue fighting?

"Bring Yelu Changcun, who escaped, to me. I want to ask him what happened there."

Erhan Chanyu was furious and ordered his men to bring Yelu Changcun in with him tied up.

"Great Chanyu, this defeat is not my fault, why are you punishing me?"

Yelu Changcun was even more dissatisfied. He had many objections to Lan Guifang's strategic deployment.

Especially when attacking Guangchang County, he saw that Na Lan Guifang was deliberately consuming his tribal members and letting his people attack the city, while Na Lan led an army of 100,000 to encircle the reinforcements.

Of course, there was nothing wrong with this tactic of besieging a point and attacking reinforcements. However, Yelu was unbalanced, especially after learning that Lan Guifang had already engaged the Dingzhou army, and he became even more passive in attacking the city.

Anyway, the focus was on besieging the city and attacking the reinforcements, so he only sent captured soldiers to attack the city. Only nine people died on the first day and the attack ended abruptly.

He could have taken the city wall directly the next day, but he only sent out 10,000 people from other small tribes and captured soldiers to attack the city. As a result, Sun Jiping led the defenders and the people to resist and beat these people back.

But no one expected Lan Guifang to suffer a crushing defeat, with his army of 100,000 reduced to over 70,000 men. Later, he created a tactic that led to a disagreement with Wu Keyan, resulting in two two-day sieges.

This was tantamount to slowly consuming his own soldiers. Yelu Changcun knew that the Great Khan was friendly with Nalan Guifang's tribe, and Wu Kenan was his favorite general. He must have wanted to kill him as a sacrifice.

After Yelu Changcun recounted everything, he shifted the blame to the leader of Nalan, especially after Wu Kenan arrived, he deliberately exaggerated the conflict between him and Nalan Guifang.

The Great Chanyu became fearful upon hearing this. If he killed Yelu Changcun like this, it would likely cause dissatisfaction among other tribes on the grassland.

"Well, it seems that none of this is your fault, but I don't understand. One hundred thousand against one hundred thousand, and our cavalry outnumbers the Dingzhou army. Why did Nalan still lose?"

When Yelu Changcun saw that the Great Chanyu had ordered people to untie him, and saw that he was doubtful, he wanted to say something, but then he thought it would be better to keep silent.

Erhan Chanyu, realizing his questioning yielded no results, turned to Yelu Changcun, asking, "In your opinion, should we leave or stay?"

Yelu Changcun recalled the situation on the battlefield. There were probably more than 30,000 people chasing him, and more than 20,000 people rushed out of the city.

"Great Chanyu, I think the number of people in Guangchang County should be between 70,000 and 100,000. It is inconvenient for us to stay here. I suggest you return to the grassland and make plans."

Erhan Chanyu thought that what Yelu said made sense, so he planned to withdraw his troops the next day.

In Guangchang County, Li Xin saw his son-in-law and said happily, "My dear son-in-law, I heard from General Cheng that you won the first battle upon your arrival and directly wiped out 50,000 enemies?"

Zhao Sheng looked at Li Xin with some doubt, and said modestly: "It's not that exaggerated, it's just that the soldiers are brave."

"Thirty thousand destroyed fifty thousand. Is it just because of the bravery of the soldiers?" Cheng Jushu was a little unhappy when he heard it from behind.

After leaving the city this time, I heard the soldiers talking about it. They said that Zhao Sheng's new army had been established for less than a year, but the soldiers' momentum and formation were comparable to those of veterans. Moreover, the visual impact of these new troops on the battlefield was that they had the majesty of a strong man.

Secondly, the weapons used by the new army immediately refreshed the three views of the Dingzhou army and the Guangchang County defenders.

Only then did Zhao Sheng suddenly remember that his identity was already dead and could not be undone. At this time, 30,000 new troops suddenly appeared, and they were equipped with new weapons. It was inevitable that he would be exposed when he returned.

Zhao Sheng didn't dare to think about how the imperial court would react when it found out about such a powerful weapon. He just felt that the people he brought with him would definitely be regarded as heretics when they returned.

What worries us is the scarcity and the inequality!

This is something that would happen in any dynasty. Cheng Jushu is the old prince's confidant. Who can guarantee that there are no court henchmen in this team?

With such doubts, Zhao Sheng suddenly broke out in a cold sweat!

The area they were in had a complex terrain, with Dai Commandery, Changshan Commandery, Mayi, and the subordinate Yangshan County all under the jurisdiction of Dai Commandery, while Guangchang County and Weizhou were under the jurisdiction of Yanzhou Commandery.

Because it is far away from Yanzhou, many of the residents here are exiles and are self-sufficient. The imperial court will send some officers and soldiers to maintain order.

Due to the special geographical location here, the Huns did not like to plunder in this place. The roads were difficult to travel and several counties were very poor.

If we can get the custody rights of Guangchang County and Weizhou County, it will be enough to deploy 50,000 people in Dingzhou. Why should we rush here overnight for such a good strategic location?