We have fought to the Arctic Circle, and you want me to inherit the throne?

When Li Che woke up, two hours had passed. The sky was overcast, and it was unclear whether the sun was setting or it was going to rain.

Li Che slowly opened his eyes, and immediately heard a surprised female voice in his ears:

"Wake up, wake up!"

Li Che thought it was Chang Ningxue. He turned his head to look over and then was stunned.

It was a delicate and unfamiliar face, without any makeup, and even with bloodstains on it.

But this face is more beautiful than any celebrity I've ever seen in my previous life.

Before Li Che had seen enough of the beauty, he heard Qiu Bai sobbing and crying:

"Your Highness, Your Highness!"

Qiu Bai knelt in front of Li Che, his face bruised and a little swollen.

I cried so hard that I was out of breath. If you didn't know, you would think I was dead instead of waking up.

Li Che asked doubtfully, "How did you get injured?"

The battlefield is full of knife wounds and arrows, but I have never seen injuries that caused someone to be beaten into a pig's head.

Qiu Bai nodded but dared not say anything.

Li Che thought about it for a moment and suddenly realized that the injury was most likely caused by Wang Sanchun and others.

The duty of the personal guards in ancient times was very simple, which was to protect the safety of the commander.

The main general was killed in battle and all his personal soldiers were beheaded.

As the commander of the personal guards, Qiu Bai failed to protect Li Che and even caused Li Che to be seriously injured and unconscious. This was a huge crime.

They just beat him up and didn't chop off his head. Wang Sanchun and the others spared him because of their comradeship.

Li Che smiled helplessly and looked around.

Generals such as Wang Sanchun, Zhuge Zhe, Hu Qiang, Yue Yun and others were there, and Chang Ningxue and medical soldiers were also there.

The only stranger was the stunning woman I had just seen. She was wearing a red battle robe, but there was a gentleness in her brows like water.

Seeing Li Che looking at her, Yang Xuan knelt on one knee and said sincerely: "Yang Xuan greets the benefactor."

"Who are you?"

"Yang Zhongsi is my father."

Li Che suddenly realized that she was a general's daughter: "Where is your father?"

Yang Xuan hesitated to speak.

When Li Che saw her appearance, he roughly knew what was going on.

He is simply concerned about his reputation as a famous general and his blind loyalty to the previous dynasty, so he is unwilling to come and see me.

Li Che turned and asked, "How is the enemy army?"

Zhuge Zhe stepped forward and saluted, his eyes full of respect: "Your Highness led the army to defeat the main force of the enemy. The 100,000-man army was defeated. Only the left wing escaped. The rest either died or surrendered."

"Our army has been chasing for ten miles. Due to concerns about His Highness's condition, we dare not pursue him further. We are now cleaning up the battlefield."

All the generals looked at Li Che with admiration.

In this battle, no one in the Ninggu army was afraid of fighting, and all of them fought to the death.

As for the main merit, these generals really dare not even think about it.

He ignored the opposition and launched a surprise attack on the enemy's army of 100,000 with only 10,000 men.

He personally led his troops to defeat the main force of the enemy, and the enemy commander fled in panic.

He then moved to the right wing, charged at the front, and shot the right wing general to death with his own hands.

Any one of Li Che's actions is a great achievement.

But Li Che didn't feel anything about this. He had just experienced a life-and-death battle and at this moment he only felt physically and mentally exhausted.

"What are the casualties of our troops?"

Zhuge Zhe moved aside, and Wang Sanchun hurried forward, a look of sorrow on his face.

"Over half of the barbarian battalion suffered casualties, with De'erbu severely injured. The Ninggu army lost over a thousand soldiers, with more than half of them wounded."

Li Che was stunned for a moment, then slowly closed his eyes.

There is always death in war. When he read Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he had no idea about the number of casualties after a war.

A victory like this where ten thousand men defeated a hundred thousand with only one thousand casualties was already considered an epic victory.

But when it really happened to him, the grief and self-blame left him speechless.

A thousand lives aren't lives? They are all real lives. They believed in me unconditionally and were willing to go through fire and water for me, but they disappeared because of my decisions and orders.

Li Che wanted to sit up, but he felt a sharp pain in his shoulder, which made him subconsciously take a breath.

Chang Ningxue quickly stepped forward to support him, scolding him, "Don't move around, or you'll hurt your bones."

Li Che nodded, and only sat up reluctantly after he got used to the pain.

Just then, a group of people came from a distance.

When the leading man saw Li Che wake up, he ran over in surprise, then fell to his knees with a thud:

"Your Highness, I, Jie Ming, will never be able to repay your kindness in this lifetime."

"Get up, man, why are you crying like that?" Li Che scolded with a smile.

Jie Ming wiped his tears and stood up.

Li Che looked behind him.

Leading the group was an old general with gray hair, a dignified face and shiny hair. Although there was weariness in his eyes that could not be concealed, there was more of the majesty of a superior.

Ignoring the wrinkles on his face, he must have been a handsome guy like me when he was young.

"Yang Zhongsi?"

The old general nodded.

Li Che smiled and said, "I have come all the way across mountains and rivers to save you, but you refuse to call me Your Highness?"

Yang Zhongsi's face turned grim: "I am a general of the Great Huan State. How can I pay homage to the vassal king of the Qing Dynasty?"

Li Che looked into Yang Zhongsi's eyes, and the latter did not give in at all, his eyes full of stubbornness.

Old stubborn guy!

Li Che cursed in his heart.

"General Yang... Dahuan is dead!" Li Che said in an almost indifferent tone, "How long are you going to be selfish?"

As soon as these words came out, Yang Zhongsi's face suddenly changed:

"Is this old man selfish?"

"I have never colluded with those noble families in Ninggu County to bring disaster to the people!"

"I have not tarnished the reputation of the Xia people by begging for mercy from the barbarians!"

"Since I came here, I haven't had a single day of rest. I've been fighting bloody battles with the barbarians outside the pass every day."

"You say I'm selfish?"

"Even in the history books of later generations, I, Yang Zhongsi, should be recorded as being loyal to my country, loyal to my lord, and loyal to China!"

Seeing Yang Zhongsi's sad voice, as if he had suffered some great injustice, Li Che couldn't help but sneer.

"So, this is why you disregard the lives of your warriors for your own reputation?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Zhongsi was speechless.

Li Che continued to stab him in the heart: "I sacrificed a thousand brothers to save you, and I am still overwhelmed with grief and shame."

"What about you? Over the past few years, because of your own foolish loyalty, how many warriors have died innocently in this land outside the Great Wall? How many souls have died without being able to return home?"

"The court offered you good terms in recruiting you. You could have led your soldiers back home, but due to your selfish desires, you gradually led them to their deaths."

"Aren't you ashamed?"

Yang Zhongsi slowly closed his eyes and exhaled.

"I cannot explain it to you clearly. You are not from Dahuan, so how can you understand the hatred we have for the destruction of our country and the loss of our family?"

"Haha." Li Che sneered, "You probably only know that I'm the Prince of Ninggu, but you don't know that I'm the Sixth Prince of Daqing, right?"

"Sixth Prince?!" Yang Zhongsi's face changed drastically, "Then who is your mother?!"

"Princess Xin'an of the previous dynasty!" Li Che replied indifferently.