Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

"This battle must be fought."

After hearing what he said, Hu Weichao fell silent for a moment.

But then he also understood Hua Yuanzheng's thoughts.

Now he has shown signs of retreating.

But no matter what, he has been tied to the Hua Yuanzheng ship.

Since Hua Yuanzheng decided to fight Hua Yunhong, he could only hold on.

After these few days of fighting.

Their forces have been drastically reduced.

Today, Hu Weichao came to find Hua Yuanzheng to report to him the current military casualties.

"Your Highness, I must remind you that we only have less than 3,000 troops left. This number is not even enough to stop those officials who want to surrender to the Crown Prince."

"As far as we know, more than thirty high-ranking officials from Shenmu City have recently escaped through special channels, crossing the city wall and heading towards Hua Yunhong's military camp."

As the war entered a white-hot stage, although they had now blockaded Shenmu City, the people and officials were still vigilant.

You can tell who has destiny.

The number of troops and supporters that Hua Yunhong has far exceeds that of Hua Yuanzheng.

At this time, Hua Yuanzheng still dared to continue fighting with them.

The first reason is that he is already standing here and cannot retreat.

The second reason is that there are many large forces behind it waiting for this war.

But those troops were only halfway there now.

There are only less than 3,000 people left.

How will Hu Weizhao and Hua Yuanzheng resist Hua Yunhong?

"If not, then retreat first."

At this time, Hua Yuanzheng was silent for a moment and finally gave a solution.

It is definitely impossible for them to defend Shenmu City now.

When he first arrived in Shenmu City, he spent a lot of effort to constantly throw dirty water on Hua Yunhong.

It has always been said that there are traitors around him who are disrupting the safety of the entire Shenmu Kingdom.

At this time, the hatred between the two sides had already been sown.

Once Hua Yunhong returns to Shenmu City, he will definitely inherit the throne directly and start to use the same methods that Hua Yuanzheng used against him to madly target Hua Yuanzheng.

At this time, Hua Yuanzheng didn't know what to do.

After all, he is now just one step away.

If he took a step back, the situation between the two sides would be completely different, and he really didn't want to leave.

Just when Hua Yuanzheng was tossing and turning, not knowing what to do.

Hua Yunhong, who was far away outside the city, also received Qin Ming's letter.

This time, Qin Ming didn't waste any time and directly told the other party his thoughts.

Qin Ming and Fang Yuanjian both hoped that this war could be avoided without affecting the entire Shenmu Kingdom.

"Your Highness, this man is truly arrogant to the point of meddlesomely interfering in the affairs of our kingdom."

At this time, Du Zi had already learned the news and came to Hua Yunhong.

After seeing the letter sent by the other party, he was immediately furious.

They had just suffered a heavy loss at the hands of Qin Ming on the front battlefield.

Unexpectedly, the other party sent a message immediately and even wanted to command their war.

No matter who it is, no one is willing to bow their head at this time.

It was for this reason that Du Zi was ready to throw the letter aside.

But he didn't notice Hua Yunhong's expression.

Hua Yunhong was not angry, but fell into deep thought.

"Have a group of officials come to surrender recently?"

He suddenly asked a puzzling question, and Du Zi nodded when he heard it.

"There are probably dozens of them. They originally supported you, but they were held hostage in the court and didn't dare to speak out. Now that they see you're back, they immediately rushed over."

Hua Yunhong was still very satisfied with their loyalty.

But he now has a new task for them.

After thinking about it, he said to Du Zi:

"You should arrange for a few people to return to Shenmu City and have them tell Hua Yuanzheng to see if this guy is willing to bring his men back. If he is, I can stop the attack and even give him a chance to live."

"Your Highness, what do you think?"

When he heard these words, Du Zi's voice rose eight degrees.

"Releasing them at this time would be like letting a tiger go back into the mountains. Although the northern troops are small, they still number several hundred thousand. If they were to gather together, they would definitely unleash a bloody storm throughout the kingdom. We can't let them go."

I guess every normal person would say the same thing as Du Zi.

But Hua Yunhong slowly shook his head.

"I don't agree with Qin Ming. I just want him to act as a middleman and persuade the troublesome Hua Yuanzheng to move north. After I ascend the throne, I will know how to deal with him. Needless to say."

"We can receive this letter, but do you think Hua Yuanzheng will receive it?"

As the crown prince who has been in charge of the imperial court for many years, Hua Yunhong obviously has longer-term ideas.

If another war breaks out in the Shenmu Kingdom now.

The damage to their national strength will be enormous.

He also didn't want to start a war, so he decided to take a radical approach and use Qin Ming as a bargaining chip to increase his credibility.

At least he could trick Hua Yuanzheng back to the north first, and then he could break the contract himself.

"So that's it."

After understanding Hua Yunhong's plan, even Dema couldn't help but give him a thumbs up.

This move not only took advantage of Qin Ming, but also deceived Hua Yuanzheng.

But the prerequisite is that Hua Yuanzheng agrees.

The other party obviously seemed reluctant to trust Hua Yunhong.

Thinking of this, Du Zi asked:

"But Your Highness, if they don't agree, what should we do?"

"Then let's break in. As for Qin Ming's letter, let's just leave it here for now. I can probably guess what this guy is thinking, but the Shenmu Kingdom is not a soft persimmon that can be easily squeezed."

When fighting outside, Hua Yunhong was somewhat out of reach.

But if Qin Ming wanted to extend his hand into the territory of Shenmu Kingdom, Hua Yunhong would never give him any chance.

"I see."

That night, Du Zi arranged for several officials to return to Shenmu City.

When the soldiers guarding the city saw the escaped officials coming back.

I also feel confused.

But when he heard that they were going to meet Hua Yuanzheng, he immediately realized that this was the lobbyist arranged and bought by the No. 1 person.

There is a saying that goes, "When two armies are fighting, no one kills the envoys."

Since they dared to come here, they must be high-ranking officials in Shenmu City.

Naturally, these soldiers had no way to kill him, so they had to bring him to Hu Weichao first.

"General, there are some lobbyists from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who want to see the Fourth Prince."

"Ok?"

Hu Weichao, who was stationed on a city wall and guarding the last line of defense, suddenly became interested.

"Bring it here, let me take a look first."