nucmednet Chapter 233 Defeat
Chapter 233 Defeat
The fact that the Blood Rain Sect has been able to stand firm in the martial arts world for ten years proves that this group of killers are very powerful and definitely not as incompetent as Luo Jingshen thought.
Although Pei Yuanfeng has the ability to lead troops, he does not have the command authority. Luo Jingshen relies on his status as the crown prince to suppress him in every way, and now he can only follow him and continue to move forward.
At this moment, the Blood Rain Sect is full of dangers and is ready to go.
The horn for preparation for war has been sounded, and many killers with bows and arrows are standing on the fire watchtower.
Even on the hidden hillsides around, there were many assassins hiding with crossbows.
Not only that, they also made their own gunpowder and buried it in advance on the route that the Xuanzi Army had to take.
There are many dangers ahead, but Luo Jingshen knows nothing about it.
He looked at the Blood Rain Sect and saw that no one had come out, so he thought the other party was scared, and immediately sent a soldier to declare war.
"Listen, assassins of the Blood Rain Sect. If you surrender now, our Crown Prince of Dongchen will spare your lives. Otherwise..."
The man who declared war had not yet finished his words when he was pierced through the forehead by an arrow.
Xue Feihua retracted the crossbow in her hand, and a hint of disdain appeared at the corner of her mouth under her veil.
"What the hell is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? Would this sect master be afraid of him?"
"Kill, leave no one behind."
After she finished speaking, she turned around and left gracefully.
Thousands of arrows fell from the sky like raindrops, accompanied by violent explosions and the sound of falling stones, and headed straight for the team led by Luo Jingshen.
Luo Jingshen was shocked. He had never seen such a scene before. His face turned pale and he ran away frantically.
"Someone, come and protect me and let me retreat. Quickly protect me and let me retreat!"
Thousands of Xuan soldiers fought desperately, risking their lives to cover Luo Jingshen and cleared a bloody path for him.
Even so, more than half of them were killed or wounded.
After escaping for a distance, Luo Jingshen thought he was safe. Just as he was about to stop and rest for a while, he heard the roar of a wild beast again.
"Ouch~owoo~"
Pei Yuanfeng's face changed drastically. After seeing the green eyes in the forest, his heart rose to his throat.
"Oh no, it's a wolf. The smell of blood has attracted the wolves."
"Your Highness, I will bring some people to help you. Please run down the mountain quickly along this road."
Luo Jingshen's face turned green.
Wolves are social animals, and if they are targeted by this thing, the fight will usually be to the death.
Why is he so unlucky?
Not only did he not even get to see the leader of the Blood Rain Sect when he came here today, but he was also made to look so miserable by the other party.
Luo Jingshen lamented in his heart that he had bad luck, but his legs honestly ran down the mountain.
Because he was too flustered, he stepped on a stone without noticing, and his whole body tilted and rolled down the hillside like a ball.
Luo Jingshen's head was covered with bruises and he passed out.
When he woke up, he found that he had fallen into the hunter's trap, and his feet were caught in the trap, unable to move.
Luo Jingshen was so scared that he screamed, "Help! Help!"
"Pei Yuanfeng, come and save me!"
Luo Jingshen thought about the fact that so many people from the Xuanzi Army had died, and he felt very regretful now. If he had known earlier, he would have listened to Pei Yuanfeng and not led his men forward.
When Emperor Jingyang finds out, he will definitely not let him go.
Luo Jingshen spent a night in the trap, feeling cold and hungry. By the time Pei Yuanfeng and his men found him, he was almost unconscious from the cold.
Pei Yuanfeng quickly had someone rescue him, "Your Highness, are you okay?"
Luo Jingshen didn't want to pay attention to him and only said four words, "Take me back."
At this moment, he no longer had his previous bright and handsome appearance. His face was scratched by branches, his clothes were covered in dirt, and he looked as miserable as he could be.
Pei Yuanfeng took him back and asked an imperial physician to treat him.
When Emperor Jingyang learned that 5,000 soldiers of the Xuan Army went up the mountain, but only less than 1,000 of them came back, he was so angry that he vomited blood.
What did Luo Jingshen promise him before he left?
He said that he would definitely annihilate the Blood Rain Sect completely, and then bring back the wealth in the Blood Rain Sect's warehouse and hand it over to him.
I didn't expect the result would turn out like this.
As confident as Emperor Jingyang was in Luo Jingshen before, he is now as disappointed in him.
But when he learned that Luo Jingshen had returned seriously injured and had barely managed to survive, he felt more angry and helpless.
After all, he is his own son, and Emperor Jingyang couldn't bear to punish him.
If he is not punished, the souls of more than 4,000 soldiers of the Xuan Army will remain unaccounted for.
In the end, Emperor Jingyang fined Luo Jingshen a year's salary and asked him to copy Buddhist scriptures a thousand times to pray for the dead Xuanzi soldiers.
Although Pei Yuanfeng was dissatisfied with the result, he believed that the death of Xuan Zijun was caused by Luo Jingshen's willful behavior.
If he had been willing to adopt some of his opinions, the casualties of the Xuan Army would not have been so heavy.
However, Emperor Jingyang did not give him any chance to explain.
It was he who arranged Luo Jingshen to go and wipe out the Blood Rain Sect this time. Being dissatisfied with Luo Jingshen was equivalent to being dissatisfied with his decision. Emperor Jingyang immediately ordered Pei Yuanfeng to be beaten with thirty military sticks.
The reason he gave was this: "Even though the Crown Prince was at fault first, Deputy General Pei failed to give him a warning and caused the Crown Prince to be seriously injured. Deputy General Pei should be punished."
Ji Yuntang was not surprised by this result.
She had not expected that Emperor Jingyang would send Luo Jingshen to the mountain to wipe out the Blood Rain Sect.
Fortunately, he was smart and went up the mountain in advance to empty the warehouse of the Blood Rain Sect, leaving a mess for the other party.
Weiyang Palace.
Concubine Li's eyelids twitched from morning to night all day long. When she learned that Luo Jingshen went up the mountain to suppress the bandits but failed and was carried down the mountain by the Xuanzi Army, her heart was never at peace.
Until someone brought news that the assassin who killed Luo Qingge on the street was actually hired by the Tenth Princess. Concubine Li was so angry that she even wanted to kill Luo Qianxue.
She immediately asked someone to call Luo Qianxue to question her about the matter.
"Mother, you were looking for me..." As soon as Luo Qianxue walked into Weiyang Palace, she was slapped by Concubine Li.
She covered her face and stared at Concubine Li in disbelief.
"Mother, you hit me?"
Concubine Li was furious, and her usual gentleness disappeared in an instant, like a lion with fangs.
"Asshole, who allowed you to hire someone to assassinate Luo Qingge? Do you know that you almost killed the Crown Prince by doing this?"
She now understood that the reason why Luo Qianxue took 30,000 taels of silver from her the day before was not to use it for medical treatment, but to hire a killer from the Blood Rain Sect and arrange for him to assassinate Luo Qingge.
Concubine Li originally agreed with this approach, because she had long disliked Luo Qingge.
But the bad thing is that because of the appearance of this group of killers, Luo Jingshen will take the initiative to ask for an order to wipe out the Blood Rain Sect.