Chapter 238 The class teacher returns to the dynasty
w It was the snowy season of the twelfth lunar month again, and Lu Zhan had just celebrated his twentieth birthday alone, without flowers or wine, hiding only the eternal loneliness and his own dust.
At this time, ten months have passed since the attack on "Blue Blood Pass".
During these years of fighting on the battlefield, after experiencing mountains of corpses, seas of blood, and life-and-death fights, Lu Zhan's state of mind has stabilized a lot, and his martial arts attainments have reached the late stage of the realm of strength. In addition, his new skills
The name "White Horse and Silver Spear" was even more famous and powerful throughout the Sui Dynasty.
After nearly a year of fighting, the capital of the Sui Empire had long been breached. The last Sui emperor fled the capital in a hurry with the remaining forces of the royal family, looking to the far north to escape.
The Eighth Prince, together with Lu Zhan and other generals under his command, took advantage of the victory and pursued them all the way to the ice field in the far north, which was already the northernmost border of the Sui Empire.
During this period, thousands of miles of ice-covered snowfields made it difficult to see signs of mortal survival except for a very small number of uncivilized prehistoric aborigines.
The Sui Emperor fled into this icy and snowy no-man's land with the remaining forces loyal to the Sui Dynasty. Most of the Chu Empire's troops were from the south. They were obviously unaccustomed to such extremely cold areas and expressed that they could not bear such severe cold conditions.
The Eighth Prince had to temporarily stop the pursuit. He retreated the main force of his troops to station outside the Wanli Icefield, preparing to wait until the weather got warmer before rushing into the icefield to wipe out the remnants of the Sui Dynasty.
On this day, the generals were sitting with the Eighth Prince in the central army tent warming themselves and chatting. Suddenly, they saw Qin Baiyu opening the thick curtain and walking in. He waved a letter in his hand and bowed to the Eighth Prince and said: "
Your Highness, you have just received an urgent report from the capital. The emperor is getting more and more seriously ill, and I am afraid that he is about to die."
"What?" The Eighth Prince stood up in a loud voice, "Why did my father's condition deteriorate so quickly? In the letter from the queen mother in the autumn, she also said that my father's condition had improved slightly, and she also said that she wanted to wait until next summer to come to the university.
A glance at the capital of the Sui Empire has comforted the long-cherished wish of the Chu royal family for dozens of generations."
Qin Baiyu sighed and said: "The injuries on the emperor's body were left on the battlefield. It is difficult to tell for sure when old injuries occur. Now your majesty can't get up at all. According to this situation, it will be difficult to get out of bed again."
One or two months. Maybe..."
"Things developed so fast that we didn't expect it." The Eighth Prince walked anxiously in the military tent, then raised his head and asked Qin Baiyu: "What did the Crown Prince and the Imperial Preceptor say?"
Qin Baiyu sneered: "They are guarding there now, for fear of leaking the news. These guys hope that His Highness does not know the news. They can wait until the Emperor dies and help the Crown Prince to succeed directly. Then Your Highness, you can rush there
When we go back, the deal is already done and it will be very difficult to undo it."
"How can this be done?" Tie Heng slapped his knees and shouted loudly: "Damn it, His Highness the Eighth Prince is working hard outside to conquer the Sui Dynasty and build such a huge country, but they are just sitting back and enjoying the success in the palace. How can there be such a good thing in the world? No way.
, Your Highness, you must rush back and seize the throne of this new emperor no matter what."
"Yes, let's fight back to the capital. Anyway, we have the floating fairy island in hand."
"We can't let these grandsons just sit back and enjoy their success. Your Highness, this great country of Chu, is something that no one can take care of except you."
"Yes, let's lead the army back to the capital now, and use the fairy machine cannons on the fairy island to blast those who are plotting into scum!"
The generals were excited and stood up and shouted in response to Tie Heng's words.
The Eighth Prince turned his attention to Qin Baiyu, and Qin Baiyu nodded, "Your Highness, I think the time has come. Your Highness has led the army to sweep across the Sui Dynasty this year and has made outstanding achievements. He also holds such a military weapon as the floating fairy island.
, has long been the aspiration of the people of the world. This throne belongs to His Highness alone. If other forces hiding in dark corners dare to covet the throne, we, the three million soldiers of the expeditionary force, will be the first to refuse."
"Yes, we will never agree!" the generals shouted loudly.
The Eighth Prince did not say anything at this time. He walked directly to the fire and used the iron tongs to lift up the coals in the furnace. He stood there thoughtfully and pondered.
Qin Baiyu opened the golden lacquer folding fan with a "swish" and waved it to the generals. The generals immediately understood and became quiet, and all focused their attention on the Eighth Prince.
Lu Zhan was the only one among the generals of the expeditionary force who didn't look so excited. He seemed to be outside the world of mortals. Seeing people so excited, he felt as calm as water in his heart.
Although among these many people, he is now considered to have the highest level of martial arts cultivation, he has no sorrow or joy in his heart. It seems that all the things in the world, be it fame and title, thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, or even the supreme emperor's position are not relevant to him.
There is no hint of bondage.
His mind has long transcended the narrow realm of the rise and fall of his family and country in this mortal world.
Everyone was quiet for a while, and Qin Baiyu couldn't help coughing twice, and said softly to the eighth prince: "Your Highness is worried that when he returns, he will face a fight between brothers? But my subordinates see this matter.
I'm afraid it's inevitable. As far as Bai Yu knows, the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince have gotten very close recently, and there are signs of joining forces. Obviously, the Fourth Prince has decided to join the Prince's side and is determined to fight His Highness to the end."
Hearing this, the Eighth Prince sighed: "Oh - the prince and I were born from the same mother. I'm afraid that if we go back this time and unfortunately fratricide happens, our mother will be sad." What he meant was that before that,
He has been fighting openly and secretly with the fourth prince, but as for the prince's side, he has never made it clear, because he is concerned about the queen's feelings.
Qin Baiyu said in a low voice: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is also a great hero. He must know the principle of 'continuous interruptions will lead to endless troubles'." His foreign voice was reminding the eighth prince that even if you don't attack the prince, the prince will.
He won't let us go.
Qin Baiyu continued: "Furthermore, the victory here in the Sui Empire has basically been decided. The Sui Emperor fled with his remnants into the ice field and stayed in the last few small frozen castles. There was ice and snow there, and supplies were scarce. It is estimated that
We won't be able to support them for long. We only need to send a small number of troops to seal off several exits of the ice field to prevent them from raising funds from outside.
I'm afraid they can't hold on to the supply line. Your Highness, it doesn't make much sense for you to stay here. It's better to go back to the court while the Emperor is still there. Your Highness, you can also meet the Emperor directly, please.
Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't have the chance to see the Holy One again, and the way to hear the Holy One will be cut off by the villains, thereby damaging the foundation of human relations between father and son."
This last sentence actually gave the Eighth Prince the best reason to go back. The Eighth Prince finally nodded, turned around and shouted an order to the generals: "Generals, listen to the order, go ahead and prepare to return to the court immediately!"
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In order to stabilize the existing results, the Eighth Prince left the main force of the army in various parts of the Sui Empire to continue sweeping and suppressing it. He took a small number of elite troops and the ten generals with the most profound martial arts attainments under his command to go there all the time at night.
Chu Jingcheng rushed there.
Lu Zhan is currently the one with the highest martial arts attainments in the Eighth Prince's camp, and is the only one whose strength can compete with the National Master of Tianjiyuan. The Eighth Prince has always paid special attention to and respected him. He will definitely be invited this time.
We returned to the capital together to help.
Of course, the companion also has the symbol of invincible strength - the "Floating Fairy Island".
The territory of the Great Sui Empire was more than double that of the Great Chu. They rode on fine BMWs and famous horses, and traveled day and night. It took more than a month to get back to the capital of Chu. At this time, it was time again.
It’s the early spring season when flowers are blooming.
When the North Gate of Chu Jing City was in sight, it was the setting sun. The bloody setting sun shone on the tall and magnificent gate tower of Chu Jing City, making the original ocher-brown city tower look particularly gloomy and solemn.
It was too much of a shock, so Lu Zhan changed into civilian clothes along with the Eighth Prince's personal troops and walked through the city gate, crossed the streets and alleys, and entered the bustling Qipan Street in the capital. At this time, it was the time when the lanterns were first lit, and the streets were filled with people and traffic.
Chujing City was originally the most prosperous city in the Great Chu Empire, with high-ranking officials and wealthy people all over the streets. When night fell, it was also the time when the capital of the empire was most lively and unique.
In the center of the capital, there is a specially excavated Grand Canal passing through the city, and boats are flowing on the wide river. Lu Zhan was riding his horse on the Willow Avenue next to the river bank, and suddenly he saw pedestrians on the road heading towards the river bank.
After running over, the escorting soldiers were also looking towards the river bank, and the neat team suddenly became chaotic.
Lu Zhan frowned, reined in the reins and asked the soldier next to him: "What happened?"
The soldier replied: "Report to the general, there is a large ship passing by in the canal right now, and it is heading towards the imperial city."
"What's there to see when a big ship sails by? Isn't it always like this?" Lu Zhan couldn't help but wonder.
"General, this big ship carries a huge tree on it, and it looks very weird, so it attracts so many passers-by to stop and watch."
The soldier said: "General, if you don't believe me, go and have a look. It's very interesting."
Lu Zhan jumped off his horse, walked to the river and looked into the canal:
I saw an extremely large ship sailing in the middle of the canal. This ship looked quite strange. It was not like ordinary ships that were made into an oval shape to slow down the pressure of the water flow.
This ship is actually round in shape, and the diameter of the hull is nearly four feet. Such a huge hull is sailing in the canal, occupying almost half of the river, and squeezing all the large and small ships passing by to the shore.
Gone to the edge.
The ship's hull is odd, but there is a towering tree standing in the center of the ship. The tree stands tall and straight on the deck in the center of the ship. The trunk is more than six feet high and as thick as a foot.
The trunk is tall and straight, with dark brown bark and mottled patterns on it. There are no branching branches at the lower end and middle section of the trunk. Only the top of the trunk has a dense cluster of branches and leaves growing.
Such a weird big tree stands on an equally weird big ship. The scene is indeed very abrupt, which is why people rush to watch. Welcome to come and your support is my biggest motivation.m
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