An army of 70,000 to 80,000 soldiers marched back to Kowloon City. The soldiers were puzzled and did not know why His Highness the Crown Prince left and returned.
At this moment, Xia Tong's heart had already flown to the Heavenly Palace: "It seems a bit small to take half of Chen Shen's achievements... It would be best to take them all."
"Yes, we must take them all!"
His eyes were burning: "With this skill, I will be able to secure my position as the crown prince. My father's previous dissatisfaction with me will also completely disappear!"
The more Xia Tong thought about it, the more excited he became.
He left 3,000 shooters on the only way for the Xin Ying to shoot them down once discovered, to prevent Kowloon City from being the first to report this feat back to the imperial capital.
On the other hand, he ordered the other sergeants to move quickly and make sure to return to Kowloon City before dawn!
"As long as this prince returns to Kowloon City, the great contribution of defeating the enemy and destroying the commander will definitely be in my pocket..."
Many times in the past, Xia Tong was able to use his position and his persuasive words to coerce and induce many generals to give him the credit, or even take the blame for him.
Xia Tong firmly believed that this time would be no exception...
The next day, early morning.
When the eastern sky turns white, the north gate of Kowloon City is already filled with noise.
"Ta! Ta! Ta! Ta..."
The 70,000 to 80,000 princely troops poured into the city like a torrent. Under the leadership of Xia Tong, they rushed towards the city lord's palace.
"Prince Hui Luan, why don't you open the door quickly?" Zhang Youde, the deputy commander of the prince's army, shouted arrogantly.
Inside the mansion, Deng Yideng and others were gathering around the table to have breakfast.
Hearing this, his face immediately darkened, and he thought to himself: "Xia Tong, this bastard, really has the fucking nerve to come back and take the credit?"
Several people winked at each other and, as agreed yesterday, buried their anger deep in their hearts and put on flattering smiles on their faces.
This is really not easy for a few people.
Especially Deng Yideng and Wang Jin, after adjusting for a long time, they could at best not let their anger show.
As for forcing a smile, these two people really can't do it...
The prince was impatient. After coughing a few times, Zhang Youde immediately understood.
While picking his teeth with a dagger, he said arrogantly: "Hey! Is there anyone alive inside? Make a sound!"
"I'll count to three. If there's no movement, don't blame me for knocking on the door!"
"one……"
In the room, Deng Yideng took a deep breath, and a cold light loomed in his old eyes: "Go and open the door. What is supposed to come will always come, and those who deserve to die will not live long!"
Wang Jin nodded heavily, secretly using his profound energy to wrap his feet, rushed to the door, and pulled up the latch——
"I respectfully welcome His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
"Huh, you're really slow." Zhang Youde muttered with his nostrils rising.
Deng Yideng and others buried their heads very low. This gesture made Zhang Youde very satisfied.
Little did he know that the reason why the few people in front of him kept their heads silent was not because they were afraid of Zhang Youde, but because they didn't want him to see the anger that could not be hidden in his eyes...
"Liu Cai, take the soldiers to the school grounds for a short break. The personal guards will follow me into the mansion."
"Yes!" Another deputy commander ordered and marched to the school grounds with more than 60,000 princely troops.
Zhang Youde shouted at the prince's personal guards, and two thousand men in armor and tough armor surrounded Xia Tong and filed in.
Staring at these guys showing off their power, Wang Jin became more and more frustrated: "These two thousand elite soldiers, their combat power ranges from seven-star mystics to one-star mystics, they should be a great help in the battle to defend the city.
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"But Xia Tong was extremely selfish. Even if the battle situation was unfavorable, he never asked his personal guards to help. He really blinded such a powerful army in vain!"
At this moment, even if Wang Jin had ten million dissatisfactions in his heart, he could only suppress them all and log into the main hall behind the brigade.
After arriving at the main hall of the city lord's palace, Xia Tong's face suddenly became extremely ugly. Xuanqi filled his throat and he snorted coldly: "Huh! I'm here in person. It's just that Chen Shen didn't go to the palace gate to greet him. Now he's not waiting at the palace yet."
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"Admiral Chen, you really have such a big air!"
Once a word hits the ground, the sound spreads for miles.
However, after waiting for several seconds, no one responded, which made Xia Tong look like a fool talking to himself.
Upon seeing this, Zhang Youde grabbed Ma Weishan, who was closest to him, by the collar, and said with saliva flying from his mouth: "Damn it, where is Chen Shen? Send a message quickly and ask him to come and see His Highness the Crown Prince!"
"This... I had a hangover last night. Admiral Chen should still be sleeping soundly in Wynn Hall right now!"
Zhang Youde glanced at the prince's expression, saw his cold eyes, and immediately guessed his thoughts, pushed Ma Weishan to the ground, and shouted: "Sleeping? In the face of Huainan's great enemy, you actually have the leisure to drink and fall asleep?
Based on this alone, His Royal Highness can punish him for dereliction of duty!"
"Oh, who says it's not the case? We also tried to persuade Admiral Chen like this, but it's a pity that he didn't listen at all!"
"He said: All the 200,000 troops in Huainan have been defeated by me. There will be no enemy attacks for at least three days. We should live a good life and cultivate ourselves and wait for work in leisure."
"That's why..."
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Zhang Youde's angry voice: "You bastard! What do you mean that an army of 200,000 was defeated by him?"
"If my prince's army hadn't fought hard before to wear down the enemy's strength, how could he have won in one battle with just his 20,000 knights? He's just such a shameless person!"
Hearing this, Xia Tong raised an imperceptible smile at the corner of his mouth.
Wang Jin, Lao Deng, and the heads of the two families cursed in their hearts: "The one who is really shameless is your master, right?"
Among Deng Yideng and others, Zhang Weishan's acting skills are pretty good.
He immediately put on a look of sincerity and fear, and bowed in a trembling voice: "Prince, please calm down, Shangguan, please calm down! This, these are the words of Admiral Chen's family, and I am only conveying them truthfully."
"Your Highness, you don't even know that although Chen Shen is a talented person who came out of our Kowloon City Academy, when he returned this time, he was extremely arrogant and rude to us, and even openly insulted us that we are useless in defending the city!"
"If it weren't for the fact that he was promoted to the rank of general and was granted the privilege of making arbitrary decisions when the opportunity arises, these old men would have given up their plans and left!"
Ma Weishan repeated what Chen Shen had told him before, word for word.
Coupled with his pretty good acting skills, this scene fell into the eyes of the prince and others, and they all believed it to be true.
"That little beast was actually given arbitrary power by my father. Doesn't that mean that my status as the prince really cannot suppress him?"
Xia Tong immediately caught the key point in the other party's words. He frowned slightly and said in person: "By the way, where is City Lord Xiao? Why haven't you seen him?"
As soon as these words came out, Wang Jin and Deng Yideng almost lost control: Damn it, you killed this person, and now you have the nerve to ask questions knowingly?