Xia Shang felt uneasy in his heart. After walking a few steps forward, he saw a white flag hanging above the sentry tower in the direction of the military camp hundreds of meters away. It could be seen clearly from a distance.
Seeing this scene, Xia Shang knew that something happened in Xuzhou while he was away, but he had no time to think about it now and hurried towards the military camp.
A quarter of an hour later, Xia Shang arrived at the gate of the military camp and saw many people pushing trucks in. The trucks carried various things, including grain, meat, fine wine, clothing, ironware, etc.
The soldiers ignored these civilians. In the past, civilians were not allowed to approach the military camp, but now, uncharacteristically, no matter who they were, there were no restrictions on entry or exit.
The soldiers were listlessly collecting the surrounding flags. Some of the white flags that Xia Shang saw just now had been taken down.
Xia Shang hurried over, grabbed a soldier and asked, "What happened?"
The soldier had no energy. He glanced at Xia Shang and said calmly: "Thank you all, it's no longer necessary."
Xia Shang was confused after hearing this. He wanted to ask something more, but after thinking about it, he forgot about it. He threw away the soldiers and entered the military camp directly.
In the military camp, Xia Shang saw a familiar face and was immediately overjoyed. He rushed up and grabbed him: "Qin Yuan, you're not dead?!"
The person who was talking to the people was Qin Yuan. Xia Shang never dreamed that he was not dead!
At the last moment when he went to dig a canal, Qin Yuan led a dozen people to attract the attention of the Japanese pirate army, but then there was no news.
Everyone thought he was dead, but they didn't expect him to appear alive.
Qin Yuan was caught by Xia Shang who suddenly appeared. He was slightly startled. After seeing Xia Shang clearly, his expression became complicated. After a long time, he excitedly shouted: "Master Xia! Are you not dead?"
"Qin Yuan, you...how...when did you come back?"
"After the last separation, the young general led a dozen people to deal with the Japanese pirates. He was intercepted by the Japanese pirate team and fought with them. Originally, the young general thought he was dead. Who knew that a flood broke out at that time, and the Japanese pirate team rushed back to deal with it.
Dashui did not follow us to continue the struggle, so the remaining four brothers and I hid in the mountains and forests. At that time, we were all seriously injured and could not return to Xuzhou City. We did not come back until we recovered from our injuries in the mountains. I returned
When I arrived at the military camp, I heard that Mr. Xia was missing!
Later, a bandit who escaped from the Japanese pirate camp came to Xuzhou City. He said that Mr. Xia went to the coast alone and left a lot of useful information. Because of the messages left by that person and the drawings left by Mr. Xia
, we won a great victory, but we still couldn’t get any news about Mr. Xia. We all thought something happened to Mr. Xia. It turns out that neither the young general nor Mr. Xia died! It’s great!”
"It's okay, then we must have a good drink. But now that I'm back in Xuzhou, I feel weird. What happened here? And these people, these white flags..."
At this point, Qin Yuan's expression became gloomy, he shook his head silently, and said solemnly: "The prince... is dead..."
Xia Shang felt a "buzz" in his head, and his whole body froze. After a long time, he muttered to himself: "The prince... the prince is dead?!"
For a moment, Xia Shang couldn't believe his ears and thought he was hallucinating.
How could Li Xin be dead?
Even though his legs were disabled, Li Xin was still a prince and a powerful man at the level of a grandmaster. He held the military and political power in the country and was one of the most powerful people in the world.
With such an identity and status, it was impossible for the prince to die outside the capital. Even after the war, the most serious casualties were ordinary soldiers. How could the prince, as the commander-in-chief, die so easily.
And Li Xin, according to Xia Shang's understanding, he should also be an invincible little strongman, right?
Even if he were to die, he would not die so casually!
Looking at Xia Shang's expression, Qin Yuan seemed to understand his feelings very well, and patted Xia Shang on the shoulder: "It has been nine days since the prince died. Just the day before the Japanese pirates withdrew, the matters after the prince's death were settled.
, preparing to send the prince's body back to the capital tomorrow. Although it is hard to accept, the prince is indeed dead. And under the annotation of all the soldiers, His Highness the prince exchanged his own life for the life of the Japanese pirate general.
They severely wounded each other in the fight, and neither side left the battlefield alive."
"Are you saying that the prince died because he had a direct fight with the Japanese pirate general and was severely wounded by the enemy?"
Qin Yuan nodded: "Otherwise, why would the Japanese pirates suddenly withdraw their troops?
According to unverified information, the Japanese pirate general whom the prince got rid of had a very high status in the Japanese country, and he was also the one who mainly planned this invasion. Now that the Japanese general is dead, the Japanese pirate army is in chaos, so they are rushing to evacuate.
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"This..." Xia Shang was speechless for a moment. He didn't know what to say. He always felt that something was wrong.
Was it because of Yoshiko's words that caused the Japanese pirates to withdraw, or because the prince got rid of the leader of the Japanese army?
Or do these two events have an impact on the overall situation?
Obviously, Qin Yuan and everyone here don't know what Xia Shang did behind the scenes.
Qin Yuandao: "The prince is a hero of Dahua. Although he is dead, his deeds will definitely last forever!"
"Is he really dead?" Xia Shang asked again, "I want to see his body!"
"..." Qin Yuan silently patted Xia Shang's shoulder, thinking that Xia Shang was too sad and refused to believe all this, "Sir, you don't have to be like this. The coffin was sealed yesterday and is just waiting to be sent back to the capital to be buried in the imperial mausoleum.
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Xia Shang rubbed his forehead, feeling that he couldn't digest so much news.
In Xia Shang's heart, there was an intuition that the prince was not dead. It was even possible that the prince faked his death to gain credit for resisting the Japanese pirates and win him a good reputation.
Although Xia Shang knew that it was not good to doubt a dead person with such thoughts, he couldn't control his thoughts at all, because Xia Shang never thought that Prince Li Xin would die here. He died so suddenly, and he didn't know anything.
I had no experience, I just got a piece of news in the end.
Xia Shang had an impulse. He really wanted to find a chance to pry open the coffin board and see if the person inside was actually Li Xin!
However, how can such plans and ideas be exported?
"Then what do these common people do?" Xia Shang lost his vigor in speaking and became listless.
"The common people are grateful to the prince and the soldiers, and they voluntarily sent things to our army." As he said that, Qin Yuan sneered, "Oh, I thought that when I asked them to bring something out, all the people in the city looked like they had nothing to do with it.
It seems urgent. Now that the Japanese pirates are gone and the prince is dead, we understand our importance and contribution, but what's the use of giving some benefits now?"