When the princess gets married, the general must not flee

Chapter 165 Escape without fighting

After wiping away the tears with great difficulty, he finally saw through the thick smoke that kept pouring in the front that the Ye family soldiers were slowly walking in with the cooperation of the shield bearers. The things they wore on their eyes, mouths and noses covered their faces, and they walked into their camp like strange ghosts.

Even the war horses had similar protections, which made the Xichang soldiers look at the newcomers in astonishment, not knowing how to react for a moment.

Le Brun saw the source of the smoke in front of him. There were seven or eight chariots, each of which was equipped with an iron wood-burning stove to exhaust smoke. Next to each stove stood an almost shirtless cook, sweating profusely, but still without stopping, skillfully and continuously stirring the food in the big pot.

There was also a cook in front of the stove who kept adding firewood and carbon powder to create smoke, with great skill and tacit understanding.

Seeing this, Le Brun couldn't help but feel a little deflated. Ye Qi actually came up with such a vicious method that made it impossible for them to breathe or hold their breath.

Because Ye Qi and his companions used goggles made of rubber and glass sheets specially made from Bai Xin's rubber, as well as simple gas masks made of bamboo tubes and activated carbon, they were basically not harmed by the smoke and choking pepper.

The canyon sucked in wind and accumulated smoke, and when Bai Xin asked the cooks to smother the smoke, coupled with the refined film, the smoke produced was more and thicker.

The people in Xichang were already cursed inwardly, but the Ye family moved freely and entered the Xichang camp without any interference.

The drums stopped beating, and the soldiers of the Ye Family Army on the mountain were already shouting towards the canyon, "Surrender your weapons and you will not be killed, surrender your weapons and you will not be killed...!"

Wherever the Ye family army went, there were a few soldiers and generals who tried to resist while coughing, but they were all beheaded. There were also people on the mountain shouting that they would not be killed if they surrendered. In addition, since they knew that the Ye family army would not kill prisoners, the mental defenses of the Xichang soldiers gradually collapsed and they all showed signs of surrendering.

“These idiots…!”

Although Lebrun was choking and coughing, he still cursed and gave orders to the generals beside him: "Pass the order down, anyone who surrenders will be killed without mercy, cough...!"

The voice was stern, but it lost half its force due to the coughing.

"Yes, cough...!" The general next to him was also choked and unable to control his cough. When he shouted "Those who surrender will be killed without mercy", he was almost drowned out by the sounds of coughing and retching.

The only sound that could be heard was the Ye family soldiers on the top of the mountain shouting "surrender your weapons and you won't be killed".

As soon as Xu Rongzhong Shu and Chen Qiyun entered the camp, they immediately divided the work and led their troops to pursue the Xichang camp in several directions. The soldiers in the Xichang camp had already been defeated.

"Your Highness, we cannot stay here for long... Let's retreat first!" Aisan almost endured the pain and went to Lalebrunn. Seeing that the Ye family army was about to come towards them, they would not be able to leave if they didn't leave now.

"Your Highness, I will escort you back to the city..." a general said anxiously while choking.

Taking advantage of the smoke, the Ye family army could not find them for a while. Retreating in time could also save the master's life.

"Ye Qi! Cough...!" Le Brun almost gritted his teeth and called out the name, his teeth itching with hatred.

He was really annoyed that he had fled without a fight today and was in such a mess, but he couldn't find a solution for the time being.

"Your Highness... as long as the green mountains are still there... cough cough...!" Ai San wanted to say a few more words of comfort, but the smoke choked him and he couldn't say any more.

"I'm sorry, Your Highness..." He gritted his teeth and, together with the guards, almost half-pulled and half-dragged Le Brun away.

Everyone surrounded Le Brun and retreated to the back of the canyon. When they were about to reach the entrance of the canyon, they found that the entrance of the canyon had already been blocked by the Ye family army led by Li Ze.

The Xichang scouts refused to believe in evil and tried to break through the defense line with their shields. However, before they could get close, they were shot from behind by the Ye family soldiers who were ambushed on the mountainside, leaving them with no way to go.

"Your Highness, I dare to put on your armor, pretend to surrender, and then wait for an opportunity to counterattack. Your Highness, when you see the right opportunity, break out of the siege and return to the capital!" said the general guarding Le Brun anxiously.

After going out of the canyon mouth, the smoke had decreased a lot and the people who escaped could breathe a sigh of relief.

Le Brun glanced at him, the sounds of fighting behind him, and the blocked road ahead did not allow him to resist, so as a loyal general, he could only agree with his method.

"General Gao is loyal. If I can escape and return to the capital today, I will let my father reward General Gao for his selfless sacrifice!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

After the two men finished talking, Gao Ji took over Le Brun's armor, put it on himself, led a few soldiers, and walked towards the canyon entrance with a righteous look.

At this time, Li Ze was calmly leading a group of Ye family soldiers to guard the gorge, which was the only way out of Gubo City. Anyone who planned to come in or go out would be killed in the second if he dared to resist.

Li Ze felt very pleased watching the accompanying military doctor dealing with the remnants of the defeated army. After coming to this place for so long, he finally had a satisfying battle.

"General Li Ze, the general has sent an order that the main camp of Xichang has been completely surrounded by our army, but their commander Lebrun has not been captured yet. We need to pay attention to whether they can escape from here."

After the young flag-waver exchanged information with the flag-waver on the top of the mountain, he hurried to report to Li Ze.

"Okay, tell them that flies can't fly in or out from here!" Li Ze said with a little pride.

Now he is also a well-known figure in the Ye family army. Ye Qi personally appointed him as General Fukou and asked him to lead his troops to ambush the reinforcements from Xichang.

For this reason, he even went to Bai Xin to show off, saying that he had finally escaped from her slavery and had become the master from now on. Bai Xin couldn't help but rolled her eyes at him several times.

"Yes!" The flag-waver took the order and hurriedly waved the flag to convey the message to the people above.

At this moment, Gao Ji, who pretended to be Le Brun, appeared at the entrance of the canyon, and one of the young generals shouted to Li Ze and the others.

"Don't shoot, we surrender!"

"Oh, it looks like a high-ranking official?" Li Ze looked at the person who came and said with a sneer, then shouted at them.

"Stop, don't move! Drop your weapons, take off your coat, and put your hands on your head!"

Several people were shocked. Why is there a program of taking off clothes? What does it mean to hold your head with both hands? !

But now that things have come to this, the few of them exchanged glances and decided to do as they were told and wait for an opportunity to act later.

Seeing the man in only middle shirt slowly walking towards them, Li Ze glanced at them vigilantly.

"Who are you?" Li Ze asked, pointing at the person who seemed to be dressed more upscalely.

"How dare you! He is our Highness!"

A young general deliberately looked at Gao Ji and shouted loudly.

"The eldest prince of Xichang?"

Li Ze looked Gao Ji up and down, thinking, how could he walk into a trap like this?

At this time, Gao Ji pretended to be honorable in defeat and looked arrogant, which made him look somewhat noble.

"General Li, do you need to pass a message to the general?"

Seeing this, the flag-waver thought that Le Brun was really captured by them, and Li Ze was slightly excited.

"Not yet!"

Li Ze shook his head and refused, walked up to Gao Ji and looked him up and down.

After a long pause, he glanced behind them, looked at them with a slightly curved lip and said, "He is the Highness, who is that over there?"