I just want to be a princess, no, you want to be a queen

Chapter 322 I Want to Try Again

Originally, he planned to lay siege to the city. Now, after half a month of siege, Yanmen Gate fell without a fight. But now, Lu Mingze has lost contact, so he must change his plan and attack the city as soon as possible.

Lu Mingyang said coldly: "Please, Khan, call me General."

"it is good!"

Jin Yiluo fired his arrow, and Lu Mingyuan shot his at the same time. The two arrows collided in the air, turning into sparks and falling. The drums of war sounded, and the war was about to break out.

The battle lasted from early morning until dusk the next day. Xiongnu soldiers took turns attacking, determined to crush Yanmen Pass completely, and the gate was on the verge of collapse.

Suddenly, thousands of horses neighed at the same time.

In the noisy and bloody battlefield, the magnificent sound was not suppressed at all.

"Brother Zhou is here." A soldier lay on the city wall and cheered happily.

Brother Zhou?

Lu Mingyang chopped down a Xiongnu soldier who was climbing up, and went over to grab the soldier.

It was indeed Chu Yueling.

Lu Mingyang asked anxiously, "Who asked you to come? Does your eldest brother know?"

"He thought I went back to Jinyang. Sister-in-law, I'm fine. I'm much better at martial arts than those soldiers. I've chopped off seven or eight heads in the past two days."

He actually came so early. Lu Mingyang was about to get angry when he saw Yang Nianshu coming towards him.

It was obvious that two people had discussed it together and followed secretly.

Yang Nianshu lowered his head, pretending not to see Lu Mingyang, and went to pull Chu Yueling, "I told you not to come over, don't come over, what are you doing here, hurry up and leave."

"I won't!" Chu Yueling shook off Yang Nianshu and lay down on the city wall again. "I want to see Yanmen Pass, the place Brother Zhou has been thinking about so much. I want to be here and watch him come back."

Lu Mingyang suddenly remembered that her father and second brother died outside Yanmen Pass, and she subconsciously went to look for her eldest sister.

As the enemy approached from the rear, the Xiongnu attacking the city gradually retreated. Lu Mingyuan sheathed his sword and left the tower.

"Open the city gates, and all the soldiers, follow me out of the city to kill the enemy."

"You two protect His Royal Highness King Guangcheng." Lu Mingyang gave an order and followed Lu Mingyuan out of the city to meet the enemy.

The reinforcements arrived half a day earlier than expected. It was a cool night, the cold moon hanging high in the sky, casting a shimmering light on the muddy, sandy ground like frost and snow. Spears and scimitars spilled streams of blood, melting the frost and snow until it solidified again.

The night is getting darker, and it can be so bright.

A long spear pierced Jin Yiluo's chest, and the remaining defeated soldiers fled in all directions, indicating that the victory of this war belonged to Da Sheng.

Lu Mingze looked around, searching for his old friends who had passed away.

Lu Mingyang silently walked towards Jin Yiluo, who was kneeling in a pool of blood. Even if his formation, which he was so proud of, had been broken, he could still escape with the remaining Xiongnu warriors, but he didn't.

Perhaps the price of this battle was too high, and losing meant losing everything.

Lu Mingyang looked at the corpses strewn across the mountain and asked, "Is it worth it to use your own flesh and blood as tools for a fleeting dream?"

"worth!"

Jin Yiluo slowly raised his head, his eyes showing no regrets, only unwillingness: "If I can't conquer this world, life will be so boring. At least I tried, including you."

"If there is an afterlife, I will try again, including you."

Jin Yiluo raised his hand, wanting to touch the outline of his beloved woman, but it fell in mid-air.

It turned out that he was not unaware that he was lying to him, he just didn't care.

Lu Mingyang squatted down and closed his eyes.

Outside Yanmen Pass, corpses piled up like mountains; inside Yanmen Pass, everyone was celebrating.

After this battle, the Huns were no longer a force to be reckoned with for at least thirty years.

Lu Mingyang asked his eldest sister and third brother to return to the capital first, while he stayed there to meet Pei Mian and Wei Luo who had gone deep into the heart of the Xiongnu.

Lu Mingze didn't understand what was there to take over. Lu Mingyuan persuaded her brother to leave. She knew that taking over was just an excuse and her sister had not figured out how to accommodate King Guangcheng.

A few days later, Pei Mian and Wei Luo returned with their troops.

At the city gate, Wei Luo saw Yang Nianshu coming to greet him and angrily said, "Cousin, how could you bring Nian'er here?"

Yang Nianshu was so angry that he hit someone, "My second sister finally forgot about this matter, and you still bring it up."

"Lady, please spare my life!" Wei Luo ran away with a smile under her beating. He didn't ask for mercy, he just wanted to be alone with her.

Lu Mingyang looked at the carriage, the answer in his heart ready to come out, looking at Pei Mian for an answer. Pei Mian nodded slightly and went to open the carriage door.

Princess Jinghe came down holding a baby, and raised the corners of her mouth slightly: "Mingyang".

"The wind is so strong, let's go back to the government office first." Lu Mingyang didn't know what to say for a moment, and helped her into the city. Princess Jinghe grabbed Lu Mingyang's wrist and asked, "Is he dead?"

Lu Mingyang nodded.

"Can I see him?" Princess Jinghe looked at her daughter in her arms.

"Back to Beijing."

Jin Yiluo was the Khan of the Xiongnu, and even his death had to be brought back to the capital. It was the spoils of war of Da Sheng.

Lu Mingyang didn't know what Princess Jinghe felt towards Jin Yiluo. He took out an ivory pendant from his bosom and asked, "I took this from him. Do you want to keep it?"

"Thank you!" Princess Jinghe took the ivory pendant and placed it in her daughter's swaddling clothes. From now on, this would be her daughter's memory of her father.

"Mingyang, can you walk with me?" She looked up at the three big words "Yanmen Pass", "Outside the city".

Lu Mingyang accompanied her along the city wall.

They walked around the city wall, and Princess Jinghe finally stopped. "Since he's dead, I won't go in."

Lu Mingyang was shocked.

Princess Jinghe smiled. "I didn't have much affection for him. I came back with General Pei only because I was worried he would find me. Now that he's dead, there's no need for me to return to Dasheng."

"Why?" Lu Mingyang was puzzled.

"I can't go back. When Da Sheng was weak, I was a gift. When Da Sheng was strong, I was a stain." Princess Jinghe's voice was very calm, as if the person she was talking about had nothing to do with her.

Lu Mingyang felt uncomfortable listening to this, "The Concubine Jing is still waiting for you to come home in the palace."

Princess Jinghe looked at her daughter in her arms and said tearfully, "In this life, I can only feel sorry for my mother."

Seeing that she had made up her mind, Lu Mingyang asked, "Where do you want to go?"

"There is a country in the Western Regions called Xiaowan. The Khan once took me there and I loved it."

Lu Mingyang didn't know if the Khan she was talking about was Jin Yiluo or his father, but it didn't matter anymore. He said worriedly, "There's no paradise in this world. Everywhere is dominated by the law of the jungle. After all, you're a woman, with a child. How can you survive there?"

"I'll go with my aunt!" King Guangcheng walked out from the city gate. "Although I'm young, I'm a man after all. I can protect my aunt and my sister."

"You still don't believe him?"

After the war, Lu Mingyang told Chu Minghui that if he trusted Chu Mingzheng, she would take him back. If he didn't trust her, she would send him to a safe place where he could live a peaceful life and never be involved in the world again.

"No!" Chu Minghui was very frank. "Even if I can't, my existence will bring hidden dangers to Dasheng. Didn't Sister Yang say that I am of royal blood and have the responsibility to protect Dasheng? Some people protect Dasheng by going up. Some people protect Dasheng by going down. I am the one who should go down."

She remembered that when they first met, he was still a little kid, but now, he has grown into an adult. Lu Mingyang looked away and said "OK".

The carriage coming from the Xiongnu only stopped briefly at the city gate before heading west again.

Lu Mingyang watched, and when the carriage had gone far away, he said to Pei Mian, "General Pei, send someone to escort them secretly. Come back after they are settled."

Pei Mian nodded.

Lu Mingyang handed a letter to Pei Mian and continued, "This is from Jinghe to Grand Concubine Jing. When you return, ask her if she is willing to be reunited with Jinghe."

She thought she should be happy.

Pei Mian put the letter away and realized belatedly: "Your Majesty, are you not returning to Beijing?"

Lu Mingyang laughed dryly.