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Chapter 25 - Split Soldiers

"Your Highness, are you alright?" When Wang De arrived in front of Zhao Chen, he asked anxiously.

"I'm fine! General Wang is a brave man, these hundred over Jin Army were pushed back by General Wang, I admired it from the side! " Zhao Chen laughed as he praised.

"General Wang, you must always remember to put the safety of your highness at the first step! His Highness was almost injured! If Your Highness is really injured, then your sin will be great! " Li Gang grumbled.

"This lowly general understands! This lowly general deserves to die a thousand times! " Wang De said with a face full of shame.

"Alright, now is not the time to talk about this! The Jin Army left behind so many horses, we have to leave this place on horseback. " Zhao Chen said.

More than fifty people from Jin Army had died, and at the moment, there were more than ten war horses remaining. Wang De pulled a few horses over, he was riding on one horse, Li Gang was riding on the other horse, Zhao Chen looked at the war horse and smiled bitterly.

"Your Highness doesn't know how to ride a horse?" Li Gang said.

Zhao Chen shook his head!

In the past half year, he had been too busy cultivating his martial arts! He thought that martial arts were good enough to save his life, but he had forgotten the importance of riding! In this chaotic world, not being able to ride a horse was not good for escaping! Thinking of this, he secretly regretted it.

"Your Highness is riding with me!" Wang De said.

He carried Zhao Chen up onto the horse and brought him forward, while Li Gang rode on a horse by himself! Although Li Gang was a scholar, but he had roamed all over the world for the past few years, and had the ability to ride horses! There were only three of them, but they did bring a lot of horses! This way, they would be able to change shifts continuously along the way. The people on the road would not need to rest, and the speed of the road would naturally increase.

"I have finally escaped a calamity!" Zhao Chen secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

However, not long after they had ridden, the sounds of horses galloping came from behind once again. Another countless number of Jin Army had rushed over! Although Jin Army had left just now, they had only notified their comrades to join them in eliminating the strong enemies!

Jin Army naturally had its own way of capturing enemies. A part of them chased from behind while the other part chased from in front, ready to flank them from the front!

"Oh no, there are more and more Jin Army! Your Highness, sit still. I want to rush over from that side! " Wang De said.

Originally, Wang De had also seen that there were enemies moving in circles in front of him, and he knew that it was impossible to leave this place without fighting! He looked around and realized that there were the least number of Jin Army in the west side, so he decided to kill his way through!

"Lord Li, be careful!" Zhao Chen was worried about Li Gang and asked.

He was purely worried about his' comrade-in-arms'! Although he had decided to shoulder the burden of being the 'crown prince', the thoughts that had formed over the years had not changed! He still viewed Wang De and Li Gang as being more equal and peaceful. He did not regard the two of them as his subordinates, nor did he think of them as feudal!

This seemed extremely normal to him, but when Li Gang heard this, his heart unceasingly churned! The Crown Prince actually didn't forget about him even in such a dangerous time! When he thought of the past Song Huizong, Song Chin Zong and now that he thought of Zhao Chen, he felt that this was what a true Monarch should be, treating his subordinates like they were his own brothers! One of the most important reasons why the founding emperors were able to gain the support of countless good ministers and generals was because the founding emperors were all born into the civil society, and they had not yet formed the concept of hierarchy, so they could treat their subordinates with equal attitudes. Thus, they were able to gain the support of their subordinates and gather more and more talented people around them! Although Zhao Chen was not the emperor who founded the country, he did not actually grow up in the imperial palace. Instead, he grew up as a senior in a modern school.

This was also the reason why he could obtain Wang De's loyalty in such a short period of time.

"Your Highness, don't worry. I will protect Lord Li!" Wang De said from the side!

Over a dozen Jin Army s had already rushed over! Wang De laughed loudly as he walked forward! With a sudden wave of the Sky Sword, both heads were chopped off! Blood splashed everywhere, Zhao Chen's body was covered in blood!

Wang De seemed to have become a god of death, his speed, weight, all of this far exceeded Zhao Chen's imagination! Zhao Chen was in Wang De's arms in extreme amazement. He did not know when he would be able to possess such a body of martial arts!

Zhao Chen's face, body, and clothes were drenched in blood, but he had already faintly adapted to this bloody environment, and no longer felt the urge to vomit!

In just a few breaths of time, all of the Jin Army s were killed by Wang De! Wang De brought Zhao Chen and Li Gang along as he flew into the distance!

Jin Army was still in pursuit, but the snow was falling heavily and the area ahead was hazy! After a while, the Jin Army lost sight of Zhao Chen and the other two, as they kept cursing from behind.

"Is it safe this time?" Zhao Chen laughed.

"It should be fine!" Li Gang also nodded.

However, at this moment, the sound of a horn came from afar!

Hearing the sound of the horn, the faces of Li Gang and Wang De both changed.

"What happened?" Zhao Chen anxiously said.

"This is the horn sound of the true female army gathering together!" Li Gang said.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Could it be that Nvzhen found out that the crown prince was lying? Or did they discover the disappearance of the Imperial Jade Seal? " Zhao Chen said.

"Both of them are possible!" Li Gang said.

"What do we do now?" Zhao Chen said.

"Those female soldiers probably already saw the crown prince and our appearances very clearly. They already know the direction we escaped in, and thousands of Nvzhen s will soon catch up … For now, there are only two options! " Li Gang remained silent for a long while, and said.

"Split the troops into two?" Zhao Chen was startled! They only had three people now, how could they split up?

"There is a small mountain ahead. Your Highness, we will hide in it!" General Wang, when we get to the front, find the corpse of a ten-year old child and hold him in your arms! Your Highness, take off your clothes and drape them over that child's corpse, still pretending to be the crown prince! General Wang brought the child's corpse and all the warhorses to lure Jin Army away! This mission is extremely dangerous, General Wang, are you willing to do it? " Li Gang said.

"This general is willing!" Wang De laughed.

"No!" Too dangerous! Although you are an Innate Ranker, but once the Nvzhen makes a move, there will be an army of thousands. If you get surrounded, there will only be a dead end! " Zhao Chen said flatly.

"For the sake of Song Dynasty ZTE, this lowly general is willing to die! Your Highness, you must remember, Song Dynasty ZTE, to protect all the people in the world, do not let all the people in the world be harmed! " Wang De said.

Zhao Chen was still unwilling to let Wang De go alone, but no matter how he tried to persuade his, Wang De was already unwilling to listen!

In front of them was a small mountain. In front of the small mountain, Zhao Chen and Li Gang jumped down from their horses. Wang De was carrying a child's corpse in his arms. They had found it on the road! With the invasion of Jin Army, the number of Han Chinese killed was huge, and the number of corpses of this child was also very high. It would be easy to find the corpse of a child!

"I am very worried about General Wang!" Zhao Chen said softly.

"Your Highness, we will enter the mountain first. I have something extremely important to tell you!" Li Gang said.

"Alright!" Zhao Chen nodded.

Zhao Chen and Li Gang walked towards the small hill in front of them. It was already dusk, and with the heavy snow falling from the sky, the lighting was exceptionally dim! The mountain path was smooth and exceptionally difficult to walk on. The two of them supported each other as they moved forward!

After walking for about two hours, the sky had turned completely dark. Only then did the two of them stop!

At this moment, they could still hear the sounds of horses' hooves coming from the foot of the mountain. The sound of horses' hooves stomping on the ground felt like it was stomping on their hearts! Both of them were still very nervous. They were afraid that the female soldiers would enter the mountains. After a long while, the sound of the horse's hooves gradually disappeared.

"General Wang has lured those people away!" Li Gang heaved a sigh of relief and said.

"It's been hard on him this time!" Lord Li, didn't you say you had something extremely important to tell me? Now you can say it! " Zhao Chen heaved a sigh of relief and said.

"Alright!" Li Gang thought for a while, then said: "Your Highness, when you were in the Imperial Palace, you used Little San'er as a substitute, you are really wise and smart, no wonder you are the crown prince of my Song Dynasty, and will inherit my power in the future! When you left the Eastern Palace, you only knocked out that Little San'er and didn't kill her. This is enough to show your kindness! When I said that we would split up into two sides, Master Wang was in charge of luring the true female army away, and there were many dangers involved. As a result, you were worried and actually advised General Wang not to leave, this is also your kindness! If it was in times of peace, you would definitely love your people like sons and would be a Sacred Monarch! " Li Gang said.