20demayo Chapter 256 Don't watch it, it's too bloody
Chapter 256 Don't watch it, it's too bloody
No one likes war, Chu Xi dislikes it even less, but living in troubled times, the only way is to end war with war.
Especially since the enemy had already reached their doorstep, the people of Da Zhou and Xi'an had no choice but to fight back passively.
The six people never expected Zhou Yichen to join them. His sudden joining disrupted their formation.
Chu Xi had mixed emotions, but they were quickly suppressed, and the sword in his hand did not become disordered because of this emotion.
The sword was always pointed forward, with flashes of sword and shadows. After a few moves, the remaining five people were either stabbed or killed.
Anyway, when they came to their senses, the young man in bright clothes who had been trapped by them before immediately turned the situation around.
The soldiers who rushed up from below surrounded everyone. By the time the ambushers in the canyon above reacted, it was too late.
Some people were killed before they could even react.
The remaining rebels are still fighting hard.
At this point, they have no room to retreat. They are going to die anyway, so they might as well give it a try.
Chu Xi glanced at the group of fighting soldiers and frowned slightly.
Zhou Yichen stepped forward and saw Qibai's bloodstained brocade clothes. He couldn't help but frown and asked hurriedly, "Qibai, are you injured somewhere?"
"Not bad." Chu Xi didn't want to show his injury here, so he just mentioned it lightly.
Although she said so, Zhou Yichen was not stupid.
Just by looking at the amount of blood on Qi Bai's body, one can guess that the injury must be serious.
In particular, there was a faintly visible wound on his right arm.
"You call this okay?" Zhou Yichen suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Chu Xi's arm. When she wasn't paying attention, he turned up the clothes that were torn by the sword and saw that the wound was still bleeding.
Chu Xi pulled his hand back with an indifferent look on his face. Facing Zhou Yichen's worried eyes, he just continued to reply lightly.
"How can you not get hurt in a fight?"
"You were injured before and it never healed, and now you're injured again..." Zhou Yichen's eyes kept lingering on the injury on Chu Xi's upper right arm.
Qi Bai is good in every way, except that once he gets hurt, he always bears it alone.
"It's okay, just a minor injury." Chu Xi didn't ignore the injury, but compared to the wound on his abdomen, this cut was nothing.
Unfortunately, the abdomen is different from other parts of the body. It is not easy to let others deal with it, so you have to do it yourself.
"Even if it's a minor injury, you should apply medicine." Zhou Yichen pulled Chu Xi and suggested applying medicine to her.
As he spoke, he gently rolled up Chu Xi's sleeves.
Chu Xi moved sideways to avoid the touch of Zhou Yichen's fingers and took the opened medicine bottle.
He sprinkled it gently on the wound, while refusing, "I can do it myself."
Zhou Yichen gave Chu Xi a few more pieces of clean cloth to help her bandage the wound.
With Zheng Hao and others around, other people with ulterior motives cannot get close.
Chu Xi simply sat down on the ground and treated the wound on his arm.
The wound on my waist still hurts a little, but the clothes in ancient times are different from those in modern times.
It's not easy to take it off.
Even if you want to do a simple bandage, at least take off all the clothes on top.
Doing so would undoubtedly be exposing one's own identity.
Chu Xi couldn't stand such a torment, and couldn't reveal his identity at this time.
So after thinking about it, I decided to put away the remaining medicine and white cloth first, and deal with them after I get back.
"...Aren't you injured in the abdomen as well?" Zhou Yichen had sharp eyes. When Qi Bai was fighting with others before, he had already noticed that Qi Bai must have an injury in the abdomen or waist.
Seeing that Qi Bai had only treated the wound on his arm, he frowned and reminded him, "The sword wound cannot be delayed. If it gets inflamed later, it will be difficult to treat."
Chu Xi lowered her eyes, her long and thick eyelashes covering the expression in her eyes, "It's just a minor injury, it's nothing serious."
"Is it because the location is difficult to treat?" Zhou Yichen saw Chu Xi's thoughtful expression and thought that the wound was in a difficult location to treat.
"Then let me help you!"
"..."
Asking him to help me, what's the difference between that and revealing my identity?
Chu Xi had no choice but to step back and avoid Zhou Yichen's outstretched hand. "Your Highness, that's not necessary."
In order to prevent Zhou Yichen from always thinking about his injury, Chu Xi decisively changed the subject and did not give him a chance to think.
"Where is General Tang?"
"He went to the other side, so we split into two groups." Zhou Yichen explained concisely.
The battle ended quickly, faster than the people of Western Chu had expected.
The combat effectiveness of the soldiers led by Wang Youren was mediocre.
What's more, Zhou Yichen suddenly led his men to encircle them from behind, cutting off their retreat. Not only did they have no way to retreat, but their number was twice theirs.
How tough can we expect people who can easily become traitors to be?
In contrast to the high morale of Zheng Hao and others, the rebels threw away their weapons and armor and knelt on the ground begging for mercy.
There were hundreds of corpses on the ground and blood was scattered all over the ground.
The rebels who had lost their weapons knelt on the ground and trembled, with no intention of resisting at all.
"Your Highness, how should we deal with these people?" Zheng Hao asked Zhou Yichen.
The rebels kneeling on the ground begged for mercy.
"Kill him." Zhou Yichen's eyes were cold, "Once you are unfaithful, you will never use me again."
Chu Xi blinked and did not beg for mercy for them. In fact, from the previous confrontation under the city wall of Xi'an to this ambush.
She persuaded them more than once or twice.
Even if the rebels are dealt with by the army, they will never be given a light sentence.
Especially since they followed Qi Jianshu to attack the city of Xi'an. If any commander in the army were to deal with such a crime, he would have issued a strangulation order.
Not killing is not enough to deter others.
Zheng Hao did not question Zhou Yichen's order at all.
Even though the order Zhou Yichen issued this time was very different from the image he had shown in the past, he still did not hesitate at all, raised his hand, and signaled his guards to take action.
In addition to the personal guards, the soldiers who followed Zhou Yichen also took action.
They knew Zhou Yichen's identity and that he was the third prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Now that the prince has given the order, they must naturally obey.
The rebels on the ground naturally changed their expressions when they heard this.
Many people even stood up from the ground and resisted.
But their resistance was useless and was quickly suppressed.
He was decisively killed.
Nearly 800 lives were ruthlessly harvested like watermelons.
"Another...large number of casualties." Chu Xi's tone was light, as if he was lamenting the impermanence of the world, but also as if he was just saying it casually.
Most of the time, soldiers had no choice.
They can only obey the orders of the commander and the king.
Even if this order is wrong, even if some people resist such a decision...
But they had no room to resist and could only obey.
That’s why there is such a tragedy that a general’s success comes at the cost of thousands of lives.
Can...
It’s one thing to be clear in your mind.
As for being completely unaffected by this situation, Chu Xi... asked himself if he could do it for the time being.
Maybe she has experienced more and seen more in the future.
There will never be any touch again.
A hand suddenly appeared in front of Chu Xi's eyes, covering them.
"Don't look at it, it's too bloody." Zhou Yichen sighed.
"?" She's not that fragile yet.
During this period of time, the blood of perhaps seventy or eighty people was on her hands, if not a hundred.
"I hope the war will end soon."