Rebirth of the Phoenix Princess novel Chapter 293

A wave of heat came over. People outside the city gate retreated continuously, but were shocked by the scene in front of them. Although they had found that the fire was red outside the city, they didn't expect it to be such a scene in the city.

The city was ablaze everywhere, and a strong smell of oil came.

Xia Houyan and Liu Yinfeng rode on the horses and came to the front. They frowned. Liu Yinfeng looked at the city and said flatly, "it seems that Luo Qingyan wants us to get nothing from here, but to block our way with this. Look at the tree oil, it's going to burn day and night."

Xia Houyan pressed his lips tightly and did not say anything, but his eyes were full of killing intent.

After a while, the spies who were sent to investigate came back in a hurry. "Your crown prince, please, the army of the state of Ning has retreated to the north of the Jing River and the bridge is destroyed."

Liu Yinfeng nodded. "It is the only bridge above the Jing river. Now it is destroyed. It will take us some time to cross it. I will take several thousand people to cut some trees for us. We need to make a wooden boat first."

Xia Houyan's eyes darkened. "Do you want to spend the time like a raft crossing?"

"That's the only choice we can have now. In order to prevent the drowning soldiers from being killed, we have to pick more wooden sticks. We'll send the guards who can swim to take a wide wooden bridge to pass." Liu Yinfeng said in a low voice, "Prince Jing has a good wife. She is quite resourceful. Last time we suffered a loss because of her. This time we lost a hundred thousand soldiers, but this time we helped Prince Jing again."

"report! Lord Hua Guo wants to see you." Came a voice from far away. Xia Houyan let out a cold hum and said in a loud voice, "let him in."

But Lord Hua Guo didn't ride. He strolled to Xia Houyan's horse and cupped his hands in the other before his chest, saying, "your highness, it's cold outside. Why don't you and your counsellor go to the camp outside Jingyang city to take shelter from the cold?" Without saying a word about the battle ahead, he looked steadily forward.

Xia Houyan opened his mouth and was about to rebuke him, but Liu Yinfeng cut in. "Your grace, we haven't seen each other for a long time. In this case, I'll go to the camp with the crown prince."

Xia Houyan heard a low voice coming from his side. "Your highness, No."

Xia Houyan controlled his anger and nodded, "Lord Hua Guo, lead the way please."