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Chapter 640: Only Advantages, No Disadvantages

Zhou Chang calmed down a little, took another look at Wang Fengzheng's body, reached out and slowly covered his head with the white cloth.

Death is the greatest thing. Taking two steps back, Zhou Chang bowed solemnly to the body of King Xian, having already made up his mind.

The war is not over yet. Although King Xian was once the only hope, now that this hope is gone, we can only rely on ourselves.

Zhou Chang stood up again and his eyes fell on King Xian's deputy general behind him.

In addition to the deputy general who had just greeted and responded to the conversation, there was always another deputy general guarding the end of the bed in the inner room. Even when Zhou Chang brought people in just now, he just retreated to the corner but never left.

At this moment Zhou Chang turned around and looked around, then he took a step forward and stood side by side with the deputy general who was speaking.

The deputy general who spoke earlier had a thin face and a pointed jaw, a fair complexion and no beard. He looked to be in his early twenties.

Zhou Chang first asked the man: "What is your name?"

"I am Wu Ling, the Lieutenant General of the Royal Palace." Wu Ling said as he clasped his fists and saluted.

"What about you?" Zhou Chang glanced at the deputy general next to him who was a little older, with a strong build and a short beard.

The armor this man wore was even thicker than Wu Ling's, and his military rank was probably higher than Wu Ling's. He was also as taciturn as Gao Yuan, as could be seen at a glance.

The deputy general also clasped his fists and bowed, "I am Han Hui, the assistant general of Prince Xian's palace, and I pay my respects to His Royal Highness Prince Yi."

Prince Yi had never paid attention to the deputy generals around Prince Xian before, and of course he didn't recognize any of them now.

Zhou Chang was unable to obtain any information from Prince Yi Fengming's memory, but suddenly remembered that Sun Xiang seemed to have mentioned before that Prince Xian had two most trusted study companions who grew up together.

I don’t know if it’s these two people.

Logically, Prince Yi should have met Prince Xian's study partner several times, so he should at least have an impression of him. However, Zhou Chang had no impression of him at all at this moment, so he could only ask casually, "So you two were Prince Xian's study partners?"

Just as Han Hui was about to answer, Wu Ling spoke first: "Your Highness Prince Yi, I am not so lucky as to be your Highness Prince Xian's companion. General Han Hui and General Yin Xu, who has already died, were your Highness Prince Xian's companions."

"Oh, sacrifice? How did he sacrifice himself?" Zhou Chang knew that it was impossible for King Xian to be the only one to die in the war, so he asked casually.

Wu Ling continued to reply: "General Yin was chasing the enemy with His Royal Highness Prince Xian last time. He was trying to protect the injured His Royal Highness Prince Xian on his way back, but unfortunately he was trapped and died."

"Was he also shot by an arrow? Was he also poisoned?" Zhou Chang now greatly despised the enemy's actions.

Wu Ling answered again: "No, General Yin was stabbed in several places, one of which hit a vital part, and he fell off his horse and could not be rescued."

"Ah..." Zhou Chang sighed for Yin Xu, whom he had never met before.

But out of the corner of his eye he noticed that Han Hui, who had been silent the whole time, had his head lowered, biting his lower lip tightly, and clenching his fists, as if he had suppressed his grief and excitement to the extreme.

Yes, Han Hui was also Xian Wang’s study companion, so he was a classmate of Yin Xu. I believe they had a very good relationship. Now is the time when they have lost two close friends at the same time.

Zhou Chang sighed more and more in his heart, but after all, the people in front of him were still strangers, and he couldn't say anything to comfort them. He could only get back to the point: "You are all the most trusted generals around Brother Xian, can you fight?"

This is a very amateurish question. How should a commander of troops in battle answer this?

Wu Ling and Han Hui looked at each other, then lowered their heads and fell silent.

Zhou Chang slapped his forehead and secretly blamed himself for being so stupid. How could he forget such an important person? "By the way, where is the deputy governor? Your deputy governor is Jiang Meng, right?"

The deputy governor-general who led King Xian on his last expedition was Jiang Meng, and this time should be no exception.

Wu Ling bowed and replied, "Yes, General Jiang should be drafting a memorial in his study. The news of the death of our Prince Xian is still being kept secret in Maicheng, but it won't be for long."

"Quick, where is he? Take me there." Zhou Chang suddenly became angry.

If he goes too late, Jiang Meng might miss something important.

Wu Ling quickly led the way, while Han Hui remained silent and continued to stay to protect King Xian.

After another round of twists and turns, we arrived at another courtyard.

Zhou Chang rushed in without waiting for any notification.

With a bang, the study door was pushed open with force.

Jiang Meng was in casual clothes, sitting behind a desk, worrying. When he looked up, he saw Prince Yi rushing in. He was surprised at first, then suddenly realized, and stood up to greet him: "Your Highness Prince Yi, why are you here at this time? I should have gone to greet you, but Your Highness must have already known about it, right? The Grand Commander, His Highness Prince Xian..."

Zhou Chang didn't say a word of nonsense and went straight to the point: "Brother Jiang, I want you to continue fighting this battle. Can you do it?"

"Uh..." Jiang Meng kept his mouth shape while speaking, and after a while he responded, "Your Highness Prince Yi, Jiang Meng is still grateful for saving my mother's life, but whether this war can be fought or not is not up to this humble official..."

Zhou Chang interrupted again and grabbed Jiang Meng's shoulders without saying anything: "Brother Jiang, who asked you to remember all that? This war must be fought for your sake."

Jiang Meng was stunned: "For me? Why does His Royal Highness Prince Yi say that? Now His Royal Highness Prince Xian has..."

"I know, I know, Brother Xian Wang passed away. I just came from there..." Zhou Chang didn't want to give Jiang Meng a chance to speak, and even pulled him to the table and asked, "Brother Jiang, General Jiang...what are you writing?"

"This..." Jiang Meng was at a loss for words, so he turned around and made a "please" gesture to Zhou Chang, "Your Highness Prince Yi, if you have anything to say, please sit down and talk slowly."

Zhou Chang was extremely anxious, but he knew that it was useless to worry alone, so he just sat down in the chair under the table.

Jiang Mengze was still standing opposite, with a worried look on his face: "Your Highness Prince Yi, you came at the right time. I was just worrying about how to write this memorial."

"Close the door, close the door first." Zhou Chang sat down and realized that he had broken in. The door of Jiang Meng's study was still wide open, so he quickly asked Shouhou to close the door from the outside.

There are some things that can only be discussed with Jiang Meng alone.

Jiang Mengze grabbed a piece of paper with a few words written on it from the table, also with a dejected look on his face, and took two steps back to sit opposite Zhou Chang.

Zhou Chang now placed his hopes on Jiang Meng again, and couldn't help but look at this man again.

Jiang Meng's face was pale and his complexion was gloomy, but even so, he still looked like a young man that did not match his actual age. To be fair, she did not quite believe that such a man could win the battle.

But things have come to this point. Even for the sake of the refugees they have seen along the way, they cannot retreat from this battle. Moreover, just a moment ago, Zhou Chang's selfish heart had ignited such high hopes.

Winning this battle will only benefit everyone and not harm them.