The Prime Minister's Darling novel Chapter 1060

Chapter 1060: 515 Jiaojiao (Two Updates)

The battle at Lingguan City had finished. The attack began as the snow stopped at the hour of Xu and ended completely by the time of Hai, lasting no more than two hours.

The Gu Family army gathered all its superior forces, utterly decimating the thirty thousand troops of the former dynasty with absolute advantage in numbers and combat strength, leaving them in utter disarray.

The Prince was injured by an arrow, and the son-in-law led an army of five thousand to escort him as they escaped from another side of Lingguan City.

Of the remaining twenty-five thousand, five thousand died on the battlefield, and the rest, twenty thousand, became prisoners.

The vast majority of these twenty thousand prisoners were strong men from the borders and various regions, either followers of the Living Buddha or enticed and coerced by the Prince to join the rebel army.

Of course, there were also some descendants of noble families and scholars from the former dynasty. They had held important positions under the Prince, and it was laughable that when the Prince abandoned the city to flee, he didn’t take them along.

Gu Changqing, clad in a silver armor cloak, rode atop a tall horse in matching silver armor, followed by the neatly arrayed Gu Family cavalry.

The infantry were left at the city gate to clean up the battlefield and form patrols to catch any remaining enemies of the former dynasty.

Lingguan City was no stranger to war. The most terrifying time had been when a massive army from Chen Country captured it not long ago. On that day, just like today, the overwhelming Chen cavalry had breached the defenses of Lingguan City, taking the defending army prisoner.

They, too, had ridden majestically down the main streets.

When they saw women, they abducted them; when they saw sturdy men, they captured them. They burned, killed, looted, and committed all manner of atrocities.

With war breaking out once more, Lingguan City lived in fear. Every household bolted their doors and windows and didn’t even bother to see who had won upon hearing the sound of horse hooves. Everyone hid in their homes, trembling with fright.

However, the sound of horse hooves drew near, then faded into the distance, and no screams from women or roars of anger from men could be heard in the streets, nor was there any noise from soldiers storming houses and looting.

Finally, a brave young man quietly opened a crack in a door to take a look outside.

He saw the banners of Zhan Country fluttering in the chill of the night wind, and behind them, the military standard of the Gu Family army.

"It’s the Gu Family army!" he shouted loudly.

Upon hearing that it was the Gu Family army, the residents began to harbor some hope, though they didn’t dare immediately venture out to the streets. They opened just a crack in the doors to glance outside.