The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 557: enveloping trend
Chapter 557: The Encirclement
If they are unaware of the situation, and they meet one day in a narrow road and fight to the death, Ayu will be put in a dilemma. It is better to tell them the truth. Although there are risks, Bai Qingyan can be trusted by his uncle and Changlan.
“Except for my uncle and Chang Lan, no one else must know about this!”
“I understand! The more people know, the more danger Ayu will face!” Dong Changlan nodded vigorously. “Don’t worry, cousin. For Ayu’s safety, my father and I will keep our mouth shut. Apart from my father and me, we won’t even tell grandma!”
Bai Qingyan nodded with red eyes.
“Abao, you want to copy the map. Do you suspect…Ayu will send messages through the map?” Dong Qingyue had been in the Bai family army, so he knew that the Bai family army always had its own way of sending messages.
Bai Qingyan nodded: “After my cousin copies it, I will give it a try, but I am worried that the terrain drawn above will be ruined. After all, this time when Lupin met Ayu, there was no one around them for them to have a good chat. If there is a letter to send back, it would be the best. If not…”
“It doesn’t matter if there is none. It must be because time was too tight and Ayu didn’t have time to send a message back. Now we know that the Ghost-faced General is Ayu and that he is still alive. That’s enough!” Dong Qingyue patted Bai Qingyan’s shoulder gently and motioned Bai Qingyan to sit down first.
Dong Changlan copied the map while he was busy.
“It’s really unexpected that Ayu is alive. It’s a great blessing!” Dong Qingyue let out a long breath, thinking of the childish look of Ayu riding on his shoulders and flying a kite when he was a child, his eyes couldn’t help but moisten, “Ayu stayed in Nanrong, I think… he had the same idea as you, intending to control Nanrong and prevent Dayan from sandwiching Jin!”
“I think… it should be!” Bai Qingyan smiled. No matter when and where, the children of the Bai family will never forget the ambition of passing on the Bai family’s legacy. Ajue is like this… Ayun is like this, and Ayu, as the inheritance of the Bai family, is even more so!
Dong Qingyue knew that everyone in the Bai family had lofty ambitions, and his nephews and nieces were the direct descendants of the Bai family.
After Dong Changlan copied the detailed drawings that Bai Qingyu asked Lupin to bring back, he compared them repeatedly with Dong Qingyue and Bai Qingyan. After confirming that they were correct, Dong Changlan picked up the teacup and gently sprinkled water on the entire sheepskin map with his fingers.
Soon, as the sheepskin became wet, blue writing appeared on it.
Dong Qingyue, Dong Changlan and Bai Qingyan all gathered in front of the desk.
[On August 30, we looted Dengzhou and made preparations early.]
It was just a simple sentence, with no other explanation, but it was clearly A-Yu’s handwriting.
Bai Qingyan held the sheepskin map in his hand, unable to suppress the surging sadness.
Dong Changlan lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then asked Bai Qingyan: “Cousin, since we know that this ghost-faced general is Ayu, do we need to change our strategy towards Nanrong?”
Bai Qingyan thought about it and shook his head. “No change. The people have to evacuate… The city has to be lost. Otherwise, we will have to get money from the emperor for the Dengzhou Army… There will still be bumps and bumps. We have to let them know that the Nanrong is also a strong enemy. If we want the border of Dajin to be stable, we must not deduct money from the Dengzhou Army, but also send money to them.”
Dong Qingyue also agreed with Bai Qingyan: “We should still follow the plan. After all, Ayu may not be completely safe and trusted in Nanrong! Otherwise… Ayu would not even have a chance to talk to Lupin when she met him!”
Dong Qingyue tapped his bent fingers on the table and said firmly, “In order to prevent Ayu from getting into danger in Nanrong… we should deploy our troops to Nanrong. If anything happens, we can help Ayu!”
Bai Qingyan looked at his uncle, feeling grateful, and bowed to Dong Qingyue and Dong Changlan: “I’ll leave this matter to my uncle and Changlan!”
“Cousin, what you said is outrageous! We are a family, why do we have to do this!” After Dong Changlan finished speaking, he said to Dong Qingyue, “Today is the 24th, and the Nanrong will attack the city on the 30th… It is similar to what cousin expected, but we planned to evacuate the people of Dengzhou on the 30th. Should we make preparations in advance now?”
“Early tomorrow morning, beat the drum to gather the people. I will take your grandmother to persuade the people to evacuate Dengzhou…” Dong Qingyue said to Dong Changlan, “You arrange for Changmao to return to the military camp to make arrangements. Tomorrow afternoon, the Dengzhou army will help the people evacuate quietly!”
Bai Qingyan spread out the sheepskin map on the table, wanting the sheepskin to dry as quickly as possible.
Hearing Dong Qingyue say this, she looked up at Dong Qingyue and said, “Uncle, it is better not to gather the people to persuade them for the time being. Abao understands that uncle cannot bear to see the people suffer, and wants the people to take their valuables and financial supplies out of the city in advance to reduce the losses of the people! But uncle… after all, there are the emperor’s people in Dengzhou City. If you make such a big fuss, I am afraid that uncle will still be held responsible if the emperor investigates later.”
“Cousin, what can you do?” Dong Changlan asked.
“Today, uncle can send Changmao to lead people out of the city to check out the Rongdi’s movements. Three days later, no matter whether Rongdi makes any move or not, let Changmao return to the city and say that Rongdi intends to attack the city.” Bai Qingyan looked at Dong Qingyue, “Uncle can also immediately send someone to spread the word that the Dong family has started packing for three consecutive days… Arrange carriages and horses to transport tents outside the city at night, send soldiers out of the city to prepare to receive the refugees, and when the camp is arranged, send the women of the Dong family out of the city first!”
Dong Qingyue frowned. If this happened… not only would the people in Dengzhou be in a panic, the common people would also curse the Dong family in unknown ways. How could the Dong family, who had lost the support of the people, gain a foothold in Dengzhou?
“Three days later, Chang Mao returned to the city and said that the Southern Rong were marching in full force towards Dengzhou. Uncle first asked the officials to leave the city with their families, and after the rumors had spread fiercely in the city, uncle gathered the people and talked about leaving the city. As long as there were troops outside the city to support them, the people would be willing to leave.”
“Although this will make the people of Dengzhou panic, and before the people know that my uncle has already arranged for the Dengzhou army to camp outside the city and wait for them, they may scold my uncle, but this is also the best way to avoid the emperor’s suspicion of my uncle… and it can save the people.”
Dong Changlan’s eyes were gloomy, and his voice was very low: “By then, the families of all officials will be moved out of the city. Changlan can supervise all the officials in the name of their safety. Then… let those officials sent by the court die in the battle with the Southern Rong, which can also leave some dignity for their families.”
Dong Changlan was thinking of clearing out Dengzhou.
In the past, Dong Qingyue did not surround Dengzhou like an iron barrel and prevent the emperor from placing people in it, but it was because he did not want to give the emperor any excuses.
Now that they have to prepare for the future, those people can no longer stay…
“Perhaps the emperor still has secret agents in Dengzhou. Keep an eye out and see if there is anyone sending people to send messages out…” Dong Qingyue reminded Dong Changlan.
There are two updates for now, and there is one more! The remaining update will be completed before noon tomorrow! Today, I am really tired of visiting relatives! The pain of both husband and wife being only children, we have to visit two relatives… several families a day! TT… Keep rolling around and begging for monthly tickets!