The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 831: Compete for supremacy
Chapter 831: Fighting for Hegemony
“Yes!” Yan Bing responded loudly.
At the same time as the Emperor of Yan entered Changcheng, Princess Bai Qingyan, who was far away in Daliang, led her troops into Yangjiang. Yuegucheng was only separated from the capital of Liang, Hancheng. The Liang army hastily retreated to Yuegucheng.
After Bai Qingyan entered the city, he inspected the camp as usual and asked the soldiers to take care of the infected civilians and soldiers.
Perhaps because Yangjiang City was close to the capital of Daliang, the epidemic here was better under control and not many civilians and soldiers were infected. But also for this reason, Yangjiang was more difficult to attack than those cities that were severely infected.
Before inspecting the wounded soldiers’ camp, Bai Qingyan received a secret report that the Liang court officials were urging Emperor Liang to move the capital to Baoguo. She thought for a moment… and sent someone to call Zhao Sheng and Zhao Ran to wait for her in the big tent. When she returned to the big tent, Zhao Sheng and Zhao Ran had been waiting for a long time.
“Big girl!”
“Princess of the Nation!”
When the two saw Bai Qingyan coming back, they quickly stood up and saluted.
“Sorry to have kept you waiting…” She took off the swords at her waist and placed them on the table. She knelt down behind the table and said, “I asked you two to come here because I received news that the important officials of the Liang court are persuading the Liang emperor to move the capital. I plan to send you two to bypass Yuegu and go straight to Hancheng! Besiege the three gates of Hancheng, but don’t rush to attack the city! You must move to Hancheng quickly, and you must get there before the Liang emperor moves the capital.”
Zhao Ran straightened his spine: “But now Daliang has deployed troops to Yuegu. If General Zhao and I take the heavy troops away…”
Zhao Ran paused for a moment, lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then looked at Bai Qingyan: “Miss, do you mean to capture the thief and the leader?”
Although Zhao Ran has read few military books, he is quite insightful.
He understood that instead of taking down city after city, it would be better to go directly to Hancheng and wipe out the Daliang royal family in one fell swoop. Without the Daliang royal family, there would be no point in the Liang generals’ resistance.
“The Princess Zhenguo asked the two of us to lead the troops to attack the east, west and north gates. Could it be that she wanted to force Emperor Liang in Hancheng to… leave from the south gate?” Zhao Sheng frowned. “Now that General Liu Hong has taken Yuezhou, there is only Zhongxing between Yuezhou and Hancheng. Emperor Liang may not leave from the south gate and go to Zhongxing City…”
“If we don’t run away, do we have to wait in the city for our country to be destroyed?” Zhao Ran asked.
“It’s not that Liang State is without capable ministers. It is very likely that they will choose…” Zhao Sheng was stunned, he looked up at Bai Qingyan and immediately understood what Bai Qingyan meant.
Emperor Liang might choose to take the eastern route, but there has been no news about Princess Gaoyi who is heading to Hancheng from the east. Princess Zhenguo wants to force Emperor Liang to go east.
Zhao Sheng immediately became alert: “The Emperor of Liang may think that the South Gate is the only one that has not been besieged, and it is possible that General Liu Hong is ambushing here. Since there is no war in the east and north of Daliang, the Emperor of Liang will fight his way out from the East Gate or the North Gate. However…if Liang State chooses a new capital, it should go to a prosperous place. In this case, the Emperor of Liang can only go to Daquan and Xiangliang, which is the road that Princess Gaoyi took. I wonder where Princess Gaoyi is now.”
“Princess Gaoyi should have reached the location of Daquan by now…” Bai Qingyan looked at Zhao Sheng, “After the wounded soldiers are left behind tomorrow morning, I will lead the army to attack Yuegu and attract all the main forces here! You two will take a short rest and set off at noon. Zhao Ran…you will follow General Zhao Sheng’s orders!”
Zhao Sheng looked at Zhao Ran in surprise. Logically speaking… Zhao Ran was Bai Qingyan’s confidant.
“Yes!” Zhao Ran said yes without any hesitation.
After watching Zhao Sheng and Zhao Ran leave, Bai Qingyan rubbed the back of his neck tiredly, took out the scroll and bamboo slips, and read them carefully with one hand supporting his forehead.
Not long after, Bai Qingyan felt his eyelids getting heavy, and he fell asleep on the desk in a daze.
In a daze, Bai Qingyan seemed to have returned to the day when he met Murong Yu at Ying Lake.
Murong Yu held a folding fan in his hand, standing by the Ying Lake where willow branches fluttered in the wind. He was wearing a frost-colored robe embroidered with auspicious clouds and a wide belt of warm jade around his waist… It was decorated with forbidden steps of the same color as the warm jade of the belt. The dazzling warm sun shone on his body, as if he was coated with a layer of extremely pure holy light.
Murong Yu is still as stunningly charming and outstanding as ever.
As if he had seen her from afar, Murong Yu bowed to Bai Qingyan without putting on airs. He stood up and said with a smile, “Ayan, in the future… I will entrust Ayan to you. I hope that Ayan can help Ayan correct his conspiracy and make him famous for thousands of years, instead of letting him be infamous for thousands of years.”
Hearing this, her palms tightened. Although she had a premonition in her heart, she still asked, “Where are you going?”
“Go see my mother.” Murong Yu smiled warmly and calmly.
“Murong Yan…will be sad!” she said.
“Brothers cannot be together for life, but husband and wife can be together for life.” Murong Yu spoke to her slowly, like a kind elder, “Ayan, there are always people leaving and coming in this world. Although I am gone… but Ayan has you by my side, so I feel relieved.”
“I have read the military books you sent to A Yan, as well as the new ideas for governing the country you summarized from the books of ancient sages!” Murong Yu’s smile deepened. “A Yan can maintain peace with military power and govern the country with literature. In the future, whether it is yours or A Yan’s, I am very confident that you will both be wise leaders and let the people live a good life!”
She felt a sour feeling in her heart.
The departure of a loved one is the most heartbreaking thing.
At this moment, Xiao Rongyan didn’t know how sad he should be.
And Murong Yu, in her opinion… was indeed a good monarch and a good emperor, but it was a pity… that he had such a father and could only live such a short life.
“It’s a pity that I can’t compete with people like Ah Yan…”
As he spoke, Murong Yu smiled and bowed to Bai Qingyan, and his figure disappeared like the wind at the edge of Ying Lake.
Bai Qingyan, who was lying on the table, suddenly opened his eyes and sat up…
A cool breeze blew in from outside the barracks, causing the curtains behind the screen to sway slightly.
She thought of the dream she had just had and wondered whether Emperor Murong Yu of Yan had passed away.
If Emperor Yan really passed away, I wonder how Xiao Rongyan is doing now?
Bai Qingyan was just lowering his eyes and thinking quietly about how to comfort Xiao Rongyan when Zhao Ran came outside to ask for a meeting.
“Miss, people have sent weapons from Shuoyang, but they haven’t arrived in Yangjiang yet. May I ask how these weapons should be distributed?” Zhao Ran asked in a low voice after entering the room.
“This batch of weapons will be used by General Zhao Sheng and you first. Send someone to receive the weapons and place them on the route you will take soon. You can take them away…” Bai Qing said.
“Yes!” Zhao Ran turned and was about to leave.
“Wait…” She stopped him.
“Miss, do you have any other instructions?” Zhao Ran asked.
“Wait a moment. I’ll write a letter. Ask the person who delivers the weapons to take the letter back to Zeng Shanru and have him pass it on to Mr. Xiao’s people.”
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