Hearing this, Yun Shang hurriedly threw away the chess piece in his hand, turned around and said, "Come in."
A secret guard walked in, still moist with dew, and saluted Yun Shang, "Princess, we found out that Xia Jun had arrived outside Jingyang City last night. Your Majesty set up a trap."
The empty city plan was used to set fire to Jingyang City. The fire in Jingyang City has not been extinguished yet. The prince led his troops and the people of Jingyang retreated to the south of Jinghe River. The Xia army cut down trees to make rafts and tied them together to make a bridge.
I just crossed the Jinghe River an hour ago."
"Have you contacted the prince?" Yun Shang asked hurriedly.
The secret guard shook his head, "There are mountains and forests everywhere. It will take some time to contact the prince. The other secret guards are still looking for traces of the prince. There should be clues soon. I am worried that the princess cannot wait, especially
Come and report."
Yun Shang nodded and waved him away, but her brows furrowed tightly.
"Look at your appearance, your brows are so furrowed that you could kill a fly." Mr. Qing Cang shook his head and packed up the chess pieces on the table.
Yun Shang did not relax his brows at this joking remark, "Master, he is in danger." After finishing speaking, without waiting for Mr. Qingcang's response, he hurriedly said, "There are currently 650,000 Xia troops.
The prince only has 250,000 people, and he is also taking the people with him. If all the Xia army goes up the mountain, the chance of winning is very small." After a pause, he suddenly thought of the key to the matter, "No, if the Xia army goes up the mountain, the prince still has a chance.
Win, but Liu Yinfeng is determined not to take such a risk. He is now leading troops to guard the Jing River, and he must be thinking about the water source. The Jing River has dried up for a long time, and the people in Jingyang City must have dug wells to get water, but now they are hiding
In the mountains, only the Jing River has water. The Xia army only needs to guard the Jing River. There are so many soldiers and people who cannot survive without water. Liu Yinfeng is just waiting for the rabbit."
Thinking of this, Yun Shang became even more panicked.
Mr. Qingcang nodded, with some appreciation in his eyes, and said with a smile, "My disciple is not stupid, but since King Jing dares to lead soldiers and people up the mountain, it means that he is somewhat sure.
Why do you think he is so confident?"
Yun Shang was silent for a moment, but shook her head. She didn't know that as long as she thought of Prince Jing's current situation, she couldn't calm down.
Mr. Qingcang narrowed his eyes and smiled, "If you really care, you will be in trouble. I'm afraid your prince dared to take this risk because he believed in you."
"Believe me?" Yun Shang was stunned for a moment, then raised his finger and pointed at the center of his eyebrows, feeling a little surprised.
Mr. Qingcang nodded, "I believe you. Didn't you send a secret guard to report to King Jing before, telling him about Xia Jun's movements, and also saying that you would lead troops to come to help?"
Yun Shang nodded slightly, and then Mr. Qing Cang continued, "You also know that no matter how brave and skillful Ning's army is, when they encounter Xia's army that is three times larger than mine, perhaps because of King Jing, the whole army will not be wiped out, but it will not be wiped out.
It won't be easy. There will definitely be countless casualties. Moreover, there are so many people in Jingyang City. If King Jing's conscience is still intact, he will not take risks with these people. Therefore, he knows that he can't resist, so he doesn't just
Delay time and wait for your rescue. If you bring the 400,000 people outside Kangyang City, you will almost be able to compete with the Xia army in terms of numbers. By then, no matter what, at least you will not be too obviously at a disadvantage.
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Yun Shang sat as if in trance, and said after a while, "But now, I only have less than 100,000 people in my hands..."
Mr. Qingcang smiled and said, "It will come eventually. Although you only have 100,000 people in your hands, you can still make a difference." Seeing Yunshang looking over, with some doubts in his eyes, Mr. Qingcang smiled.
He smiled and said, "On the surface, the Xia army has defended the banks of the Jinghe River and has the upper hand. But you only need to calm down and think about it, and you will know that they also have a fatal weakness now."
After Yun Shang heard this, she fell silent and sorted out the chaotic thoughts in her mind. They must have no shortage of water. When marching to fight, besides water, food and grass are the most important...
forage?
Yun Shang's eyes slowly lit up with light, and she knew, "It's food and grass!" Yun Shangxing said hurriedly, since the Xia army wanted to encircle and suppress the prince, they must have mobilized almost all the soldiers outside Jingyang City. Now those soldiers
They have all crossed the river, but the Xia army has great difficulty in crossing the river. I am afraid that the food and grass cannot be transported across the river yet. Although my 100,000 people are not many, they can prevent the Xia army from transporting the food and grass across the river!"
A flash of admiration flashed in Mr. Qingcang's eyes, and Yun Shang stood up, "Give me the order, the whole army will be ready and follow me to set off!"
Yun Shang led the army to the vicinity of Xia Jun's crossing, and cautiously approached the crossing. There were many rafts floating on the Jinghe River at the crossing, and they were tied up with ropes one by one. They were about tens of meters wide.
Yun Shang pondered for a moment, then waited for the sky to get dark, then called all the available secret guards, about a few hundred of them, all of them got into the water and dived towards the bridge made of rafts.
At night when I couldn't see my fingers, there were occasionally patrolling soldiers passing by with torches near the river crossing, but they didn't pay attention to the movement in the water. Yun Shang used the weak light of the torch to see that the bridge made of rafts in the water gradually dispersed.
Come on.
Yun Shang narrowed her eyes, turned around and led the army towards the camp where Xia Army was originally stationed outside Jingyang City. She had already ordered people to find out that Xia Army's food and grass were placed in the camp outside the city.
, there are currently only 50,000 garrison troops guarding the camp.
The camp was brightly lit. Yun Shang narrowed his eyes, raised his hand, and shouted, "Light the torch and kill!"
The torch was lit, and the meandering army appeared behind Yun Shang. When the soldiers behind him heard Yun Shang's words, they rushed towards the Xia Army camp. There were shouts of killing, accompanied by the sound of swords and guns being exchanged.
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After a while, the secret guards came back with their clothes wet one by one, "Princess, my subordinates have destroyed all the pontoon bridges on the river."
Yun Shang smiled slightly, and a bright light suddenly appeared in her eyes, "Okay! Now there is a task for you. Leave some of the food and grass in the camp, enough for us to eat for three days, and burn the rest!"
The secret guards took orders one after another and flew towards Xia Jun's camp.
Yun Shang raised her hand and combed her hair that was blown by the night wind on her temples. She finally felt a little calmer in her heart. Reinforcements from behind should be arriving soon. When the time comes, Xia Houyan and Liu Yinfeng will definitely regret it.
This decision.
Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard a loud shout, "Stop!" The voice was a little old, but full of majesty. It seemed that he had used some internal energy to reach everyone's ears, "Is Princess Huiguo in the army? Xia Guohua Kingdom
Please see me!"
Yun Shang saw the fire gradually lighting up in the camp, and was stunned. Then she remembered that Hua Guogong was indeed in the Jingyang camp, but why he was not with Xia Houyan on the other side of the Jing River, but in this camp.
After pondering for a moment, no matter what, Hua Guogong is Prince Jing's grandfather after all. Since she is Princess Jing, in order to leave a way for Prince Jing to escape, she can't make things too difficult for him. She raised her voice and said, "Okay! Stop!"
The sound of fighting gradually stopped, and Yun Shang saw that the fighting soldiers gradually separated, and a man in purple clothes walked out of the camp. His hair was gray, but his posture was still upright. He should be Duke Hua.
Yun Shang got off the horse and walked towards Duke Hua. She stopped a few steps away from Duke Hua and slightly cupped her hands, "How are you doing, Duke Hua?"
Duke Hua smiled, but there was a bit of bitterness in his smile. Yun Shang had no time to think about why he looked like this. She only glanced at Duke Hua lightly and said, "Since Duke Hua invited me, then I
Let's go sit in the camp with Duke Hua." After saying that, he raised his hand to stop the secret guard behind him, then took two steps forward and walked to Duke Hua.
Duke Hua turned around, glanced at the place where the fire broke out, frowned slightly, but said nothing, turned around and walked towards the tent with Yun Shang.
After entering the tent, Duke Hua sat down and said, "Princess Huiguo, please take a seat." He then looked at Yun Shang's men's clothing, "How is it appropriate for a daughter's family to dress in men's clothing?"
Yun Shang smiled slightly, walked to the chair and sat down. When she saw tea and teacups on the chair next to her, she poured herself a cup and took a sip before saying, "I am now married to Prince Jing. Duke Hua Guo
Just call me Princess." But she still remembered that when she was in the imperial city, she had not yet married Prince Jing, and Duke Hua made a special trip to Prince Jing's residence to hint overtly or covertly that her status was not worthy of Prince Jing.
Now that she has finally become Princess Jing, she naturally has to respond to him.
Duke Hua was really stunned for a moment and then said, "Princess, you are so brave. You entered the camp alone. Are you not afraid that I will suddenly attack and kill you?"
Yun Shang laughed for a moment after hearing this, "If Duke Hua wants me to hate you even more and ignore you, just kill me."
When Duke Hua heard this, he moved slightly, and his hand inadvertently hit the tea cup placed aside, making a "bang" sound, "What do you know?"
Yun Shang raised her eyes and took a deep look at Duke Hua, her smile became brighter and brighter, "I'm afraid Duke Hua doesn't know that when Xia Guo quietly sneaked into the soldiers stationed on Qilin Mountain, the prince and I went up to the mountain to explore
, that day, I happened to hear Duke Hua and the Seventh Prince saying something that shouldn’t be said..."
Duke Hua's face suddenly turned pale, "So that's it. It turns out that he already knew it at that time."
After saying that, he looked at Yun Shang again, with a bit of displeasure in his eyes, "Since you already know his identity, why would you marry him so shamelessly? Your identity is of no benefit to him."
Yun Shang picked up the tea cup and blew away the foam in the tea, with a faint smile on her lips, "There is one thing that Mr. Hua Guo said wrongly. It was not that I was too shameless to marry him, but that the prince himself
I begged my father to marry me. Moreover, how did you know that I would be of no benefit to him? I'm afraid Duke Hua is old and confused. Could it be that for the prince, it would be best to marry a lady who can only embroider a purse?
"Haha..." Yun Shang took a sip of tea, put down the cup suddenly, and stood up, "I have important matters to attend to, so I will not drink tea with Duke Hua. There is some chaos in Jingyang now. Before the war is over,
Duke Hua should stay in the camp. I will leave a few people to serve the Duke. If you need anything, just tell them."
When Duke Hua heard this, a trace of astonishment flashed in his eyes. Seeing that Yun Shang turned around and left, he quickly stood up and angrily said, "You...have no respect for your elders...you want to put me under house arrest in this camp? Damn girl,
Believe it or not, I asked Luo Qingyan to divorce you!"
Hearing this, Yun Shang paused. When Hua Guogong saw this, he thought she was scared, and a bit of pride rose in his eyes, but he heard Yun Shang's sneer, "Ha! Don't say that King Jing is still Ningguo now.
Prince Jing, even if he is no longer alive, he will not listen to your words and divorce me. Seeing that he is in danger now, but he is still so leisurely and aloof from the matter. You are not worthy of the status of grandfather." After saying this, he declined.
He opened the camp door and walked out.
In the camp, Duke Hua stamped his feet, "Damn girl!" He walked back and forth in the camp twice, but suddenly stopped, with a bit of a wry smile on his lips, "Yes, I am indeed unworthy.
With the status of grandfather." He paused and murmured, "This damn girl has a very similar temperament to him, and she is also quite smart." After saying that, he narrowed his eyes and sat back on the chair.
, and sighed quietly.
"Princess, the enemy troops in the camp have killed and wounded 38,000 people, and 12,000 have been surrendered. The food and grass have been burned, leaving only 9,000 dans," the deputy general said in a low voice.
Yun Shang nodded, "Well done, let's go and withdraw our troops."
When they returned to the camp, Qian Yin was waiting in the camp. When he saw Yun Shang coming in, he hurriedly took the cloak that Yun Shang handed over and said with a smile, "When the slave heard the sound, he knew that the princess was back and the hot water was ready.
The branches and green salt are all ready. The princess hasn't slept much in the past two days. Let's take a hot bath and rest for a while. The slave heard from Mr. Qingcang that there is nothing to do now that the princess is back.
At least we have to wait until daybreak and reinforcements arrive before we can take action. While there are still two hours left, the princess should take a nap first."
Yun Shang was indeed very tired, so she nodded, turned around the screen, took off her clothes and sat in the tub. She breathed a comfortable sigh and felt slightly relieved. She had to rest for a while. Tomorrow,
After Xia Jun knew that the food and grass had been destroyed, they would probably launch an attack on the mountain. It would be very disadvantageous for them to drag them down. Liu Yinfeng must be used to settling accounts, so he naturally understands this truth. He will have to get up early tomorrow, hoping that reinforcements will arrive early.
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Yun Shang thought to herself, then leaned on the tub and fell asleep.
Qian Yin saw that Yun Shang had gone in for a long time and never came out. There was no sound from behind the screen, so she hurriedly walked around and took a look. She saw Yun Shang leaning against the tub with her eyes closed and her head tilted to the side. She was obviously asleep.
Qianyin was dumbfounded, then hurriedly stepped forward to take Yunshang out, wiped her body, put on clean underwear, and then covered her with a quilt.
However, after sleeping for more than an hour, a voice asking for permission came from outside, with a bit of urgency, "Is the princess awake?"
Qianyin hurriedly let the person in, then walked around the screen to look, only to see that Yun Shang had already opened her eyes and said in a hoarse voice, "What's wrong?"
"The Xia army launched an attack. The wind direction changed suddenly today, blowing from the north, so the Xia army lit a fire. The fire did not light up, but thick smoke rose. When the wind blew the smoke, it went into the mountains and forests!