Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 484 6.55 Princess Yongjing: I don’t know what happened to the emperor’s sister.
Volume VI

6.55 Princess Yongjing: I don’t know what happened to the royal sister following her.
In the early morning of March [-]th, at the top of Shanhaiguan City.

Facing the warm spring sun released by the rising sun, the entire wall is equipped with knives, guns, and personnel. Looking around, the land and hills at the end of spring have given a little bit of new green, but there are also some greens that have not been completely melted. Can Xue is quite poetic and picturesque; it's just that the scenery that was quite eye-catching at first, but no one cares to enjoy it at this time, because in the same scenery, there are people screaming in front of them.

"Thanks to your strategy, if we had been slower for a while, it would be hard to tell who owns this city now." Princess Yongchang looked tired and her beautiful eyes were bloodshot, but she still couldn't stop her bright gaze like a galaxy, "Because The White Mountains and Black Waters have long been owned by the Zhou Dynasty. I have never cared about the defense of Shanhaiguan before, but I never imagined that it would be so dilapidated."

That's right, this girl is also a ruthless person. The so-called "early morning next day" arrangement is to hand over all the affairs of the capital to the deputy Dongfang Bing, and then follow her and someone to the room that has been prepared. "A little farewell is better than a newlywed", so he immediately followed him all the way, and was stunned to follow the forced march to Shanhaiguan without missing a beat!
"No matter what, we won this time." Qiu Liang, who was also in poor condition next to him, was still full of joy. "Even though we lost nearly 300% of the horses and lost more than [-] people along the way, we still won. Also, Ziyang guessed it right, the so-called 'Jiannu' is really just a bluff, these people outside Guancheng should be the absolute main force, and they only cost him less than four thousand to give him enough face!"

"Ziyang, what are you going to do?" Princess Yongchang said calmly.

"Deal with them." Zhou Yang did not hesitate, "The earlier we fight, the sooner we end the war. As Brother Qiu said just now, these are the absolute main force of the so-called 'slave establishment'. Even if the entire Baishan Heishui chaos is not brought to an end, If all the elite soldiers are exhausted, they can at least account for half of them, as long as they are defeated."

"It means we have settled most of the chaos!" Qiu Liang's tone was full of excitement.

"Besides, we can't wait any longer." Zhou Yang glanced at the former Shanhaiguan defenders who were almost trembling on the wall, shook his head helplessly and said, "Fortunately we are here, otherwise it would be better to count on the rebels than to count on these wastes." Disperse yourself - Brother Qiu, please do some hard work and bring some of our people up.

My idea is to keep [-] cavalry, eat, rest and restore energy, and then pick out the horses in the best condition to ensure that they are enough; the rest of the men will all dismount and go to the city to help defend. I don’t expect them to be able to defend anything. Because I plan to bring lunch half an hour earlier so that the brothers can have a full meal."

"Surprise while the rebels are eating!" Qiu Liang nodded vigorously and saluted Princess Yongchang and Zhou Yang respectively with a grateful look on his face, "Princess, dear brother Ziyang, thank you two for taking care of me this time. If it weren't for the gods, The elite soldiers of the machine battalion have been able to hold on until now, but relying solely on the scraps of my men, this attack may not be successful."

The difference in the quality of the personnel was clearly seen in the march along the way. Except for a horse that fell to death on the road or a mistake that broke most of the flag, and had to arrange for manpower to take care of it, basically all the personnel of the Shenji Battalion arrived; but the Three Thousand Battalion did not. It was the third day that I couldn't hold on anymore. Fortunately, there were soldiers and horses from the Shenji Battalion to "take care" of me, even though Xiao Sanbai disappeared along the way - a total of 2000 people.

"Brother Qiu is well aware of this." Zhou Yang did not refuse his thanks, and nodded with a smile before adding, "I know there are many problems in the military, but Brother Qiu, don't forget what our martial arts foundation is based on; Even if you can't guarantee that the entire army will be elite, you must at least have an elite force that can fight at any time. Otherwise, when it comes time to use it, you can't count on someone to help you support it every time."

"Okay, go and get busy." Princess Yongchang glanced coldly at Qiu Liang, who was sweating on his forehead, "Remember to make arrangements according to the request just now, I don't want to hear any more issues like 'delay'; if this happens If everything goes well this time, I will just pretend that nothing happened, but if something goes wrong again."

"Don't worry, princess, don't worry, princess!" After Qiu Liang saluted in panic, he almost ran down to close the wall, and started shouting for arrangements before he could stand firm.

"Rong'er——" Zhou Yang watched Qiu Liang go down to the city and turned to look at the girl with a smile.

"You come with me!"

Less than three miles away from Sanguan, there is a large camp of chaotic troops.

"Which dog slave is it that leaked our background in advance?" In the middle of the Chinese army's tent, a very majestic young man was extremely annoyed, "I originally thought of laying the foundation first and then talking about the name, but now the secret has been leaked in advance. Not to mention the government and people from all over the place, even the forces that agreed to start the incident together, only a little more than half of them came this time!"

"It should be from the original Dongping Palace." A man dressed as a scholar but with shaved hair and braids said, shaking his fan, "My lord, since it has been exposed now, it will be useless to cover it up. It's better to directly raise the banner and gather people's hearts—— Although the people of the Qing Dynasty have been passed down to this day, although there are not many of them, as long as some of them can come back, it will not be like this at least."

"Humph, these worthless Nikans!" the young man cursed angrily, and the scholar who just spoke consciously filtered out, "When we set off from Shengjing, we had an army of five thousand, but we didn't expect that such a short distance would cost so much. For seven whole days, more than 1000 people were exhausted and ran away early along the way!"

"Your Majesty, although our soldiers and horses are not many, they are not less than the enemy." The fan-waving scholar continued to persuade, "The spies in Guancheng have sent out information, and the number of soldiers and horses coming from the capital is only more than [-], so both sides are evenly matched. With our army's elite troops facing off against the imperial court's exhausted troops, it can only be decided in one battle."

"Sir, you are interested." The young man nodded with satisfaction, but his face soon turned ugly.Voices such as "You can't go in" and "I'm going to see him today" outside the big tent are getting closer and closer. It's obvious that the guards in front of the tent had a conflict with someone, and the person's status is not low. The guard I don't dare to stop it with all my strength.

"Your Majesty—" the scholar stood up and asked, meeting the young man's cold eyes and quickly bowed away, "I understand."

"Jin, that's not what you said when you were in Shengjing!" Finally, the curtain of the big tent was violently torn open, and an extremely strong man rushed in with an angry look on his face, "Jin Manager, now that the brothers have worked so hard to get here with you, it’s okay if they don’t have enough to eat. But now your people are eating meat soup soaked cakes, and my people can only eat dry food and drink cold water. I’m afraid that’s not justified, right? "

"Brother Luo is joking. If I can eat in one bite, what can you do with less?" The young man suppressed his mood and stood up with a smile. "It's better to go over first this time. At noon, I will ask my men to share some of the provisions for Brother." How about adding some oil and water to my brothers? We can’t be here now and have to start cooking again, right?”

"Manager Jin has mentioned this, so I can't help but appreciate it." The big man thought for a moment and nodded, then looked at the angry faces on both sides of the people, cupped his hands indifferently and said, "Farewell!"

"Clap-"

As soon as the big man came out of the big tent, he heard the sound of cups being smashed inside, but he just raised his lips in disdain, paused for a moment, and continued to leave.

"General Manager Jin!" In the big tent, the young man gritted his teeth and snorted coldly, "Since my ancestors, I have been lurking in the Dongping Palace for three generations. Now I finally have to take revenge, but I still can't avoid being called a slave - sooner or later One day, I will let everyone know that I, Aixinjueluo, will always be my true destiny, and no one can touch me!"

There was dead silence in the big tent, no one answered.

Zhou Mansion in the capital, the main courtyard and the back house.

"Princess, let's have some porridge." Xue Baochai reluctantly placed the hot and cold Tremella fungus and lotus seed porridge on the small table in front of Princess Yongjing, and then pulled Lin Daiyu, who had the same yearning look on her face, to the table next to her. A bowl of porridge was put away, "Although I'm not hungry in the morning, I still use some cushions. Is it possible that it will be empty all morning?"

"Sister Bao, according to Brother Zhou's plan before leaving, the army should have arrived at Shanhaiguan by now, right?" Princess Yongjing had no appetite at all, and she even lost her usual dexterity in speaking. "I don't know what will happen to Sister Huang following?" That’s it, but it’s a pity that until now, there is no news from the palace.”

"Didn't Sister Dongfang come over last night? What did she say?" Xue Baochai was actually very anxious, but she had always been safe and knew that it was useless to rush. "Even if there is nothing useful, you should at least tell me where the army is, right?"

"What Sister Bing sent is the news that just arrived yesterday. The army is still rushing. It should have arrived last night or this morning." Princess Yongjing breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the jade bowl on the table and drank all the rice in one breath. Porridge, "That's all, I'm going to go to the palace to ask. Logically speaking, where can I find more news about the emperor's wife and your majesty?"

"Princess, wait a moment, I'll have someone prepare." Xue Baochai said quickly.

"No need, I just need to bring some people over. If you don't control the house, I don't know what will happen." Princess Yongjing rolled her eyes at Lin Daiyu, who was still silent, waved her hand and went out directly.

"Girl Lin, under the princess, you are respected in the family. Now is a critical moment. You should cheer up and set an example for the sisters." Xue Baochai sat helplessly next to Lin Daiyu and gently hugged her and said , "If you ask me, you might as well go back to Mr. Lin and ask, at least you want to know something, right?"

"That's okay!" Sister Lin nodded weakly.

"Wait, drink the porridge!"

(End of this chapter)