Chapter 70 – Formal Civil War

In the evening, Bu Yuehan and Gongsun Yu at the gate of the Fengguo camp sent away Qian Rong, the envoy of the Qi State who had come to visit them, with an indescribable emotion. Staring at Qian Rong's back and riding on the horse, the slender figure slowly departed under the support of the guards, like a victor with vigorous steps, Bu Yuehan and Gongsun Yu were really unwilling to do this, and they were unwilling to agree to the conditions put forward by Qi Guo, but now this news has become an undoubted fact presented in writing.

Staring at the blood-colored sunset in the distance, Gongsun Yu, who was standing at the gate of the camp, became more unwilling the more he thought about it, but in front of Bu Yuehan, he did not show his attitude and the dissatisfaction in his heart. He just couldn't help but sigh silently, "Sure enough, they cut off our logistics to prevent us from actually helping the royal Chen family. Because the Chen family of the imperial family did not have the assistance of practical materials such as weapons and armor, but the Empress Shengde and the forces that supported her had such capital. After all, they were able to mine mines, but the royal Chen family couldn't. So, Your Highness Princess, how exactly should we turn the tide of the current unfavorable situation now?"

Bu Yuehan sighed slightly, why didn't she secretly feel helpless or even regret because of this? It's just that her thinking is relatively fast, and in a short period of time, she has already thought of a possible workaround. Now, since Gongsun Yu asked herself so, she simply said what she wanted to say directly.

"To tell you the truth," Bu Yuehan couldn't help but sigh secretly, "According to what Qian Rong said, then the condition proposed by the Qi State is for us to give up substantial help to the Chen family of the royal family, and when civil strife breaks out when they leave the country, they must not interfere, they can only stand by and watch." Even so, they had to pay nearly one-third of their weapons and armor to the Qi State, so that they could recover the other two-thirds of their weapons and armor and all their food. And this one-third of the weapons and armor, in Qian Rong's words, is nominally 'assisting' the Qi army, but we actually understand that this is impossible. This third of the weapons and armor can only be regarded as the part that has been really robbed. In other words, this time we actually made a trade that we couldn't afford to lose again."

Gongsun Yu silently lowered his head, this was indeed his responsibility, he did not restrain his subordinates, nor did he remind them to pay attention to the situation that was happening now. But now, Gongsun Yu also knew that Bu Yuehan would not mention this, so he still chose to continue to listen silently.

At this moment, Bu Yuehan's words suddenly changed, and she said with a smile: "It's not that we don't have a chance now. After all, at this time, Qi Guo is estimated to still help Empress Shengde and the forces under her command, and it is very likely that they will not be able to free up their hands to deal with us. Besides, after all, we have 70,000 troops here, and besides, our 70,000 troops are also where the powerful army is. The Qi army may not be able to defeat us. Of course, we represent the feudal state, and we cannot do anything that goes back on our word when we have written down a written guarantee. So, is it possible for us to be the first to be flexible in some areas?"

Gongsun Yu somewhat understood the deep meaning of this princess, but he didn't fully understand where this princess Liuli was thinking about what questions worth thinking about now. So, Gongsun Yu asked in a low voice, "So, what can we do to basically complete what we need to do now?"

Bu Yuehan smiled slightly, she already had a plan in her heart, but it was not a good choice to talk about this matter at this time. So, Bu Yuehan directly turned around and returned to the interior of his camp, leaving only a very imaginary back to Gongsun Yu. Gongsun Yu didn't want to ask anything more, so he sighed silently, lowered his head and pondered his noteworthy question, how can he deal with the problem in front of him now?

From the sky, you can see a gorgeous palace hidden on the top of a hill that is very quiet below, hidden in the surrounding blood-colored sunset, which is particularly quiet and dense. And at this moment, on the top of this gorgeous palace, a woman wearing a red golden phoenix dress, a nine-xia phoenix tail crown put aside, she pillowed on her jade arm, a pair of beautiful and moving eyes stared at the red sun in the distance that was gradually sinking westward, and the other hand was constantly handing fresh and exquisite grapes to her mouth. Obviously, at this moment, when there were no people around the palace, it was too striking for this richly dressed but not very old girl to act like this.

This girl is none other than the empress who left the country, Empress Chen Xinyu of Shengde, and there is not much going on in the court recently. She began to habitually come to the top of this palace every day, looking at the bustling streets of Weicheng in the distance, and seeing if she could live comfortably back and forth. Chen Xinyu had to sigh secretly a few times every time. The world is unstable, and the people who suffer are the common people

At this time, a carrier pigeon suddenly flew from the red sun that had gradually disappeared from a distance, and the appearance of this carrier pigeon suddenly made Chen Xinyu, who was not very excited, suddenly change the action that had not been changed for a long time. He stood up directly, stretched out his arm to catch the carrier pigeon flying in the sky, and took a message from the pigeon's feet. Immediately, Chen Xinyu released the pigeon back into the sky.

For Chen Xinyu, what she is most concerned about now is the recent situation of the undercurrent surging in the country. If someone came to see Chen Xinyu, no one would think that Her Majesty the Empress was worried about leaving the country now. But this is indeed the case, Chen Xinyu has already arranged the army, and now he is waiting for this best opportunity to immediately start attacking the royal Chen family.

After experiencing countless things, Chen Xinyu, who originally had a little guilt and helplessness for the royal Chen family, now has no regret for the royal Chen family. Even if his father and himself have been invisibly trying to resolve the sharp contradictions with the royal Chen family, perhaps at this time, completely defeating the imperial Chen family through the army is the best result to finally solve the dilemma in front of them. Otherwise, the people who have left the country will continue to suffer such an embarrassing situation of being unflattering on both sides for I don't know how many years.

The person who wrote the letter was none other than Li Fu, the general of Qi and the plenipotentiary commander of Qi's departure campaign. Li Fu's Qi army cut off the logistics and grain routes of the feudal state, and cut off the most important trade between them and the imperial Chen family. In the letter, Li Fu mentioned that in addition to tens of thousands of stone of grain, what attracted Chen Xinyu's attention more was a batch of armaments that was enough to equip a fleet of 50,000 people, including weapons and armor.

Chen Xinyu was suddenly overjoyed, no one was more familiar with the situation inside the Chen family than her. Of course, the last time Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan's actions were completely in her hands, even if she knew everything about it, she still wanted to give these two brothers and sisters a try. Unexpectedly, now these two brothers and sisters have not returned, according to Chen Xinyu's own calculations, these two brothers and sisters should go back and forth for a month and a half at most. It's been two months now, but there is no news from the two siblings. This is also one of the reasons why Chen Xinyu is a little annoyed. After all, she also learned from her contact with Li Fu that these two brothers and sisters were the two most valued by their Qi Kingdom, which added to Chen Xinyu's troubles, and she was afraid that if she didn't deal with the situation at once, she would be unable to explain the matter clearly.

However, the news that came now made Chen Xinyu forget these unnecessary troubles all of a sudden, and her attention was immediately attracted by this matter. Looking at it carefully, Chen Xinyu's heart became more and more excited, and Li Fu assured her that the Feng Guo army would not participate in this battle with the royal Chen family, and their Qi State army would be able to stop the footsteps of the Feng State army. Moreover, the feudal army was originally going to assist the imperial Chen family and equip them with an army of tens of thousands of people, but now that this plan has failed, Li Fu feels that the time is ripe for action.

Chen Xinyu smiled slightly, she didn't expect Li Fu to be more anxious than herself, but it's okay, at this time, the confrontation between the two foreign forces of Qi and Feng is a very good thing for her, and it also saves her a lot of worries. In this case, Chen Xinyu has already strengthened his determination at this moment.

On the top of the palace, Chen Xinyu's figure jumped down vigorously, she ran back to her palace quickly, she had already prepared everything early, and was waiting for this day to come. She had waited for this day for too long, too long.

Chen Xinyu quickly finished writing a holy decree and stamped it with the golden seal of his true heirloom jade seal. Immediately, tears rippled in her eyes, and she tightly held the piece of white jade pendant hanging from her waist, which was also one of the family inheritances left to her by her father.

"Father, your great enemy! Your daughter will definitely help you get it back! This family, I must destroy them with my own hands!" Chen Xinyu secretly clenched his fists.

In the early morning of the second day, a piece of news suddenly came out that shocked all the people who had left the country, and Chen Xinyu, the empress of Shengde who had left the country, issued an edict, explicitly ordering the royal Chen family and all the officials who supported the royal Chen family to be rebellious, and called on the people to support her crusade. At the same time, he ordered Wang Yanbing, the commander of the pro-guard army, to go out of Weicheng, and the general Zhou Yu stationed in Yancheng led the army to coordinate. An army of 100,000 troops from the south and north officially launched an attack on the territory controlled by the Chen family of the royal family.

Leaving the civil war, it has officially begun!