Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 1207

Chapter 1207: Chapter 1201: Fat Meat

The Bai family’s Hidden Guards did not dare to delay, and quickly returned to the city to report the matter to Bai Qingyan.

Bai Qingyan, upon hearing this, set down the bamboo slip in her hand. She estimated that General Cui Shanzhong had sent the news of her being trapped in Jiangzi City towards Yecheng Pass. At this moment... either Yang Wuce heard the news and dispatched troops to assist, or... Yang Wuce realized Jiangzi City hadn’t sent a smoke signal and suspected she had other plans, so he was frequently sending scouts to investigate the situation in Jiangzi City. Therefore, General Cui Shanzhong planned to attack the city in a show of force, compelling Yang Wuce to bring troops as reinforcements, intending to pretend to attack the city.

Bai Qingyan considered the tasks assigned to Du Sanbao. Over the past few days, she had been continually assigning more personnel to Du Sanbao’s charge, and it should be nearly complete.

She stood up, found the sealed letter she had written earlier on the desk, and handed it to the Bai family guard: "Send someone with this letter to find Du Sanbao and order him, under any circumstances, to complete the tunnel today! After the person carrying the letter leaves, go immediately to find General Yang Wuce’s scout. If you can’t find them, don’t waste time, head straight to Yecheng Pass and hand the letter personally to General Yang Wuce. Xiliang currently is eager for a scout returning from Yecheng Pass to report back, so they definitely won’t block our messenger!"

"Also, dispatch another Bai family guard to exit the city through the secret passage and head north. Be sure to reach Bailong City before dusk today. Tell the commander of Bailong City, upon receiving the message, to make grand preparations... they must ensure the Xiliang scouts believe they will send grain to Jiangzi City the day after tomorrow. They must be cautious of Xiliang’s ambush; the battle must be won... it must not only be won but also ensure the Xiliang troops laying in ambush to intercept the grain have nowhere to return!"

"Yes!" The Bai family guard received the order, took the letter from Bai Qingyan’s hand, and went to carry out the task.

Bai Qingyan changed clothes and, accompanied by the Bai family’s Hidden Guards, ascended the four city gates to observe them carefully.

She calculated the time; today, the smoke rising from Xiliang’s cooking was significantly longer than in previous days...

Could it be... to avoid arousing Zhou’s vigilance by having the smoke rise twice, so they were preparing both night and early morning dried rations during today’s midday cooking, to allow their soldiers to attack the city tomorrow? 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

Liu Pinggao closely followed behind Bai Qingyan, but he didn’t notice any changes in the distant Xiliang camp; everything seemed the same as usual.

Bai Qingyan turned around, calculating the time since she met with General Cui Shanzhong to refuse negotiations until now after the siege. If Yang Wuce were to send reinforcements... they should have arrived long ago!

Liu Pinggao listened to the flapping of flags in the wind, took a step forward, and said to Bai Qingyan, "Your Majesty need not worry too much; I will ensure Jiangzi City is firmly defended!"

These past few days, Bai Qingyan has been exhausting herself with strategic arrangements. Every day before Xiliang cooks, Her Majesty would climb the city walls to watch carefully. According to Eunuch Wei, once Her Majesty descends from the city walls, she stands in front of the map for several hours. After all, Her Majesty is with child and should not be overexerting herself.

"I’m guessing that General Yang Wuce at Yecheng Pass should have received the news of Jiangzi City’s siege and has sent scouts to investigate several times. However... because he worries about any arrangements I might have, he’s hesitant to send troops hastily to avoid disrupting my plans, thus he remains on standby!" Bai Qingyan turned again to look towards the distant Xiliang camp, "General Cui will likely attack the city tomorrow, forcing General Yang Wuce to bring reinforcements, allowing Xiliang to set traps along the way!"

Xiliang aims to recapture Yecheng Pass and cut off Zhou’s main supply line.

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