Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 1296

Capítulo 1296: Chapter 1291: Words That Carry Weight

The flickering orange-yellow firelight reflected in Xiao Rongyan’s dark eyes, showing no glimmer.

In truth, Xiao Rongyan had prepared for this conversation long ago. When he abandoned Yunjing to rescue Bai Qingyan, he indeed placed Bai Qingyan above the Yan Kingdom. On this point, he was indefensible.

However, to ensure the smooth implementation of the strategy for the merger of the two countries, Xiao Rongyan had already devised a counterstrategy on his way back. This was a persuasive argument that even if… relayed to her brother, they could find no fault with.

“Does Sister-in-law believe that if our Yan Army had arrived in Yunjing early, we would have taken Yunjing smoothly?” Xiao Rongyan withdrew his gaze, avoiding looking at his sister-in-law, while he fiddled with the goose hairpin in his hand and spoke calmly, “True, back then Yunjing didn’t have much military strength, but even so, could our Yan Army have held Yunjing smoothly after breaking through?”

Empress Dowager Yan looked at Xiao Rongyan in confusion: “Didn’t Zhou and our Yan Kingdom agree that whoever entered the Yunjing Imperial Palace first would own Yunjing?”

“Has Sister-in-law forgotten about Xiliang’s General Cui Shanzhong? Xiliang’s Yunjing is not something our Yan Kingdom and Zhou could consider in the bag, whoever arrives first gets it.” Xiao Rongyan squinted his eyes, gazing at the increasingly heavy rain in the lantern’s halo outside, “General Cui Shanzhong surrounded Jiangzi City because he knew Zhou was stronger than our Yan, aiming to force Zhou’s army to return to rescue the Emperor of Zhou, making our Yan Kingdom believe… the main force of Xiliang was in Jiangzi City and attack the city at ease.”

Xiao Rongyan tapped on the table with his finger, “If I had led the troops to attack the city back then, I would have fallen right into the old General Cui Shanzhong’s trap.”

“Sister-in-law, don’t forget…” Xiao Rongyan turned to look at Empress Dowager Yan, appearing solemn and reverent in the lamplight, “General Cui Shanzhong of Xiliang is most cunning.”

Empress Dowager Yan was taken aback. She was not very clear about the battlefield matters, but Xiao Rongyan’s analysis seemed reasonable. Moreover, Empress Dowager Yan had suffered a loss to Cui Shanzhong before, which made her very much agree with Xiao Rongyan saying that Cui Shanzhong was cunning.

“Moreover, our Yan Kingdom… indeed agreed with Zhou that whoever first attacked the Yunjing Imperial Palace would gain Yunjing! But even if we breached Yunjing City, could we truly enter the Yunjing Imperial Palace? How fond could General Cui Shanzhong be of the Yan Kingdom to willingly expend Xiliang’s troops to hold off Zhou for us, letting our Yan Kingdom have Yunjing?” Xiao Rongyan shook his head, “We sacrificed countless soldiers’ lives and blood, charging into Yunjing City. If General Cui Shanzhong then led his troops in a counter-attack, coordinating with the Xiliang Imperial Army within the Yunjing Palace, our Yan Kingdom’s main forces would be decimated there! The soldiers General Cui Shanzhong left behind in Yunjing City were quite substantial!”

Upon hearing Xiao Rongyan’s analysis, Empress Dowager Yan was struck with fear.

“And I chose to lead my forces to Jiangzi City to rescue the Emperor of Zhou because… due to the friendship once shared with the Emperor of Zhou, concerned for her safety and the safety of her child, but… also because the Yan Kingdom could take this opportunity to repay the kindness of Zhou for dividing the spoils more with our Yan Kingdom! Additionally, the mission to aid Jiangzi City… could explain to our Yan soldiers why we did not attack Yunjing City despite being close!”

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