Lu Yan left the tent and then remembered the battle report he had brought with him. He quickly turned around and walked back: "I still have the battle report here."
Zhen Zhen stopped him: "Just leave it to me, Lord."
Zhen Zhen didn't give Lu Yan a chance to speak again. She took the battle report from his hand and went in. "Prince, this is the battle report that the Marquis of Pingyang got from that soldier."
"Where are the soldiers?" Qin Wan opened the battle report. It was called a battle report, but it was also a letter asking for help. The letter said that all the counties in Huzhou had been lost, and the governor led his army to attack Huzhou Prefecture, and Huzhou Prefecture was in danger.
Zhen Zhen didn't bother to ask the soldier. She wanted to turn around and leave when Lu Yan's voice rang out at the door: "The soldier was seriously injured and died. I'm afraid the information is false, so I want to investigate."
Qin Wan glanced at Zhenzhen, who went out to ask Lu Yan to leave. It was a serious crime for a small soldier to leave the barracks without permission. Although he saved people and received battle reports, he had to deal with each matter separately.
Zhenzhen watched Lu Yan accept the punishment before going back.
Qin Wan looked at Miss Feng and questioned her one by one, including when the governor rebelled, how the prefect discovered it and how he resisted, and how Miss Feng got out.
Miss Feng knew that the person in front of her was not the prince, but she still answered one by one. At this point, she had no other choice. The person in front of her could make Pingyang Hou obey her orders, so he must be able to make up his mind.
After saying this, she knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "I beg the prince to send troops to support Huzhou!"
Qin Wan didn't agree immediately. She just looked at his injuries and said, "Your injuries are serious. I'll have the doctor treat you first. As for sending troops, it will take several days to get from Shenyang to Huzhou Prefecture. Even if we rush, it will take time. We can't rush it."
Miss Feng was taken away, and the Left Army Commander and others were invited in.
Qin Wan circulated the battle report to several people.
The commander-in-chief of the Left Army simply didn't believe that Huzhou would rebel at this time: "How is this possible! The Huzhou governor's family is all in the capital, how is this possible?"
"Yes, if this is false, if we rashly lead our troops there, firstly, it will cause panic among the people, and secondly, what will happen to this border? Who will be in charge here? And if we withdraw troops, how many should we withdraw?"
Prince Du disagreed: "But what if it's true? Several counties have been seized. What will the officials and the people do?"
Qin Wan said nothing, only listening to the Left Army Commander-in-Chief arguing with Prince Du and several generals. When they were exhausted and had no more new words to say, she finally said, "First, send scouts to find out if it's true. If it's true, then send troops nearby."
"This method is very good, but we need to mobilize troops nearby. Where should we mobilize them?" asked the commander-in-chief of the left army.
Qin Wan took out the military token and said, "I have the military token. Just go to Jianning to mobilize the troops."
Prince Du was worried: "Huzhou Prefecture is in chaos, what about Jianning Prefecture? If the Jianning Governor also rebels, wouldn't it be like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth if the scouts went there with the military order?"
The military token is very important. It is shocking enough that Qin Wan is holding it. Now she wants to hand it over?
Qin Wan looked at Zhenzhen and said, "Let Zhenzhen go. She's good at martial arts."
The commander-in-chief of the Left Army disagreed: "This is your maid, not a scout. A scout is better at judging the situation and is better able to discern the battle situation."
Qin Wan thought for a moment and said, "Then let Zhenzhen take the military token and go with the scouts. It will take two days to get to Huzhou Prefecture, even if they ride as fast as they can. Things change so quickly on the battlefield, and two days is enough to change everything, so we don't have time to waste."
Upon hearing this, the commander-in-chief of the left army also agreed.
After sending out scouts, the army also needs to be rearranged.
The governor of Huzhou rebelled, and Qin Wan also had to guard against rebellions by Prince Yong and Nan'an Prefecture, and even more so, she had to guard against rebellion by the governor of Shenyang.
Qin Wan didn't sleep all night until dawn, when she went to rest for an hour.
The other generals did the same thing. They only rested for an hour before rising up again to resist the Qiang people.
The Qiang soldiers came out from the Ten Thousand Mountains. They defeated one wave after another and it was impossible to tell how many of them there were.
Qin Wan was also a little anxious: "The other party must have found out everything. We don't dare to face them directly with the weapons on hand, so we can only move around like this."
The commander-in-chief of the Left Army stroked his firearms and said fiercely, "If they attack us directly with a large army, we will definitely fight back with firearms! If they are just harassing us with small forces like this, they must think we are unwilling to use firearms against them!"
Ammunition is limited, so it must be used effectively. Even if Qin Wan is willing to give up the ammunition, the soldiers are reluctant to do so.
Prince Du could no longer hold back and said, "Why don't I lead the troops to directly attack the Qiang people!"
Qin Wan rubbed the corners of her eyes. She had not had a good rest since she left the capital, and this was especially true in the past few days. Even if she could bear it, her eyes also needed a rest.
She took the hot handkerchief Taoyao handed her and put it on her eyes, saying, "I'm going to Yongzhou to see what's going on there. The Qiang have been attacking repeatedly, and I suspect they're trying to hold me back and prevent me from going elsewhere. I'm afraid they've already sent a large force to attack Yongzhou."
The commander of the Left Army was thinking about the Fourth Prince. "But what if they're just harassing us? The struggle for the Qiang throne is now intense. It was the Third Prince who sent the troops to attack us. He may not be able to mobilize a large army."
Qin Wan thought it made sense: "I've thought about that too, but it's just for the sake of caution. Only by making the worst-case scenario plan can we make the most comprehensive response."
The Commander-in-Chief of the Left Army looked at Qin Wan approvingly and said, "The Third Prince cannot mobilize a large army, so he is only sending a small force to harass us. Prince Yong may not know anything. If that's the case, it's not impossible for the Crown Prince to go alone."
Prince Du, however, felt it was dangerous: "How many people are you going to take with you? What if the enemy sets an ambush on the road?"
"I can go with a hundred personal soldiers." Qin Wan brought more than five hundred personal soldiers, and with the Qin family, there were six hundred people. "One hundred personal soldiers and twenty musketeers are more than enough."
Prince Du was worried: "I'm following you. I have to take you back the same way I brought you out. Otherwise, I won't be able to explain myself."
Qin Wan had no choice but to agree to let him follow, and they immediately packed up their things and rode as fast as they could to Yongzhou.
It would take more than a day to travel from Shenyang to Yongzhou even if one rode at full speed.
The horses galloped all the way, and even Prince Du could not stand such a speed. However, Qin Wan and the female generals of the Qin family did not say a word about the hardship, and no one asked for a rest.
They walked like this for half a day until it was completely dark. Qin Wan finally stopped and said, "Let the horses rest. We'll sleep here for the night."
Prince Du looked around and asked, "Where should we set up camp?"
Qin Yan fluttered his eyelids, glanced at the delicate-skinned Du Shizi, and said, "Did you see we brought the things we needed for camping? We'll just sleep on the ground. Why would a grown man have so much trouble?"
The grown man, Master Du, felt instantly slapped in the face. The girl didn't say anything, even the delicate Qin Chan didn't say a word, but he was the one who became particular.
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