Chapter 610 Chapter 610 Two Princes
"Prince, Princess."
When General Qin arrived, he saluted Ying Qi and Xiao Jiuyue. When he took a step forward and saw Jun Lie lying on the bed, he looked at Ying Qi again, looking at him again and again in shock. He lowered his voice and asked, "These, these two princes?"
"No, Your Majesty has not woken up since his last coma?"
General Qin reacted immediately. He looked at Prince Ling, played by Ying Qi, and murmured, "No wonder. I always thought the prince seemed a little strange!"
"What do you think is strange, General Qin?"
Xiao Jiuyue immediately asked, if General Qin noticed something was wrong, could General Wang also notice it?
"It's just a feeling." General Qin couldn't put it into words. He said, "I originally thought that the prince had just recovered from a serious illness, but I didn't expect..."
"Do you think General Wang has discovered that something is wrong with the prince?" Xiao Jiuyue asked.
General Qin immediately shook his head and said, "Of course I don't know. When I met General Wang this morning, he was saying that the prince was too competitive and thought that just because he won a battle in Yongzhao, he would be invincible!"
Xiao Jiuyue's eyes flickered slightly as she asked, "So what do you think of General Wang?"
General Qin paused before saying, "Yaoyao often said that she wanted to thank the princess for bringing her and the prince together. Otherwise, she wouldn't have such a good life now. I went to see Yaoyao before, and she is doing very well now!"
"Princess, I know that the Wang family followed the late emperor in his early years and later served on the border with merit. When I arrived in Jinzhou on the border, I knew that General Wang was not a good general."
General Qin said without reservation: "In today's battle, if General Wang comes, he will either surrender or flee, but if it is the prince, I have confidence!"
"It's just..." General Qin looked at Jun Lie lying unconscious on the bed, and his firm words became hesitant.
"General Qin, although the prince hasn't woken up yet, I asked Ying Qi to pretend to be the prince because I was afraid that General Wang would take over the military power."
Xiao Jiuyue also came out with a tray and told her plan one by one: "General Qin, I will tell you the true situation of the prince. Firstly, I want you to cover for me. Secondly, I also want to hear your opinion on this battle."
"Don't worry, Princess. Once this matter leaves this room, I, Qin Tao, will keep it all to myself!"
General Qin assured him, then pondered for a moment before continuing, "As General Wang said, we are indeed at a disadvantage. We are short on manpower and food. However, our only chance of victory is the gunpowder your Majesty has given us!"
At the beginning, he took the gunpowder and directly blew up Yongzhao's granary, which won the crucial battle.
"Indeed, our food and supplies can still last for ten days. During these ten days, we must first burn the food and supplies in Xijiang. This will buy us some time!"
Xiao Jiuyue looked at him and said, "We will be negotiating with the Crown Prince of Xijiang tomorrow. When the time comes, no matter whether the Crown Prince wants to care about the Second Prince's life or not, he will have to do it for the sake of face."
"The princess wants to use this?" General Qin frowned and said, "The crown prince is definitely unwilling to save the second prince. What the crown prince wants is Jiashui City!"
"Let's exchange the prisoners of war for food first. The Second Prince is an important prisoner of war. How can we give him to the Crown Prince?" Xiao Jiuyue raised his eyebrows.
"Prisoners for food?" General Qin's thoughts were opened when he heard this. They had obtained quite a few prisoners this time. He said, "Princess, no, if we exchange these prisoners for food, they will turn around and come looking for us!"
"Who told you to use those prisoners who have good hands and feet?"
Xiao Jiuyue's eyes flickered as she said, "Go pick some out later. Leaving those who are seriously ill or disabled here would only be a waste of food and medicine."
"The princess is right. I will go and take inventory later. These prisoners of war are of no use to us, and we still have to deliver porridge to them every day!" General Qin felt that his mind was opened up. It would be perfect to exchange these prisoners of war who were useless and had no fighting power for food.
"Yes, in addition, I have asked people to start making gunpowder. Next, it depends on General Qin's acting skills!" As Xiao Jiuyue spoke word by word, General Qin's eyes became brighter and brighter.
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"Your Highness, I want to see you," the Second Prince cried, clutching his stomach. He looked at the cucumbers and porridge that were brought to him and said, "How many days has it been? And there's not even a bit of meat? I'm the Second Prince of Xijiang!"
"Is this how your prince treats guests?"
The second prince shouted at the top of his voice. He had been here for a few days and there were the prince's subordinates every day, but he had never seen the prince!
"Prince Ling, you don't take me seriously at all!" the second prince shouted angrily.
"Second Prince, there's a severe food shortage in Jiashui City right now. You're lucky to have something to eat." Guo Sheng stormed in, "Second Prince, my prince said he won't see you unless you're sincere!"
"I already agreed on this that day, so why aren't you being sincere?" The Second Prince rolled his eyes and said, "I want to see His Majesty. I want to have a good discussion with him!"
"Really?" Guo Sheng looked unconvinced. The Second Prince was so confident, so Guo Sheng immediately went to report it to Xiao Jiuyue. Xiao Jiuyue said, "Tell him that the prince is busy collecting food and fodder and has no time."
"Yes." Guo Sheng responded and immediately went to tell the second prince.
"Hehe, I advise you to let me go quickly. I can also persuade my eldest brother to treat you well." The second prince crossed his legs. He was locked up in the dungeon these days and was not completely unaware of what was happening outside.
Sometimes I secretly heard the guards say that they only had more than 20,000 soldiers, facing the 50,000 troops of Xijiang, and they didn’t have enough food and fodder...
The second prince knew in his heart that Prince Ling didn't dare to do anything to him!
"Don't worry, our prince will definitely not lose!" Guo Sheng's words seemed like a spent force!
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"General Mu Cheng, how is our food? Are you used to it?" Xiao Jiuyue came to see General Mu Cheng specially. General Mu Cheng, who was imprisoned, had a scruffy beard and looked a little decadent!
"If Princess has time to come here, she might as well go and pray more about how to defeat the Xijiang army!" General Mu Cheng thought about it for a long time, but still couldn't figure out where Xiao Jiuyue got the confidence to defeat the Xijiang army with twice the strength!
"How about we make a bet? If the prince wins, General Mu Cheng will have to agree to my previous proposal."
Xiao Jiuyue didn't wait for his answer and continued, "Tomorrow, the prisoners will be sent back to the Xijiang army."
"Really?" General Mu Cheng's eyes lit up when he heard this. "Are you willing to release the prisoners?"
"As long as Prince Xijiang is willing to provide food and fodder, the prisoners of war will naturally be sent back. Otherwise, you can't let us waste food and medicine on their treatment, right?"
Xiao Jiuyue raised an eyebrow: "General Mu Cheng, do you think these prisoners of war can survive after returning?"
General Mu Cheng fell silent, and the joy in his eyes dimmed in an instant. After those injured prisoners of war returned, the prince might not be willing to use medicine to treat them!
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