Fang Yue watched as Zhou Gu started hopping around like a child, instantly losing his gravitas. He was caught off-guard, blinking in surprise.
Zhang Yun was also excited, God knows how overworked they were when they heard this news, it was even more surprising than knowing that Xie Yuan was going to kill Nangong Yin. They were tired of being entangled in the net of Nangong family’s power like a sticking plaster.
Only half a month left, they could hang on!
Zhou Gu had been longing for Su Rong. Now, calming himself, he wished he could fly to her, "I miss her so much."
Nanchu King: "...".
As a father, he hadn’t died yet. This damn kid. He wanted to curse, but somehow, he hadn’t even met his own daughter, and he didn’t have the guts.
Sigh.
"Stop dawdling, let’s move." Zhang Yun wanted to say he missed Su Rong too, but his longing was not the same as Zhou Gu’s. His was not an amorous longing, but a desire driven by the humiliations and chases inflicted by the Nangong family, to reunite with Su Rong and let her deal with those responsible, avenging them.
"Let’s go, let’s go." Thinking that he would meet his daughter in half a month, Nanchu King suddenly didn’t feel tired anymore. He longed to see her yet was apprehensive, but he had to face it. He had been longing to see his daughter for five years.
"Alright, let’s go." Fang Yue led them to reunite with Su Rong.
Su Rong, with her army of three hundred thousand men, had just entered the border of Nanchu, and was stopped. She showed the token of the princess, but the other party did not acknowledge it, even with their thirty thousand border guards. Seeing this, Su Rong concluded that these people were not Nanchu King’s men, thus she had no need to give any face, and promptly ordered an attack.
With an army of three hundred thousand against thirty thousand, they quickly subdued the opposition, killing the main general, and the rest surrendered and were incorporated.
After Su Rong won a battle, she marched into Nanchu. She then ordered to gather information about the current situation in Nanchu. When she learned that a great upheaval had occurred in Nanchu Capital, and that the Nangong family’s entire influence was mobilized to hunt and kill someone, Su Rong immediately concluded that it must be Zhou Gu.
After grasping the overall situation, holding an army of three hundred thousand soldiers she was absolutely unafraid, and contacted her own people in a restraintless manner.
Fang Yue and Wanniang were soon contacted by her. It was only after making contact with them that she discovered that the information she had received was shallow. It turned out Zhou Gu had just entered Nanchu and confronted the Nangong family. Subsequently, in the midst of battles, he somehow disappeared along with Zhang Yun. When they received news of him again, he had escaped Nanchu Capital with Nanchu King.
He had actually escaped Nanchu Capital with the Nanchu King! No wonder the Nangong family was in such a hurry, almost turning out in full force.
Su Rong felt Zhou Gu was too adventurous. Though this was the best strategy, the Nangong family’s influence was too massive. She feared that he couldn’t cope with it. Moreover, the forces that Nanchu King had cultivated over the years were all aligned with the Ye Xiang Residence. Thus, he himself didn’t have much influence to use and probably couldn’t resist the deeply-rooted influence accumulated by the Nangong family over many generations.
The royal family of Nanchu, the Chu family, was no match for the Nangong family, which transcended through several dynasties and generations. Furthermore, the family line of the royal family was weak, now only consisted of Nanchu King.
There was a member of the Nanchu royal family who had always been nurtured. However, as Nanchu King had no sons, the Royal Family, headed by Liu’an Prince, always expected to benefit from the situation. They presumed that the throne must be succeeded by a member of the royal family. They used to support Nanchu King, but upon learning about the princess, the royal family naturally turned against him, aligning themselves with the Nangong family.
As a result, Nanchu King, who had few forces left to mobilize, did not dare to easily move those who were outside the capital, since even Hen Zhong, the leader of the Jinglu Troops, was turned against him by the Nangong family while he was ill. He was concerned that if others were turned against him unknowingly, people he had placed outside the capital would find his whereabouts and become a death sentence for him.
Therefore, since Nanchu King had left covertly with Zhou Gu, he could only rely on Zhou Gu. And Zhou Gu, apart from his own secret guards, only had the secret agents planted by the Crown Prince, which was still too minimal.
However, to her relief, Ye Guixue, along with the Ye Xiang Residence and one hundred thousand soldiers, had also left the royal capital to join her, largely diverting the Nangong family’s military firepower.
Su Rong immediately sent a message, "Find the location of Ye Guixue and the hundred thousand soldiers, I will go to rescue them."
Fang Yue and Wanniang quickly sent back a message saying that Ye Guixue had started fighting with Hen Zhong and Han Yin. One hundred thousand soldiers, confronted with a hundred and fifty thousand soldiers, were gradually retreating towards Daliang, which was twenty days’ journey away from them.
Su Rong asked the messenger, "I thought the Nangong family only had fifty thousand soldiers, where did the extra hundred thousand come from?"
The messenger replied, "The Nangong family’s own fifty thousand soldiers didn’t move, they are defending the royal capital. The soldiers who are chasing the Second Young Master Ye and blocking him are the Jinglu Troops who were turned against the Nanchu King by the Nangong family. The main general, Hen Zhong who used to be loyal to His Majesty, suddenly turned against him, pledging allegiance to the Nangong family, plus another fifty thousand soldiers borrowed from the Dawei Crown Prince."
Su Rong frowned upon hearing this, "The fifty thousand soldiers from Dawei, they are the elite, aren’t they?"
The messenger nodded, "Yes, the leader of the soldiers is Han Yin, the son of Dawei’s great general, Han Hai. A formidable character with some reputation."
Su Rong twisted her wristband, thinking about the twenty days’ journey which seemed too slow for her and Ye Guixue’s hundred thousand soldiers. She was really worried that Ye Guixue wouldn’t be able to hold on.
Therefore, she made a decision on the spot, "Take fifty thousand cavalry with me. The remaining two hundred and fifty thousand soldiers will be led by Jiang Zhu as the general and Zhang Mao as the vice-general."
Jiang Zhu and Zhang Mao glanced at each other. Jiang Zhu immediately said, "Princess, let me lead the fifty thousand Qi soldiers to rescue Second Young Master Ye. You should stay with the army."
Since they entered Nanchu, they had automatically changed their address from "seventh sister" to "princess".
"I will go." Su Rong replied, "You take care of the army. I will send you a report every day, and you just need to follow my path and meet me. I am more familiar with the terrain of Nanchu. Moreover, I can contact my own people at any time and gain information and feedback quickly, which is more convenient than you."
Jiang Zhu and Zhang Mao stopped arguing, and could only say, "Then please be careful."
Su Rong nodded, choosing fifty thousand soldiers and before leaving, she signaled to Qin Ruo, "You come with me."
Qin Ruo was surprised, he didn’t expect Su Rong would take him along. He thought he had become useless.
Su Rong saw his astonishment and said, "Since you get along with Zhou Gu, you must know about military strategies. Zhou Gu is proud, and if you don’t make sense, he won’t befriend you."
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