"Your Highness, it's a pleasure to meet you!"
After Jing Yan and An Chenghuan exchanged a token greeting, Yu Chuyi, the Crown Prince of Yu Kingdom, joined in, raising a toast to Jing Yan in greeting.
Jing Yan turned his head in response to the sound. Although it was his first time meeting Yu Chuyi, he already knew that the two brothers, Yu Chuyi and Yu Chuxuan, would not look too different.
Upon seeing it with my own eyes, it was impossible to tell the difference between the Crown Prince of the Jade Kingdom and Yu Chuxuan at first glance.
Both have long, narrow eyes that exude an innate nobility. When they are expressionless, they are indifferent, yet they do not seem unapproachable.
Like a mountain stream, even if it is difficult to approach, you will not feel that the other party is arrogant or rude. There is a sense of distance that commands respect.
However, Yu Chuxuan suffered a relapse of an old ailment on the day he went to Jing Kingdom. Compared to Yu Chuyi's radiant appearance, Yu Chuxuan looked even more frail.
Even though Yu Chuxuan has received careful care from Shang Yu over the past few years, his old ailment has not recurred.
Compared to Yu Chuyi, who is the crown prince, Yu Chuxuan has an unresolved pain in his eyes, a pain that is very similar to that of Rong Ying.
Yu Chuyi's brows showed no emotion, exuding a sense of relaxation.
Even though they were twins, Jing Yan couldn't understand it. Shang Yu had once said that Yu Chuxuan's old ailment was congenital.
Why is this Crown Prince Yu Chuyi of the Jade Kingdom so different from Yu Chuxuan?
"It is an honor to meet Your Highness of the Jade Kingdom."
Jing Yan and Yu Chuyi raised their glasses in return.
He was not arrogant about Xia Hong's affairs in the Jade Kingdom. Yu Chuyi could not guess that he was the one who did it. Now that they were sitting together, they had a common goal.
Jing Yanxin and Yu Chuyi wouldn't mention it, so he didn't need to worry.
Yu Chuyi accepted Jing Yan's toast and drank the wine in his hand. After finishing, his gaze passed over King Li Jinglu and finally landed on Rong Ying next to Jing Yan.
Yu Chuyi narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at the familiar face. It seemed that the person was the culprit who was inextricably linked to Xia Hong of his Yu Kingdom.
"Your Highness of Jing, I wonder who that person is? He seems somewhat familiar. Is he a native of Jing?" Yu Chuyi asked deliberately.
Jing Yan smiled and raised his hand to introduce, "This is my strategist, a native of Jing Kingdom. He has always been by my side and has never been anywhere else. Your Highness of Yu Kingdom finds him familiar, but may I ask what makes him so familiar?"
He turned to Rong Ying and asked, "Rong Ying, do you think His Highness the Jade Kingdom looks familiar?"
“It looks familiar,” Rong Ying replied casually.
A flicker of interest crossed Yu Chuyi's eyes.
Unexpectedly, Rong Ying blurted out, "They look very familiar. The Crown Prince of Yu Kingdom and the Ninth Prince are twins. How could I not recognize them?"
Jing Yan nodded in agreement: "That's true. I've spent a lot of time with the Ninth Prince of Ling Kingdom, so when I suddenly saw His Highness of Yu Kingdom, I also felt that His Highness of Yu Kingdom was particularly approachable."
"It seems I've made a mistake," Yu Chuyi said with a dazed smile, his eyes lowered as he fiddled with the wine cup in his hand, asking seemingly casually.
"From what His Highness Jingguo said, he is quite familiar with my ninth brother. He has been weaker than me since childhood and cannot withstand any hardship. I wonder how my ninth brother is doing in Jingguo?"
Jing Yan: "The Ninth Prince's health has been carefully maintained in Jing Kingdom, and he rarely falls ill anymore. Your Highness can rest assured."
“In that case, I am truly relieved,” Yu Chuyi nodded repeatedly upon hearing this, as if he were relieved about his younger brother’s situation, but his lowered eyes showed no trace of a smile.
"Can we talk about Chen Qi now?" The two were not discussing the important matter at hand. An Chenghuan had already lost interest. His top priority was to wipe out Chen Qi.
After his reminder, Jing Yan and Yu Chuyi both stopped chatting and began to study strategies to defeat Chen Qi.
Although Jing Yan joined later, because he did not join Yu Guo and An Guo in attacking Chen Qi from the beginning, Chen Qi even wanted to ask Jing for support for a period of time.
Chen Qi's vital energy was severely damaged. The fact that he was able to contend with Yu Guo and An Guo at the moment was already due to the exhaustion of the nation's strength. Once the nation's strength was depleted, Chen Qi would only face death.
Jing Yan would never use the future of Jing Kingdom to help Chen Qi, as this would not bring any benefit to Jing Kingdom and would instead drag it down.
Therefore, he has been studying the military strength and situation of Chenqi, including Chenqi's supply routes.
Currently, the Yu Kingdom has 150,000 troops, the An Kingdom has 250,000 troops, and the Jing Kingdom has 300,000 troops, for a total of 700,000 soldiers.
Chen Qi roughly estimated that the total number was between 500,000 and 600, including wounded soldiers and civilians hastily conscripted from within the country.
Some of these people have greatly reduced combat effectiveness, while others have no combat experience. It is conservatively estimated that there are about 150,000 of them.
Jingyan plans to attack Chenqi from three directions, along with Yuguo and Anguo. Jingguo will attack Qi, Anguo will attack Chen, and Yuguo will act as a support force to intercept Chenqi's grain and other supplies.
This way, they will have plenty of energy to fight a single country, and conquering the capital of Chenqi will be just around the corner.
"If the Jade Kingdom becomes an ally to assist you two, I would like to know how many cities of Chenqi the Jade Kingdom can obtain?"
Yu Chuyi had no objection to Jing Yan's arrangement, and he also had no objection to the fact that the two countries received the fewest cities, since his Yu Kingdom had contributed the least.
However, Yu Chuyi would not agree to such an outrageous distribution.
Jing Yan didn't speak first, but glanced at An Chenghuan. After An Chenghuan sensed this, he tapped the edge of the table in thought.
He didn't bring many troops at the time because he was cooperating with the Yu Kingdom and didn't want to cause too many casualties to the An Kingdom. However, he made a mistake and the Yu Kingdom was outmaneuvered by the Jing Kingdom.
Chen Qi still has 65 cities left. At present, Jing Yan has the most troops. Qi is not much stronger than Chen, but it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. He took the initiative to choose the tough Qi country. As a result, Jing country got the most cities.
What Yu Kingdom is fighting for is half of An Kingdom's city. Yu Kingdom did not bring many troops this time, but if An Kingdom gives Yu Kingdom less, it will inevitably cause discord and make it difficult to get along in the future.
An Chenghuan then realized that Jing Yan was drawing the conflict to him. He thought to himself, "So be it. Even if we split it equally with Yu Guo, An Guo won't suffer any loss."
The main thing is to not leave Chen Qi behind, this potential threat.
The rest will be easy.
"In my opinion, since His Highness of Jing Kingdom contributed the most, Jing Kingdom should receive the most. An Kingdom has no objection to this, and An Kingdom can share the spoils equally with Yu Kingdom."
An Chenghuan took the initiative to point out that Jingguo could take the most, but did not specify how much he would give. Anguo was even willing to share it equally with Yuguo.
They simply didn't want Jing Yan to succeed so easily. They were just waiting for Jing Yan to choose a number. If he took more, Anguo and Yuguo would have even less to share.
“Twenty-five,” Jing Yan had already considered the cities that Jing State wanted: “Jing State wants half of Qi State’s cities.”
Anguo is adjacent to Qi and not far from Jingguo. Jingyan insists on going to Qi, which will surely make Anguo uneasy day and night.
Yu Chuyi's eyes lit up secretly. Jing Yan's move was nothing more than targeting Anguo. He only wanted twenty-five seats, and Yu and Anguo could each get twenty seats.
He was slightly moved, but only looked back to see what An Chenghuan thought.
An Chenghuan's expression wasn't too good, but he couldn't easily back out now, because Yu Chuyi was already tempted.
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