Chapter 151: Sending a Message
"I believe it." Sun Wei said, "As long as it's Lu Qiuyan, I won't be surprised by what he does."
Aju still didn't believe it.
Sun Wei said, "The late emperor originally managed to recapture Jiangzhou and make it the fiefdom of Prince Yuzhang in order to curb the Huan family. If the Huan family wanted to attack Jiankang, they would have to pass through Jiangzhou. But ever since Fu Cheng's death and Yao Rong's expulsion, Lu Qiuyan knew that as long as Jiangzhou was properly defended, the army of Jingzhou would be unable to pass through it. He didn't want to die with Huan Yi, but he couldn't openly oppose Huan Yi, so he had no choice but to pin his hopes on Jiangzhou."
Aju thought about it and began to understand.
"So he sent General Huan to the Crown Prince and tipped off the Princess, all in order to jeopardize Jiangzhou and stifle the Duke of Nanjun's ambitions in Jiangzhou?"
"Exactly." Sun Wei nodded. "He will help anyone who can help him succeed."
Ah Ru said with a pah, "This thief has no loyalty at all."
"That's not the case," Sun Wei said calmly, "He's only loyal to himself. As long as he wants something, he will give it his all."
"The princess does understand him," said Aju.
Sun Wei didn't answer, but remembered what Yao Rong had just said.
——"The young man and the princess are of the same kind."
A sneer appeared on her lips: "I guess so."
In her past life, she had died at his hands. In this life, if she wanted to defeat him, she had to put in the effort to understand him. With someone like Lu Qiuyan, only by understanding him better than he knew himself could she be sure of victory.
Sun Wei knew that the situation was urgent, so he ordered Tian Ying to send a message to the palace no matter how late it was, so he waited in Lijing Pavilion.
At midnight, Tian Ying's men finally arrived.
Something serious had indeed happened in Wuchang. The reason there had been no news was that Wuchang County had been besieged and the news could not get out.
Upon hearing this, Sun Wei stood up immediately.
The city was under siege!
Wuchang County was the seat of Wuchang Commandery, and it had a garrison of 5,000 soldiers. As long as they passed Wuchang, the Jingzhou army could march directly to Xunyang. Therefore, Wuchang could not be lost.
Tian Ying has already summoned civil and military officials to the governor's office to discuss countermeasures.
Deng Lian continued to report to Sun Wei, "Fortunately, when the Crown Prince went to Wuchang for an inspection two days ago, he ordered the garrison to move the grain from the granaries outside the city into the city. We should be able to hold out for ten days or half a month without any major problems."
However, Sun Wei felt that this statement did not make sense.
"Huan Yi can let him last for ten days or half a month."
Deng Lian also frowned and could only say, "Huan Yi's attack was a surprise attack. A surprise attack is meant to catch the enemy off guard. If we can't quickly capture Wuchang County, the Jingzhou army's surprise attack will be a failure."
"That's right." Sun Wei said, "That's why Huan Yi will definitely attack the city tonight."
She thought for a moment and then asked, "I wonder how many soldiers and horses are there besieging the city?"
"The scouts didn't count them in detail, but they said that the lights outside the city were bright, there were over ten thousand people, and more troops were coming from Runan in the west."
"Did the Huan family declare war? What was their reason for launching an attack?"
Deng Lian smiled bitterly: "Capture the traitor Huan An."
Sun Wei was startled, and suddenly remembered what Yao Rong said before she left:
——"In the matter of Huan An, my lord never betrayed the princess."
Now it seems that this is what she was talking about.
The only person in Jingzhou who knew Huan An had come to Jiangzhou was Lu Qiuyan. Yao Rong said this to clear Lu Qiuyan of any involvement.
But if it wasn't Lü Qiuyan who said it, then who revealed it? After all, in Jiangzhou, only Sun Wei, Sima Jun, and a few close associates knew Huan An's whereabouts.
A'ru said, "It's a pity that General Huan went to Jiangxia, otherwise we could let him handle it himself."
Sun Wei shook his head and said, "This matter has nothing to do with him. The Duke of Nanjun only wants a reason to mobilize the army. Even if Huan An hadn't been there, someone else would have been. Now that something like this has happened, if Huan An fell into the hands of the enemy in Jiangxia, Huan Yi would surely kill him, and he would have no way out."
"Should we just watch Wuchang fall?" Aju asked, "Or should we have Tian Ying send his troops to Wuchang immediately to fight the Jingzhou army?"
Sun Wei pondered for a moment and said, "I don't understand military operations, and this matter is not to be taken lightly. All I can do is delay it as much as possible until the prince returns."
"procrastination?"
"Just now, Miss Yao said where she would stay tonight?" Sun Wei asked.
A'ru said, "It's in the Fulai Guest House in the East Market."
Sun Wei immediately wrote a letter and asked Deng Lian to send it to Yao Rong.
The messenger returned quickly and reported to Sun Wei, "When I arrived, the woman was standing at the door. She asked me if the princess had sent a letter. She seemed to have been waiting."
"Um."
Sun Wei thought to herself that the evil woman Yao Rong had been fooled again.
"Did she say when she would leave?" Sun Wei asked.
"The princess told me to tell her to leave immediately, and she responded very readily. I watched her leave before I left."
Sun nodded slightly and let the messenger leave.
Ah Ru asked doubtfully, "So, did Yao expect the princess to ask something of her?"
Even though he was very reluctant to admit it, Sun Wei knew that he had been tricked by Lu Qiuyan again this time.
"It's not Yao. Yao is just an errand boy. She won't help me. It was Lu Qiuyan's idea. He must have known that the prince was not in the city. However, the situation is urgent. If we want to stop the war immediately, I can only ask him for help." Sun Wei said.
Deng Lian asked, "I wonder what the princess wants Lü Qiuyan to do for her?"
"I divined a fortune and asked Lu Qiuyan to let Huan Yi know."
"What did the princess predict?"
Sun Wei looked up at the night sky and said calmly, "The date of his and Wang Han's death."
Huan Yi regarded Wang Hom as his old enemy.
In a previous life, Huan Yi and Wang Han had fought each other, and Wang Han was the clear winner. Although Sun Wei didn't know when Wang Han would die, she knew clearly that Huan Yi would die this winter, or at the time of his defeat.
If Huan Yi had continued to follow the way he did in his previous life, the outcome would have been the same. He would have died, and Wang Han would still be alive and well.
Huan Yi, though stubborn, was only a mortal who valued life and death. Sun Wei only needed to tell him that he had died before Wang Han in this fight, and that was enough to shake him.
If he wanted to deal with Wang Han one day, he needed a way to change his fate. Forming an alliance with Sima Jun was the best strategy before him.
Wang Han was a stumbling block in Sima Jun's path and would have to be removed one day. In this respect, Sima Jun and Huan Yi could sit together.
"Will Huan Yi believe it?" Deng Lian asked. "After all, the Crown Prince is related to Wang Han. How could he not suspect that the Crown Prince is stabbing him in the back?"
Sun Wei sincerely believed this was feasible, but she wasn't entirely sure. She had never met Huan Yi and wasn't sure about his temperament. However, she had heard Huan An say that the Duke of Nanjun was quite interested in her divination skills, so there might be a glimmer of hope.
"If Huan Yi were still conscious, he would know this is the best solution," Sun Wei said. "His health might deceive others, but not himself. If he goes to war with the imperial court, it will be a protracted war. With the troops he has, he will be the first to be worn down. If he doesn't fight this war, he might live a few more years and see Wang Han's downfall."
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