Immediately afterwards, the two of them held an urgent discussion as if they were facing a major enemy, and finally finalized the preliminary plan of a two-pronged approach.
On the one hand, in the name of catching a notorious thief, Nalan Qiudi set up checkpoints at the four gates of Youzhou, as well as at various fortresses and docks within Youzhou, and conducted strict inspections on people coming and going.
On the other hand, Tianji sent some soldiers, who disguised themselves and lurked at the major city gates, fortresses, and docks like cunning rabbits, ready to pick up Hua Qingcheng at any time.
At the same time, the soldiers are ready to take on new tasks.
Under Tianji's leadership, the 60,000 private soldiers fought ten to one, not only inflicting heavy casualties on the Lengyue soldiers, but also capturing the Lengyue princess Gongyang Jieying alive. Their morale was high, and upon hearing that a new battle was about to begin, they were all excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood.
Furthermore, the captives from Lengyue Kingdom were to be strictly guarded, especially the princess Gongyang Jieying. Because of Gongyang Jieying's prominent status, Nalan Qiudi hid her in the dungeon of Prince You's residence, awaiting the arrival of officials from the capital.
Just as Nalan Qiudi and Tianji were secretly planning in the military camp, Emperor Gongyang Yingyi, who was far away in Lengyue Kingdom, also received earth-shaking news: the 500,000-strong army that was originally planned to be used to put pressure on Laifeng Kingdom, actually, under the leadership of Princess Gongyang Jieying, directly attacked Youzhou of Laifeng Kingdom, and suffered heavy losses, with 80% of the soldiers having died.
Even more heartbreaking was the discovery that their princess, Gongyang Jieying, had been captured by the people of Laifeng! This series of tragic news struck Gongyang Yingyi like a bolt from the blue, leaving her furious and causing her to spit out blood on the spot.
"You end up losing the rice while trying to steal the chicken!" Gong Yang Yingyi pounded the bed and cursed.
This situation was a nightmare! They had originally intended to showcase their power and conquer other nations, but now they had lost many soldiers and even their princess had fallen into enemy hands. It was a complete disgrace!
Faced with such a predicament, Gongyang Yingyi was both angry and helpless. She was extremely disappointed with Gongyang Jieying, the princess who had done more harm than good, but now she had to take swift action.
Therefore, Gongyang Yingyi did not care that it was already late at night, and had to urgently summon all the ministers in the cabinet to discuss the major issues, hoping to find a solution and properly deal with the aftermath of this war that brought shame to the country.
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