Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

Chapter 978 Feign Attack on Kyoto

Ouyang Wan'er sat next to Gu Chan, worried to the point of crying.

If the Jiangnan area is destroyed, they might not be able to hold on for long. No matter what, she wants to help her former husband to defend this fiefdom.

Gu Chan saw through her thoughts at a glance, reached out and held her hand and said, "Don't worry, there are solutions at the moment."

"Do you have any good idea to solve the current predicament?" Ouyang Wan'er asked.

"With our current strength, it is simply impossible to fight Xuanyuan Long head-on. In my opinion, we still have to find a way to create an opposition situation so that we have time to recuperate and consolidate our strength." Gu Chan said solemnly.

Xuanyuan Qing frowned, his face showing anger as he said, "In order to completely control Tiancang Nation, he even disregarded the lives of ordinary people. This time he besieged Jiangnan, and I don't know how many ordinary people will die tragically in this battle."

"So! We have to force him to withdraw his troops." Gu Chan said suddenly with an idea.

Ma Zheng shook his head and said, "Now he is determined to take over the Jiangnan area and will not withdraw his troops easily."

"What if we pretend to attack Kyoto? We can just leave the Jiangnan area alone and let Wei Xing and Nan Xing work together to hold those hundreds of thousands of Dragon Guards in Jiangnan." Gu Chan said with a smirk.

Xuanyuan Qing's eyes immediately lit up, and he laughed and said, "This is a good plan. There are only tens of thousands of defenders in the camp in Kyoto now. If we pretend to attack Kyoto, he will definitely panic."

"Yes, if he withdraws his troops and returns to provide support, the crisis in the Jiangnan area will be resolved, right?" Gu Chan said affirmatively.

Xuanyuan Qing no longer hesitated and immediately ordered Ma Zheng, "Hurry up and take your men back to the Tiger Camp on the border and tell Nanxing Kuang to gather the Tiger Camp troops and come to Zhongyuan City to join us. Then we will march together to attack Kyoto."

"Yes, Ninth Prince." Ma Zheng stood up and responded.

Then he said goodbye to Gu Chan and the other two, quickly left the City Lord's Mansion, and led his men in a hurry back to the western border.

After he left, Xuanyuan Qing said to Gu Chan, "Don't stay in the study all day. Go out when you need to. Also, don't change back into women's clothes. Always dress in men's clothes and continue to play the role of Prince Chan. This is the only way to inspire people."

"Oh! I don't want to dress up as a man anymore. It hurts to wrap myself in a chest wrap!" Gu Chan said with her chest puffed out.

In a while, this body of hers will be sixteen years old. If her body had not developed before, it would be easy for her to dress as a boy.

But now as my body develops, my breasts are getting bigger and bigger, and it is really uncomfortable to wrap them with a bra.

Xuanyuan Qing shook his head speechlessly and said, "No matter how uncomfortable it is, you have to endure it for the time being."

"Yes, Cui'er, for the sake of everyone in the Central Plains and everyone in the Jiangnan area, you can't be careless." Ouyang Wan'er also followed suit.

Gu Chan said unhappily, "Alright! I get it, you guys go do your things quickly, I'll go back to my room and change into men's clothes."

After saying that, Gu Chan stood up and left with a stiff face.

"Hahaha……"

As soon as she left, loud laughter from Xuanyuan Qing and Ouyang Wan'er rang out from the study.

Time passed quickly, and five days went by in the blink of an eye.

That morning, Bai Jingtian and Ma Zheng finally led 50,000 Tiger Camp soldiers and arrived in Zhongyuan City in a mighty force to meet up with Gu Chan and the others.

After a day of rest, the next morning, the four men led a total of 200,000 soldiers and left the city, accompanied by the common people of Zhongyuan City, and headed towards the capital of Tiancang Kingdom.

Just one day later, at night, the spy delivered the news that Gu Chan and others were sending troops to attack Kyoto to the imperial study at an urgent speed of 800 miles.

When Xuanyuan Long heard the news, he paced back and forth in front of the imperial desk in a hurry.

Yan Li sat aside, his face looking extremely ugly.

Just as the two were getting anxious, the Imperial Master Tiancan came in from outside and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please don't be anxious. We still need to take a long-term view."

"Still taking the long view? That bastard ninth brother actually let Gu Cui'er pretend to be Gu Chan to disrupt the morale of our army, causing our Dragon Guard Army to suffer a great defeat in Zhongyuan City. Now he has even gathered 200,000 soldiers to attack Kyoto. They are planning to kill us!" Xuanyuan Long said anxiously, gritting his teeth.

"Yes, Imperial Master, if our hundreds of thousands of Dragon Guard troops are dragged down in the Jiangnan area and cannot return to the rescue in time, I am afraid that we will not be able to hold on with only tens of thousands of defenders in Kyoto. Moreover, they are now in high spirits, which is extremely disadvantageous to us." Yan Li echoed.

Master Tiancan frowned and a cold look appeared on his face when he heard this.

He never imagined that simply letting Gu Chan take Xuanyuan Qing away from Kyoto would bring them so much trouble.

And the fact is just as Yan Li said, once the main force of the Dragon Guarding Army is dragged down in the Jiangnan area, the 200,000 troops led by Xuanyuan Qing will attack, and with just their small number of defenders, they probably won't be able to hold out for long.

There is no doubt that Gu Chan and Xuanyuan Qing are forcing them to withdraw their troops in order to resolve the crisis in the Jiangnan area.

Thinking of all this, Master Tiancan couldn't help but sigh and said, "What a pity! If we can quickly take over the Jiangnan area now, we will definitely be very powerful. It will only be a matter of time before we defeat the Ninth Prince and others. It's a pity that God didn't give us this opportunity!"

"National Master, if I give you 50,000 troops and ask you to lead them to stop the enemy, do you have a chance of winning?" Xuanyuan Long suddenly said.

Master Tiancan smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, I have no chance of winning. Besides, the tens of thousands of defenders in the Kyoto camp must not be easily transferred. Otherwise, if the enemy launches a surprise attack, Kyoto will be doomed."

When Xuanyuan Long heard what the Imperial Master said, his body stiffened on the spot, and he sat back on the dragon chair behind him like a machine.

Yan Li said bitterly, "Your Majesty, order the troops to withdraw! Once the hundreds of thousands of dragon-protecting troops besieging Jiangnan are withdrawn, we will rush to completely defeat the 200,000 troops led by the Ninth Prince and that little bitch Gu Cui'er."

"Your Majesty is right. This is the only thing we can do now." Master Tiancan nodded.

Xuanyuan Long agreed reluctantly and was forced to write the imperial edict of withdrawal by himself and hand it to Master Tiancan, asking him to send someone to Jiangnan at an urgent speed of 800 miles overnight to convey the edict.

In contrast, Gu Chan and others had been marching very slowly since they came out of Zhongyuan City in the morning. Two hundred thousand soldiers walked for a whole day and only covered more than twenty miles, and they did not even go beyond the boundaries of Zhongyuan City.

Now that it was dark, Gu Chan ordered everyone to set up camp on the spot, build a fire, sit around it, eat big chunks of meat, and drink big gulps of wine. All the soldiers were confused and couldn't tell whether they were going to fight or to have fun.