An Eight-year-old Princess

Chapter 293 The Confrontation (Part One)

A wave of heat came over. People outside the city gate retreated continuously, but were shocked by

the scene in front of them. Although they had found that the fire was red outside the city, they didn't

expect it to be such a scene in the city.

The city was ablaze everywhere, and a strong smell of oil came.

Xia Houyan and Liu Yinfeng rode on the horses and came to the front. They frowned. Liu Yinfeng

looked at the city and said flatly, "it seems that Luo Qingyan wants us to get nothing from here, but to

block our way with this. Look at the tree oil, it's going to burn day and night."

Xia Houyan pressed his lips tightly and did not say anything, but his eyes were full of killing intent.

After a while, the spies who were sent to investigate came back in a hurry. "Your crown prince, please,

the army of the state of Ning has retreated to the north of the Jing River and the bridge is destroyed."

Liu Yinfeng nodded. "It is the only bridge above the Jing river. Now it is destroyed. It will take us some

time to cross it. I will take several thousand people to cut some trees for us. We need to make a

wooden boat first."

Xia Houyan's eyes darkened. "Do you want to spend the time like a raft crossing?"

"That's the only choice we can have now. In order to prevent the drowning soldiers from being killed,

we have to pick more wooden sticks. We'll send the guards who can swim to take a wide wooden

bridge to pass." Liu Yinfeng said in a low voice, "Prince Jing has a good wife. She is quite resourceful.

Last time we suffered a loss because of her. This time we lost a hundred thousand soldiers, but this

time we helped Prince Jing again."

"report! Lord Hua Guo wants to see you. " Came a voice from far away. Xia Houyan let out a cold hum

and said in a loud voice, "let him in."

But Lord Hua Guo didn't ride. He strolled to Xia Houyan's horse and cupped his hands in the other

before his chest, saying, "your highness, it's cold outside. Why don't you and your counsellor go to the

camp outside Jingyang city to take shelter from the cold?" Without saying a word about the battle

ahead, he looked steadily forward.

Xia Houyan opened his mouth and was about to rebuke him, but Liu Yinfeng cut in. "Your grace, we

haven't seen each other for a long time. In this case, I'll go to the camp with the crown prince."

Xia Houyan heard a low voice coming from his side. "Your highness, No."

Xia Houyan controlled his anger and nodded, "Lord Hua Guo, lead the way please."

Lord Hua Guo raised his eyebrows and answered yes. Then he took Xia Houyan's horse and left the

army. He walked into the camp with hundreds of guards. It was dawn when they arrived at the camp. NôvelDrama.Org content.

Lord Hua Guo asked his servants to pour tea for Xia Houyan and Liu Yinfeng before he said to the two.

"Your Highness, since you have abandoned the

KY City and come to the Jingyang city, you should have sent a message to me, and I can arrange for

some people to answer your highness."

"Haha..." Xia Houyan smiled coldly. He looked up at Lord Hua Guo, and said, "Lady Jing of the state of

Ning is in the KY city. That woman is not stupid. The two armies are well matched, and our army does

not get to bully them. I am discussing with the military counsellor. If we launch a sudden attack to the

Jingyang city

while the army is not prepared, we can take care of each other in the future and it is easier for us to

fight with the KY City. "

Lord Hua Guo meditated for a moment and looked at Xia Houyan indifferently. He paused for a while,

and then curled his lips, "your crown prince, you are so considerate."

Xia Houyan also smiled. "Father asked general Lin to lead his troops and attack Jingyang City. Why

was Lord Hua Guo in Jingyang city camp? I was shocked when I heard the news. Lord Hua Guo had

been out of the army for a long time, so I didn't know general Lin had such a prestige. Lord Hua Guo,

he got a help from you in person. "

Lord Hua Guo wasn't enraged by his ridicule, but only smiled faintly. "I'm not here to lead my soldiers to

fight, but only to miss the life in my camp. I was about to go back to the state of Xia and pass through

the Jingyang city, so I came by."

Everyone was saying vaguely. Lord Hua Guo laughed, "the crown prince and the military counsellor ran

quickly. You must be very tired. You'd better have a rest first."

Xia Houyan, on the other hand, had already stood up. "No, thanks. Now that the Jingyang city has

been destroyed, we outnumbered them, and it is a good opportunity for us to take advantage of it. It's

not yet time for a rest." Then he said to one of his guards, "call general Lin to see me." Then he walked

out of the camp.

Hearing Lord Hua Guo's words, Liu Yinfeng slowed down his steps, raised his head, bowed to Lord

Hua Guo and said, "I've been in the army of your grace for a long time. At that time, you've taught me a

lot. I'm deeply touched. You have always been discreet, your grace. But you are too anxious on this

matter. If you have irritated the crown prince, why are you acting like this? He is young after all. If he

can't even solve this problem, I'm afraid Prince Jing doesn't deserve your trust. You don't have to

bother yourself... "

Lord Hua Guo closed his eyes and forced a bitter smile. "Well, since you put it that way, what should I

do? I believe in his ability. I have thought too much. "

Liu Yinfeng paused for a while, and then walked out of the camp with a smile.

The crown prince ordered all the soldiers in the camp to go after the army of the state of Ning in

person. Lin Yu dared not to refuse. With so many people in the camp, the bamboo grove could be

made in a short time. In the afternoon, a lot of rafts had already been made. Liu Yinfeng ordered the

people who knew the river well to make the bamboo grove connected with one by one and made a very

wide bridge. The man set his foot on the bamboo grove to cross the river.