After being forced to leave the marriage, I became the wife of a top scholar.

The Prince of Huai, who had killed Zhuang Qi, was now much calmer.

He glanced at the other terrified advisors and sighed, "I know this all too well, but Lin Yunche has assembled an army of 100,000. If I were to confront him head-on, I fear I would be annihilated on my way to attack the capital."

"What will I do when Northwind City is no longer my escape route?"

The other advisors, though outwardly discreet, sighed and shook their heads inwardly at the Prince of Huai's indecisiveness.

But Wang Jin, a newly recruited advisor to the Prince of Huai, stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, why belittle yourself?"

"The Lin family army has a total of no more than 100,000 men, and they are infantry drawn from various places."

"Not to mention that they haven't received unified training, they might not even truly agree with the name 'Lin Family Army'."

"An army like this is no match for our 200,000 elite troops!"

Upon hearing this, the Prince of Huai's brow twitched, and his previously resolute heart began to waver slightly.

Seeing an opportunity, Wang Jin continued, "If Your Highness is truly worried about Beifeng City, why not send another small team of ten thousand men to retake the undefended Beifeng City? We are certain of success."

"In this way, Your Highness can take care of both sides, and can attack or defend as needed. Your great cause will surely be accomplished!"

Upon hearing this, the Prince of Huai's lips curled up slightly. He coldly surveyed everyone in the room.

After a long silence, the Prince of Huai finally spoke, "In that case, who can make this trip in my stead?"

The other advisors all bowed their heads. They knew the Prince of Huai's temperament all too well. This matter was a hot potato. Even if they could retake Beifeng City, it would just be a matter of course for the Prince of Huai.

If they can't get it back, they might have to go to the underworld to meet Mr. Zhuang!

Seeing that no one stepped forward, the Prince of Huai snorted heavily, "Weren't you all indignant just now, saying it was absolutely impossible?"

"Now that you actually need to do something, you all turn into cowards!"

Just then, Wang Jin stepped forward again, "Your Highness, I am willing to go!"

The Prince of Huai narrowed his eyes and glanced at Wang Jin. "Very well! Then I will give you ten thousand elite troops. You must reclaim Beifeng City for me!"

"Yes!"

Wang Jin accepted the order and led 10,000 elite troops back to Beifeng.

In the dim candlelight of midnight, Prince Huai looked at the list of advisors on the table and asked Fu Yan, "Fu Yan, speak!"

"Mr. Zhuang has followed me for over twenty years! Why would you betray me?"

The rich do not know, the rich do not speak.

"Do you know how long Wang Jin has been following me?"

Fu Yan shook his head.

"Only one year! Just one year!"

Fu Yan looked at the Prince of Huai with suspicion. The Prince of Huai had a gloomy expression. How could he trust a staff member who had only been with him for a year?
Thinking of this, the Prince of Huai picked up the purple inkstone on the table, wrote a letter, and ordered it to be delivered to Luan Heng on the border of the Northern Dynasty.

Fu Yan was puzzled. "Your Highness, the Northern Dynasty is, after all, another country. We..."

Before Fu Yan could finish speaking, the Prince of Huai waved his hand and said, "A foreign country, so what?"

"What's wrong with giving them four more cities if it can help me!"

"You and I will watch together; I will be the one who laughs last!"

The following day, Northwind City.

Bai Wanqing received a message early in the morning from a Lin family scout: "The Prince of Huai has dispatched a force of 10,000 elite troops to defend Beifeng City!"

"The remaining 190,000 troops have not moved."

Lin Feiyun frowned. "The 190,000 troops haven't moved. This means that the Prince of Huai still intends to attack the capital!"

"Wanqing, Chengdong only has 30,000 men; I'm afraid they can't hold out!"

Bai Wanqing knew this, but right now, it was already difficult for them to deal with 10,000 elite troops. If the Prince of Huai were to withdraw his army, she would definitely be able to persuade Jiangnan, Xianzhou, and Langzhou to send troops.

But now.
They probably won't easily mobilize troops in Jiangnan, Xianzhou, and Langzhou!

It's a dead end for them no matter how you look at it!

Bai Wanqing's hand, clutching the letter, turned white at the fingertips. Just then, Cheng Susu rushed in, "Wanqing, the Prince of Huai's 10,000 elite troops have reached 50 li outside the city."

Fifty li.
Lin Feiyun and Lord Cheng suddenly stood up and looked at Bai Wanqing in unison.

Bai Wanqing had already prepared for a major battle with the Prince of Huai when she captured Beifeng City.

At this moment, she slowly stood up and walked to Lord Cheng, who immediately understood her meaning.

"Wanqing, we can only use this winning strategy once!"

"Two hundred thousand troops didn't come, but this ten thousand..."

"We'll use even ten thousand!"

"And we must finish this quickly!"

Lord Cheng understood Bai Wanqing's thoughts; the only way to delay Prince Huai now was to fight a quick battle!

Only by holding off Prince Huai could Bai Chengdong have a chance to survive.
"Alright! In that case, I'll go and make the arrangements right away!"

Bai Wanqing nodded emphatically. She pulled Cui Jingcheng and the others to continue working on the "family letters," and then handed them all over to Lord Cheng.

Wang Jin led his army to set up camp twenty miles outside the city gate. Before coming here, he had already learned about Zhuang Er and Zhu Shuan's affairs in detail.

At this moment, he looked at the city gate not far away and said to the soldiers beside him, "As far as I know, both General Zhu and General Zhuang suffered at the hands of a woman."

"I suppose this woman is in Northwind City now?"

The soldiers, unaware of the situation, looked at Wang Jin with blank expressions.

Wang Jin laughed and said, "Whether she's there or not, I have to admit that this woman has some skills!"

"However, I'm not like Zhu Shuan and Zhuang Er, I'm a reckless brute who only knows how to fight head-on!"

As Wang Jin said this, he unconsciously raised his chin, "Now that woman probably thinks that I, the general, will not make a move tonight!"

"But I, the general, will not listen. Listen, we will soon give the order to assemble. Tonight, I will catch her off guard and teach her a lesson!"

Just as Wang Jin was speaking with great pride, a few sobs suddenly rang out from outside the tent.

Wang Jin frowned and shouted angrily, "What's going on?"

But the soldiers outside the tent seemed not to hear him, and no one responded to him at all.

Wang Jin angrily walked out of the tent, only to see that for some reason, several soldiers were hugging each other and weeping bitterly, while others were even calling on the rest to surrender to Beifeng City.

"You..." Wang Jincai was about to curse when he vaguely saw the papers scattered on the ground.

He picked up a card, glanced at it briefly, and felt a chill run down his spine.

This woman, when she couldn't be dealt with by force, resorted to psychological tactics.
Wang Jin crumpled the paper in his hand into a ball and stood there shouting, "Stop! Don't look!"

"This is clearly that witch's trap!"

"Do your relatives even know how to write? These letters are clearly forgeries!"

"What do you mean by 'the way of Heaven is unclear'? What do you mean by 'unrighteous and immoral'?"

"Why didn't you say so when you were recruited by the Prince of Huai?"

The soldiers, who had been feeling sentimental, suddenly looked at Wang Jin with anger in their eyes, and Wang Jin's body trembled slightly.

The soldier who had just been serving Wang Jin whispered to him, "General, you absolutely must not mention this matter of incorporation."

Wang Jin asked angrily, "Why?"

“We are all farmers from the Beifeng City area. If it weren’t for the Prince of Huai seizing our land and leaving us with nowhere to go, who would risk their life to rebel against the Prince of Huai?”

Wang Jin was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, and then said, "How many farmers can there be in Beifeng City!"

"Could it be that all ten thousand of our elite soldiers are farmers from Northwind City?"

The soldier sighed, thinking of this, "Of course not all of them are farmers."

Just as Wang Jin was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he heard the soldier continue, "And there are still ordinary people in Beifeng City who can't survive!"

"Over the years, the Prince of Huai has held absolute power in Beifeng City. In order to capture able-bodied men to serve in the army, he has had the prefect of Beifeng City frame the people many times."

"Going out at 9 PM will get you arrested!"

"Speaking loudly will get you arrested!"

"As long as he's a young and strong man, we can always find a pretext to throw him in jail!"

"Once you're in jail, don't even think about trying to clear your name through normal litigation!"

"There is only one possibility for someone to walk out of the North Wind City prison: they must have joined the Prince of Huai's private army."

Wang Jin, who was just about to relax, suddenly felt a renewed sense of relief.

"But since we've become a private army, we must obey military orders!"

The soldier shook his head. "If it were in the past, this would naturally be the case, but now, look at everyone!"

Wang Jin looked up and saw his ten thousand elite soldiers, who had unknowingly removed their armor and were walking towards the city gate in twos and threes.

Upon seeing this, Wang Jin panicked and shouted angrily, "Stop!"

"Stop everyone!"

Wang Jin rode forward to stop them, but the soldiers seemed to completely ignore him and continued walking.

Enraged, Wang Jin raised his broadsword and charged into the crowd on horseback.

"Who dares to leave! Whoever leaves will suffer the same fate!" With that, Wang Jin swung his broadsword down at a soldier's face.

With a clang, the soldier who had been slashed fell to the ground.

Wang Jin's broadsword was blocked by a spear. Enraged, Wang Jin raised his hand to curse, but the person in front of him swung the spear again and knocked him off his horse!

"Who goes there? Aren't you afraid of being court-martialed?"

Wang Jin looked up and saw a man clad in silver armor sitting proudly on his horse, looking down at him. Wang Jin froze, recognizing the man before him.

"Lin Lin's family army?"

Before Wang Jin could finish speaking, Lin Feiyun shot him straight in the heart!

The 10,000 troops of the Prince of Huai were brought under the command of the Lin family army before a battle even began.

When Lin Feiyun returned carrying Wang Jin's head, he was in high spirits.

He hadn't felt this exhilarated in a long time. "Ah Yao, this is our daughter-in-law. Without firing a single shot, just by winning hearts and minds, we sent Wang Jin to meet his maker!"

Cui was also very excited, "Not only that, the battle ended so quickly, perhaps the Prince of Huai will really have to move his troops back to defend!"

"The crisis in Kyoto has been resolved!"

Lin Feiyun nodded and said, "That makes sense!"

The news that Beifeng City had once again fought with 10,000 elite troops spread like wildfire, reaching the study of the Prince of Huai early the next morning.

He knew it! He knew it!
These people are all unreliable! One or two of them are just waiting to betray him!
"Fu Yan, relay my order: withdraw the troops back to camp!"

"Your Highness, shall we wait for General Luan's news?"

Mentioning this, the Prince of Huai was even more furious. Three days had passed, and the Northern Dynasty had not made the slightest move!

They clearly agreed to form an alliance, yet they betrayed it at this crucial moment!
Prince Huai looked back towards the capital and slammed his fist heavily on the door frame.

Just then, a military report came in: "Your Highness, the Lin family army has been spotted fifty miles to the east!"

"Report! The Lin family army has been spotted sixty li to the west."

"Report! The Lin family army has been spotted thirty miles to the south!"

The Prince of Huai collapsed to the ground in terror, his mind no longer troubled. "Retreat! Retreat! Retreat back to Beifeng City right now!" (End of Chapter)