Chapter 147: General Qin Revolted, Sweet Potatoes Are Ripe

Chapter 147

Qin Vice General's pupils constricted sharply as a thought raged through his mind like a storm.

He was fighting to protect his country and its people!

He was fighting to protect the civilians from being slaughtered by the Xiongnu!

He was fighting to protect his own family!

Gu Sang's words reminded Qin Vice General of his first time on the battlefield. Back then, all he thought about was achieving glory quickly so he could return home to his wife.

But as his military accomplishments grew and his rank rose higher and higher, his initial intentions had changed without him realizing it.

Now, his mind was filled with the notion that he couldn't betray his country!

As Zhou Qichen had said, was he now loyal to the country, or just to Pei Changying alone?

Qin Vice General finally opened his heart to Gu Sang, saying, "The late emperor showed me great favor. I once swore that whoever the late emperor deemed worthy of the throne would be the one I serve loyally!"

"I'm not loyal to any specific person, I'm loyal to the emperor entrusted to me by the late emperor!"

"And he is the one who rightfully sits on that throne!"

Hearing this, Gu Sang finally understood the crux of the matter.

She smiled and asked, "What if I told you that Pei Changying ascended to that position through underhanded means, and that he wasn't actually the one the late emperor's edict named as successor?"

"Would you still defend Pei Changying to the death?"

"You're talking nonsense!!!" Qin Vice General shouted in agitation.

This outburst startled the guards outside, who came rushing in.

"System, temporarily suspend the connection."

After the livestream room had been upgraded, it became possible to suspend the connection, though this was the first time Gu Sang had done so.

When the connection was suspended, the screen became transparent, invisible to anyone else.

But Gu Sang could still see what was happening on the other side.

The guards came in, looked around, and finding no one, left.

Gu Sang waited for five minutes before having the system reconnect.

The screen slowly materialized from its transparent state.

Qin Vice General stared at Gu Sang without blinking, clearly still processing the bombshell she had dropped.

Gu Sang pursed her lips slightly and said sincerely, "Actually, I didn't want to tell you this because I was involved. When the late emperor fell ill..."

Gu Sang quite admired the late emperor. He had seen through Pei Changying's cruel nature and knew he wasn't fit to rule the empire.

So no matter how virtuous Pei Changying pretended to be in front of the late emperor,

Seeing Zhou Qichen come out to meet them in battle again, Guan Pei immediately ordered his troops to fall back. After maintaining a safe distance from Plague City, they set up camp!

Zhou Qichen, seeing that Guan Pei neither attacked the city nor prepared to flee, but instead made camp on the spot!

This sight caused him to furrow his brow slightly.

A moment later, Zhou Qichen understood Guan Pei's intentions.

"Heh, so General Guan intends to lay siege?"

A deputy general beside him laughed, "General Zhou, they plan to use the imperial army's provisions to starve our Plague City to death!"

"Clever strategy, haha!"

"The imperial court is really something. I bet they don't know our sweet potatoes are already ripe!"

Zhou Qichen almost laughed out loud. Now that the sweet potatoes and potatoes were mature, even without trade with the outside world, Plague City had enough food to last for months.

Guan Pei's method wasn't bad; if it were any other city, they'd run out of food in less than a month!

But Plague City was Guan Pei's nemesis, constantly thwarting his plans.

Upon learning that Guan Pei had made no move to attack, Zhou Qichen reported this to the Princess.

When the Princess heard the news, a smile of strategic mastery appeared on her face: "Then let's see who outlasts whom."

"We'll see whether they starve first, or if my Plague City does."

At noon,

Guan Pei ordered his troops to light fires and cook meals, letting the aroma of food waft into Plague City.

During this time, Guan Pei had been studying the situation in Plague City. He was convinced that with so many soldiers to feed, the Princess must be at the end of her rope!

Forget about paying wages, even providing food was a problem!

"Creak—"

Suddenly, a small door in the city gate opened.

After a while, Zhou Qichen led over a thousand soldiers out of the city. They carried pots and brought out more than a dozen freshly hunted wild game carcasses.

Behind the Plague City lay deep mountains, where the soldiers hunted for wild game.

The imperial army troops caught sight of the game, their eyes fixed and filled with envy.

Life on military campaigns was already harsh enough, with hardly any meat to be found. Only occasionally, when the craving struck, would they venture into the mountains to hunt for wild game.

At the foot of the city walls, the soldiers of Plague City busily cleaned the wild game, preparing it for roasting. They rubbed it with salt and honey.

Before long, the sweet aroma of roasting meat wafted from Plague City towards the imperial army.

But that wasn't all. The imperial troops then witnessed the Plague City soldiers carrying sacks of something red, which they unceremoniously dumped onto the ground!