eurekapd Chapter 525: The Emperor's Personal Expedition to Break the City
Chapter 525: The Emperor's Personal Expedition to Break the City
Yan Fuyao looked left and right in the military camp, sometimes watching the soldiers chopping bones, sometimes watching others mixing dough and stuffing, and sometimes instructing the fireman how to make delicious mutton soup.
She was having a lot of fun spinning around, but she kept the other soldiers busy. Everyone who saw her had to put down their work and salute her.
Shen Changgong pulled her out.
"What are you doing? I've never seen anything like this before. Let me take a closer look."
"Let's go. Don't cause trouble for others here. I'll take you to a fun place. Just you, no one else, okay?"
"Just take me with you?"
Yan Fuyao narrowed her eyes and looked at Shen Changgong with a naughty look in her eyes.
"What are you thinking about? Come with me."
Shen Changgong took her back to the city, first asked the empress to wear the most luxurious dragon robe and imperial crown, and then found the most famous painter in Qi and asked him to prepare colored paints, drawing boards, etc.
He called over another two thousand cavalrymen, and then took the empress and marched towards the south in a mighty force.
Tu Queling, who had been a little follower, asked,
"Your Highness, where are we going? Aren't we going out to play without calling others?"
"Don't shout. Today, I will favor Xiao Yaoyao and take her to a place no one else has ever been to."
Yan Fuyao's eyes sparkled, and he said excitedly,
"I'm already looking forward to it."
The dragon chariot and the cavalry team headed southwest, and after running more than thirty miles, they finally stopped.
Yan Fuyao lifted the curtain, looked outside, and was stunned.
Not far away, there was a low hill with a small fort on it.
It is called a fortress, but in fact it is just like a garrison. There are at most two teams on guard, which is about twenty people.
The key is……
That’s the flag of Wei State!
"Shen Changgong, where did you bring me?"
"It's the military base of the Wei State."
"Are you going to sell me to the State of Wei?"
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Shen Changgong laughed heartily, carried Yan Fuyao down from the carriage, pointed to the fortress and said,
"Your Majesty, would you like to lead the army in person, personally breach the enemy's city gates, and leave your name in history?"
"I... personally lead the army to attack such a small fortress?"
"No, this is a city."
Yan Fuyao: ...
"But before that, we must leave behind a map of the emperor personally leading an expedition to capture the city!"
Shen Changgong ordered two thousand cavalrymen to form a battle line, facing the fort, with their spears raised as a background.
Then he brought down a chair and asked Yan Fuyao to sit with his back to the cavalry and the fort. He then said to the painter in front of him,
“Remember to draw His Majesty more majestically, and make the fortress behind him bigger, like a city.
The cavalry brothers need to be rendered well as a background, but the main focus is on drawing the images of His Majesty and me well."
Only then did Yan Fuyao realize that Shen Changgong really brought her here to paint.
But...it seems to have a different flavor.
Standing at the foot of the enemy's city wall, he led thousands of troops to capture the city and seize the land, and then painted this scene to be passed down through the ages as a cultural treasure and admired by future generations.
Yan Fuyao put away his expression and said calmly,
"Come to think of it, I've never intentionally left a portrait. This background is great, I like it very much."
"As long as Your Majesty likes it, it's good. Your Majesty will become an emperor who will be remembered throughout history and the first emperor to expand the territory. Naturally, you must leave behind a portrait for future generations to see and worship.
The background of war and battle is the most appropriate."
"Won't the enemy suddenly appear and attack us?"
"The southern pass is thirty miles from here, and it would take an hour or two to march quickly. Moreover, the Wei State doesn't dare to go to war with us now, even if we provoke them like this.
Even if we take a step back, if the enemy comes, we fight, and if we can't defeat them, we run away. How simple is that? "
"hehe."
The painter looked at the enemy's stronghold and the massive cavalry and was so frightened that he could only paint hurriedly.
On the wall of the Wei army's fortress, twenty Wei soldiers were already standing with their weapons in hand, looking outside in fear, not knowing what the Yan army was going to do.
If we're talking about attacking, then why are so many people standing outside doing nothing?
If you don't want to attack? Then why did you bring so many people?
Are you coming to visit us during the New Year?
Something wrong?
Also, that woman who just got off the dragon chariot was the emperor, right?
The dignified Emperor of Yan State came all the way from Shengjing to the border of Wei State just to scare us?
What is this for?
"Captain, the Yan army is too numerous. What should we do? Should we fight or retreat?"
A soldier asked fearfully.
"Who the hell should I ask? We've been ordered not to provoke the Yan people.
Now that the Yan people have not taken action, we dare not act rashly."
"Should we light the beacon?"
"We can only light the beacon tower when the enemy attacks, but it is difficult for us to light it now since the enemy is not attacking.
What if you set it on fire and the enemy leaves, and our army comes to support us, wouldn’t we be accused of lying about military intelligence?
Let's put it this way. We can't just ignore this matter. Go to Fengling Pass and tell the commander-in-chief there that the Emperor of Yan has brought two thousand cavalrymen and is stationed outside the fort, but he's not attacking. We don't know what his intentions are. Please let the commander-in-chief make his decision."
"As ordered!"
No matter what, if something happens, it must be reported.
It is the manager's job to decide what to do, but if they don't report it, then it will be their responsibility.
Even if the enemy wanted to attack, they would have reported it, so in the end it would not be their fault.
The soldier spread his legs and ran towards the pass.
If nothing unexpected happens, it will be evening by the time he arrives.
Tu Queling stood tactfully behind the painter and watched him paint. She knew that this was a painting that would be passed down through the ages, a painting that belonged exclusively to His Majesty and the Prince, and she was not qualified to stand there.
To be honest, no one in the world is qualified to stand there except the two of them.
In the portrait, the empress is wearing a bright red dragon robe, looking extremely gorgeous, with a solemn expression and eyes full of ambition that can conquer the world.
Beside her, Shen Changgong, dressed in light armor, was also very heroic. He stood with his hands behind his back, head held high and chest puffed out, with the aura of a tiger.
Behind them are the enemy's "city" with waving flags and standing weapons.
An awe-inspiring and majestic aura leaps out from the artist's paper.
"It's so beautiful, so beautiful. Make sure the prince looks more majestic and not too strong. He's not fat."
"Draw it well. The prince said that you can leave your name on it, and your reputation will be passed down through the ages."
Tu Queling whispered a warning.
The painter nodded repeatedly.
This painter was a famous painter from the State of Qi. One of his paintings was not worth a fortune, but it was sold in gold.
With his name and seal, this painting will be more credible to future generations.