Cultivation Begins with Caring for Sister-in-law-Chapter 500: If the Enemy Can Invade, So Can I

Chapter 500: Chapter 500: If the Enemy Can Invade, So Can I

Wanyan Xiaji was still confident about capturing Shuofei County, and even set a three-day deadline for himself in his mind.

Within three days, the capture of Shuofei County must be achieved.

"General, an urgent report from the Eastern line." At this moment, one of Wanyan Xiaji’s personal soldiers came in from outside the tent, causing the pondering Wanyan Xiaji to look over.

Yue Puzi also turned his gaze.

Wanyan Xiaji took it and began to read, the more he read, the more his eyebrows knit together, until he couldn’t help but curse: "Useless, a bunch of useless people, eighty thousand Jin Xia warriors fell to such an end."

Yue Puzi also frowned and said, "What happened?"

With a face as dark as coal, Wanyan Xiaji handed the urgent document to Yue Puzi while saying in a deep voice, "The entire Eastern line has been routed, eighty thousand Jin Xia warriors, completely annihilated, Youzhou has been lost, Haiyan Pass is in danger."

"What?!"

Upon hearing this, Yue Puzi was taken aback.

He knew that the Eastern Army had more troops than the Western Army and that more than half of them were Jin Xia’s most elite cavalry, and now they have suffered a total defeat.

Even though he was just a doctor following the army, unaffected by the outcome of the war, upon hearing this news, he still felt a chill run through his limbs.

"What about Prince Fulin?" Yue Puzi asked.

Prince Fulin was Tuoba Zhu’s title.

"He retreated to Haiyan Pass, only he, Gale, and a few hundred soldiers survived, everyone else remained on Song land." Wanyan Xiaji felt dizzy and his vision darkened.

With the total defeat of the Eastern line, even if he could capture Longyou, without help from the Eastern line, annexing the Great Song was basically impossible.

At this moment, Wanyan Xiaji was despondent, his gaze vacant; the grand situation offered little hope.

"General, should we retreat?"

Yue Puzi knew that ever since the degradation of the Great Song was known, some of the border army from Haiyan Pass had been withdrawn, and during this invasion of the Great Song, half of the infantry in the eighty thousand Eastern Army were composed of those border soldiers from Haiyan Pass.

Now that the entire Eastern Army is annihilated, the troops at Haiyan Pass are very sparse.

Since the Chen Army could annihilate the Eastern Army, capturing Haiyan Pass would not be a difficult task.

As a general outside, when an external enemy invades, reinforcements would surely be recalled to defend.

Finding a chair to sit down, after hearing this news, Wanyan Xiaji seemed somewhat dejected, and then a serious look appeared on his steadfast face after a long while and he said, "We are too far away to aid Haiyan Pass, even if we retreat to go back, we wouldn’t be able to do much.

On the contrary, it would be better to seize the moment, capturing the Yu State, when the Chen Army learns that their rear is ablaze, they will certainly return to aid, instead defusing the crisis at Haiyan Pass."

...

While Wanyan Xiaji was bathed in gloom, the government office in Shuofei County was filled with laughter and joy.

"Da da..."

At this moment, rapid and powerful footsteps approached, accompanied by the sound of armor leaves rubbing together.

Yue Ruyan walked over in armor, casually placing a broadsword aside, slightly frowning, "What happened?"

She was patrolling the defense lines outside the city, and upon learning that General Zuo was looking for her, thought something had happened. She immediately put down what she was doing and came over without delay, only to hear laughter.

"General Yue has arrived. Have a seat, have a seat." Zuo Lianglun approached joyfully and remarked with surprise, "General Yue, the Marquis won a great victory in Youzhou, utterly annihilated the Jin Xia Barbarians’ Eastern Army, and recaptured Youzhou. This is the Marquis’s victory report." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

After speaking, Zuo Lianglun handed the battle report to Yue Ruyan.

Upon hearing this, Yue Ruyan was initially stunned, then read the entire battle report with eyes wide in shock; her distress was replaced with excitement and immense joy.

It was entirely the fault of the Jin Xia Barbarians that she ended up in this situation; she harbored a blood feud against Jin Xia, with countless civilians having died at the hands of these barbarians.

Now Chen Mo annihilated Jin Xia’s Eastern Army and recaptured Youzhou, it essentially avenged her.

Furthermore, expelling the foreign invaders is something to be celebrated.

And with the northern battles concluded, the pressure on Yu State might lessen somewhat.

"This is indeed a cause for great celebration," Yue Ruyan stated.

"Absolutely, with Jin Xia’s Eastern Army annihilated, it is certainly a crippling blow to Jin Xia, the north definitely won’t be launching any major offensives anytime soon, once the Marquis finishes dealing with matters in the north, he should be back soon, and by then, General Yue, you can meet him," Zuo Lianglun smiled.

"Is the reunion near..." Yue Ruyan murmured softly, perhaps because of the victory report she just read, her heart now felt slightly more accepting of Chen Mo.

This caused her, who had never experienced matters between men and women, to feel inexplicably scared, and quickly changed the subject by saying: "Such a major thing happened in the north, Wanyan Xiaji should receive the news soon, and might attack us more fiercely in revenge."

"Winter has set in, we only need to hold them off."

...

On the first day of December, in the first year of the Yong’an era.

Jin Xia’s Haiyan Pass was breached by the Chen Army.

After the Chen Army decisively defeated the Jin Xia Army in Bing City, they swiftly recaptured Youzhou, and after a two-day rest in Ying City, Chen Mo declared to the Chen Army with the motto "If the invaders can come, so can we" and took advantage of the high morale, leading them to invade the territory of Jin Xia, breaching Haiyan Pass.

Due to the Chen Army’s rapid advance, by the time Jin Xia received the defeat reports from the Eastern Army, they were urgently mobilizing troops, but reinforcements simply could not reach Haiyan Pass in time.

Chen Mo capitalized on this gap.

Chen Mo led his troops into Haiyan Pass, and upon realizing they couldn’t hold it, Jin Xia soldiers in Guanzhong had already fled with Tuoba Zhu and Gale.

On the main streets of the city, upon seeing the fierce and threatening Chen Army, the Jin Xia civilians scattered in terror.

Meanwhile, the Song people, who had been captured and enslaved by Jin Xia earlier, upon seeing the horses and attire, were initially startled, yet their faces soon filled with exhilarating cheer.

"It’s our army."

"Your Majesty sent people to save us."

"..."

In the chilly December weather, the Song people’s cheeks were painfully red from the cold, yet their faces carried uncontainable smiles, exhaling white puffs of breath; if not for being chained and caged, they’d have stepped forward to greet their saviors.

Recognizing these Song people, as they were easily distinguishable from the Jin Xia civilians, Chen Mo frowned and ordered Sun Meng: "Go, have the people freed."

"Yes."

...

The Song people seen on the streets were just the tip of the iceberg; when Jin Xia invaded the Great Song, along with looting money, they had also gathered civilians and the livestock from civilian homes, transporting them all to Haiyan Pass.

After all, war is fought for people, money, and resources.