The Whole Dynasty Spoils the Tyrant's Beloved Youngest Daughter-Chapter 444 - 441: The Student Surpasses the Master (4,000 Words) (Part 3)

Chapter 444: Chapter 441: The Student Surpasses the Master (4,000 Words) (Part 3)
Ye Ying did not speak, and Qi Xiao said, "Why not!"
Jun Ning was speechless, "That’s just absurd."
Qi Xiao hesitated for a moment and said, "There is a grudge, Ye Ying wants to take away something I love dearly."
Ye Ying followed, "But Qi Xiao has already taken away something I love dearly." He felt even more stifled inside.
"Alright!"
Then, Jun Ning asked both of them one by one what the things they loved dearly were. But when faced with this question, their mouths seemed glued shut, and no one could answer.
That thing appeared deeply concealed and mysterious.
If Jun Ning knew that thing was her, she would faint. How could a perfectly fine person suddenly become a thing?
These two were inexplicably having a conflict over it!
Extremely peculiar.
"If you won’t say, then forget it." Jun Ning said to Qi Xiao, "You, don’t glare at Ye Ying anymore."
Qi Xiao was somewhat dissatisfied and unwilling, but since Jun Ning had spoken, he couldn’t refute her. He said sulkily, "...I’ll do as you say, Ah Ning."
Jun Ning then turned to Ye Ying and advised, "Ye Ying, no matter how Xiao Er has offended you, don’t take it to heart. He’s still a child at heart!"
Ye Ying generously replied, "Ah Ning is right, I am already an adult and indeed shouldn’t argue with a child. Rest assured, I won’t dwell on it anymore."
Qi Xiao listened to Ye Ying’s condescending words, looking down on a child’s nature, and felt uneasy, but he didn’t say anything further on the surface.
In the meantime, Bei Xia’s twenty thousand soldiers were already fully engaged in battle, and Dong Chu’s thirty thousand troops could also advance.
Ye Ying and Qi Xiao exchanged glances, each fulfilling their roles, issuing commands, ordering the army to charge forward.
Chao Jiu returned, standing by Jun Ning’s side.
Jun Ning no longer participated in the combat but remained to observe the battle.
Under the leadership of Ye Ying and Qi Xiao, Dong Chu’s thirty thousand troops grandly joined the battlefield, surrounding the twenty thousand soldiers of Bei Xia who had just entered the field.
Chao Jiu watched this impressive scene and said, "The Crown Prince is indeed wise, having prepared these thirty thousand troops in advance. Otherwise, facing the sudden addition of Bei Xia’s twenty thousand soldiers, we would be at a loss, awaiting defeat."
Jun Ning said, "This battle is located at the pass plain on the edge of the Black Forest, and both ends of the pass plain have large canyons capable of hiding troops. Bei Xia can secretly hide twenty thousand, and we can hide even more than they do."
Chao Jiu was somewhat puzzled, "But how did the Crown Prince know Bei Xia had hidden twenty thousand soldiers? What if, I mean what if, what if they hid thirty thousand? Then wouldn’t the troops we’ve hidden be the same as theirs, unable to outmaneuver them?"
Jun Ning calmly explained, "The total number of Bei Xia soldiers indeed exceeds those on the battlefield, there are twelve thousand visibly and edly twenty thousand in total. However, Bei Xia doesn’t have twenty thousand warhorses available, currently, they only have twelve thousand."
"How could that be? Shouldn’t the number of warhorses match the number of combat soldiers, with hardly any discrepancy? How could there be such a large discrepancy in this battle?" Chao Jiu was puzzled.
"Because last year Bei Xia’s warhorses were struck by a plague, killing half of them. Although Bei Xia concealed it well, I managed to dig it out."
It was due to this crucial intelligence that Jun Ning could ascertain Bei Xia’s fighting numbers, both openly and secretly, roughly only twelve thousand.
If Dong Chu prepared forces exceeding twelve thousand, they could overpower Bei Xia.
Jun Ning calculated this very accurately.
"The Crown Prince is wise." After listening to Jun Ning’s confident explanation, Chao Jiu admired Jun Ning even more.
All those ridiculous notions about gender bias, that women are unfit to rule, became trivial and insignificant in the face of Jun Ning’s brilliant strategies and decisive actions.
Chao Jiu genuinely believed that the Crown Prince was truly the future of Dong Chu.
And what Jun Ning said next made Chao Jiu even more resolute in his beliefs.
Jun Ning further stated, "The plague among Bei Xia’s warhorses was spread by my people."
The life-and-death struggle with Bei Xia seemed to be fully prepared only this year. But in reality, Jun Ning had started preparing three years ago, by manufacturing gunpowder, planting spies, and spreading the plague among Bei Xia’s warhorses.
Without such groundwork, how could Dong Chu have any chance of winning today?
Hearing Jun Ning’s words, Chao Jiu was utterly stunned.
Compared to the current ruler, the Crown Prince had surpassed him!
As the saying goes, the new surpasses the old.
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An hour later, Qi Xiao excitedly brought in the good news, "Crown Prince, we have won, we have won, a great victory! Moreover, I also captured Marshal Fei’s deputy, Fei Du, alive!"
Fei Du was tied and carried on a horse by Qi Xiao, and hearing this, he said, "If you have the guts, let me go without setting traps, and let me face you in a fair fight. If you win, I will bow to you. If you lose, then please let me go back so I can prepare for our marshal’s marriage, uh, I mean, induction into your service!"