Reborn Lady - Chapter 235

When the Imperial Court sent Geng Ying to fight against King Yan’s army, Sheng Shiting was the general under his command. After Geng Ying’s death, Lu Long took over as general, so Sheng Shiting continued to participate in the war under the command of Lu Long. It could be said that the few victories that Lu Long won were almost due to Sheng Shiting’s credit. Even the siege of Pingcheng was caused by troops led by Sheng Shiting breaking through a city gate. Unfortunately, before he rushed into the city, Lu Long was frightened by the news of King Yan’s return and ordered to withdraw his troops. 

Knowing that Sheng Shiting had become the commander in chief, King Yan’s heart sank. 

As he expected, Sheng Shiting led his troops well, and the battle became more difficult. The army besieged Jinan for a month but failed to capture it. 

At dusk that day, the siege failed again, and King Yan returned to the big tent, in a bad mood. He didn’t even want to eat. 

The messenger from Pingcheng arrived. There were two letters in total, one was from Princess Xu to King Yan, and the other was from Yin Hui to Wei Luo. 

King Yan accepted Princess Xu’s letter and asked the messenger to send the other letter to his son. 

In a tent not far away, Wei Luo was sitting with his upper body bare, and the military doctor was treating a sword wound on his left arm. 

Chang Feng brought the letter in, and Wei Luo immediately guessed that she must have given birth. 

It was October 12th, around the period of delivery that he estimated at the beginning. 

“Third Master’s personal letter” which was written on the envelope was elegant, it was exactly her handwriting, which showed that at least she was safe. 

Wei Luo looked at the military doctor and saw that he was concentrating on treating the wound, so he tore open the envelope, took out the letter and read it.

There was a dense page of small characters written on the rice paper. At the beginning, she informed him that she gave birth to a daughter on the morning of the ninth day, and both the mother and daughter were safe.

Wei Luo smiled, and his body, which had been tense due to worry, relaxed.

The military doctor secretly glanced at the Third Master’s face. Seeing the gentle expression on his face, he was also relieved. He was really afraid that if the letter brought some bad news, the master would be unhappy, and he would handle the wound with trepidation.

Wei Luo continued to read and frowned.

The Yin family had never been concerned about major events outside, but she actually mentioned the battle situation in Jinan in the letter. She said that the news of the Yan Army’s inability to capture Jinan had spread to Pingcheng, causing slight unrest among the people. She couldn’t help but care about the matter. Thinking of the ancient idiom “Besieging Wei to Rescue Zhao” (meaning indirect approach instead of direct confrontation in war), she speculated that the capital might currently be vulnerable, and the Yan Army could take advantage by bypassing the Imperial Army and attacking the capital directly. Of course, she just had an idea and mentioned it casually. How to conduct the war would still have to be determined by her father-in-law.

After reading the letter in a hurry, Wei Luo folded up the letter and began to think silently.

In Pingcheng, Yin Hui looked at Xiao Heng and Xiao Xun, who came to see their younger sister together as soon as they returned from the studying hall, and her thoughts drifted far away to Jinan.

Counting the time, Wei Luo should have received her letter soon. That was Yin Hui’s first intervention in this war, and it should be the last. In her previous life, Wei Luo didn’t tell her much about the battle situation in the past three years. She just heard about the battle situation from other people. She learned a little bit about it, so she knew that the Battle of Jinan was very dangerous..

In Jinan, the Yan Army lost many generals, including Gao Zhen, one of the father’s most important commanders.

Because the fight against Jinan was so miserable and the soldiers suffered heavy losses, her father-in-law learned from the pain and suddenly changed his tactics. Instead of gradually capturing the city, he went straight to the capital!

Yin Hui really didn’t dare to let her father-in-law and Wei Luo take any more risks. If there were too many changes on the battlefield, what if one of them failed to escape? What if Feng Su and his son or Liao Shisan also died in Jinan?

Since her father-in-law was going to change his tactics, could he change it two or three months in advance, not only avoiding the damage to the soldiers but also winning the capital a period of time earlier?

After hesitating, Yin Hui wrote a letter to Wei Luo before the worst battles came.

She just told Wei Luo in advance the changes in the strategy that her father-in-law would think of. If Wei Luo thought it was feasible, her father-in-law would make the final decision. If Wei Luo didn’t agree with her letter, Yin Hui couldn’t do anything else.

The military doctor treated Wei Luo’s wound and left with the medicine box.

Wei Luo opened his wife’s letter again, read it twice, put the letter in his sleeve, and went to his father’s tent.

King Yan was just about to eat. No matter what his mood was, he had to eat after all; otherwise, how would he have the strength to attack the city?

His son asked to see him.

When Wei Luo walked in, King Yan looked at his son and smiled, “Your mother told me that Madam Yin gave birth to a daughter for you. Having a daughter is good, there are many boys in our family! I’ll like the baby girl.”

He had eight grandsons and two granddaughters, the eldest Sister Mei was a concubine born with a docile temperament, and the second elder Sister Zhuang was just like her mother, unruly and domineering.

Seeing that the third daughter-in-law raised Wu Lang and Qi Lang so well, the newborn granddaughter should be no different.

Wei Luo followed his words and said, “When the war is over, I would like you to give her a name.”

That was an auspicious sentence. If King Yan could still be in the mood to name his granddaughter afterward, then he must have won.

It was not difficult to name her. King Yan touched his beard and immediately thought of one, “Let’s call her Ning. I hope that the war will end soon and the world will return to peace.”

Ning, Wei Ning.

Wei Luo felt that the word “Ning” was good, so he bowed to thank him. (Ning: peace)

Interrupted by the matter of his granddaughter, King Yan regained his appetite and asked his son while eating, “Is there anything else?”

Wei Luo looked at the food on the table and said, “There is no hurry, we’ll talk about it after you finish eating.” 

Coming to him, what he wanted to discuss was definitely not a trivial matter. King Yan said impatiently, “Speak up if you have something to say, don’t fool me.”

Wei Luo had no choice but to propose the strategy of attacking the capital directly.