Chapter3; Battle Strategy

Afew miles after crossing the border between East qing and qintong ,long tian xi gave the signal for the soldiers to stop.He ordered the soldiers to set their camp there .Long tian xi, the ministers of war and the commanders of the troops held a meeting all day discussing the best way to approach East qing. For the first time since they began the meeting the prince finally spoke "we cannot approach East qing directly unless we will fail, if we approach from the Northern wall we may or may not be exposed ,this method gives us a fifty percent success rate but it is a risk we cannot afford to take .Our best shot is to use Bao zi's method from the 4th book on the art of war.we must attack when they do not expect it .Firstly I will enter the capital city by pretending to be an envoy from qintong bringing a peace treaty and when everyone is at the palace celebrating in honour of me you will enter the city through the northern and western gates in four groups. I will only take a small group with me to avoid suspicion ,we need a signal so I will know when enter the city, three groups will go to the village, kill all the young men and capture the women and children ,the other groups will come to the palace to capture the royal family .we must be thorough about our attack, there is no room for failure". Everyone agreed with the crown prince suggestions ,it was the best shot they had at defeating East qing, whereas they didn't have any other choice if they didn't attack East Wing they would be named national traitors and put to death for treason .They would rather die as fallen heroes than as traitors.

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The next day a messenger was sent ahead to inform East qing of their arrival. The prime minister of the nation had been sent to welcome them, usually when an envoy of another nation was visiting the crown prince would welcome them but the Emperor of East qing had no son. When they arrived at the palace all the officials of east qing assembled to greet them. Although they didn't know it was a costly mistake as it made easier for their enemies to attack without intrusion.

"your majesty ,the emperor had sent for you in the great hall. " a court lady informed the princess. Wang Hao Mei was the only child of the Emperor of East qing and the apple of her fathers eyes.

The eunuch announced the arrival of the princess to the kings chambers. Long tian xi was surprised when he saw the princess she had skin as white as snow and long ,silky, black hair cascading down her back like a waterfall but the most remarkable thing about her were her eye, shining like stars in the night sky. Long tian xi's thoughts were interrupted by the Emperor .

"mei mei I called you here to introduce you to the crown prince of qintong his name is Long tian xi.

" your highness it's nice to meet you. I'm Wang hao mei "

"nice to meet you too"