Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 1086 - 1083_1

Chapter 1086: Chapter 1083_1

At this time, Shangguan Xuanyi walked in. He just overheard their conversation and asked: "Why have you been so busy all afternoon? Didn’t we agree not to overwork?"

Shangguan Xuanyi approached and knew right away that Xiao’er was copying the map of Nangong Country.

Because he had been studying this map day and night too.

But the map Xiao’er drew had some alterations.

"Brother Shangguan, you’re back? I’m not busy at all. I’m providing prenatal education to our child, teaching them how to draw maps!" Seeing him return, Xiao’er hastily put down her pen, picked up the bird’s nest placed aside by Yang Liu, and started to eat.

Yang Liu glanced at the Princess who behaved so obediently in front of her master, as if a rat in front of a cat, and couldn’t help sighing in her heart: There truly is a nemesis for everything in this world!

Shangguan Xuanyi glanced at Xiao’er, who was finding an excuse, thinking that her excuse was too lame!

"Tired?" Shangguan Xuanyi inspected her condition carefully. She looked spirited.

"Not tired!" Xiao’er immediately shook her head.

"Even so, don’t sit for too long. It’s easy to get a backache." Seeing that she was in good spirits, Shangguan Xuanyi was relieved.

He picked up the modified map and started studying it.

"It turns out this map is indeed not detailed enough; how did you find out the actual terrain?" Shangguan Xuanyi looked at the map Xiao’er had adjusted and was secretly shocked. If they didn’t know this, even if they could conquer the targeted area according to their current war plans, they would definitely lose many soldiers!

Shangguan Xuanyi knew the map wasn’t precise enough, so he had arranged for a secret exploration. But he believed that his scouts could not have been this detailed!

"Bai Tian and the golden python told me!"

The goose and the snake bickered all afternoon, even boasting that they could lead troops in battle. When neither could out-compete the other, they began to fight, deciding on their superiority through force!

Shangguan Xuanyi picked up the map and started studying it more closely. He said to Xiao’er, "Finish your bird’s nest, then go lie down and rest a bit. Later, when I have prepared dinner, I’ll wake you. Also, don’t touch this map anymore, I will draw it out tonight."

Xiao’er nodded helplessly and sighed. She had finally found something to do, only to have it taken away from her!

Who can understand the woes of a person who has too much free time on their hands?

After dinner, they both retired to their room, entering their special space. Shangguan Xuanyi began to redraw the map of Nangong Country based on Xiao’er’s modifications.

Looking at Xiao’er’s annotations, Shangguan Xuanyi couldn’t help but feel excited. With these detailed descriptions of the terrain, they could certainly achieve twice the results with half the effort in this fight!

Perhaps even the natives of Nangong Country didn’t understand their homeland’s terrain this well.

Shangguan Xuanyi dares to make a guarantee that he could capture Nangong Country half a year earlier than planned!

Xiao’er sat by and watched Shangguan Xuanyi draw, adding information where needed.

However, it wasn’t easy to create a complete map. Worried that Xiao’er might get tired, Shangguan Xuanyi asked her about any missing parts. He took note of them and then allowed Xiao’er to go to bed.

Xiao’er, who had been drawing maps all afternoon and accompanying Shangguan Xuanyi for two hours, was indeed tired and went to sleep on her own.

When Xiao’er woke up, she continued to assist him. Shangguan Xuanyi drew the map while she made annotations. They spent a day and a night in their special space, finally completing the copy of the modified map and making important notes in some places.

After completing a large map, Shangguan Xuanyi began to create maps of a few more important provinces.

Having done all these, Xiao’er helped him design deployment maps and battle plans.

The deployment maps and combat plans had been discussed in the study with a few ministers. However, they had not yet finalized the specifics. Now Shangguan Xuanyi adjusted the plans again, incorporating Xiao’er’s opinions and changes in terrain into the results of the discussions with the ministers.

He decided not to reveal these modified deployment diagrams and combat plans for the time being, let alone the complete map.

At least it is not appropriate to reveal them now.

They’re too important. If these detailed terrain features were carelessly leaked, it would be troublesome.

To prevent them from being leaked, Shangguan Xuanyi had no plans to discuss them with everyone in the public hall.

Of course, showing them to his own father, the emperor, was essential!

Upon seeing the map, the emperor couldn’t help laughing: "Ha ha! With this map, the world is mine! Ha ha! Excellent! Extremely excellent! Carry on as planned!"

Nangong Country is very large. Now that they’ve decided to conquer it, there’s no turning back. They must capture it all, never stop until they reach their goal. Otherwise, there will be recurring troubles in the future.

Of course, seeing such a large Nangong Country, other countries would inevitably be unsettled as soon as they heard that they had successfully occupied one or two cities. First of all, Japan would definitely want a share. The Eastern Jin Dynasty, being a neighbor of Nangong Country, would undoubtedly seize the opportunity to expand its territory.

Shangguan Xuanyi conservatively expected that if they could occupy more than half of Nangong Country, they would have accomplished their mission. Swallowing the entire Nangong Country and simultaneously confronting several countries would be disadvantageous to them. It would be better to leave some small gains for others to pick up!

This huge cake, if shared a bit, would produce a different result.

Control it so that Minze Country will not be too stretched, too busy to keep up.

And his main goal is to make sure the people of the Nangong royal family never get back on their feet! They can never covet Xiao’er’s space again!

Whether Minze Country occupies all of Nangong Country is not the most important issue.

But Japan should not be allowed to succeed. The people of Japan are so treacherous that it’s troublesome to have them as neighbors!

So, in addition to attacking Nangong Country, a fight with Japan should also be considered.

...

Regarding the mobilization of troops against Nangong Country, the ministers dared not talk about it to their wives at home, for fear that they might inadvertent let it slip.

But a few people knew about it after all. Prince An returned home and told Princess An about it.

Upon hearing the information, Princess An was taken aback: "What? Why so suddenly? After all, it is Wanru’s parents-in-law. If we occupy them, won’t it be inappropriate?"

"What’s inappropriate about that? Wanru has already returned, so what can we call it, parents-in-law? Besides, this war is bound to happen sooner or later. If we don’t attack, Nangong Country will!"

"It’s even better! Who let Nangong Country treat Wanru so badly! Wait till Yijin’s child is born, I want to fight them into a rout myself!!" Shangguan Ruixi declared passionately.

He had long found Nangong Country to be an eyesore!

"But Wandru...probably wouldn’t want..."

"Mother, don’t show a woman’s kindness! Court matters cannot be swayed by individuals’ desires and dislikes! Besides, why would Wanru not want to attack Nangong Country? She has no relation to Nangong Country now!"

Upon hearing this, Princess An sighed.