At nightfall, Xiao Rongyan was kneeling behind the military desk in the tent, having just finished reading the strategy sent by the Zhou army on how to advance towards Yunjing... and how the Yan army needed to coordinate.
The strategy was devised by Bai Qingyu, who intended for the Yan and Zhou armies to cooperate. Bai Qingyu would feign defeat to lure Xiliang into capturing him, allowing the Yan army to set an ambush early on. Once Xiliang's main forces were almost exhausted, Zhou and Yan would each rely on their own efforts to attack the city gates. Whoever first entered the Imperial Palace of Yunjing would claim the city.
Xiao Rongyan hadn't expected his brother-in-law's strategy to align so closely with his own thoughts.
However, Xiao Rongyan originally intended to feign defeat himself to lure the enemy, since he was the Regent Prince of Yan.
He placed Bai Qingyu's letter aside and was pondering how to reply when a secret report from the Capital of Yan arrived.
