Chapter 798 - 795: Silent Approach_1
Now that the Liang court had sent Lian Wenjie with thirty thousand troops as reinforcements, the reinforcements had arrived three days ago. However, due to the disparity in forces between them and the Jin Kingdom, and the Jin Army being led by the Princess of Zhen, even Lian Wenjie did not dare to hastily send out his troops. The two sides thus remained in a stalemate.
Yang Wuce sat in his study, staring at the map of the realms before him for a long time, yet he could not bring himself to make a decision.
"General! General, our man who was sent to Hancheng with the medical recipe, Yang Wei, has returned!" Yang Wuce’s deputy general barged in, bringing along the soldiers who had delivered the medical recipe.
Only then did Yang Wuce turn and walk to the desk, motioning for Yang Wei, who had brought the message, to sit.
After sitting down, Yang Wei first picked up some water and drank a large bowl in one go, then said, "His Majesty has already decided to gather medicinal herbs nationwide to send to the army for treating the epidemic! The Imperial Edict has been sent everywhere, ordering the people not to hoard any medicinal herbs and to hand them all over! Anyone found hiding herbs will be severely punished!"
In fact, when Yang Wuce and his deputy general received the medical recipe and saw that it contained the irreplaceable Baikal skullcap, they’d already guessed that this might be the result. After all, the Emperor of Liang was bent on revenge, and with the Jin Kingdom already at their doorstep, it was understandable that the Emperor would prioritize the army.
"The Princess of Zhen’s tactic is indeed powerful." Yang Wuce gritted his teeth, finally understanding why Bai Qingyan had handed the recipe to the Liang Kingdom. "His Majesty’s action will surely chill the hearts of the people. As a monarch of a nation, obtaining the recipe, not thinking about quickly treating the people but instead snatching the medicinal herbs from them, this openly leaves the people no way to live!"
Gathering medicinal herbs nationwide to send to the military, regardless of the people’s survival, would inevitably stir public resentment.
As for the Jin Kingdom, by handing the recipe to the Liang Kingdom, they showed benevolence in front of other kingdoms. If the Liang Kingdom continued to fight the Jin Kingdom, it would be considered ungrateful. Even if the Jin Kingdom conquered the Liang Kingdom in the future, others would criticize the Liang Kingdom, not the Jin Kingdom.