The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1109: sit still
Chapter 1109: Sit and Wait
“This time, the coalition forces of Great Zhou and Yan are working together to attack Tianfeng. If Great Zhou really dares to go all out, I think Yan will certainly do the same! Since Great Zhou and Yan have seen how powerful the elephant army is, they understand that… once the war really starts, they must wipe out most of Tianfeng’s elephant army in one battle, otherwise there will be endless troubles!” Yun Poxing put down the fire tongs in his hand and looked up at Li Tianjiao, “So I bet that this time Great Zhou and Great Yan will definitely do their best to strangle the giant elephant of Tianfeng, and Pingyang City will definitely be empty!”
“So, what father means is… that our Xiliang army should obey Bai Qingyan’s orders and set up an ambush south of Han Wenshan and north of Danshui River?” Yun Lingzhi asked.
Without waiting for Yun Poxing to answer, Li Tianjiao said, “Is our only choice to surrender? Either to the Great Zhou… or to the Kingdom of Yan, or to be bullied by the Kingdom of Tianfeng? Why should we be so cowardly?”
Yun Lingzhi glanced at Yun Poxing and asked respectfully, “What does your majesty mean?”
“If the Great Zhou and Yan Kingdom really come out in full force, instead of obeying the Great Zhou’s orders and becoming passive from now on, why can’t we attack Pingyang City and capture Bai Qingyan alive?”
Yun Tianao also looked at his grandfather with surprise.
“It’s not that easy for the Great Zhou and the State of Yan to defeat the elephant army. Those giant beasts armed to the hooves… Even if the Great Zhou and the State of Yan win, it will definitely be a miserable victory!” Li Tianjiao stretched out his hand to warm the fire, lowered his eyes and stared at the jumping flames, “Let the Tianfeng Kingdom and the Great Zhou fight, and let them both suffer losses! Li Tianfu will no longer have the Tianfeng Kingdom’s elephant army to rely on, and we have captured the Great Zhou Empress Bai Qingyan alive. The forces in Xiliang that chose to submit to Li Tianfu because of the intimidation of the Tianfeng Kingdom… will definitely turn around and return to our side! The Xiliang forces that have been secretly supporting us can come back openly.”
Yun Poxing straightened up. What Li Tianjiao said made sense!
Without the deterrence of the Tianfeng Kingdom’s Elephant Army, Li Tianfu would be powerless. Those Xiliang families that were once forced or voluntarily submitted to Li Tianfu would inevitably submit to Li Tianjiao again when they saw Li Tianjiao leading the Huoyun Army to capture Bai Qingyan alive, because the people of Xiliang did not want Xiliang to become a vassal state of another country.
“But the premise of all this is that the Great Zhou really comes out in full force, and Pingyang City really doesn’t have many troops left behind,” said Yun Lingzhi.
Yun Lingzhi still had some concerns, but he had to admit that Li Tianjiao’s method was the solution to the current predicament… and the only way to minimize the losses of the Huoyun Army.
Before, when Li Tianjiao sent Li Zhijie to Pingyang City to meet Bai Qingyan, Yun Poxing had already made up his mind that after the Great Zhou defeated the Tianfeng Kingdom and Xiliang returned to peace, if his majesty really wanted to submit to the Great Zhou, he would definitely sacrifice his life to safeguard the dignity of his country.
So although he was worried about Li Tianjiao’s method today, he was very willing to support it.
“I have sent people to investigate, and they should be back soon!” said Li Zhijie.
Li Tianjiao turned to look at Li Zhijie, with a rare tenderness in his eyes. His gaze swept across the empty space under the fur where Li Zhijie’s legs were. His eyes were red. “King Yan has really suffered for Xiliang!”
Li Zhijie shook his head: “As a member of the Xiliang royal family, Li Zhijie is loyal to his family and should do everything for the late emperor, the queen mother… and your majesty!”
“They are all members of the Xiliang royal family, but my sister… is willing to destroy the entire Xiliang for a eunuch!” Li Tianjiao thought of her sister Li Tianfu, and her eyes were misty. She let out a long breath and said, “This time, as long as we can retake Xiliang, I will never be soft-hearted towards Li Tianfu again. I will just treat it as if… I never had this sister!”
Although the matter concerning Li Tianfu is a state affair… it is also Li Tianjiao’s family affair, and neither Li Zhijie nor Yun Poxing can interfere.
“Wait!” Li Zhijie spoke first, “Wait until the guards sent to investigate whether the Great Zhou has sent out all its troops come back, then Your Majesty will know what to do next!”
Li Tianjiao nodded, told Li Zhijie to have a good rest, and left Li Zhijie’s cave first. He also sent people to keep an eye on the Yan army camp. If the Yan army had troops heading to Pingyang City, they must report it…
The pain made Li Zhijie’s back wet with sweat, not to mention psychologically… He couldn’t accept the pain of losing a leg, and the fatigue and weakness brought by excessive blood loss, and the dizziness made him want to lie down, but he forced himself to hold on. He understood that the time to find out whether the soldiers of Da Zhou had returned in full force would decide the future of Xiliang… Whether to surrender to Da Zhou or fight hard.
Li Zhijie didn’t dare to fall down, nor did he feel uncomfortable.
Time passed minute by minute, and when it was about to get dark, the soldiers sent by Li Zhijie to investigate the military strength of the Great Zhou finally returned on horseback.
When Li Zhijie heard that the soldier was taken directly to Li Tianjiao, he immediately ordered people to carry him over as well.
When Li Zhijie arrived, he heard the soldier saying to Li Tianjiao, “I have been hiding in the snow for a long time. I saw that the barracks were empty except for the soldiers guarding the camp. I went back to Pingyang City and lied that King Yan had left something behind and asked me to go get it. After a look around, I found that there was no extra troops in Pingyang City except for the few hundred soldiers guarding the city.”
The candlelight flickered in the cave, and the charcoal fire in the brazier made an exploding sound.
Li Tianjiao clenched his fists tightly: “Bai Qingyan also knows that the war cannot be dragged on through the winter, so this time we must fight with all our strength and drive the Tianfeng Kingdom back to the other side of the snowy mountains!”
After saying that, Li Tianjiao raised his head, his eyes bright and tenacious: “After the Great Zhou and Yan have done their best to drive away the Tianfeng Kingdom, the next step should be to divide up Xiliang. We in Xiliang must not sit still and wait for death! Send people to keep an eye on the movements of Pingdu City. Once the Great Zhou and Yan attack the city, we in Xiliang will take advantage of the fact that the Great Zhou and Yan armies are entangled with the Tianfeng Kingdom to capture Pingyang City in one fell swoop and capture Bai Qingyan alive! General Yun will lead the troops!”
Yun Poxing gritted his teeth after hearing what Li Tianjiao said, and decided to risk his life for the future of Xiliang. He shouted, “Let the soldiers prepare!”
“Grandfather, as long as we can capture Bai Qingyan alive, the soldiers who support the traitor Li Tianfu will definitely support Your Majesty!” Yun Tianao tightly grasped the sword at his waist.
Yun Poxing nodded: “Of course!”
Yun Tianao knelt on one knee with his fists clasped, and looked up at Yun Poxing: “My grandson dares to be the vanguard, to capture Bai Qingyan alive for His Majesty, and to avenge my uncle!”
When Yun Poxing heard his grandson mention his eldest son, his eyes turned red and he helped Yun Tianao up: “Good boy!”
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Sar Khan stood on the city wall and saw that the soldiers of the Great Zhou had surrounded Pingdu City but showed no sign of attacking. So he sent the good soldiers that Yayan of Tianfeng Kingdom had mentioned to ride on giant elephants out of the city to meet the commander of the Great Zhou.
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