The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1115: shame
Chapter 1115 Shame
“Yun Lan has mentioned before how to use the Tiger Eagle Battalion of the Bai Family Army. Now that we have so many elite soldiers from the Fire Cloud Army, we will surely win this time!” Yun Lingzhi said.
“Ling Zhi orders your deputy general to lead the elite troops to quietly enter the city from the east gate. The troops will be divided into two groups. One group will sneak into the prefectural mansion to capture Bai Qingyan alive, and the other group will open the city gate…” Yun Poxing said to his son.
“Yes!” Yun Lingzhi accepted the order.
Yun Tianao could no longer hold back: “Grandfather, I can lead the first batch of Fire Cloud Army to set out first, and set up a battle array at the South Gate to attract the attention of the Great Zhou! Once the East Gate of Pingyang City is quietly opened, Grandfather will lead the Fire Cloud Army to rush into the city, and I will lead the Fire Cloud Army to the city to attract their main force.”
Yun Poxing shook his head. “Bai Qingyan is very good at fighting. If you lead people to attract attention from the south gate, it might backfire and make Bai Qingyan more defensive! He might even send people to Pingdu City to order the soldiers to come back for help! It would be a loss for us! We should let the Fire Cloud Army sneak into the city, wait for the city gates to open… and then charge into the city.”
Yun Lingzhi also nodded: “We don’t have many troops, and dividing our forces will not benefit us in Xiliang!”
Just as the important matters were settled, spies brought news that the Great Zhou had begun to attack Pingdu City.
“Grandfather!” Yun Tianao said excitedly, “Our army is ready!”
Yun Poxing clenched his fists tightly and didn’t say anything for a long time. He didn’t know if it was because he was getting old. Recently, he kept thinking about the battle with Bai Qingyan in southern Xinjiang, and he still felt scared.
Bai Qingyan’s use of troops is often beyond people’s expectations.
“Grandfather!” Yun Tianao called out to Yun Poxing and said, “We can’t wait any longer! The battle in Pingdu City has already started. By the time they finish their battle, our attack on Pingyang City won’t be over yet. Or maybe someone escapes and tells them the news. Then they will attack us from both sides and it will be difficult for us to continue fighting.”
Yun Poxing raised his head and glanced towards the outside of the mountain: “Wait a little longer…”
“Grandfather, we have already agreed on the important matters. What are we waiting for?” Yun Tianao could no longer remain patient.
“Bai Qingyan likes to use ambushes the most. We are going in and out of the mountains… The terrain on both sides is high, I am worried that there will be an ambush!” Yun Poxing poked the fire with a wooden stick in his hand and said, “I have sent a battalion of people out to investigate. When they come back and confirm that there are no ambushes or spies, it won’t be too late for us to set off!”
“Grandfather, didn’t King Yan already send people to investigate?” Yun Tianao was full of youthful vigor. He felt that his grandfather was from Wengshan and Jinghe, and was frightened by Bai Qingyan.
“There’s nothing wrong with being cautious when marching and fighting! Don’t be too anxious!” Yun Lingzhi said to Yun Tianao, “It won’t be too late for us to set off after the people your grandfather sent out come back.”
When Yun Tianao heard this, he threw the stick in his hand and sat on the stone, full of resentment.
Not long after, a battalion of people that Yun Poxing had sent out to search everywhere came back and reported to Yun Poxing that they had found neither ambushes nor spies.
Yun Poxing threw the wooden stick in his hand to the ground, jumped onto his horse, and rushed to the front of the army.
Amid the falling snow, Yun Poxing turned his horse’s head and looked at the Huoyun Army with bags on their backs and said, “Warriors of Xiliang! We were defeated miserably in Wengshan! Do you know why? Because we don’t have soldiers as brave as the Tiger Eagle Camp! So all our 100,000 Xiliang warriors were killed by Bai Qingyan in that valley. The fire that burned us Xiliang warriors burned the sky red and hot! Just like our boiling hatred and blood! Our fathers, our brothers, all surrendered but all died in that fire! Such hatred! Can we endure it?”
“cannot!”
“cannot!”
“cannot!”
The young soldiers of the Huoyun Army roared loudly.
Yun Poxing sat on his warhorse, stamping his hooves as he patrolled back and forth in front of the Huoyun Army: “Bai Qingyan wants us from Xiliang to submit to the Great Zhou! Let us use the lives of our Xiliang warriors to fight the Xiang Army for the Great Zhou, to prove our determination to submit to the Great Zhou. But we Xiliang warriors would rather die standing than live on our knees!”
“Today… we have the invincible warriors of the Huoyun Army! Every warrior of the Huoyun Army is the sharpest scimitar that we can pierce into the heart of the enemy! Our enemies are now in Pingyang City. Whoever is the most heroic soldier in Xiliang will join me in charging into Pingyang City and chopping off Bai Qingyan’s head to commemorate the dead warriors of Xiliang! Let’s use the blood of the Zhou people… to wash away the shame of our battle at Wengshan!”
Yun Poxing looked at the young soldiers who were eager to fight, reined in his horse, drew his sword from his waist, and shouted, “Let’s go!”
“kill!”
At Yun Poxing’s command, the Huoyun Army followed General Xiliang one by one, roaring and heading towards Pingyang City. They vowed to take off the head of the Emperor of the Great Zhou to wash away the shame of their battle in Wengshan.
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Bai Qingyan stood on the east gate wall, looking at the silent night after the white snow in the distance, and turned to ask: “Have all the people left?”
“Don’t worry, Your Majesty. We have already settled them all in the Tiger Eagle Army camp. We just told the people that the Great Zhou and Yan Kingdom will attack Pingdu City tonight. We asked them to leave the city and settle in the tents just in case. They will be back tomorrow morning.” Wei Zhong smiled and said to Bai Qing, “At first, some people were making a fuss, but when they heard that Your Majesty would be staying in the city, they really left without any belongings and quietly followed the soldiers under the cover of night.”
Wei Zhong didn’t say that there were civilians who were unwilling to leave, and it was Shen Liangyu who drew his sword and forced them to leave.
Bai Qingyan nodded. Although she was only 80% sure that Xiliang would attack Pingyang City today, she could not risk the lives of the people. So even if she risked being discovered by Yun Poxing, she had to send the people out of the city first.
Moreover, even if she was discovered, with Yun Poxing’s understanding of the Bai family, he might understand that she was afraid that the war in Pingyang City would implicate the common people. But Li Tianjiao, who was bold enough to invite the Tianfeng Kingdom with its elephant army to invade Xiliang, as the emperor of Xiliang… she no longer had much choice.
The Great Zhou and the Yan Kingdom went to war with the Tianfeng Kingdom together. If they won… they divided Xiliang up. If they lost… the Tianfeng Kingdom occupied Xiliang.
Not to mention that Li Tianjiao didn’t know that Bai Qingyan had the Tiger Eagle Army, a dormant and undiscovered force. Even if he knew… he would have no choice but to give it a try. Only by capturing this so-called “God of Killing” who had killed 100,000 surrendered prisoners of Xiliang alive, could he restore Li Tianjiao’s prestige and rally the scattered people of Xiliang!
If the Great Zhou and the Yan Kingdom defeated the Tianfeng Kingdom at this time, then… the Xiliang family that once followed Li Tianfu would have the opportunity to turn to support Li Tianjiao and reunite under Li Tianjiao’s command, so that she could regain her position as the Emperor of Xiliang.
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