The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1165: set off
Chapter 1165: Expedition
Ye Shouguan suddenly raised his head and asked: “How did the soldiers guarding the city know?”
“As soon as the cousin got off the carriage, she asked us to save His Majesty…as well as her parents and younger brother,” said Lieutenant General Zhao.
Ye Shouguan clenched his fists: “Why didn’t you say it just now?!”
Deputy General Zhao looked at Ye Shouguan in astonishment: “My cousin has already told the general about this!”
Ye Shouguan’s facial features were tense. The whole army knew about this, which was not a good thing. “You go out first! Let me think of a way!”
Deputy General Zhao wanted to ask Ye Shouguan to lead his troops to Suining City again, but seeing that Ye Shouguan seemed to be thinking about something, he responded and left Ye Shouguan’s study.
When Deputy General Zhao went out, Ye Shouguan’s attendant had already returned. He roughly asked whether Sima Rudan had been settled, and then left first.
When the attendant entered the room, he saw Ye Shouguan still sitting in front of the brazier, so he stepped forward and whispered, “General, you should take a nap first. If the Great Zhou army attacks tomorrow, you will have the energy to fight the enemy!”
Ye Shouguan nodded: “If there is anything, remember to wake me up!”
The attendant nodded: “Don’t worry, General!”
After helping Ye Shouguan lie down, the attendant glanced at the secret compartment on the bookshelf, lowered the curtain for Ye Shouguan, and waited for a long time. When he heard Ye Shouguan’s breathing become regular, he tentatively opened the curtain a little and called out, “General…”
Seeing no answer from Ye Shouguan, the long-servant suppressed his pounding heart, walked to Ye Shouguan’s bookshelf, opened the secret compartment hidden behind the bamboo slips, took out the token from it, and held it tightly in his hand.
But he was also very nervous when he got the token. His cousin said that the Emperor of Great Zhou wanted her to steal the token and open the city gate when Great Zhou attacked the city, but he did not say when Great Zhou would attack the city. If the time interval was too long, he was afraid that the general would find out.
The long-time attendant thought about it and decided to go find his cousin. He also had to find a way to send the news of obtaining the token to the Emperor of Great Zhou. It would be best if… he could use the token to get Ye Yinglan back.
Thinking of this, the long-time attendant no longer hesitated. He quietly came out of Ye Shouguan’s study, closed the study door, and hurriedly trotted towards the guest room where Sima Rudan was accommodated.
Sima Ruodan sat beside the flickering candlelight and did not sleep. She did not know whether the long-time servant could steal the token before noon. She thought that she could not pin her hopes on a long-time servant, and the key to success or failure must be in her own hands.
She closed her eyes. If it was Chenshi… and there was still no news from the long-servant, she would cry and make a scene and ask to see Ye Shouguan. She would tell Ye Shouguan that she was actually threatened by Da Zhou and that she had asked the long-servant to steal the token. She would say that she was from Xiliang and finally could not resist her conscience. She did not want Da Zhou to seize Yechengguan. But now the Emperor of Xiliang was in the hands of Da Zhou, so she asked Ye Shouguan to save his majesty and save her parents and brother at the same time, considering that she had told him everything!
Before leaving, His Majesty instructed that the matter should be made as big as possible, and more Xiliang soldiers must know that Li Tianfu is in the hands of Da Zhou. Only in this way…if Da Zhou uses “Li Tianfu” as a shield to advance, the Xiliang soldiers will not dare to shoot arrows!
If any soldiers in Xiliang lose their patience, someone will definitely rush out of the city to start a war with the Great Zhou and rescue Li Tianfu.
Just as Sima Ruodan was thinking about how to make the play more realistic, he heard the voice of his attendant coming from outside.
“I’m here to ask my cousin a few questions!”
The chief attendant was a close confidant of Ye Shouguan, and the two soldiers guarding Sima Ruodan had no doubts and opened the door to let the chief attendant in.
The attendant closed the door, then took out the token from his chest and handed it to Sima Ruodan: “My cousin, I have the token. I wonder when the Great Zhou will attack the city? How to pass the news to Suining City? I think I should use this token to exchange your majesty…my lady and my son-in-law or my cousin first!”
Sima Ruodan didn’t expect that the token would be so easy to get. She took the token and held it in her hand, stroking it with her fingers as if to determine whether it was real or not. After a long time, she looked up and asked the attendant: “How did you get this token so quickly? Is it a fraud? This concerns my mother’s life, so you’d better be cautious!”
“No, I took the token after I helped the general fall asleep!” said the attendant.
Seeing that Changsui was so sure, she finally felt relieved: “The people of the Great Zhou Emperor sent me to Yecheng Pass. Their people were unable to get in, so they must have gone back to report to the Great Zhou Emperor. I think… they may come to attack the city soon!”
She lowered her eyes and looked at the token and said, “We will give this token to Deputy General Zhao. Deputy General Zhao once swore to the gods under the coercion of my grandfather that he would protect my mother. I think he dared to swear to the gods, so he must protect my mother! Let’s go find him! Let Deputy General Zhao send someone out of the city to tell the Zhou people who sent me here, and then secretly take the token. When the Great Zhou attacks Yecheng Pass, he will open the city gate with the token in his hand, and my mother, father and brother will be saved. Your Majesty will no longer have to suffer the humiliation of being hung in front of the enemy’s battle. Can you take me out with you?”
The long-servant thought for a moment and nodded: “I’ll take you to find Deputy General Zhao!”
The chief attendant took Sima Ruodan out of the mansion on the pretext of Ye Shouguan’s order and headed towards the city gate to find Deputy General Zhao.
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It was still dark, but the lights in Suining city were as bright as day, and the black sails and white python flags fluttered in the wind.
In the brazier erected high on the city wall, the flames swayed back and forth, swinging in the wind, making the ancient city wall flicker.
The soldiers were ready to go. The cavalry soldiers in black armor sat on tall horses, holding torches in their hands. The horses in chain mail exhaled white mist from their nostrils and kicked their hooves eagerly.
The generals and soldiers of the Great Zhou all knew that taking Yecheng Pass in this battle was of great significance to the Great Zhou, and they understood the importance of Yecheng Pass even more.
Their Emperor of the Great Zhou, the God of War of the Great Zhou… and the generals of the Bai Family personally led their troops to the battle, and the city must be conquered in one battle.
Bai Qingyan, Bai Qingqi, Bai Qingjue, Bai Jinzhao, Bai Jinhua, and Bai Jinse were all dressed in silver armor. Even Bai Qingyun, who was sitting in a wheelchair, was wearing armor, and was going to fight together with his eldest sister.
Bai Qingyan did not stop Bai Qingyun, just as the Bai family did not stop Bai Qingyan. After taking down Yechengguan… and going further north, Xiliang would be a smooth road. Only by destroying Xiliang could they truly avenge the Bai family army brothers and the Bai family members who had fought in southern Xinjiang that year, and only then could they truly open the road to unification on the land of Xiliang.
She was the first to mount the horse, and the people of the Bai family followed suit. Bai Qingyun was helped up by Xiao Ruohai, and she also jumped on the horse, grabbing the saddle and holding the reins tightly.
She pulled Taiping’s reins, turned the horse’s head, looked at her brothers and sisters whose faces were illuminated by the torches flying high and low, and looked at the soldiers of the Great Zhou.
The third update. Good night, my little ancestors!