The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1167: shake
Chapter 1167 Shaken
“General!” Deputy General Zhao grabbed Ye Shouguan’s arm and stopped him. He glanced at Sima Ruodan, who was crying and terrified, and said, “General, we Xiliang warriors are here to protect the people. We absolutely don’t want to draw swords and knives at unarmed girls from our country just because of a few words.”
Ye Shouguan suppressed his anger, closed his eyes and said, “I, Ye Shouguan, once swore to the gods that I would only support the Li royal family in my life and would never betray them! If it weren’t for your young age and ignorance, I would have had you dragged down and chopped off to prevent you from disrupting the morale of my Xiliang army!”
Sima Ruodan just kept shaking and crying, as if he was frightened by Ye Shouguan.
Ye Shouguan sheathed his sword and shouted, “Take these two traitors away and lock them up! I will deal with them later!”
Sima Ruodan opened his eyes wide and begged again: “Uncle, uncle, please save my father, mother and brother!”
Suddenly, the war drums in the north of the city sounded, and everyone looked towards the north of the city in shock.
“Report…” A soldier from the north of the city rode over quickly, jumped off his horse, knelt on one knee and clasped his fists, saying, “General! The Great Zhou is coming to attack the city!”
Hearing this, the soldiers who were dragging Sima Ruodan and his attendants stopped and looked at Ye Shouguan in surprise.
“Uncle! Uncle, surrender! Opening the city gate can save His Majesty, and also my brother and parents, uncle!” Sima Ruodan shouted loudly, “Otherwise… Da Zhou really hangs His Majesty in front of the chariot to block the arrows, do you want the soldiers to shoot arrows at His Majesty?!”
“Drag them away!” Ye Shouguan shouted loudly, jumped on his horse, and led his soldiers to rush towards the city gate.
When Ye Shouguan and a group of generals climbed the city gate, they saw from afar the endless Zhou army that was winding towards them like a giant dragon, holding torches high.
Led by Bai Qingyan, who were joined by Bai Qingyu, Bai Jinxiu, Bai Qingqi, Bai Qingjue, Bai Qingyun, Bai Jinzhao, Bai Jinhua and Bai Jinse, the nine members of the Bai family lined up in a row, leading the cavalry in the front.
There were two ladders pushed by a dozen soldiers at the front, with the governor’s wife Ye Yinglan and a woman with disheveled hair tied on each of them.
As soon as Vice General Zhao saw Ye Yinglan, his eyes fell on the disheveled woman and he shouted, “General, it’s His Majesty and the girl!”
Ye Shouguan tightly grasped the sword at his waist and shouted loudly: “Nu bed, get ready! Archers, get ready!”
The Great Zhou army came with such a large momentum, but the sentry did not come to report. This means that the Great Zhou killed the sentry in advance. It was obvious that they came prepared, and Ye Shouguan had to be on guard.
“General! That’s His Majesty!” Deputy General Zhao looked at Ye Shouguan in disbelief.
“I know!” Ye Shouguan turned around and looked fiercely at Deputy General Zhao, “Prepare for battle! This is an order!”
Deputy General Zhao knelt on one knee and clasped his fists and said, “General! I request to go into battle and rescue His Majesty and the girl!”
Seeing that Deputy General Zhao had already knelt down to ask for orders, more generals under Ye Shouguan gnashed their teeth and knelt down to ask for orders: “Subordinates request to go into battle and rescue His Majesty and the girl!”
Because of the incident Sima Ruodan had caused, almost all the soldiers now believed that the person hanging on the ladder was Li Tianfu. They were all itching to go out to fight and rescue their emperor!
After all, hanging the emperor of Xiliang on that ladder was no different from hanging the face of the entire Xiliang on the ladder. As soldiers, how could they tolerate that? !
“Don’t panic! What are you panicking about!” Ye Shouguan clenched his fists. “It’s still unclear whether the person tied to the ladder is the emperor of Xiliang. Maybe this is a conspiracy of the Great Zhou people! Leading troops to fight will only make the Great Zhou swallow up the troops that go out, and then attack Yechengguan! Yechengguan is the last line of defense for Xiliang! If Yechengguan is broken, Xiliang will perish!”
The soldiers stared at Ye Shouguan with wide eyes, and suddenly remembered that Sima Ruodan had just said that Ye Shouguan wanted to occupy the city and become its king.
Some people looked at each other and became suspicious of Ye Shouguan.
Deputy General Zhao raised his eyes and looked at Ye Shouguan who was staring at the distance. He knew that with Ye Shouguan’s hatred for Ye Yinglan, he would never send troops to rescue Ye Yinglan. He was now almost saying that the Xiliang Emperor on the ladder was fake, and it seemed that he was determined to disregard the life and death of the emperor and Ye Yinglan.
Deputy General Zhao stood up slowly. He was a soldier from Xiliang. He swore allegiance to the royal family. He also swore to General Ye that he would protect Ye Yinglan’s safety. If it really came to the last resort, he would never let General Ye occupy the city and become the king even if he rebelled!
Seeing that Deputy General Zhao had stood up, the other generals also stood up…
“The Great Zhou army is approaching. What if they push your majesty’s ladders towards the city gate? General, do you want us to aim all our bows and crossbows at the Great Zhou army? If your majesty is accidentally injured, who can take the responsibility?” Deputy General Zhao rarely spoke so toughly to Ye Shouguan.
The other generals also nodded: “Yes, General! That’s the emperor of our Xiliang! We, the soldiers… exist to protect our country. If the emperor is gone, what can we talk about?”
“General, do you want to occupy the city and establish your own kingdom?” The brave general asked Ye Shoucheng directly, “If so, I’m sorry that I can’t go with you!”
“Old Zhai!” Deputy General Zhao turned around and scolded.
Ye Shouguan suddenly turned his head to look at the general named Lao Zhai, and then his eyes swept over the other generals: “Rebellion?! My Ye family has guarded Yechengguan for generations, and I, Ye Shouguan, have also sworn an oath to the gods… to be loyal to the royal family and Xiliang until death!”
“Then why didn’t the general allow us to lead the troops out to fight and rescue His Majesty!” Old Zhai asked at the top of his lungs.
“Look for yourself!” Ye Shouguan pointed to the distance, “The main force of the Great Zhou is here! How can you save them? Only if we defend Yechengguan to the death, His Majesty can be safe! Don’t you understand this!”
“General, what you said is wrong!” Deputy General Zhao took the lead and said, “My cousin has already said that the Great Zhou wants to push your majesty and the young lady forward, forcing us not to use arrows against the Great Zhou!”
“Yes! If the Great Zhou really does this, our soldiers will be bound to be helpless!” Another general spoke up. He looked into the distance and saw that the Great Zhou army was getting closer and closer, and was about to enter the range of their bows and arrows. “General, you have to make a decision as soon as possible!”
Ye Shouguan forced himself to calm down. He clenched his fists, knowing that because of the commotion just now, if he did not send troops out to try to rescue Li Tianfu, the morale of the soldiers in Ye Shoucheng would inevitably be shaken.
With a powerful enemy at the doorstep, if the morale of the army is shaken, the battle would be lost without even having to be fought, so… he can only send troops out to rescue Li Tianfu first!