The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1175: one touch
Chapter 1175: On the verge of breaking out
Bai Qingyan clenched his fists: “General Ye, why do you have to fight to the death?”
“Not only do the Bai family soldiers have the integrity to fight to the death and not take off their armor, but we in Xiliang… also have the iron-blooded bones to fight to the death and sacrifice for our country!” Ye Shouguan’s voice was sonorous and resounding. “If the Emperor of the Great Zhou really sees me as a worthy opponent, then there is no need to say more. We Xiliang soldiers… would rather fight to the death and sacrifice for our country than live and give up an inch of our Xiliang land!”
On the city wall, the Xiliang soldiers pursed their lips and remained silent, with only the Xiliang army flag fluttering in the wind.
Bai Qingyan’s eyes were red and wet. After a while, he bowed to Ye Shouguan and said, “You are willing to sacrifice your eight-foot body to not give up an inch of land in Xiliang. I admire you…”
Bai Qingyu also clasped his fists and bowed to his opponent.
Bai Qingqi, Bai Qingjue, Bai Qingyun, Bai Jinxiu, Bai Jinzhao, Bai Jinhua and Bai Jinse also saluted with their fists clasped.
Ye Shouguan turned and walked towards the city wall.
Bai Qingyan also turned around with the other sons of the Bai family and headed towards the Great Zhou army.
The final battle is about to begin.
“Warriors of Xiliang!” Ye Shouguan shouted, “Our country is in crisis. We must sacrifice our lives to protect it! We will never retreat!”
“I will never retreat!”
“I will never retreat!”
“I will never retreat!”
There were not many people left on the city wall… Almost all of the Xiliang soldiers were injured and shouted loudly. The roars of never retreating came one after another. They were all prepared to sacrifice their lives for Xiliang.
Bai Qingyan’s eyes were filled with tears.
As a fellow soldier, she understood Ye Shouguan’s determination to fight to the death and the reason behind it…
Her greatest respect for Ye Shouguan was to try her best to finish the battle.
The sound of killing was terrifying, and the few remaining soldiers from Xiliang were quickly captured by the Great Zhou army…
Before Ye Shouguan died, his whole body was covered in blood. With his last breath, he firmly inserted the Xiliang Army flag in his hand onto the city wall. As long as he is alive…the flag is here too!
This Xiliang Army Flag is Xiliang’s faith! A faith that is thousands of times more important than his life!
But he was too tired. He looked at the Yecheng Pass where corpses were everywhere and knelt down beside the military flag.
Amid the howling wind, Ye Shouguan’s gradually blurred vision saw the Bai family army of the Great Zhou who had already climbed onto the city wall… and were standing opposite him, not approaching him yet, with a smile in their gradually dilating pupils.
The cold wind blew, and snowflakes floated in the dark night sky.
He seemed to see his mother, who was sitting kindly under the pear tree, and his younger brother, who had died young because of his father’s concubine, was shaking his head to brush off the snow-white pear blossoms on his head, showing him a pure and innocent smile, calling him brother…
White mist came out of the corners of Ye Shouguan’s lips, and blood was boiling in his heart.
I can’t defend it anymore! I can’t fight it anymore!
That’s all…
If the Bai family took over Xiliang and unified the world, he also wanted to see the peaceful country with soldiers but no war as described by the daughter of Baiqi Mountain in heaven.
Mother, will you blame your son for not defending Yecheng Pass… and not defending our home?
Mother, deep down in my heart, I also want to see that peaceful country with no wars but only soldiers!
Mother, your son will never go to war again. I will be able to spend more time with you and take good care of my younger brother!
Mother, brother, I’m here.
Soon, the white mist that came out from the corners of Ye Shouguan’s lips due to his rapid breathing disappeared, and the smile on Ye Shouguan’s face seemed to be frozen. No one knew what he saw before he died.
On the twelfth day of the first lunar month in the second year of Yuanhe, Lord Gaoyi of the Great Zhou and General Shen Kunyang led their troops to capture Xiajian City.
On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month in the second year of Yuanhe, the Great Zhou Emperor led the Bai family army to capture Yecheng Pass, a strong fortress in Xiliang.
Bai Qingyan ordered his people to bury Ye Shouguan with great honor on the peak of Yechengguan, and engraved the words “I am willing to use my mere eight-foot-tall body to protect every inch of land in Xiliang” on Ye Shouguan’s tombstone.
Whether it is the Great Zhou or Xiliang… there is never a shortage of such good soldiers who are passionate about protecting the country!
Almost everyone in the Bai family suffered some minor injuries in this battle. After they were simply bandaged, Bai Qingyan took the other sons of the Bai family to burn incense for the Bai family soldiers who died in this battle, and then they also went to burn three incense sticks for Ye Shouguan.
From a distance, Bai Qingjue saw that Yang Wuce seemed to want to say something. He glanced at his elder sister and brothers and sisters who were burning incense, then turned and walked towards Yang Wuce.
When they came down from the mountain, Bai Qingyu and Bai Qingyan talked about their journey back to the capital: “Now that the Great Zhou has taken over Yecheng Pass in two days, I think the news has spread to other cities in Xiliang. The battle will be easier to fight next, and my sister should also return to the capital…”
Bai Qingqi put her hands behind her back and followed Bai Qingyan and said, “Yes, my eldest sister is pregnant now, so it is indeed not suitable for her to lead the Bai family army to fight in the battlefield. The first child of our Bai family cannot be born on the battlefield. Even General Lu and the officials in the court cannot let my eldest sister’s first heir be born on the battlefield.”
“My original plan was to return to the capital after taking down Yecheng Pass!” Bai Qingyan turned to look at Bai Jinxiu and asked, “After reuniting with you and Ayu, I haven’t asked…how many of the Tianfeng Kingdom’s elephant troops escaped after capturing Akshay in the battle at Liuxiang Mountain?”
“Later, it was the State of Yan that cleaned up the situation, but I don’t think many people escaped. After all, it was the Ninth Prince of Yan who led the troops himself, and the enemy general had been captured alive. I’m afraid not many people could escape. At that time, because I was in a hurry to capture Yecheng Pass with my elder sister, I asked An Qingshan to take people to clean up the battlefield and be responsible for the division of the spoils between the two countries.” Bai Jinxiu held Bai Qingyan’s arm and said as they walked down the mountain.
“Don’t worry, sister. I’ve already told An Qingshan that now is the time when Yan State is short of food. It doesn’t matter if we can give Yan State more. The most important thing is to win over the hearts of the Yan army.” Bai Qingyu understood her elder sister’s plan. She was giving up a small profit now… in exchange for the big profit of the smooth merger of the two countries in the future. “After the two countries are divided, let An Qingshan send all the spoils to Yechengguan.”
“Eldest sister…” Bai Qingjue hurried back and said, “Li Tianjiao has returned to Yunjing and ascended the throne, saying that Li Tianfu was a puppet emperor supported by Tianfeng Kingdom, and she is the emperor who was passed on by the late emperor’s will! Now Xiliang already knows that we have captured Li Tianfu alive. I think… when the news spreads to other cities in Xiliang, those generals defending the city may abandon Li Tianfu and support Li Tianjiao instead.”
Bai Qingyun, who was sitting on the sedan chair, didn’t care when he heard the news. He said casually, “Now that Yecheng Pass has been taken, even if Li Tianjiao returns to take the throne again, the morale of Xiliang has already been dispersed.”
Bai Qingyan smiled and glanced at Bai Qingyun, raised his hand to tuck the fine velvet blanket on Bai Qingyun’s legs, and nodded: “Xiao Si and Uncle Shen should have taken Xiajian City. The next step is to fight Tanggu, so you must move forward and head straight to Yunjing! I will stay at Yecheng Pass, and after making preparations, I will return to Dadu City.”
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