The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1198: contest
Chapter 1198 Contest
She raised her hand and pointed at the swaying torches on the city wall behind her, and at the Great Zhou soldiers on the city wall who were fully alert with their bows and arrows drawn, and said in a sonorous voice: “How can I be worthy of the Great Zhou soldiers who stood shoulder to shoulder with Bai Qingyan… left their homeland and sacrificed their lives to fight for peace for their families and the people?”
General Cui looked at Bai Qingyan and thought of Bai Weiting. He admired the Emperor of the Great Zhou in his heart, but even though he admired him, the two armies were still on opposite sides.
“If Your Majesty insists on fighting, there may be no chance of winning!” General Cui then ordered, “Bring the people up!”
“Yes!” The general who had been guarding behind General Cui took the order and rode away quickly.
General Cui looked at Bai Qingyan and said, “The Xiliang soldiers that your majesty sent to Yecheng Pass to ask for help have been captured alive by us!”
Cui Shanzhong looked up at Jiangzi City and said, “The city is surrounded on all sides. Jiangzi City is also a city of our Xiliang. The construction drawings of this city are kept in the capital. Our Xiliang army knows the secret passages of Jiangzi City very well. It can be said that… If I want to trap Your Majesty to death in Jiangzi City, the Great Zhou Army will never be able to send the news out. Jiangzi City is full of our Xiliang people. How long do you think you can hold on?”
“General Cui, isn’t it okay to send a message by sending smoke signals?” Bai Qingyan raised his lips, “Not to mention that I don’t need the Great Zhou to rush to help. As long as I hold on until the Great Zhou enters Yunjing and captures Li Tianjiao alive, Xiliang will disappear forever in history.”
Cui Shanzhong tightened his palms slightly, still smiling kindly, and said, “Then, Your Majesty, have you ever thought about this? Once the Great Zhou breaks through Yunjing, or even… holds our Xiliang Emperor captive, our Xiliang army will definitely attack the city with all their might in order to save our own emperor. At that time, with the strength of the troops in this city, can Your Majesty hold on?”
As soon as the old general finished speaking, the Xiliang general ordered his men to drag out the blood-covered leader of the Bai family army’s secret guard team, and forced him to kneel beside General Cui.
“Miss…” The leader of the secret guard team had swollen eyes and looked like he was fished out of blood.
Bai Qingyan swept his eyes over the squad leader, looking at Cui Shanzhong with a smile on his face. He pulled his fox fur coat closer in the whistling cold wind and said, “How can old General Cui Shanzhong be so sure that I will only defend… and not take the initiative to fight? Although old General Cui Shanzhong has an advantage in terms of military strength, it is not safer and more secure than us in Gaocheng. If we launch a sneak attack at night, I think there will always be a time when we are tired and can’t hold on!”
Without waiting for General Cui Shanzhong to answer, she looked at the Xiliang Army holding torches behind him: “This should be the main force of the Xiliang Army… It is also Xiliang’s entire family assets. The old general still relies on this little family asset to fight against Yan State, so he can only besiege me, the emperor of the Great Zhou, and then hand over the city to the Great Zhou, using both soft and hard tactics to force the Great Zhou to cease fire with Xiliang in exchange for Xiliang’s breathing space. Then Xiliang will go to Yan State to seek peace. If Yan State is willing to cease fire, at least Xiliang can survive. If Yan State is unwilling… Xiliang can also free up its hands and feet to deal with Yan State!”
Old General Cui Shanzhong knew that the Bai family were smart. Even if he did not come to see Bai Qingyan this time, she could clearly analyze the entire battle situation in Xiliang and knew that she did not intend to directly attack the city this time.
Either the peace talks are successful and an alliance is signed with the Great Zhou, so that Mr. Cui Shanzhong can free up his hands and feet to deal with the State of Yan. After all, at present… even if all the strength of Xiliang is exhausted, it will never be able to fight against the strongest Great Zhou and Yan at once.
Li Tianjiao is not Li Tianfu, and Cui Shanzhong is by no means a blindly optimistic general. After weighing the pros and cons, it is natural that they should first make a truce with the strongest Zhou Dynasty, destroy the alliance between Zhou Dynasty and Yan State, and then seek peace with Yan State. If they can obtain a truce from Yan State, that would be the best. If not… they in Xiliang will fight to the death with Yan State.
General Cui Shanzhong nodded, “Your Majesty, why don’t you think about it differently? This time, we have reached a truce with Xiliang, and we can easily get so many cities. We can even negotiate again! First, we can solve the urgent problem of the besieged cities and save our troops. If Yan and Xiliang can’t reach an agreement and fight again, wouldn’t it be good for Xiliang to reap the benefits?”
Bai Qingyan shook his head: “Old General, since we have made an alliance with Yan and are determined to attack Xiliang together, Da Zhou cannot break its promise to Yan! As an emperor, personal life and death are minor matters, and national trust is more important! As a member of the Bai family… personal life and death are also minor matters, but failure to meet the standard is a major matter! Old General… Da Zhou’s ambition is to conquer the world. If we break our promise to Yan… and break our promise to Xiliang, and only think about the benefits of Da Zhou, then Da Zhou… how can we conquer the world?”
If you lose your promise to the world, you will never win the world!
I didn’t expect Bai Qingyan to understand this truth at such a young age.
When old general Cui Shanzhong heard this, he looked at Bai Qingyan fixedly, and couldn’t help but sigh in his heart… With such an emperor, there is no need to worry about not being able to unify the world!
She turned around and signaled Liu Pinggao to bring the person up…
Liu Pinggao turned around and ordered someone to bring the person over.
Soon, the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty brought up the Xiliang soldiers who were sent by General Cui Shanzhong to follow the Xiliang refugees to sneak into the city of Gyantse, and their bodies were also carried up.
“The old general ordered the Xiliang army to follow the refugees into the city with the intention of causing chaos. They will be returned to General Cui today. Please also ask General Cui to return our people from the Great Zhou.” Bai Qingyan said.
When old General Cui Shanzhong saw the Great Zhou army escorting so many people out behind Bai Qingyan, he knew that his secret troops buried in Gyantse City had been discovered. He thought that perhaps Bai Qingyan would discover his pre-ambush troops, but he did not expect that Bai Qingyan would discover it so quickly, which was beyond Cui Shanzhong’s expectations.
He bowed to Bai Qingyan and said, “I have heard rumors that the Emperor of the Great Zhou is a natural born general. It is indeed true. He was able to dig out the hidden soldiers I had buried in such a short time. I admire him!”
After saying that, Mr. Cui Shanzhong waved his hand and asked his soldiers to send the Bai family’s secret guards to Bai Qingyan first.
The Bai family’s secret guard team leader was dragged up, and Liu Pinggao personally stepped forward to support him and said, “Thank you for the hard work, brother!”
The leader of the Bai family’s secret guards shook his head and was helped by Liu Pinggao to stand behind Bai Qingyan. He immediately ordered the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty to lead the team into the city to find a military doctor for treatment.
The Xiliang soldiers and corpses were also exchanged by Da Zhou to Xiliang.
Bai Qingyan helped Wei Zhong stand up, and saw the little boy beside the old general Cui Shanzhong also helped Cui Shanzhong up.
“Your Majesty has ambitions to rule the world, I understand that! In this case… I can only compete with Your Majesty.” Old General Cui Shanzhong bowed to Bai Qingyan.
Bai Qingyan nodded to General Cui Shanzhong, then turned around and walked into the city first.
The third update, good night, my little ancestors!
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