The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1200: great
Chapter 1200 I can’t afford it
Hearing the voices of the servants and soldiers outside saluting Bai Qingyan, the leader of the secret guard team hurriedly tried to stand up, but was stopped by the military doctor who was applying medicine to him: “Don’t move!”
The leader of the secret guard team sat back down and said to the military doctor in a gentle voice: “Your Majesty is here! He must want to ask me about the Xiliang army. It’s not appropriate for me to be shirtless here…”
“It will be fine soon!” The military doctor slowly applied the ointment on the fine cotton cloth, and then pressed it on the shoulder of the leader of the Bai family’s secret guard team, causing the leader to gasp in pain.
Before Bai Qingyan entered the house, the soldiers who were patrolling the city and checking people door to door came to report that… the team patrolling the city found some people wearing the armor of the Great Zhou army, but they were unable to say the correct password and were captured by the soldiers of the Great Zhou. After killing two of them as a pretext and interrogating them, they found out that they were the ones who were ordered by the old general Cui Shanzhong to blend in with the refugees, just like what the Xiliang soldiers who were captured before said.
“They don’t know how many people General Cui Shanzhong sent. Just like what the Xiliang soldiers who were sent back before said, they all said that General Cui Shanzhong only sent their team into the city! After interrogation… we also found that the purposes of these teams entering the city were different!” said the young general who came to report.
Bai Qingyan half-closed his eyes and asked, “Have the granaries and armories been arranged?”
Liu Pinggao bowed to Bai Qingyan and said, “According to your majesty’s order, the pretend transfer of granaries and weapons has not yet stopped. I think when the transfer is completed, those mice hiding in the dark will fall into the trap!”
Bai Qingyan looked up into the dark night. He had already thought of all the precautions he could think of…
“Miss!” The leader of the Bai family’s secret guard team staggered out of the door, holding on to the door frame, and knelt on one knee in front of Bai Qingyan. He looked up at Bai Qingyan and said, “Miss, there are indeed ambushes outside the South Gate of the city. As soon as I ran out of the city gate, my horse’s leg was broken. There are quite a few ambushes. It seems that they are waiting for you to leave the city!”
Liu Pinggao tightened his grip. Just as Bai Qingyan had expected, the reason why General Cui did not have the Xiliang soldiers surround the South Gate at the beginning was actually to leave a gap and let Bai Qingyan go out from the South Gate… to capture Bai Qingyan alive!
At this moment, Liu Pinggao was terrified. If he had really protected Bai Qingyan out of the city at that time, he was afraid that Bai Qingyan would have been captured alive by Xiliang by now. If his own emperor was captured alive, this battle… would no longer have to be fought!
“You’ve worked hard!” Bai Qingyan helped the man up.
“I have roughly figured it out. General Cui brought more than 50,000 Xiliang soldiers this time, but they probably can’t keep up with the food and grass. I heard from the soldiers… it seems that because they are going to besiege the city tonight, the Xiliang soldiers who are ambushed outside the South Gate barely had a full meal!” Even when the Bai family’s secret guards were in deep trouble, they did not forget to pay attention to the news. “The interrogator and the executioner were replaced after just a few whips, and the force was not strong. From the force of the whip hitting his body, it seems that he didn’t pretend to be hungry. After swinging the whip five or six times, the force could not be stably controlled.”
Liu Pinggao was stunned when he heard this. When the Bai family’s secret guard was executing him, he could actually capture such subtle differences to gather information. This was… quite amazing!
It is said that the guards of the Bai family are all retired soldiers of the Bai family army. No wonder the Bai family army was once so feared and undefeated. If everyone in the Bai family army was such an iron-blooded man, what army could they not defeat?
Bai Qingyan nodded, standing under the swaying sheepskin lantern, blowing his eyelids, watching the shadows of the red painted wooden pillars on the corridor being stretched and swayed by the lights. After a while, he looked up and asked Liu Pinggao: “When will the next grain from the Great Zhou be delivered?”
Liu Pinggao stepped forward and said, “The next grain delivery should be on February 11th… at the latest on February 12th. Your Majesty is worried that the Xiliang army will steal the grain!”
Liu Pinggao’s heart also began to beat fast. He clenched the sword at his waist and said to Bai Qingyan, “At this moment, unless we light smoke signals to warn and ask for help, otherwise on February 11th… or 12th, the food will be delivered as usual. Isn’t this a bargain for the Xiliang people?”
They couldn’t let the soldiers from Xiliang eat the food of their Great Zhou and then besiege their Great Zhou emperor.
Bai Qingyan closed his eyes and thought carefully: “February 11th… 12th…”
Since Xiliang is so short of food that even the soldiers fighting in the war cannot get enough to eat, they will have to rob food!
She knew when the next grain delivery from the Great Zhou would arrive, but General Cui didn’t know, and this was their advantage.
General Cui is now waiting for food, and also waiting for Bai Qingyan to light a signal fire for help, so that they can lead their troops to ambush.
Bai Qingyan’s hand, hidden under his fox fur cloak, gently grasped the jade cicada in his purse, and he had a general idea of how to fight this battle in his mind.
She turned to look at Liu Pinggao and said, “Tell the soldiers patrolling the city to be extremely alert and make sure to catch all the secret soldiers sent by Xiliang! The soldiers on the city walls don’t have to be on alert all the time. They can patrol in shifts and let the soldiers rest well!”
“Your Majesty, do you have a plan in mind?” Liu Pinggao looked at Bai Qingyan’s calm eyes and knew that Bai Qingyan had a plan in mind.
Bai Qingyan nodded: “Tell the soldiers that although General Cui will not attack the city for the time being, they can rest and regain their energy, but they must not let their guard down too much.”
“Yes!” Liu Pinggao responded with a fist clasped, looking up with bright eyes waiting for Bai Qingyan’s order to prepare for a surprise attack on the Xiliang army tonight.
“At least tonight, our soldiers can sleep well and peacefully!” said Bai Qingyan.
Liu Pinggao was startled: “Your Majesty, don’t you plan to have your soldiers launch a surprise attack on the Xiliang military camp tonight?”
Liu Pinggao still thought that Bai Qingyan said in front of General Cui that she would never sit and wait for death and would take the initiative to fight and attack the camp just to make the people of Xiliang think that she had no intention of doing so, so she said it. Tonight, their Majesty will definitely let them launch a surprise attack on Xiliang!
Bai Qingyan raised his lips, “General Cui may be like you, thinking that I mentioned the night attack today just to paralyze them. There will definitely be an attack tonight! Let the Xiliang army be on guard, and our soldiers of the Great Zhou can have a good sleep. Oh… By the way, don’t forget… Let each city gate open and close once tonight, without a fixed time, so that the Xiliang people can be more cautious.”
“Yes!” Liu Pinggao responded.
Everyone thought that it was most appropriate to attack the camp at night, but Bai Qingyan chose to do the opposite. He let the Great Zhou army make some noise at night but did not attack the camp… This would make the Xiliang soldiers fully alert and unable to sleep well. He would then send out a small group of cavalry to harass them during the day, making it impossible for them to sleep well.