The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1209: God help Xiliang
Chapter 1209 God Helps Xiliang
Liu Pinggao shook his head: “Your Majesty is pregnant and has to worry about the war. It’s already very hard. We should not disturb Your Majesty’s rest for things that are within our control. You go to the city gate first to pass the order, and I will come after I get dressed!”
“yes!”
Outside the city of Gyangze.
Du Sanbao glanced towards the Xiliang military camp and shouted at the top of his voice: “Retreat! Retreat! Go back!”
The furious Xiliang general ordered his men to mount their horses and chase after them quickly, but the Xiliang army was not prepared to attack the city at all. If they caught up with them and went to the outskirts of Gyantse City, would they be giving their heads to the Zhou army?
General Cui quickly ordered his men not to pursue.
But when the firecrackers that Du Sanbao threw into the military camp went off, the Xiliang soldiers, who had not had a good rest, started to quarrel, and the Xiliang army had no way to rest in peace.
After catching the horses and putting out the fire, the Xiliang generals angrily crowded into General Cui’s tent, clamoring to attack the city now.
General Cui saw that the morale was now ignited, and he felt that he could not wait any longer and had to teach Da Zhou a lesson. He just stood up when he saw the spy coming back, kneeling on one knee and reporting: “Report to the general, Bailong City is stepping up its preparation of food tonight, and it is expected to be delivered tomorrow!”
“May God help Xiliang!” General Cui said confidently, “Call the troops and attack the city!”
Outside the dark Gyantse City, the Xiliang military camp suddenly lit up.
Liu Pinggao watched Du Sanbao and others enter the city and shouted loudly: “Close the city gate quickly!”
Seeing that the Xiliang army was still chasing him in the distance, Liu Pinggao’s heart was in his throat. When he saw Du Sanbao and his men enter the city safely and the city gate was closed, Liu Pinggao, who was tightly gripping the hilt of his sword, breathed a sigh of relief, only to find that his palms were full of sweat.
He quickly walked down the wall and saw Du Sanbao jumping down from his horse. He loudly scolded Du Sanbao: “Du Sanbao! Who gave you the courage to go out of the city and attack the camp? Don’t you know that His Majesty forbids you to go out of the city and attack the camp?”
Du Sanbao got off his horse and said with a grin, “I saw that General Liu also wanted to attack the city, so I dared to take action. Isn’t this a good effect! The entire Xiliang army must be woken up by these firecrackers!”
“I’m afraid you’ll end up making things worse! What if Xiliang attacks the city ahead of time… you’ll ruin His Majesty’s plan!” Liu Pinggao scolded harshly.
Liu Pinggao just figured out why Bai Qingyan didn’t allow the attack on the camp today!
The guards sent by Bai Qingyan to deliver the letter had just left the city not long ago. Not to mention Bailong City, Yecheng Pass is quite far away and the letter cannot be delivered… If they attack the city rashly, what if Xiliang attacks the city in advance and the soldiers of Yecheng Pass are too late to arrive?
Du Sanbao was stunned. He really didn’t think so much. “Should… No way! Why are they attacking a city in the dark?”
As soon as Du Sanbao finished speaking, he heard the thundering sound of war drums in the Xiliang military camp, shaking the whole area.
“Attack the city!” Liu Pinggao widened his eyes.
Du Sanbao had not expected that just a single attack on the camp would actually lead to Xiliang attacking the city ahead of time. He was so frightened that his face turned pale.
“General Liu, this…what should I do? I just wanted to prevent Xiliang from having a good rest!” Du Sanbao showed a panicked expression, “Have I affected His Majesty’s plan?”
Bai Qingyan was a little surprised when he received the news, but nothing is absolute on the battlefield. Fortunately, Bai Qingyan was well prepared, the people in the city were almost well trained, and the messenger had already left the city.
Bai Qingyan casually tied up her long hair, put on silver armor, took the Sun-Shooting Bow, and rode away towards the city tower with her guards.
Liu Pinggao was directing the deployment of troops on the city wall. When he heard the voices calling out “Your Majesty” from the city wall, he hurried down from the Chenglou. Du Sanbao, who had caused trouble, also hurriedly followed Liu Pinggao down the stairs.
Seeing Bai Qingyan dismount, Liu Pinggao knelt on one knee and took the lead in apologizing: “Your Majesty, I did not listen to your Majesty’s words and rashly sent people out of the city to attack the camp, but I did not expect to cause the Xiliang army to attack the city in advance! Please forgive me, Your Majesty!”
Du Sanbao didn’t expect Liu Pinggao to take on the responsibility alone. He felt even more guilty and said hurriedly, “Your Majesty, it’s not true. I didn’t obey…”
“Now is not the time to rush to take the blame!” Bai Qingyan threw the horsewhip to the guard behind him, stepped over Liu Pinggao and Du Sanbao, and walked towards the top of the city wall.
Liu Pinggao and Du Sanbao quickly stood up and followed Bai Qingyan to climb up the city wall.
Bai Qingyan glanced into the distance and saw that the Xiliang army was gathering. She turned around and said, “Go! Beat the gongs… wake up all the people and tell them that Xiliang is about to start attacking the city!”
“Yes!” Du Sanbao took the order and ran towards the bottom of the city wall.
Suddenly, the sound of gongs was deafening in Gyangze City.
The soldiers beat gongs and shouted to the people: “Xiliang is attacking the city! Xiliang is attacking the city! Get up and defend the city walls! If you can’t defend the city walls, the Xiliang army will enter Gyantse and massacre the people!”
When the people heard that Xiliang was going to attack the city and massacre the entire population after entering, they remembered the Xiliang people who were shot and killed by the Xiliang general outside the city wall, and responded positively. They immediately got up, put on their clothes, picked up their weapons, and ran to the top of the city wall, shouting loudly for their neighbors to come out and fight the enemy, because Xiliang was going to attack the city.
Before, Bai Qingyan asked Liu Pinggao to lead people to train the civilians roughly, and handed over all the tasks of treating the wounded and transporting weapons to the civilians. All soldiers who climbed onto the city wall must shoot their arrows accurately, cherish the arrows, and make sure to hit the Xiliang army.
The training of the past few days was not in vain. When the drums and trumpets on the city wall sounded, the people ran towards the four city gates according to the positions they were assigned during daily training. The soldiers drew their bows and waited for Xiliang to be within the range. The people carried bows and arrows to the top of the city wall, and the strong people stood next to the crossbows and turned the capstan, ready to go.
Bai Qingyan stood on the tower, looking at the Xiliang army approaching Jiangzi City from a distance. Although she did not find General Cui in the army, she had found several Xiliang generals. She held the Sun-shooting Bow in her hand, drew the arrow from the quiver at her waist, and aimed at the distance…
The four walls of Gyantse City were on full alert.
General Cui did not really intend to attack the city, so he did not gather his troops to attack only the South Gate, but rather launched an attack on all four gates at the same time.
Although this may seem powerful, it may not necessarily be effective in siege warfare. However, if the city is short of troops, such an all-round attack will make it very difficult for the enemy defending the city.
But what General Cui didn’t know was that because General Xiliang didn’t allow the common people to leave the city and killed the common people’s happiness, now these common people who originally still had feelings for Xiliang were putting all their efforts into helping Da Zhou defend the city. After all… they have now become citizens of Da Zhou. Who wouldn’t be afraid of a massacre after the Xiliang army entered the city?
General Cui was indeed surprised that the people would join the war. He also thought that the people in the city had been people of Xiliang for half their lives, so they would definitely side with Xiliang.