The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1211: gallop
Chapter 1211 Galloping Across the Country
The soldiers of the Bai family army who went to deliver the letter… set out yesterday afternoon. According to the speed at which the Bai family army delivers the letter, they will arrive at Yechengguan by noon today at the latest. Yang Wuce, who will come to Yechengguan to provide support, will arrive in two days of rapid march.
She looked up at the sky and calculated the time… If the team delivering food from Bailong City had set out this morning, by now… the team sent by General Cui to set up an ambush should have discovered that they were tricked and sent someone back to report to General Cui.
After that, Xiliang will certainly go all out to attack the city.
After the Bai family guards notified Bailong City to deliver food, they will then head to Pingyang City for help. It will take time for the Pingyang City army to arrive.
The Xiliang siege started several hours earlier, so Bai Qingyan’s other plans could not follow up on time.
Now, as long as she doesn’t leave, Jiangzi City will surely be able to hold out until Yang Wuce from Yecheng Pass comes to help… or the army from Pingyang City arrives, because they not only have soldiers, but also the people in the city who work together.
“Your Majesty! You are the emperor of the Great Zhou. We can all die! But Your Majesty must not be captured by Xiliang! Otherwise… it will hinder our Great Zhou’s plan to unify the world!” Du Sanbao was still trying to persuade Bai Qingyan, “Your Majesty is the pillar of our Great Zhou! The lives of us soldiers are not as important as Your Majesty! Even the lives of the people in the city combined are not as important! Because Your Majesty is the one who will lead our Great Zhou to unify the world. Only when Your Majesty is alive and not captured alive… can more people be protected from survival and strive for a peaceful and prosperous era for more people! This is impossible for all the people in the city and all the soldiers combined to do!”
Du Sanbao’s eyes turned red, and he knelt down and begged, “Your Majesty! I know I was wrong! It was my unauthorized attack on the camp that ruined your Majesty’s plan. Your Majesty… I cannot let you bear the consequences of Du Sanbao’s mistakes! Your Majesty, please leave the city!”
Du Sanbao received the order to seal the road, but he was worried that if Xiliang besieged the city and couldn’t get out, he had to leave a passage for Bai Qingyan to get out of the city.
Bai Qingyan had already decided to stay in the city and defend it to the death. He shouted, “Let the soldiers hold on! Although the Xiliang Army has already attacked the city, they have been fighting for a whole day… The Xiliang Army also needs to eat! They also need to rest! The Xiliang Army is not made of iron!”
After saying that, she looked at Du Sanbao who was kneeling on the ground and said, “Get up! Pick up your bow and arrow!”
“Your Majesty!” Du Sanbao’s voice was choked with sobs.
The Great Zhou army relied on the city walls for protection, and the soldiers had no time to eat, let alone Xiliang!
Originally, Bai Qingyan thought that with 5,000 soldiers in the city, plus the civilians, it would be very difficult to break the city in a short period of time even if Xiliang had 50,000 soldiers and sufficient food.
But Xiliang was fighting a desperate battle with a large number of people, and the soldiers were willing to risk their lives to fight the Great Zhou army. They were getting more courageous with each setback. Bai Qingyan felt a little worried.
Seeing the Xiliang people risking their lives to clear the way for their comrades, all the ladders had ropes tied to the top, and the heavy shield soldiers pressed against the city wall, pulling the ropes tightly to stabilize the ladders. The bottom of the ladders was piled with the corpses of Xiliang soldiers.
The people of Xiliang were like crazy, not afraid of death at all, and seemed to have no idea of fatigue.
If the city is breached…
Bai Qingyan didn’t dare to think about it.
If the city were to fall… considering Xiliang’s food shortage, the Great Zhou soldiers in the city would probably not survive, and Xiliang would never waste food to feed prisoners of war.
Even if the Xiliang Army did not kill the people in the city, they would surely loot all their food, leaving them with no way to survive.
And if she was captured, given the character of her brothers and sisters, they would definitely come to rescue her at all costs!
Bai Qingyan must not let this happen!
Therefore, Jiangzi City can only be defended to the death. She wants to lead the soldiers just like her father and will not take off their armor until they die in battle!
She looked at General Cui and saw that he seemed determined to break through the city gate today.
After a brief calculation, Bai Qingyan looked up to feel the wind direction, then turned to look at Du Sanbao who was shooting arrows not far away: “Du Sanbao!”
Du Sanbao, who was fiercely shooting arrows at the bottom of the city wall, responded and ran towards Bai Qingyan: “Your Majesty!”
Bai Qingyan pulled Du Sanbao over and said, “Go and collect the peppers in the city. Use the same method you used to deal with the giant elephants to deal with the Xiliang army! Tie all the peppers into small packages, wet them, and go!”
“Yes!” Du Sanbao threw down the bow and arrow in his hand, shouted loudly, and led his soldiers to rush towards the city wall, and loudly ordered the people to go to the spice shop and seasoning shop to get all the things and tie them into small packages.
Soon, the people who heard Du Sanbao’s shouts took action.
On the city wall, the soldiers fought bravely against the enemy, while the people under the city wall hurriedly tied up the lit charcoal and spices and clams, sprayed them with water and sent them to the top of the city wall!
The Great Zhou army had all put on face masks and had just thrown some smoking seasoning packets under the city wall when they saw rolling dust appearing behind the Xiliang army, like a giant dragon rushing towards the rear of the Xiliang army.
Soon, the Xiliang army fell into chaos, and shouts of killing were heard from the rear.
Amid the dust and sounds of killing, Bai Qingyan heard the roar of a giant elephant.
A soldier pointed to the distance and shouted loudly: “Reinforcements are coming!”
Bai Qingyan raised her eyes, took two steps forward, and clasped her hands tightly on the city wall. She saw… in the flying dust in the distance, the black bird and blue sparrow flag of the Yan State was fluttering in the wind!
Black bird and blue bird… Only the Yan Kingdom’s royal family can use them! And the giant elephant!
Could it be Xiao Rongyan? !
From afar, Bai Qingyan saw a pitch-black horse charging into the center of the Xiliang army with the force of thunder and rolling yellow sand, galloping across the land at lightning speed.
The steed raised its hooves and neighed loudly, knocking over countless Xiliang soldiers. The man on horseback, holding a long sword and wearing a mask, his black armor shining coldly, his cloak fluttering like an eagle spreading its wings.
His armor was covered in blood, and he carried a majestic and awe-inspiring murderous intent, like a Shura who had just returned from hell, terrifying and thrilling.
It was indeed Xiao Rongyan!
Bai Qingyan’s heart rose to his throat when he saw Xiao Rongyan charging into the Xiliang army alone with a sword in hand. He casually pulled out an arrow from the quiver of a soldier beside him, put an arrow on the bow, and arrow after arrow whizzed away from the top of the city wall. Some arrows brushed past Xiao Rongyan’s armor and hit the neck of the Xiliang soldier who was trying to launch a sneak attack on Xiao Rongyan.
Xiao Rongyan held the reins tightly with one hand, turned to the left, and just chopped off the head of a Xiliang soldier with his long sword. On the right hand, Xiliang, who was covered in blood and holding a spear high, was about to fight with all his life to knock Xiao Rongyan off the horse.
Xiao Rongyan sensed the danger and felt it coming so fast that he raised the sword in his hand and blocked the spear that was coming towards him before he even turned around. Before he could swing the sword again, a whistling arrow pierced the neck of the Xiliang soldier.
First update! My brother-in-law is here…