The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1261: blindfolded
Chapter 1261: Blinded by a Leaf
Bai Qingqi nodded: “Then proceed as planned. Bai Jinhua will follow Bai Qingjue to lead the siege team as the vanguard! Once the city gate is opened… Bai Jinxiu will immediately lead the melee cavalry into the city!”
“Bai Qingjue obeys the order!”
“Bai Jinxiu obeys the order!”
“Bai Jinhua obeys the order!”
Bai Jinzhao looked at his third brother anxiously.
Bai Qingqi’s eyes fell on Bai Jinzhao. After hesitating for a moment, he spoke again, “Bai Jinzhao must stay close to Bai Jinxiu and not leave her side. If you disobey my orders, you will be punished according to military law!”
Bai Jinxiu clasped her fists and said, “Bai Jinxiu obeys your command!”
“Third brother…” Bai Jinzhao hesitated, “I want to rush into the palace to save fifth brother!”
Bai Qingqi looked at Bai Jinzhao with a determined expression and said, “Your fifth brother is alone in the palace. If he can’t get out, the Xiliang Emperor and General Cui Shanzhong will definitely hold him hostage. You won’t be able to handle it!”
As for saving Bai Qingyu, Bai Qingqi has to come in person!
Bai Qingqi knew since he was young that, whether as an elder brother or as a member of the Bai family, he had to protect Ayu at all costs!
Xiao Ruohai knew exactly where Bai Qingyu was imprisoned. Once the Yunjing city gate was broken, he would rescue Ayu from the Yunjing Palace as quickly as possible.
Bai Jinzhao thought about it and agreed, so he did not force the task and accepted the order willingly: “Bai Jinzhao accepts the order!”
The armies of Great Zhou and Yan State had already made their preparations in secret, just waiting for the right time to cooperate with Bai Qingyu in the city to take action.
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The sky was gloomy, with no stars or bright moon visible, and it looked like a storm was about to come.
Tonight, for some reason, old General Cui Shanzhong felt very uneasy, so he stayed in the palace and did not go out, playing chess with Li Tianjiao.
Inside the hall, lights flickered and layers of golden tents were hung on the red-painted pillars on both sides of the hall by golden hooks.
“Since the Ninth Prince of Yan said so, I think he is unwilling to cooperate with us Xiliang!” Li Tianjiao frowned.
“However, the news of the meeting between the Ninth Prince of Yan and the old minister should have reached the Great Zhou military camp. After the Yan State betrayed the Great Zhou and led to the capture of Bai Qingyu, the younger brother of the Great Zhou Emperor, if the news of the meeting between the Ninth Prince of Yan and the old minister spreads again, the alliance between the two countries will be in name only! The Great Zhou will definitely be suspicious of the Yan State!”
As he spoke, General Cui Shanzhong’s skinny hand slowly placed a chess piece.
Li Tianjiao stared at the chessboard, holding the white piece in his hand and thinking for a while before making his move. Then he said, “Since we can’t reach an agreement with Yan State, let’s wait until the Emperor of Great Zhou arrives, and then we will take Bai Qingyu as a gift and pay tribute to Great Zhou!”
“I’m afraid… the Great Zhou and the State of Yan will attack the city before the Emperor of the Great Zhou arrives!” Old General Cui Shanzhong didn’t know why, but he was feeling uneasy tonight, as if something big was going to happen.
“We are inside the city and they are outside. Yunjing City is guarded by General Cui, so they can’t break through easily!” Li Tianjiao trusted General Cui Shanzhong very much.
Outside the palace, the wind was howling, the window frames were rattling, the hexagonal palace lanterns hanging under the corridors of the double-eaved palace were swaying, and cast hideous shadows on the windows. General Cui turned his head and looked outside the hall as if he had sensed something.
“Report…” A sharp voice of a Xiliang soldier suddenly came from outside the door.
The chess piece in the hand of the elderly General Cui fell. He stood up suddenly and took two steps forward.
Because it was a military report, the eunuchs outside the palace gate pushed open the palace door. When the strong wind and the Xiliang soldiers entered, the old general Cui Shanzhong had already seen the dark sky in the south turn into a fiery red. Although he could not see the flaming tongues, he could tell how big the fire was by looking at the red sky and the billowing black smoke!
“Your Majesty! General Cui, our granary in the east of the city is on fire. The soldiers have gone to put out the fire! But…but the armory in the east is also on fire!” The young general under the command of the old general Cui Shanzhong reported in panic.
“Mobilize the troops! Save the granary at all costs! Quick!” Cui Shanzhong’s scalp went numb when he heard that the granary was burning!
As long as there is food in Yunjing City, Cui Shanzhong is confident that he can hold on. If there is no food… in Yunjing City, the only thing left is to cook with bones and eat with children!
In addition to feeling scared, Cui Shanzhong was also very grateful. He asked people to disperse the grain in Xiliang City, but… the granary in the east of the city was of utmost importance!
However, even faster… another soldier came to report that several other enemy granaries in the city had also been burned!
Cui Shanzhong staggered and almost fell.
The sudden burning of multiple granaries was definitely not an accident!
“Report…” Another Xiliang soldier quickly rushed up from the high steps of the palace, shouting at the top of his lungs, “The prison is on fire, and all the prisoners are missing!”
General Cui Shanzhong’s pupils widened, and his mind buzzed: “Quick! Go and see if Bai Qingyu has woken up! Is he still alive? Quick! If he is still alive, have the Imperial Guards bring Bai Qingyu here immediately! If he is not awake, bring him here!”
As the deep voice of old General Cui Shanzhong sounded, several eunuchs immediately took action.
“Old General!” Li Tianjiao also stood up, his face gloomy and his heart sank. “It seems that the Bai family soldiers escaped from the prison and set fire to the granary and armory…”
Fell into a trap!
General Cui closed his eyes and finally understood where his anxiety came from!
When Bai Qingyu and the Bai family soldiers were captured alive, he felt something was strange, but he couldn’t figure it out!
The Bai family soldiers have always been tough guys who will not take off their armor until they die in battle. How could anyone survive and be captured by them in Xiliang!
He was too conceited, too short-sighted, and only focused on using strategies to sow discord between the State of Yan and the Great Zhou. He was too careless!
“Go quickly! Tell the soldiers on the city wall to be on guard!” General Cui shouted to the young general from Xiliang who came to report the news, “The Great Zhou… is about to attack the city! Tell the soldiers to guard the city gates!”
“I didn’t expect that our Yunjing has already been turned into a sieve!” General Cui Shanzhong clenched his fists tightly, shaking. “There are people from the Great Zhou in Yunjing City! Otherwise, the Bai family army, who only have one ration a day, will never be able to set fire and escape! They have helpers in Yunjing City! Bai Qingyu…I’m afraid he also took advantage of the situation and pretended to be captured alive by us in Xiliang!”
Bai Qingyu wants to cooperate with the Great Zhou army outside to open the gate of Yunjing City!
“Swoosh—bang!”
As soon as General Cui Shanzhong finished speaking, he saw a cluster of red fireworks rising into the sky and suddenly exploding in the dark night sky!
“We are going to attack the city!” General Cui Shanzhong felt as if he was pushed into an ice cave in the dead of winter. His whole body was frozen stiff. After hesitating for a moment, he turned to look at Li Tianjiao and said, “Your Majesty, you must firmly grasp Bai Qingyu in your hands! You must not let Bai Qingyu escape!”
“Don’t worry, old general!” Li Tianjiao nodded.
Cui Shanzhong didn’t say anything and walked out of the hall. He had to go to the north gate… to resist the army of the Great Zhou that was attacking the city!
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