The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1270: Formidable young
Chapter 1270 The Young Are Formidable
When Li Tianjiao heard what General Cui Shanzhong said, tears welled up in his eyes. He gritted his teeth and shouted, “Open the palace door! Fight your way out! Even if I die… I must kill a few more bastards who trampled on my Xiliang Holy Land before I die!”
Cui Shanzhong nodded. Since they were determined to die, they would never hide in the hall and wait for the Great Zhou and the State of Yan to take action and die miserably.
Soon, the palace door opened…
Li Tianjiao, Cui Shanzhong and a group of generals from Xiliang were the first to come out of the hall.
The Bai family army and the Yan army surrounding the hall clenched their swords and were on guard.
“Ninth Prince, Master Bai Wu…” Cui Shanzhong bowed to the two of them. “I didn’t expect that I thought I had received news from Queen Mother Yan about the battle between the Yan army and the Great Zhou army, and captured Master Bai Wu, the brother of the Great Zhou emperor. Even if we couldn’t instigate a fight between the two countries, at least the alliance would not be too stable. I didn’t expect… to be a mistake. Master Bai Wu… the young are formidable, and I admire you!”
Cui Shanzhong said this sincerely. The fact that Bai Qingyu lay on the window and did not move at all despite the torture of the imperial physician was enough to make Cui Shanzhong admire her.
“For those whom I admire, I am willing to fight head-on! I, the Emperor of Xiliang, am also willing to fight head-on! Fight to the death and sacrifice for my country! I also ask Prince Yan Jiu and the Fifth Young Master of the Bai Family to show no mercy!” After saying this, the old general Cui Shanzhong raised his sword, still subconsciously protecting Li Tianjiao behind him, and shouted, “Kill!”
The Xiliang soldiers drew their swords and shouted, “Kill!”
Although the Xiliang army was determined to die and had a terrifying momentum at this time, both the Bai army and the Yan army knew that they were just a spent force, and they rushed forward with roars.
This was the first time that Li Tianjiao really faced fighting on the battlefield. It was full of swords and it was extremely dangerous. Although Cui Shanzhong and all the soldiers protected her, she was still injured. Her body was covered in sticky blood. She thought it would be very painful, but when she really went to the battlefield, she realized that people could actually have no sense of pain.
With one sword after another, Li Tianjiao’s hair was disheveled, and he could no longer tell which blood on his face and body was his own and which was someone else’s.
After an unknown amount of time, the killed Xiliang soldiers had retreated to the entrance of the hall.
“Your Majesty, be careful!” Old General Cui Shanzhong grabbed Li Tianjiao and threw the sword in his hand out. He had just dealt with an enemy who was swinging a sword at Li Tianjiao, and the sharp blade in the hand of the enemy who was stabbed brushed past Li Tianjiao’s jade crown, and the jade crown instantly broke into two pieces, falling to the ground along with the broken hair.
The old general saw another cold sharp blade attacking Li Tianjiao, so he turned around and used his aged body to protect their Xiliang Emperor.
The long sword sank into the tattered armor, and old General Cui Shanzhong spat out a mouthful of blood. The Xiliang army, which was already small in number, immediately became chaotic and shouted for the old general!
With disheveled hair, Li Tianjiao hugged General Cui Shanzhong from behind, gritted his teeth, and dragged General Cui Shanzhong into the hall, shouting, “Close the door! Close the door!”
The few remaining Xiliang soldiers who retreated into the hall immediately closed the door and held it against their bodies. I wonder if this could be considered a dying struggle.
Just as Yue Shi was about to break into the room, Xiao Rongyan called out to him, “Yue Shi!”
Yue Shi turned his head away.
All he heard was his master shouting, “Xiliang Queen, if you surrender now, perhaps General Cui can still be saved.”
The hall was silent.
Li Tianjiao looked down at General Cui Shanzhong, whose lips were opening and closing: “General, how are you?”
“Your Majesty, everyone…will die. For an old minister like me, dying for Xiliang is the best fate! I am very happy!” Old General Cui Shanzhong was almost out of breath.
“Old General, go first. I…will be there soon!” Li Tianjiao’s tears fell, and he tried his best to steady his voice, “We have all done our best for Xiliang!”
General Cui Shanzhong advised in a low voice: “Your Majesty, surrender! It is not a pity for me to die. Your Majesty is still young. Just like the third prince of Liang, you can live the rest of your life safely. You can also stay and see… Who will win the battle between the Great Zhou and the Yan Kingdom in the Central Plains? A hundred years later, your Majesty must come and talk to me about whether the Great Zhou or the Yan Kingdom has unified the world! And whether the people under their rule… are living a better life than the other countries occupying their own territories!”
No matter what General Cui Shanzhong said at this time, he hoped that Li Tianjiao could survive!
If he surrendered, Li Tianjiao would definitely go down in history as a monarch reviled by the people of Xiliang, but at least he would be alive.
If he had not surrendered, perhaps Li Tianjiao would have been admired by future generations, but in the eyes of old General Cui Shanzhong, it was not worth it. After the death of his relatives, he realized that nothing was more important than being alive.
After saying this, old General Cui Shanzhong died in Li Tianjiao’s arms.
The Xiliang soldiers leaning against the door had tears in their eyes. They looked at Li Tianjiao, their backbone, waiting for Li Tianjiao to decide whether to surrender or die.
“But old general, I… am the emperor of Xiliang. I only want to see Xiliang unify the world and see the people under Xiliang’s rule have enough food and clothing. If another country unifies, I don’t want to see such a world!”
Li Tianjiao put General Cui Shanzhong on the ground, tore a strip of cloth from the bright yellow curtain, gathered her long hair meticulously and tied it on top of her head, took out the poison she had prepared for her long ago from her chest, and drank it with her head tilted back…
“His Majesty!”
The Xiliang general who was leaning against the door ran quickly to Li Tianjiao and knocked the poison out of Li Tianjiao’s hand, but it was too late.
Li Tianjiao looked at the other Xiliang soldiers and said, “Don’t die with me! As General Cui said, it’s not easy to survive. Get out!”
“His Majesty!”
“His Majesty!”
“We will go with His Majesty!”
Those Xiliang soldiers were unwilling to leave and knelt before Li Tianjiao and kowtowed. The promise of dying together was no joke.
Li Tianjiao looked at the Xiliang soldiers who were covered in wounds and had fought to the death. He nodded, stood up, and walked towards his emperor’s throne while enduring the severe pain brought by the poison.
The Xiliang soldiers knelt on the ground and watched Li Tianjiao, holding his abdomen, climb up the stairs step by step, take the candle on the high table and walk to the curtain, as if he was going to set fire to the palace.
The flickering candle in her hand approached the bright yellow brocade curtain. After the flame swayed, it tentatively moved closer to the brocade curtain…
Just when the flames were about to lick the curtains, Li Tianjiao suddenly moved the candle in his hand away, endured the severe pain and threw it aside, holding onto the table… and sat on his dragon chair.
Originally they wanted to burn down the Xiliang Palace so that the Great Zhou and the Yan Kingdom would get nothing. However, if the Xiliang Palace was burned down, Xiliang would only have a name left in history.
Thank you for your concern, my little ancestors. My child is still having a recurring fever. I went to the hospital today to change the medicine. I hope it will be effective. I love you!