The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1279: a
Chapter 1279: Hard
Xie Xun’s eyes were extremely cold, his fingers pressed against the hilt of the sword, and a cold light flashed.
Xiao Rongyan stepped on the helmet that the Yan general had smashed to the ground, and looked at the Yan general with his head tilted casually: “Just one thing… Now I ask you to lead the Yan army back to Yandu, can you… lead the Yan army to break through the Great Zhou army and leave Yunjing. Another point… You have to understand that as long as the Yan generals in Yunjing want to lead the Yan army back to Yandu, they will definitely be stopped. Once the Yan army is intercepted, do you think… the Great Zhou army stationed on the border of Yan will not get the news and will not directly march to Yandu?”
“Or do you think that after Great Zhou got the news, it would still foolishly wait for our Yan army to come back to rescue before attacking Yandu?” Xiao Rongyan glanced at all the Yan generals present and asked, “Who among you has the confidence to lead the Yan army back to Yandu to rescue without Great Zhou noticing? Who?!”
The generals of Yan State remained silent.
They all knew that the Great Zhou now had more troops than their Yan State, and that all the generals of the Great Zhou were from the Bai family. Not to mention Bai Qingqi and Bai Jinxiu who had already become famous on the battlefield a few years ago, let’s just talk about Bai Qingyu… Who in the Yan State doesn’t know that Bai Qingyu was the greatest contributor to the destruction of the Rongdi?
There was also Bai Jinzhi, the Gaoyi Jun of the Great Zhou who fought in the war to destroy Liang. Even though she was a woman, she was a very powerful general of the Great Zhou. Many powerful generals of the Great Liang were no match for Gao Yi Jun and were defeated miserably by her.
There is also Bai Qingjue, who also made his mark in this war. The fifth daughter of the Bai family is also very brave and can be regarded as the next Bai Jinzhi, the Lord Gao of the Great Zhou.
By the way, there are also the famous generals of the Bai Family Army who have already become famous, such as Shen Kunyang, Wei Zhaonian, Cheng Yuanzhi, and Shen Liangyu of the Tiger Eagle Army, not to mention Zhao Sheng and Yang Wuce of the Zhao Family Army who were conquered by the Great Zhou in Daliang. These… are all famous generals who became famous earlier.
Who in their Yan State is useful?
One… needless to say, it’s the Ninth Prince.
One is the second prince Murong Ping, and the other is the great general Xie Xun. Even though there are young generals who have begun to show their talents, they are not like the Bai family, who have been trained on the battlefield at a young age and have accumulated a lot of experience.
“Who among you… has this ability? Today, our Yan State will also be tough with the Great Zhou!” There was a hint of teasing in Xiao Rongyan’s voice.
Xie Xun looked around and saw that all the generals of Dayan were silent. He finally withdrew the force of his thumb against the sword at his waist.
“In the current situation, do you think we in Yan State still have room for choice?” Xiao Rongyan kicked the helmet away from under his feet, and it hit the knee of the Yan general who lost the helmet. The general immediately knelt on the ground in pain.
“From a moral point of view, the Great Zhou army, knowing that our Yan army had fewer soldiers… and were short of food, sent more troops than our Yan country because they were allies with our Yan country. And when the spoils were divided, the majority was given to our Yan country. Ask yourselves, is this true?” Xiao Rongyan stood up, put his hands behind his back, and paced slowly and measuredly. “And what about our Yan country? Because they were worried that the two countries would stand on opposite sides after destroying Xiliang, they betrayed the Great Zhou when the alliance between the two countries was still in place, causing the Great Zhou to suffer heavy losses. Even so… the captured fifth prince of the Great Zhou still asked the Bai family army to open the city gate for our Yan country!”
“That’s because their Great Zhou also wants us, the Yan State, to fight Xiliang for them!” the Yan general muttered in a low voice.
“General, I feel ashamed for what you said! When did our Yan State become so shameless?” Murong Ping looked at the Yan State general with a face full of regret. “No wonder the soldiers below are saying what they are saying now. So many people died for the Bai family army to open the city gate for us. They volunteered. If the top beam is not straight, the bottom beam will be crooked. General, if you say this in front of the world… do you think you can stand up? What will the world say? They will say… that the Great Zhou is willing to put aside past grudges and bet on who enters the Yunjing Palace and who gets Yunjing. From the perspective of an ally, they opened the city gate for us to repay kindness, but this is the speculation in return?”
“The Second Prince and the Ninth Prince both support the Great Zhou, and I refuse to accept this!” Many generals of Dayan were still dissatisfied. After all, the city of Yunjing was also bought back by the blood and lives of the soldiers of their Yan State.
“If you lose your promise to the world, you can’t win the world! The Emperor of the Great Zhou… has won the hearts of the people since she was the Princess of the Jin Dynasty, so the establishment of the Great Zhou was so smooth!” Xie Xun was quite prestigious among the generals. He said slowly, “In terms of morality, the Great Zhou has done its utmost to our Yan State. It’s not that we don’t accept it. People in the world can understand that wars involve bloodshed and sacrifice. This is inevitable. Not only our Yan State has sacrificed, but the Great Zhou has also suffered!”
“But…it was our Ninth Prince who entered the Yunjing Palace first!”
“If he entered Yunjing before I started the war, it would also count. Can Great Zhou say… the fifth son of the Bai family entered the Yunjing Palace before I did?” Xiao Rongyan said slowly, “Let alone saying that the fifth son was a false captive. Even if he was really captured and taken to Yunjing, he was able to do so many things in Yunjing City and helped the two countries take Yunjing. How would people in the world view this achievement?”
“We are now saying that Yunjing should be given to Da Zhou. We are apologizing to Da Zhou and making a gesture to the people of the world. Someone in our Yan army betrayed Da Zhou, so… we will take Yunjing and give it to Da Zhou!” Xiao Rongyan stopped and looked at his generals. “We can say whatever we want here behind closed doors, but… think about it before you go out and say it. Will your sophistry stand up to the world? Change your position… If you were the generals of Da Zhou, who do you think should get Yunjing!”
“Whether it’s Yan State or Great Zhou, they all want to rule the world! But as General Xie said… those who lose faith in the world will not rule the world!” Seeing that his generals seemed to be in deep thought, Xiao Rongyan said, “Think about it carefully! After Great Zhou and we have completed the handover of General Cui Shanzhong’s confidants, Murong Ping will follow me and bring a team of guards back to Yandu! All matters here will be handled by General Xie Xun, and no one is allowed to disobey! One more thing… whoever dares to mobilize troops without authorization and causes trouble to Yandu… Yan State, don’t blame me for killing all nine clans!”
“Your Highness!” The Yan general opened his eyes wide and looked at Xiao Rongyan.
In fact, these generals of Dayan were not confused by what Xiao Rongyan said.
If the positions were really reversed, as they were generals of the Great Zhou, they would naturally feel that Yunjing could not be handed over no matter what, otherwise it would be unfair to the fifth young master of the Bai family.
If we don’t count the Fifth Young Master of the Bai Family pretending to surrender to Yunjing, then the Ninth Prince secretly leading his men to sneak into the Yunjing Palace can’t be considered as the first to enter the palace.