The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 183: The morale of the army will be chaotic
Chapter 183 The Army Will Be in Disarray
“I should also thank Yun Poxing. If it weren’t for Yun Poxing, the treacherous villains in the court and the emperor would have tried every means to stop me from coming to Southern Xinjiang! The prince would have tried every means to stop me from going to the battle and joining the Bai family army! I can only sit in the capital city and watch the only 10,000 soldiers left in my Bai family being used as pawns by the villains and killed in the battle in Southern Xinjiang without a single one left!”
“From my grandfather to the other warriors, the Bai family soldiers have never rebelled. They are the most loyal and brave soldiers in the Great Jin Kingdom! We… vowed to fight for the peace and prosperity of the people of the world! We fight for the unification of the world! But now the emperor and the treacherous people in the court only want to… put away the bows when the birds are dead, and cook away the dogs when the rabbits are dead!”
“We won’t rebel! But today, since I, Bai Qingyan, will carry the black sail and white python flag of the Bai Family Army, I will swear to protect the soldiers of the Bai Family Army to the death, even if my scheming and tactics go against the family tradition of the Bai Family to do things in a straightforward manner! The brave soldiers of the Bai Family Army can die on the battlefield! They can die under the enemy’s powerful crossbows and sharp arrows! But… they must not die from the dirty tricks of those with ulterior motives.”
After hearing Bai Qingyan’s words, the Bai family soldiers, who were wearing mourning clothes, felt a raging fire in their hearts, their whole bodies felt hot and numb, and their eyes were hot.
Bai Qingyan clasped his hands together and bowed solemnly to the soldiers of the Bai Family Army. He lifted the hem of his armor and knelt on one knee: “I, Bai Qingyan, swear to the martyrs of the Bai Family Army who died in the battle in Southern Xinjiang. I swear by the twenty-three heroic spirits of my Bai Family! Three years later, I, Bai Qingyan, will lead you to personally cut off Yun Poxing’s head and avenge him! Please believe me!”
“Little Baishuai!” Cheng Yuanzhi, a tall and strong man, knelt on the ground with tears in his eyes and clasped his fists.
The passionate and hot-blooded men of the Bai family army also knelt down.
“We trust Xiao Baishuai! We will never doubt him, even if it means death!”
These three years are the deadline she gave to Yun Poxing, and also the deadline she gave to herself.
Three years later, she wants no one in the entire Great Jin Kingdom to touch her Bai family anymore!
Three years later, she would make sure that no one in the entire Great Jin Kingdom would dare to covet the Bai Family Army!
Three years later, she will take revenge!
After pacifying the Bai family soldiers, Bai Qingyan stood up and said solemnly, “We just let Yun Po go. When Yun Po returned to the Xiliang camp where the food and grass had been burned, the morale of the army was already in chaos. The Xiliang army saw that Yun Po went out with hundreds of thousands of troops and only a few dozen returned in a panic. They must have known that Yun Po was defeated in the battle of Wengshan today, with no food and grass, and the commander was defeated! The army must be in chaos!”
With tears in her eyes, she gave a loud order: “The soldiers of the Bai family army should return to the city immediately to rest. After an hour, select two thousand men to follow me into the enemy camp and take back my father’s head!”
“Yes!” Cheng Yuanzhi responded in a voice as loud as a bell, then turned around and blew a very loud whistle with his fingers.
The Bai family soldiers blew their whistles and summoned their war horses.
Suddenly, Zhang Duanrui rode up on a fast horse above the canyon and shouted, “General Bai! The Xiliang soldiers in the valley have surrendered after seeing their commander has fled. Do you want Zhen Zeping and Shi Panshan to open the exit and let them out?”
She looked up at Zhang Duanrui, her eyes calm and without the slightest hesitation: “Kill! Don’t spare any one!”
Zhang Duanrui was startled: “This…”
It has been a common practice since ancient times not to kill surrendered soldiers.
“If General Zhang is afraid of bearing the eternal infamy, I, Bai Qingyan, will take it! If we kill one more strong soldier from Xiliang today, fewer civilians will die in the future in our Great Jin. Bai Qingyan holds the military order in his hand. This is an order from me alone and has nothing to do with General Zhang!” Bai Qingyan said in a tone that did not allow for negotiation.
Zhang Duanrui hesitated for a moment. He knew that the prince’s military token was in Bai Qingyan’s hand, so he could only clasp his fists and say, “Understood!”
“After slaughtering all the Xiliang soldiers in the valley, General Zhang Duanrui and General Zhen Zeping will check the troops and go to Wengcheng to rest and wait for orders to follow me and the Bai family army to retake Tianmen Pass tomorrow morning!”
When Zhang Duanrui heard that they would retake Tianmen Pass tonight, his blood immediately boiled!
Although everyone is more or less tired after having just experienced a big battle, this battle is a victory for the few and the morale is at its highest. After a night of rest, they will surely be able to capture Tianmen Pass.
Bai Jinzhi came back on a fast horse, holding a red flag with a black sail and Bai Qingyan’s red tassel and silver spear on her back. She jumped off the horse with the flag in her hand and threw the red tassel and silver spear on her back to Bai Qingyan: “Eldest sister, take the spear!”
Bai Qingyan caught the red-tasseled silver spear and said, “Get on the horse! Return to the city!”
“Go back to Wengcheng!” Cheng Yuanzhi also shouted, his eyes sparkling, and said to Bai Qingyan, “Wei Zhaonian, Gu Wenchang, and Shen Kunyang who are still recovering from their injuries will think they are dreaming when they see Little Baishuai!”
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Inside Wanping City, the prince, wearing a thick fox fur coat, stood on the city wall, looking at the red sky above the Wengshan Canyon in the distance, his heart in his throat.
“Has there been no sentinels coming to report military intelligence yet?!” The prince clenched his fists tightly at his side.
Qin Shangzhi followed the prince, pursed his lips and said nothing, only praying in his heart for God’s protection and for Bai Qingyan to win the battle.
Seeing a fast horse coming from afar, Qin Shangzhi hurried forward and pointed at the distance: “Your Highness! Look…”
The prince felt as if his heart was about to stop. He held his breath and stared at the approaching figure, his fists clenching tighter and tighter.
When the horses arrived at the foot of the city, the sentry pulled the reins and shouted, “Open the city gate quickly! Great victory at Wengshan! Great victory at Wengshan! Our army has wiped out all the bandits from Xiliang in the Wengshan Valley!”
The prince felt blood rushing to his head, and he felt alive again. He won! He really won!
His face was numb with excitement. He turned around and hurried down the city wall. His foot stepped on a corner of the fox fur and he almost fell down. Fortunately, the general guarding the city helped the prince up.
“Be careful, Prince.”
After the general finished speaking, he retreated behind the prince in an orderly manner.
“We won! We won!” The prince let out a long breath, and walked down quickly, holding on to the cold city wall.
The sentry rushed straight into the city, dismounted immediately upon seeing the prince, shouted a great victory, and knelt before the prince, saying excitedly: “Our army has won a great victory, General Bai ordered that no one should be left alive, and our army has wiped out all of Xiliang’s hundreds of thousands of troops in the canyon! General Bai ordered 500 defenders to escort dry food and weapons to Fengxian under the cover of night to meet up with General Shi Panshan and General Wang Xiping. After replenishing supplies, they will head straight to Fengxian, and we must capture Fengxian before dawn!”
Qin Shangzhi’s eyes lit up when he heard this, and he took a step forward: “Your Highness! Time is running out! Quickly order people to prepare supplies and weapons!”
But the prince turned pale and asked in a trembling voice: “Kill all… them? What about the surrendered soldiers? Kill them too?”
“Your Highness, kill them all!” said the sentry.
The prince’s face turned paler. It was good to win this battle, but nominally he was the one who fought it! If the news of killing the surrendered prisoners got out, his reputation would be ruined! He had originally wanted to use the surrendered soldiers to exchange for some benefits in the future negotiations with Xiliang!
He immediately felt regretful. He shouldn’t have handed the military token to Bai Qingyan to show his trust. He really regretted it to death.
“Your Highness?!” Qin Shangzhi wondered why the prince hesitated.
“What a sin!” Fang Lao, the oldest counselor beside the prince, was so frightened that his face turned pale. “Since ancient times, when two armies fight, they don’t kill surrendered prisoners! If the reputation of killing surrendered prisoners spreads out, how will other countries view our Jin country?! They will definitely regard our Jin country as a tiger or a wolf!”
Bald author: I ask for a monthly ticket every day! I have a question…are there any male compatriots who read this book? Or are all the readers young ladies?