The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 203: silver lining
Chapter 203 A Glimmer of Hope
After the Xiliang soldier crossed the river with difficulty, he looked at Bai Qingyan, who was riding on a steed with a cold glow on his armor. He couldn’t help but think of his Xiliang brothers who were burned in the Wengshan Valley. He felt like he saw a bloodthirsty Shura and lowered his head and said, “My commander wants to meet General Bai. General Bai will decide the location.”
“Oh…” Bai Qingyan responded indifferently, looking up at Yun Poxing, “Tell your commander a message, then let’s meet at the upper reaches of the Jing River! I’m very busy, but I still have some time now. If your commander still needs to prepare, it’s the same if we meet on the battlefield another day.”
Bai Qingyan was also on guard against an ambush by Yun Poxing, so if he wanted to meet him, he had to do it quickly and not give Yun Poxing time to set an ambush.
The Xiliang soldiers paddled the bamboo raft back and told Yun Poxing what Bai Qingyan had said.
Yun Poxing pointed his whip in the direction upstream and rode away first.
Before Bai Qingyan left, he turned around and told the Jin cavalry behind him: “Send someone back to get a box of snacks given by the crown prince.”
“yes!”
Soon, Bai Qingyan and Yun Poxing rode their horses all the way to the narrow and shallow part of the river upstream. Yun Poxing rode his horse to wade across the river to show his sincerity.
“General Bai, I am here to seek peace.” Yun Poxing spoke frankly, “As long as General Bai returns my son’s head to me, Xiliang and Jin will not offend each other from now on, with the Jing River as the boundary, and we will fight again in three years.”
Sure enough, Yun Poxing was confident enough with food, and even if he was defeated, he still dared to think that the two countries would use the Jing River as the boundary as before.
Bai Qingyan smiled instead of getting angry: “I dare not take the initiative in negotiating peace! But… I feel that you are quite arrogant. You, Xiliang, and Southern Yan came to attack my Jin State and were defeated… and you want to live in peace as before. How can such a cheap thing happen in the world?”
“Then what do you want to do?” Yun Poxing asked.
“It’s not what I want, but if Xiliang wants to stop the war, it should… cede land, pay compensation, and send hostages, only then there will be a chance of survival.” Bai Qingyan looked at Yun Poxing with a cold gleam in his eyes. “As for your son’s head, I stopped the Jin army soldiers from using it as a urinal, which was against my will. If you want it back… you can, in three years.”
Yun Poxing was so angry that his hands were shaking. He gritted his teeth and said, “It seems that General Bai wants to fight again. Don’t forget that our Xiliang army is several times stronger than your Jin army!”
“Yes, don’t forget… who spared your life in Wengshan Gorge and let you live in such a shameful way!” Her face was as gloomy as water, and there was no hiding the sarcasm in her eyes. “Don’t forget how I slaughtered hundreds of thousands of your Xiliang troops in Wengshan Gorge, leaving no one alive!”
“You are so arrogant!” Yun Poxing was furious. “I was caught off guard and lost the battle! Do you think you can beat me every time?!”
“Then why have you been hanging up the banner of not fighting for several days and not daring to go to war?” She laughed softly, “Oh, right, you probably don’t have any food, so you’re waiting for Xiliang to deliver food and supplies to you. Let me guess… do you have to get your food and supplies from the Chuanling Mountains? There is a place with steep mountains there, and I think… that is where you ambushed my grandfather!”
Yun Poxing understood Bai Qingyan’s meaning instantly. His whole body was tense, and his nervousness affected the warhorse he was sitting on, which stamped its hooves nervously.
“You dare to come to me today and talk about peace talks in such an arrogant tone, only because the food and grass of your Xiliang army are about to arrive, so you have the confidence to negotiate with me. But it’s a pity… I will not let the food and grass of Xiliang be delivered to the Xiliang military camp!” Bai Qingyan curled his lips and smiled.
Yun Poxing turned around and signaled his subordinates who had followed him to go and report the news. Xiao Ruojiang’s eyes darkened and he raised his hand.
The archer immediately drew his bow and aimed at Yun Poxing and his group.
For a moment, people were startled and horses were neighing. The people in Yun Poxing drew their swords one after another. The atmosphere was tense and ready to break out.
The Xiliang soldier who was riding a horse and preparing to rush across the river to report the news was pierced through the heart by Bai Qingyan’s arrow and fell into the river.
“Bai Qingyan, what do you mean?!” Yun Poxing shouted.
Bai Qingyan put away the Sun-shooting Bow and spoke calmly, “I’m afraid that General Yun hasn’t had enough to eat these days! I have a box of snacks sent by the prince. General Yun, just eat your snacks here and wait for the news that your Xiliang grain has been intercepted. It won’t be too late for you to leave!”
Yun Poxing looked at Bai Qingyan, who was sitting upright on the horse’s back with an arrogant look. The murderous aura on his face made people dare not look at him directly, and he suppressed the panic in his heart.
Bai Qingyan was right. It was precisely because the food and grass were due to arrive today that Yun Poxing lost his patience and came to Bai Qingyan to ask for his son’s head!
What a smart girl, she could predict his future so accurately!
For the first time, Yun Poxing felt frightened of anyone other than Bai Weiting, and his scalp went numb.
Yun Poxing tightly gripped the reins in his hands and watched as a soldier from the Jin army came over with a box of snacks. His face was as pale as paper and he looked at Bai Qingyan with a distorted expression, wishing he could kill Bai Qingyan immediately!
“There is one more thing about Southern Yan. I wonder if Marshal Yun has heard about it. Southern Yan’s food supplies were robbed by Bai’s army at Yaoguan! According to the schedule, the army that is returning to Southern Yan should be at Yaoguan today! Do you think… can Bai’s army kill all the elite troops of Southern Yan at Yaoguan and cut off the possibility of Xiliang and Southern Yan negotiating terms again and asking Southern Yan to send troops?” Bai Qingyan talked about the life and death of tens of thousands of elite soldiers as lightly as if he was talking about love and romance.
The sound of the wind whistled past his ears, and Yun Poxing was so frightened that he almost fell off his horse.
He tried his best to suppress the anger of hatred and the fear in his heart, staring at Bai Qingyan. The woman sat steadily on the horse’s back. The morning light that had illuminated the turbulent river reflected the sharpness and coldness in her eyes, making him feel that his clothes that were soaked by the river water were frozen into ice by the wind.
Murderous intent spread between the two of them, and Bai Qingyan, who was apparently keeping his composure, was even more murderous.
Lost!
This battle was a complete defeat.
But he didn’t understand, since this girl was so powerful, why didn’t Bai Weiting continue to take her to the battlefield? !
Could it be that this girl is the last ray of hope that Bai Weiting left for the Bai family? ! That’s why Bai Weiting dared to bring all the descendants of the Bai family to the battlefield? !
I don’t understand. There are so many things that Yun Poxing doesn’t understand, but he is really scared deep down.
Even though his Xiliang army was larger than the Jin army, he did not dare to fight any further. From the moment he started fighting with Bai Qingyan, she had spared no effort and beat him so badly that he had no choice but to retreat to the south of the Jing River in embarrassment.
Yun Poxing, who was extremely sad and angry, calmed down instead. Not only did Bai Qingyan bring mostly archers, but Bai Qingyan himself was a sharpshooter. He had no hope of breaking through at all costs and returning to report the news.
Since Bai Qingyan didn’t kill him immediately, he would definitely let him go when the news of the food and grass being robbed came.
Resigned to his fate, he asked Bai Qingyan in a hoarse voice, “Give me three years, are you serious?”
Please, please …