The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 229: surrender
Chapter 229 Surrender
“When the Xiliang army besieged Feng County, I was on the city wall helping to bandage the wounds of the Bai family’s soldiers. I… saw with my own eyes the Xiliang commander beheaded and disemboweled the ten-year-old general of the Bai family…”
Ji Langhua was choked up and couldn’t speak any more. She wiped her tears with her sleeve and continued, “I also heard with my own ears that General Ji Yong shouted that the Bai family army would not retreat until the last man was dead! From General Bai to ordinary soldiers, all of them died in battle to protect the people! I am a person whose life is worthless, and I also want to… do my part for you soldiers.”
Hearing the word Feng County, Bai Qingyan couldn’t help but think of Bai Qingming and Xiao Shiqi. His heart was filled with sorrow and he choked up with sobs, like a sigh: “Feng County…”
“Yes! Fengxian…” Ji Langhua felt a sore throat.
Bai Qingyan seemed to be able to see the hideous knife scars on Ji Langhua’s face through her veil. His sad voice was tinged with hoarseness: “In this case, you must live well and don’t let down… the dead Bai family soldiers!”
When Ji Langhua heard that Bai Qingyan’s words were exactly the same as Bai Qingming’s, he agreed with tears in his eyes.
She bandaged Bai Qingyan’s wound, carefully put on the armor that had not yet had time to wipe the blood off, bowed and sent Bai Qingyan away.
Shen Liangyu, who had bandaged his wounds, had not yet rested. He was carrying a wine jar and was about to go to Bai Jinzhi’s tent. When he saw Bai Qingyan coming out of the big tent where the wounded were being treated, he hurried forward a few steps and said, “Little General Bai!”
“Why don’t you go and rest?” Bai Qingyan’s eyes fell on Shen Liangyu’s wound that had just been bandaged.
“Thinking that the fourth young lady was injured today, I gave this to her…” Shen Liangyu smiled and raised the jar of wine in his hand.
Perhaps because he rescued Bai Qingyun, Shen Liangyu was in a good mood and did not look tired at all.
“Honey wine!” Bai Qingyan took it. “I’ve drunk it before! I heard this is your family’s secret recipe! I’ll give it to Xiao Si, you go and get some rest!”
“Yes!” Shen Liangyu nodded, looked at the blood on Bai Qingyan’s armor and asked, “Little Bai Shuai is also injured? Is it serious?”
She shook her head: “It’s all the blood of the Xiliang Army!”
Shen Liangyu breathed a sigh of relief, nodded, clasped his hands, said goodbye, and went back to rest.
After a night of fierce fighting, Shen Liangyu was indeed tired.
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At this time, the prince was no longer sleepy. He listened to the old man Fang’s slow voice and wrapped himself in his cloak.
“No matter what evil intentions Xiliang has, the people from the Tiger Eagle Camp sneaked into Qiushan Pass and discovered these Jin suit masters and fought a fierce battle. King Yan of Xiliang must be afraid. They will either pretend that nothing happened and never mention it! Or they will definitely take action to preemptively strike!”
Qin Shangzhi raised his eyes to look at Mr. Fang who was sitting under the lamp and nodded slightly to show his agreement.
Elder Fang stroked his goat beard and half-closed his eyes: “As long as they make a move… we will know Xiliang’s intention! This is why I told His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to wait and see! If they don’t move, we won’t move either, and we will just pretend that this never happened! Otherwise, we will have to explain why we sent the Tiger Eagle Battalion into Qiushan Pass. This will be detrimental to Jin’s reputation among other nations!”
When Qin Shangzhi heard what Mr. Fang said later, his eyes widened and he almost fell backwards in anger. What Mr. Fang said before made sense, but what he said later… Qin Shangzhi could never agree with it.
“Your Highness! I agree with what Elder Fang said before, but this time the Tiger Eagle Battalion went to Qiushan Pass to investigate… mainly because the time for the peace talks was clearly arranged by Xiliang, but King Yan of Xiliang was in the peace talks tent, making all kinds of excuses to prevaricate and want to postpone the peace talks to another day. How can our Jin State not be on guard?! What if Xiliang has some plans? On the contrary, what do they want to do by hiding a group of masters wearing Jin costumes in Qiushan Pass? Our Jin State is the victorious country… Xiliang must give us an explanation!” Qin Shangzhi said angrily.
“Mr. Qin is young and full of vigor! In the last battle of Wengshan, General Bai burned and killed 100,000 captives from Xiliang. Other nations have already regarded our Jin as a brutal and ferocious country! Now the peace treaty between the two countries has just been signed…but our Jin country, relying on the fact that it is a victorious country, sent troops to explore Qiushan Pass at night when Xiliang has not yet handed over the city to our country. Does Jin still want to keep its reputation?! What will other nations think of our Jin country?” Old Fang didn’t even look at Qin Shangzhi, and clasped his fists to the prince, “Your Highness, think twice!”
When Qin Shangzhi saw the prince nodded, he felt a breath stuck in his throat and almost vomited blood. He simply pursed his lips tightly and said nothing.
The prince stretched out his hand from his black cloak and warmed it by the fire, saying, “For the time being, let’s follow what Master Fang said and use calmness to overcome obstacles! Mr. Qin and Mr. Ren should go and have a rest first. I still have something to discuss with Master Fang.”
Qin Shangzhi felt depressed. He stood up, bowed and turned to leave. However, Ren Shijie respectfully bowed to the prince and Mr. Fang before leaving the tent.
Old Fang glared at Qin Shangzhi’s angry back, snorted coldly, then turned to look at the Crown Prince with a gentle and respectful attitude: “Your Highness, have you encountered any difficulties?”
The prince shook his head and spread out the military token in his hand for Old Fang to see.
Mr. Fang was slightly surprised: “Military talisman?!”
“I was too tired when I came back just now, so I didn’t call Elder Fang to come! Bai Qingyan took the initiative to hand over this military token to me after the peace talks were over! She said that the reason she didn’t hand over the military token before was because the peace treaty had not been signed, and she was worried that Xiliang would change its mind! Now that the peace treaty has been signed, she will return the military token! Not only that…” The prince looked at the flickering charcoal fire in the brazier, with emotion in his tone, “Bai Qingyan also asked me to let the Bai family army guard Tonggu Mountain, and several generals of the Bai family army were sent to Zhongshan City and Bailong City respectively. They will train soldiers for me while guarding the city!”
Elder Fang was slightly startled. He thought about the locations of Tonggu Mountain, Bailong City, and Zhongshan City, and frowned. “Let the generals of the Bai Family Army guard the city and train the troops for Your Highness? Meaning… that means the generals of the Bai Family Army will lead the Jin troops? Your Highness must be on guard!”
“Mr. Fang… you are too cautious!” The prince smiled and said, “Bai Qingyan also said that I should send my direct generals to guard Bailong City and Zhongshan City together with the two generals of the Bai Family Army. The generals of the Bai Family Army will be responsible for training the soldiers, and my direct generals will be in charge of the troops! In this way… all the elite warriors of Jin will be at my disposal in the future! After all, she is in poor health, so she can only hand over the Bai Family Army to me.”
Looking at the prince’s expression, Elder Fang knew that the prince had already believed in Bai Qingyan. “Your Highness, what about the Tiger Eagle Camp? How did Bai Qingyan arrange the Tiger Eagle Camp?”
The prince was stunned, narrowed his eyes and said: “Bai Qingyan…didn’t say it! But I’m sure as long as I make arrangements, Bai Qingyan will not disobey!”
Elder Fang thought of Bai Qingyan’s respectful attitude towards him in the big tent just now. He stroked his goatee and nodded: “The Crown Prince is kind and benevolent. Even a brave general like Bai Qingyan submits to His Highness! Congratulations, Your Highness… From now on, you will be in charge of the Bai Family Army!”