The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 239: protect the country
Chapter 239 Protecting the Country and the People
“Is it funny?” Bai Qingyan raised his eyebrows, his anger almost unable to be suppressed.
Her grandfather, father, uncle, brothers, and the people that the Bai family army’s hundreds of thousands of soldiers risked their lives to protect, were they doing this to humiliate them and make a joke? !
The centurion was kicked back repeatedly. After he stood still, he clasped his fists and bowed, not daring to look up. His fists were clenched so tightly that the knuckles turned white.
Bai Qingyan kicked again and raised his voice: “Is it funny to bully women?!”
Before the centurion could stand still, he was kicked again, knocking him to the ground.
“Is it funny to bully the weak?!”
The centurion stood still again, clasped his fists, bowed, gritted his teeth and said nothing.
Wang Xiping, who had come after hearing the news, had not yet arrived. When he heard Bai Qingyan’s angry and high-pitched voice, he hurriedly shouted, “General Bai… General Bai!”
Wang Xiping squeezed through the crowd and glared at his centurion. Then he clasped his fists and saluted to Bai Qingyan, saying, “General Bai, calm down. I’ve heard about what happened! It’s Du Sanbao’s fault! It’s just that… Du Sanbao beheaded two generals of Xiliang in the battle of Wengshan. He was considered to have made a great contribution and inevitably got carried away. Fortunately, he just flirted with a common girl and didn’t commit a big mistake. General Bai, please forgive him this time!”
Seeing Bai Qingyan’s face getting uglier, Wang Xiping hurriedly said, “General Bai, don’t worry. I will definitely ask Du Sanbao to apologize to this girl! Du Sanbao, what are you standing there for?!”
Centurion Du Sanbao stepped forward and bowed in the direction of Ji Langhua: “I’m sorry!”
“General Bai, you see… why don’t we just forget it?” Wang Xiping has always been protective of his own people.
Bai Qingyan tightly grasped the sword at his waist, suppressing the rage in his heart. He fixed his cold gaze on Du Sanbao, who showed a look of joy in his eyes. His eyes were filled with murderous aura and intimidating: “According to what General Wang said, in the Jin army… soldiers can make up for mistakes with merits, and can also make up for mistakes with merits. Then I will kill this centurion here today. General Wang said… with our victory in Southern Xinjiang, can we kill him?”
When Du Sanbao heard this, sweat broke out on his forehead and he knelt down. Bai Qingyan was a killer who dared to kill even surrendered soldiers. He said to Wang Xiping: “General Wang, I know I was wrong! General Wang, please save me, I am your soldier!”
“You eat the food paid by the people of Dajin! You receive taxes paid by the people of Dajin! Ask yourself in your conscience, whose soldier are you?!” Bai Qing said in a sonorous voice, “The reason why a country has an army is to protect the country and the people! For soldiers… it is their duty to fight bravely and kill the enemy! Rewarding according to merit… conferring titles and honors, is it so that you can use your merits to humiliate your own people?!”
Wang Xiping opened his mouth…
“Where is the Bai family army!” Bai Qingyan gritted his teeth and shouted.
The wounded soldiers of the Bai family army who were gathered at the door to watch the excitement immediately stepped forward and saluted with their fists.
“As elite soldiers of the Bai family army, you saw someone insulting the people of Jin, but you just stood by and watched?” Bai Qingyan asked.
The wounded soldiers of the Bai family army opened their mouths to explain, but when they remembered that they had indeed stood by and watched, they had no more excuses.
“Why did hundreds of thousands of our Bai Family Army brothers die… Have you all forgotten?” She tightly grasped her sword, her sharp eyes swept over the wounded soldiers of the Bai Family Army, “Just a few months ago, Fengcheng was besieged, and the Bai Family Army brothers led by the deputy commander died in order to delay the enemy… and help the people of Fengcheng escape! General Bai Qingyu led 1,500 Bai Family Army warriors to fight, giving the people a chance to survive, and fought to the death with Xiliang without leaving any corpses! The army led by General Bai Qingming defended Feng County to the death! All these Bai Family Army brothers died in the battle, and no one survived! Why?!”
There was a solemn silence in the military camp.
The flames in the brazier danced up and down with the wind, making Bai Qingyan’s extremely gloomy face appear bright and dark.
Bai Qingyan’s voice was filled with anger and was as loud as a mountain and a river: “Four words… Protect the country, protect the people!”
Ji Langhua hugged the cloak tightly in his arms and cried bitterly.
She recalled what Bai Qingming said to her when he jumped off his horse and wrapped her in the cloak…
If possible, Ji Langhua would go to the eighteen levels of hell in exchange for General Bai Qingming.
She gritted her teeth and said, “Today, the people that my Bai Family Army, from the marshals and generals to my fellow soldiers, have risked their lives to protect are right in front of you! And you…are watching my people of Jin being humiliated! Are you worthy of the dead brothers of the Bai Family Army and are you worthy of being called the Bai Family Army together with them?!”
“This Miss Ji is the daughter of the chief doctor of Feng County. She came here from Feng County because she was grateful to the Bai family army for saving her life. She knew that we were fighting fiercely at the front to protect the people, so she came here… just to use her medical skills to save more wounded soldiers who were protecting the people and the country, and to do her best in this battle! Even a weak woman knows how to sacrifice her life to repay the kindness! But what about you? How do you treat the benefactor who bandaged and treated you?”
“I know I was wrong!” Captain Wu of the Bai family army knelt on one knee with tears in his eyes as he was injured, “I am willing to accept the punishment!”
“I know I was wrong, and I am willing to accept the punishment!”
“I know I was wrong, and I am willing to accept the punishment!”
All the wounded soldiers of the Bai family army admitted their mistakes and voluntarily accepted the punishment.
“Anyone who knows he is wrong will be whipped fifty times! Anyone who does not know he is wrong… can leave on their own after they recover from their injuries! Those who do not protect the people are not worthy of being soldiers! The people that hundreds of thousands of Bai family army brothers and Jin army brothers have protected with their blood and lives are always more important than our lives, and we will not allow anyone to despise and abuse them!”
“yes!”
The wounded soldiers of the Bai family army said in unison.
“As for you…” Bai Qingyan turned around and picked up Ji Langhua’s veil on the ground, and said to Du Sanbao who was kneeling there and didn’t dare to look up, “Either take off this dress and go home to farm, or go and get eighty military sticks. You will have no military merit this time and start from the most ordinary soldier! I remember your name… Du Sanbao! General Wang Xiping, I, Bai Qingyan, don’t tolerate any injustice. This man’s name… I will tell General Zhang Duanrui. If you want to protect him, I hope you can bear the consequences.”
Wang Xiping’s forehead was covered with sweat, and he quickly clasped his fists and said yes.
He looked up at Bai Qingyan’s back as he helped Ji Langhua up and walked into the tent, feeling mixed emotions.
He overestimated himself. Wang Xiping had heard that the Bai family army had strict military discipline, but he thought that since he had fought together with Bai Qingyan, he was considered to be a well-known figure in Bai Qingyan’s eyes, so he came to beg for mercy, hoping that Bai Qingyan would give him some face!
Wang Xiping was not an unreasonable person. Although Bai Qingyan had just given him face, and although Bai Qingyan’s words were directed to the Bai family army, he could not help but feel emotional at this moment.
Who, when joining the army, did not have a passion to serve the country and protect the people?
But in recent years, it was always the Bai family army that fought outside, while the Jin army had been living a life of luxury and showing off their splendor outside. This had always been the norm, and after joining the army for a long time… Wang Xiping and other Jin army generals and soldiers gradually forgot their original intentions.
Wang Xiping tightened his hands behind his back slightly, and out of the corner of his eye he saw Du Sanbao standing up with gritted teeth. He frowned and asked, “Why, you still don’t accept it?!”
It’s so hard to get a monthly ticket…