The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 423: limelight
Chapter 423: The limelight
Secondly, he also did not want Bai Qingyan’s prestige in the army to be too high. Otherwise, once Bai Qingyan’s reputation became as great as Bai Weiting, given Bai Qingyan’s strong character and lack of awe for the royal family, Bai Qingyan would certainly become self-reliant and make the emperor difficult to control. If things went wrong, Bai Qingyan might even rebel.
Liu Hong respected from the bottom of his heart this girl from the Bai family who, despite her frail body, had won a great victory over Xiliang in southern Xinjiang.
So at the beginning, Liu Hong also felt that the emperor was a little too worried, but after returning and thinking carefully about Bai Qingyan’s impassioned speech at the palace banquet, and thinking of Bai Qingyan beating the drum to force Prince Xin to kill, he felt that the emperor’s worries were not groundless.
Liu Hong knew that he did not have the same abilities as the King of Zhenguo Bai Weiting and the Duke of Zhenguo Bai Qishan. The reason why the emperor appointed him as the commander-in-chief this time was simply because he had been loyal to the emperor since before the emperor ascended the throne, never sought power, and had no ambitions, and this has not changed to this day.
Therefore, when Liu Hong learned that Bai Qingyan had ridden a horse all the way from Shuoyang with a team of guards heading straight for Longyang City, he thought of the emperor’s words that Bai Qingyan would not be allowed to gain military merit unless it was absolutely necessary, and he became extremely anxious. He simply abandoned the main army and led a team of cavalry to travel day and night.
Liu Hong was afraid that even if he sent other people, they would not be able to suppress Bai Qingyan. However, he was the commander-in-chief of the army, and Bai Qingyan had to listen to him.
But along the way, Liu Hong did not get off his horse and was tormented badly. The inner thighs were all rubbed by the saddle. He even had a high fever before entering the city. He heard from the guards in the city that… When Bai Qingyan arrived, he accepted the battle without rest. He faced the fierce general Zhao Tong of the Liang army and subdued him in three moves, which greatly boosted the morale of the Jin army.
He even predicted that the Liang army would take action at night, and that the Jin army had just captured the Zhao army that had sneaked into the city alive. Then Bai Qingyan ordered people to go to the Liang camp to burn Daliang’s food and grass.
Liu Hong looked at the defenders’ expressive admiration and felt exhausted. He did not dare to rest and immediately ordered his men to gather all the generals to go to the training ground.
In the martial arts arena, all the high braziers were lit, flags fluttered, and flames flew up and down in the wind, making the martial arts arena look like daylight.
Liu Hong sat in a chair with a pale face. He felt hot, his breath was hot, and his mouth was also hot.
It’s not that he didn’t want to rest, he just didn’t want the soldiers who retreated into Longyang City to think that their commander was not as good as a little girl.
Liu Hong was sitting here with his last breath, for he was afraid that if he lay down he would not wake up one day, so he had to meet with all the generals first to make arrangements.
When Bai Qingyan and his party arrived, Liu Hong, wearing heavy armor and a cloak, was sitting on a high platform in the martial arts arena. Cavalrymen with swords stood on both sides, and the commander-in-chief looked very majestic.
“I have met the commander-in-chief!”
The group stood under the platform and saluted Liu Hong.
Liu Hong wanted to stand up, but his whole body was sore and his joints were aching. He could only sit here and bowed to the generals: “Please forgive me, generals, I caught a cold and my whole body was sore, so I won’t stand up. All soldiers, listen up, from now on, you must not fight without my orders! Those who disobey my orders will be charged with treason! You all need to stay in the city and wait for the arrival of reinforcements before we make any plans.”
The soldiers looked at each other and clasped their fists in agreement.
Bai Qingyan raised his eyes and looked towards Liu Hong. Liu Hong quickly looked away, feeling guilty and not daring to meet Bai Qingyan’s deep and calm eyes.
Liu Hong risked his life to chase all the way just to give this order.
“Let’s all go and have a rest, conserve our energy. Once the reinforcements arrive, we will drive the Liang army back to Daliang!” Liu Hong said with full energy, and his personal guards hurriedly helped Liu Hong up from the left and right.
After watching Liu Hong leave, Lin Kangle turned to look at Bai Qingyan, who looked calm, and pursed his lips but made no sound.
Who among the smart people present could not see that Liu Hong’s order was given to Bai Qingyan?
“General Bai has traveled day and night here, so it’s time for him to take a rest. I believe the reinforcements from Anping camp will arrive in three days at the latest. By then, my Jin army will have a fierce battle with Daliang. General Bai only has the confidence when he is with our Jin army!” Wang Xiping hurriedly stepped forward and said to Bai Qingyan, fearing that Bai Qingyan would feel uncomfortable.
Bai Qingyan nodded, clasped his fists and said goodbye to the generals present.
Wang Xiping stood beside Lin Kangle, bowed and sent the others away before saying, “This commander seems to be deliberately suppressing General Bai! Is he afraid that General Bai will steal his limelight?”
During the battle of Southern Xinjiang, the prince was the chief commander, and he won a great victory…but it was all thanks to Bai Qingyan, who did not even have an official position at the time and led the troops with the tiger talisman.
Lin Kangle frowned: “Now that the war is approaching, as the commander-in-chief, instead of thinking about how to unite the generals to fight the enemy together, he is actually worried that his generals will steal the credit!”
Lin Kangle had once fought in a bloody battle with Bai Qingyan and they had a special relationship, so he naturally disliked Liu Hong’s behavior.
Lin Kangle had indeed wronged Liu Hong, and Liu Hong did not want this to happen. He also admired Bai Qingyan in his heart, but it was difficult to disobey the imperial order.
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In prison, in order to avoid trying multiple people together and getting inaccurate information, Lupin detained and interrogated the eleven members of the Zhao family army, including one who was seriously injured, separately.
The entire prison was filled with the desperate and miserable howling of Zhao’s army. When I heard it… I thought I was in hell.
It has to be said that Chiang Kai-shek’s military interrogation of enemy soldiers was indeed a skill. The punishments he used made people live a life worse than death, especially the small iron ball that was burned red and then inserted into the person’s belly button, which was so painful that the person just wanted to die quickly.
Not only did Lupin find out the location of the granary, but at dawn he also found out that Bai Jinzhi was currently in Vulcan Mountain.
The Zhao family army led a team to rescue Zhao Tong. The team leader who was shot in the heart by Bai Qingyan was a tough guy, but he eventually couldn’t survive the branding. When he learned that someone in their team had leaked the news, he died without even breathing.
Lupin didn’t dare to delay and went to find Bai Qingyan with the results of the overnight interrogation.
Bai Qingyan looked through the bamboo slips that were separately examined. Three of them said that Bai Jinzhi was in Huoshenshan, and the rest… he really didn’t know anything, but he did say something else.
Now that she knew the news about Bai Jinzhi, Bai Qingyan didn’t want to delay any longer. After thinking for a moment, she asked Lupin to carry the bamboo slips to the commander-in-chief’s barracks and ask the commander-in-chief to let her lead the troops to rescue Bai Jinzhi.
As soon as Bai Qingyan came out, Du Sanbao and his group came back.
Du Sanbao knew that Bai Qingyan was worried about Bai Jinzhi, so as soon as he came back, he asked others to go to Wang Xiping to report, and he ran towards Bai Qingyan’s barracks.
It was just dawn, and Du Sanbao, whose face was blackened by smoke, was sweating profusely. He wiped his forehead with his sleeve, revealing only his white forehead. He showed Bai Qingyan a row of white teeth, clasped his fists and knelt on one knee, saying, “General Bai, I caught two tongues and asked them separately. They said they didn’t know where County Lady Gao Yi was. But their General Gu led 10,000 people to Huoshen Mountain, and I think it was to capture County Lady Gao Yi.”
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