The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 424: decision
Chapter 424 Decision
Bai Qingyan nodded: “Thank you for your hard work! Get up and follow me to see the coach!”
“Hey!” Du Sanbao quickly stood up, followed Bai Qingyan and Lupin, and walked quickly towards the commander’s barracks.
Du Sanbao heard the news that Commander Liu Hong had arrived as soon as he entered the city. Since the Commander had arrived… he naturally had to ask for permission if he wanted to rescue Princess Gaoyi.
Du Sanbao made up his mind that if the commander allowed Bai Qingyan to go rescue people, he would definitely follow Bai Qingyan and fight together with him.
Bai Qingyan arrived at the door of the commander’s barracks and bowed to Liu Hong’s deputy general: “Please inform the commander that Bai Qingyan has something important to discuss with you!”
Liu Hong’s deputy general saluted Bai Qingyan and said, “Princess, the commander caught a cold when he came to Longyang City. He had a high fever and managed to make it to Longyang City. He just took some medicine and went to bed…”
“This is a battlefield! Not the capital city!” Bai Qingyan stared at Liu Hong’s deputy general with his eyes as sharp as a torch, and spoke with a powerful voice, “The military situation is urgent, and the commander-in-chief needs to make a decision!”
Deputy General Liu Hong was sweating all over his forehead. He knew that Princess Zhenguo was not easy to deal with, so Liu Hong ordered not to see anyone.
However, as Bai Qingyan said, this is a battlefield, not a capital. The military situation on the battlefield changes rapidly. As long as the commander-in-chief is not dead, he must get up whenever he needs to make a decision, because the commander-in-chief’s decision… is related to the victory or defeat of the war, and the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers.
“The military situation is urgent. Are you responsible for the delay?” Du Sanbao boldly questioned the commander-in-chief and the deputy general.
County Lady Gaoyi led three thousand soldiers and horses, and they have been without food supplies for almost half a month. No one knows how miserable County Lady Gaoyi and her brothers are now. If they delay here for a moment longer, County Lady Gaoyi and her brothers will be in danger. And the commander-in-chief’s deputy general is still hesitating here.
Deputy General Liu Hong knew that he could not bear this responsibility, so he pursed his lips and said after a while: “Princess, please wait a moment. I will go and report to you.”
Liu Hong was helped up by the deputy general in a daze. His throat was dry and his joints were in great pain. “What military information?”
“The Princess Zhenguo didn’t say anything, but from what I saw behind her, the Jin soldier in plain clothes must have just returned from outside the city and brought some military intelligence!” said Deputy General Liu Hong.
Liu Hong raised his hand and pinched his still painful forehead. Knowing that the situation was urgent, he pointed to his clothes and asked the deputy general to help him put them on. Then he said, “Please invite the Princess Zhenguo in!”
After Bai Qingyan brought Lupin and Du Sanbao in, they saluted Liu Hong.
Lupin placed the bamboo slips from the interrogation on the table in front of Liu Hong. Du Sanbao clasped his fists and said, “Commander-in-chief, I was ordered to go out of the city today to burn the Liang army’s food and grass. On the way back, I caught two tongues and questioned them separately. Now General Gu of Daliang is leading 10,000 people to Huoshen Mountain. I think they are here to surround Princess Gaoyi!”
Lupin also followed up and said, “Today, I not only found out the location of the Liang army’s granary from the Zhao family soldiers who sneaked into the city, but also found out that Princess Gaoyi is now in Huoshen Mountain.”
Bai Qingyan clasped his fists to Liu Hong and said, “Please allow me to lead 5,000 troops to Vulcan Mountain to rescue people!”
Liu Hong nodded, saving people is indeed important!
He could understand that Bai Qingyan rushed to Longyang City most likely to save County Lady Gaoyi.
“But now that the reinforcements have not arrived, if we send 5,000 troops out of the city, what if the main force of the Liang army attacks…” Liu Hong also had his own considerations.
“Tomorrow morning, please personally deliver the heads of the Zhao army that sneaked into Longyang City to Liang Camp, and issue a declaration of war to the Liang army commander Xun Tianzhang as the commander-in-chief. Xun Tianzhang has not figured out whether the reinforcements have arrived in the city this time. If the commander-in-chief comes in person, Xun Tianzhang will be suspicious and will doubt whether the reinforcements from Jin have arrived. He will not easily accept the challenge! And he will not start a war to attack the city!” Bai Qingyan had already thought about it on the way here.
According to the time, the reinforcements from Jin should not have arrived yet, but Liu Hong arrived just in time this time. First, Bai Qingyan accepted the challenge, and then the new commander of the Jin army, Liu Hong, personally declared war, which always made Xun Tianzhang hesitate for a moment.
During the time that Xun Tianzhang hesitated, Bai Qingyan was confident that he could rescue Bai Jinzhi.
Liu Hong nodded, and when he looked up at Bai Qingyan, he was about to say something but stopped. After thinking for a while, he pressed the interrogation bamboo slips on the table and said, “The princess will go with me to Liangying to declare war tomorrow. I am not feeling well, so I need the princess who has captured three Liang generals to come… to strengthen our army’s prestige! To rescue people at Huoshenshan… it would be more appropriate to send Generals Lin Kangle and Wang Xiping to lead 10,000 people! After all… Generals Lin Kangle and Wang Xiping have been in the northern border for several months and are more familiar with the terrain than the princess!”
This was already the biggest concession Liu Hong had made. He could send people to rescue Bai Jinzhi and suppress Bai Qingyan according to the emperor’s orders.
Bai Qingyan pursed her lips and looked at Liu Hong quietly.
Liu Hong’s lips were dry and pale, and he said to Bai Qing: “I know that the princess is eager to save her sister, but the princess is weak. She has been traveling day and night. Even I can’t stand it, let alone the princess, a girl! Princess Gaoyi is the granddaughter of the King of Zhenguo and a hero in the battle of Southern Xinjiang! She must be saved! But you must also rest! This is the commander’s order!”
Liu Hong’s words came from the bottom of his heart. Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinzhi were both descendants of the King of Zhenguo. If they could be saved, Liu Hong did not want to see the bloodline of the Bai family of the King of Zhenguo be damaged again.
Bai Qingyan nodded.
Liu Hong immediately asked his deputy to pass on the message. Bai Qingyan turned around and told Lupin, “Uncle Ping, please stay with General Lin Kangle to help find Xiao Si!”
“Yes!” Lupin clasped his fists and said yes.
“Don’t worry, Princess! Even if I, Du Sanbao, risk my life, I will definitely bring Princess Gaoyi back safely!” Du Sanbao’s eyes were shining.
Seeing Lupin and Du Sanbao and the Liang people leave, Liu Hong breathed a sigh of relief, and his tone softened. He said to Bai Qingyan: “I heard that the princess has not rested since she arrived in Longyang City. Now there is news about Gao Yi County Lady, and someone has gone to rescue her. The princess should take a good rest!”
Bai Qingyan looked at the sky outside the commander’s barracks, which was gradually getting brighter, and turned to look at Liu Hong, who was kneeling under the flickering candlelight. He asked calmly, “General Liu was appointed commander-in-chief. Before he went to the battle, did His Majesty tell him to be on guard against me?”
Liu Hong clenched his fists and his face darkened: “My Lord, are you questioning me or His Majesty?”
“I dare not!” Bai Qingyan looked calm, “It’s just that Your Majesty is very wary of my Bai family, so I asked this question! General Liu once sent off the heroic spirit of my Bai family in front of the Bai Mansion, and Bai Qingyan has never forgotten it. Bai Qingyan regards General Liu as an elder, so today I want to explain to General Liu that the people of my Bai family… are loyal and righteous, and all countries know that the border people of Jin are all protected by my grandfather, father, and several generations of Bai family soldiers! The Bai family… will never rebel! And they will not calculate their own interests when the country is in danger.”
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