The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 431: quick withdrawal
Chapter 431 Quick Retreat
She didn’t cry when he resolutely took Shen Qingzhu into the sea of fire, determined to die!
But when I saw my eldest sister, for some reason, I seemed so fragile and vulnerable.
The silver-armored woman on the horse, her armor shining coldly, drew her bow and arrow, aiming at Zhao Sheng with a calm expression…
Their eyes met for a brief moment, Zhao Sheng opened his eyes wide, and in a flash, his body reacted first and quickly retreated, rolling to the side, but the arrow still pierced straight through his collarbone and got stuck in the thick armor. The force was so great that it made his head buzz. If he had been a moment slower, his throat would have been pierced.
The Bai family guards following closely behind Bai Qingyan rode their horses to rescue him.
Zhao Sheng was not shot to death, but was forced away. Bai Qingyan grabbed the reins, the horse neighed and raised its hooves. He leaned over and grabbed Bai Jinzhi’s outstretched arm and pulled her onto the horse.
Bai Jinzhi lay horizontally on the horse’s back, turned his head to look at Bai Qingyan and called out “Elder sister!” with sobs, then he could no longer hold on, his eyes went dark and he passed out.
Lupin dismounted and was about to help Shen Qingzhu, who had lost too much blood, back on the horse when he saw a Liang soldier raising a knife towards Lupin.
Bai Qingyan pulled an arrow from the quiver with his backhand, nocked the arrow, drew the bow, and released the arrow. His speed was so fast that only a shadow remained. He accurately shot the Liang soldier’s throat and shouted, “Retreat!”
The Bai family guards arrived on horseback so suddenly that the Liang army was caught off guard and was startled. They watched helplessly as the well-trained Bai family guards dragged the Jin army onto their horses and galloped away.
Bai Qingyan has been ordered that the main purpose this time is to rescue people and not to fight to the end. After rescuing people, go straight to the plank road and do not fight with the Liang army.
The Bai family guards kept Bai Qingyan’s words in mind and left after saving the people, without any intention of fighting to the end.
Seeing that the Bai family guards who had come to rescue people were all retreating on horseback, Bai Qingyan put away his bow and led the guards who were protecting everyone, turned their horses around and whipped them away.
Zhao Sheng broke off the tail of the arrow, pressed the wound that was bleeding, gritted his teeth and shouted: “Archer! Shoot!”
The archers immediately drew their bows and shot in the direction of Bai Qingyan and his group’s escape. However, Bai Qingyan and his group were only concerned with running away at an extremely fast speed. Also, because they were chasing Bai Jinzhi in the mountains, bows and arrows were of little use. Zhao Sheng only brought a few archers, and they were completely unable to shoot the Bai family guards who had rich experience in escaping.
“Chase!” Zhao Sheng used his sword to support himself and said gritting his teeth.
“Report!” The Liang army soldiers rushed up the mountain and knelt down to report, “Report to General Zhao! The Jin army is attacking from the mountain! Our army is leaderless, please come down the mountain immediately…”
The Jin army actually dared to turn back and attack!
Zhao Sheng glanced at the disappearing figures of Bai Qingyan and his group, gritted his teeth, and thought, if he missed today, he would never know when he would be able to kill Bai Qingyan!
“Go down the mountain!” Zhao Sheng immediately led his troops down the mountain.
Wang Xiping, who was fighting at the foot of the mountain, saw the flickering lights of torches coming down the mountain. Wang Xiping judged that Bai Qingyan had already rescued the people. Even if Bai Qingyan had not rescued the people yet, it was just right for him to lead his troops to retreat, lure out the Liang army to pursue, and give Bai Qingyan time to rescue people.
Wang Xiping immediately shouted: “Retreat! Retreat quickly!”
Wang Xiping turned his horse around and retreated rapidly with his cavalry.
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In Longyang City, Liu Hong was restless, so he stood on the city wall and waited quietly.
The night was dark and windy, there was no moon in sight, and the wind was cold and damp, suggesting a rainstorm was approaching.
Liu Hong stared at the undulating hills outside the city. There was no sign of fire. Only the sky in the direction of Vulcan Mountain was bright red.
Just as Bai Qingyan expected, after nightfall, the Liang army sent tens of thousands of soldiers to take off their armor and go to the Longmu River to dig canals, indeed in order to flood Longyang City.
However, the Jin army was not idle either. Following Bai Qingyan’s instructions, Liu Hong sent people tonight to move the people to the mountains between Longyang City and Youhua City.
Ten thousand men were dispatched in five groups to destroy the Liang army’s grain transportation routes.
He also asked Lin Kangle to take people to harvest the wheat, and make sure all the wheat was harvested tonight.
Under the cover of darkness, the Liang army and the Jin army were moving silently in preparation for war.
At this point, Liu Hong had to admire Bai Qingyan’s foresight. He actually calculated how Xun Tianzhang would deal with their Jin army.
In fact, Liu Hong also thought about it. If Bai Qingyan had not defeated the larger force with a smaller one in the southern border and won a great victory over Xiliang and made great military achievements, considering the age of Princess Zhenguo, he probably would not have believed Princess Zhenguo even if she was from the Bai family.
It is precisely because the battle of Xiliang was won with the help of Princess Bai Qingyan, the governor of the state, that Liu Hong cares so much about what Bai Qingyan says, and feels that the State of Jin must not lose a general like Bai Qingyan again!
“Considering the time, it should be possible to go back and forth!” Liu Hong was worried.
“Don’t worry too much, Commander!” Fu Ruoxi, who had just come back from being injured and bandaged, advised, “The Princess Zhenguo can shoot her Sun-shooting bow without missing a target, and with the Bai family guards and General Wang Xiping leading troops to protect her, she’ll be fine!”
Liu Hong nodded.
The general defending Longyang City came in a hurry and reported: “Commander! There is a report from the South Gate that a group of people came outside, claiming to be the Bai family’s guards, escorting a woman and asking to enter the city to meet the Princess Zhenguo. I am here to ask the commander how to deal with it.”
Liu Hong turned his head and looked at the general guarding the city: “The Bai family guards want to see the princess?”
“That’s right!” The general guarding the city nodded.
Now that Bai Qingyan is not here, we don’t know whether it is true or not. What if he was sent by the Liang army?
“Let them wait outside the city for a while, and then make plans after asking the princess when she comes back!” Liu Hong said.
“Yes!” The general guarding the city responded and left.
The wounded soldiers who returned from Vulcan Mountain were bandaged in the wounded camp and were very worried.
“I wonder if General Wang Xiping can rescue the centurion!” a wounded soldier said worriedly.
The centurion mentioned by the wounded soldier was Du Sanbao.
In the battle of Southern Xinjiang, Du Sanbao was stripped of his military merits for bullying Ji Langhua and was demoted from centurion to decapitator.
But in the hearts of the soldiers, Du Sanbao was brave and loyal, and he has always been the centurion in their hearts.
“Of course, the Princess Zhenguo has already gone! Have you forgotten… just now when the commander stopped the Princess Zhenguo from going to rescue people, the Princess Zhenguo said… The moral principle of the Bai Family Army is to never abandon any of their comrades who have fought together in life and death! The Princess Zhenguo will definitely rescue our centurion and Princess Gaoyi!”
“During the previous battle in Southern Xinjiang, I heard from the Bai family soldiers in the wounded camp that the Princess Zhenguo was just like our centurions, always the first to rush into battle! The Bai family’s Princess Gaoyi… led people to lead the Liang army away in order to protect the brothers’ safe escape! It’s reassuring to be able to fight with such a general who dares to fight with the soldiers and does not abandon his own soldiers. No wonder the Bai family’s army is so united!”
“That’s right. Look at our high and mighty generals. They always hide at the back, thinking that if we can’t win, they can run away quickly!”
I won’t catch insects today because my child has a fever… I’ll post this here first and catch insects tomorrow!