The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 432: rainstorm
Chapter 432 Heavy Rain
The wounded soldier who was originally under Du Sanbao and is now a centurion said: “But you can’t say that. In a war, we soldiers do the hard work, and the generals command. The division of labor is different!”
The Jin army gathered together to discuss, when they heard someone on the tower suddenly shouting, “She’s back! She’s back! The Princess Zhenguo is back! Behind her is General Wang Xiping!”
Liu Hong felt relieved and shouted, “Open the city gate quickly!”
All the soldiers in Longyang City who had been waiting for news and had not yet rested stood up and stretched their necks to look at the city gate.
Dark clouds covering the moon and strong winds are blowing, all of which are signs that a rainstorm is about to come.
In the pitch darkness, Bai Qingyan and his group ran back without lighting torches, riding their horses against the wind all the way back.
Following closely behind Bai Qingyan and the Bai family guards were the cavalry led by Wang Xiping, holding torches high.
On Bai Qingyan’s horse was Bai Jinzhi, who had fainted from exhaustion. Perhaps because her elder sister was beside her, she did not wake up even though she was shaken around on the horse.
For half a month, Bai Jinzhi’s mind had been tense as a string. The moment she saw Bai Qingyan, she finally lost her strength and fainted.
The heavy city gate slowly opened, and the suspension bridge over the moat around the city was lowered with the sound of iron chains rubbing against each other. Bai Qingyan and his party rushed into the city on horseback.
Liu Hong had already brought his men down from the city wall. Seeing Bai Qingyan jump off his horse, the Bai family guards also jumped off their horses. They hurried forward to help Bai Qingyan lift Bai Jinzhi off the horse and carried him to the wounded soldiers’ camp.
“Centurion!” The wounded soldier saw Du Sanbao, who was rescued and lying on the horse’s back covered in blood, and shouted and stepped forward.
“Send them to the wounded camp first!” Bai Qingyan said.
“yes!”
Lupin dismounted, carried Shen Qingzhu on his back and ran towards the wounded camp.
“Princess, thank you for your hard work!” Liu Hong looked at Bai Qingyan and said.
Later, Wang Xiping led his troops back, jumped off his horse, and said in high spirits: “As soon as I saw the Liang army coming down the mountain, I knew that the princess had succeeded, so I withdrew my troops immediately.”
On the way back, the wind was getting stronger and stronger. Bai Qingyan couldn’t help but worry and asked, “It’s going to rain heavily. I wonder if the commander has evacuated the people and sent people to harvest the wheat to destroy the Liang army’s food supply?”
Liu Hong nodded: “Don’t worry! People have been sent to do it! It is exactly as the princess expected. The Liang army… wants to flood Longyang City, and they have sent a lot of people to dig the canal. I am afraid they want to dig the canal overnight while it is dark, intending to end the battle of Longyang City as soon as possible. Princess, go and have a rest! Regain your strength, there is still a tough battle waiting for you!”
“Oh, right!” Liu Hong suddenly thought of the Bai Family guards outside the South City Gate. “The general guarding Longyang City just reported that several Bai Family guards were escorting a girl outside the South Gate to see the princess!”
Bai Qingyan turned around and ordered the Bai family guards closest to her: “Go and take a look!”
After saying that, Bai Qingyan bowed to Liu Hong and said goodbye, then walked towards the direction of the wounded soldiers’ camp.
On the way back, Bai Qingyan checked Bai Jinzhi and found no major wounds on his body. He thought that he fainted because he was too tired. However, Shen Qingzhu was seriously injured while protecting Bai Jinzhi, and Bai Qingyan was really worried.
Bai Jinzhi was indeed not seriously injured, he was just too tired and sleepy and fell asleep. Apart from the burns on the back of his hand, the military doctor could not examine the rest of the burns on his body, but his pulse was relatively stable.
Shen Qingzhu had knife and arrow wounds on his body, and was exhausted. He could not hold on any longer and collapsed. The military doctor said the situation was not good.
Bai Qingyan looked at the pale Shen Qingzhu and said to the military doctor, “Pull a curtain. I will go in to check Shen Qingzhu’s wounds and tell you about the condition of her wounds. You will tell me how to treat them.”
“It’s feasible!” the military doctor nodded.
The curtain was drawn. Bai Qingyan had just taken off his armor and washed his hands with hot water, preparing to enter the curtained tent when he heard Ji Langhua’s voice: “Young lady!”
Bai Qingyan turned around and saw the dusty Ji Langhua jogging over: “Big Miss! I set off right after you, but I still couldn’t catch up with you!”
Ji Langhua glanced at the tent and said, “Is the fourth young lady injured? Don’t worry, leave the eldest young lady to me!”
When they were in Shuoyang City, Ji Langhua learned that Bai Qingyan was leaving for Northern Frontier, so she hurriedly packed her bags and wanted to go to Northern Frontier with Bai Qingyan. After all, it was inevitable to get injured on the battlefield. Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinzhi were both women, so she could help heal their wounds!
But when she arrived at the front hall, Bai Qingyan had already left. It was Dong who acted decisively and sent the Bai family guards to send Ji Langhua to chase Bai Qingyan. Who would have known that they chased after Bai Qingyan all the way from Shuoyang without getting off their horses, day and night, and even all the way to Longyang City, they still couldn’t catch up with Bai Qingyan.
Bai Qingyan trusted Ji Langhua’s medical skills, and felt relieved with Ji Langhua around. Bai Qingyan opened the curtains for Ji Langhua and said hurriedly, “It’s Shen Qingzhu! Thank you for your hard work!”
Bai Qingyan did not leave, but helped Ji Langhua inside the curtain.
After Ji Langhua finished treating Shen Qingzhu’s injuries and wrote the prescription, he lay down on the table and fell asleep in a daze.
It was still dark outside and there was lightning and thunder, followed by heavy rain.
Bai Qingyan tucked in the corners of the quilt for Shen Qingzhu and stood under the porch watching the heavy rain, worrying whether the wheat had been harvested.
When the lightning flashed through the darkness, one could clearly see the soldiers bending over with their heads down, working hard to harvest wheat in the rain, and the guards standing on high ground holding arrows to prevent the spies from Daliang from coming to investigate.
We must act quickly and quietly tonight. This is a military order and everyone must obey it.
The Jin army harvested the wheat fields overnight, and the Liang army dug the large canal overnight.
It was just daybreak and Xun Tianzhang’s son had just helped Xun Tianzhang drink his medicine when he heard the spy coming in the rain to report.
General Liang, who was dripping with rain all over his body, hurried into the camp, wiped the rain off his face with his hand and said, “Commander-in-chief! The spies reported that last night the Jin army destroyed the grain transportation route of our Liang army, leaving only the Pingming Road. I’m afraid that our army’s grain and grass will be cut off!”
Xun Tianzhang clenched his fists, remained silent for a moment, and shook his head: “If the Jin army wants to cut off our army’s food supplies, they should block all the food routes and leave only Pingming Road. It is obvious that they want to divert our troops to Pingming Road!”
The Jin army probably wanted to first devour the troops of Daliang who went to protect the food and grass, and then devour the food and grass. At that time…how could the Daliang soldiers fight without food?
“What should the Marshal do now?”
Xun Tianzhang picked up a handkerchief and wiped the corners of his mouth that were sour from the bitter medicine. He said calmly, “The main force will go to Pingming Road and annihilate all the Jin troops there! Call all the generals to the commander’s tent to discuss matters.”
“yes!”
“Is the canal dug?” Xun Tianzhang turned and asked his son.
Xun Tianzhang’s son nodded and said, “The soldiers who dug the canal last night just returned to the camp to rest. I have already sent a battalion of people to take over, just waiting for your order. Fortunately, you acted decisively yesterday, and it started to rain heavily before dawn. I have lived for more than 40 years, but I have never seen such heavy rain!”