The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 646: Notorious
Chapter 646: Eternal Infamy
However, if Liu Hong were to be asked to personally order the killing of nearly 20,000 soldiers, he really couldn’t bring himself to do it.
The emperor said that the matter was top secret and not to be leaked to outsiders, but with such a big commotion, how could it be possible that others were really unaware of it?
This time, the killing of the disarmed rebels was different from Bai Qingyan’s burning and killing of the surrendered prisoners from Xiliang in the city wall. Bai Qingyan’s act was a helpless move to protect the territory of Jin State and to defeat the larger force with a smaller one.
And Liu Hong only needed to wave his hand and thousands of arrows would be fired… killing the Jin State’s own soldiers.
In the future, historians will record that the name Liu Hong will probably be infamous for eternity.
Beneath the high walls, the Nando rebels and the imperial guards were huddled together. They saw that the two palace gates behind them were closed, but the Yongding Gate had not yet opened, trapping them in this small world. They looked up at the high walls, but the rain was too heavy to see anything.
“General Liu, don’t hesitate!” Liu Hong’s subordinates whispered in Liu Hong’s ear, “If you hesitate any longer, someone will get suspicious. Eighteen thousand people is not a small number. If someone notices, there will be chaos! Cut the Gordian knot!”
Liu Hong closed his eyes, clenched his teeth, raised his hand, and shouted, “Archers, get ready!”
Liu Hong’s subordinates also shouted upon hearing this: “Archers, get ready!”
The heavy rain could not drown out the voices of Liu Hong and his subordinates.
The archers standing on the high wall immediately stepped forward, shooting their arrows with cold light at the unarmed Nandu Army and Imperial Guards who had surrendered, taken off their armor and dressed in white, and were below the high wall.
“What are they going to do?!”
“They’re going to kill us!”
Some of the imperial guards reacted.
“What?! They’re going to kill us?!”
Nearly 18,000 white-clad soldiers under the high wall suddenly panicked and shouted towards the top of the wall.
“The Princess Zhenguo said that we won’t be killed if we surrender! We have surrendered! How can you kill people?”
“Fuck his ancestors! The son of a bitch doesn’t keep his word!”
In the heavy rain, a pale-faced imperial guard centurion forced himself to calm down, looked towards Yongding Gate, and shouted at the top of his lungs: “Brothers! Yongding Gate is right in front of us! Waiting here will lead to death. If we break through Yongding Gate, we can still survive! Break it!”
As soon as the centurion of the imperial guards finished speaking, he rushed towards Yongding Gate first, using his body to hit the sealed Yongding Gate.
More than 18,000 white-clad soldiers who were soaked by the heavy rain were like headless flies, and they all followed suit and used their bodies to hit the Yongding Gate, which had stood there for hundreds of years… solidly and heavily.
The soldier who went forward to break down the door fell in the rain, and was immediately stepped on by the soldiers behind him, who walked over his body, and his screams were terrifying.
“General!” Liu Hong’s subordinates saw that the crowd was already in chaos, and quickly turned around to urge Liu Hong, “General, don’t hesitate any longer!”
Liu Hong gritted his teeth and looked at the chaos below. He saw the white-clad captives being trampled to death, and the first person to hit the door was crushed to death by the crowd behind him…
Today, although Yongdingmen is peaceful and without fighting, the blood is still flowing.
Rather than letting these people die like this, it is better to let them die with dignity. Tears seemed to flow down Liu Hong’s cheeks.
“Damn it! Crash quickly! Otherwise we will all die here!” A surrendered soldier downstairs shouted loudly.
As soon as Bai Qingyan and the Bai family guards rushed up to the tower, they saw Liu Hong with red eyes and his hands raised high…
“Spare his life!” Bai Qingyan shouted loudly, “Spare his life!”
Upon hearing this, the imperial guards who were holding their bows and arrows turned around and saluted Bai Qingyan: “Princess Zhenguo!”
“Young lady!” The guard of the Bai family raised his hand, pointed at Liu Hong who was about to take action with wide eyes, and said in surprise, “It’s too far away! General Liu can’t hear the shouting!”
Bai Qingyan turned his head and looked at the imperial guard soldier beside him who was drawing his bow and arrow and aiming at the city wall below the city wall. He snatched the bow and arrow from the soldier’s hand, supported the city wall with one hand, and jumped up… He endured the severe pain in his arm, quickly drew the arrow and bow, and kept steady in the wind and rain, shaking uncontrollably. He could no longer lift his arm, and shot an arrow at Liu Hong in the distance.
The arrow broke through the rain and arrived in front of Liu Hong in the blink of an eye. It brushed past the wrist guard of Liu Hong’s hand that was about to fall, and fell down again.
Liu Hong turned around in shock, and saw Bai Qingyan, who was already soaked all over, standing on the city wall with a bow and arrow in his hand. The corners of his wet clothes were blown by the wind. Liu Hong quickly withdrew his hand, his heart beating like thunder, joy in his eyes, and he quickly ran towards Bai Qingyan!
The archers put away their arrows and saluted in the direction of Bai Qingyan.
The surrendered soldier who was knocking on the door suddenly saw a slender figure standing on the tower. He immediately opened his eyes wide and pointed to the top of the tower: “Look up there! It’s the Princess Zhenguo!”
“It seems the archer upstairs has collected his arrows!”
“Is the Princess Zhenguo here to stop them from killing us?!”
“I think… right! Princess Zhenguo said that you won’t be killed if you surrender!”
The Imperial Guards and Southern Capital Army under the city wall gradually quieted down and looked up at the high wall, wondering what fate would be waiting for them in the end.
Seeing Liu Hong coming towards her, Bai Qingyan gritted her teeth, threw the bow in her hand to the imperial guards, jumped off the city wall, and almost fell.
“Miss!” The guards of the Bai family supported Bai Qingyan, only to find that their daughter was trembling all over, and it was unclear whether it was sweat or rain… that was dripping down her pale face.
Bai Qingyan’s arm was already injured when he lifted up Prince Xian’s body, and now he tried his best to shoot an arrow, and his arm hurt so much that his breathing was difficult.
“It’s okay!” Bai Qingyan clenched his fists tightly, endured the severe pain, and walked towards Liu Hong with steady steps.
Liu Hong knew that the credit for saving the emperor went to Bai Qingyan, and he heard that when Bai Qingyan killed King Xian, he said… surrender and don’t kill. Since Bai Qingyan came in the rain at this time, he must have come to stop the killing and save people!
Liu Hong was unwilling to kill these imperial guards and the Southern Capital Army, so how could he not be happy when he saw Bai Qingyan? !
“Princess Zhenguo!” Liu Hong hurriedly bowed and saluted, “But Your Majesty, please spare her life!”
Bai Qingyan shook his head: “I am afraid that it will be too late to ask for His Majesty’s order first, so I have to stop Lord Liu first. I have to go to His Majesty’s bedroom to ask for the imperial decree.”
When Liu Hong heard this, the light in his eyes gradually faded: “I have already advised, Your Majesty…If you insist on doing this, even the Crown Prince…”
“I said that we won’t kill those who surrender. I will protect these soldiers!” Bai Qingyan said to Liu Hong, “Bai Qingyan will definitely ask for an imperial decree from His Majesty. Before Bai Qingyan comes back, please make sure to save the lives of these surrendered soldiers. I will bear all the blame.”
Liu Hong knew that the emperor was wary of the Bai family and Bai Qingyan. The emperor didn’t even listen to him, so how could he listen to Bai Qingyan? But Bai Qingyan was willing to give it a try… there was still a glimmer of hope.
Bai Qingyan’s new clothes were already soaked, and he should have looked disheveled, but Bai Qingyan stood there straight, his pupils cold, dark and deep.
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