The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 778: die together
Chapter 778: Burn Together
Zhao Sheng, who was still fighting, heard the words and pulled out the spear from the corpse beside him and threw it towards Lin Kangle. Zhao Sheng would never allow anyone to disrupt the morale of his Daliang army.
But after a night of fierce fighting, Zhao Sheng was exhausted and his spear fell to the ground before it even touched Lin Kangle.
Zhao Sheng was panting heavily and looked back at the soldiers who were fleeing in his direction, throwing away their weapons and armor. The Jin army chasing after the Liang army was still shouting that they would not be killed if they surrendered. Many Liang soldiers threw away their weapons and armor, and squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands to show their submission. Many Liang soldiers had no intention of fighting anymore… Although they were several times larger than the Jin army, they were forced into a corner by four or five Jin soldiers. They dropped their weapons and trembled, and had no intention of fighting anymore.
“General, the city gate has been breached, the Jin army has entered, we can’t hold on any longer! Let’s protect you and fight our way out!” The soldiers of the Zhao Family Army beside Zhao Sheng supported Zhao Sheng and shouted, “Soldiers of the Zhao Family Army! We need to fight our way out for you! Kill!”
The situation was hopeless, and Zhao Sheng felt sad.
He looked up in despair, looking at the azure sky washed by rain, and the bright golden light illuminating the majestic Qingxi Mountain, but his heart gradually lost all color, leaving only a dark and desolate despair.
If the Qingxi Mountain Pass can be defended, Liang State will still have room for maneuver.
With the loss of the Qingxi Mountain Pass, the gates of Liang State were wide open…with no natural barriers to defend anymore, the danger of national destruction was imminent!
This is the Qingxi Mountain Pass, the most important pass in the world. No country has ever been able to break through it since it was built hundreds of years ago. But just this year… it was broken by the State of Jin, twice in a row! Could it be that God wants to destroy Daliang… destroy Zhao Sheng?
He had signed a military order, but if he couldn’t defend the Qingxi Mountain Pass, what would be the point of letting so many Zhao family soldiers fight for him?
It was because he was careless and underestimated the enemy that he lost the Qingxi Mountain Pass. He was sorry for the ancestors of the Zhao family who had guarded the Qingxi Mountain Pass with their lives for generations, sorry for the soldiers who sacrificed their lives to defend the Qingxi Mountain Pass, and even more sorry… for the third prince who had fought for him to get the opportunity to fight this time.
Zhao Sheng looked at the dazzling golden light that had moved from the cliff to this gloomy hell-like place, and looked at the corpses of his comrades illuminated by the golden light piled up like a mountain.
Zhao Sheng, filled with grief and indignation, pushed aside the Zhao family soldiers who wanted to escort him to the bloody road, and cried out loudly: “Third Prince, Zhao Sheng is sorry for you, I am going first!”
After saying this, Zhao Sheng raised his sword and was about to kill himself.
“General!”
“General!”
The soldiers of Zhao’s army were horrified.
At the moment when the sword in Zhao Sheng’s hand was about to touch his neck, a cold metallic light with a whistling sound in the morning sun passed over the heads of the Zhao family soldiers who were too late to stop Zhao Sheng…
“clang–”
The curved-blade broadsword that was already touching Zhao Sheng’s neck was suddenly hit by a huge force and flew out of Zhao Sheng’s hand.
Zhao Sheng turned his head and saw a white horse coming in the dazzling sunlight, raising its hooves and neighing loudly, flying over numerous obstacles and fighting soldiers.
On the steed, the woman in military uniform stood upright, her cape fluttering in the wind. Her face was calm and reserved. She quickly drew the bow and arrow again, then calmly let go…
The cold arrow brushed past Bai Jinzhi’s ear and pierced the throat of the Liang army who was about to attack Bai Jinzhi from behind. The feathered arrow penetrated into the wall behind him, and the bloody tail of the arrow trembled constantly.
Bai Jinzhi looked up and saw Bai Qingyan, and her blood boiled with excitement: “Elder sister!”
Bai Qingyan, who was sweating all over after fighting, saw that Bai Jinzhi was safe, so he reined in his horse and shouted, “The Qingxi Mountain Pass has been breached! The Liang army is doomed to fail! Those who surrender will not be killed! Anyone who dares to resist… will be killed without mercy!”
Her voice was steady, solemn and powerful, and her decisiveness carried with it a chilling murderous intent and a majesty that made people dare not look directly at her. The Jin soldiers following Bai Qingyan rushed forward one after another, pointing their sharp knives and blades directly at the Liang army, forcing the Liang army, which was already retreating and losing its morale, to have no courage to fight again.
Zhao Sheng was supported by the soldiers of the Zhao family army. His subordinates were afraid that Zhao Sheng would raise his knife and cut his own throat again, so they had to hold Zhao Sheng tightly.
Bai Qingyan suppressed his heavy breathing and stood on horseback under the bright sunlight. Seeing the Liang army laying down their weapons and kneeling down to surrender, he looked at Zhao Sheng who was surrounded by the soldiers of the Zhao army.
Their eyes met. Zhao Sheng looked at Bai Qingyan, whose eyes were calm but whose aura was overwhelming. The slight desire in his heart to fight with Bai Qingyan to avenge his shame disappeared like the last spark in an incense burner, turning into light smoke.
“Princess Zhenguo!” Lin Kangle also smiled in the direction of Bai Qingyan, “It’s the Princess Zhenguo!”
Princess Zhenguo led her troops to surround the surrendered prisoners from Daliang. Victory was already decided. How could this not make people excited?
Bai Jinzhi stepped on the corpses of the enemy soldiers and ran towards Bai Qingyan, jumping for joy like a child. The Zhao family soldiers beside Zhao Sheng clenched their knives and stared directly at Bai Jinzhi who was rushing towards Bai Qingyan, as if they were waiting for an opportunity to perish together and die a worthy death.
Seeing Bai Jinzhi getting closer and closer, the man gripped the knife tighter and tighter…
But before he could rush out, he was stopped by Zhao Sheng.
“General?!” The soldier of the Zhao family army looked at Zhao Sheng. Seeing that Zhao Sheng was staring at Bai Qingyan’s direction, he also turned his head and suddenly felt cold all over.
The arrow in Princess Zhenguo’s hand, shining with cold metallic light, was pointing directly in his direction. She looked at him with a dark and unfathomable gaze, so dark and indifferent that it made people tremble with fear.
If he had not been held back by General Zhao when he moved just now, he would have been shot through the throat by an arrow.
The sharp blade in the hands of the Zhao family soldier fell to the ground with a clang, and the situation had been controlled by the Jin army.
Bai Qingyan put away the bow and arrow, inserted the feather arrow into the quiver, jumped off the horse swiftly, and embraced Bai Jinzhi, who was running towards her, with one hand.
“Elder sister! Elder sister, you are finally here…” Bai Jinzhi hugged Bai Qingyan tightly, her voice choked with sobs.
Lin Kangle rode his horse to Bai Qingyan to pay his respects. He was quite surprised to see Bai Jinzhi, who was usually invincible and brave on the battlefield, burying his head in the arms of Princess Zhenguo like a child, his voice choked with sobs. He had never seen Bai Jinzhi look so childish before.
“Alright! Alright…” Bai Qingyan gently stroked Bai Jinzhi’s head. He swallowed the words that he was going to scold Bai Jinzhi for being so audacious. Looking at Bai Jinzhi covered in blood, Bai Qingyan felt more distressed. He whispered, “Your soldiers are still here. Do you really want them to see their general acting like a spoiled child in their eldest sister’s arms?”
Bai Jinzhi stood up quickly upon hearing this. She raised her hand and wiped away her tears with her arm, then smiled at Bai Qingyan: “If elder sister had come a little later, I would have been able to take Zhao Sheng’s head and boost the morale of our soldiers!”
Bai Qingyan raised his hand and forcefully wiped the blood off Bai Jinzhi’s face: “We fight to stop the war, not to kill.”
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