The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 789: Confused
Chapter 789: Live and Die
Zhao Sheng sat in front of the desk, listening to Mr. Cai, the strategist beside the Princess Zhenguo, telling him his past. Zhao Sheng then knew… It turned out that Mr. Cai was a strategist in the mansion of Li Mao, the left prime minister of the Great Jin State. Later, because the left prime minister offended the Princess Zhenguo, he was pushed out to be dealt with by the Princess Zhenguo. Not only did the Princess Zhenguo not deal with him, but she summoned him into her service and never looked down on him.
Cai Ziyuan knew that Bai Qingyan was a man with a broad mind that could accommodate the whole world, so it was easy for him to guess Bai Qingyan’s intention to recruit Zhao Sheng…including the intention to recruit Zhao Sheng’s Zhao family army.
Cai Ziyuan held a cup of hot tea in his hand and said to Zhao Sheng with a smile: “Perhaps General Zhao still thinks that I am a lobbyist sent by the Zhenguo Princess, but… the Zhenguo Princess has always been an open-minded person. She likes to speak her mind. If the opportunity is in front of General Zhao, if General Zhao does not want it… the Zhenguo Princess will definitely not force it! After all, for the Zhenguo Princess, with her intelligence and the way she trains soldiers, she does not need to rely on others!”
Having said that, Cai Ziyuan slowly blew into the teacup, took a sip, and then continued, “The reason why I recruited General Zhao is because the Princess cherishes talent. If she can get General Zhao’s help… I’m sure the Princess will speed up the unification of the world. But if General Zhao is unwilling, it will only be a little slower. The Princess is not unable to do it. After all, there are too many people who are willing to sacrifice their lives for the Princess, in order to see the day when the world is unified and to leave their names in history.”
For Zhao Sheng, what he wanted was to see the day when the world would be unified, to be able to participate in such a great cause, and to leave his name in history…
Zhao Sheng remained silent the whole time. In fact, he no longer needed Cai Ziyuan’s persuasion.
Today, Zhao Sheng met with the generals of General Zhao and the generals of the Liang army, and explained his intentions…
At first, some people cursed Zhao Sheng as a traitor, but when Zhao Sheng talked about the situation in the Liang court, how urgent the epidemic was in Daliang, and how the emperor was only obsessed with personal vendettas and ignored the people of Daliang and the lives of his soldiers, the generals of Daliang fell silent.
Later, Zhao Sheng talked with the generals of Daliang about what Bai Qingyan had said to him that day, which planted the seeds of unification in the hearts of all the generals of Daliang. He also explained Dayan’s current plot and current pace of progress, as well as Jin’s determination to destroy Daliang and lay the foundation for a unified world in the future.
The generals of Daliang all knew that the royal family of Daliang…did not have the courage to unify the world and end this chaotic world.
The soldiers in Daliang were even more skeptical. Did the emperor of Jin, who was devoted to seeking the truth and immortality, have such courage?
At this point, Zhao Sheng explained his guess clearly to his comrades. He believed that Princess Zhenguo had the ambition and courage to unify the world. He had already seen Princess Zhenguo’s rebellious intentions. He suspected that Jin’s all-out attack on Daliang might be the result of Princess Zhenguo’s plan.
Because Princess Zhenguo has made it clear that if Jin wants to unify, it must first take over Daliang… in order to eliminate worries in the north.
When Zhao Sheng told his comrades in Daliang that… he predicted that Princess Zhenguo would definitely rebel against the Jin royal family and that everything was ready, and that Princess Zhenguo was now waiting for the opportunity while preparing for the cause of unification and would definitely establish a new country in the future, the generals of the Zhao army were the first to kneel down and expressed their willingness to follow Zhao Sheng and serve Princess Zhenguo.
As a military general, who doesn’t want to be one of the heroes who contributes to pacifying the world?
To be honest, Daliang has become like this now. Even if Daliang can still survive, these military generals will probably have a hard time making a name for themselves in Liang.
Heroes emerge in troubled times. If a new country is established… they and Zhao Sheng will follow the princess and become the heroes of the new country in the future, and their names will go down in history.
But if we defend Liang State to the death, I am afraid that even our names will not appear in history books in the future.
Later, more and more generals from Daliang expressed their willingness to follow Zhao Sheng, but there were also loyal people in Liang who would rather die than surrender, and they cursed Zhao Sheng and the rebellious generals who followed Zhao Sheng.
However, after learning that the State of Yan had been advancing the cause of unification in an orderly manner, Zhao Sheng became more determined to follow Princess Zhenguo to pacify the world. He respectfully saluted those who insulted him, and the first thing he did after coming out of the dungeon was to ask for an audience with Princess Zhenguo.
Zhao Sheng did not tell Mr. Cai about all this. Zhao Sheng has never been one who is good at talking.
Seeing Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinzhi step into Zhao Sheng’s barracks, Cai Ziyuan quickly put down the teacup in his hand and stood up to salute.
Bai Qingyan nodded to Mr. Cai and his eyes fell on Zhao Sheng: “I heard that General Zhao wants to see me.”
Zhao Sheng stood up, straightened his clothes, came out from behind the table, lifted the hem of his shirt, knelt on one knee towards Bai Qingyan, and said loudly: “Zhao Sheng, I am willing to lead the soldiers of the Zhao family army to follow the princess and pacify the world.”
This result was originally within Bai Qingyan’s expectations. When Bai Qingyan saw the map in Zhao Sheng’s bag, Bai Qingyan knew… Zhao Sheng was also a man with great ambitions and aspirations, but the Emperor of Liang could not really be called a heroic ruler, so Zhao Sheng kept this thought in his heart.
Zhao Sheng was a man who refused to admit defeat. When he learned that the State of Yan had begun to unify the world and destroy Wei, he naturally became anxious and wanted to compete for this unprecedented achievement.
Bai Qingyan stepped forward, helped Zhao Shengxu up, and said, “General Zhao went to the dungeon today to meet the generals of Liang State. Was it to persuade them to follow General Zhao?”
“Since I want to follow the Princess Zhenguo, I must show my sincerity.” Zhao Sheng looked into Bai Qingyan’s gloomy eyes and said respectfully.
Bai Qingyan nodded: “General Zhao must have been scolded in the dungeon!”
“Just like Jin had its own King Zhenguo, Daliang has its own loyal and strong subjects! After all… Daliang is the hometown where we were born and raised. Our ancestors have been guarding this place for generations. But now… we have to follow Princess Zhenguo to attack our own motherland. Not everyone can turn around!” Zhao Sheng said.
“The world is originally one family. This move is not to attack Liang in order to destroy it, but to make the world one country again, to make the people of the world one family again, and to make sure there is no more war in the world!”
Bai Qingyan looked at Zhao Sheng. These were the words Bai Qingyan wanted to say to the Liang soldiers, but these words could not be said by Bai Qingyan.
“General Zhao, I, Bai Qingyan, swear to heaven that I will never harm the people in any city I visit. The Daliang royal family will not provide the people with medicinal materials to treat the epidemic, so I will provide them! I will protect the people that the Daliang royal family cannot protect! If you break this oath, General Zhao can take my head.”