The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 791: look down on you
Chapter 791 I look down on you
By then… the land of Liang will all become part of Jin, clearing the northern obstacles for the unification of the world. Even if Jin cannot be unified during the reign of the current Majesty and the Crown Prince, Jin will still become the richest and most powerful country in the world, and its dominant position will no longer be shaken.
Otherwise… once Yan destroyed Wei and Jin was unable to occupy all of Liang’s cities, Yan would replace Jin and become the new overlord.
Moreover, if Jin did not take advantage of this war between Yan and Wei to make up its mind to destroy Liang, it would never have the chance to destroy Liang in the future, because once Yan became strong, it would never sit idly by and watch Jin grow stronger and threaten Yan’s position as the powerful overlord.
She was willing to clear the obstacle of Liang State for the prince before she died.
Bai Qingyan’s words in the letter were sincere and full of loyalty. He expressed his willingness to do one last thing for the prince before his death, even though he was about to die.
The reason why she wrote this was because she knew clearly that the prince did not have the ambition to unify the country, but… he always regarded Jin as the overlord. The prince would never allow Yan, which was once trampled under the feet of Jin, to replace Jin and become the overlord of all nations again.
Bai Qingyan thought for a moment, then handed the letter to Zhang Duanning, asking Zhang Duanning to send it back to the capital city by express horse and hand it over to the prince.
Although Bai Qingyan did not instruct Zhang Duanning to deliver the letter to the prince personally, Zhang Duanning was afraid that Princess Zhenguo’s letter was urgent, so he arranged Fan Yugan’s return route and took his men to rush back to the capital city on horseback to deliver the letter.
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The people in the Taoist temple in Liuzhou City were originally in panic and were ready to resist the Jin army together.
Unexpectedly, the Taoist priest in the Taoist temple and the Liang soldiers who were protecting the people saw that the Jin army brought doctors and herbs to treat the people. They even discussed the prescription with the doctors of Daliang to discuss whether they could find substitutes for several expensive herbs in the prescription. This surprised the Liang soldiers.
There were also extremely outstanding doctors among the doctors in Daliang. They had read the prescription that Doctor Hong originally used for the people of Jin, and the prescription that the Liang army’s military doctor had improved at the Qingxi Mountain Pass. They then merged and adjusted the two prescriptions. The new prescription could actually help those suffering from the epidemic recover faster.
The mothers who had come to the Taoist temple with their children waiting to die, knelt down and cried in gratitude when they heard that the Jin army had brought prescriptions and herbs to treat the epidemic. Those mothers had no way to repay the Jin army for saving their children’s lives, but when they heard that the drug residue could be made into sachets and worn on the body to prevent epidemics, they collected the drug residue, made sachets into sachets and gave them to the Jin army soldiers to express their gratitude.
The people are actually very simple. They will be sincerely grateful to whoever can save their lives in times of crisis or feed them in times of peace.
Therefore, whether it was the people of Jin or Liang, the people who were not involved in the power struggle never cared who would become the emperor. All the people wanted was to have fields to cultivate, food to eat, warm clothes to wear, and a roof over their heads.
Yang Wuce, the general defending Liuzhou, was quite surprised to learn about this situation. He heard that the people who had been moved to the Taoist temple outside Liuzhou to treat the epidemic and had recovered were outside the city holding passes and asking for the city gates to be opened. Yang Wuce ordered his subordinates to open the city gates and check the passes and let the people enter the city.
On October 26, the 17th year of Xuanjia, the Jin army arrived at the city of Liuzhou. Yang Wuce, the general defending the city of Liuzhou, ordered the army to defend to the death. Zhao Sheng, who had surrendered to Princess Zhenguo, stepped forward alone and asked to meet with Yang Wuce.
Yang Wuce thought it over again and again, and thinking of the friendship he once had with the Zhao family army, he also left Liuzhou City alone and met Zhao Sheng, who was not carrying any weapons, under the city wall.
The two men sat on their horses without getting off. Yang Wuce glanced at the mighty Jin army in the distance and asked Zhao Sheng in a low voice, “General Zhao, are you being coerced by the Jin army and need my help?”
Zhao Sheng shook his head at Yang Wuce and said, “Brother Yang, you and I have fought together in the past and we can be considered as friends for life and death. Today I will tell you straight out that I have decided to submit to the Princess Zhenguo. Although the Princess Zhenguo is a woman… she has the ambition to pacify the world. Zhao Sheng is willing to follow the Princess Zhenguo and achieve this unprecedented feat!”
After hearing this, Yang Wuce tightened his grip on the reins, straightened his back and looked at Zhao Sheng with a cold and contemptuous look: “Zhao Sheng, you surrendered to the enemy and turned your horse around to become a running dog of the Jin State… You acted as a vanguard to attack your own people. Are you worthy of your grandfather, father, and the ancestors of the Zhao family who once protected this land of Daliang?”
“Brother Yang, have you ever thought about why we are fighting?” Zhao Sheng spoke calmly without anger.
“It is to protect the country and the people!” Yang Wuce’s words were sonorous.
Zhao Sheng gritted his teeth, his voice rising: “But now our Majesty, the emperor of Daliang! He doesn’t care about the lives of the people or the soldiers, he only wants to avenge the fourth prince! He is unwilling to bow to the State of Jin, unwilling to put aside his hatred for the lives of the people and the soldiers, and get the life-saving prescription first! How many of our soldiers…our people have died of the plague! Is such a king worthy of our loyalty? Brother Yang…we military officers protect the people! The emperor can save the people from danger, so we let him do whatever he wants! But now he is full of hatred and doesn’t listen to advice, he doesn’t care about the lives of the people, is he still worthy of being the emperor of a country?”
Lin Kangle, who was standing in front of the Jin army soldiers on horseback, frowned and asked Wang Xiping, “What are they talking about? Is that Zhao guy playing tricks?”
Wang Xiping turned his head to look at the calm woman in silver armor riding on a white horse, and said, “Princess Zhenguo knows what’s going on.”
Under the scorching sun, the warhorse under Yang Wuce kicked its hooves back and forth. He pulled the reins tightly to control the horse and clenched his teeth.
Zhao Sheng pointed his whip hand at the Jin army camp: “It was the Jin army. As soon as they arrived, they treated the disease for our infected soldiers. It was also the Jin army that went to the Taoist temple to help treat the people! Because in the heart of the Zhenguo Princess, there is no distinction between Jin and Liang. All countries in the world are one family, and all people in the world are people!”
Yang Wuce did not deny Zhao Sheng’s words. The Emperor of Daliang was now not concerned about the people at all and was full of hatred. The Liang court could not even provide enough herbs to the front-line troops, let alone the people. Most of the people in Liuzhou City were sent to the Taoist temple to die. It was indeed after the Jin army arrived that they saved the people of Liuzhou in the Taoist temple. He knew all this.
But this made Yang Wuce suspect that it was the Jin army’s trick.
“After all, you still betrayed your motherland…” Yang Wuce’s contempt became more and more obvious. “I look down on you. You have brought shame to the Zhao family’s reputation of loyalty and righteousness!”
Zhao Sheng did not argue: “Princess Zhenguo said… Although each country is its own, they can share the same writing system, the same wheel gauge, the same system, and the same ethics! We are one family! Princess Zhenguo is not fighting to destroy Liang, but to unify the world, so that the people will no longer suffer from the war, and everyone can live a peaceful life! Brother Yang… don’t you want to see such a day?”