The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 799: long drive
Chapter 799: Riding a Horse
Seeing Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinzhi riding their horses out of the camp, Yue Shi took a step forward with a smile. Before he could call Bai Qingyan, he was stopped by the soldiers guarding the city gate with long spears.
Yue Shi glanced at the Jin soldier and could only step back in disappointment. It was not until Bai Qingyan rode out that Yue Shi called out happily, “Ms. Bai! Miss Bai!”
Bai Qingyan reined in his horse and jumped off. Looking at the delighted Yue Shi, he knew that everything was going well with Xiao Rongyan.
Yue Shi stepped forward, bowed to Bai Qingyan, turned around and pointed at the snow-white precious horse behind him, and said, “The master specially sent Yue Shi to deliver a horse for Miss Bai! The master said… although this horse may not be as good as Miss Bai’s previous horse, it has a very good temperament and is very humane. It may be able to protect Miss Bai on the battlefield!”
Bai Qingyan’s gaze fell on the snow-white horse behind Yue Shi. Bai Jinzhixian could not help but stepped forward and gently stroked the horse’s soft hair. Under the bright sun… the horse’s hair seemed to be coated with a layer of holy light. With the footsteps, the whole body gave people a feeling of bright and flowing light.
Ping’an saw the young master stroking the snow-white horse, breathing heavily from his nose and shaking his mane.
“Oh, right…” Yue Shi took out the letter hidden in his heart and handed it to Bai Qingyan respectfully, “This is a letter from my master to the eldest lady!”
Bai Qingyan took the letter and asked with a smile, “How is your master?”
“My master is in good condition. His brother also listened to Doctor Hong’s advice and is now resting well. It’s hard work for the master… A lot of things are on the master’s shoulders now. The master can’t get away, so he can only let Yue Shi come to deliver the horse! He can’t come to see the young lady in person!” Yue Shi said and bowed to Bai Qingyan again.
Bai Qingyan opened the letter. In it, Xiao Rongyan expressed his longing for Bai Qingyan very explicitly. He told Bai Qingyan to take care of himself while fighting outside and to accept the horse and not give it to anyone else.
Bai Qingyan’s ears felt hot as he read the next page…
In the letter, Xiao Rongyan told Bai Qing about some of the conditions in Wei. Ever since the Emperor of Wei personally led the army to fight, the capital of Wei had not been at peace. The Emperor’s elder brother was ready to contact his old subordinates and would replace him if anything happened to the Emperor. The Emperor’s eight-year-old son was nearly poisoned to death.
From then on, the Queen Mother of Wei kept the eight-year-old son of the Emperor of Wei by her side all day long, watching him like the apple of her eye, for fear that something might happen to the little prince.
Today, the State of Wei is facing internal and external troubles. Although the Emperor of Wei cannot be considered a wise ruler, he is not incompetent either. But even so… the Emperor of Wei is still outnumbered, and the army of Wei is already showing signs of fatigue.
The fact that the King of Wei personally led the army to fight but failed to win made the Yan army more determined to fight. The morale of the Wei army was low, and it was only a matter of time before they could capture the capital of Wei.
Bai Qingyan walked to the side of the horse, raised his hand and touched the horse’s neck. The snow-white horse seemed to know who its owner was, and lowered its head… and rubbed its head in Bai Qingyan’s palm.
The white horse in front of him looked a bit like Jifeng, but it had a completely different temperament from Jifeng. It was very docile, which was also pleasing to Bai Qingyan’s eyes: “Thank your master for me!”
“Yes!” Yue Shi saluted with his fists clasped.
Bai Qingyan turned to look at Yue Shi and suddenly asked, “Yue Shi, do you plan to stay by your master’s side as a guard?”
Yue Shi was startled when he heard the topic suddenly turn to himself: “I… don’t understand what the young lady means.”
Bai Qingyan stroked the horse and said with a smile: “You are very skilled and can fight ten people at once. It’s a pity for you to only be a bodyguard!”
Without waiting for Yue Shi to ask again, she smiled and said to Yue Shi: “Tell your master that I named this horse… Taiping.”
Riding on horseback, fighting and killing, all for peace.
Confused Yue Shi hurriedly bowed to Bai Qingyan: “Yes!”
“Do you want to go into Qingxi Mountain Pass to rest?” Bai Qingyan asked.
Yue Shi shook his head: “I want to get back as soon as possible!”
As expected, Bai Qingyan nodded, took a bag from the horse she had just ridden, and threw it to Yue Shi: “For the journey…”
Yue Shi looked down and saw that it was the dried meat that Bai Qingyan had prepared for him. He smiled with his eyes narrowed: “Thank you, young lady!”
“Take care on your journey!” Bai Qingyan bowed to Yue Shi.
See you someday, maybe… Bai Qingyan, Xiao Rongyan and Yue Shi will stand on opposite sides.
“Miss… aren’t you going to bring a letter to my master?” Yue Shi asked cautiously.
“Tell your master to take care of himself.”
Yue Shi: “…”
Forget it, just tell the master what he said!
Yue Shiyi jumped onto the horse, mission accomplished, and hurried back to Xiao Rongyan. Xiao Rongyan had already ordered the Second Prince Murong Ping and General Xie Xun that as long as they captured the Wei capital Changcheng, they would invite His Majesty to ride in the carriage into the Wei imperial city to restore the reputation of Great Yan and let the world see… Yan is no longer the Yan of that time, they must make Xiliang afraid… they must make Xiliang afraid and let Xiliang take the initiative to come and seek peace.
Yue Shi didn’t want to miss the grand occasion of His Majesty entering the Wei capital Changcheng, so he had to hurry back.
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On November 22, the 17th year of Xuanjia, Yang Wuce, the general defending Liuzhou in Daliang, led 20,000 soldiers from Liuzhou City and 30,000 Liang soldiers who came to Liuzhou to surrender to the State of Jin. The Jin army captured Liuzhou City without bloodshed.
After Daliang lost 30,000 Zhao family troops led by Zhao Sheng and more than 30,000 Liang soldiers at Qingxi Mountain Pass, it lost more than 50,000 troops. The trend of national decline was already apparent.
Bai Qingyan ordered that the people should not be robbed, but some wealthy businessmen who stayed in Liuzhou City presented treasures to the Jin army in order to please them. Liu Hong knew that Bai Qingyan led the Shuoyang soldiers to Daliang this time and did not use the court’s military funds, so he ordered everyone to send these treasures to Bai Qingyan. Bai Qingyan accepted them without hesitation and had them transported to Shuoyang City… and handed them over to Manager Liu.
On November 23rd of the 17th year of Xuanjia, the Ghost-faced General of the Southern Rong captured the King of the Northern Rong alive and beheaded him in public, thus ending the brief division of the entire Rongdi before the arrival of the first heavy snow of the Rongdi. Because of his outstanding achievements, the Ghost-faced General was canonized as a king of a different surname by the King of Rongdi.
On November 24, the 17th year of Xuanjia, Liu Hong, the commander of the Jin army, decided to divide his troops into three groups and attack the capital of Daliang directly.
Liu Hong led an army of 80,000 in a straight line to attack the city.
Princess Gaoyi Bai Jinzhi led 40,000 soldiers to set out from the east gate of Liuzhou City, and took a long detour along the flat and vast fertile plains, avoiding most cities and heading towards Hancheng.
Princess Bai Qingyan, who was in charge of the defense of the country, led the three generals Zhao Ran, Zhao Sheng and Yang Wuce, and left from the west gate of Liuzhou City. They chose a road with the most cities along the way and headed towards Hancheng, in order to divide the Liang State’s resistance troops for Commander Liu Hong and Princess Gao Yi and relieve the pressure.
Excluding the soldiers who were killed or seriously injured among the Liang soldiers who surrendered to Jin, plus the 8,000 soldiers from Shuoyang, Bai Qingyan had a total of 120,000 troops under his command.
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