The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 813: stop
Chapter 813: End
Yang Wu rode on his horse without getting off. He looked at Cao Renyi and chuckled. He felt that Cao Renyi was just as Princess Zhenguo had expected and wanted to negotiate terms with Princess Zhenguo in exchange for Daming Prefecture.
However, Princess Zhenguo has already explained that Cao Renyi is arrogant and proud, so she will leave him alone for now and will meet him again after she takes over Daming Prefecture.
Yang Wuce said: “Princess Zhenguo has sent General Zhao Sheng to lead his troops to Daming Prefecture. Daming Prefecture has sent out all its troops. I think… they will be captured by General Zhao Sheng soon.”
Cao Renyi opened his eyes wide, and was so shocked that he couldn’t recover for a long time. He asked loudly: “How many people did Zhao Sheng bring?”
“Less than 60,000! Don’t worry, General Cao… The Zhenguo Princess has given an order, so… General Zhao will not harm the people after entering the city!” Yang Wuce bowed to Cao Renyi and said, “The Zhenguo Princess has other instructions, General Cao, we will talk about it later!”
Cao Renyi’s heart was filled with blood. Talk?! Talk about what? Talk about the friendship between me and you for capturing me alive after I surrendered?!
The disarmed Liang troops left with the Jin army one after another and were detained in batches.
Since Cao Renyi and Yang Wuce were old acquaintances, the Jin army still took care of him and sent a military doctor to bandage Cao Renyi.
Before dawn, news came from Daming Prefecture that Zhao Sheng and Zhao Ran had captured Daming Prefecture and were welcoming Princess Zhenguo into the city.
On the first day of the first lunar month in the eighteenth year of the Xuanjia reign, the Jin army captured Daming Prefecture, and Princess Zhenguo Bai Qingyan led her troops into the city.
As soon as Zhao Sheng entered the city, the local officials were very obedient… They moved out of the house with their entire family and gave it to Princess Zhenguo to live in.
Zhao Sheng asked his soldiers to search the house thoroughly before inviting Bai Qingyan to move in.
Doctor Hong and other military doctors also followed into the city and went to the treatment center first to treat the people suffering from the epidemic.
The soldiers were already exhausted after a night of fierce fighting, but they could not help but feel excited and overwhelmed to be able to capture Daming Prefecture overnight. Especially after entering the city, when the people came to greet them and begged the Jin army to help their families treat the epidemic, the soldiers endured their fatigue and managed and dealt with the patients in the way that Princess Zhenguo had ordered them to do before, until Doctor Hong and other military doctors took over, and then they left.
Bai Qingyan did not sleep all night. After entering the city, he patrolled the camps as usual. Xiao Rongyan did not persuade Bai Qingyan to rest. He followed Bai Qingyan and patrolled one wounded camp after another.
The wounded soldiers had already entered the wounded camp and were having their wounds cleaned. One of the wounded soldiers saw Bai Qingyan, who had led them to a great victory in the surprise attack on the Liang army last night, and hurriedly stood up to greet Bai Qingyan.
Bai Qingyan waved his hand, signaling them to sit down and clean the wounds and not to worry about it.
Most of these soldiers were originally from the Liang army. They had only heard of Bai Qingyan’s invincibility before. Later, they joined Bai Qingyan’s army in Jianye City and Yong’an City. One was surrender, and the other could not truly demonstrate Bai Qingyan’s level.
This time, Bai Qingyan was able to predict that Cao Renyi was going to launch a surprise attack, and he led them to prepare for it in advance, and ordered Zhao Sheng to lead troops to capture Daming Prefecture. In the eyes of the soldiers, Bai Qingyan’s control over the battle situation was like a god, and they felt confident fighting with such a general.
The old soldier who had his ear cut off during the siege and had been bandaged was sitting against the wall talking to the new recruit who had also had his wound bandaged, about the techniques he used to survive several battles. He had no idea that Bai Qingyan had already entered the wounded camp, and he was talking with great joy.
“To be honest, I am not good at anything except eating! But I am good at hiding. But hiding… also requires experience! Otherwise, if you hide in the arms of the enemy, you will be stabbed and your head will be cut off! That would be in vain!”
Seeing several recruits craning their necks to listen to his experience, the old soldier pretended to be mysterious and dragged his words. He took off his shoes that were soaked with sand and gravel, knocked them on the ground, and put them on before saying, “Let me tell you, this unique skill of saving life on the battlefield is not something I usually tell you! I’ll tell you about it since it’s meant to be with you. This skill… is when the two armies start fighting, others rush forward blindly… But I won’t! I will run diagonally to the corners, so that I can avoid the sight of the military supervisor and save my life! You must remember… the most murderous enemy troops usually rush forward blindly, and those who run to the corners are all people who cherish their lives! Few dare to really fight with their swords! Not everyone is a fearless princess!”
“Besides… you said we were all ordinary people from Liang State. We were conscripted into the army out of necessity. Now… we have to fight for Jin State against us Liang people. There is no need to fight to the death! I plan to wait for the compensation for losing my ear this time, and then I will run away as soon as I can! Otherwise, I will lose not only my ear, but also my head!” The old soldier continued with a smile, “We are both Liang people and we were injured together. Based on this fate, I will tell you the skills that I have survived so many battles! Be smart on the battlefield in the future, don’t waste my efforts!”
Several new soldiers nodded as they listened. Just as they were about to ask the old soldier how to escape, they saw Bai Qingyan standing behind the old soldier. They stood up in shock and said, “Princess Zhenguo!”
Even if he had never seen Bai Qingyan, who else could the woman wearing silver armor and a red cloak in this military camp be other than Princess Bai Qingyan?
The old soldier first thought that these new recruits were deceiving him. He smiled, but when he turned around and saw Bai Qingyan, his face suddenly turned pale and his legs were shaking with fear. He was afraid that if Bai Qingyan heard his words of wanting to desert, his life would be over. He hurriedly held onto the wall and tried to get up, but Bai Qingyan pressed his shoulders and made him sit back down.
Xiao Rongyan followed Bai Qingyan with his hands behind his back, looking at the new recruits around him who had been instigated by the old soldier… and whose faces showed the words “desertion” written on them. His eyes fell on Bai Qingyan again.
According to common sense, the generals should kill the chicken to scare the monkeys at this time, to stop these recruits from thinking of fleeing, so that they will never dare to retreat again.
But Xiao Rongyan saw that Bai Qingyan was not angry, but had a smile on his lips. He was somewhat expectant… whether Bai Qingyan had a better solution.
“Zhen…Zhen Guo Princess!” The old soldier knelt down and kowtowed to Bai Qingyan to apologize, “I…I was talking nonsense! I beg the Princess Zhenguo to forgive me!”
Bai Qingyan smiled and said to the new recruit beside him: “Help him up!”
Bai Qingyan had a smile on his face. Although his armor was stained with blood, he did not have any of the murderous intent from last night. He was surprisingly easy-going.
The lightly injured recruit quickly stepped forward to help the old soldier with trembling legs up and stood aside. If the two recruits had not supported the old soldier who had lost his right ear, the old soldier would have fallen to the ground.
“It’s human nature to be afraid of death. If you don’t have the ability to raise a sword to kill the enemy on the battlefield, it’s understandable that you’d try to save your life.” Bai Qing’s voice was filled with a smile and his attitude was relaxed, which made many soldiers relax.
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