The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 814: Follow to the death
Chapter 814: Following to the Death
“Who isn’t afraid of death?” Bai Qingyan said with a smile, “Even Qin Shi Huang was afraid of death… Otherwise, why would he let Xu Fu seek the elixir of immortality?”
Some soldiers nodded in agreement, and the braver ones said to Bai Qingyan: “But we heard that the Princess Zhenguo is not afraid of death. In the early years of the war… she went through life and death together with the soldiers and served as the vanguard!”
Bai Qingyan, who was wearing silver armor, smiled and sat down. He waved his hand to signal the soldiers to sit down, and then he slowly spoke: “I am also a human being, how can I not be afraid of death? I remember the first time I went to the battlefield with my grandfather when I was thirteen years old. It was the first time I really saw heads fall to the ground, and the broken limbs of the enemy and my comrades. I vomited all over the place, and I had a high fever that night. I wanted to retreat and return to the capital city. I didn’t want to stay on the battlefield anymore…”
The soldiers in the wounded camp gathered together, wanting to hear Bai Qingyan’s detailed account.
Yue Shi was very tactful and brought a wooden stool to Xiao Rongyan. Xiao Rongyan sat down calmly, his deep gaze never leaving Bai Qingyan’s smiling face.
She looked at the old soldier who had lost an ear and was looking for a chance to escape, and said, “At that time, I wanted to be a deserter just like you! I told my grandfather… we are all human beings, and we were all raised by the same parents. Although we are not one country now, we have the same writing system, the same wheel gauge, the same system, and the same ethics. How is this different from being one country? When the First Emperor unified the world hundreds of years ago, we were one country! Why do we have to shed blood and sacrifice? Why do you have to hit me today… and I have to hit you tomorrow! Why can’t we let the tenants concentrate on farming? Why can’t we let the scholars in their prime study and gain knowledge, pass the imperial examinations, and use their knowledge to enrich the country and strengthen the people!”
“Whose life is not a life in this world? Who is not raised by parents’ love after being born? Our parents gave birth to us and raised us for more than ten years until we grew up… Could it be that it was just for us to raise our swords and fight against other people’s good boys, and then bury ourselves on the battlefield?”
When Bai Qingyan spoke to these soldiers, he did not speak too fast or too loudly, but slowly, which resonated with the soldiers.
Who doesn’t value life? Who wants to come to this battlefield to bleed and sacrifice?
Seeing the solemn expressions of the soldiers around him, Xiao Rongyan stared at Bai Qingyan quietly.
“I asked my grandfather, why are we fighting? Is it really to protect our homeland and our people, or is it for the benefit of the royal power of our motherland, which makes ordinary people bleed and sacrifice? Today, a king of a country has taken a fancy to the fertile land of another country, so he sent troops to fight. The number of casualties is of no concern to them. The king in the court only cares about whether he can take the land he wants, and the dead soldiers are just a simple number to them. Which king knows the names of the soldiers who died for their selfish desires?!”
“Tomorrow, the king of this country will be despised by other countries, so he will order his soldiers to go to war, as if only in this way can they prove that they have a strong backbone! But why should the king’s own honor and disgrace be washed away with the blood of countless soldiers… Why doesn’t the king of this country go to the battlefield to wash away the shame?! Or like Emperor Liang today, for the sake of his son’s personal revenge, he doesn’t care about the lives of the people… He doesn’t care about the blood and sacrifice of the soldiers, and he must fight to the death for revenge! But if he really wants revenge, why doesn’t he come with a knife himself?! His son’s life is his life! Don’t the soldiers who shed blood and sacrificed their lives have parents? Are they all made of stone?”
Xiao Rongyan’s palms clenched. Bai Qingyan’s words were very bold. This… could be considered a provocation to the imperial power.
The soldiers were also shocked by Bai Qingyan’s words and started talking among themselves.
Bai Qingyan stood up slowly, not seeming to think his words were shocking: “I asked my grandfather again… when will there be real peace in this world, when will there be no more wars!”
She looked around at the soldiers surrounding her and said loudly, “Grandfather told me that all our conquests are to protect our home and our people! It is also for the unification of the world! Only when the world is unified and the four seas are one family, can the people have eternal peace! The Bai family and the Bai family army protect the people and keep them safe… and they can protect not only the people of Jin, but also the people of the world! They can keep safe… and not only the people of Jin, but all the people of the world! This is the ambition passed down from generation to generation in the Bai family, and this is the original intention of the Bai family’s ancestors to establish the Bai family army! It is a skill to leave mountains of gold and silver for future generations, and it is a true hero who can lay a worry-free and peaceful land for future generations… and he is a true hero who has established his heart for the world and his life for the people! A true hero!”
“I am telling you all this today not to tell you how great the ambitions of the Bai family’s ancestors were, and how broad-minded they were! I want to tell you… the Bai family’s ancestors were also human beings, and they were afraid of death! But even if they were afraid, they had to fight this war because it was to prevent our descendants from having to live in such a chaotic world! It was to prevent our descendants from having to sacrifice their lives on the battlefield for the gains and losses of the interests of a country’s monarchy!”
“The reason why I am willing to be the vanguard despite being afraid of death is just for four words…peace in the world!”
Bai Qingyan pointed with four fingers, paused for each word, and retracted one finger. As soon as he finished speaking… his raised hand had already clenched into a fist.
“Whether you are from Liang or Jin, you are all people of the world! We are raising an army here to fight, which is different from any previous war! We are gathered here today… not to fight for the interests of the powers that be! But to fight for our descendants! To fight for world peace!” Bai Qingyan clasped his fists and looked around at the soldiers who were already full of passion, “Therefore, Bai Qingyan begs you to fight side by side with Bai Qingyan, so that this world… will have no more wars and killings! No more bloodshed and sacrifice! Bai Qingyan will do his best in this life to let you see the unification of the world, the world is peaceful, and the people live and work in peace… and enjoy the grand occasion of a peaceful and prosperous era!”
Bai Qing’s voice was sonorous and passionate, and the soldiers’ blood boiled.
The young soldier who had lost an eye and stood in the front, with red eyes, knelt on one knee, clasped his fists and shouted: “We will follow the princess to the death!”
Now, the soldiers in the wounded camp were not persuaded by Bai Qingyan’s empty words, but Bai Qingyan’s actions were consistent with what she said today.
Everyone said that Bai Qingyan was a killing god, but Bai Qingyan broke through the city of Liang State and ordered the entire army not to rob the people, and even helped the people treat the epidemic!
Especially outside the city of Liuzhou, Bai Qingyan sent Jin soldiers and military doctors to treat the people in the Taoist temple. He was not even afraid that the Liang doctors would get a glimpse of the prescription and send it back to the capital of Liang… and lose the thing that would allow Jin to control Liang the most in future peace talks.
Not only that, Bai Qingyan also asked General Zhao to give the prescription to Lord Yang Wuce, and asked Yang Wuce to send the prescription to the capital to save more people in Daliang.
Ding——Win the loyalty of the enemy country’s surrendered soldiers and start the Liang destruction mode.