The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 843: Set the overall picture
Chapter 843: Determining the Overall Situation
The eldest princess stated clearly that she was too old and weak to tell whether it was the Crown Prince or the Prince of Liang who was plotting rebellion.
But both the Crown Prince and the Prince of Liang are of royal blood, so the Grand Princess will not interfere this time and leave the decision entirely to the Emperor.
After being rejected, King Liang sent Fan Yuhuai to surround the Princess Zhenguo’s mansion and ordered that no one was allowed to enter or leave.
On March 29th of the eighteenth year of Xuanjia, the general of Yan State, Xie Xun, broke through the city of Weishu. The Queen Mother of Wei State was burned to death, and the life and death of the Emperor of Wei State was unknown.
On the first day of April in the eighteenth year of Xuanjia, under the strong persuasion of the old prime minister of the Liang court, the Emperor of Liang finally ordered the capital to be moved to Xiangliang.
For a time, high-ranking officials and nobles packed their bags, and the people of Hancheng were in panic and followed suit. The scene of war and chaos had already appeared before the Jin army arrived.
Even within the imperial palace, there was chaos. Emperor Liang, his concubines, the princes… as well as the palace maids and eunuchs were all busy packing up their belongings, fearing that they would be left behind.
However, moving the capital was a major event, and a large number of palace maids and eunuchs had to be sent to the Xiangliang Palace first, and then the emperor and his concubines would arrive.
In the harem…even the luggage of the concubines of lower rank required more than a dozen vehicles to carry their belongings, not to mention the emperor’s luggage.
Only the third prince decided to stay in Hancheng, waiting for the Rongdi Ghost-faced Prince to bring reinforcements, and only arranged for his wife, children and concubines to move the capital to Xiangliang with Emperor Liang.
On April 11, the eighteenth year of Xuanjia, when the Emperor of Liang was preparing to leave the city and the people of Hancheng were in danger and in chaos, the Jin army came like a surprise attack from the sky. Zhao Sheng led his troops to block the east, west and north gates of Hancheng, the capital of Liang.
At the same time, Emperor Liang received news that the defender of Yuegu City, Lin Pengfei, had surrendered after seeing Princess Zhenguo’s troops at the gates of the city for three days of resistance. He had submitted to Princess Zhenguo. At this time…Princess Zhenguo was leading her troops to Hancheng.
Upon hearing the news, Emperor Liang vomited blood and fainted. He was carried back to his bedroom, and Hancheng was in chaos.
The third prince acted decisively and ordered the army to move the capital lightly and escort Emperor Liang out of the city to Xiangliang.
Unexpectedly, before Emperor Liang woke up and had time to leave Hancheng, he received news that Princess Gaoyi led her troops from the direction of Daquan and were attacking the east gate of Hancheng.
In less than an hour, another news came that Jin’s general Liu Hong had defeated Zhongxing and was leading his army towards the south gate of Hancheng.
Lin Pengfei, the commander of Yuegu, has surrendered, and the princess of Zhenguo, Bai Qingyan, has also led her troops to Hancheng…
The State of Jin attacked from three directions and besieged Hancheng, and the State of Liang was doomed.
As for the Liang royal family…because of the Liang emperor’s earlier hesitation and reluctance to move the capital, they are now trapped in Hancheng. The old prime minister of the Liang court begs the Liang emperor to cede land to the Jin state in exchange for peace, and from then on pay tribute and submit to the Jin state in order to save the country.
Emperor Liang knew that what the old prime minister said made sense. He looked at the officials kneeling on the ground, but he was unwilling to give up. He shouted: “The Ghost-faced Prince of Rongdi is on his way! As long as we can hold on to Hancheng for a few more days, the Ghost-faced Prince will be able to solve our Hancheng dilemma once he arrives!”
At this time, Bai Qingyan was riding a snow-white horse and leading his troops in the front. He could already see the city of Hancheng and hear the sounds of fighting coming from Hancheng.
“Report…”
Seeing the spy returning on a fast horse, Bai Qingyan raised his hand, and the mighty army obeyed his orders and moved in unison.
The spy jumped off his horse, knelt on one knee and clasped his fists, saying: “Reporting to the Princess Zhenguo, Princess Gaoyi is leading her troops to attack the east gate of Hancheng!”
“Report…”
Another spy came back on horseback, with yellow dust flying behind him.
The spy dismounted and knelt on one knee: “Report to the Princess Zhenguo, General Liu Hong has already arrived at Zhongxing City and is leading his troops to the South Gate of Hancheng.”
“Report…”
The spies kept coming back.
“Reporting to the Princess Zhenguo, the royal family of Liang State is trapped in Hancheng. The few who escaped from Hancheng have been captured alive by Princess Gaoyi!”
Bai Qingyan nodded. She held the reins tightly in her hand and looked at the towering Hancheng under the bright sun. A sense of heroism suddenly arose in her heart…
The once rich and powerful Liang State, with its back to the North Sea and reaping the benefits of fishing and salt shipping, no longer existed.
And this… is just the beginning of unifying the world.
After conquering Liang, Bai Qingyan’s next step was to overthrow the corrupt Lin imperial power in Jin, establish a purpose for the common people of Jin, and govern Jin in a completely new way… one that puts the people first, rather than just benefiting the powerful.
“Your Highness, there is someone claiming to be one of Princess Zhenguo’s secret guards, and he is asking for an audience with the Princess on the orders of Madam Qin, the second daughter of the Bai family!” Yang Wei, a subordinate of Yang Wuce, followed the order and came to report the news to Princess Zhenguo.
Jinxiu sent out the secret guards. Could it be that something happened in the capital city?
“Where is the person? Take me to see him!” Bai Qingyan turned his horse around and rode straight to the rear of the army with Yang Wei.
After leaving the capital city, these secret guards rode fast horses day and night without rest, covering five hundred miles or even nearly six hundred miles a day. They changed horses at every post station. When they were hungry, they ate something immediately. When they were too sleepy to hold on any longer, they tied themselves tightly to the horse’s back and let the horse gallop forward with their companions.
They used such an extreme method and delivered the message to Bai Qingyan, who was about to arrive in Hancheng, the capital of Liang State, in just nineteen days.
After completing their mission, these secret guards finally couldn’t hold on any longer and fell to the ground, some even falling asleep.
Seeing Bai Qingyan galloping towards the army on a fast horse from afar, the secret spy Xingchen, who had sneaked into Bai’s mansion in the capital city several times at night to deliver messages to Bai Qingyan, stood up hurriedly.
Before Xingchen could take any steps forward, he was pointed at with spears by the Jin army soldiers, and had no choice but to take a step back.
It was not until Bai Qingyan reined in his horse that Xingchen woke up the other six secret guards, who all knelt on one knee to salute Bai Qingyan.
“Meet the Master!”
“But what happened in the capital city?” Bai Qingyan waved his whip, signaling the soldiers guarding these secret guards to retreat.
“My lord, on March 24th, the Second Miss ordered my subordinates to bring people to deliver a message that King Liang, together with the Left Prime Minister Li Mao and the Commander of the Imperial Guards Fan Yuhuai, were plotting a rebellion!” Xingchen said very quickly.
Yang Wei, who was following Bai Qingyan, was shocked. From the capital of Jin State to here… it took these secret guards only nineteen days!
Bai Qingyan tightened his grip.
Fan Yuhuai and King Liang… and Li Mao.
Sure enough, what Bai Qingyan guessed happened.
But didn’t she send a message back a long time ago, asking Bai Jinxiu and Qin Lang to go to Baiwo City to take up their posts together? Why is she still in the capital? !
“Is the second young lady still in the capital?” Bai Qingyan asked.
“Reply big girl, yes!”
She held the reins tightly. The King of Liang was rebelling again this time, he must want to accuse the Crown Prince of regicide before the army returned to the capital to destroy Liang, and then ascend the throne and announce it to the world, so… he could settle the overall situation.
This time, without Prince Xin’s cover, Prince Liang had no way to retreat. If he failed, he would die… He would definitely do his best. Even if she led the troops back to support him now, it would probably be too late.
Moreover, with only her own secret guards reporting, it might not be enough to convince Liu Hong to trust her and lead the troops back.
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