The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 862: Raiders
Chapter 862: Surprise Attack
“Fifth sister, wait!” Bai Jinhua tried to stop them. She stared at the soldiers rushing towards her like a huge black wave in the distance and said, “Eldest sister is far away in Daliang. It’s impossible for her to come back so soon! Now we don’t know who is the enemy. Maybe it’s Li Mingrui’s trick to trick us into opening the city gate! So Fifth sister…it’s safer to defend Shuoyang City to the death!”
Bai Jinzhao, who was breathing heavily, felt that what Bai Jinhua said made sense. He calmed down his passion and nodded.
When Bai Qingping saw the black sail and white python flag, he was so excited that he almost lost his mind. After hearing what Bai Jinhua said, he hurriedly shouted: “Beat the drum! Be on guard!”
Soon, the first row of archers stood back on the city wall, aiming at the distance. The second and third rows of archers also squatted under the city wall, ready to replace them at any time.
The soldiers and civilians of Shuoyang took advantage of this time to catch their breath and transport more supplies to the top of the city wall in preparation for the next fierce battle.
Li Mingrui led his troops to flee northward. The soldiers who rushed towards Shuoyang City, led by the one-armed Ji Tingyu… slowly changed direction like a broad river, rushing to the north to intercept and kill the imperial guards led by Li Mingrui.
Bai Jinzhao tightly grasped the bow and arrow in her hand, and saw the army that appeared out of nowhere outside Shuoyang City, and was chasing and intercepting the imperial guards led by Li Mingrui, and killing them with extremely fast and fierce momentum. The scene was very shocking, and she was shocked. It turned out that this was a battlefield!
The war outside the city was still going on. The archers squatting on the city wall had beads of sweat dripping down their foreheads, but no one dared to slack off.
The army that suddenly appeared just now is so powerful. If they destroy the enemy and then attack the city, they cannot be unprepared.
As the sun set in the west, Bai Jinzhao, Bai Jinhua and others saw someone leading a small group of cavalrymen galloping towards Shuoyang City. Bai Qingping raised his hand and shouted, “Archers, get ready!”
The leader was a one-armed general. He rode his horse to the foot of the city wall, looked at the arrows and corpses of the imperial guards, reined in his horse, took off his helmet, and shouted, “General Ji Tingyu, I led the troops to rush to Shuoyang. We have annihilated the enemy and captured the enemy commander Li Mingrui alive. Please open the city gate!”
Bai Jinzhao opened his eyes wide and looked at Ji Tingyu, who was dark and thin with only one arm left under the city wall. His eyes were immediately wet: “Ji Tingyu! It’s Ji Tingyu! Open the city gate!”
Bai Qingping didn’t know who Ji Tingyu was, but seeing Bai Jinzhao so excited, he looked at Bai Jinhua for confirmation. Bai Jinhua’s eyes were also red, and he said to Bai Qingping: “Open the city gate quickly! It’s the Bai family army! It’s really the Bai family army!”
Ji Tingyu was training troops under the order of Bai Qingyan. When he heard about the rebellion of King Liang in Dadu, he originally planned to lead his troops to hide near Dadu. If the eldest and fourth girls could not come back… he would attack the city first and take control of Dadu after the chaos.
Unexpectedly, King Liang sent Li Mingrui to lead troops to attack Shuoyang. The second girl had the Yuanping army at her disposal and had already begun to attack the capital city.
Ji Tingyu acted decisively and led his troops to rush to Shuoyang for assistance.
As soon as he entered Shuoyang City, Ji Tingyu did not dare to delay and went straight to Bai Mansion.
When Mrs. Dong heard the news that Ji Tingyu led his troops to relieve Shuoyang from its predicament, her eyes suddenly became moist. It turned out… her daughter had already made arrangements for Shuoyang before leaving.
She had never imagined that the one who led the troops to relieve Shuoyang’s predicament was Ji Tingyu… the Ji Tingyu who had once sacrificed his life for the Bai family’s innocence, and who had almost been killed silently by his mother-in-law, the Grand Princess.
Dong calmed down the sad emotions in her heart, stood up, and went to the gate of Bai’s house to welcome Ji Tingyu with the third wife Li, the fourth wife Wang, and the fifth wife Qi.
Ji Tingyu, Bai Jinzhao and Bai Jinhua rode quickly under the attention of the people along the street.
Seeing the four Bai family ladies standing in front of the Bai Mansion, Ji Tingyu reined in his horse, jumped off without waiting for the horse to stop, knelt on one knee, supported his knee with his only remaining hand, and shouted: “Ji Tingyu, meet the four ladies!”
“Hurry up!” Mrs. Dong walked down the steps quickly and helped Ji Tingyu up, her eyes red. “You haven’t been home for the past two years. I thought the Bai family hurt your heart and you didn’t want to go back to the Bai family!”
Ji Tingyu pursed his lips and said, “Ji Tingyu is a Bai family soldier and a Bai family servant for one day, and will be a Bai family soldier and a Bai family servant for all eternity!”
When Fifth Madam Qi heard this, she wiped her tears with a handkerchief.
The third lady also hurriedly said: “Let Ji Tingyu come in and rest first!”
“No, madams!” Ji Tingyu said calmly, “The second young lady is now leading the Yuanping army to besiege the capital city. Ji Tingyu will rush over to help the second young lady! This time… in addition to the 8,000 Shuoyang troops left by the eldest young lady in Niujiao Mountain, there are also 2,000 Niujiao Mountain soldiers who will all stay in Shuoyang. Madams, rest assured!”
Dong nodded: “Thank you for your hard work! Go!”
“Aunt!” Bai Jinzhao stepped forward and knelt on one knee, clasping his fists. “Bai Jinzhao requests to go to the capital city with Ji Tingyu to help my second sister.”
“It’s better for Fifth Miss to stay in Shuoyang, just in case!” Ji Tingyu said to Bai Jinzhao, “Shuoyang is of utmost importance. All the wives and clan members of the Bai family are in Shuoyang. If we are not careful, they will be caught and used as leverage to threaten the eldest lady! If Fifth Miss stays in Shuoyang… it will be the biggest help to the eldest and second ladies!”
Bai Jinzhao frowned, but after a while he stood up and nodded to Ji Tingyu: “Please tell my second sister that we will definitely protect Shuoyang, so she doesn’t have to worry!”
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On the seventh day of the fifth month of the eighteenth year of the Xuanjia reign, the Yuanping army led by Bai Jinxiu and the Bai family army led by Ji Tingyu broke through the gates of Dadu City. King Liang sent people to pick up the crown prince, the crown princess and the little grandson from the sky prison, took the crown prince hostage, and led the imperial guards to retreat to the palace.
In just one month, the situation between Prince Liang and Bai Jinxiu had reversed. Prince Liang was now defending the imperial city, while Bai Jinxiu was at the gates.
On April 23, after being invited into the palace by Xie Yuchang and Fu Ruoxi, Prince Liang followed Li Mingrui’s advice and guarded against Princess Zhenguo, who was loyal to the crown prince, leading her troops back to Dadu…only to find that Prince Liang’s ascension to the throne was a foregone conclusion, but she still insisted on supporting the crown prince to ascend the throne and causing chaos.
Therefore, after King Liang took control of the palace, he ordered that grain be stored in the palace to prevent accidents. He also accepted Li Mao’s suggestion and sent people to Pingyang City with the emperor’s golden order, ordering the Pingyang army to quickly return to defend Dadu.
Bai Jinxiu followed the example of Prince Liang and, using the safety of the emperor, the crown prince and the little grandson as an excuse, besieged the city without attacking it and ordered the evacuation of the people in the capital city to prevent innocent people from suffering.
Bai Jinxiu wants to make plans for her elder sister to replace Lin’s imperial power in the future, so she has to waste time…she has to waste time until King Liang takes action against the prince and the emperor, and she has to drag it out until her elder sister returns.
King Liang also kept his troops in place in order to delay time until the Pingyang army could reach the capital city and serve as his surprise force.
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