The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 88: sacrifice one’s life for righteousness
Chapter 88: Sacrifice for Justice
The deputy commander, the son of the Duke of Zhenguo, Bai Qishan, who was ordered to go to Fengcheng, found that Fengcheng was safe and sound when he arrived at Fengcheng without stopping. The grain and grass official said that the grain and grass had not arrived in Fengcheng, and the deputy general Liu Huanzhang once stopped in Fengcheng and said that the grain and grass had been delivered directly to the front-line military camp, so the grain and grass official did not need to worry.
When the crown prince Bai Qishan learned of Liu Huanzhang’s rebellion, he turned around and tried to rush to the mountains of Sichuan and Ling. However, Liu Huanzhang led 180,000 soldiers to ambush them halfway along the Luofeng Gorge Road. The difference in strength was too great… Deputy Commander Bai Qishan was unable to resist with 10,000 soldiers and armored soldiers. He was seriously injured and retreated to Fengcheng with 1,000 remaining soldiers.
Deputy Commander Bai Qishan was trapped in Fengcheng for five days and ran out of food. Liu Huanzhang captured the five sons of the Bai family alive, stripped them of their clothes and cut their flesh before the battle, trying to force Deputy Commander Bai Qishan to surrender. Bai Qishan was determined to fight Liu Huanzhang to the death to delay time in order to protect the people of Fengcheng and retreat, and shot the five sons of the Bai family with tears in his eyes.
Before Deputy Marshal Bai Qishan went into battle, he asked those with only sons and elderly parents to step back, those who had not yet started a family to step back, and the rest… those who dared to die for the people of Dajin to follow him into battle to meet the enemy!
The 17th son of the Bai family, who was only 10 years old, stepped forward with a sword, saying that he would sacrifice his flesh and blood to fight for the people of Dajin and would never live in vain! The Bai family soldiers were deeply moved by the 10-year-old boy, and they all drew their swords to fight to the death to protect the people, and shouted three times that they would rather fight to the death than live in vain.
When the 50,000-strong army of Southern Yan raided the camp, Prince Xin took 3,000 soldiers and fled, leaving only 2,000 soldiers of the Bai family who were willing to fight to the death for the people with General Bai Qingyu, in order to delay time for the evacuation of the people in the rear.
Bai Qingyu sent 500 soldiers to evacuate the people, and took 1,500 soldiers to drink farewell wine, saying… Although we were born in different times, today we are fighting for the people of the Great Jin Dynasty, and we are all blood brothers. Let’s drink this wine and see you in the next life!
Later, General Bai Qingyu died along with 1,500 soldiers and their bodies were burned.
The brave general Bai Qingming defended Feng County to the death, and the coalition forces of Xiliang and Nanyan attacked the city. The brave general Bai Qingming said that millions of people depended on the later lord, and the Bai family army would fight to the death, and would not retreat until one man was left! In order to disrupt the morale of the Jin army, the commander of the coalition forces of Xiliang and Nanyan, Yun Poxing, beheaded the seventeen sons of the Bai family in front of the battle, and opened their stomachs to humiliate them. The stomachs of the seventeen sons of the Bai family were full of tree roots and soil, and Yun Poxing was shocked!
The Bai family army was aroused with murderous intent and fought bravely to kill the enemy!
Even the historian who was recording the march wrote these words at the end…
“I am ashamed of the bloodiness of a ten-year-old boy. Even though I am a scholar, I dare not throw down my pen and take up my sword! I will die on my horse’s hide… Go!”
After reading the six bamboo slips, in front of the Wude Gate… most of the Bai family members and the common people were already in tears.
Bai Qingyan held up the six blood-stained bamboo slips with his hands and shouted, “There is no food or grass in the southern border, and the deputy general Liu Huanzhang has committed treason! Prince Xin was greedy for merit and forced the Duke of Zhenguo Bai Weiting to go to war, resulting in the death of tens of thousands of soldiers in the southern border. He then put the blame on the Duke of Zhenguo, saying that he was stubborn in his use of the army. I beg Your Majesty to give justice to the heroic spirits and the loyal bones! Capture Liu Huanzhang, kill Prince Xin, rectify the country’s laws, and calm the people!”
After hearing this, the gatekeeper was also filled with righteous indignation, tears welling up in his eyes. He looked back and kindly signaled the Grand Princess: “Grand Princess, the drum should be struck thirty times! Let the Third Miss stop first!”
“Knock!” Bai Qingyan stood up with his eyes like torches, “I’ll take the thirty blows! Even if I die outside the Wude Gate today, the sound of the drums must reach the heavens!”
She knelt on one knee at the front as if to bear the blow of a military stick, staring intently at the magnificent and breathtaking Wude Gate in front of her.
Over the years, the Dengwen Drum here has been useless and more like a symbol, with no one daring to step forward and beat the drum.
The executioner held a big stick in his hand, tightly gripping it, his heart filled with emotions. After hearing how the man from the Bai family died, how could he continue to hit him with this stick? !
The weak and beautiful woman in front of him was the widow of the Bai family! This really made him unable to do it.
But even if you can’t do it, you have to do it, just be careful and keep some restraint.
“Miss Bai, the rules come first. I have to take action. Please forgive me!”
The court staff was raised high, and it was brought down with restrained force…
The club hit Bai Qingyan directly with the wind. She clenched her fists and almost fell to the ground. She gritted her teeth and felt a sweet and fishy taste in her chest.
“I’ll take it! I’m strong! I’ll take it!” Bai Jinzhi stepped forward to stop the long stick, and knelt in a row with Bai Qingyan. He said to the criminal officer, “My elder sister was injured in the killing of bandits that year. Her health has been poor to begin with. I’ll take it!”
“I’m the one beating the drum! Naturally, I’m the one to be punished!” Bai Jintong beat the drum hard, and his men kept beating.
“We sisters…will be beaten together!” Bai Jinxiu also knelt beside Bai Qingyan, “We have all been beaten with military sticks many times, so why are we afraid of this little court stick?!”
The man who was kneeling in the crowd with tears streaming down his face stood up, stepped out of the crowd, knelt down and said: “I will take the punishment for Miss Bai! The men of the Bai family died fighting for the country, is the widow of the Bai family also going to die for justice?! The Bai family is loyal and righteous… Your Majesty must give justice to the Bai family!”
“I’m here! The treacherous Prince Xin colluded with the traitor Liu Huanzhang to shirk responsibility for his own achievements, and even humiliated the remains of the heroes who sacrificed their lives for the Jin Dynasty! The men of the Bai family dared to die on the battlefield for their country and their people, and I also dare to sacrifice my life for the justice of the Bai family!”
The pale-faced scholar stood up and said, “Well said! What a great sacrifice of life for justice! I am just a scholar, and it is said that a scholar is useless. Today I will sacrifice my useless body, and only hope that the heroic spirit and loyal soul can get justice!”
The scholar’s words aroused the emotions of the people. Even women and children could not help crying out loud, especially the women with children. When they thought of the fate of the ten-year-old child of the Seventeenth Son of the Bai family and the Fourth Lady who almost died by crashing into the coffin, they actually stood up and said that they wanted to take the beating for the Bai family.
The people were outraged and, inspired by the chivalry of the first few people, responded one after another.
Bai Jinzhi looked back at the people who stood up for their Bai family, his heart seemed to be surging with huge waves, tears fell down in big drops, his throat was choked with sobs that he couldn’t even utter a word of thanks.
She suddenly remembered what her elder sister had said to her in Qinghui Courtyard on the first day of the new year…
——Without anyone in the court, it is difficult to move forward. If we lose the support of the people, we will be doomed! This… is the fate that the person behind this matter wants to see for our Bai family!
It turns out that this… is the will of the people that the eldest sister wants! It turns out that the will of the people is so powerful and vast.
The blood in her heart was surging, and her knuckles slowly clenched, as if she had suddenly been enlightened… No wonder the eldest sister, who used to be taciturn, would never tire of listing the Bai family’s achievements in front of others and expressing the Bai family’s patriotism and love for the people.
In the past, the Bai family did more and said less, so the people took it for granted.
Now, the eldest sister told the people of the Great Jin State what the Bai family had done for the Great Jin State and its people, and the people… burst into tears of gratitude.
As the saying goes, the crying child gets the milk, and this is indeed true.
“I’ll come too. I’m strong and healthy. No matter how many times the Bai family’s third lady hits me, I’ll take the blows from the military stick!”
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