The eldest princess held Bai Qingyan's hand firmly, turned her head, looked at the daughters-in-law with a calm gaze, and said: "eldest daughter-in-law, the house is entrusted to you, the second daughter-in-law, and the third daughter-in-law! Take care of them!
Good fourth and fifth wives! Guard the Bai family!"
Mrs. Dong suppressed the grief in her heart and saluted in the direction of the eldest princess: "Don't worry, mother, there will be no chaos in the mansion because of me!"
The emperor's biological aunt, the eldest princess of the court, and her granddaughter, followed by the people... walked to the palace gate.
"Let's go! Let's go too! Let's go to the imperial court with the eldest princess! Seek justice for the hero!"
"Let's go! Let's go together!"
The people were furious.
The eldest princess held the ebony crutch in one hand and tightly held Bai Qingyan's hand in the other. She walked forward with very firm steps, and her voice sounded as if it was coming from a bell and tripod: "Abao, for this matter of forcing King Xin to be killed, you
Too impatient, too impatient, too hasty! Do you know that you are forcing His Majesty to kill his only legitimate son? Aren't you afraid... this public sentiment and resentment, killing King Xin will also become a thorn in your heart?
A sharp blade?! After all...A Bao, you still don’t believe in me as a grandmother, do you?!"
She held her grandmother's withered and trembling hand tightly and said: "In the capital city, more than a hundred people are traveling with me, and the bamboo slips recording the march have been made public. If the emperor of Jin Dynasty is not afraid of the public opinion of the people, if he is not afraid of losing the people's support, he will
Even if you take my head! I fought for the Jin State and was seriously injured and could not have children! My grandfather, father, uncle, and younger brother all died in southern Xinjiang. Under the bright sun and moon, I bet that the emperor would not dare to kill him.
I……"
"As a daughter of the Bai family, if Po doesn't have the courage and willpower to slit his wrists, how can he seek revenge?"
The eldest princess paused in her steps, closed her eyes and raised her feet again, her throat trembling slightly: "Abao, when will you understand that the living are the most important?! Grandma... I can't lose any of you anymore.
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The voice of the eldest princess was full of age, and the brown marks in the deep folds were clearly visible, just like the disappointment and worry in her voice.
The guards outside the palace gate saw snow piled up on both sides of the road from a distance, and suddenly there were people walking in groups towards the palace gate.
It was loud and eye-catching.
The guards at the gate were all on alert, and some guards rushed back to the barracks to inform the gatekeeper. When the gatekeeper hurriedly put on his clothes and came out of the barracks, the eldest princess was carrying Miss Bai, the second girl, the third girl, and the fourth girl in mourning clothes.
And a group of people have arrived in front of Wudemen.
The gatekeeper came forward to salute the eldest princess, straightened up and asked: "I will finally see the eldest princess. I wonder why the eldest princess..."
Unexpectedly, before the gatekeeper commander finished speaking, the three girls from the Bai family took off their drumsticks and started beating the drums hard...
The sound of the rusty Denwen drum, which had been sitting outside the palace gate for hundreds of years with no one paying attention to it, startled all the birds in the palace to fly.
The eldest princess knelt down outside the palace gate tremblingly while holding on to the tiger-headed crutch. The gatekeeper was so frightened that he also knelt down.
I saw the Bai family girl, the Bai family's loyal servants, and the people all kneeling down behind the eldest princess. The momentum was like a wave, which caught people off guard.
At this time, the emperor, who was drinking tea on the soft couch and watching the delicate beauty playing the pipa, faintly heard the sound of drums and frowned, shouting: "Gao Demao..."
Gao Demao, the most shameless eunuch around the emperor, hurried in and knelt down: "Your Majesty..."
"Where did the drum sound come from?! I can't even listen to the music without a break!" The emperor was quite displeased.
"Back to Your Majesty, I heard it sounded like it was coming from before, and I have sent a young eunuch to check it out," Gao Demao said.
Outside Wude Gate.
Bai Jinxiu knelt beside the eldest princess, holding the bamboo slip with clear lips and teeth, and read word by word with tears in her eyes...
Bai Jinxiu's words were clear and round, and although he had a crying tone, he enunciated the words very clearly and quickly, making everyone present understand him clearly.
The six volumes of bamboo slips are clearly just records of the march, but Bai Jinxiu read them repeatedly in a cadence, making people feel as if they were on a battlefield where the sound of killings was loud, the shadows of swords were flashing, blood was splashing everywhere, and it was a life-and-death battlefield.
Liu Huanzhang, who was already treasonous, falsely spread the news that grain and grass had just been transported to Fengcheng, but he was attacked by Nanyan cavalry and besieged the city by 50,000 cavalry! The grain and grass supplies were trapped in the city. Without waiting for the Duke of Zhen to issue an order, King Xin was arrogant and ordered the Duke of Zhen.
Bai Weiting's second son, the cavalry general Bai Qiying, led 40,000 elite troops from Xinzhou to help.
The Duke of Zhen Guo had many years of experience in marching and suspected that there was fraud. However, the King of Credibility took out the gold medal command arrow given by the emperor to press him. The Duke of Zhen Guo had no choice but to agree. Later, the scouts came to report that Xiliang's main force of 250,000 people was ambushing them.
In the Chuanling Mountains, Bai Qiying was trapped and rushed to the rescue with 40,000 soldiers.
Seeing that he had been tricked, King Xin was panic-stricken, and ordered Bai Weiting to lead the main force of the army to the Chuanling Mountains, and join forces with Bai Qi to annihilate the main force of Xiliang. Bai Weiting suspected of fraud, but King Xin was ordered by the emperor to supervise the battle and forced Bai Weiting to fight, saying that Bai Weiting
If Wei Ting disobeys the order, he will report it to the Holy Emperor, saying that if Wei Ting sees the gold medal and orders arrows and refuses to resist the order, he will be able to destroy the nine tribes.
Bai Weiting, the Duke of Zhenguo, had no choice but to risk his deployment and ordered Hussar General Bai Qijing to lead an army of 20,000 soldiers from Raoguo Feng County to raid the Xiliang military camp. Deputy Commander Bai Qishan led 5,000 elite troops to rush to Fengcheng.
Bai Qingming and Bai Qingqi led 10,000 elite Bai family troops to station at the Linggu strategic road to coordinate with all parties.
Bai Weiting personally led an army of 50,000 people to the Chuanling Mountains, and ordered his deputy general Liu Huanzhang to lead the main force of 180,000 soldiers to hide in Black Bear Mountain and wait for an opportunity to raid the Chuanling Mountains.
Just as Bai Weiting expected, he led an army of 50,000 into the Chuanling Mountains to fall into the trap. All 40,000 elite soldiers led by Bai Qiying were wiped out. Xiliang's 450,000 troops were organized to await Duke Zhen. Duke Zhen could only place hope.
Lieutenant General Liu Huanzhang led the army to fight to the death.
On the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, the Jin army fought hard for three days. Our army of ten thousand was almost exhausted, and no deputy general Liu Huanzhang came to support him.
The commander-in-chief of Xiliang met with Duke Bai Weiting and said that Liu Huanzhang had betrayed Duke Bai Weiting because of his power. He then informed Xiliang and Nanyan about the marshal's troop formation.
The whole country has also sent out 400,000 elites. This time, it is bound to wipe out the Bai family army and the Bai family, breaking the backbone of the Jin Dynasty.
The coach of Xiliang also informed Duke Zhen that Liu Huanzhang used the name of Duke Bai Weiting to deceive the members of the Bai family and trap five people. Now he led his troops to escape, claiming Duke Zhen was treason and turned around to attack Fengcheng. He was still struggling desperately.
When the Jin army heard the news, they were instantly disheartened, like sheep surrounded by wolves, unable to resist.
Marshal Bai Weiting was hit by several arrows. Before he died, he ordered Bai Qinghui and Bai Qingyang of the Tiger Camp to bring military intelligence records to see King Xin and report to King Xin that Liu Huanzhang had rebelled! He ordered the entire army to fight for the two men at all costs.