Chapter 1194 Come to See Me in Person
Chapter 1194 Come to see me in person
"Your Majesty! Even if you don't want to leave the city at this time, you should stay in the mansion! If the Xiliang army attacks the city, this mansion is safer than the city walls!" Wei Zhong chased after Bai Qingyan to dissuade him.
"If Gyantse City is breached, how can this small mansion withstand the Xiliang Army?" Bai Qingyan kept walking, and from the corner of her eye, she saw Chun Zhi with a tense expression following her, and turned her head and said to Chun Zhi "Chunzhi doesn't need to follow!"
Whether it was to capture her, the Emperor of the Great Zhou, or to set up an ambush to destroy the Great Zhou army who came to rescue her, Old General Cui would not choose to attack the city at this time.
For one thing, Old General Cui probably didn't have time to figure out the number of Zhou troops in Gyantse, so he couldn't attack the city rashly.
Second, if it is to set up an ambush for the Zhou army, it should be surrounded rather than attacked.
Chunzhi paused for a moment when he heard Bai Qingyan's words, then hurriedly followed, and said to Bai Qingyan: "This servant knows that this servant is useless and does not know martial arts, but... this servant wants to be by the eldest girl's side. The servant girl can lay down her life for the big girl!"
When Chun Zhi said this, her whole body was trembling, and she was suddenly besieged by the army. How could she, a servant who has been living in the prosperous imperial capital, not be afraid?
But her master is about to climb the city wall, how can she hide behind her master as a slave? She knew that she was useless, unlike Sister Chuntao who could take care of the eldest girl very well, and unlike Miss Qingzhu who was so strong in martial arts and could protect Bai Qingyan on the battlefield, she even had to become a drag on the eldest girl sometimes.
However, now that the enemy army is besieging the city, she wants to follow her master, even if she sacrifices her life to block an arrow for him, she has fulfilled her duty as a loyal servant!
Soldiers holding torches were everywhere outside the government office, hurrying towards the city wall in order, and the people who had just entered the city were also rushing to their homes with their children, and the street was in chaos.
Bai Qingyan stepped out of the gate of the mansion, turned her head to look at Chun Zhi, who was crying tears, as if she saw a younger Chun Tao, she jumped on the horse, and said to Chun Zhi: "Wait at the mansion!"
After finishing speaking, Bai Qingyan rushed out with his horse's belly, and Wei Zhong quickly followed...
Chun Zhi hurriedly chased after the horses, but there were panicked people everywhere, and soldiers shouting to let the people go home. Neng's eyes were red, tears were streaming down his face, and he folded his hands together, praying for God to bless Bai Qingyan's safety.
Bai Qingyan came to the west city gate first, and just as Bai Qingyan expected, there were many Xiliang troops at the west gate.
Judging from Bai Qingyan's many years of marching experience, the posture put on by the Xiliang army was to encircle rather than attack, and she was faintly relieved.
Not long after, the horn at the gate of the south city also sounded, and when the general guarding the city sent someone to inform Bai Qingyan, Bai Qingyan had already been observing the distance from the west city wall for a long time.
Hearing that the Xiliang army had surrounded the south city gate, Bai Qingyan turned to ask the messenger soldier who came to deliver the message: "Have the Bai family guards left the city?"
"Go back to Your Majesty, we're out of the city!" said the messenger soldier.
Not long after the orderer finished speaking, he saw a fast horse rushing out of the besieging enemy camp and galloping towards the city gate.
The general defending the city at Ximen clenched his sword around his waist and shouted loudly: "Archers, get ready, the enemy dares to cross the thunder pool, don't hesitate to shoot me into a hornet's nest!"
Bai Qingyan stared at the tighter and tighter horses with cold eyes, and casually took the big bow in the hands of the soldiers beside him, drew the arrow, set the bow calmly, and released...
The feathered arrow whistled, and instantly plunged under the hooves of the galloping horse. The horse was frightened and neighed, throwing off the Xiliang cavalry on its back.
The Xiliang cavalrymen broke out in cold sweat, seeing that the distance was almost there, and shouted loudly: "General Cui Shanzhong of Xiliang, please see the Emperor of Zhou!"
Bai Qingyan casually tossed the bow in his hand to the soldiers beside him, with a straight posture, looking down at the Xiliang cavalry not far from the city wall: "Old General Cui Shanzhong has hung the handsome flag in Yunjing, Xiliang, why? Appeared in Gyantse City again? If the old general Cui Shanzhong is really here, then please invite the old general Cui Shanzhong to come and see him in person!"
After finishing speaking, Bai Qingyan turned around and walked under the city wall, and told the generals guarding the city: "Let the soldiers not relax their guard!"
"yes!"
Bai Qingyan went down the city wall and said, "Order all the generals in the city to come to the west gate immediately! Also, tell the people who have just settled down in Gyangze City to go back immediately. If there are still people who stay outside after a stick of incense on special occasions, they will be treated carefully." , shoot to kill!"
"Yes!" The messenger who followed Bai Qingyan immediately got on his horse and hurried forward to deliver the order.
As soon as Bai Qingyan came down from the city wall, Liu Pinggao, the general sent by Da Zhou to defend the city, came quickly.
Liu Pinggao used to be a young general in the Anping camp. Later, he made military exploits several times and was promoted to guard the capital city. This time, he asked for orders to come to the front line to go to the battlefield. He did not expect that he would be assigned here to defend the city first. When Bai Qingyan entered the city, he even asked Bai Qingyan to send him to the front line. Unexpectedly, Gyantse City was besieged that night.
"Your Majesty!" Liu Pinggao walked up to Bai Qingyan after saluting, and said to Bai Qing very quickly, "I don't know how many troops came to besiege the city from Xiliang, but we only have more than 5,000 troops in the city. I went to check the grain depot. Fortunately, His Majesty ordered the relief grain and grass that will be sent to Yecheng Pass to be temporarily stored in Gyantse City, so it is not a problem that the grain and grass can be used by the soldiers for two months, but... if you add Those Xiliang people brought into the city of Gyantse may not be able to last long!"
After all, Liu Pinggao has been fighting outside all year round and has rich experience. When he learned that the city was surrounded by four sides, he immediately went to count the food and grass. After ordering people to watch it strictly, he immediately came to report to Bai Qingyan.
"There are not many people in Gyantse City, but the Xiliang refugees brought by His Majesty later, and the Xiliang refugees who came to Gyantse City after hearing the news, add up to a lot!" Liu Pinggao looked worried, "The general is worried, since The people of Xiliang have been prepared for a long time, and they only wait for His Majesty to enter the city and besiege the city. It is very likely that there are some of them among the refugees! We have to guard against it!"
Liu Pinggao's worries were exactly Bai Qingyan's worries, that's why Bai Qingyan ordered the people to return to their homes within a stick of incense, or they would be shot to death.
"Now that the army is besieging the city, we can't be chaotic in Gyantse. Immediately, you send trusted people under your command, with 500 soldiers, in a team of 20 people, to inspect each house according to the number of people registered in today's household registration. The whole family of the person will be imprisoned! Those who stay on the street after a stick of incense, their family members will also be imprisoned!" Bai Qingyan ordered.