The princess has no moral principles, why did you provoke her?

Chapter 214: Conquering the Barbarians

Baiyi City

When it was time to cook, several people from the kitchen went to get food.

When they entered the warehouse, they were horrified. One of them was furious: "Where is the food? Where is our food?

A full warehouse of grain was just delivered yesterday, how come it's gone now? Did a thief steal it?"

The soldiers guarding the granary rushed in upon hearing the shouting, their faces filled with disbelief: "How could this happen? Losing the grain would cost you your life."

A man quickly ran towards the tower. When he got there, he shouted, "Old General, this is bad, Old General!"

General Hu Yanzhuo frowned and asked, "What happened?"

The man knelt down and said, "Old General, all the food in the warehouse is gone.

In the morning, the people from the fire room took away the food, and the subordinates were responsible for guarding the warehouse and did not leave for a moment.

I don’t know why so much food just disappeared out of thin air.”

The guard became less and less confident as he spoke, and finally lowered his head.

Seeing that he didn't seem to be lying, Hu Yanzhuo questioned him, "If you dare to tell even a single lie, I will chop off your head."

The guard said, "Old General, even if I had the guts to do that, I wouldn't dare lie to you. The army's rations are really gone."

Hu Yanzhuo was furious and immediately said, "What's the use of you? You can't even take care of the storehouse."

After saying that, he hurried towards the military camp.

The soldiers guarding the warehouse were like ants on a hot pan, at a loss, fearing that the general would chop off their heads.

One person said: "So much military rations, which thief stole it?

Even if they were stealing, they would make some noise. How come we didn’t hear anything?”

When General Hu Yanzhuo arrived, the guards all knelt down.

He strode straight into the granary and saw that not a single bag of rice was left inside, so there was no rice to cook at noon.

His face turned ashen in an instant, his fists clenched, and his chest heaved rapidly, as if anger was about to burst out.

His eyes were as sharp as an eagle, staring at everything in front of him, and the intense anger was almost suffocating.

His body was trembling slightly, a sign of extreme anger, like a taut bowstring that could break at any moment.

"Who did this?"

The guard explained: “…”

He roared, his voice as fierce as a storm, and his tone was full of unquestionable authority.

After a long time, he gradually calmed down his anger. "Start to mobilize food and fodder. First, go to the grain store in the city to buy food to solve the urgent problem, and then go to the nearby counties to raise military rations."

"Yes, General!"

Some people then walked out.

"Military rations have never been stolen in all these years. This is the first time. But the Eastern Qin soldiers happened to arrive. They must have done it."

"..."

…………

The next day the sky was extremely clear, as bright as a pool of jade, without a trace of cloud.

Ye Qingyan selected five thousand troops, arranged the specific matters, and brought everyone to stop two miles away from Baiyi City.

With a serious look on her face, she took out a telescope and looked towards Baiyi City.

On top of the city wall, there stood an elderly general.

He was wearing helmet and armor, a robe and a belt, and was in high spirits, watching the developments ahead closely.

There was also a young general beside him, wearing a red robe, full of vigor and looking young.

A banner prohibiting war was hung high on the city wall, and some soldiers were standing on the city wall, moving stones.

Ye Qingyan's face was icy as she ordered, "General Zhang Yang, take a thousand soldiers and challenge us.

This is just a formality, it doesn't matter whether they leave the city or not.

If they don't come out, we can go in.

Ye Qingyan took out a loudspeaker and said, "This is a loudspeaker. Just press the button."

Ye Qingyan handed the loudspeaker to General Zhang.

When General Zhang saw this rare thing for the first time, he was surprised.

His eyes sparkled, and he immediately understood: "Yes, coach!"

"Go!" He called the men and horses together and marched forward.

Zhang Yang arrived at the foot of the city with a megaphone and shouted to the people on Baiyi City: "Commanders of Baiyi City, listen carefully! We are the main force of Dongqin, and we will attack Nanyue starting today.

If you come out and surrender, you will be spared, otherwise we will attack the city."

The voice was so loud that General Hu Yanzhuo could hear it clearly, "How arrogant! You're asking us to surrender before we even start fighting.

Tell them that we have already hung up the white flag and will not fight."

The soldiers defending the city began to shout: "..."

Ye Qingyan rode her horse to General Zhang's side.

She shouted into the loudspeaker, "Old General Huyan, I am the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Qin Army. You all know that the Imperial Master's 200,000-man army was all killed by us.

He couldn't defeat us, let alone you. Your army has no food or fodder.

If you surrender, this marshal can spare your lives.

I'll give you a quarter of an hour. If you come out of the city to fight, I'll blow you all to death.

If you don't leave the city, we'll enter and bomb you to death. The only way to save your lives is to surrender."

A deputy general on the tower said angrily: "Old General, if we fight, we will die. If we don't fight, we will also die. The only way is to surrender. This is not good. The Eastern Qin Army is too unreasonable.

How come this head coach is a woman? This is too arrogant.

Old General, I will lead my men out to fight them and see what they are capable of."

General Hu Yanzhuo sighed, "This female demon will be the nemesis of Nanyue."

"Old General, I led the troops to fight! We have never suffered such humiliation from me." The red-robed young general Huo Xian was filled with indignation.

The old general immediately refused: "No, Huo Xian, if we have to go to war, it will be me who will go. You are too young and have a long way to go.

Over the years, you have worked hard and uncomplainingly by my side, and I have long regarded you as my own son.

Now that the country is in crisis, you stay and I will go out.

Huo Xian, if this general dies in battle, you must surrender with everyone.

Not a single soldier survived among the 200,000-man army, let alone a mere 10,000 of us."

"No, old general, you are old. If I lose the battle, you must run away." Huo Xian instructed.

"..."

"Have you finished negotiating?"

At this moment, a cold female voice sounded.

Everyone looked at the person who spoke.

Hu Yanzhuo pointed at Ye Qingyan and said, "Why are you here? You're so bold! How dare you show up here, Commander of Dongqin?"

Ye Qingyan smiled innocently: "I told you, if you don't come out in a quarter of an hour, we will enter the city and blow you to death."

"you?"

Ye Qingyan smiled and said, "Yes, our people have already entered the city, you see."

Hu Yanzhuo walked down from the tower and was shocked to see the Dongqin troops. "The city gate is closed, how did you get in?"

"You who flew here, now you should fly out too."

Ye Qingyan waved her hand, and Hu Yanzhuo and other South Vietnamese troops all arrived one mile outside the city.

Hu Yanzhuo was shocked: "How could this happen? We haven't even left the city yet, how did we get to the outside? How can we defend the city?"