Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 177

Chapter 177 -176: Swear to Follow to the Death_1

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The oldest counselor, Master Fang, paused while stroking his beard: “Between the canyons, the Xiliang army is on the east side, and General Zhang Duanrui on the west. The Xiliang army is trapped between our forces. Our Jin army might not lose!”

“In this battle, only if we follow Mr. Qin’s strategy can we achieve victory. There is no other way!”

Hearing this, the Crown Prince turned towards the door. Bai Qingyan, clad in battle armor, stepped into the government office and saluted the Crown Prince with clasped fists.

The Crown Prince’s pupils trembled slightly. With Bai Qingyan in full armor, she must have decided to join the battle!

Bai Qingyan straightened up and spoke rapidly: “The Xiliang army’s numbers are several times greater than ours. If Xiliang’s warriors attack the east ambush point of Wengshan Canyon and see General Zhang Duanrui’s troops ambushing from the west, wouldn’t they split their forces to attack both sides? Once Zhang Duanrui’s crossbowmen are held back by Xiliang’s warriors, our entire army will be annihilated in Wengshan and Jiuqu Peak!”

Hearing the words “entire army annihilated,” the Crown Prince felt a shiver run down his spine.

If the fifty thousand reinforcements died in Wengshan, the Jin would be at the mercy of Xiliang and Nanyan!

But if they won this battle, his position as Crown Prince would be secure and his fame would spread far and wide!

If they lost, he might as well give up being Crown Prince!

“Your Highness, you must not hesitate!” Qin Shangzhi knelt and urged loudly.

Bai Qingyan also knelt on one knee with clasped fists and solemnly said, “Your Highness, permit me to go! I must go! If you do not allow me to go, I will still go! The strategy for this battle was mine. I cannot watch thousands of soldiers die due to the mistake at Wengshan Canyon! Nor can I watch the remaining Bai family’s army be slaughtered by Yun Poxing and bear the shame!”

The Crown Prince clenched his fist tightly. Remembering Bai Qingyan’s advice last night and this morning, and recalling that she had been praised by the undefeated King of Zhen, Bai Weiting, as a genius in battle, he made a swift decision and let Bai Qingyan go!

He helped Bai Qingyan up and handed her the Commander’s Seal: “Then… Mr. Bai, the task is yours! I will dispatch two thousand guards from Wanping and all Jin soldiers on the Wengshan battlefield to await your command!”

“Your Highness need not worry. Before coming from the camp, I had already ordered the guard commanders to gather soldiers for the Crown Prince’s command! However, Your Highness is the Crown Prince, the foundation of the country. Not all Wanping guards should be deployed. A thousand must stay to protect Your Highness.” After saying this, Bai Qingyan took the Commander’s Seal and said, “Please command the Bai family’s Huying Camp to charge with me to Wengshan Canyon. If we lose this battle… Bai Qingyan will return to face you with my head!”

“Your Highness! Mr. Bai makes sense!” Master Fang, the old counselor, said. “Your Highness is the foundation of the country and must not be left unguarded!”

The Crown Prince gritted his teeth. With the battle imminent, there was no time for delay. Even if he needed to guard against Bai Qingyan… they could consider it after winning this battle!

“Huying Camp is waiting on the slopes outside the city. Take them!” said the Crown Prince.

“Bai Qingyan will not disgrace my mission!”

With that, Bai Qingyan turned and swiftly walked out.

The Crown Prince couldn’t help but follow a few steps and saw Bai Qingyan stride out the door, throw the Commander’s Seal to Bai Jinzhi, and leap onto her horse, calmly instructing, “Bai Jinzhi, quickly take the Commander’s Seal to the camp and assemble a thousand troops to follow me to Wengshan Canyon for a deadly battle!”

“Bai Jinzhi takes the command!” Bai Jinzhi grabbed the Commander’s Seal and galloped away.

“Sir!” Xiao Ruohai tossed a silver spear to Bai Qingyan.

She caught the silver spear with one hand, strapped the Shooting Sun Bow on her back, and spurred her horse to charge forward.