Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 1208

Chapter 1208: Chapter 1202: Firecrackers

Bai Qingyan showed a faint smile; she noticed that Liu Pinggao was growing increasingly greedy. Previously, there was concern about having only five thousand troops in the city, but now he even wants to bite off a piece of Xiliang. This mindset is excellent.

Liu Pinggao glanced at the Xiliang military camp and said to Bai Qingyan: "Your Majesty, in recent days we’ve been conducting small-scale harassments, opening and closing the city gates, and having random meal times, driving General Cui, who fears Xiliang troop losses, to the brink of exhaustion! Moreover, our Zhou army’s continued small-scale skirmishes have tired and irritated the Xiliang forces, decreasing their vigilance each time. I believe tonight is the best time to raid the camp; while they prepare for tomorrow, we can strike them first!"

Bai Qingyan shook her head: "Tonight, let our soldiers and the city dwellers have a peaceful sleep!"

Liu Pinggao hadn’t expected Bai Qingyan not to approve the raid and wanted to argue further: "The lowered vigilance makes it a perfect time for a night raid on the Xiliang army! Besides, I believe we can seize the opportunity during the raid tonight to have our troops break through and go to Yecheng Pass to inform General Yang Wuce not to come to the rescue! Otherwise, it’s a trap!"

"Although General Yang Wuce has been with Your Majesty for quite some time, he doesn’t have the same tacit understanding as the Bai family army. If he comes in haste to rescue..." Liu Pinggao hesitated.

Bai Qingyan shook her head: "There’s no need to waste the lives of our Zhou soldiers. Tomorrow’s siege will inevitably be a tough battle relying on our city’s forces!"

Currently, Bai Qingyan only hopes Du Sanbao can complete the task quickly.

Liu Pinggao, though uneasy, still believes there must be a reason behind their emperor’s arrangement.

Today is already the sixth day of February; Bai Qingyan observed that Xiliang’s camp only has one smoke signal a day, indicating that Xiliang’s food supply is becoming unsustainable.

The fear now is that Xiliang might act desperately and attack the city to seize food. However, the city’s food supply is also running low; Liu Pinggao calculated that it would last only a few more days.

While Bai Qingyan was deep in thought, Du Sanbao’s rugged and strong voice rose first from beneath the city wall...

"Your Majesty!"

Bai Qingyan looked up to see Du Sanbao, covered in dirt, robust yet dirty, running up from below the city wall.

Wei Zhong, seeing it’s Du Sanbao, smiled and walked forward from behind Bai Qingyan, signaling the guards not to stop Du Sanbao.

Seeing Du Sanbao so pleased, Bai Qingyan knew Du Sanbao’s task must have been successful.

Bai Qingyan genuinely sighed in relief.

"Your Majesty!" Du Sanbao ran up to Bai Qingyan, covered in damp earth odor, "Your Majesty, it’s dug through!"

"Dug through?" Liu Pinggao was full of suspicion.

Du Sanbao couldn’t bother to explain Liu Pinggao’s confusion: "Both Bai family guards have gone out. One took a secret letter as instructed by Your Majesty to find the scouts sent by General Yang Wuce, telling him to act according to Your Majesty’s instructions! Another has gone to our Zhou city, advising them to send food early! As instructed by Your Majesty, after sending out the Bai family guards, the entrance was sealed again!"

Bai Qingyan let out a long breath; it seems Fortune favors Zhou at this moment, otherwise, why would the tunnel be completed right at this time?

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