Chapter 191: Chapter 189: Blossoming Everywhere_1 Chapter 191: Chapter 189: Blossoming Everywhere_1 So, he personally watched as the carpenter crafted this body for the Vice Commander out of wood, with the plan to retrieve the Vice Commander’s head and ensure a proper burial.

Who would have known, before he could act, Young General Bai would arrive!

Now that Young General Bai personally went to retrieve the Vice Commander’s head, success was inevitable.

Gu Wenchang stood beside Shen Kunyang, looking at the lifelike body in the coffin. His eyes heated, and he raised his hand to pat Shen Kunyang’s shoulder, choking out, “Young General Bai will definitely bring back the Vice Commander’s head! You don’t need to blame yourself anymore!”

“Young General Bai is back!”

Hearing this, Shen Kunyang and Gu Wenchang turned their heads towards the gate of the camp.

They saw Bai Qingyan riding a red chestnut horse, charging in with a whip in hand.

“Young General Bai!” Shen Kunyang and Gu Wenchang went to greet her.

Bai Qingyan leaped off the horse, firmly holding her father’s head in her arms.

“Young General Bai, I had a carpenter make a body for the Vice Commander! Please… place the Vice Commander into the coffin, so the Vice Commander can have a whole body for burial!” Shen Kunyang choked, unable to speak clearly.

She nodded, tightly holding her father’s head as she stepped forward, unfastening her cloak.

Her father’s cheeks were already dried up and sunken, making it impossible to see his once refined features. Her heart ached as if cut by a knife.

She blamed herself for not coming to the southern border sooner to spare her father some suffering.

And she also blamed herself, for even though the enemy was right in front of her, she could have shot him through the heart with an arrow, but she could not kill him, could not tear him apart!

The pain burned her so deeply that she felt worse than death. She bit her lip hard to suppress her trembling sobs.

In the previous life, her father’s head was hung high in the Xiliang Camp and never retrieved!

She personally placed her father’s head into the coffin, tightly clutching the edge of the coffin with both hands, forcing herself to keep her eyes open and look at her father’s unbearable face. She silently pledged in her heart, three years later, even if she turned into dust, she would… avenge the Bai family and the Bai family army!

“Eldest Young Lady…” Bai Jinzhi gently tugged at Bai Qingyan, “Don’t look anymore! After we achieve victory… we’ll bring Uncle back home!”

Yes, after victory, they could bring Father back home!

But what about the other Bai family members whose bodies were gone? How could she bring them home?

It was already the end of the second watch.

As long as General Wei Zhaonian returned with the ambushing Bai family army, they would attack Tianmen Pass.

Yun Poxing would never expect that after Bai Qingyan led two hundred men to scout and retrieve her father’s head, she would return again with a large army to attack the Xiliang Camp.

“Go and call General Zhang Duanrui!” she instructed.

General Zhang Duanrui, who had just dozed off for a moment, rushed over hearing that Bai Qingyan had returned.

Upon learning that Bai Qingyan had led two hundred men to retrieve the head of the Bai family army’s Vice Commander Bai Qishan, Zhang Duanrui admired Bai Qingyan even more, feeling profoundly that the new generation was indeed formidable.

The men of the Bai family had all fallen in the southern border. Who in Dadu City did not say… the century-old military family of the Duke of Zhen’s mansion was doomed to fall?

Who knew, Bai Qingyan, the eldest daughter of the Bai family, would stand up. Her integrity and wisdom could be called exemplary of the Bai family!

After explaining her plan to Zhang Duanrui, Bai Qingyan said, “The Xiliang army would never expect that the Jin army would attack twice in one night! Now, the Xiliang army, having seen their tens of thousands of troops buried in the sea of fire and their Commander fleeing in defeat, are already terrified! Along with our earlier raid, and the camp being set on fire, they are now exhausted and fearful! This is our best opportunity to attack Tianmen Pass!”

Zhang Duanrui nodded, “General Bai is right! After the complete victory at Wengshan, the Jin army’s morale is high. If they knew they were taking Tianmen Pass, they would be even more enthused! We will rest and regroup after taking Tianmen Pass!”

“The morale of the Jin army is in your hands, General Zhang!” Bai Qingyan bowed deeply.

“I won’t let General Bai down.”

After destroying the Xiliang cavalry sent to pursue Bai Qingyan, Wei Zhaonian returned to the city to see the soldiers ready and waiting.

Bai Qingyan and Zhang Duanrui stood on the command platform adorned with flags and high-placed fire basins, seemingly waiting for his return.

The solemn atmosphere made Wei Zhaonian’s body feel slightly numb. He rode forward, clasping his fists, “I have wiped out the Xiliang cavalry pursuing us on Huiping Road!”

“Thank you, General Wei!” Bai Qingyan stepped forward with a red tassel silver spear in hand, speaking to the Jin soldiers whose eyes were burning with battle flames, “Everyone, I have led two hundred Bai family soldiers to scout the Xiliang camp, and they all returned unscathed! The so-called fierce soldiers of Xiliang… are not as invincible and fearless as rumored! They are also human… invading other lands and killing their people, bearing guilt in their hearts, how could they dare to fight to the death? The reason our Bai family army’s undefeated myth ended by the Xiliang soldiers, is because we had our grandfather’s deputy, Liu Huanzhang, colluding with Nanyan and Xiliang. And King Xin forced a battle with the gold medal command arrow! The Bai family army’s undefeated legend… is because the Bai family army never invaded other countries. From beginning to end, we only fought to protect our land and people!”

Her voice rose, “Today! Whether Bai family army or Jin Kingdom’s elite soldiers! All are fighting to protect our Jin Kingdom’s people! To defend our Jin Kingdom’s land! We are then the invincible army! We protect our Jin Kingdom’s citizens! We guard our Jin Kingdom’s land! Those who dare to invade our Jin Kingdom, our Jin army will annihilate them!”

“Annihilate them!”

“Annihilate them!”

“Annihilate them!”

Both the Bai family army and the Jin army felt their emotions ignited, exhilarated.

Bai Qingyan leaped onto her horse, raising the red tassel spear high, “Move out!”

The soldiers roared, eager to kill the enemy and protect the people.

Wei Zhaonian was also filled with excitement. Looking at Bai Qingyan on the red horse, he knew from this moment on, the ten thousand Bai family soldiers, including himself, would be steadfastly loyal to Bai Qingyan, who led them back from Wengshan. They would become her battle axe and her support! Wherever her sword pointed… they would follow, ready to fight and charge!

That night, the canyon at Wengshan burned even fiercer due to the thousands of corpses set aflame.

The war in the southern border spread like wildfire.

The fifty thousand reinforcements from Jin, who marched a long distance to the southern border, first crushed the Xiliang army of over a hundred thousand at Wengshan Canyon. One part of the Jin army, led by a major general, attacked Feng County, while another part, along with the Bai family army, seized Tianmen Pass.

As Bai Qingyan said, the Xiliang army, after their main force was defeated and tens of thousands died in the inferno at Wengshan, was raided again by the Bai family army, making them even more battered and humiliated. General Fang Zhonghui, who was sent to chase the two hundred Bai family raiders, failed to return with the Xiliang cavalry, bringing instead the Bai family and Jin armies.

Exhausted and demoralized, who would have thought that the Jin army, which had already raided once, would attack again twice in one night?