Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 1478

Chapter 1478: Chapter 1473: Defending Against the Enemy

General Gong, sitting in the main seat, guessed from Chen Qingsheng’s expression that the Yueqin was stolen by Yun Jianyue. He remembered that Cui Fengnian had delivered the ancient musical score with Chen Qingsheng, stood up, and shouted loudly, "Come, surround this place! Don’t let a single fly out!"

"Thank you, General!" Chen Qingsheng quickly bowed deeply to General Gong and earnestly asked Guan Jiu, "Besides you, who else has come into contact with Yun Jianyue?"

"Report..." A messenger rushed in, panting, and knelt on one knee before General Gong, shouting loudly, "General Gong, the Zhou army is attacking the city!"

"What!" General Gong, half-drunk, was instantly sober. Wasn’t the Zhou Kingdom gambling on the conflict with the Yan Kingdom? How could they really start fighting with Dongyi?

Not only General Gong, but the shouting of the messenger made all the commanders and high officials present stand up, their hearts filled with fear.

"The attack has already begun, it’s the black sails white python flag of the Bai family army!" The messenger mentioned the black sails white python flag and couldn’t help but shiver with fear, "That Bai family army is coming fiercely, General Gong, you must quickly request reinforcements!"

The Bai family army is so renowned that even the commanders of Daliang fear them, let alone Dongyi, which is a vassal state of Daliang.

Upon hearing, General Gong scanned the generals present and loudly said, "Zhou’s attacking, all generals set out immediately to counter the enemy!"

Though the generals had been drinking, and some with a lower tolerance were unsteady upon standing, General Gong’s order still made them rise and chase after him as he hurried outside...

"General Gong! General Gong!" Chen Qingsheng quickly caught up with General Gong, "But Yun Jianyue hasn’t been found yet, and the people here... Ah ah ah ah!"

Before Chen Qingsheng could finish speaking, he was pushed away by a general beside General Gong, causing him to fall from the corridor into the courtyard. If not for his servant’s quick reflexes to support him, Chen Qingsheng might have tumbled into the stream.

"What should I do! I’ve lost Yun Jianyue; how can I explain to my employer! My whole family’s life can’t make up for Yun Jianyue!" Chen Qingsheng nearly couldn’t stand, falling to the ground, yelling with tears, "Oh, heaven, who is the murderer who stole Yun Jianyue!"

"Shopkeeper! Shopkeeper... Don’t be too sad now! While it’s dark, we can send our people out to investigate! Such a large Yueqin, ordinary folks can’t hide it!" The servant holding Chen Qingsheng quickly shouted, "Calm down, otherwise there’s truly no way to explain to the employer!"

"Right, right, right!" Under the watchful eyes of the remaining nobles, Chen Qingsheng immediately ordered the guards brought to Dongyi to search the city, and after sending away the guests, the servants shut the door and searched inside the mansion.

The battle had started, and the wealthy families in Guadu City had no more interest in watching the excitement here; they hurried home to decide whether to hide or escape through the north gate.

What Chen Qingsheng and others are speaking is the elegant language of Zhou, and with their speech filled with sadness and urgency, even those wealthy families understanding this elegant language could only grasp the general idea.

Chen Qingsheng composed himself and quickly followed the departing high-ranking officials to apologize, using his not-so-fluent Dongyi language to say that after today’s incident, he would return another day to apologize at their doors...

Previously, General Gong only heard tales of Bai army’s achievements, knowing they were almost invincible in battle, but now facing them in a fight with Dongyi, General Gong truly realized their might.

Originally, Dongyi was a small subordinate country of Daliang; its city’s specifications couldn’t compare to Daliang, and even the city walls were half as tall. To the Bai army, fighting Dongyi was like using a butcher knife to kill a chicken.

Messengers on fast horses dispatched to Liuguan City with stationed troops requesting help had already left the city, heading straight for Liuguan...

Dongyi was known as a diminutive country; its land truly wasn’t large, and the distance between cities wasn’t as far as between Daliang and Zhou.

Cheng Yuanzhi, long ambushed along the only road, soon saw Guadu City’s defending soldiers on fast horses heading to Liuguan for help and immediately moved to Bai Qingyan’s side: "Young General Bai, the informers have gone, please go rest, leave it to me, old Cheng. No trouble will arise! Young General Bai first rest on the ship with Shen Liangyu and Huying army soldiers, once winning, I’ll immediately send someone to report, slaying chicken doesn’t require a butcher’s knife."

Bai Qingyan thought for a moment, nodded: "Leave it to you, make sure they can’t pass through to Guadu City!"

"Yes, Young General Bai, rest assured!" Cheng Yuanzhi responded, "Old Cheng won’t let anyone through!"

Bai Qingyan, accompanied by Shen Liangyu and two hundred men, left, and only then did Cheng Yuanzhi relax. He didn’t expect Bai Qingyan to lead two hundred men not back to the ship but instead proceed partway towards Liuguan City, then dispatch someone to watch Cheng Yuanzhi’s side, saying once their side engaged, they would report the battle situation of Dongyi army and Bai family army.