zChapter 893 - This Grandaunty Attacked Jue Ping City Because I Had a Dream (2/2)
When Feng Yu Heng opened her mouth, it caused Da Shun’s soldiers to begin laughing. A marmot? It was true! General Bi Xiu was naturally short and a bit round. Riding a camel, he looked like a marmot! Imperial Daughter’s description really was accurate.
It was also the case that Feng Yu Heng’s megaphone was very good and was very loud. The sound transmitted into the city and also caused some of Gu Shu’s soldiers to burst out laughing. There was even one that recalled what the girls in the red tents had said about General Bi Xiu. They had said that the general’s thing was very small, and he always demanded that the girls praise him for being skilled in battle. In truth, it was just messing around. Those that did not know might even think that he was a girl. Upon thinking of this, he found it even harder to hold back his laughter, causing his face to turn bright red.
Bi Xiu angrily hollered. Looking at the deputy general at his side and the officers of the coalition army, no matter how he looked at them, he felt as though they were laughing at him. He felt that he had no face and loudly shouted: “Little girl! Don’t be a fool and reject this face-saving offer!”
This was met with Feng Yu Heng’s laughter: “I say, marmot, are you tired? Shouting back and forth, will this battle be fought or not? Also, I will remind you that using the Feng family to provoke me is a grave mistake. You are opposing us, so why have you not thought of doing some investigating? The Feng family? Ever since a few years ago, this grandaunty has stopped expecting anything good from them. Whether they live or die, what damn difference does it make to me? As for you bringing up my mother’s funeral, I really do want to say a few words on that matter.” She cleared her throat then sat up straight, saying in a very serious tone to Bi Xiu: “Marmot, listen up. His Highness Prince Yu and this imperial daughter attacked Jue Ping City today is related to the funeral. This Imperial Daughter has gone to see mother’s grave and felt that the feng shui was extremely good. Yesterday, mother visited me in a dream and said that no matter how good the feng shui is, it is still too close to Gu Shu, and she is unable to sleep at ease. That’s why this imperial daughter and His Highness the ninth prince began to plan. Forget it, since mother felt that it’s too close to Gu Shu, let’s just chase Gu Shu further away. From this day forward, mother will be able to rest in peace without anyone disturbing her. It also will not permit you people from Gu Shu to cause any trouble. Un, right, this is the reason that we came to attack Jue Ping City tonight!”
These words nearly caused the noses of Gu Shu’s soldiers to go crooked from anger. It turned out that attacking Jue Ping and eradicating a city was because of a dream of a dead person? Could the excuse have been any more random? Could it have been any more infuriating? How should they accept this? If Jue Ping City was lost, even if they could keep their lives, if blame was assigned by the capital, what sort of explanation could be provided?
Bi Xiu thought on a different level and even thought of when he would need to kneel in court and beg the ruler through tears: “Da Shun said that the reason they attacked Jue Ping is that Imperial Daughter Ji An’s dead mother visited her in a dream.” The ruler of Gu Shu would then wave his hand and have him executed after saying: “Nonsense.”
Bi Xiu’s face was burning, and he was about to lead his soldiers forward to fight with Da Shun. At this time, Xuan Tian Ming’s voice spoke up: “This prince’s wife is in a bad mood. This prince is also unable to coax her. Forget it, forget it, let’s just take Jue Ping City to serve as some entertainment for my wife and to let her vent a bit. Sooner or later, we will go and destroy your base. Come, come, come, general marmot, will you come out, or should we come in?”
Feng Yu Heng interjected and said: “Let’s have them come out. Going in to fight would ruin the buildings, and we will be the ones that will need to repair it. It’s not worth it.”
In the end, Gu Shu’s soldiers were full of vigor. How could they endure this sort of humiliation? Thus they cast their horror into the back of their minds. Without any need for Bi Xiu to urge them, they raised their weapons and charged out of the city.
Bi Xiu had been infuriated to his limits. Feng Yu Heng repeatedly calling him marmot had specifically chosen his shortcomings to insult him. How could he endure it? In addition to this, the effects of the alcohol took hold once more, thus he simply raised his weapon and rushed out of the city.
The deputy general was a person from Gu Shu. Seeing his general charge out, there was no reason for him to remain inside the city, thus he loudly shouted: “Da Shun! Present your lives!” Once these words came out, he had already followed Bi Xiu in charging out.
Gu Shu’s soldiers had charged; however, the soldiers of the coalition army were relatively calm. Either way, Da Shun had only insulted Gu Shu. It was completely unrelated to them. The people of Gu Shu had been provoked by insults into charging toward their deaths; however, the coalition still remembered that Da Shun’s army had a weapon called heavenly lightning. Their hearts were still filled with horror, and they did not want to leave the city to participate in this brutal battle.
But to retreat like this was too shameful. After all, they had already formed a coalition. To retreat when the battle broke out would be too disgraceful. Thus these people simply remained inside Jue Ping to watch until the explosive “boom” of Da Shun’s heavenly lightning came from outside. In an instant, a gap was formed in the ranks of Gu Shu’s army of hundreds of thousands. Wu Lan’s general immediately brought his soldiers and retreated. Immediately following them, the other members of the coalition army also left, and someone even shouted: “General Bi Xiu, if you can’t win, just retreat! We will wait for you in Yue Ping City!”
From the frontline, Bi Xiu had regained his mental composure from the sound of exploding heavenly lightning, and he could faintly hear those words. The anger caused him to cough up a mouthful of blood…