Chapter 695: A Just Cause
Jizhou, Qinghe
Dong Jichuan smiled and congratulated Qin Heng, "General, once we take over Pingyuannan, Yangping, and Weiyi, the entire Jizhou will belong to Pingzhou."
Qin Heng nodded, "Yes." Their battle progressed very quickly this time.
Dong Jichuan proposed, "General, I suggest that we seize the opportunity to pursue the victory and capture the remaining cities in Jizhou as soon as possible."
Qin Heng agreed, "Okay, we will send troops to Yangping tomorrow and try to take these places as soon as possible."
He had just taken a walk into the military camp and found that the morale of the soldiers was still high due to the series of victories.
Qin Heng's combat goal was very clear. While Dali and Xianbei had not yet reacted and had no response strategy, he expanded as much as possible and occupied as much territory as possible.
The third brother, Qin Zhao, has already led his troops to Qingzhou, and the Sun family army led by Sun Congyi has also set off to Qingzhou. They also need to speed up their progress.
Qin Heng instructed his young generals, "Remind the soldiers, this is a tough battle." Yang Yingqin and Dong Guowei deployed defenses in Yangping and the southern part of the plain, and they must have been heavily guarded.
Young General Xiao Kun replied in a resounding voice, "General, don't worry."
Now their morale is high and they are very sharp. They can easily overcome all obstacles.
Pingyang
Qin Heng led his army to the city again.
This time, Yang Yingqin and Dong Guowei ordered their men to open the city gates.
Qin Heng and Dong Jichuan looked at each other. What was Dali doing?
"General Yang, General Dong, what do you mean?"
Yang Yingqin said loudly, "This general knows that this city cannot stop you."
Qin Heng: So you open the door to welcome guests?
Dong Jichuan said, "Then we will accept it with pleasure?"
The corners of Yang Yingqin's mouth twitched, and he pretended not to hear. At his command, soldiers carried out countless wounded people from the city. These wounded people included soldiers and civilians. But without exception, they were all groaning in pain.
Between Yang Yingqin and Dong Guowei stood an old man, who was none other than the great scholar Zhang Yong.
Seeing this scene, Qin Heng and Dong Jichuan looked at each other and thought, here they come.
Zhang Yong spoke first, "Does General Qin know me?"
"Of course I know him, Mr. Zhang, the great scholar and headmaster."
Zhang Yong nodded. "General Qin, is this battle necessary?"
Qin Heng: "Pingzhou must take Jizhou."
At this time, Zhang Yong said with a look of pity, "General Qin, Pingzhou has powerful weapons like explosives. We can take over any place we can see."
"However, using explosives, a powerful weapon, on fellow citizens is truly detrimental to the harmony of nature."
"We are of the same roots, why are we so eager to fight each other?"
Qin Heng found it funny. When two armies were fighting, using explosives was against the harmony of nature. Did they think Pingzhou would cut off one of his arms after they said that?
Some generals behind Qin Heng thought, Dali sent its own great scholar to the front line, just to bully their Lord Lu who didn't come to the front line, right?
At this time, Dong Jichuan appeared, fanning himself and asking, "Zhang Daru, your spies from Dali took advantage of our governor's childbirth to murder her, intending to kill both her and her. Isn't this against the will of heaven?"
This question surprised Zhang Yong, Yang Yingqin, Dong Guowei and others.
"Is there any misunderstanding here?" Zhang Yong just hoped that Pingzhou did not have any definite evidence.
"There is no misunderstanding. The mastermind behind this is none other than Xie Zhan, the Grand Commander of the Dali Army."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yong, Yang Yingqin and Dong Guowei took a deep breath and could not help but look at each other. Such a big hat was put on the head of Xie Zhan, the commander-in-chief of the Dali army. Didn't they want him to live?
"But as far as I know, Governor Lu and his daughter are safe and there is nothing wrong." Zhang Yong frowned.
Dong Jichuan put away his fan and said sternly, "If the victim was the emperor of Dali, you wouldn't have this attitude."
"As the saying goes, when the emperor is angry, corpses will be scattered across thousands of miles."
"In the eyes of our Pingzhou people, our Pingzhou Governor is no worse than your Dali Emperor."
"So, we, the whole of Pingzhou, are determined to get an explanation from the governor."
Hearing this, Zhang Yong said angrily, "General Qin, Dali has already paid the price for this matter."
"Isn't half of Jizhou enough to make amends?"
"Is it still impossible to calm Governor Lu down?"
"Can't you stop killing?"
"Do you intend to allow war to engulf the entire Dali?"
Dong Jichuan: "Your Dali spies nearly killed our governor and two others. Even if the governor and his daughter are safe in the end, it's only because of God's blessing. But how can you ask most of Jizhou to pay the price?"
Zhang Yong stared at Qin Heng, "Qin Heng, are you really going to raise an army and bring disaster to the world just for a personal grudge?"
Dong Jichuan rolled his eyes. At the last minute, he still wanted to spy on military intelligence.
Qin Heng: "I have no comment on this question!"
"Look!" Zhang Yong turned and pointed at the civilians and soldiers of Pingyang behind him, saying, "These people were once the people your Qin family protected. How could you bear to let them die so miserably under the explosives? How much more murderous sin do you intend to commit?"
Dong Jichuan, who was standing by, replied, "We can't bear it, so you Dali people can open the city gates and let the people choose to continue to be protected by our Qin family."
Dong Guowei and Yang Yingqin: ...
Zhang Yong finally asked Qin Heng, "After all this talk, are you still going to fight this battle?"
"Yes."
Zhang Yong said angrily, "You are so stubborn!"
After saying this, he flicked his sleeves and left.
"Okay, everyone, prepare to attack the city!" Qin Heng waved the general flag in his hand.
Hearing this, the soldiers behind him instantly became alert. Their entire army had eaten their fill, and they were not out here to gossip about their wives!
Generals Dong Guowei and Yang Yingqin reacted quickly. Under their command, archers suppressed the enemy from high above the city wall, while people outside the city quickly returned to the city and worked together to close the gate.
The shouts and cries of killing at the city gate shook the sky.
Dong Guowei and Yang Yingqin sat in a makeshift military tent, both looking solemn.
Yang Yingqin asked, "Pingzhou is so angry, is there something hidden behind this?"
Dong Guowei shook his head. "This might be an excuse for Pingzhou to send troops to Dali."
Yang Yingqin: "Let's ask someone to find out."
They later sent someone to investigate and soon got the result.
Perhaps Pingzhou had no intention of hiding it. It turned out that Lu Songli was harmed by a spy and was injured during childbirth.
Upon hearing the news, both Dong Guowei and Yang Yingqin, two grown men, could not help but frown. There were many explanations for the injury during childbirth.
It is a well-known fact that Lu Songli's health was not good, which was not conducive to her having children. She was even rejected by the Xie family because of this.
Dong Guowei sighed, "If this first child was a son, the Qin and Lu families probably wouldn't be so angry."
Yang Yingqin also nodded.
Now that Lu Songli is the governor, she gave birth to a daughter as her first child and even injured her body. The possibility of her being happy again is slim.
No wonder the Qin family is so angry.
Those who knew the inside story thought they had guessed the secret intentions of the Qin and Lu families, so they launched a war.
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