"Little girl!" Jiang Younan gritted his teeth and said fiercely, "You are a woman. Why don't you stay in the yard embroidering, taking care of your husband and children? Why do you run out to this battlefield where swords are blind?"
"I heard you and your husband haven't had sex yet? Is it because your husband is impotent and can't satisfy you, so you followed him to the battlefield to vent your anger?"
The white-clad woman's sweet laughter echoed through the air. She was holding a strange object to her lips, and the sound emanated from it, so loud that it could be heard throughout the night sky. It was a new version of the loudspeaker Yun Wanwan had modified after using it in the frontier army. This one had a much wider range than the first one she had made.
Yun Wanwan pointed the megaphone at Jiang Younan and said, "What does this princess do to you? You're a grown man, but you haven't killed as many people as a woman like me on the battlefield. Are you even inferior to women? Or is General Jiang so petite that he's basically a woman?"
Jiang Younan was born short, and what he hated most was being criticized for his height. He considered it a deeply humiliating thing. For years, others, knowing General Jiang's taboo, had never dared to mention his height in front of him. He never expected Yun Wanwan to bring it up in public today.
That would have been fine, but what was even more outrageous was that Yun Wanwan actually mocked him for being so short that he looked like a woman. Jiang Younan couldn't help it.
"So what if I'm short? The princess is so concerned about my height, maybe she's attracted to me. How about this, you kick Prince An and follow me, and I promise you'll become the most honorable general's wife in the Western Zhou Dynasty."
"Hmph! I'm the most distinguished woman in Beichen. Why should I condescend to marry you? And you said you wanted to marry me? Don't you even consider your own weight? Maybe if we stand together, you're not even as tall as me. Going out like this would be like a mother with her son. How can we be a good match?"
"General Jiang, if you have time to poach my people, you might as well raise yourself a few centimeters higher. You are standing next to your deputy general now. Those who know you will know that you are his superior, while those who don't will think you are a grandfather bringing his grandson to the battlefield."
Yun Wanwan's words caused the Beichen soldiers to burst into laughter again. Even Jiang Younan's deputy general was almost injured from holding back his laughter. It was exactly as Yun Wanwan had said.
Isn't it? He is tall and strong, but Jiang Younan is very short. Not only that, he is also very thin when standing next to him.
It is no exaggeration to say that he looks like his grandson.
It’s a pity that he doesn’t even have a wife and hasn’t given birth to a son, so how can he have a grandson?
Because Jiang Younan was still standing next to him, he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to. He was so uncomfortable that he had to turn around and cough to cover up his laughter, but this made Jiang Younan scream again. This action made Jiang Younan seem more like his grandson. He turned around and kicked him with such force that he fell to the ground.
Jiang Younan was already furious at this moment. It would have been fine if Yun Wanwan had just said that he was Yun Wanwan's son, but she actually said that he was the grandson of the deputy general, and his deputy general was even laughing at the side. Jiang Younan couldn't help but be furious.
Yun Wanwan seized the opportunity and had Ge Zichen throw a grenade. Jiang Younan was still absorbed in Yun Wanwan's words, and his anger alone was already raging. The deputy commander's reaction only added fuel to the fire, leaving Jiang Younan completely unable to focus on anything else.
Ge Zichen's aim was also quite good. He threw the grenade and it exploded before Jiang Younan and his deputy could react. No one standing on the city wall was spared and they were all killed by the grenade.
At the same time, Rong Chengxuan also ordered Beichen's soldiers to prepare to attack the city.
Jiang Younan's death happened suddenly. The soldiers of the Western Zhou Dynasty could never have imagined that their general would die in such a... miserable way under such circumstances.
The death of Jiang Younan also completely disrupted the morale of the Western Zhou army. Now that the commander-in-chief was dead, there was no need to fight this war at all.
Moreover, the Beichen Army is right outside the city and can attack at any time. Ah! They have already begun preparing to attack.
Under the shadow of the thunder, they had no power to fight back. Even the other deputy general who was left behind because Jiang Younan felt it would be a bit crowded to go up to the city wall with too many people was now in despair. Those who should die were already dead, and those who should not die were also dead. What's the point of fighting this battle!
He retreated step by step, ready to retreat at any time.
The soldiers of the Western Zhou Dynasty had experienced so much and were not stupid. The commander was dead, and the remaining deputy commander obviously wanted to run away. So what was the point of their fighting?
Let’s just run together!
So, without waiting for the Beichen army to attack, the Western Zhou army had already taken the initiative to retreat from Pingxing City's south gate. They didn't even bother to take care of the granaries before retreating, and they didn't even bother to burn all the food, leaving nothing for the Beichen people. They ran forward like they were in an Olympic race, desperately trying to escape, fearing that if they were too late, the Beichen army would arrive and kill them with thunder.
But in fact, the Beichen army outside the city did not take the initiative to attack at all. Rong Chengxuan asked them to prepare for the siege just for show, intending to scare the Western Zhou army, so they only moved forward for a distance and listened carefully to the movements inside outside the city gate.
Of course, there were also spies who openly drilled through the city wall and went into the city to inquire about the situation. However, the Western Zhou army was already in chaos at that time, and no one paid attention to the few extra Beichen people. It was not until the Western Zhou army had withdrawn without a single one left that the city gate was opened from the inside and Rong Chengxuan and Yun Wanwan were respectfully welcomed in.
Rong Chengxuan and Yun Wanwan were also surprised by this result. They could never have imagined that the people of the Western Zhou Dynasty were so frightened?
I just took a few steps forward and threw just one grenade, so how could he be scared away like that?
The reason why they did not attack Pingxing City like the previous two cities was not only because Yun Wanwan said that it was too far away from the border, and it was difficult to transport blue bricks and manpower, but also because it would be expensive and thankless to transport it, so it was not a reasonable deal no matter how you looked at it.
The main reason is the unique geographical location and appearance of Pingxing City.
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