Princess Promotion

When Yao Chuguang came here, he also learned about the situation at the border. Although Yicheng is located on the border, its geographical environment is not good, there is not enough rainfall, and the grain yield is low.

The imperial court did not pay much attention to this unprofitable little town, so there were not many soldiers stationed there.

The barbarians suddenly attacked at this time, and it was obvious that they were coming for her.

General Park of the garrison noticed that the number of travelers in the city had suddenly increased recently. He felt something was wrong, so he sent his personal guards to investigate several times and found that they were actually spies from the barbarians. He took advantage of the situation and conducted surprise inspections on several of the spies, and only then did he discover the barbarians' conspiracy.

But it was too late. The barbarians had already gathered outside the city and would soon launch a full-scale attack.

According to the intelligence obtained from the spies, such a small number of defenders will not be able to resist for long.

General Park had no choice but to conscript able-bodied men on the spot. Any one he could find was better than doing nothing!

General Park's idea was good, but the people panicked as soon as they heard that they were going to fight the enemy. Although the border had not been peaceful in recent years, they had only been minor fights and had never seen such a scene.

"I won't go! I haven't even killed a few chickens before. Wouldn't it be like asking me to die?"

"No! No! That barbarian drinks human blood."

"yes........"

"right......."

Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, General Park did not panic but stared at those who were making trouble.

He slowly said, "You're right. Sending you to the battlefield like this is practically like sending yourself to death!"

There was an uproar as soon as he finished speaking, and General Park continued, "Do you know what you are standing on?"

Everyone looked at each other, wondering why General Park asked such a question.

General Park: "It seems that not only those barbarians have forgotten, but we ourselves have forgotten as well."

"Today, this general is here to help you remember that every inch of land you stand on is called Qi State. Every inch of this land was won by our ancestors and martyrs who fought for it with their lives."

"Why did our ancestors risk their lives to fight for this piece of land? Weren't they afraid of bloodshed or death?"

"What are they doing this for? It's so that we, the unfilial descendants, can have a roof over our heads and a piece of land."

"Have you ever thought about what fate awaits you once the city is breached?"

"When your wife and children are enslaved, you only think of resisting. Are you going to run a few steps and risk your life to sharpen the swords of the barbarians?"

There was silence at the entrance of the general's mansion, an unprecedented stillness.

"A barbarian holding a broken knife dares to insult our Great Qi. This is simply a disgrace. Are they taking advantage of us because we can't lift a knife?"

"No!" the crowd shouted!

"Then pick up the knife in your hand and tell those barbarians that if they dare to come here, they will die."

"Tell them that if they come here, they must be prepared to die. Da Qi will never tolerate their provocation."

"Leaving now might save your life, but how will you survive without your land?"

"If I have to sell my children into slavery, I might as well give it my all now. As long as I survive to the end, there is hope."

Leaving is a life-or-death situation. The best outcome is to find a long-term job and live a wandering life. Staying is also a life-or-death situation, but as long as you can survive and as long as the land is still there, at the very least your children can live well and not become slaves.

In the end, everyone gritted their teeth and fought hard. They ran home and took knives if they had them. Those who were so poor that they didn't have any knives also found farm tools to use as weapons.

Yao Chuguang stood behind the door, listening and watching all this happen, unable to describe the feeling in his heart.

God is really cruel. If I didn't know the ending, I could still have some fantasy, maybe I could hold on until reinforcements arrived.

But Yao Chuguang didn't know that the city had been broken and no reinforcements had arrived!

This feeling of powerlessness when you know there is no hope but still have to struggle against your fate.

Yao Chuguang wandered aimlessly in the chaotic streets, not even knowing what she was thinking.

I don't know when I walked to a small stall. A couple in coarse linen clothes, carrying a large bamboo basket and leading a child of about five years old, walked to a well.

The couple placed the child in a bamboo basket, handed him a package, and gently instructed him, "Xiaobao, no matter what happens or what sounds you hear, don't cry or shout. From now on, your parents will come to bring you food every day. If they don't come, you should climb up the rope by yourself after you finish eating. Remember?"

The child in the frame was so frightened that he clung to his mother's sleeve and refused to let go. He kept crying and saying that it was so dark down there.

The couple ignored them and insisted on putting the child in the well, where the child cried heart-wrenchingly.

The man wiped his tears and said to the woman, "Mother, go back and cook. I'll stay here and wait for the baby to cry for a while and get used to it so he won't be scared anymore..."

Only in this way, if the city is broken, maybe we can escape...

Yao Chuguang knew there was no if, and in the illusion the child was finally found and thrown into a well alive and drowned.