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Chapter 561 Birth, Old Age, Sickness and Death

Just after the Dragon Boat Festival, news about the war in the front began to come back one after another.

On April 18, General Bian Hongyu, a subordinate of the rebel Li Yan, led an army of 100,000 to challenge the enemy outside Wuma Pass. Princess Zhaozhao was brought to the front and shouted loudly, "Uncle, save me!"

On the city wall, General Chen sternly proved that the woman was not Princess Zhaozhao, and the real Princess Zhaozhao was far away in the capital. This was a trick of the rebels. He then ordered his men to shoot arrows to repel the rebels. After that, he refused to respond to the challenge of the rebels, and guarded Wumaguan, standing firm and motionless.

On April 22, General Zhaowei Bai Xing led 150,000 troops from the capital to meet the 50,000 guards from Changzhou and arrived at Wumaguan. They happened to be confronted by the rebels, and Wu Pingwei, the vanguard under General Bai Xing, led his troops out of the city to meet the enemy. Wu Pingwei was seriously injured by Bian Hong, and our army retreated to Wumaguan with damaged morale.

On April 23, the rebel general Bian Hong continued to challenge the enemy in front of the pass. Another general under General Bai, Guan Feng, went out of the city to meet the enemy. The battle was a great victory and the rebels retreated.

On April 26, General Bai personally led an army of 100,000 out of the city for a head-on attack, but the rebels had already laid an ambush. After a hard battle, our army lost nearly 10,000 soldiers and retreated to Wumaguan.

On April 29, the rebels challenged the enemy again outside Wumaguan. General Bai had a clever plan. He pretended to fight during the day, but was defeated and retreated, so as to relax the enemy's vigilance. He calculated the right moment and ignited the kerosene in the tunnel that night. The rebel camp was shaken, the tents collapsed, and the army fell into chaos.

General Bai took advantage of the situation and led his troops to attack, like a tiger descending from the mountains, with unstoppable force.

The rebels were thrown into disarray. Bian Hong brandished his long sword and tried his best to order a counterattack, but it was difficult to save the situation. The two main generals fought with swords and spears, sparks flew, and after dozens of rounds, General Bai found a flaw and pierced Bian Hong's shoulder armor with a spear. Bian Hong was injured and was protected by his soldiers and retreated in a hurry.

Our army pursued the enemy and the rebels fled, retreating back to Fengxian County, which is the border between Cangzhou and Wumaguan.

On the second day of May, General Bai was in charge and Guan Feng led his troops to attack Feng County. After two days of hard fighting, they successfully captured Feng County and the rebels retreated to Zhang County behind it.

It can be heard from the news that the imperial army currently has the upper hand. The rebels are being defeated in two places and their morale is probably greatly damaged. The imperial army will continue to pursue the victory and wipe out the rebels in the near future.

When the people in the rear heard the news, they were relieved and very happy. They couldn't stop praising General Bai, saying that he was a god of war and was so powerful!

Shi Liu felt a little sorry for Princess Zhao Zhao. General Chen stood on the side of justice, so he could not let the rebels enter the country just because Princess Zhao Zhao let them in. He could only deny in front of everyone that it was Princess Zhao Zhao. Who knew what would happen to Princess Zhao Zhao. It was a pity to see such a young and beautiful girl die.

However, since she was abducted by Li Yan, her fate was doomed.

I just hope that Li Yan will not kill her, and that the army will wipe out the rebels and recapture Cangzhou, so that they can rescue her.

What she didn't know was that although General Chen had denied Princess Zhaozhao in public, he had already secretly sent his confidants to infiltrate Cangzhou in an attempt to rescue Princess Zhaozhao.

It’s a pity that Li Yan is so cunning that the people who sneaked in have not yet found where Princess Zhaozhao is being held, and it will take some time.

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Early in the morning of that day, the Shiliu family was having breakfast. As soon as breakfast was served and before Old Man Li had even swallowed a mouthful of steamed bun, there was a hurried knock on the door.

"What happened?"

Shi Liu thought that something urgent had happened in the workshop or shop, so he put down his chopsticks and went outside.

The doorman, Old Pan, had already opened the door. The man outside had a white cloth tied around his waist and looked very sad.

"Uncle Hong!" Shi Liu saw the white cloth around his waist and her heart skipped a beat. "What is this?"

Li Jihong strode in, "Is Fourth Uncle here? My grandpa is gone!" When Old Man Li in the main hall heard Shi Liu's voice, he immediately came out. When he heard this sentence as soon as he walked out of the door, his eyes immediately turned red, "Third Uncle is gone? How come he is gone? I was talking to him yesterday!"

Li Jihong wiped his tears and said, "I didn't see grandpa come out this morning, so my father went into his room to take a look and found that grandpa was gone. I think he passed away in the middle of the night. He passed away peacefully, just like he was sleeping."

After hearing this, Old Man Li quickly called Li Jihe and Li Rongyu to follow him to the north end of the village.

Li Jihong had to go somewhere else to report the death, so he wiped his tears and followed out.

I couldn't even finish my breakfast because of the sudden news of his death.

Old Yuan drank the porridge in her bowl in a few mouthfuls, wiped her mouth and said, "I will go over to help. Jihe and his wife, you stay at home and look after Baozhu. I won't go over. When everything is done over there, Shiliu, you come and kowtow to your Third Grandfather."

Shi Liu nodded in agreement, feeling sad in her heart. She saw them talking and laughing just two days ago, but they were gone today.

However, our third grandfather Li Xinguang was also 80 years old this year. He passed away peacefully, so it can be considered a happy funeral. It's a pity that he didn't live to see his 80th birthday.

A few days ago, the clan leader grandfather was discussing with the great uncle and grandfather, saying that it was the third grandfather's eightieth birthday, and they had to hold a grand party for him. After all, the eldest grandfather and her great grandfather passed away early, and it was rare for the third grandfather to live to be eighty years old.

But I didn't want to, and in the end I couldn't live up to it.

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Although birth, aging, sickness and death are the norm in life, the sudden passing of such a rare old man in the village is enough to make everyone in the village sigh.

Members of the Li family flocked to Li Yisheng's home to offer condolences and help.

Close relatives in the village also came to help.

Before noon, the mourning hall was already decorated, and Li Yisheng's house was hung with white decorations, so that people could tell from a distance that there was a funeral in the family.

Old Yuan, Old Chen, Old Yang and other old ladies with old craftsmanship gathered at Li Yisheng's house, drove their carts to buy colored paper and other things, and started making paper-made things.

Some families usually buy them directly from paper shops, but according to their custom, they make them by themselves, paper clothes, paper shoes and the like. If the family is well-off, paper houses, paper horses, paper carriages, and paper servants are also indispensable, as they hope that the elderly will have food, shelter, and people to serve them in the underground, and live comfortably.

In the following days, the villagers were busy with Li Xinguang's funeral affairs, hiring people to perform the ritual, choosing the date for the funeral, and choosing the cemetery.

It's hot now, so it's not a good idea to park the boat for too long. Fortunately, the right day is not far away, just ten days later.

Shi Liu originally planned to invite a theatre troupe to celebrate Third Grandpa's 80th birthday, but this did not work out, so she invited two musical instrument troupes to send Third Grandpa up the mountain on the day of the funeral.

Not long after the Third Grandpa was buried, good news came from the front.

General Bai led the army to attack all the way, and defeated the rebels step by step, all the way to Changping Prefecture. In the whole Cangzhou, Changping Prefecture was the only one that had not been fought back.

After several battles, the 200,000 rebels were reduced to only 100,000, and our army also lost 60,000 to 70,000.

The walls of Changping Prefecture were high and strong, easy to defend but difficult to attack, so the war temporarily came to a stalemate.