A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 91 The decline of the Bai Kingdom, the hope of revival?

Taiyuan County, Baifu
"Master, Handan battle report!"

Seeing the sad look on his servant's face, Bai Rong couldn't help but feel a thump in his heart. He slowly put down the letter in his hand and reached out tremblingly to take the battle report. The battle report clearly read:

"Handan was destroyed and Gongsun died."

Bai Rong felt a stabbing pain in his heart, and then he felt short of breath and out of breath. He wanted to take a big breath, but suddenly he felt a sweet taste in his mouth, spit out a mouthful of blood, fell back, and fainted.

"Master of the house! Master of the house! Someone is here! Call for a doctor quickly!"

When the retainers and servants settled Bai Rong, the retainer ordered: "Quickly send a message to the young master of Chen Yi, asking him to return to Taiyuan as soon as possible to take charge of the overall situation."

Chen Yi and Bai Ping stood on the city wall. If it weren't for the endless Chu army camps opposite, the clean Chen Yi city wall would make people feel as if there was no war.

Suddenly he felt a palpitation in his heart. He covered his heart with his right hand and rested his left hand on the battlement, as if something big had happened.

The deputy chief of the White Guard next to him noticed it and asked, "What's wrong, young master?"

Bai Ping waved his hand, indicating that it was okay, then straightened up and looked at the Chu army camp opposite, without saying anything.

Soon, he seemed to have discovered something. The Chu army camp was too quiet. If it were normal, the sound of drills on the opposite side would have been heard long ago.

"Hara Megumi!"

The deputy chief of the White Guards stepped forward and cupped his hands: "The general is here!"

"Immediately send someone to investigate the Chu army camp opposite!"

"Order!"

Soon, Chen Yi's heavy city gate slowly opened "Squeak!..."

A group of chariots drove out of the city and headed towards the Chu army camp.

"Young Master! The Chu army has withdrawn!" Yuan Hui reported back to Bai Ping.

Bai Ping nodded to show that he understood, then looked to the north and murmured: "Then Handan City should also be relieved!"

On the second day, while Bai Ping was resting in the county magistrate's mansion, a letter from Taihang Mountain appeared in front of Bai Ping's case.

"The master of the house is seriously ill, please come home soon."

Upon seeing this, Bai Ping hurried back to Taiyuan with his troops.

ten days later

Bai Ping and his party, who were riding lightly and simply on horseback, rushed to Bai Mansion, and Bai Ping hurriedly went to meet Bai Rong.

"Father, Ping'er is back!" Bai Rong was lying on the mat, wrapped in a heavy quilt.

When Bai Rong saw Bai Ping arriving, he burst into tears and said, "Ping'er! Bo'er is gone!"

Bai Ping felt like a bolt from the blue, his heart ached beyond words, and he stayed where he was, unable to move.

After a long time, he came back to his senses and saw Bai Rong, who was weak from crying, and quickly stepped forward to comfort him: "Father, it's okay! Didn't you say that? Is this the fate of our Bai family? Bo'er died well, please Take care of yourself, Bai Guo and Bai Clan still need you!"

If you hadn't seen Bai Ping's uncontrollable tears, you would have thought that these words were spoken by an unrelated person and were too calm.

Bai Rong looked at Bai Ping and said: "I can't survive anymore. I can feel that after this incident, I am not going to die soon. The Bai Kingdom and the Bai family depend on you!"

Bai Ping quickly said: "Father!"

Bai Rong stopped Bai Ping's words with his hand and continued: "After I die, there will be only one person in my Bai family's inheritance system. You must perfect it, otherwise the Bai family will be in chaos.

In addition, Sun Tao also followed Bo'er and died in battle. You must deal with Sun properly and not let Sun feel cold. Also, our Bai Kingdom has lost 200,000 troops and Ye County, and its strength has been damaged. We should not make any big moves in the future.

Otherwise, our general, Bai Guo, will be banned from the Taihang Mountains again! "

Seeing Bai Ping nod, Bai Rong, who was already very tired, asked Bai Ping to go out. He wanted to be alone.

Bai Ping returned to Bai Mansion and began to deal with the aftermath.

First, re-recruit an army of 200,000 people, with a standing army of 100,000 people as the backbone, and restore the army of 300,000 people to combat effectiveness as soon as possible to prevent other countries from attacking.

Secondly, we should do a good job in appeasing the families of the soldiers who died in the war. We should not be unreasonable. If we find one, we will deal with it. In addition to giving them money and food, we also exempt the surviving children of the soldiers from entering the school.

Finally, Sun Liang was appointed as the general of the Bai Kingdom and took charge of recruitment.

Because the Bai Kingdom lost Ye County, it was no longer possible to support 100,000 standing troops and another 200,000 farming and fighting troops, so Bai Ping mixed the 100,000 standing army with the newly recruited 200,000 farming and fighting troops to form a total of 300,000 Farming and fighting the army, so that the Bai Kingdom can barely support them.

In addition, Bai Ping also ordered to speed up the construction of armaments and arm an army of 200,000 as soon as possible.

Three months later
The turmoil in the Bai Kingdom caused by Handan was calmed down by Bai Ping, and people settled down again. They only expressed their longing for their relatives and Gongsun Bo who died in Handan during the meal.

Soon, Bai Ping was asked to erect monuments for the soldiers who died in the battle, because many soldiers had no relatives at all, so no one could worship them.

In view of this situation, Bai Ping decided to build a Heroic Soul Temple in Taiyuan City, and the names of the soldiers who died in Handan would be engraved on the monument for worship. At the same time, several major generals were carved into stone sculptures for people to admire. Soon, under the coercion and inducement of Bai State, and the strategy of attracting other countries to threaten Zhao State, Zhao State agreed to return the heads of generals such as Bai Ping and Sun Tao to Bai State.

At the end of the year, the heads of Uncle Bai and others returned to the Bai Kingdom. Bai Rong stood up and went outside the city to greet them. When he saw the team escorting the head box, Bai Rong felt that he had let go of the last thing in his heart, and then He died in full public view.

The Bai Kingdom held a grand funeral for Bai Gong Bairong, Gongsun Bo and the returned Bai Kingdom generals.

December 29
Bai Gong and Bai Rong were buried in the Bai family cemetery, and Gongsun Bo and other generals who died in Handan were buried in Yinghun Temple. Bai Ping succeeded Bai Gong and designated Bai Ping's second son Bai Zhong as the young master. His grandson was Bai Guang, Bai Zhong's legitimate son, who was four years old this year.

Uncle Bai has a son named Bai Lang, who is eight years old this year. In order to take better care of him, Bai Zhong transferred Bai Lang to his own mansion to take care of him.

Entering the Heroic Soul Temple, the first thing you see is the densely packed names on the stone tablets. After passing through the mourning hall of ordinary soldiers, you arrive at the mourning hall of the generals.

The main seat is the statue of Gongsun Bo, the deputy is Sun Tao, and then there are other generals arranged according to their status. The Yinghun Temple is full of incense all year round, and there is an endless stream of people coming to worship.

Although Zhao State occupied Handan, it didn't take long before the Qi State army came to Handan City. The leader at this time was no longer Zhao Yong, but another young master.

Under the intimidation of the Qi army, the Zhao army retreated without a fight, and the Qi army easily captured the large city of Handan and Ye County.

In this battle, the Bai Kingdom suffered the heaviest losses, losing 200,000 experienced troops, as well as Gongsun Bo and veteran general Sun Tao. At this point, the Bai Kingdom actually fell into a weak state.

Zhao State followed, losing 200,000 troops and not getting a single city.

Qi State took advantage of it, not only gained Ye County, but also weakened Bai State and Zhao State, and became the most powerful country in the world for a while.

Four hundred and forty-two years of the Bai Kingdom
Qin and Chu took advantage of Bai's weakened strength and invaded Bai. Qin's 200,000 troops came from Anyi to Quyang to attack; Chu's 200,000 came from Cai to attack Chen.

Bai Ping hurriedly led 150,000 troops to Quyang to resist the Qin army, while the young master Bai Zhong took 150,000 troops to Chen to resist the Chu army.

After three months of fighting, Qin and Chu were unable to attack for a long time and retreated.

Bai Guo entered a state of cultivation.

In the same year, there was civil strife in Yiqu. Chang Cao, a concubine of Qin, led his troops to put it down. Lord Huiwen of Qin established a county in Yiqu.

Four hundred and forty-three years of the Bai Kingdom
Qin attacked Zhao and captured Pishi and Fencheng.

In the same year, he attacked Zhao State and captured Pingyang, Beiqu and Puzi.

In the same year, Qi State attacked Yan State, captured ten cities, and then returned them to Yan State. From then on, Yan State served Qi State as a minister.

In the same year, King Qi Wei died.

Four hundred and forty-four years of the Bai Kingdom
The Qin State attacked the Bai State, and the two sides fought in Quyang. The Qin army dispatched 400,000 troops this time, and the Bai State sent 300,000 troops. The White Kingdom was defeated.

The Bai Kingdom lost the land of Xijun and became weaker and weaker.

Four hundred and forty-five years of the Bai Kingdom
Qin Huiwen was proclaimed king, and at the same time, Zhao was also proclaimed king.

In the same year, King Qin Huiwen sent an invitation letter to Quyang Guang, stating that anyone who did not come to join the alliance would be attacked by Qin. Seeing this, all the princes in the world were frightened by the power of Qin's troops, so they had to go to make an alliance. Bai Gong also went.

Bai Guo, Bai Mansion, and Bai Zhong were worried about the situation in Bai Guo at this time. They felt ashamed that Bai Ping had to drag his old body to join the alliance, so they often sighed.

On this day, when Bai Zhong was sighing, the family minister asked the reason. Bai Zhong said: "Now that the Bai Kingdom is in decline, not only Ye County has been lost, but even the West County cannot be saved. The next step will be Chen County and Dong County. Could it be that Bai Zhong has lost his Ye County. Will I, the Bai family, return to the Taihang Mountains again?"

The family leader said: "The young master's worry is only about Qin. As long as Qin is contained, Bai can seize Wei's old land to the west. South Korea is definitely not Bai's opponent to win these two pieces. After the land, the strength of the White Kingdom increased.

Taking advantage of the trend, go out from the north of Taihang Mountain to capture Zhao State, then Yan State, Qi State, Chu State, and finally Qin State. Bai Guo can conquer the world! "

Bai Zhong was very happy and said, "Sir, do you have any clever ideas?"

The family leader replied: "It's nothing more than a combination of indulgences!"

"Joined vertically?"

"Yes, now the Qin State is conquering the east and west, expanding its territory hundreds of miles, and even taking this opportunity to force the world's princes to form an alliance, it has become a target of public criticism.

As long as we come forward, state our interests to all countries, and unite the forces of the six countries, Qin will definitely be contained to the west of Hangu Pass. In this case, Bai will have room to develop. "

Bai Zhong was very excited after hearing this and said to the family leader: "When the family leader comes back, I will ask the family leader to give you the greatest support. I hope you won't let us down!"

The family leader said: "The Su family has been following the Bai family for hundreds of years. How dare the Su family turn a blind eye when the Bai family is in trouble? How dare they refuse to die?"

Soon, Bai Ping attended the alliance meeting. At the alliance meeting, King Qin Huiwen actually wanted all the princes to serve Qin. However, due to the excitement of the people, Qin failed to succeed. This also shows Qin’s ambition.

Bai Zhong introduced the family manager to Bai Ping.
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【Descent】

Huizu (92 years old): Si's surname is Bai Shiyi [last words]: Both Mohism and Confucianism should be cultivated, and one should not focus on one method.

Kuang Zu (aged eighty-nine): Si's surname was Bai. [Last words]: The countries are divided and the Bai Kingdom will retreat if it does not advance.

Zhuangzu (80 years old): Si's surname is Bai Shiwei [last words]: I have been trapped in Taihang for a hundred years, come out of the mountain, come out of the mountain!

Jingzu (88 years old): My surname is Bai Shirong. [Last words]: Poor my uncle, Handan, it hurts!
(End of this chapter)