Rebirth of the eldest daughter

Chapter 654: The reason for sending eleven men to the battlefield
After a pause, the Queen Mother continued:

"The emperor has a lot of shortcomings. He is loyal and treacherous, and he is headstrong. The Ai family knows this, but the Ai family has no power. Let's change it to another emperor."

"Whether it's a peaceful age or a troubled age, there are good people and bad people, but when it comes to survival, no matter how much humanity you have, you will give way to the beast."

"So in troubled times, there will always be some evildoers. The emperor has his faults, and not everyone in the court has the ambition to help the world."

"The Ai family is old and can no longer shake the imperial family. All we can do now is to be as considerate as possible for you."

"The Ai family hopes that you can protect yourselves, beware of villains, and don't let others use you as a weapon against you."

"The Aijia also hopes that no matter what happens, no matter what you want to do, you must never forget your original intention of putting your family, country and world in your heart."

Bai Mingwei and Bai Yu hurriedly knelt down: "Please remember this."

The Queen Mother stopped talking and didn't say much.

Finally, she said tiredly: "We are tired of the Ai family. You can go back."

After the brother and sister knelt down, they quietly retreated.

On the way back, no one said anything.

It was supposed to be a happy event, but the two of them felt heavy-hearted because of the Queen Mother's words.

How could Bai Mingwei not understand the Queen Mother's painstaking efforts?

It seems that he is speaking for Emperor Yuan Zhen and Qin Fengye, but in fact he is speaking for Dongling.

After all, the Queen Mother also has the same heart for the country and the people as her grandfather, but in their twilight years, no matter how dedicated they are, they are ultimately powerless.

Thinking of this, Bai Ming sighed slightly.

……

As soon as the brother and sister stepped into the house, everyone in the family trotted up from the hall to greet them. They couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief when they saw the brother and sister coming back with their hair and tail intact.

Bai Mingwei and Bai Yu's eyes crossed the crowd, and finally fell on Bai Weiyong who was supported by Qingbai.

The brother and sister walked straight towards him, and then knelt down in front of him: "Grandpa, my father, uncle, and brother are not cowards. They died for their country. Like all soldiers who died for their country, they are martyrs!"

"Their bravery has been recognized by the emperor; the emperor has also given them the honor and honor they deserve; in the future, their names will definitely remain clean in the history books."

When Bai Weiyong heard this, he was silent for a long, long time.

Two lines of tears fell from his furrowed face. He stretched out his hand to wipe them away, and his lips were soon filled with a smile.

But he cried with joy: "Okay, okay! Get up quickly!"

The brother and sister immediately stood up.

Grandfather hadn't smiled like this for a long time. Even when they returned to the capital after going through hardships and dangers, grandfather never showed such a relieved smile.

When everyone saw this, they were happy for the good news, but also felt sorry for the old man.Bai Weiyong smiled while tears kept rolling down his face.

He was mute, unable to form words or sentences: "Now, when my grandfather goes to see them, he won't... won't bring them no good news."

Mrs. Lin quickly took out her handkerchief and gently wiped Bai Weiyong's tears: "Master, don't say such things. I don't blame you for what happened back then."

Bai Weiyong took a few deep breaths before swallowing the emotion stuck in his throat.

His gaze slowly fell on everyone and said slowly: "Perhaps you are all wondering why I sent everyone to the battlefield in the first place."

Bai Mingwei knew the reason, and as Bai Yu's client, he also knew it.

But the women at home probably don’t understand.

So the two people who knew the inside story remained silent and waited for Bai Weiyong to finish speaking.

"At that time, the Northern Yan was coming fiercely, and the northern territories fell one after another, but there were no generals in the court who could be of great use."

"Under the instigation of traitors, I decided to abandon five cities and refused to send troops for reinforcements. He placed his treasure on Huo Shixun, thinking that with Huo Shixun guarding Liangcheng, Beiyan's cavalry would not be able to break through the most important pass in the north. .”

"My Majesty insists on doing this, and the courtiers have no choice but to do anything. No one is going to touch this bad thing. I am asking my Majesty to assemble an army to resist."

"Donngling is already weak and poor. Coupled with this negative attitude, the morale of the army is sluggish, and the people are all in fear of being in danger."

After a pause, Bai Weiyong continued:

"If Dongling gives up those five cities easily, Beiyan will probably not be satisfied with this. Furthermore, if there are no troops to help, Liangcheng will be broken sooner or later,"

"The country is destroyed and the family is destroyed. If the country is destroyed, is it far away from the destruction of the family? So even if the treasury is empty, even if the soldiers are weak, this war to protect the country must be fought!"

"Everything can be given away, except the mountains and rivers. Every inch of territory must be fought for! This is the bottom line of a country. Once the bottom line is breached, this country will not last long."

Speaking of this, Bai Weiyong became a little emotional.

It took him a while before he calmed down and slowly explained:

"In the past few decades, I have finally accumulated some reputation. I sent all the grown-up men to the battlefield to show the world our family's determination to resist Beiyan."

"Sure enough, after I tried my best to persuade Jin Shang, the imperial court cobbled together things here and there, and soon we had [-] soldiers."

"Because all eleven grown-up men of the Bai family have gone to war, the morale of the soldiers has been greatly boosted, and the people have hope. Everything is moving in a good direction, but unfortunately... the success fell short."

"If there are no traitors inside and outside, even if the men in the family are not military commanders, with the talents of a few children, the entire army will not be wiped out in this battle."

"After all, I was the one who harmed them. If you blame me in your heart, you should, but I hope you all know that they died for Dongling and the people."

"The responsibility of the family and the country must be shouldered by someone. As long as the war does not end, people will die, not them, but others."

As he spoke, Bai Weiyong slowly closed his eyes: "They died for others, and even though they died, it was an honor..."

(End of this chapter)