Joy of Life: I dressed as a woman and became the Queen of Northern Qi!

Chapter 39: We will break through Longmen Pass in two days!
With the help of the Embroidered Uniform Guards, the defense of Shanhai City was rendered useless in this battle.

After the Jinyiwei killed thousands of soldiers on the city wall, they directly opened the city gate.

By the time the Qing soldiers in the city reacted, Uesugi Tora had already rushed into the city with his army.

In just less than half an hour, the easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack Shanhai City was breached.

Faced with the siege of 50,000 troops, the Qing soldiers in the city surrendered without much struggle.

At this point, the number of prisoners increased from more than 70,000 to more than 80,000.

This is equivalent to capturing half of the elite soldiers on the border of Qing State.

"The White Tiger Commander is truly worthy of being someone the Queen values!"

"I thought this would be a tough battle, but I didn't expect to win so easily without even losing a single soldier. This is truly an unprecedented victory!"

"I, Uesugi Tora, have never been submissive to anyone in my life, and you are one of them!"

At the celebration banquet, Uesugi Tora held up a wine glass and talked to Baihu with a grin.

He admired Baihu very much, or rather, he admired Jinyiwei.

This kind of force that combines intelligence and assassination is really convenient. He also understands why Qing Kingdom would rather have the Inspection Institute dominate than not use them.

If he had known that the Jinyiwei were so useful, he would have written a letter requesting to reinstate the Jinyiwei.

Not to mention other aspects, the role of the Jinyiwei on the battlefield is obvious to all.

It can be said that this battle was entirely thanks to the Jinyiwei, they were just going through the motions.

"Everything is subject to the Queen's orders!"

Baihu looked indifferent and ignored Uesugi Tiger's kindness.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard is a knife, the sharpest knife of those in power!

This knife can only be held in the hands of those in power!
Therefore, the Jinyiwei was strictly forbidden to make friends with ministers. This was to ensure that the knife was sharp enough and to ensure that the knife could be firmly controlled in the hands!
As soon as the four of them came to power, they purged all the Jinyiwei and made this rule an iron law. If any Jinyiwei violated it, his status would be revoked at the very least, and he would be thrown into prison at the worst.

"Understood. Everything comes first with Her Majesty the Queen!"

Uesugi Tora's smile froze for a moment, and then he continued chatting and laughing as if nothing had happened.

He did intend to make friends with Baihu.

Not only because he admired Baihu's decisive killing style.

Another reason is that Baihu is the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and one of the Queen's confidants.

Now he is also considered to be a member of the Queen's faction, so it will be much easier for him to establish a good relationship with Baihu.

But looking at Baihu's expression, he also understood that this was impossible.

Although he was rejected by Baihu, Uesugi Tora was not very angry. He just sighed and thought that it was no wonder that the Jinyiwei became the confidants of the Queen.

This kind of loyalty is something he has never seen in his life!

Baihu drank a glass of wine with an indifferent look, stood up and looked at Shangshanhu, and said bluntly:

"When does General Uesugi Tora plan to attack Longmen Pass? The Queen sent a secret letter asking us to capture Longmen Pass as soon as possible."

"Her Majesty said that Qing may have received the news and is preparing for peace talks. We must seize Longmen Pass before the peace envoys from Qing arrive and strive for major interests for Northern Qi!"

The defeat of Qing Kingdom in this battle was certain. They held 80,000 Qing prisoners in their hands. No matter how angry Emperor Qing was, he dared not to fight.

Otherwise, if the people's hearts are lost, it will be irreversible.

So after Chen Luo guessed that the Qing Kingdom would hold peace talks, he sent a message asking them to capture Longmen Pass as soon as possible.

This gave them a lot more bargaining chips in the negotiation, and it also gave Emperor Qing a hard slap in the face!

It is rude not to reciprocate. If you attack Shanhai City, then I will attack your Longmen Pass! This is very reasonable. Even if Emperor Qing is angry, it is useless. He can only suffer this loss!

"Negotiation? Bah! If you can't win the fight, then negotiate? How dare you do that?"

"These bastards from Qing Kingdom have some beautiful ideas!"

"General, I am willing to lead the troops to capture Longmen Pass!"

"We are willing to go too!"

The generals put down their wine cups and challenged Uesugi Tora to fight.

As the garrisons at the border, it goes without saying that they have a deep hatred for the Kingdom of Qing.

The Qing Kingdom often provoked the Northern Qi Kingdom by relying on its strong power.

Over the years, they have had countless conflicts of varying sizes with the soldiers of Qing State, and more than ten thousand soldiers have died at the hands of Qing State.

Now the Kingdom of Qing is invading on a large scale. If they can't defeat them, they have to negotiate for peace. How could they agree to this?

Uesugi Tora did not answer them, but led everyone to the sand table.

Pointing to Longmen Pass, he said with a serious expression:

"Longmen Pass is similar to Shanhaiguan Pass in that it is surrounded by mountains on both sides and has a dangerous terrain. Even if there is no defense inside, it is not so easy to capture."

"Unless... extraordinary measures are used!"

Everyone looked at Baihu, their eyes full of anticipation.

If Baihu could lead his men to sneak into Longmen Pass, could he then make another move and open the city gate from the inside? Just like conquering Shanhai City, conquer Longmen Pass?
Bai Hu shook his head and broke their fantasy without hesitation: "We have just replaced the Jinyiwei, and we don't have many secret agents planted in the territory of Qing."

"In the matter of attacking Longmen Pass, we, the Jinyiwei, can only provide intelligence and cannot provide much help. We still need you generals to lead the troops to attack the city."

There were not many secret agents of the Jinyiwei in Qing Kingdom, and most of them had long been silent and lived ordinary lives.

In addition, after Qinglong and his men took over the Jinyiwei, they carried out a drastic purge of the entire Jinyiwei, and almost all of those secret agents lost contact.

Although the Jinyiwei had been sending secret agents to the Kingdom of Qing, the time was too short, the number of agents was not large, and there were not many experts.

Therefore, the Jinyiwei could not help much in this battle, at most they could pass on some information.

The generals looked back at the sand table in disappointment. Since there was no way to score a second goal, they could only attack by force.

"Send a message to the whole army, get some rest tonight, and then we'll set off tomorrow after we've had a good stew and a good meal!"

Uesugi Tora propped up the sand table and said firmly, "We will definitely break through Longmen Pass in this battle!"

"We will definitely break through Longmen Pass in this battle!" the generals shouted one after another.

The celebration banquet ended here, and the generals returned to their respective camps with excitement but heavy hearts.

Longmen Pass is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If we want to attack it by force, we can only pay with human lives!

It is still unknown how many soldiers will die in this battle.

"In fact, there is no need to be too pessimistic. The secret agents have sent news that the guards at Longmen Pass are lax and there are not even many resources to defend the city."

"I'm afraid they won't expect us to attack Longmen Pass. Our Jinyiwei will also do our best to block the news and prevent the secret agents of the Inspection Bureau from passing the news on. Maybe we can catch them off guard."

Baihu shook the wine cup gently and told Uesugi Tora some good news.

Shangshanhu nodded in understanding, revealing a disdainful smile: "They have been safe for too long, thinking that we dare not attack, so this time we will open their eyes!"

"Tell the Queen to give me two days. If you can't break through the Dragon Gate, I'll bring my head to you!"

Baihu nodded coldly, turned and left the tent.

(End of this chapter)