Quick Wear: Under the Skirt, All Beings Are Equal

Chapter 456: The Traitor: Bright Moon, Drinking Alone in the Autumn

When Li Limu received the news, she was on her way to Hantian Line. She sat in the carriage, slowly closed her eyes, and a line of tears fell.

"War is really disgusting and helpless."

Li Limu wiped away her tears, looked at the worried maid beside her, shook her head and said: "But I suddenly felt something, I just regret that I am powerless and cannot fight the enemy and serve my country."

"Princess." Chun Chao looked at her worriedly.

"What kind of princess am I?"

Li Limu laughed at himself, "I can neither bring peace and prosperity to the people nor avenge them. All I have is a helpless and self-torturing heart. I have been supported by the people of the world, clothed in fine clothes and fed with delicious food, and served by groups of palace maids. I can neither compare to Jin Yu who left his hometown and fought with Northern Qi for a few years of stability, nor can I compare to Wen Qing who was willing to bear the infamy and provide military pay for the soldiers at the border."

"What kind of princess am I? I don't deserve these two words. How can I be worthy of them?"

Li Limu put his hand on Chun Chao's and said with a wry smile: "You all say that I am miserable. People in the world also know that I have been weak and sick since childhood. They sympathize with me and some even pray for me. But how can I be pitiful? I have the love of my father, the emperor and my mother. Their prayers are for amnesty for the whole world. Obviously, there are so many people in the world who are more pitiful than me."

For soldiers who died on the battlefield, their relatives are still waiting for them to return home.

There is an elderly mother, a newly married wife, and perhaps a newborn child who has never seen his father. Which one of those people who has lost his family and fallen into prostitution is not more pitiful than her?

But even so, they still felt sorry for her.

Li Limu was indeed stimulated.

She did not have the joy of surviving a disaster, nor the fear of realizing it belatedly.

"Princess, don't blame yourself."

Chun Chao said firmly, "Princess, none of this is your fault. Don't feel guilty because you can't do anything while you enjoy yourself. You have done well within your ability. To Chun Chao, you are the best princess in the world."

Li Limu didn't say anything. He gently lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked at the beautiful scenery outside.

The Cold Line was a natural barrier of the Northern Qi Dynasty.

Once it is lost, the entire Northern Qi will be exposed to the iron cavalry of the Chen Kingdom.

Northern Qi and Chen State were well aware of this.

The war in Bian City lasted only two days, and it spread to the Frost Line. The Frost Line was dead silent all day, as if the last bit of light from a firewood had burned out, and it was so depressing that it made people collapse.

Almost everyone thinks that the Chen Kingdom is invincible.

And their emperor is even more of a monster.

The rumors in the city became more intense, and a nightmare-like shadow hung over every soldier.

No one could figure out how Bian City was defeated and where these soldiers from Chen Kingdom came from.

But when they looked at the bodies of King Chen and his son hanging high up, everyone's eyes suddenly became red.

The Chen Kingdom knew that the Hantian Line was easy to defend but difficult to attack, and did not want to attack by force, so it sent an envoy: "The Emperor of Northern Qi is incompetent, treacherous ministers are in power, and loyal officials are killed. The people are living in dire straits. Our emperor is kind and cannot bear to see the people's families broken up... As long as you surrender, Liu swears to the gods of heaven and earth and the ghosts in the underworld that he will never hurt the people in the city..."

"Bah, I'm not a weakling. Come on, I'll kill one of you."

The two sides broke down in the talks.

The envoy of Chen State said, "Even if you don't think about yourselves, you should also consider the people in the city and your wives and children at home. The general trend of the world is that after a long period of division, there will be unification. This is in line with the will of heaven. We are going against heaven."

The general of Northern Qi was furious and cursed: "Don't talk nonsense to me. I don't understand. What bullshit is God's will? I only know that if I surrender, I will never be able to face my parents in this life."

Behind him are not others but his parents, his wife, his children, and his aunts and uncles.

The negotiations ended unpleasantly.

In other words, there had never been any negotiation.

The Northern Qi directly killed the envoy of the Chen Kingdom with a sense of tragedy of the destruction of a country and the demise of a family. The rough man waved a bloody sword with tears in his eyes.

"Come and attack us. What the hell is this about a war between two countries? We won't kill the envoys."

If the Chen Kingdom really had such etiquette, it would not have insulted the bodies of King Chen and his son.

Human lives have been thrown madly into the meat grinder of war. There are flying rocks and dense arrows in the sky, the sounds of fighting, the wills that instruct brothers to live and die together and to take care of their families, the bodies pierced by thousands of arrows, and the half-exposed body of Ping Anfu lying on the ground.

Race against the clock.

Both countries are frantically racing against time.

As dusk fell, all the swords were blunted and they watched their brothers, who had been with them day and night, fall one by one.

Numbness, pain...

On the city wall, the sound of war drums is still as heroic as ever.

A decisive voice sounded, and everyone looked up, only to see Li Limu, who was forcibly sent back, standing on the city wall. The crumbling setting sun was hanging behind her, and the rouge-colored sunset cut through a natural chasm.

"Soldiers, I am Li Limu, the princess of Northern Qi."

Everyone looked towards the city wall. They couldn't see Li Limu's face, but could only hear her voice.

She said she had not abandoned them.

She said that the imperial army was coming day and night.

She said that they have thousands and millions of families behind them.

Li Limu had tears in his eyes as he looked at the exhausted Northern Qi soldiers below him. He said in a resolute voice, "I know, I know everything. I know how much pain you are all in now. But we cannot retreat. Northern Qi cannot retreat. The Hantian line is the most important line of defense for Northern Qi. Once it is lost, our brothers will have to work a hundred times or a thousand times harder to get it back. Perhaps our wives, our sons, and our daughters will be forced to take up weapons and kill the enemy."

"We have to wait for reinforcements to arrive. They are also worried about us."

"You are heroes, good men who defend our country. Although I, Li Limu, am a woman, I am not a coward. Today, I offer this as a sacrifice to the battle flag. I hope that the mountains and rivers of Northern Qi will be safe."

"Northern Qi, we will fight for every inch of land, never retreat, and never surrender."

Li Limu held the battle flag in his hand, with a feeling of sadness and pride surging in his chest. Listening to the Northern Qi soldiers below repeating the words "never surrender" heartbreakingly, tears instantly welled up in his eyes.

“Never surrender.”

"Never surrender!"

"Never surrender..."

Their princess, they failed to protect her.

Thinking of the Chen Wang and his son who died in the battlefield and were pierced by thousands of arrows, the exhausted bodies of the soldiers seemed to be injected with strength, allowing them to take up arms without fear of life and death, and swear to defend Northern Qi to the death.

The soldiers of Chen Kingdom also raised their heads and looked at Li Limu, and the leading general picked up the bow and arrow several times.

His cheeks puffed up and his fingers trembled slightly.

It has to be said that Princess Li Limu is truly admirable. Even the enemy makes him unable to help but be moved.

A princess like this is the one that these soldiers fighting on the battlefield should protect.

Those whom they should protect are not those good-for-nothings who bully others by taking advantage of their power.

The guard next to him couldn't help but shout, "General."

The general looked up at the frail figure and shook his head.

Li Limu said it very clearly just now, it’s a sacrifice.

What everyone on the battlefield saw was that the princess named Li Limu put the sword to her neck.

The bright red blood reflected the falling light and sprayed onto the battle flag. Her hair mixed with blood fell and her body fell backwards.

"Princess."

The battlefield suddenly became quiet for a moment.

Immediately afterwards, the battle flag that fell as Li Limu fell was suddenly raised high.

It is the spring morning.

Chun Chao was already in tears. His frail body waved the battle flag frantically, and he kept shouting, "I am an ordinary citizen of Northern Qi. I also have a father and brother. My father and brother are also heroes who defended their country. I am proud of them..."

The general of Chen State took a look at the battlefield. The morale of Northern Qi was now high. The soldiers were bloodthirsty and were ready to rush forward and bite off a piece of flesh from the people of Chen State even if they were covered in wounds.

When Xie's army arrived, they saw a circle of dead soldiers, all surrounding Li Limu's body.

Li Limu fell in a pool of blood, his face as calm as ever, except for a trace of sadness between his brows.

Li Limu never thought that the princess' suicide was something worthy of praise. It was the helpless grief of a country and the wailing of a country.

Before she died, she just thought that the princess's suicide should be forgotten by her.

She told Chun Chao: "Don't record how I died in the history books."

Regardless of whether the Northern Qi Dynasty still exists or not, she knows how harsh the world is for women and how high the expectations of those literati and scholars are for women.

She did not want her helpless behavior to be misinterpreted and praised by later generations, and then forced upon future princesses and become a shackle on women.

Xie Wucheng felt dizzy and asked Xue Nanyin beside him: "I, Nanyin, I'm late."

Xue Nanyin remained silent, her eyes fixed on Li Limu. She held back the tears in her eyes and was afraid to touch Li Limu's body.

Xie Yun had her hair tied in a high ponytail and was holding a spear in her hand. She turned her head and said, "Let the princess rest in peace. Next, we will face a war that is even more brutal than this one."

She is the second child in the family and once followed General Xie to the battlefield. She is a famous female general.

When the Xie family was ransacked.

General Xie told her not to hate Tang Ran, and told her that Tang Ran would let her live and asked her to obey Tang Ran's arrangements in everything.

It would be a lie for Xie Yun to say that she didn't hate him, but she still remembered her father's words.

When she was taken to a remote area and asked to train troops in secret, she almost thought that Tang Ran wanted to rebel.

She even felt that Tang Ran was really naive. The two of them had a deep hatred for each other, and she wanted to kill him in her dreams. How could she work for a treacherous minister like Tang Ran?

The Xie family is a family of strong character, and they will not be afraid of death.

Her father let her live, but she was definitely not the kind of person who was afraid of death.

Tang Ran had anticipated this and gave her General Xie's handwritten letter.

After reading the letter, Xie Yun fell silent.

Later, her third brother was also sent here.