Mrs. Yipin's Farmer's Wife

Chapter 413
"Sister-in-law, I didn't mean that!" Xiao Yu looked anxious, "Yes, Big Brother Yi told me something and told me not to let Jun Shixuan get close to you, but he didn't doubt you, he just worried about Jun Shixuan's Uneasy and kind to you, sister-in-law, you must not misunderstand Brother Yi!"

Liu Qiao looked at him, and let out the turbidity in his heart, "I didn't misunderstand him, I just... It's okay, I'm just worried."

"Sister-in-law." Xiao Yu breathed a sigh of relief, "Brother Yi will be fine."

Liu Qiao looked at him and smiled wryly, "I hope so."

It took more than two months for such a fight in the Northwest, and not long after the New Year, Yi Zhiyun finally came to the family letter, but the family letter did not mention the Northwest War. She was safe, but she couldn't tell from the family letter whether Yi Zhiyun had participated in the war.

Qinzhou is only a month away from the northwest border. Although Liuqiao can't get specific information, he can still learn about how the fight is going through the mouths of traders who travel between Qinzhou and the northwest.

For two months, the war was still going on, and it was not smooth, but Da Zhou was well prepared and had strong logistical support, so he continued to fight.

But I don't know whether to say that misfortunes never come singly or what.

Just in the third month of the war, there was news of pirates coming ashore in the southeast to burn, kill and loot. Hearing that several states and cities along the coast had suffered disasters, the imperial court could only send troops to kill them. Soon, something happened in the southwestern border. A Miao girl was insulted and killed by the soldiers of the Great Zhou who were stationed on the border. It would be fine if she was an ordinary Miao girl, but this Miao girl was the jewel in the palm of the Miao clan chief.

The head of the Miao nationality summoned other small tribes in the southwest to take revenge.

The pirates in the southeast and the turmoil of the small tribes in the southwest, it wasn't long before the imperial court sent troops to suppress and suppress them. The Ganges River, the largest known as the mother river in Dazhou, burst its embankment, causing countless casualties among the people along its banks.

This year's Great Zhou seemed to have entered a period of disaster. With so many twists and turns, the war in the northwest became more intense. At the end of the same year, the emperor suspended the war to recover the lost land in the northwest.

The Northwest War, which lasted for nearly a year, officially ended.

And on the day before the Spring Festival of this year, Yi Zhiyun's family letters, which had been interrupted for several months, arrived again. This time, the family letters were sent separately. It was sent to the gourmet shop in the state capital, and in the letter to her home, the thing Liu Qiao had been eager to know finally had the answer.

Yi Zhiyun's recruits participated in the just-concluded Northwest War.

He also said that in this battle, he made a considerable contribution. He didn't elaborate on what kind of contribution he made, but his words were full of excitement and confidence.

Liu Qiao didn't know whether to be happy for him or more worried.

And after this letter from home, there was no news from Yi Zhiyun, and in the next few years, there was no news at all...

Yunzhou is the gateway to the Northwest. In the former dynasty, it was originally a very prosperous state in the Northwest. It was only after the nomadic tribes in the Northwest invaded the Central Plains and established the North Yan State that Yunzhou became a border state. Later, due to years of war, The prosperity of the past is gone forever.

Originally, more than ten years after Emperor Renzong severely damaged Beiyan Kingdom and the borders were peaceful, Yunzhou gradually regained some vitality. However, the battle to recover the lost land four years ago severely pinched this budding vitality. broken.

Although four years have passed since the war, Beiyan Kingdom has retaliated countless times during these four years. Although the defense line has not been breached, almost all the counties in Yunzhou near Beiyan Kingdom have been swept away.

Although Dazhou has hundreds of thousands of troops in Yunzhou, it can't blockade the whole line to resist the invasion of Qingqi from Beiyan Kingdom.

Although Beiyan Kingdom was founded, it still retains the tough nomads of the past, and also retains the guerrilla-like tactics when they invaded the Central Plains. They did not occupy the city, but only attacked and plundered.

And Xu is because Da Zhou took the initiative to provoke the war that day, and finally gave up on his own initiative, which made the arrogance of the North Yan Kingdom even more arrogant. However, Da Zhou was unable to fight back because the Ganges River broke its embankment, and the pirates in the southeast It has to be dealt with when the Ganges River breaks its embankment, but when the opponent comes, he can only fight, but when the opponent leaves, he dare not pursue.

After four years of tossing like this, not to mention being riddled with holes, Yunzhou is also unstable in people's hearts and depressed in all industries.

It was midsummer, and the midday sun was almost scorching the ground. This time should have been the least pedestrian time on the street, but outside a shop on Dongdajie, east of Fucheng, it was very lively.

The shop is not big, and it only settled in the state capital of Yunzhou a month ago, but within a short period of one month, it has become famous throughout the prefecture for its unique pastries, especially after launching the summer pastry half a month ago, it is even more popular relish.

This shop is called Gourmet Square.

The owner of the shop is said to be a young girl.

At this time, the owner of the rumored young girl was coming to visit Ling Baichuan, the capital of Yunzhou, as agreed in the back hall of the state government office. Mature and calm, but after hearing Ling Baichuan's reply, the brows overflowed with gloom, "Master Ling, there is really no news? Even if he died in battle, there should be a record, right?"

"Don't Dong Liu's family trust me?"

Liu Qiao got up, bowed his knees respectfully, and said solemnly: "Of course my little girl believes in you. My little girl knows that even if you are the capital of Yunzhou, you can't interfere with the military affairs. This time, it is already embarrassing for you to check the news for my little girl." Alright, my little girl is here to thank you again."

"Liu Dong's family doesn't have to be like this." Ling Baichuan Guozi's face was serious, "Brother Xiao and Brother An have been friends with me for many years, and I will do my best for the things they entrust, but it's a pity that I have never been able to find out the exact details. News, but as Liu Dong’s family said, if they die in battle, the imperial court will definitely send the news of the death to the household registration of the soldier who died in battle, since there is no such thing now, it is good news.”

"What kind of situation does your lord think it will be like now?" Liu Qiao asked.

Ling Baichuan pondered for a while, "So there is no news, maybe this officer is not capable enough to find out. After all, there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Yunzhou, and they are distributed in every barracks. It is possible that they are scattered for a while. In addition..."

"How?" Liu Qiao asked.

Ling Baichuan looked at her, "If the person is really not in the barracks, and there is no news of death in battle, it is very likely that he was captured, or... a deserter."

"Impossible! He can't be a deserter!" Liu Qiao immediately said in a deep voice. Although she told him that day that he couldn't bear it and ran away, she knew he wouldn't, especially after he had just made military exploits. As for the captives... …"Master Ling, after the war was over, he still sent a letter home and said that he had made meritorious deeds. The war was over by then, how could he be taken into captivity?"

(End of this chapter)