The Legend of the Loved One

Chapter 81

Although it is midsummer, it is still chilly in the northwest in the morning and evening.

Qin Yuan woke up, noticed the morning light outside the tent, got up and dressed, and walked out of his tent.

Calculated, it has been three months since we set off from the capital.

From the capital city to the northwest battlefield, they traveled day and night for more than half a month. This speed is already astonishing.

Arriving at the border of Ganzhou, the army rested for a while, and then started the battle with the invading Xiong Rong.On the tenth day, they recaptured Ganjun and Juyan, which were occupied by the barbarians. On the 30th, they captured Yanchi and Jianchang, and then the army continued northward. Nearly half a month later, they had arrived in Suzhou.For one month in a row, the Qin family's army went all out, not only firmly controlling all parts of Suzhou, but also stepped through the Yumen Pass with iron hooves, driving some of the Huns who had lived here for decades back to their lairs behind the snow-capped mountains.

So far, the entire Hexi has been completely owned by Daqi.

After more than ten years, the Qin family's army went out with great victories, still mighty, the king was overjoyed, and decided to reward the whole army after returning to the court.The decree spread to the northwest, and the morale of the army was greatly boosted.

Today is the last battle, and the target is only a small county.This small city called Qinan was originally the territory of the Guyu people, but it was invaded by the Huns and ruled for more than 20 years.

Although it was not originally under the control of Daqi, after reporting, Qin Mu received an order from the imperial court ordering him to capture this small town and return it to the Guyu royal family before returning to Beijing. Yu completely surrendered to Daqi.

This county is not big, and according to investigations, there are very few Hunrong people in the city. In addition, all the Hunrong troops have withdrawn to their nests behind the snow-capped mountains. This battle can actually be described as easy.

Therefore, Qin Mu intends to send Qin Yuan to complete it independently.

In the past three months, he has followed the army and won countless tough battles, big and small. Qin Yuan has grown rapidly. In addition to the command errands he had taken on in the Jingwei Division, he has accumulated a lot of actual combat experience this time. Think he's fine.Qin Yuan himself was full of confidence, so he got up early to wait for the official departure in an hour.

The army station was not far from Qinan County, and Qin Yuan had already led his troops to the outside of the city at around Shen time in the afternoon.

According to the plan, the deputy general will lead most of the troops to appease the villagers and capture the county government of the Xiongrong people, while Qin Yuan will lead a small group of elite soldiers to search the city for some Guyu royal families who were held hostage by the Xiongrong people.

Although it was already planned, the deputy general still hesitated. Although the Huns guarding the city retreated, this barbarian has always been treacherous, and if they fail to keep them together, they will hide in the city and launch a surprise attack on the Qi army. Qin Yuan alone led only a dozen elite soldiers. Still a bit too risky.

However, Qin Yuan also had his own considerations. The county government office is the government office of a city, and it is the most important place. If the Huns want to resist, they should protect this place first. Therefore, the deputy general led most of the soldiers and horses to take down Yingying. is easy.According to the information obtained before, the Guyu royal family under house arrest should have been hidden in the city. The villagers were already in panic after the war. If the army is to search the houses in the city, there may be panic, which is even more detrimental. looking for someone.

So after some consideration, Qin Yuan made this plan.

Seeing that Qin Yuan was about to enter the city after taking off his armor and putting on ordinary clothes, the deputy general couldn't help persuading him: "My lord, let's think about it again, it's still too risky for you to go like this."

The deputy general has always been Qin Mu's subordinate, so it is appropriate to call Qin Yuan the son.

Without the slightest hesitation, Qin Yuan changed his clothes and finally instructed his subordinates, "Send a signal immediately after taking down the county government office, and I will go to meet you."

After saying that, he led a dozen of his subordinates who had already changed their clothes and set off together, and sneaked into the county seat according to the location that had been checked in advance.

Because they had sent people into the city to investigate in advance, Qin Yuan and others found the residence of the Guyu royal family under house arrest without much effort after entering the city.After they easily removed the guarding Hun Rong soldiers, they went straight to find them.

Hearing the commotion in the mansion, the owner’s family had already hid in the room and fastened the door tightly. Although the people in this mansion were of noble blood, they were taken as hostages and lived in this small town, and they were often oppressed by the Huns Well, the life is actually not very good, now their lives are at stake, they don't know whether Qin Yuan's group is an enemy or a friend, so it is understandable to be more vigilant.

Unfortunately, the language barrier between the two parties, Qin Yuan and the others tried their best to explain, but the other party still refused to open the door.But the situation could not last long for them. Following the siege of the deputy generals, the Xiongrong people in the city jumped over the wall and approached here, intending to take these people away.

The people who came saw Qin Yuan's appearance in the Central Plains at first glance, and immediately started to fight. Some of the dozen or so elite soldiers fought against each other, and some directly smashed open the door, and took away the host family like a frightened bird.

People were brought out one after another, and it was estimated that it was almost the same. Qin Yuan was about to order to retreat, but he saw a servant girl saying something urgently to him.

The language barrier made Qin Yuan confused, but seeing that the maid was crying in a hurry, he guessed that there must be something urgent.

Seeing the maid kept pointing in one direction, Qin Yuan probably understood that someone must be missing, he hurriedly asked his subordinates to take most of the Guyu people to transfer, and he followed the maid to go quickly.

Not long after they walked, the two came to a courtyard. The maid pointed to the closed door in the courtyard, said something, and ran to knock on the door herself.

The maid seemed to persuade for a while, the door was finally opened, Qin Yuan followed closely, and sure enough, he saw a young girl in the room.

The girl has a tall figure of Guyu people, and the outline is also as beautiful as a Guyu girl, but her eyes are black from the Central Plains people, a bit like the mixed blood of Central Plains people and Yugur people.

Sure enough, the girl sized Qin Yuan up and said a sentence in Chinese, "Are you from Qi in the Central Plains? Are you here to save us?"

Finally able to communicate, Qin Yuan's handsome face showed a smile, but his words were crisp and crisp, "Exactly, without further delay, come with us!"

The sound of weapons in the garden approached her ears, the girl nodded quickly, without any further hesitation, she followed Qin Yuan's footsteps and ran forward quickly.

After those Guyu people saw Qin Yuan's face and the Xiongrong people who came to fight, they immediately understood that they were here to save them, so they all relaxed and followed Qin Yuan's men to leave first. .

When Qin Yuan and the others came out, they alarmed some of the Huns, and they came up to fight with fierce eyes, but Qin Yuan had no time to fight with them, so he blocked two swords in a hurry, and found the horse queen arranged in advance He wanted to escape, the situation was urgent, he didn't explain much, he carried the girl directly onto the horse, but unfortunately a horse can only hold two people at most, the maid probably had to stay.

The girl's eyes were full of reluctance, and she asked anxiously, "What about A-Xia? Take her with you!"

Qin Yuan couldn't respond, and only comforted: "The target of the Huns is you. She is just a maidservant, so it should be fine. The Qi army has already entered the city, so tell her to go into the house and hide. It won't be long before the city is full of people. will be safe."

What he said made sense, the girl had no choice but to shout a few words in Guyu dialect to the maid named A Xia, A Xia hurriedly nodded, and took a few steps to hide in a room and closed the door.

No more worries, Qin Yuan rode his horse and led the girl out of the chaos.

After some delays, it was already dark at this time, and the troops led by the deputy general were invincible all the way, and had conquered the county government office. Qin Yuan galloped away, and saw a firework blooming in the night sky, which was what they had agreed in advance The signal, Qin Yuan knew that the Qi army had won, so he rode his horse all the way and rushed to the county government along the marks left by the Qi army.

His subordinates had already arrived one step ahead of him, everyone gathered together, and there were no major casualties. This battle was fought extremely easily and beautifully.The girl, who can speak Chinese, cried with her family. After calming down, she hurriedly explained Qin Yuan's identity and purpose of coming to the family. The family thanked the general of the Qi army, and the girl smoothly acted as an interpreter.

After some communication, Qi Jun finally understood that the family under house arrest was Chi Yu's family, the third son of the current King Guyu, and the girl's name was Yu Duo, and her mother was Han, so she could speak fluent Chinese.After clarifying each other's identities, the atmosphere became more relaxed, so it was already dark and the county seat had just been breached. Qin Yuan ordered the army to temporarily camp in the city tonight. After the third prince's family was settled in the county government office, Qin Yuan He sent someone back to the previous mansion to bring out the maid named A Xia. This maid is loyal to protect the master, and it would be a good thing if the master and servant can be reunited.

Not long after, Axia really arrived with the Qi soldiers. As Qin Yuan said, those Huns were targeting the family of the third prince, and they didn't pay attention to these servants. In addition, the Qi army had already entered the city not long ago, and they had already taken care of themselves. He escaped for his life, so A-Xia was not injured.

A Xia and Princess Yuduo hugged each other and wept, Qin Yuan couldn't help but be lost in thought.

After Wenwen and Nanfeng narrowly escaped death that year, it must have been the same situation, but unfortunately, he was not around.

After a night of rest in Qinan County, after discussing with the third prince, Qin Yuan brought the guests back to the Qi army camp on the second day, planning to escort them back to King Guyu's city to reunite with King Guyu's family in the near future.

Seeing his son returning victoriously, Qin Mu was very pleased to know that things were done well, and because of the visit of distinguished guests, a lively bonfire dinner was held in the camp that night. Son celebrates.

Outside the border, the night is as cold as water.

After several rounds of drinking with everyone in the tent, Qin Yuan walked out with the wine jug, found a place in the camp with a wide view, and drank by himself facing the bright moon in the sky.

During this march, he thoroughly honed himself as a soldier.In the past, he was not good at drinking, but now he is no different from the soldiers in the army. When he is tired, he likes to drink in a big bowl to relieve fatigue.

Although the conditions were bitter and cold, and he had suffered some injuries, he had gained a lot from this expedition, and he did not regret it.

Tonight is the full moon again, and the cold moonlight covered the vast land with silver frost. The young man was drinking when he suddenly heard a call from behind. He turned his head and saw Yuduo in a red dress.

Yu Duo smiled at him, which was as clear as the Crescent Moon Spring outside Dunhuang City, and he smiled back politely. Yu Duo approached him without any hesitation, and sat down beside him.

"Brother Qin, are you going back to the Central Plains tomorrow?" Yu Duo cut to the chase.

Qi Nan City has been captured. According to the plan, Qin Mu and his son and the main generals will return to the court tomorrow, and the task of escorting Yu Duo's family back will be handed over to the soldiers who were stationed at the border. The emperor has ordered the army to take it. Qi Nan will return to Beijing after that, they can't delay.

Qin Yuan replied: "Yes, the army has received the imperial edict, and the relatives at home have been separated for a long time, so it is time to go back."

Yu Duo actually understood that this was the truth. She followed Qin Yuan's eyes and looked at the full moon in the sky for a while. killed her, and then, like you, left the next day."

Qin Yuan was a little surprised, don't look at her, just listen to her continue: "Then my mother married my father, mother said, she never saw him again, because I heard that he died not long after .”

Yu Duo suddenly looked up at him, her eyes were so clear under the moonlight that Qin Yuan's heart trembled.

Yu Duo took a deep breath and asked, "Brother Qin, you saved me, I like you, I am willing to marry you, will you marry me?"

Qin Yuan was stunned for a while, but smiled wryly in his heart, they just met yesterday afternoon, she didn't even know who he was, so she liked him?
Seeing that Qin Yuan didn't speak, Yu Duo became anxious, and she asked: "Why don't you speak? Is it because I'm not good-looking? Or, do you already have a sweetheart?"

The girl is so innocent and straightforward, even though Qin Yuan didn't want to hurt her, he still had to tell the truth, he said slowly: "You are very beautiful, I am not good enough for you, I'm sorry, I already have a fiancée."

Yes, he has a fiancée, the girl who confessed to him last year is still waiting for him in the capital.

Yu Duo's eyes dimmed, she was silent for a while, but when she raised her head again, she was relieved.She suddenly snatched the jug from Qin Yuan's hand, took a sip boldly, and said, "I know it might happen, but if you don't say it, you will regret it!"

After finishing speaking, he stuffed the jug into the hands of the stunned young man, stood up and said cheerfully: "Brother Qin, thank you for saving me! I wish you all the best of luck! In the words of your Central Plains, there will be a period later!"

Then before Qin Yuan could speak, he strode back to his tent.

Yes, you will regret it if you don't say it, just like her mother, because of the ancestral rules of the Han people, she didn't take the initiative to tell the man her thoughts, and she didn't see her again until after the farewell, and she was depressed all her life until her death All sorry.

In the days when my mother was about to die, I told her the past stories of those girls one by one.

Qin Yuan turned his head and saw the girl's fiery red dress flickering in the night like a jumping flame.

(End of this chapter)