Chapter 5: The Great Army of the Eastern Crusade

Yan Xining never thought that she, a crowd of onlookers, would encounter such an unwarranted disaster, seeing that the arrow was shooting towards her quickly, she was not in a hurry to dodge, her heart was beating extremely fast, thinking that she was dead, just when the arrow was only two or three centimeters away from her, a feather arrow flew from the side, just hit the handle of the arrow, and the arrow shot at Yan Xining broke in response, and the two arrows fell together. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

The sudden change startled everyone, and after a brief panic, the crowd erupted in loud cheers.

"Gongzi Xie is a good archeryman."

"I was really eye-opening today."

Yan Xining patted her chest, the scene just now made her heart palpitate, she looked up at Xie Ronghua who was holding a bow to her in the ring, did he save herself? The hustle and bustle next to her continued, Yan Xining lowered her head and smiled bitterly, she was really a pariah, Dugu Zhan would be angry with her if she lost, and those aristocratic sons just admired how high Xie Ronghua's archery skills were, but no one cared about whether she was injured or not, she really shouldn't have come to join in the excitement today.

"Girl, are you hurt?" Xie Ronghua's worried voice sounded in front of her, she looked up and saw Xie Ronghua coming to the edge of the ring at some point, looking at her with a frown, Yan Xi looked at him quietly, the hustle and bustle around him seemed to be far away, the resentment in her heart slowly dissipated, she shook her head, and said sincerely: "I'm fine, thank you Gongzi for saving your life." ”

Xie Ronghua saw that she was not hurt, and put her mind at ease: "With a gesture, the girl doesn't have to be polite." ”

"Dugu Zhan, you're going too far." Gao Yue turned her head and scolded Dugu Zhandao, fortunately, it was not him who won today, how could he be worthy of her lifelong entrustment with such a careless approach to human life.

"But what can a pariah do even if he dies?" Dugu Zhan thought that he was venting his anger, but he made Xie Ronghua out of the limelight again, not only did his anger not subside, but he became more and more high, and said in a nonchalant tone.

Xie Ronghua turned his head and stared at Dugu Zhan, his phoenix eyes were as dark as an abyss: "Could it be that in the eyes of Brother Dugu, innocent people can shoot at will because of their own momentary anger?" ”

Dugu Zhan looked at the anger emanating from his body, and there was a trace of fear.

"Dugu Gongzi, since the competition has ended, let's ask Gongzi to leave early." Gao Pu looked at the tense situation in front of him and stepped forward to play a round road.

Dugu Zhan snorted and left angrily, Gao Yue slowly walked next to Xie Ronghua and said to Yan Xining: "The girl is frightened today because of me, the Gao family is willing to offer a hundred taels of silver tattoos for the girl to suppress the shock, and look at the girl Haihan." ”

Yan Xining looked up at the stunning woman in front of her, dressed in red like fire, and Xie Ronghua, who was standing next to her, was dressed in white like snow, it was really a pair of golden boys and girls, a match made in heaven.

"I'm fine, I don't need money or anything, if it weren't for Gongzi Xie to save me, I don't know what would have happened, how can I be embarrassed to take Miss's money again, congratulations to Miss for finding a lover." Yan Xining waved his hand in a panic.

Gao Yue listened to her words, and glanced at Xie Ronghua beside her with a blushing face, Xie Ronghua felt her gaze and smiled at her.

Yan Xining looked at the interaction between the two of them as if no one was around, and she felt a little depressed for no reason, she whispered to the two: "Miss Gao, Gongzi Xie, my father is still waiting for me, I will leave first." After speaking, he didn't wait for them to reply, and quickly rushed out of the gap in the crowd.

Yan Feng looked at his daughter who came out of the crowd and said worriedly: "It seems that something happened inside just now?" Are you okay. ”

"It's okay, Dad, let's go, I don't like the inner city very much, I don't want to stay here anymore." Yan Xining took Yan Feng's arm and said coquettishly.

"Okay, let's go back, it's really not for us." Yan Feng saw that Yan Xining was not in a good mood, so he didn't ask anything more, the father and daughter went out of the inner city together and went to the inn in Guocheng outside.

The people who watched the excitement gradually dispersed, and only a few people from the Gao family who cleaned up the ring were busy there.

"Childe, let's go back too." The little girl looked at his son-in-law worriedly, today's result has been decided, the Miss Gao family is determined to marry the son of the Xie family, and his son-in-law should forget Miss Gao as soon as possible.

"I've never seen her smile at me like this, she won't marry me, I originally thought she was in trouble, but now it seems that it's just my wishful thinking to get the moon near the water." A sad voice came slowly, and a lonely figure staggered away slowly.

Ten days later, Yan Xining sent Yan Feng to the military camp on the outskirts of Luoyang, and she handed him the padded jacket she had sewn for Yan Feng in the past few days, and said, "Dad, I heard that Goguryeo is much colder than ours, you must take care of yourself." ”

"How many times have you said this in the past few days, my father is not a child, but you, you have to take care of yourself at home alone in the future, don't be bullied." Yan Feng touched Xi Ning's head and said babblingly.

"Don't worry, I have a secret weapon, it's good if I don't bully others." Yan Xi said proudly, thinking of something: "I heard that the Yun family is Brother Yifan, you can take care of each other when you arrive." ”

Yan Feng nodded, "I have discussed it with Brother Yun, and they will help me take care of you." ”

Yan Xining still wanted to say something, but heard the military leader in front of him shouting: "Yan Feng from Fu'an Village is not there?" ”

"Yes." Yan Feng replied.

The military leader glanced at him and Yan Xining, and said, "I've entered the camp, don't bother." ”

"Got it." Yan Feng touched Xi Ning's head and said, "For my father, I'm going in, take care." There was a slight choked voice.

Yan Xining looked at Yan Feng's back, held back her tears, and cheered herself on: "Yan Xining, it's okay, you have to live a good life alone in the future." ”

"Xi Ning." Aunt Yun looked at Xi Ning's back and walked over, "Your father went in?" ”

Yan Xining turned her head to look at Aunt Yun and nodded, "Has Brother Yifan gone too?" ”

"Not really." Aunt Yun sighed, "That kid went to report behind our backs, and it won't work if you don't go, the Yun family really can't stand you." ”

Yan Xining shook her head, "Aunt Yun, don't say that, they will definitely come back safely." ”

On the fifth day of the third month of the eighth year of Dacheng, the emperor convened a million soldiers to gather in Luoyang, and His Majesty the emperor came to Luoyang from Chang'an, climbed the Jianchun Gate Tower, and personally sounded the hundred-year-old drum on the city tower, and sounded the prelude to the expedition.

Xie Ronghua stood on the city tower, looked at the endless stream of troops, and said to Qin Luo beside him: "I heard that Brother Gao said that His Majesty has summoned 100,000 laborers and asked them to repair 300 warships for war within a month. ”

"Yes, it is said that the overseer is a person from the Dugu family, and I don't know how many people have to die." Qin Luo said with affection, today's saint is an out-and-out tyrant.

Xie Ronghua sighed, such a hard work and a loss of money, this country, I'm afraid it won't last too long.

"Now that the family affair is over, let's go back to Chang'an tomorrow."

"Yes, Childe."

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At the gate of Luoyang City, Yan Xi Ning helped Aunt Yun, and Uncle Yun crowded among the onlookers to see them off, they arrived in Luoyang yesterday, and they came to the city gate early this morning to occupy the favorable terrain, which is more crowded than modern people chasing stars. Xi Ning felt that she was about to be squeezed, and her breathing was not smooth.

"Xi Ning, have you seen your father and Yifan?" Aunt Yun asked unsteadily.

"Nope." Yan Xining replied loudly, in fact, she couldn't be sure whether the people had not arrived or had passed, after all, there were too many people, thinking about the costume dramas she had watched before, it was really a cheat, and the army of millions was played by hundreds of extras, and now that she saw the real army of millions, she really felt that this was the real momentum like mountains and rivers, this army is estimated to be more than the people of the entire country of Goguryeo, they ran over and spit on one person It is estimated that they can drown Goguryeo, this battle should be fought soon, Yan Feng and Yun Yifan should also be back soon, Xi Ning imagined.

She and Uncle Yun waited from morning to night, and they didn't see the shadows of Yan Feng and Yun Yifan, and the team didn't know how long it was, and the emperor who drove the expedition didn't see the departure, the crowd of onlookers couldn't stand it anymore, and they all gradually dispersed, Xi Ning also went back to the inn with Uncle Yun and Aunt Yun, and the next day they saw the endless team, and after discussion, they decided not to wait, and went home directly.

The future days proved that their decision at that time was extremely wise, because Xi Ning went to Luoyang half a month later to deliver herbs, and found that the million army was still leaving, and the team could neither see the head nor the tail, and she actually saw musicians with musical instruments and dancing girls in the team that set off, and even the families of officials, Yan Xining felt that her entire three views had been subverted, and they were going to war? Why did she think they were going on a trip, Yan Xining was speechless.

After a month-long process, the Eastern Expeditionary Army finally completed the task of setting off the army. The lives of the common people gradually returned to peace, because Yan Feng went to war, there was no doctor in the village, and everyone had any illness to try Xi Ning, after all, they didn't have any spare money, and they didn't want to go outside to ask a doctor to spend money. Gradually, the villagers found that the little girl they had always thought was still a child, and her medical skills were no worse than Yan Feng's, and even some diseases worked better than Yan Feng's previous prescription under her conditioning methods, and the villagers gradually began to be impressed by this little girl.

Xi Ning went to the mountains to collect medicine, went to Luoyang to deliver medicine, and gave medical treatment to the villagers, and busily finished the half year of Yan Feng's life away, calm and serene, the only special thing is that in this half a year, she waited for Yan Xining's first period, because she has experienced it, although the current conditions are not a little worse than in her previous life, but she still handled it well.

In October of the eighth year of Dacheng, the golden autumn was supposed to be the harvest season, and after the people were busy for a year, this season should have been the most pleasant, but the news of the failure of the Eastern Crusade exploded like a bomb in the common people of the Great Jin Dynasty, and the million Eastern Crusade army attacked a small country in Goguryeo that refused to surrender and was defeated, what unbelievable news, Xi Ning even thought he had heard it wrong when he first heard it.

According to the news from the front, 300,000 people died in the Eastern Expeditionary Army, which may be a number for the imperial court, but for ordinary people, they are in fear every day, and no one can say that their relatives who joined the army are one of these 300,000 people.

Fu'an Village is also in a gloomy fog, and the villagers are not in the mood to harvest the ripe crops in the fields. Everyone was both looking forward and afraid to receive the letter from the army from the village chief, some people cried with joy when they learned the content of the letter, and some people were grief-stricken when they learned the content of the letter, and Xi Ning ushered in her fifteenth birthday in this atmosphere.

That day, Xi Ning made longevity noodles for herself alone, she told herself that she didn't know if she would have the opportunity to review Hengxue in the future, but Yan Xining had to live well no matter how big a setback she encountered, Yan Feng would be fine, she believed that her father would be safe.

After waiting for more than ten days, Xi Ning took the letter sent to her from the village chief, because the village chief knew that Xi Ning was literate, so he didn't directly open it for people to read to her. Xi Ning's hands trembling when she took the letter, she took a deep breath, opened the envelope, and after reading the content of the letter, a hanging heart finally fell.

Xi Ning hurriedly ran to Uncle Yun's house and knocked on the door, Aunt Yun opened the door and saw her eager, so nervously held her hand and asked, "Do they have news?" ”

"Hmm" Xi Ning nodded and said with a smile: "I just read the letter sent by my father, he and Brother Yifan are safe, let us rest assured." ”

"Thank God, this is really good, I have to tell the old man to go quickly, and after speaking, I was about to go out, when I suddenly thought of something, and asked Xi Ning: "Did your father say when they will come back?" ”

Xi Ning frowned and said: "My father said that they are still training in Gaoyingpo, and His Majesty is not willing to be defeated, saying that he has given a death order to the soldiers who have returned, asking them to hurry up and train, and His Majesty intends to conquer Goguryeo again next year." Yan Feng was also very helpless when he said this in the letter, but the emperor's order was difficult to disobey.

Aunt Yun heard Xi Ning say this, and her good mood because of her son's peace disappeared suddenly, "When will this battle end." Aunt Yun wailed loudly, but Yan Xining didn't know how to persuade her to fight, and the most bitter people would always be the people.

After the village chief counted the number of deaths in the village who joined the army, he once again held a grand collective funeral ceremony, because almost all the people who died in the war did not find their bodies, the village chief had to build a mound for them, Xi Ning looked at the long linen and filial piety, this time it was a little paralyzed, maybe because Yan Feng was safe and sound, she did not feel much sad because of the wailing atmosphere in the village, such a scene, she should experience a lot in the future, I just hope that she will never be the person who wears linen and filial piety.