The war came very suddenly.

It was about the middle of the night, when everyone was sleeping soundly, when they suddenly heard the sound of gongs and drums, and someone shouted: "Enemy attack!" ”

Before Qin Xiang came back to his senses, Han Yunxiao had already turned over and got out of bed, and put on his armor in three or two clicks. When he came to the door, he looked back, and then left without looking back.

That glance was full of reluctance and helplessness, Qin Xiang's heart tightened, and he was sober.

She's a powerless woman, and she can't really help. Even if it's a little clever, it's not material for going to war. He simply put on his dress, wrapped himself in a thick robe, and hurried to the stove to boil water.

Since there is going to be a war, there must be no casualties. Hot water disinfected the gauze, spirits were prepared, and a small amount of medicine she had brought from Xijing.

After a while, Xiaoyu also stumbled over, with a frightened look on his face.

When he saw her, he first shouted "Dongjia", and then clenched his fists, his face turned pale and looked around in panic.

Qin Xiang has never experienced a war either, but everyone has already arrived at the front line, and he is afraid that he will also have a sense of proportion.

"I regret it now."

Xiaoyu nodded, and shook her head again, "Listen to Brother Gouzi, the inner city can't hear the sound of fighting." But the more I can't see it, the more nervous I feel. The proprietor, if it is ......"

"That's fate. You and I will keep this fire and leave it to fate. If you are afraid, I will find someone to send you back tomorrow. ”

Xiaoyu hesitated and shook her head decisively.

In the era of cold weapons, the time of engagement was very long.

Maybe it's because I'm worried that time is passing very slowly.

Qin Xiang waited, but he couldn't help but walk out of the house.

Xiaoyu was going to follow, but Qin Xiang asked her to take care of the fire. So, only Chen Wuliu followed.

"Everyone else went to the city walls to see if there was anything they could do to help." Chen Wuliu said.

Before Han Yunxiao and the others arrived, the flames of war had already spread to Gancheng. The outside of the city is a scorched earth, and the inside of the city is resigned to fate. Fortunately, the Huwei army led by Han Yunxiao was brave and good at fighting and kept the enemy out of the city. It took several months to drive people out of Rongcheng for more than ten miles.

But the Sidi army was eyeing the tiger, always thinking about opening the mouth of Gancheng and tearing off a piece of meat from Xiyan.

They have been dormant for many years, and they have long been not satisfied with petty fights. For the annexation of Xiyan, Sidi has a winning mentality. Sidi was originally a vicious wolf on the grassland, and he was just a pretend gesture to make Xiyan relax his vigilance. Now, Xiyan's suppression of military generals is also in Sidi's calculations.

Qin Xiang doesn't understand politics, but he can understand it at all. Judging from the details of the infiltration of Xiyan, Sidi has been planning for many years.

"Be careful, county lord."

The closer you get to the city gates, the more chaotic it becomes.

There were also wounded soldiers who were running on the road from outside the city. Some of the wounded soldiers were taken to the hospital, while others were left on the side of the road. It's freezing this day, and it's really not a solution.

Qin Xiang frowned, lifted his skirt and walked back. She walked first, then began to trot.

Chen Wuliu didn't know why, but he was also busy keeping up.

"The owner?" Xiaoyu saw her hurriedly enter the door, and looked panicked: "But what happened?" ”

"Bring the pot and the medicine, let's go to the city."

The battle in Gancheng has been more than three months.

The local people almost fled, and those who couldn't escape chose to live and die with Gancheng.

Most of those who remain in the city today are old, weak, sick and disabled, and there are few young people. The doors of every house were closed, and every house was sheltered from the sound of war.

The soldiers were also accustomed to the scene of thousands of empty alleys, until a group of people suddenly appeared on the street and immediately alerted: "Wait, what are you doing?" ”

Qin Xiang smiled mildly and explained to the other party: "We are family members in the army, and when we saw that the wounded soldiers had no one to take care of, we brought gauze and medicine powder to stop bleeding from home. ”

Qin Xiang was dressed in plain clothes, but his temperament did not look like that of Gancheng, so it aroused the vigilance of the soldiers. At this time, although they were taking care of the wounded soldiers, they did not let their guard down.

"Second Brother Li, they are really good people, and yesterday's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner was sent by them."

In this way, Qin Xiang and others were released.

In the small courtyard where they temporarily lived, most of the soldiers who came from the army and could not go to the battlefield, stayed in the rear to help sew some clothes, wash gauze and other light work.

At this time, he also followed Qin Xiang to build a shed and build a pot stove.

When the soldier saw that they were busy, he hurriedly pointed to a cloth shop on the side of the road with a cloth banner.

"The house has been empty for a long time, and you are allowed to requisition it for the time being."

Qin Xiang hurriedly thanked him, and led everyone to quickly move into the cloth shop and set up the stove. The cloth people walked in a hurry, and a lot of plain cloth was left behind. Qin Xiang twisted it with his hand, and felt that it was suitable, so he asked Xiaoyu to cut it to a suitable size and boiled it in hot water for bandages.

He also moved some planks from the empty house nearby, and built a few plank beds directly in the bunk.

With hot soup boiling in front and medicine boiling in the back, a proposed field hospital was set up.

The wounded soldiers were sent here, bandaged simply, and then fed hot soup, which was the only thing Qin Xiang could do at the moment.

Qin Xiang regretted a little, she should have learned a little more knowledge, not just sitting here now for simple disinfection. Seeing the wounded soldiers covering their bandaged wounds, thanking her with a smile one by one, I felt more and more guilty in my heart.

The battle was fought until dark, but fortunately no wounded soldiers were sent over.

But after being busy all day, Qin Xiang's back hurts, and those only fears have been forgotten because of his overly busy hands.

Han Yunxiao returned to the house and found that Qin Xiang was missing. He was stunned, hurried out, and only then did the few people who asked find Qin Xiang's place where he was staying now.

From afar, I saw her wrapped in a thick robe, with an iron stove burning next to her, and she looked in the direction of the city gate.

Han Yunxiao's heart suddenly felt like being soaked in sour water, and the sour and bitter taste made his eyes hot.

"Lady."

Qin Xiang saw him usher in him, and also got up.

"How's it going? How are you all? ”

"Fortunately, there were no major casualties. Sidi's sneak attack this time was just to test the strength of our army. I have just received a letter that 100,000 troops have arrived in Fuzhou and will arrive in Gancheng the day after tomorrow. The Sidi people are far away from Sidi, the supplies can't keep up, and the troops are far less powerful than Xiyan, so we will definitely win. ”

Qin Xiang approached his chest, listened to Han Yunxiao's reassurance, and pursed his lips.

Even if he wins, the capital still has a battle to fight.

But at the moment, they don't have the energy to care about that.

……

After the New Year, spring is not far away.

At the time of the New Year's sacrifice, the emperor was present as usual. But at the feast in the evening, the man stayed only a short time and then left.

As soon as the old emperor left, everyone looked different.

When the emperor returned to the dormitory, he unloaded the tiredness on his face, and his eyes were not sick or weak, but a little shrewd.

"The Qin clan should be about to arrive in Gancheng, but there is a letterhead to deliver?"

The prince hurriedly said: "Gancheng is a long way away, and the letterhead will be delivered for a few days. Wait, there's always good news. ”

The emperor raised his forehead and sighed: "In the past few months when I have been pretending to be sick, I have seen that this group of beasts will not be able to sit still. The next step is to force the palace? Ha, I've really raised a bunch of good sons. ”

The prince didn't dare to persuade him, so he could only look down at the ground.

"I also understood that everyone was staring at my dragon chair, thinking about this position. I sometimes wonder, is it possible to set up a prince early, so there are no such things? But think about it again, people's hearts are broken, not for a day or two. What if the crown prince is established? A rebellious person has the heart of rebellion at all times. Taking advantage of my position to block it, it is true that these bull ghosts and snake gods will show up in advance, so as not to jump out and cause trouble in the future. ”

The prince knew that the emperor was just complaining, and he might not want to hear his consolation, so he just stared quietly. I've been in the palace for a long time, and I haven't heard any secrets. But when it comes to the throne, he doesn't dare to put his beak even if he has a few heads.

"You're cautious." The emperor glanced at him and snorted lightly: "Like the one surnamed Han, he is so bold that even I dare to contradict him." Back then, I said that if I dismissed the official, I didn't punish him, but now that the official has been reinstated, it is really cheap for him. ”

"General Han's righteousness is thin and cloudy, for the country and the people, it is rare and pure."

The emperor thought for a moment and nodded: "This is true. It's not like no one has ever co-opted him in the past, but who really co-opted him? Not one. It's a pity that I was deceived back then and had a dislike for him, which was my fault. ”

"General Han is stationed in Gancheng, Your Majesty can rest assured."

"I can rest assured, but someone with a heart is in the way, and I have to let Xiyan destroy the country." The emperor spoke of the sore spots, and was so angry that he swept off the books on the table.

The prince was startled and hurriedly knelt down, "Your Majesty is angry!" ”

"Get up, I'm not mad at you. You've been with me all these years, and I know you can be trusted. Here's a secret decree that I want to give to you, and if I really can't escape this fate, I won't allow that wolf ambition to sit in this position! ”

In the middle of the night, Han Yunxiao suddenly woke up from his dream.

He shook his head and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Qin Xiang was woken up by him and hurriedly said, "What's wrong?" ”

"It's okay, it's just a dream."

"It's funny, you're also scared by nightmares?" Having said that, Qin Xiang still sat up in his clothes and poured him a cup of cold tea on the ground. "The stove is out, and if it's not hot, let's drink it."

Han Yunxiao poured a few sips of cold tea before he felt better.

"I'm going to get the stove up, it's too cold in this room."

When the stove was raised, the couple kept the stove and talked.

"I'm going to get some sweet potatoes and stuff them in the hearth, and I'll be ready to eat them when I get up in the morning."

Qin Xiang said, and really went to get a few sweet potatoes.

Han Yunxiao held her cheeks and watched her busy, and her originally unstable heart also fell back into her stomach at this time.

"I'm not at home for the New Year this time, Ziyan and Tongtong will definitely be to blame."

"I told them before leaving, they are very sensible and will not make trouble."

"I haven't been here for a few months, nothing has happened at home, has it?"

Qin Xiang glanced at him and said with a smile: "What do you think will happen?" ”

Han Yunxiao was uncomfortable with her, so he changed the topic: "Tomorrow, you can pack up and go back to Xijing." ”

"Why?" Qin Xiang was puzzled: "Is there anything wrong with me staying here?" ”

"Sidi's army is just outside the city, and it's inconvenient for you to be here. If there is any danger, I will not care for you for a while. ”

Qin Xiang pursed his lips and shook his head, "Let's talk about it." Besides, if you go out of the city, will it be safe? I'm all here, are you afraid of anything else? Han Yunxiao, don't look down on people. ”