Several of the guards turned over and dismounted, dipped some water in their noses and sniffed it, immediately changed their faces, turned to us and said, "It's blood!" ”

Blood!

The red in the river is blood, which flows down from the upper reaches and stains most of the river red!

And this river is composed of mountain streams, which flows out of the area of Nian Baoyuze!

Could it be that

My breathing suddenly tightened, and I looked at Pei Yuanxiu in panic, his thick eyebrows were furrowed, he looked at the deeper and deeper red water in the river, turned his head and said to us: "Nian Baoyu may have an accident!" ”

"What then? We-"

"Don't rush just yet."

He was still calm, stood by the river and watched for a while, then turned to us and said, "We can't rush over now. If there is a real fight, the situation of several of us will be quite dangerous. You have to figure out the situation first. ”

"Then we-"

I hesitated for a moment, and then turned to look at the eighteen horsemen of Anyang who were already very vigilant around us.

The leader understood and immediately walked over: "I would like to listen to the eldest lady's dispatch." ”

I was overjoyed.

At the beginning, I didn't expect that there would be this use for letting eighteen people escort us, but now, I am really grateful to Prince Anyang for his carefulness and prudence. So he immediately ordered them to disperse, enter the valley from several different positions, visit the situation inside Nian Baoyuze, and then report back quickly.

The men received the order, immediately returned to their horses, and galloped away in several directions.

Pei Yuanxiu, Li'er, Liu Qinghan, and the remaining attendants stayed where they were.

The weather is hot, and I can still feel the cool wind by the river, but it can't shake away the anxiety and worry in our hearts, I look at the faint red shadow in the water, but I don't know how many people's blood is stained. Thinking that maybe the 200,000 troops of the Eastern Chahe Department had already fought with Pei Yuanfeng, it was even possible-

My heart was clenched.

A hand reached over and gently grasped my hand that was clutching the corner of my skirt and spasmed.

I raised my head, Pei Yuanxiu looked at me with gentle and calm eyes, and said softly, "Don't worry too much. ”

“……”

"Yuanfeng is not so weak."

“……”

Yes, I remember that Luo Shi also said that there is a member of the Celestial Empire, and he is talking about Yuanfeng. To make Losh so respectable, of course he will not be weak. It's just that things on the battlefield are changing rapidly, who can guarantee that none of the arrows will hit him? Who can guarantee that he will not be harmed in the midst of the chaos?

What's more, with Mu Hua by his side, their wedding date is approaching!

They must not have an accident!

Yuan Xiu gently stroked my shoulder and comforted me for a while, and finally calmed me down a bit. As soon as I turned around, I saw Liu Qinghan sitting on a big rock on the riverbank a little far from us, and Li'er was also sitting beside him, holding her small chin with both hands, and I couldn't tell whether she was at a loss or leisurely.

I walked over and gently stroked the top of her head.

As if sensing my hands trembling, Li'er raised her head and looked at me: "Mother, what's wrong?" ”

I glanced at her, then at Liu Qinghan, and then said to her: "Li'er, no matter what happens next, don't run around, you must follow your mother." If--in case you can't find your mother, follow your third uncle, understand? ”

"Hmm." She agreed, and then asked, "Why?" ”

I smiled: "Didn't you stick to your third uncle all the way?" ”

"Hey, hey." Instead, she was shy, covered her little face and laughed.

Liu Qinghan also raised his head and glanced at me at this time, didn't say anything, only nodded lightly: "I'll look at Li'er." ”

Of course he understood what I meant.

Li'er is my daughter, and as a mother, I should protect her with my life, but in the face of a war, even if I am Miss Nishikawa, my life is nothing, just a sharp arrow, an iron hoof.

And Liu Qinghan, the guard behind him, has already seen it when he was in Wuwei, and it seems that his skills are not bad, in case I have any accidents, let Li'er follow him, no matter what, it is also an extra layer of protection.

I bowed my head to him gently, "Bothered." ”

After speaking, he turned around and walked back to Pei Yuanxiu's side, sat down against him, and he didn't say anything, just gently took my hand and rubbed it in his palm.

Time passes little by little.

There's never been a harder time to endure than now, and although it's picturesque, no one knows what's going on behind the valley ahead. Every moment of waiting is an ordeal for me.

I don't know how long it took, but at last, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves in the wind.

I hurriedly stood up, looked up, Anyang eighteen horses came back five horses, the leader of the horse rushed to us, even the horse has not stopped has turned over and ran down, panting and said: "Miss, Nian Baoyu is fighting!" ”

"What?!"

My face turned white all at once.

The worst feared situation happened!

Pei Yuanxiu stepped forward and said, "How is the war?" ”

"It should have been a while now. We didn't dare to approach it, so we just looked at it from a distance. It seems that our army has been surrounded by the Eastern Chahe Department from several routes, and now, it has become an iron bucket. ”

“……”

"And—"

"And what?"

"Their encirclement seems to be slowly shrinking."

Although there were some speculations, it still made my heart sink to hear them return in return.

Although I don't know how to fight with soldiers, I also know that it is not so easy to form such an encirclement situation, because once it is formed, this battle will not be easy to fight, and the strength of the Dongchahe Department is several times that of Pei Yuanfeng, so if he is surrounded in this way, there is really nothing to guess about the outcome or defeat.

Unless......

I turned my head to look at Pei Yuanxiu, who was also frowning, looked at the valley in front of him, and said slowly: "If there are no reinforcements, Yuanfeng is only afraid that he will have to fold here." ”

"Childe, what should we do then?"

Looking at the solemn faces of the guards, my heart also tightened, gritted my teeth, and said, "We have to delay them." ”

"Procrastination?"

"Yes."

"We can't let them surround Yuanfeng's people to death, we must delay time and wait for reinforcements to appear."

Pei Yuanxiu looked into my eyes: "What are you going to do, how to delay?" ”

I looked at him and then at the surroundings.

The total number of people here, but about twenty, is impossible to fight. And we know very well that negotiations have always been based on strength, and negotiations without victory and strength are meaningless.

Therefore, our people have no basis and confidence to negotiate at all.

If I were to change my position, I might still be able to think of drugged the river or other methods, but in this situation, we don't have the slightest advantage in terms of time, place, and people.

What to procrastinate?

I thought for a moment and said softly, "What if...... If the eldest lady of the Yan family goes to negotiate with them......"

Pei Yuanxiu's face sank: "No! ”

I also trembled slightly when he stopped drinking so categorically, but I couldn't help but think more and more in my heart: "Yuan Xiu, I think-"

"No way!"

Again, he said, "I can't let you take this risk!" ”

"But—"

"No, but!"

He was more arbitrary than ever and at any time, reaching out to caress my cheek, and his fingertips were slightly forced: "You are the eldest lady of the Yan family in Xichuan, but you are now my Pei Yuanxiu's wife." I don't allow you to take any risks, no risks! ”

When he said this, he was not very loud, but compared to the usual gentleness to me, it was already very strict, and I was a little overwhelmed for a while, and the fear of moving and facing great danger in my heart made me shrink slightly. I could only avoid his stern gaze.

Seeing the side, Liu Qinghan still took Li'er with him, as if he was completely out of the way and sat on the big rock.

Our voice is not high, and Li'er may not be able to hear it all, but he is an official - listening to the root of the wall is a necessary ability, I believe he must have heard it clearly, but at this moment he did not express any opinion, only glanced at us from a distance.

It was Pei Yuanxiu who said, "You ask Lord Liu, will he agree with you doing this?" ”

As soon as Li'er heard this, she immediately raised her head and looked at us: "Mother, what are you going to do?" ”

Liu Qinghan patted her on the shoulder gently, we had already walked in front of him, and I said softly, "Lord Liu? ”

He stood up and didn't look at any of us, just lowered his head and thought for a while, although he didn't frown, but a few shallow furrows appeared in the center of his eyebrows: "This government feels that judging from our current situation, the presence of Madame-Miss Yan is indeed a way to break the deadlock......

Pei Yuanxiu's face suddenly sank.

He continued: "After all, it is impossible for reinforcements to arrive immediately at present, and besides, if we spend one more day, the situation of the Shu army will be worse by one day. ”

“……”

"If I could—"

I turned my head to look at Pei Yuanxiu.

At this time, he frowned slightly again, and said, "But-"

“……”

"It's too dangerous."

A smile flashed across Pei Yuanxiu's face.

I frowned and glanced back at him, only to see that he thought about it again and looked up at us: "But still—"

Before he finished speaking, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves in the distance.

There are still some people from the eighteen cavalry of Anyang that we sent out, but the sound of these horses' hooves is obviously not a dozen or so horses, but like a whole large group of people and horses. When I looked back, I saw the valley mouth in front of me, a group of people and horses galloped out of it, and under the sun, their saddles and bodies were shining with silver light, reflecting the sunlight was particularly dazzling.

That's the cavalry of the Eastern Chahebu!

Several of us suddenly froze, at this time we had to get on our horses immediately, and we could get on them, but in the face of such cavalry, we had no possibility of running at all. The guards immediately drew their long knives and surrounded us.

Li'er was so frightened that she hurriedly ran over and hugged my thigh: "Mother, what's wrong?" ”

I tapped her lightly on the shoulder, but didn't speak.

In an instant, the group of men and horses had already run in front of us, although there were not many, but there were hundreds of them, and soon surrounded a dozen of us in the center.

When the horse's hooves stepped into the river, the splash of water drifted to my face in the wind, and there was a fishy smell.

I don't know if there's blood in there.

Those people circled around us twice, and one of them was a big man in armor with an exceptionally burly figure, like their leader, who looked at us a few times, and then looked at me, and said in a somewhat stiff tone: "You, you are Xichuan, the eldest lady of the Yan family, right?" ”

My heart was shocked.

Even if the Dongchahe Department has already surrounded Xichuan's soldiers and horses and has already started fighting, how would they know that we still have a group of people here?

How would they know that I am the eldest lady of the Yan family?

Could it be that

I gritted my teeth and looked up at him, "Not bad. ”

The man looked at me again, as if smiling, but the almost hideous smile was particularly chilling in the sun, and he waved his whip: "That's going to save trouble." Let's go. ”

"Do what?"

"Our general, I want to see you!"

At this time, of course, there is no room for me to refuse.

I glanced back at Pei Yuanxiu, his gaze was also very solemn, and he seemed to have thought of something, and his brows were deeply locked. When he looked at me, I made a laughing and crying face.

When he turned his head again, Liu Qinghan was also looking at us and said, "You can give it a try." ”

……

This is the sentence he hasn't finished just now.

But it's too late to say it now.

This time, I don't have to negotiate with them.

It's them who found me.