Three days after the imperial army's troops approached the city, Huan Yuan finally changed his previous immobility, and the people of Daizhou fell into a panic.

A few days later, however, the situation was not as bleak as they had expected. The imperial army's army retreated one after another, until it retreated to the area of Bingzhou, and then only attacked but not defended, and the two sides were deadlocked.

With such a great opportunity, how could Yongguo, who was eyeing Rongguo, miss it, and sent an army to wait for the opportunity at the border.

It's just over the New Year, and although everyone has no intention of being lively, couplets and lanterns are posted in front of every house. Ah Yao and Zhao Qing were preparing the lanterns for the Shangyuan Festival, and Huan Ci sat under the lamp and watched them laugh, with a sad look on their faces.

Although she hasn't shown her affection yet, her face is getting more and more ugly. Because of the war, my father is not in Daizhou now, and the army of Yong is getting closer and closer, and the whole palace is gloomy.

"Did you tell anyone to see your father today?" She turned her head and asked Ah Yao.

Ah Yao stopped laughing and looked at her worriedly: "I remember this matter." Girls don't have to worry. I asked the kitchen to make you a supper, thinking it would be there in a moment. ”

"I don't want to eat it." Huan Ci shook his head.

When she woke up this morning, she felt a dull pain in her abdomen, and she really didn't have any energy. I thought it would be nice to rest for a while, but now it's getting more and more uncomfortable.

"You guys, I'll go to sleep first." She stood up to leave, but her body shook uncontrollably.

"Girl, what's wrong with you?" Ah Yao hurriedly stepped forward to support her.

"It's okay, it's just that I'm dizzy." Huan Ci waved his hand.

"Would you like to ask a doctor to take a look?" Zhao Qing said softly.

Huan Ci smiled at her: "No need, just rest for a while." ”

Zhao Qing and Ah Yao glanced at each other, and when they saw Huan Ci looking over, they hurriedly lowered their heads to cover up. She is so well-informed, Huan Ci can't hide it from her at all. She had already secretly asked Ah Yao, and the two had often communicated in private in recent days, but Huan Ci didn't know.

is obviously pregnant, but she watched Huan Ci's body become thinner and thinner, and her face was much worse than before. Although she discussed with Ah Yao to let the kitchen send a lot of good things, Huan Ci often had no appetite, and they didn't have a problem with her.

Suddenly, the door was slammed open, and the three of them looked at the person in unison.

"Girl, the people of Yong have come to the city." A little maid held the door and gasped.

Huan Ci's heart jumped suddenly, and he quickly walked in front of her: "Is someone guarding?" ”

"General Ji has already taken people with him. Girl, General Ji told you to go quickly, and go to meet the prince first. ”

Huan Ci frowned: "Why?" How many people did they come? ”

"I don't know. General Cheng was guarding the palace with people, and he also advised the girl to leave quickly. ”

"What about the people of the city?"

"Those who can run have already run, and those who are still here are naturally reluctant to go. Leave them alone, girl, and go quickly. ”

"No, I can't go. If I leave at this time, the people will only be more panicked. You go, let the maids and ladies in the house stay in the backyard, let the old and young men also come in, and the rest of the strong people go to the front yard to guard, and you can't let General Cheng carry it alone. ”

The little maid was stunned, and after reacting, she quickly ran out to make arrangements. Huan Ci was covered in a cold sweat, supporting Ayao to stand. She looked back at the stunned A-Yao: "Are you afraid?" ”

"I'm not afraid." A-Yao shook her head, "If it was my brother, he wouldn't leave." Girl, I'm with you. ”

"I'm not afraid, girl, don't worry so much." Zhao Qing looked calm, turned his head to look at Ah Yao, "I'll go out to help, you take care of the girl here, don't let the girl worry too much." ”

Huan Ci sat down on a chair and took a sip of water from the cup in Ah Yao's hand. She was really uneasy, and her legs were still a little unsteady because of the abdominal pain.

"A-Yao, let's go to the front yard and have a look." She helped Yao to her feet.

If she didn't know what was going on in the front yard, she wouldn't be at ease sitting here.

"Girl!" A-Yao hesitated.

"Girl! Girl! Oh no, someone came in over the wall. An old woman stumbled over, "There are Yong people hiding in the city, and someone came in over the wall at the back door." ”

"Don't panic yet," Huan Ci forced himself to calm down, "let everyone get together and find some strong little guys to go to the back." A-Yao, you follow me to the front yard, and we will go to General Cheng. ”

In the front yard, General Cheng had already known about what was going on and had already sent someone over. As soon as he saw Huan Ci, he rushed over: "County Lord, you go quickly, I have asked people to prepare a carriage." The city is mixed with fine work, and it's not safe for you to stay here. ”

"In this case, it's not safe for me to go out. General Cheng, do you know how many people there are in Yong Kingdom? Huan said.

"I don't know yet. I'm afraid they have been planning for a long time, and now that the prince is gone, we can only rely on ourselves. General Cheng frowned.

Suddenly, a feathered arrow shot in from outside the wall, and everyone was startled.

There was a commotion outside, and Huan Ci heard the language of the Yong people. She thought, she was going to be done tonight.

Sure enough, the sound of fighting soon sounded.

Most of the troops were sent to the city gates, and the palace soldiers were isolated and soon fell behind. The gate of the palace has been broken, and General Cheng led everyone to retreat again and again, and Huan Ci's clothes were already stained with blood.

But even so, those Yong people refused to hurt his life, but kept coming to her.

"A-Yao, General Cheng, you go behind me." She already had a judgment in her mind.

I'm afraid that these Yong people plan to repeat their old tricks and treat her like A-Niang, so as to threaten their father.

"They won't kill me here, I'll protect you." She lowered her voice.

General Cheng was stunned for a moment, and when he turned his head, his eyes were full of fighting spirit. Huan Yuan has already lost his wife because of Yongguo, and he can't let him lose his only child anymore.

"Hold on a little longer, and I'm sure reinforcements will arrive soon. The prince has always been clever, and he will never ignore us. ”

Huan Ci turned his head to look at the man and smiled at him. He was right, her father had fought with the Yong people for so many years, and she must have been able to predict what happened today, and she should believe in her father.

She stood forward, blocking Ah Yao and General Cheng behind her, and quietly looked at the Yong people who were approaching not far away.

If the time comes, she will make the same choice as her mother.

In the first month of the twelfth year of Dehua, Yong attacked Daizhou at night, and Huan Ci, the daughter of King Dingyuan, was captured alive, which caused a sensation in Rongguo.

The wife of the king of Dingyuan once suffered this difficulty, and now this matter has fallen on his only daughter, how can it not be emotional? However, the king of Dingyuan was a loyal and good general, a soldier who defended his family and the country, and his wife died for the country. Now everything is wrong, and everyone sighs.

Less than an hour after the attack of the Yong Kingdom that day, the king of Dingyuan led the reinforcements back to Daizhou. Although he quickly repelled the Yong army inside and outside the city, Huan Ci's whereabouts are unknown.

At this time, in the Dingyuan Palace, Huan Yuan sat on the couch with a gloomy face. There was a man kneeling beside his lap, his hair disheveled, very unmotivated.

Ah Yao stood aside and pulled her sleeves and cried. The night before yesterday, she was originally standing with Huan Ci, but later the Yong people attacked everyone with stray arrows, and when everyone hurriedly dodged, the formation was disrupted, and she and Huan Ci were separated in the chaos.

The prince had already sent batches of people to search for him nearby, but he only found Yong Guo's fine work that had not had time to escape.

She looked at her brother who was kneeling on the ground, and her heart was mixed. It turned out that the prince specially asked his brother to take care of Huan Ci before leaving, but his brother was not in the house on the day of the accident, so the prince was very angry.

"Brother, what did you do that day?" Yao asked crying.

Yesterday, the prince put his brother in prison in a fit of rage, and today he was brought up for questioning, but when he arrived, the prince didn't say a word, and his brother only said that he was kneeling, and he didn't say a word of begging for mercy.

Neither of them paid any attention to her, and the room fell silent again. After a long time, the people on the ground finally moved: "My subordinates are willing to make meritorious service for their crimes, go deep into the Yong army to find the whereabouts of the county lord, and ask the prince to fulfill it." ”

"You think simply, I haven't found any words for the detailed work I buried in the Yong army, where do you go to find her?" Huan Yuan said coldly.

Ah Lian nu his mouth, took a step forward and said: "If you can't find the county lord, your subordinates will never let go of Yongjun." At that time, I will present the head of Yu Wentian, the general of Yongguo. ”

"Humph!" Huan Yuan sneered, "Whimsical." ”

"My subordinates will never break their word." Ah Lian glanced up at Huan Yuan, his expression was very firm.

Huan Yuan narrowed his eyes: "Since this is the case, then the king will wait for good news." ”

*

Huan Ci woke up in a jolt, and before she could open her eyes, the pain in her leg reminded her of her current situation.

The night before yesterday, she was hit by an arrow in her left leg in the scuffle, and the knife in her hand was also taken away at a critical moment, and when she woke up again, she was already in the car of Yong Guoren.

It was a squad of only a dozen people, and they deliberately took a long detour, only sneaking in the secluded woods, and so far Huan Ci had not seen any other pedestrians.

They helped her bandage her wounds, changed her into Yong clothes, and disguised herself as a Yong merchant.

Everything was normal from a distance, but Huan Ci could clearly feel that the rope tied to her hands and feet was just a thick blanket covering her body.

"It's not going to snow today, is it?"

She heard a soldier next to her whisper.

She hadn't spoken since she was caught, and the group hadn't spoken to her. They didn't know that Huan Ci could understand Yong Chinese, although they hadn't talked about anything important.

"There seems to be someone up ahead."

The soldier's words alarmed her. She closed her eyes tightly and listened carefully to the movement outside.

"Looks like it's our people."

Huan Yu's heart returned to calm.

"There are also a lot of Rongguo people, they must have encountered the Rongjun search here, let's go quickly." The man at the head said in a deep voice.