In the fourth year of Chengyuan, Shicheng.

In July, the sun was scorching the earth, and the city wall about three feet high was smashed into a big hole by a catapult, and a group of ordinary people were moving stones one by one, regardless of age or young.

"Move! If you don't fill all these walls today, none of you will want to go home! A commander in armor had a leather whip in his hand and cursed viciously.

Suddenly, his eyes swept to a small figure like a bean sprout lying on the edge of the stone stack, and immediately rushed forward with an arrow step, and a whip "snapped" on the tattered gray cloth shirt, and immediately pulled open a bloody crack.

"Ahh

The bean sprouts screamed and was pumped to the side with a grunt.

The stone he was holding in his hand also rolled over and hit the tips of his fingers.

"Stinky boy, dare to be lazy? See if I don't suck your skin! The one always said and whipped it down again.

The bean sprouts couldn't dodge and received another whip.

Under the blazing sun, the wound was hot, and he felt that his eyes were dark and dreary, and he fainted.

He thought he was dead.

But after some time, he woke up, and before he could realize where he was, a strange man grabbed his chin and forced him to look up.

"Yes, it's a good seedling, but it's too young, and I have to raise it for another two or three years." The man stared into his eyes and smiled sadly, "Girl, how old are you?" ”

Bean sprouts were so frightened that her pupils twitched, and her identity as a girl was recognized.

Thinking that she had witnessed a girl being insulted to death by a group of officers and soldiers, her face turned pale.

Just when she was at a loss, a small soldier ran in, "General, the anti-king Qin Tianfu has sent troops to attack the city, and Yan Du has summoned you over." ”

When the man heard this, his face sank, and he said to the general manager next to him who caught the bean sprouts: "Lock her upstairs and wait for General Ben to come back." ”

After the man left, the man lifted her upstairs like a chicken.

Looking out the window, she realized where she was.

This is a tower on the city wall.

Before these officers and soldiers invaded the city, she often walked back and forth on the castle tower, and knew the situation here very well.

She leaned on the window, looking eagerly out of the city, praying that the rescuers sent by her father would quickly enter the city and save her from the fire.

That's right, she is Qin Tianfu's daughter, Qin Wan.

After her mother's death, she had no support, her aunt and mother didn't like her, and since she came to Shicheng, they seemed to have forgotten her, just as if she didn't have her.

But Qin Wan didn't feel sad, she liked this feeling very much.

Unlike in the palace, in Shicheng, she can go wherever she wants, and no one cares about her, which means that no one takes care of her.

She is like a bird that has been freed, spreading its wings in the sky of her longing.

It was also because of this that when the mansions of these officers and soldiers were sealed off, she was able to escape.

When she came out of the house, she changed into a boy's outfit for convenience, and soon fled in tatters, disgraced, and completely like a broken boy.

Later, she hid in a ruined temple with a dozen refugees, but was discovered by these officers and soldiers and taken to hard labor.

Although Qin Wan is young, she has been displaced with Qin Tianfu all these years, and she is no longer a child who doesn't understand anything.

Especially the girl who witnessed being insulted to death by the officers and soldiers before, it caused a great shock to her.

If the people sent by Qin Tianfu couldn't break through the city and rescue them, she could already predict her fate next.

The windows of the city tower were higher than those in the house, and Qin Wan could only stand on tiptoe and look at the situation outside the city.

Those officers and soldiers said that someone was coming to attack the city, but there was no one outside her city at the moment, and she saw that the sky was slowly darkening, and dusk was approaching.

The sticky heat was uncomfortable, and the sunset outside soon stained the sky red like blood.

She leaned on the window and watched for a long time, but no rescuers appeared.

Until the officers and soldiers on the tower of the city began to eat.

It's about to get dark, and if there are really rescuers coming, they will definitely have to rest, and they won't attack the city today.

She'd have to find a way to escape, or the devil knows what those people will do to her.

The windows are made of iron, and it is impossible to escape from here, and if you want to get out, you can only go through the main entrance.

I don't know if anyone is guarding the door now......

Just when Qin Wan wanted to quietly go to see the situation, Yu Guang suddenly saw a black shadow jumping on the hillside in the distance outside the city.

It was a man and a horseman, armed with a spear, riding in the hot wind.

"Kill!"

That mighty shout, as if it came from ancient times, shook straight into her mind.

In the next moment, thousands of troops and horses rushed out from behind the hillside, densely packed, and the number of black pressures was innumerable, and there was a big flag with black characters on a red background in the army, and the word "Xiao" was written on it.

The officers and soldiers in the city were having dinner and had no time to deal with it.

Suddenly, the gates opened, and a troop of men and horses went out of the city, crossed the moat, and went to intercept the men and horses outside the city.

Among the men and horses outside the city, the leader was a young general, dressed in a black brocade moire drape, which hung under the blood-like blazing sun, reflecting a crimson color, and wherever his spear went, like the sickle of death, he picked up pieces of blood and harvested one life after another.

The defenders of the city fought only three rounds before the broadsword was knocked off his horse, and he couldn't help but panic, turned around and slapped his horse to return home.

But the young general behind him was in hot pursuit, all the way to the moat.

"Shut the gates!"

The man shouted in panic and jumped into the gate.

The gates were immediately closed, but the heavy movement of the gates was extremely slow.

Suddenly, Qin Wan heard a "boom", and the rope controlling the city gate was cut, and the city gate smashed heavily to the ground, becoming a bridge over the moat.

That was the first time Qin Wan had seen Xiao Yan, and compared to the blood-like remnant sun that was extremely rare that day, he had become a deeper and deeper imprint in her heart.

Later, she learned that Xiao Yan had already buried a secret line in the city, and the general who went out of the city to meet the enemy had already been bought by him, and they just made a scene under the noses of the guards in the city, and they were unprepared to take Shicheng.

Stone City, Garrison House.

"General, it's not good, there is one less person in the prince's family." An adjutant general hurried to Xiao Yan to report.

Xiao Yan's expression suddenly became solemn, "Which one is missing?" ”

"Eighth Miss, Qin Wan."

Xiao Yan took the list and saw Qin Wan's name at the end, her mother was a deceased lady, and she herself was inconspicuous among Qin Tianfu's children.