The Duke's Daughter is Reborn

Today, everyone with a discerning eye in the palace could see that the Duchess of England liked Yang Qi and was kind to her from the bottom of her heart.

The Duke of England is probably the only one who knows the truth and can empathize with the reason behind this.

All the world knows is that the Duke of England and his wife have only two sons, and now both of them are following in their father's footsteps, fighting on the battlefield to protect the Xihu people behind them.

However, what the world does not know is that the British Duchess was pregnant for the third time fifteen years ago, and it was a baby girl.

Because of the existence of Huo Yun and Huo Xuan, the Duchess of England has always wanted to have another sweet and soft little girl over the years.

The joy of a dream coming true filled the entire British mansion at that time.

The Duke of England and his wife were very happy about the arrival of this child. Before the baby was born, the Duchess of England prepared clothes and baby supplies that filled almost half of the house. At that time, the Duchess of England was full of excited smiles every day. Similarly, the Duke of England, who had never done carpentry, personally made a lot of children's toys for his unborn daughter.

However, the good times did not last long.

For so many years, the Western Barbarians have been ambitiously entrenched in Jincheng, the border between the Western Hu and their own territory. As the gate of the Western Hu, a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack, Jincheng has always been a battleground for military strategists, and the Western Barbarians are even more prostrate here, waiting for an opportunity.

Knowing that the Duke of England was not at the front line in Jincheng, the Western Barbarians attacked Jincheng with all their strength, hoping to capture Jincheng in one fell swoop.

With the enemy at the gates, the Duke of Ying had no choice but to leave his pregnant wife and eldest son in Xihu, while he led the elite troops of Xihu to Jincheng first.

When he first went to the battlefield, the Duke of England was always in high spirits and full of anticipation.

But ever since he had a family, the Duke of England always felt reluctant when he went to war.

Nowadays, before the Duke of England goes to war, he will prepare for the worst. Fortunately, his youngest son stayed with the Queen and the Crown Prince. Even if he was defeated once, the Huo family would have descendants, and sooner or later they would be able to recover the territory of the Tianyuan Dynasty.

When he arrived in Jincheng, the Duke of England finally had a real grasp of the actual situation in Jincheng.

The frenzied attacks of the Western Looting Barbarians had caused the physical strength of all the soldiers in Jincheng to reach the limit, and they no longer had the energy to fight back. Even the common people in the city, the elderly, the weak, women and children, began to spontaneously take on some chores within their capacity, such as applying medicine and cooking in the military camp.

After quickly understanding the current situation of Jincheng, the Duke of England frowned tightly. He really didn't expect that in just two days, Jincheng's military strength would be depleted to this extent.

As the "gatekeeper" of Xihu, the soldiers of Jincheng have the best weapons and manpower, and they are the most diligent and strict in daily training! It is really unbelievable that the speed at which the soldiers' manpower is consumed has reached this level.

It seems that the Western Looters have really made up their minds this time. They will not return until Jincheng is conquered. They must have been attacking the city without stopping for the past two days.

However, now he had no extra strength to deploy except for a team of elite soldiers he brought from Xihu.

Faced with such a dire situation, even the Duke of England, who was a master of military strategy, could not do anything without the necessary resources.

The Western Hu have a lot of troops, but most of them cannot move and need to be kept in position to deter hostile forces.

Even with the Duke of England's letter, the army would need at least seven days to travel back and forth. Such a long time would be of no help to the situation in Jincheng.

With Jincheng's current military strength, confronting the aggressive Western Barbarians head-on would be like flying into a flame. The only way is to make the Western Barbarians retreat on their own.

Fortunately, God was merciful. Just when Duke Ying was racking his brains for a solution, heavy snow suddenly began to fall from the sky. This was both good news and a bad sign for Jincheng.

The good news is that once it starts snowing, it means that the Xiluo barbarians have no food. As long as they can survive this period of time, Jincheng will be defended, and Jincheng and even Xihu will be quiet for the next few months.

Likewise, the Western Barbarians had no food, which meant they would go crazy to capture Jincheng. After all, in their eyes, Jincheng meant endless food and a warm winter.

In the crisis, the Duke of Ying made an extremely dangerous decision. That was to let his deputy general defend Jincheng, while he himself led a team of six people to sneak into the camp of the Western Barbarians, and burned their food and grass at lightning speed, cutting off their retreat!

Once the Western Barbarians' army runs out of food and supplies, and subsequent food and supplies cannot be delivered due to the blizzard, the Western Barbarians will definitely retreat immediately.

The Duke of England's method was extremely risky, because the Western Barbarians looked very different from the people of the Tianyuan Dynasty. If they tried to sneak in, they would be discovered immediately, which would mean death.

Therefore, in order to successfully approach the Tianyuan Dynasty's grain and grass camp, Duke Ying and six others stayed in the bushes for two days and two nights before they found a suitable opportunity and successfully burned the grain and grass with a fire.

But in this operation, three of the six outstanding soldiers brought by the Duke of England died, three were seriously injured, and even the Duke of England returned with scars all over his body.

During this period, the Western Luo barbarians mobilized most of their secret agents buried in the Western Hu and widely spread the news of the Duke of Ying's death in battle everywhere, especially around the Duke of Ying's mansion.

If it were an ordinary day, the Duchess of England could ignore these messages and keep calm.

But now, she is pregnant and has severe pregnancy reactions, including vomiting and diarrhea, and has lost a lot of weight.

Under such circumstances, when the Duke of England's wife heard the two maids discussing the "death of the Duke of England in the war", she was shocked and felt that all her energy had been drained for a moment.

The British Duchess, who had lost her backbone, ultimately failed to save her long-awaited daughter. She suddenly miscarried that night!

However, in order to stabilize the situation in Xihu, even though she had just had a miscarriage, Lady Ying had to stand up despite her weak body to stabilize the merchants and people of Xihu. Otherwise, before the day the city was broken, the entire Xihu would fall into chaos.

Most importantly, the Duchess of England must ensure that the general left behind to control the situation will not be harmed by external forces before the Duke of England goes to war.

It was precisely because of this that the British Duchess, who had suddenly suffered a miscarriage, injured her body. She did not take good care of herself afterwards and was unable to conceive again!

This incident has always been the deepest pain in the heart of the Duchess of England.

Every time she woke up in the middle of the night, the Duchess of England would think that it was because of her incompetence that the child left her, and her heart felt like it was being cut by a knife. For so many years, the severe pain had been reminding the Duchess of England of her dereliction of duty.

Even though the Duke of England wanted to help his wife get over the pain of losing her son, it was of no avail and had no effect.

Yang Qi is about the same age as that child, and was brought up by the Duchess of England’s best friend, Yang Wanmei, who grew up with her. His every move is what the Duchess of England thinks a child should be!

What's more, Yang Qi is the Crown Prince's confidant and is quite loved by the Queen.

In addition, Doctor Zong, who was trained by Yang Qi's grandfather, Imperial Physician Gu, saved the life of Duke Yingguo. Inadvertently, Yang Qi also saved Huo Yun's life!

All the above-mentioned things made the Lady of the Duchess of England so fond of Yang Qi when she first met her. The Lady treated this child as her own daughter, it was so heartbreaking!