One of the female generals of the Yang family

【Chapter 27】The war is imminent

As night fell, Song Zhenzong invited everyone to drink together in the tent, and food was what they hunted today.Qin Xue ran out from the banquet, came to Yang Tai's big tent, raised the curtain and peeped in.

"Hua Niang." She called softly, and tiptoed in without seeing anyone.She looked around, but there was still no sign of Hua Jieyu, and she couldn't help but look at Yang Tai's big tent curiously. Big knives can be seen.A wooden box caught her attention, making her walk curiously.

Open the door of the box, and a delicate longbow lies inside.Qin Xue was startled, this was exactly the weapon she had when she was a child, the 'Xiliang Blood Bow', which was used by the Tiger of the Yin Mountain to shoot.

"It's from Xunguzhuang, the weapon held by Qin Han's daughter, Qin Xue." Yang Tai's voice came from behind, but Qin Xue didn't turn around, staring at the bow and arrow in a daze for a while.

When Yang Tai came close, she smiled lightly, "It's a beautiful bow."

Yang Tai picked up the bow and arrow and handed it to Qin Xuedao: "This bow and arrow has a long history and has been held by countless heroines."

"Sure enough, it can be called a 'holy object'." Qin Xue couldn't put it down, staring at the bow and arrow as if recalling many past events.

"Since you like it, take it and use it." Yang Tai picked up his own bow and arrow in front of him, with an unclear look in his eyes.

"No, brother, I'd better give it to Huaniang, she loves these things." Qin Xuefang was about to put down the bow and arrow, but Yang Tai raised his hand and pushed it back into Qin Xue's hand, and said with a smile: "Huanniang said I will use it for you. I I asked her a few days ago, and it said this is more suitable for you. Although I don’t understand what she means, brother can feel that Hua Niang has a lot of affection for you, and you seem to have a good impression of her.”

Qin Xue was still troubled by the past, but when he heard Yang Tai say this, a smile welled up in his heart, and he approached him with a bow and arrow in his hand, "Brother misunderstood, I only think of Huaniang as a girl."

"Brother can see clearly, Qin Feng doesn't need to explain, but brother thinks you are quite suitable for her." Yang Tai smiled lightly.

Qin Xue held back her smile, "Who said that? The eldest brother is worthy of her. You are a general, and I am just a small soldier."

"That was before. After what happened this afternoon, you haven't heard how the maids brought by the emperor talked about you and the third child. I'm afraid that the whole capital will report the heroic deeds of you and him. After all, Xin A hunting, no one can beat the emperor."

When Qin Xue was about to say something more, Hua Jieyu lifted the curtain and entered, "Yang Tai, I brought good wine." Before he finished speaking, he saw Qin Xue who was smiling brightly in front of him, stopped in a hurry, and stopped coming forward .

"Hey, Hua Niang." Seeing her pouting, Qin Xue turned around and left, and chased after her, still holding the 'Xiliang Blood Bow' in her hand.Seeing that the two were really ambiguous, Yang Tai felt unhappy, so he slowly covered the wooden box and followed out.

"Okay, if you get angry again, you will be cautious." Qin Xue pulled Hua Jieyu to prevent her from running away.

"I'm narrow-minded, I'm not as smart as you." Hua Jieyu was still relentless, and was still unwilling to have a good talk with Qin Xue.

Qin Xue hurriedly hugged her arm, "Okay, good sister, if we continue to quarrel, big brother will be jealous, he was still asking me about your relationship, I said I only treat you as a 'sister'."

"Sister for a while, sister for a while, I don't understand." Hua Jieyu looked behind him, met Yang Tai's eyes looking at the two of them, and pushed Qin Xue's hand, signaling her to be more honest.

"Didn't I lie? Brother always thought that I was one year older than you, but in fact I am younger than you." Qin Xue deliberately approached Hua Jieyu, causing her to take a step back, and she could see that she cared about Yang Tai's thoughts. Qin Xue was happy in her heart, at least it was a feeling of mutual gratification, and Yang Tai would not be too miserable.

"Then don't be angry with me. It's just a competition. I don't really want to kill you. If you feel ashamed to lose, you can team up with me next time. I will let you win back." Qin Xue saw her smiling and staring at herself. , Knowing that she was no longer angry, the stone in her heart finally fell.

"You're so pretty, I don't want to be on your team, next time I'll 'kill' you, be careful." Hua Jieyu nodded her head, turned and walked towards Yang Tai, her face finally showed a smile. smile.

"Then I won't bother you anymore." Qin Xue yelled loudly on purpose, causing both of them to blush, Qi Qi glared at her, Qin Xue realized that something was wrong, turned around and ran away in a hurry.

Tired from running alone, Qin Xue began to walk slowly, staring at the dim moonlight, thinking about the coming Mid-Autumn Festival night, and somewhat missing the days of Xunguzhuang, the closer she was, the more she missed her.There is no Mid-Autumn Festival in Daliao, only a one-day Reunion Festival, which is similar to Mid-Autumn Festival.

Qin Xue vaguely remembered that Yeluquan would be invited into the palace by Yelu Longxu to have dinner with Empress Dowager Xiao at this time, and on several occasions, he insisted on bringing himself along, as a member of Yelu's family, to eat with them.It's just that I understood better than he thought, when he insisted on arresting me, I escaped early, and after he returned to the hospital, I came to plead guilty and have dinner with him.Looking back on those days now, for a moment, it was extremely sweet.

In the distance, a green shirt stood quietly, only to turn around slowly when he heard footsteps behind him.Staring at the woman in front of him who had been thinking about it for a long time, the coldness slowly dissipated, "Have you talked to Hua Niang?" Yang Shun looked at the 'Xiliang Blood Bow' in Qin Xue's hand and knew it was hers. Without asking anything, he raised his hand to signal her to get closer to him.

"I apologized just now, so I've been forgiven." Qin Xue stood beside him, not close to him.

"I also have to apologize here." Yang Shun consciously moved closer to her.

"I'm sorry." Qin Xue looked up at him, and seeing that he didn't answer, she tried to pull his cuff, "It's just a competition, you won't be really angry, right?" She carefully tested.

"How could it be?" Yang Shun suddenly took her into his arms, causing her to stare in astonishment.

Seeing Qin Xue's expression, Yang Shun really wanted to say that he already knew her identity, but he wanted to hear her tell him first. Good brother, I naturally understand what you mean."

Qin Xue secretly exhaled, tried to hook his shoulder, and said very boldly: "That is, we are brothers, I knew you could understand." Yang Shun slowly wrapped her in his arms, Qin Xue frowned in surprise , I don't know what he was thinking, but because of the "brother" he said just now, he was a little relieved, thinking that he should not have found anything.

Holding the cold bow and arrow, Qin Xue suddenly thought of something, slowly got up from Yang Shun's arms, and said in a low voice: "This sneak attack by the Liao people made someone take advantage of the chaos to take the life of the prince. According to my guess, it should be someone from the palace. people."

"This is not the first time. The people in that yard have done so many tricks both openly and secretly. Even if you tell the emperor, it's nothing new." Yang Shun didn't care, it seemed to be commonplace.

"He's only that old. Even if he can guard against it for a few years, it's impossible for him to escape for a lifetime." Qin Xue's expression was different, and she was extremely worried.

Yang Shun could understand her reaction now. She had already thought of Song Xiang as Qin Nan who was in Daliao. Now she tried her best to protect Song Xiang's safety, which also showed her eagerness to protect Qin Nan.

"You can't control the affairs in that yard, and you have no right to control them. I'm afraid the emperor knows better than anyone else the arrow you found shot from. In the future, you will understand." Yang Shun still looked indifferent. appearance.

Back in the camp, Song Xiang had already fallen asleep, today's excitement made him forget that thrilling night, and he slept very peacefully.Qin Xue sat beside him, observing the corners of his slightly raised mouth, as if she saw all the beauty in his dream.

According to Song Zhenzong's intention, Xinjia's hunting should end in half a month, but Yelumu was dishonest. Taking advantage of Song Zhenzong's good mood, he suddenly rushed into Cangmu State and caused some troubles. There was little movement, but no harm. At least, the Zhuangzi family yard of the Song people was almost burned to the ground, making the people miserable.

Fan Da, the county magistrate of Cangmu, submitted the situation to Jing Cong, the magistrate half a month ago. How could this pedantic magistrate only care about preparing the Mid-Autumn Festival gifts for the capital and counting the money received in the mansion, but did not take this matter to heart , only when Yelumu was pretending that there would be no big movement, but he didn't know that a negligence caused Da Song to lose Cangmu Prefecture.

Song Zhenzong was furious, and ordered Yang Tai to lead the troops to rush to Cangmu, and Pan Shan recommended himself to go together.Yang Xun took the post of supervisor of the army, together with the fourth-rank inspector, thoroughly investigated the matter of Cangmu.Everyone can see that Song Zhenzong admired Yang Xun very much since the hunting plan, which made him gradually start to participate in government affairs from a man in the army.

However, these were not what Yang Xun wanted, but Qin Xue didn't want him to say it was his own idea. Yang Xun had to do everything for Qin Xue and received rewards. After a long time, he felt that he and Qin Xue seemed to be alone. generally.

The army came out mightily, at this time the Cangmu was already in the hands of the Liao people, and the Cangmu Gobi was also among them, and the arrogance of Daliao was in full swing.Qin Xue was sitting in the swaying carriage, Yang Xun closed his eyes and rested his mind, and saw Qin Xue's slightly frowned brows in his slightly squinted eyes. Although she didn't understand why she was worried, she could feel that the closer she was to Cang Mu In this place, Qin Xue felt more like sitting on pins and needles.

As the sun slowly set, the army stopped to rest, and everyone ate together in Yang Tai's tent. The topic continued to revolve around the terrain of Cangmu. Only Yang Tai, Yang Xun, and Hua Jieyu had entered Cangmu before. , everyone else is here for the first time.After dinner, Yang Tai ordered Hua Jieyu to draw a landform map of Cangmu, and told them all what he knew, so that everyone could freely talk about the method of capturing Cangmu.During this period, Qin Xue didn't say a word, her mind was always unstable and unable to concentrate.

"What's Qin Feng thinking?" Seeing her silence, Yang Tai asked aloud.

Qin Xue looked up at him, not knowing what everyone was discussing just now, she hurriedly looked at the map in front of her, but couldn't think of what to do, so she shook her head to express her ignorance.

"It seems that the land of Cangmu is indeed difficult to break through. Yelumu really took advantage of it. If we had known about Daliao's attack on Cangmu earlier, we could have sent troops to help earlier. Now that I think about it, I am so angry .” Pan Shan beat his chest and stamped his feet, sighing angrily.

"I heard that this plan was given to Yelumu by Yeluquan. This time, it is rare for the two to join forces. The situation is a bit unexpected. Yelumu alone is difficult enough to deal with, and with Yeluquan's participation, Daliao is even more powerful." Zuoge They sighed together, causing everyone to nod their heads, only Qin Xue trembled slightly after hearing the name of that person.

She vaguely remembered that Yeluquan had warned herself that he would participate in the next battle and would not be soft on her. Now, he must have been waiting for her in Cangmu.

"I heard that Xiao Jing will personally lead the army in this battle." Before Yang Shun could finish speaking, Qin Xue got up suddenly, with moist eyes, and hurried out of the tent.

"I'll go and have a look." Yang Shunfang wanted to get up, but was pulled down by Yang Xun, who shook his head and said, "You are not familiar with the Cangmu matter, and you are going to participate in the first battle, stay and listen carefully to what the elder brother said, I will go and have a look." Having said that, he has already stepped away.

In the kitchen tent, Xu Jiu brought Qin Xue ginger soup to keep out the cold, bowed to Yang Xun who entered through the curtain, and withdrew.

"If it's because of Yeluquan, you're going too far." Yang Xun stood by Qin Xue's side, did not sit down, stared at her who was sitting with her knees hugged, and there was a hint of annoyance in his eyes. Surprisingly, this The annoyance was not because she was close to a Liao man, but because she was hesitating for another man.

Seeing that Qin Xue didn't speak, Yang Xun slowly sat beside her, and said softly: "No matter what kind of past you have had with him, it's all in the past. Now, you are from Song Dynasty and he is from Liao Dynasty. You are destined to marry him." An enemy, not a friend."

Qin Xue suddenly hugged his neck, and cried with trembling shoulders, her voice was full of grievances.Yang Xun didn't know that if it was the former Qin Xue, he would face all this calmly and accept this reality.However, since that day, the day when Yeluquan was close to him, this person who has existed in his heart for a long time has been deeply burned into his heart, and it is not easy to let go.

As smart as Yang Xun, he can see some things clearly, but he is unwilling to say them out. The trembling woman in her arms must have experienced deeper pain from that person, so that she is not like herself, and she will show her in front of others. The side that should be weak.

On the second day, the army set off at noon, and it would arrive at the land of Cangmu three days later. The Liao army had already sent troops to garrison the key points, making it impossible for the Song army to move forward.Cangmu's Great Song garrison still has more than [-] people, and they have long been waiting for the arrival of reinforcements. If it is a few days later and Yeluquan finds a loophole, the entire army will definitely be wiped out.

"General Yang." Song Xiang, the leader of the Cangmu garrison, came quickly, kneeling on the ground with a sad look in his eyes.

"General Song, please get up." Yang Tai helped him up and asked about the recent battle situation.Song Xiang invited everyone to the camp to discuss.

Standing in front of Yang Tai, he did not sit with the others. He shook his head and sighed: "Yelu Mu is a difficult person to deal with. At that time, there were still 8000 people in our army who could stand with him for a while. How did Yelu Quan rush away suddenly?" So, I don’t know what strategy was used to swallow 3000 of us alive, and until now, I haven’t figured out what happened.”

"Yeluquan uses troops strangely. You should understand if you don't understand it. Don't blame yourself." Yang Tai stood up and recalled: "He seldom participated in battles, and I only fought against him once. If it wasn't for the large number of people in my hand, I'm afraid I'd be defeated." The battle was lost. He didn't seem to enjoy the battle that day, but I didn't know when he suddenly withdrew his troops, which made me think it was his trick. I kept worrying for several days, fearing that he would attack suddenly, but I didn't know that he never showed up again. , Thinking about it now, it’s incredible.”

"No matter how powerful he is, he's just a person. Humans always have weaknesses. If we can't defeat him, we will try to find out his weaknesses and attack them. We don't believe that he won't give in." Pan Shan refused.

Yang Xun looked at Qin Xue who bowed her head and said nothing.

"Presumably Yeluquan and Yelumu have already known about our arrival, and they should be deploying the plan. We can't be idle. This first battle will be led by Yang Shun, and their spirit will definitely be frustrated." Yang Tai sat down again, his eyes flashed. bright colors.

"Don't worry, general, Yang Shun will live up to everyone's expectations." Yang Shun got up and saluted.

"This battle, take Qin Feng with you." Yang Xun said suddenly.

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