After being a widow for half my life, I found out that my husband was not dead.

Lian Jiuyue held the torch and turned to face the soldiers.

"After we burn these two women to death, we will break into Zhenbeiguan at night, kill all their soldiers, kill all their people, and tell the Da Rong court that for our Beijin lives, they must repay us thousands of times!"

Lian Jiuyue shouted, and the soldiers raised their spears in response.

"Surge into Zhenbeiguan and avenge the general!"

"Steal women and steal food!"

"Let them pay with blood tonight!"

Liu Yunxiang gritted his teeth and killed the general. Lian Jiuyue definitely saw him blind and had an impromptu idea, but he had already had the murderous intention and was just waiting for this opportunity.

Under the watchful eyes of all the soldiers, Lian Jiu brought the torch to the firewood pile.

The fire suddenly started burning.

Fumigated by the hot air, Liu Yunxiang did not look down, but still stared into the distance.

he will come!

Will!

But Yan Mu, can you hurry up? If it's too late, you'll have to collect the body for me!

Finally, under the afterglow, she saw thousands of troops galloping towards them. Then the soldiers of Beijin might as well be stunned for a long time. Lian Jiuyue then hurriedly commanded: "What are you still doing? Hurry up and meet the enemy!"

Everyone turned around quickly. You touched me and I touched you. There was no formation, and they rushed forward in a mess.

Lian Jiuyue calmed down and asked loudly: "Who is leading the troops?"

"Back to the general, it's Yan Mu!"

"Is it him?" Lian Jiuyue's eyes widened, "Hasn't he been transferred to guard Shuoxi? How could it be that... he's not afraid of being punished by the Da Rong court?"

"Maybe it's to save these women." The soldier said.

"Just for these women?"

However, before he could figure it out, the two sides were already at war.

The soldiers of Da Rong were simmering with anger in their hearts. This battle was extremely heroic, but the soldiers of Beijin didn't even come back to their senses and were forced to fight. Coupled with the lack of frontline command, the fight was in pieces.

The fire here got better and stronger. Liu Yunxiang had difficulty breathing. Looking at Qu Moran again, he had already passed out.

She was anxious when suddenly a man flew over, cut off the rope on her body, and took her away from the fire.

"Sister Qu...cough, save her quickly!"

"Anyone else?"

"quick!"

"The Emperor is here, but I have to save you first!"

Liu Yunxiang raised his head and looked at Yan Mu. Under the firelight, his face looked even better.

At this time the fire shelf collapsed, and when Liu Yunxiang was panicking, the beggar took Qu Moran out.

There was fighting on all sides, Yan Mu handed the two of them to the beggar, and then rushed in.

"Lianshan, where are you? I'm here to get your head!"

Liu Yunxiang looked around, but didn't see Lian Yueyue, and couldn't care about him at the moment, "Let's go to the camp over there to rescue people!"

When they arrived at the tent over there, the women didn't know what was going on and huddled together until Liu Yunxiang and the others came over and took them out.

There were reinforcements in the rear of Beijin. Yan Mu brought out not many soldiers and did not dare to fight. He immediately escorted the women back to Zhenbeiguan.

However, this battle still severely defeated the Beijin army, causing thousands of casualties.

From the tower of Zhenbeiguan, you can still see the fire of Beijin Camp in the distance, with half of the sky dyed red.

Shen Yunzhou sighed and said in a fake tone: "Yan Mu, you are too impulsive."

Yan Mu snorted, "If I don't act impulsively, your woman will be burned to death!"

Shen Yunzhou choked, "But this battle is tantamount to blatant destruction of the alliance between the two countries, and the imperial court will definitely blame it."

"I'm holding on, you're so scared."

"Hey!"

"You and I both know that the peace talks between Beijin and our Da Rong are just a delaying tactic. Sooner or later, the two countries will have a war." Yan Mu narrowed his eyes, "It is better to fight early than to fight late."

Shen Yunzhou was silent for a moment and said: "I will write to the court to explain this matter in detail. I will not reveal Liu's involvement."

Yan Mu smiled, "Brother Shen is still clear-headed."

"But I stopped you because you didn't listen and sent troops rashly, so I'm not even remotely responsible for this."

Yan Mu waved his hand, "Whatever."

Shen Yunzhou turned around and went down from the tower, and happened to meet Liu Yunxiang coming up.

Shen Yunzhou cupped his hands and saluted Liu Yunxiang, "Thank you, madam, for saving my wife."

Liu Yunxiang sighed, "Sister Qu is seriously injured. Master Shen, please take good care of her."

After saying that, Liu Yunxiang turned around and went upstairs.

As soon as he walked out of the stairs, the cold wind hit his face. Liu Yunxiang looked at Yan Mu standing on the tower.

Even though she didn't know how much he loved her, when she decided to take food to Beijin Camp, she was sure that he would save her, even if he risked his own life.

She didn't even need to think about what kind of situation he would face if he rashly sent troops to rescue her.

She didn't need to think about it, because at that moment, he didn't even think about it himself.

Liu Yunxiang walked over and looked into the distance with him.

"I was eight years old that year, and my father was ordered to guard Zhenbeiguan. The night before the expedition, I hugged my father's thigh and said that I would follow him to the military camp and fight together. At that time, I just couldn't bear to let him go, and I was just cheating on him, but I didn't. I thought that my father really brought me to Zhenbeiguan. During that year, my father ordered me to train with the soldiers. I got up early every day, splashed a handful of cold water on my face, put on heavy armor, and started running in the morning and boxing. Two-player battle. One day when I wanted to be lazy, my father would whip me and said that I was the one who wanted to follow. It was my own choice. There was no way out. I had to grit my teeth and persevere. One day, he took me to the tower and pointed at me. The battlefield in the distance said that soldiers were proud to die on the battlefield and ashamed to live in an ignoble way."

Liu Yunxiang tilted his head and leaned on Yan Mu's shoulder. He had never mentioned his parents to her. They were like fragile bubbles that no one could touch, not even himself.

"But what happened to him? Fortunately, I am not like him. I have no righteousness for my family and country, and I don't want to shed my blood."

Liu Yunxiang sighed, "But you saved those women, and the people of Zhenbeiguan and Yangui City are very grateful to you."

"Oh, that's not necessary!"

After this battle, Beijin sent additional troops to Zhenbeiguan, and the two sides became tense again.

A month later, the imperial court summoned the Zhenbei Army and rebuked them, fined them salaries, and reduced their food and wages.

"I will bear the responsibility for all the crimes under this order issued by my commander. I will make up for your salary fines. I will find a way to raise the reduced food and salary."

Yan Mu's words made all the soldiers support him very much.

As for Yan Mu, because of the tense situation, the court did not dare to take back his military power rashly. He scolded him a few times, demoted his rank, and fined him a salary, which was not painful.

At the same time, Dayong sent envoys to visit Beijin and brought tens of thousands of taels of gold as apology.

Beijin asked for a marriage, and in the end the ninth princess of Darong married the third prince of Beijin as a concubine, and the matter was considered a good thing.

But the news reached the Zhenbei Army, and the officers and soldiers were extremely angry.

"We are not afraid of bloodshed, but they are content with the temple and actually knelt down first!"

But the situation has come to this, and there is nothing anyone can do.

Before spring begins, the Ninth Princess's wedding party will arrive.

Only then did Liu Yunxiang realize that this ninth princess was not Princess Feiyu who invited her to go to Huafang that year.

Among the princes and princesses in the royal family, the only one Yan Mu was close to was the ninth princess.