Youzhou, Shanggu County.

Since the early morning, the sky has been very gloomy. It was almost noon. It was drizzling outside. The raindrops hit the window and slight sound. In the courtyard, the maid named Xianghe was running in a hurry to pack up the clothes hanging in the yard. The gray rain curtain enveloped the city. In a certain open window in the backyard of the main house, her fair and slender feet were placed off the bed, put them in her embroidered shoes, and she stood up carefully and walked out of the door.

Cai Yan's body has become much lazy these days. At first, she is confused. Later, when she heard from a woman who gave birth to a child, she felt relieved when she heard that pregnant women would feel this way.

When he walked out of the house, the maid who was packing clothes in the yard looked here and started shouting loudly. With the chirping sounds, several women were seen under the eaves of the corridor, and the figures of the maid quickly came to support Cai Yan. The maid who shouted was not old and looked quite cute and beautiful, but her whispered temperament did not match her appearance.

"Aren't you guarding your wife? The wife has come out alone. If you bump into it, you will be skinned." The little maid made a fierce tone and intimidated the women. However, the women who came over were all the women who were tortured in Cai Yan's small attic. They were tough and harsh in nature and didn't care about the little girl's intimidation.

Cai Yan stroked the low-talented maid, turned her head, and smiled and said, "Okay, Xianghe, go and do something else, they will accompany me."

"Oh!" The maid raised her mouth and walked into the room with aggrieved grievance, holding a bunch of clothes, then lying on the window frame, holding her chin in distress, shaking her little head: "Isn't I my wife's personal maid? I heard people say that being a personal maid is very powerful. Why aren't everyone else afraid of me at all? Alas?"

The rain was falling outside the window, covering up the girl's soft worries. On the other side, the woman surrounded by support was walking under the eaves of the corridor. After a while, the raindrops became bigger and hit the tiles. They entered the main hall of the front yard. Dongfang Sheng, who had been waiting at the door, hurriedly crossed the threshold, stepped in with wet steps, and the maid went over to take away the cloak on his body, took it to the side to shake the rain and hang it up.

"I didn't expect it would rain today." Dongfang Sheng was wet on the way, and pulled up his wide sleeves and wiped his forehead: "Madam isn't wet in the rain, the autumn rain is slightly cold, so I must." After a pause, the maid with a cloak in Yu Guangzhong left, he took out a folded cloth from the cuff and put it on the table of the woman opposite: "The news is confirmed, Bai Rao and others really want to make trouble and are holding hands everywhere. Maybe it will take action just today and tomorrow. The lady is a precious body. Sheng recommends staying there for two days."

Cai Yan was stunned for a moment, and pressed his hand on the cloth silk and pushed it back: "I am a woman, you can just make an idea about these things." He retracted his hand and put it on his legs in front of his raised belly, shook his head: "But you want me to leave, but it is not OK to hide behind. My husband goes to fight against the Xianbei and seek justice for the dead people. As his wife, how can he hide because of a few villains who are not on the table? If your husband is not here, I should stand behind the soldiers."

"lady"

The room was silent for a moment, and the one-armed scholar looked serious: "I originally wanted the mansion to be used as bait to let Bai Rao and others fall into the trap. Since the wife was unwilling to leave alone, she had to do her best to stop them at the gate of the courtyard."

"It's been a labor."

After Cai Yan saw the scholar away, he returned and took a few steps, suddenly holding the pillar, his body trembled slightly. She stroked her stomach and gritted her teeth and took a deep breath.

"Husband, I will guard the house."

The woman murmured, and then walked back to the room as if nothing had happened, and picked up the Han sword called "White Joon" hanging on the wall. This was when Gongsun Zhi captured Juyong County and killed Liu Yu, Gongsun Zan gave him his sword. It was just two scimitars used by Gongsun Zhi. The sword could only be hung on the wall and had never been moved.

Cai Yan held the sword, pulled out half of it, stared at the sword body that reflected the cold white light, and stood there for a long time.

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It was cool at night, and the Xianbei royal court and the empty tribal camp were filled with many people again. A slight odor in the air came from the bottom of the soil.

On September 15th, the teams that attacked the Xianbei returned here.

The flames were bright, the bonfire was burning, the sound of people and horses made the breath of life rejuvenate here. The soldiers who were eating beef and mutton gathered next to the fire, and the wine bags of more than ten people were rotated in the hands of people, talking and laughing loudly. However, under such circumstances, there was still no sign of slackness.

After the Xianbei royal court came over, it became dilapidated, and most of the tents left behind were broken. Even if it was repaired, there would occasionally be Ye Feng coming in and defeating the Xianbei people. In fact, it was a surprise for most people. After all, fourteen years ago, he was honest and defeated more than 30,000 Han cavalry. Now more than 10,000 people who had been pieced together raised the Han flag and returned. Most people held that defeat was a great honor for convenience.

However, Kebi Neng died in this battle and Suo Nu surrendered.

In the tent of the Shanyu king, flames were burning in the brazier. During the banquet where the wine was mixed, Gao Sheng held up a big bowl and laughed. His voice could be heard dozens of feet away. On the blankets on both sides, except for Dian Wei and Hua Xiong beside Gongsun Zhi, Yan Rou and Qianzhao were all listed. The leader who had made contributions in this battle also made an exception to sit in the tent to share a roasted lamb.

The bloody head was placed in a conspicuous position in the middle, and Ghibei glanced at it from time to time. Then he quickly moved away his gaze, raised the wine bowl to the ridiculous man who was walking over with a big gulp, and when he drank it, his burly and thick body strode in outside the curtain and saluted the first Gongsun Zhi first.

"The autumn is about to pass in half a month. I thought a war was going to fight winter." In the big tent, Gongsun Zhi wore a fur and cut a piece of oily lamb, smiling at the half-kneeling figure, "This time I asked you to bring your family back to Shanggu County with me, do you have any complaints in your heart?"

"Go back to the great leader, no!" Suo Nu stood up and said in a Xianbei saying, "You can go to the Han area instead of fighting. Suo Nu also admires Sinology in his heart, and takes his brothers and sisters from his family with him, and he must be grateful in his heart."

There was a guard who was translating. On the other side of the case, Hua Xiong threw a sheep bone, wiped his greasy mouth, and inserted it in: "When I arrived in the Han area, I saw my Han Dynasty beautiful, and I said you didn't want to leave yet!"

This sentence caused noise in the tent. After all, the Han people often miss their hometowns. Hua Xiong's words made many people feel at home. When they talked about the prosperity of the Han area, all kinds of boasting became noisy.

"Chief, now subdued the Xianbei" middle-aged scholar next to him put down his cup, looked at the Suonu, and turned his head: "The fight in Jizhou is still hot. After all, Yuan Shao is not as good as the barbarians. General Baima fought too smoothly. Ru believes that there is a problem here. Once Yuan Benchu ​​counterattacks, Youzhou will be in danger."

The silver knife was inserted into the lamb leg, Gongsun Zhi swallowed the food and was silent for a while: "It's not the time yet, so let the brothers rest for a while." He poured the wine, picked it up and put it on his lips: "What's more, there are hidden dangers at home that have not been cleared."

Drink it all in one gulp, throwing the big bowl on the long table buzzing in circles.

"This time, although we defeated the Xianbei in Liaoxi, we also lost many people. The brothers were not strong enough. They should be a time to rest and should not be stingy. As for Yuan Benchu, although he had confronted several times in the first half of the year, there was no dignified duel. On the other hand, we were too few people after all. Nowadays, thousands of people were running around on the grassland, and they were able to plunder and fill their stomachs. The horses also had grass to fill their stomachs for a while. When they arrived in the hinterland of Jizhou, the problem of thousands of people eating and drinking was serious."

After cutting the lamb leg, he fell down with a piece of meat. Gongsun Zhi put it in his mouth and glanced at everyone: "We have won many victories along the way, but don't be too arrogant. Only wolves who always do their best can not be eaten by prey. There are also Xianbei, Xiongnu cavalry staying in the royal court and are not allowed to border the Han area. You must develop a habit of this problem."

Everyone responded happily and continued to eat, drink and have fun. When dawn rose, the team set out again, but the Xianbei and Xiongnu cavalry could only stop here, and they could only go to Bei and Suonu and follow on their way to Shanggu County.

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In the southeast, the air on the streets of the city after the autumn rain became fresh, and there were more and more pedestrians. Occasionally, someone bumped into each other and quietly pushed an unknown thing to the other party, and then quickly left.
Chapter completed!