Qin Peng rode his horse at full speed to Jiangzhou, which was preparing for war at that time. Qin Peng asked someone to contact Wei Yan's adjutant Wei Chun directly, and then sneaked into Xucheng secretly.

Xu Cheng was the first line of defense in Jiangzhou. Led by Wei Chun, Qin Peng entered Wei Yan's mansion and went straight to Wei Yan's room.

"How is my uncle doing now?"

Qin Peng asked anxiously, and Wei Chun lowered his voice and said, "The general was hit by two arrows, one of which injured his lung. He now has a high fever and is being nursed."

Qin Peng frowned and strode into the room.

The maids in the room were busy using wet towels to cool down Wei Yan's temperature. The doctor was treating him. Qin Peng walked over to Wei Yan. He was still unconscious, with a fever, and no one knew what he was saying. The doctor was giving him an injection. Qin Peng looked at Wei Yan for a long time, and the doctor finally finished the injection. Qin Peng stepped forward and asked carefully, "Doctor, how is the general?"

"The condition of the prince's injury... is hard to say." The doctors at the border are different from those in the palace. In the palace, they would exaggerate small matters and minimize big matters, but the doctors at the border would say what they say.

Qin Peng also knew this. Northern Yan was a martial nation. Although it had learned a lot from Southern Qi in recent years, it was still a country built on horseback. Men, women, old and young were all good at riding and shooting. The nationalities were mixed, and the princes were all powerful. The situation was much more complicated than that of Southern Qi. It was not until Zhao Yu ascended the throne that he vigorously promoted Hanization and completely pushed down the Confucian system. Only then did things get better in recent years.

In such a country, even though Qin Peng was a princess in the deep palace, she was familiar with the battlefield. Not to mention the distant past, when she was thirteen years old, the Bronze Barbarians rioted and besieged the capital. Almost everyone in the palace went to the front line. She also accompanied Qin Shuhuai and guarded the palace for more than a month.

After hearing the doctor's words, Qin Peng felt a little heavy in his heart. All the retainers of the Wei family were waiting on the side, waiting for Qin Peng to take it.

After Wei Yan fell, the high-ranking officials on the border had actually been in chaos for a long time. Although the southern army was almost entirely made up of the direct lineage of the Wei family, the army of more than 200,000 people was mixed with various forces. Now those people were gathered outside the Wei Mansion, waiting to see Wei Yan every day, just waiting to see if Wei Yan was still capable. As long as Wei Yan fell, they would immediately submit a letter to the court, requesting that a new commander be sent over.

Although the Wei family's retainers now hold important positions in the army, they are still retainers after all. Now that Wei Yan is still alive, no one dares to step forward to be the one in charge, for fear that Wei Yan will become suspicious after he wakes up.

Qin Peng understood all these twists and turns. She was afraid that after Wei Yan fell, people in the border areas would not step forward to avoid suspicion, waiting for the court to send someone to take over Wei Yan's position. By then, they would purge everyone from top to bottom, and it would be too late for her to come over.

In her mind, she cleansed out all the major factions in the border army and had some thoughts in mind.

"What's going on outside the city?"

"We are preparing. I am afraid there will be a second wave of siege soon."

Wei Chun was a little confused and didn't understand what Qin Peng meant by asking this question.

Qin Peng nodded, left someone to look after Wei Yan, changed his clothes, and led his men up to the tower. From the tower, he could see the Xiliang soldiers gathering outside the city. Qin Peng looked into the distance, somewhat puzzled: "Xiliang had always been peaceful, why did they suddenly start a war?"

“I’ve been thinking about this, too.”

Wei Chun rested his hand on the sword and frowned, "Western Liang has always wanted Xucheng, because Xucheng produces salt. Western Liang has no salt in the country, so they usually trade with Xucheng. Over the years, they have fought some battles, big and small, but this is the first time they have made such a large-scale invasion."

"Not only that," Wei Chun raised his hand and pointed at the swords in the hands of the Xiliang soldiers under the city wall, "They seem to have changed their weapons this time, using fine iron, which is much harder than before."

“Maybe someone else gave it to me.”

Qin Peng looked at the weapon in Xiliang's hand from a distance, and his eyes gradually turned cold.

It is impossible for Xiliang to suddenly increase its military strength and cause such a large-scale harassment. They must have a backup plan waiting for them.

The only country that can be as Yinqi as this one is Northern Yan.

She and Wei Chun took a look from the city wall. According to the current scale of Xiliang's military deployment, it was likely that a second battle would be fought soon.

After returning, Qin Peng called the Wei family's retainers over and introduced them one by one. As Qin Peng expected, the Wei family's retainers were all smart people. The smarter they were, the less willing they were to stand out. Qin Peng bowed respectfully to them and then said, "I came here to comfort you. I still have to rely on you for everything on the battlefield. I hope you can give me more advice."

Everyone was very pleased with Qin Peng's words, and they all said that they would do their best to help Qin Peng. Qin Peng raised his head and said seriously, "We don't know whether the general is alive or dead, and this matter can't be kept secret for long. The court will send someone to help us soon. If Zhang Ying or Qin Shuhuai sends someone, it will be difficult for the Southern Army to return to my uncle's hands in the future."

After hearing this, everyone looked at each other. Qin Peng continued, "So before the court makes a decision, we have to win a battle. If we win, I will tell the court that I will be in charge of this battle. In this way, if my uncle wakes up, it will be easier for me to return the army."

Princess Qin Peng's status is noble enough, the only thing she lacks is her academic performance.

If Qin Peng wins the next battle before the court makes a decision, he will have the ability to compete for this position. Qin Shuhuai probably won't say anything at that time, and Zhang Ying won't be able to say anything either.

After Qin Peng said this, everyone understood what she meant. Wei Chun nodded and said, "Princess, you are right. We must win this battle, and win beautifully!"

"One more thing," Qin Peng remembered and said to Wei Chun, "Feige sent a message back, asking Wei De to come over. He is fourteen years old now, and it's time for him to be sensible."

Wei Chun nodded. Qin Peng left the counselor and the deputy general behind and discussed the current situation for a while before letting everyone go to bed.

Qin Peng took a short rest, but couldn't fall asleep, so he got up again, went to see Wei Yan, and then simply went up to the city wall and looked into the distance.

It was already late at night and everyone was sleeping soundly.

Qin Peng stood on the city wall and looked at the enemy camp in the distance.

The night wind was a little cold. She was wearing a robe and was in a daze. At this moment, Qin Peng heard a surprised voice behind her asking, "Princess?"

Qin Peng turned around and found that it was Wei Chun standing behind her. Wei Chun was wearing a white shirt and a yellowed white coat, with his hair tied up casually with a headband. He had a calm expression, like a teacher.

Qin Peng smiled and nodded, "Sir."

"Is the princess still awake?"

Wei Chun walked to the edge of the tower and looked into the distance. Qin Peng shook his head: "I feel anxious and can't sleep. Where is Mr.?"

"I had gone to bed, but I had nightmares and couldn't sleep well, so I went up to the tower to take a look, and I happened to meet the princess."

Wei Chun seemed a little tired. Qin Peng pursed his lips and asked, "Sir, how confident are you in this battle?"

Wei Chun didn't say anything, and Qin Peng was in a state of suspense. After a while, Wei Chun asked back, "What do you think, Princess?"

"I guess, as long as we can hold out for a fight, Xiliang might retreat."

"How do you know?"

"The first push was strong, the second was weak, and the third was exhausted. Xiliang has wasted too long with us."

Wei Chun chuckled: "Actually, I think so too."

"Perhaps the battle in Xiliang is not about winning, but about peace."

Wei Chun looked into the distance and narrowed his eyes: "I saw that the batch of fine iron weapons in their hands have probably been damaged a lot. The people who provided them with weapons obviously don't want to give them any more."

Qin Peng nodded and was about to say something when he suddenly felt a slight vibration on the ground.

Wei Chun obviously sensed it, and as soon as he opened his mouth, Qin Peng's face changed and he shouted, "Enemy attack! Get ready, enemy attack!"

After Qin Peng shouted, the ground began to shake noticeably, and the warning bell on the city wall rang. There was chaos everywhere. Qin Peng, with a sword in his hand, had no time to change into his battle robe. He stood on the city wall and arranged people. He watched the soldiers being called up at night, opened the city gates and rushed out quickly, and then began to place obstacles.

The enemy was not close, but the vibration could be felt even at such a long distance, proving that there were a lot of them, and they were most likely cavalry. Qin Peng watched the soldiers deploy and listened to the faint sound of drums coming from afar.

Qin Peng and Wei Chun summoned the generals to meet in the meeting room on the top of the tower. Several generals came over leisurely and laughed when they saw Qin Peng and Wei Chun. One of them didn't even look at Qin Peng and said to Wei Chun: "Deputy General Wei, where are the generals? They are not well yet?"

Wei Chun frowned and said in a cold voice: "General Cui, now that the enemy is coming, let's fight them together first."

"A common enemy? Where is the commander-in-chief?"

Another person laughed out loud and said sarcastically, "Wei Chun, you are just a deputy general, on an equal footing with us. What right do you have to command us? Let's call the commander-in-chief here first. We won't fight for our lives without him!"

"you……"

Wei Chun was shaking with anger. Qin Peng listened quietly and gave a look to the soldier next to him.

The soldier quietly closed the door. Qin Peng stood up and said with a smile, "I am not strong enough to let you go to the battle. Where is I?"

"Who are you?" Deputy General Cui raised his head and looked at Qin Peng with some lust in his eyes: "Hey, Wei Chun, you are amazing. You can find such a..."

Before he could finish his words, Qin Peng kicked him!

The room suddenly became tense, but Qin Peng took direct action. The room instantly became chaotic, with shouts and screams everywhere.

At this moment, the battlefield has already started, and the sound of drums spread across the battlefield.

The meeting room was in chaos. Qin Peng's actions were unexpected, fast and fierce. A riot broke out quickly and dissipated quickly.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the meeting room was already full of people lying on the ground. The remaining people were tied up by Qin Peng's men and trembled as they looked at the corpses on the ground.

"Chen Qian disobeyed orders," Qin Peng raised his sword, turned around and looked at everyone coldly: "Who gave you the courage?!"

"You...you..." one of the bound generals trembled, "You murdered our superior...the imperial court will not let you go!"

"The imperial court?" Qin Peng raised his eyebrows and took out a badge from his waist: "I am here, and I represent the imperial court!"

"The... the Princess?!"

Qin Peng didn't waste time talking to them. He asked Wei Jia and her men to go up and take away all the tokens of these people. Then he asked two lieutenants to take their men out and use the tokens to lead these soldiers to the battlefield.

Now Qin Peng and Wei Chun finally had the situation under complete control. They breathed a sigh of relief and went up to the city wall again.

At this time, both sides were still in a state of anxiety. Before dawn, the star of enlightenment was shining brightly. Qi was caught off guard and was very passive at this moment.

The troops of Xiliang were well-trained and advanced in an orderly manner. They were always able to follow the right direction in the first time, find the weakest link of Qi, and concentrate their attacks.

At this moment, the sky was still pitch dark and the specific situation of both sides could not be seen clearly. Only the outlines of the two armies could be vaguely seen.

Wei Chun was watching from the tower, feeling anxious: "What's going on in Xiliang? How come the quality of the army has improved so much?"

Qin Peng said nothing, he only heard the sound of drums echoing on the battlefield, rising and falling.

She listened for a while, looked at the Xiliang Army's formation, and suddenly realized: "Oh no, it's the Flying Goose Formation!"

"What?"

Wei Chun was a little confused. Qin Peng quickly came to the war drum and picked up the drumstick. Wei Chun chased after him and asked anxiously, "Princess, what is the Flying Goose Formation?"

"One of the ten formations of the Northern Yan cavalry. The enemy must have a Northern Yan division controlling the formation."

Wei Chun was stunned for a moment, and at this moment, the drum sounded again. This time, Qin Peng held the drumstick tightly and fell along with the drum sound!

Qin Peng put more force on the drumstick, and the drum sound instantly spread throughout the battlefield. If the opponent hit once, she would hit twice; if the opponent hit lightly, she would hit harder.

The sounds of the two drums intertwined on the battlefield, and the Xiliang army suddenly seemed to have lost its direction.

"They use the sound of drums to control the direction of the army?!"

Wei Chun finally responded, and Qin Peng nodded: "In the Northern Yan army, the sound of drums has its own meaning."

When the Bronze Hu tribe surrounded the palace, they controlled the army with the sound of drums. This was the method that Zhao Yu and Qin Shuhuai came up with together.

Later, Zhao Yu no longer trusted Qin Shuhuai, so he changed his own rules and told Qin Peng about it.

Now Qin Peng is completely sure that there must be people from Beiyan on the opposite side.

If it is confirmed that there are people from Northern Yan, then the south is not the area that needs to be most vigilant this time. The area that needs to be most vigilant should be the north.

Qin Peng pursed her lips, eagerly hoping that the war would end as soon as possible so that she could send a message back and let Qin Shuhuai make preparations early.

When the other side beat the drum, Qin Peng disturbed him. The Xiliang army could not distinguish the drumbeats, some people went left, some went right, and the situation became chaotic.

Zhao Yu sat on the chariot, put down the drumstick, raised his hand to take the tea handed to him by the maid, and took a sip of tea.

"There are Chinese people across the street."

He had a smile on his face, and the maid said calmly: "I killed her for your majesty!"

Zhao Yu said nothing. He stopped beating the drum and just watched the two sides fighting quietly.

At this moment, the sky gradually brightened. Seeing that the other party did not beat the drum, Qin Peng simply held the drumstick in her hand and played a song "Pre-Battle Song".

The tune was murderous and accompanied by the sound of war. Zhao Yu paused holding the tea, rose towards the sun, and fell on the tower inch by inch, revealing the man beating the drum.

She wore a white shirt under a red robe. Her long hair was slightly tied up and cascaded behind her, fluttering in the wind.

Her wrists were very slender, but when she held the drumstick and struck it, the sound was sonorous and powerful.

The sound of drums made the Xiliang army at a loss, but the Qi army was greatly encouraged. From the beginning to now, the Qi army adjusted its state and counterattacked!

Zhao Yu looked at the people on the tower from afar, squinted his eyes, and couldn't help but sigh: "It's so beautiful."

"Northern Emperor, Northern Emperor!"

A fat man rushed to Zhao Yu and said anxiously: "We can't win, what should we do?!"

"Um?"

Zhao Yu turned around, looked at the fat man lying next to the chariot, smiled and said: "Your Majesty, don't panic, wait a moment."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and said gently, "Arrows are coming."

The maid quickly passed the arrow to Zhao Yu, who drew the bow and aimed at the woman on the city wall.

He was smart since he was young and always wanted to be the best in everything. Northern Yan attached great importance to riding and archery, and Zhao Peng practiced hard for a long time in order to please His Majesty.

When Zhao Peng practiced, he followed him, but he never beat Zhao Peng in his entire life.

Maybe it’s because I don’t want to win, or maybe it’s because I really can’t win.

Later, after Zhao Peng died, he continued to practice.

He drew the bow, aimed at Qin Peng, and then shot the arrow!

Qin Peng felt a gust of arrow coming from behind him, so he grabbed the long arrow and threw it back in the direction it came from!

At that moment, Zhao Yu finally saw the woman's face. Her beauty was like a flower blooming in Yandu.

Zhao Yu's breath was held. The last time he had such an amazing feeling was probably the day Qin Peng married Qin Shuhuai.

He was only thirteen years old at that time and knew nothing. When he went to pick up Qin Peng in the early morning, he saw Qin Peng wearing a bright red wedding dress and the most popular plum blossom makeup for women. She looked up at him in the morning light and smiled gracefully.

"Xiao Yu," she asked him, "Do you think I look good?"

That was how he felt at that moment, as if he saw peonies blooming all over Yandu, with their beauty and fragrance.

He knew that Qin Shuhuai would secretly give Zhao Peng peonies at the flower banquet every year, but it was at that moment that he understood why these flowers were given to Zhao Peng.

At this moment, on the tower of Xiliang City, when the woman looked back, he felt that she was like the scorching sun, the phoenix reborn in nirvana, which made people feel heart-pounding.

He was stunned for a moment, and the King of Xiliang asked anxiously: "Northern Emperor?"

"Um?"

Zhao Yu came back to his senses and turned around: "Your Majesty, don't panic. I will naturally do what I promised your Majesty."

"People of Beiyan, listen up!"

As soon as Zhao Yu finished speaking, Qin Peng jumped onto the tower, and his clear voice echoed throughout the battlefield: "Go back and tell your king that if you want to open the city for trade, just send someone to negotiate directly, there's no need to do this!"

Qin Peng knew Zhao Yu. Zhao Yu's greatest hostility towards Qi State had always been that Qi State had banned private trade on a large scale.

Although Qi was not as powerful as Northern Yan, it was extremely developed. Many things from the surrounding countries had to be purchased from Qi. Qi allowed other countries to buy their things, but did not allow other countries to sell things to Qi at will. This caused a large amount of gold and silver from various countries to flow into Qi.

Zhao Yu did not like war, but he was an emperor who attached great importance to people's livelihood. The fact that Xiliang was able to obtain so many weapons this time must have been the result of Zhao Yu's permission. Qin Peng thought that the reason why Zhao Yu started the war was nothing more than this reason.

Zhao Yu was stunned when he heard this. At this moment, Qi had an obvious advantage on the battlefield. Zhao Yu pursed his lips, but finally smiled.

"Retreat."

He turned to the King of Xiliang and said, "Let's withdraw our troops first and see what happens next."

The Xiliang Kingdom had already suffered a lot from the battle, so when Zhao Yu said to withdraw the troops, they quickly ordered Mingluo to withdraw the troops.

Qin Peng finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Xiliang had withdrawn his troops. He asked Wei Chun to count the people and then went to his room to rest.

When Qin Shuhuai and his men arrived, the battle had just ended. He heard the sound of the battle from afar and was extremely anxious. He followed Qin Peng all the way here. If Xu Cheng started the battle, Qin Peng would definitely not sit still. Who knows what she would do?

When the Bronze Barbarians attacked the city, she dared to go up to the city wall to fight with them and to block arrows for the emperor.

Although it was precisely because of this that she gradually became the emperor's most beloved Princess Yuyang, Qin Shuhuai's scalp tingled when he thought of her temper, and he was so scared that he rode his horse at full speed into the city.

At this moment, there were injuries everywhere in the city. Qin Shuhuai found Wei Chun first and asked anxiously, "Where is the princess?!"

Wei Chun was suddenly grabbed by Qin Shuhuai. Before he could react, he said in surprise: "Regent?!"

"Where's the Princess?"

Qin Shuhuai's voice was urgent, and Wei Chun understood that Qin Shuhuai was chasing Qin Peng. He was a little confused and said blankly: "In Wei Mansion..."

Qin Shuhuai immediately left Wei Chun behind and ran towards Wei's mansion.

On the way to the Wei Mansion, they heard the soldiers talking about Qin Peng beating the drum on the city tower to confuse the enemy, and also talking about Zhao Yu's last arrow, which Qin Peng caught so accurately and beautifully.

Qin Shuhuai's heart ached when he heard this. After arriving at the Wei Mansion, he ignored the servants' obstruction and rushed over after asking about Qin Peng's room.

Qin Peng was taking a shower in the room. She had a wound on her shoulder from Zhao Yu's arrow. She planned to apply some medicine and bandage it herself. There were wounded people everywhere, so she didn't need a doctor for a minor wound like this.

She sat in the bathtub, took out the ointment, and tried to apply it on her back. At this moment, the door was suddenly pushed open, and Qin Shuhuai came in with an angry voice: "Qin Peng!"

Qin Peng was stunned. Qin Shuhuai didn't have time to think about why Qin Peng didn't reply, and he didn't remember what was behind the screen. He just heard the smell of medicine in the room, and rushed behind the screen in a fit of anger, saying angrily: "Don't..."

Before he could finish his words, he was stunned.

There was still some mist in the bathtub. Qin Peng's shoulders fell on the water. He put his hands over his chest and placed them on his shoulders, wanting to apply medicine.

She kept this posture, staring at Qin Shuhuai blankly. Qin Shuhuai was also stunned by the scene before him.

After a moment, Qin Peng threw the handkerchief at Qin Shuhuai's face and said, "Get out!"

【Small Theater】

Reporter: "Dabai, what is your experience of writing Four Marriages?"

Dabai: "Every day I struggle between spoilers and not spoilers."

Reporter: "What will happen if you don't spoil the story?"

Dabai: "I'm afraid the reader will hit me."

Reporter: "What happens if the spoilers are revealed?"

Dabai: "I'm still afraid that the reader will hit me."

Reporter: “Give me an example.”

Dabai: "I won't spoil the fact that Zhao Yu is not my biological brother, for fear that people will report me... If I spoil the story, it will affect the surprise level later on."

Reporter: "I'll give you one minute to sing a song to end this interview."

Dabai: "It's so hard to love you"