Qiao San and Qiao Si are sometimes really similar.
For the sake of Prince Qiao's Mansion, Qiao Si can use his marriage to buy a respite for the latter; for the sake of Prince Qiao's Mansion, Qiao San can also put on heavy armor and fight for his father in battle.
They are all the same.
Willing to risk everything for what you love and what you desire, without any regrets.
Qiao Si was unable to persuade him, and he even used the secret guards that he had not used since coming to Beijing, just to ensure his safety.
Prince Qiao never imagined that one day he would see his son inherit his mantle and become the commander of the Qiao Family Army. He held long talks with Qiao San all night, imparting his experience and hoping that he would return victorious.
Qiao Si was worried about Qiao San going into battle, so she gave him a set of sleeve arrows. They were exquisitely crafted and would not interfere with his daily activities. Qiao Si also prepared a lot of medicine for him, which were all left to her by Qiao Er. Now she gave them all to Qiao San.
Qiao San knew her worries and accepted them all.
On the day of the march, a north wind howled, making people's eyes hurt. The procession was very long, and the west gate of the capital was filled with people seeing them off.
Li Guanghan rode on a tall horse, wearing golden armor, and Qiao San and Lu Zhanting also followed behind him on war horses.
Qiao Si saw them off at the city gate and gave them many instructions.
"Third brother, Brother Ting, you two must be careful before you go there. Don't try to be brave. Life is the most important thing. Whether you can win or not is not important." Qiao Si helped Qiao San tidy up his armor, and his words were full of reluctance.
Qiao Duzhou has been living in the capital for many years. He is well aware of the hypocrisy and fickleness of human hearts, but the situation on the battlefield is completely different. How can he not be worried?
"Don't worry, Xiting, I will take good care of your brother. Your brother Ting has been practicing martial arts since he was young and has profound skills. I will not let anything happen to your brother." Lu Zhanting casually put his arm on Qiao San's shoulder, still the fearless young Marquis Lu.
"Well, I know Brother Ting is powerful, but on the battlefield, swords are merciless. You should be careful when you go out, and write back to let us know you're safe."
"Yeah! Don't worry, we will!"
"Okay, it's time to set off. Go and say goodbye to Guanghan, right? He's been looking here, waiting for you." Li Guanghan had been looking at them while they were talking. When Qiao Si arrived, he only said goodbye to them and hadn't spoken to him yet.
Li Guanghan's gaze could not be ignored. Qiao San patted Qiao Si and pushed her over to say goodbye.
Qiao Si and Li Guanghan's farewell was very perfunctory, with only the advice of "be careful on your journey".
Jinlu was more emotional than Li Guanghan. While Li Guanghan was still sitting upright on his horse, coldly accepting Qiao Si's farewell, Jinlu had already walked to Zhang You. His eyes seemed to say a thousand words, and Zhang You didn't know how to speak.
"...You, are you okay?" Zhang You was a little flustered, and his words were somewhat illogical.
Chunhua watched from the side and shook her head.
"I'm leaving soon."
"Hmm..." Zhang You nodded, raised her head and met his fiery gaze again, then added belatedly, "Take care of yourself and return home triumphantly."
After saying that, Jinlu was still standing in front of her. Zhang You looked at him with some confusion, not understanding what he wanted to do, "There's something else..." Before he finished the last word, Zhang You suddenly fell into an ice-cold yet hard embrace. His violent heartbeat could be heard in her ears, thump, thump, thump, thump, and Zhang You's heart also began to beat rapidly.
She forgot to push it away for a moment.
They simply embraced each other for a moment. Jinlu's voice trembled slightly, and his deep voice rang in his ears. He said, "I'm afraid I won't be able to come back..."
Zhang You wanted to push his hand away, but paused for a moment.
After all, they are colleagues.
Zhang You thought so, raised her hand and patted his back gently a few times. Because he was tightly holding her in his arms, her voice sounded muffled. "Don't be afraid. If you are afraid, then just follow Jinfu more. He has good luck and will definitely protect you."
Jinlu was amused by her, and his hot breath blew against Zhang You's ear. Zhang You felt her ears burning. She shyly withdrew from his embrace, not daring to look up at him. Her voice was a little flustered and bewildered: "What are you laughing at?"
"It's okay." He looked at her shyly lowering her head, and the place in his heart softened. "Wait for me to come back."
"Ah?" Zhang You didn't quite understand what he said. She looked up at him in confusion, only to find that he had turned around and walked back to the team.
"It's incomprehensible." Zhang You muttered softly, not understanding what he meant.
Qiuyue appeared from behind Zhang You with a smile on her face, her voice tinged with laughter: "What's so strange about this? I'm just saying goodbye to you, right?"
"Yeah, I can see it. I just can't bear to leave you~" Dongmei also came over and joked. She deliberately bit the last word, as if they were a couple.
"Qiuyue Dongmei!" Zhang You was a little annoyed. She called their names deliberately and stretched out her hands to play with them. Seeing her like this, Qiuyue laughed even more happily and jumped away nimbly to avoid her hands.
Qiao Si looked at them, thoughtful.
No matter how reluctant we are to leave each other, there will always be a time to separate.
At Li Guanghan's command, all the soldiers returned to their teams and were ready to go. When the horn sounded, the team set out in a mighty procession, full of ambition and determination to defend the territory.
The north wind whistled past, blowing off the last wave of dead leaves from the trees, stirring up the dust on the ground, and gradually falling into silence.
After Li Guanghan and his men left, there was very little news coming back to the capital. On the battlefield, things changed rapidly and there were too many uncertainties.
It was not until a month later, near New Year's Eve, that news was delivered back to the capital.
King Han led his troops and took risky measures to repel the troops of the Chiyan Kingdom who continued to march eastward. Now he is in a stalemate with them in Liangzhou, which borders Yanzhou.
Although they won the battle, they also lost a lot of troops and are now in urgent need of material support.
Li Guanghan sent someone to deliver a message, asking the emperor to provide food and grass, but the emperor was hesitant and no one knew what he was thinking.
Qiao Si knew that this matter was of great importance.
Dingzhou almost fell because it had no support and relied on Prince Qiao and the people of Dingzhou to hold on.
She was well aware of the importance of reserves, so she found several ministers in the court who had defected to Li Guanghan and asked them to put pressure on the emperor in the court to ensure that food and grass could be replenished in time.
However, most of the people in the court are Prime Minister Xu and the prince's men. One side is the emperor's people, and the other side is the prince's people. It is not easy for Qiao Si to help Li Guanghan.
Just when she was hesitating whether to use the power in the dark, Wei Nian came to her door.
This was the first time they had sat down and had a proper conversation.
Qiao Si entertained Wei Nian in the hall of Prince Han's mansion. After sending the servants away, Wei Nian went straight to the point and told Qiao Si about his predicament.
Qiao Si was no longer confined to the past and rationally analyzed feasible solutions with him.
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