"Mother!!"
The scene before him frightened the little boy. After letting out a scream, he threw away the hay he was holding and hid behind his mother.
The woman shielded the child behind her and then comforted her, saying, "No... don't be afraid! They are... Han soldiers! They won't hurt us!!"
Although the woman said that, it was easy to see from her trembling voice and shaking body that she was also terrified.
The scouts, who were galloping along, spotted the mother and child. They pulled on the reins to slow their horses and approached them. One of the scouts, who was leading the group, loudly repeated Zhang Qiao's words before spurring his horse around the mother and child and heading into the tribe.
"etc!!"
Seeing that the Han soldiers seemed to have no intention of harming her, the mother mustered her courage, turned around, and called out to them loudly.
"Whoa!"
Hearing the woman's urgent cry, the scouts stopped. The leader turned to look at the woman and asked in a deep voice, "What is it?"
"I want to know if my husband is with you?"
The woman looked expectantly at the Han scouts in front of her and asked about her husband's whereabouts.
"Hmph~ Nonsense! Your husband is a Qiang, and we are Han soldiers!"
Upon hearing the woman's question, the scout leading the group frowned, a hint of displeasure flashing across his face. How could a Qiang person be among the Han army? Were they trying to make a fool of them?
With a cold snort, the scout in charge turned around, raised his riding whip, and prepared to leave.
“My husband was conscripted by you a year ago, supposedly to fight the Western Qiang people!”
Seeing that the Han army was about to leave, the woman hurriedly revealed her husband's identity.
Upon hearing the woman reveal her husband's identity, the scout leading the group turned around again to look at the woman and the child behind her.
The scouts exchanged glances, then the scout captain said in a deep voice:
"The war ended as early as the beginning of spring this year, and the auxiliary troops we conscripted have long since returned to their respective tribes! Your husband must have died in battle if he hasn't returned."
"Wha...what? You're saying my husband died in battle??"
Upon hearing this, the woman opened her eyes wide in disbelief and looked at the Han army in front of her. Suddenly, she felt dizzy and her whole body began to sway. She immediately knelt down on the ground.
"Mother, what's wrong?"
Seeing his mother's unusual behavior, the child quickly stepped forward and looked at his mother with a worried expression.
The woman forced herself to stand up and looked at her son, comforting him, "My child! I'm alright!"
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