What? !
Qin Feng was stunned for a moment, his eyes suddenly opened wide, and he looked at Liu Ming in disbelief.
"What did you say? Who is coming?"
At this point, Liu Ming could only tell the truth: "Your Majesty, you heard me right, it's the second young lady, Liu Hongyan..."
"Actually, the second lady arrived three days ago."
"Before coming, she had asked the third lady to send a letter to her subordinates to keep it secret from the prince."
"Now the prince is going to the front line in person. If the second lady knows about it, I'm afraid..."
Before Liu Ming could finish speaking, Qin Feng interrupted excitedly: "Where is the second sister?"
Seeing that Qin Feng didn't mean to blame himself, Liu Ming breathed a sigh of relief: "Second Miss has been hiding in the back camp, saying she still doesn't know how to explain to you."
"After all, there is a war going on here. As a female family member, she suddenly ran to the front line. If she missed the battle, she would be responsible for her death."
"But since the other three young ladies are all in Kyoto, the second young lady can finally take some time off from her busy schedule, so she brings... the third lady and Princess Qiyang to visit the prince."
Xie Yuner and Princess Qiyang are also here? !
Qin Feng had missed her so much before, but he didn't expect that his fantasy would become reality so quickly.
Although it was extremely risky for them to suddenly come to the front line, since the confidentiality work was so good that even Qin Feng was kept in the dark, it means that the news has not been leaked.
After a brief reunion, they will send someone to send them back.
If the delay was too long and Lin Wenwan knew about the news that the female family members were coming to the front line, that woman would definitely try her best to take the female family members as hostages and use them as blackmail.
Qin Feng didn't want to take this risk.
Qin Feng nodded: "I understand. If the second sister and Yun'er are looking for me, just tell them that I will come back."
"There are only a hundred gangsters, so there's nothing to worry about."
Seeing Qin Feng's resolute attitude, Liu Ming stopped blocking him and immediately let go of the reins.
Qin Feng didn't dare to delay, so he directly led four hundred Beixi Qingqi to attack Maguan Village.
At the same time, the villagers of Maguan who had fallen asleep were suddenly awakened by the rapid sound of gongs.
The men in the village opened the door one after another and came out to check. They saw Ma San, the village militiaman in charge of night patrol, standing under the big tree, holding a mallet and banging on the gong hanging on the branch.
"What happened? Are there any thieves operating nearby?"
Ma Hong, who had just taken over his father's mantle and became the youngest village head of Maguan Village, just over 30 years old, asked loudly.
Ma San put down the gavel and shouted at Ma Hong: "Village Chief, this is bad!"
"In front of a stick of incense, I found a cavalry group on the hillside south of the village, with as many as a hundred people!"
"This cavalryman is resting on the hillside. Although he is wearing the armor of the imperial army, but... something is wrong."
Hearing this, Ma Hong also frowned.
He followed the elders in the village and joined the army when he was thirteen. After being injured and retired at the age of twenty, he has been hunting in the nearby mountains until he became the village chief last year, and then he stayed in the village to farm.
His sense of danger is extremely acute.
"Resting on the hillside? It means that this cavalry is recovering its power and will fight soon."
"Wearing armor also proves this."
"The imperial army? There has never been any imperial army activity around here, let alone any enemies of the imperial court..."
Realizing that this group of cavalry might have bad intentions, Ma Hong immediately shouted orders.
"All the men in the village, get up and prepare to defend."
"The elderly, women and children, wait in the ancestral hall."
Since there are many veterans in Maguan Village, the men in the village are usually guided by their elders and have certain military qualities.
In addition, Maguan Village is famously tough in the area. Last year alone, they repelled bandits who attempted to attack the village three times. It can be said that they have rich practical experience.
In just a few breathing stalls, fifty-eight men, all dressed in battle gear, stood at their posts.
Since private possession of armor is strictly prohibited among the people, what the men wear on their bodies is not armor, but simple armor transformed from pots and pans.
If the government comes to investigate, they will just dismantle it and turn it into daily necessities. If there is danger, you can arm yourself in the blink of an eye.
Although these armors have almost zero defense against armor-piercing weapons.
But it can defend against stray arrows.
On the battlefield, if you want to survive, you must do your best to arm yourself and accumulate chances of survival bit by bit.
Ma Hong had a copper basin hanging on his chest and back, holding a crude spear in his hand. He squatted on the branch of the big locust tree at the entrance of the village and carefully observed the movements around him.
What Ma San said was true. After a while, Ma Hong heard the sound of horse hooves coming from far away.
He quickly turned around and shouted to the men in the village: "Here we come!"
"Xiao Mazi, prepare to contact the other party and ask for the reason. Although this group of people has unknown intentions, they are wearing imperial armor after all. If they kill the wrong person, it will cause a big mess."
Xiao Mazi was only eleven years old and was Ma Hong's nephew. After all, contacting the other party was too risky, so he couldn't send anyone else there.
The reason why this kid got such a nickname is because he had smallpox when he was a child. Later, after he miraculously recovered, his face was pockmarked.
Just as Xiao Mazi was about to go to the village entrance, he was grabbed by Ma Hong's father, Ma Changqian.
"You go back, I'll go!"
Ma Hong frowned, but did not stop him.
Ma Changqian, who was already fifty years old, came to the village entrance empty-handed.
But Xiao Mazi did not go to the ancestral hall to take refuge. Instead, he climbed up to the roof with a low-power short bow and set up the bow with several adults in the village, ready to defend against the enemy at any time.
In the blink of an eye, Chen Yanzong had led the cavalry to Maguan Village.
Chen Yanzong was stunned for a moment when he saw an elder standing at the entrance of the village.
At this time, everyone in the village should be asleep, so why is there anyone still awake? Not only was he awake, he seemed to have received the news in advance and was waiting for him here.
Is there an ambush?
Chen Yanzong immediately gave up this ridiculous idea. There were no military activities from the imperial court nearby. How could there be any ambush?
Even if there is, Chen Yanzong is confident that he will kill him directly.
Ma Changqian quickly waved to Chen Yanzong and asked, "Master Jun, why did you visit Maguan Village late at night?"
Chen Yanzong carried the horse's shaft and approached slowly on horseback, with a sinister smile on his face.
"Why? You said what is the purpose of this general coming here in the middle of the night?"
"Of course we want to kill this village, inside and out, leaving no chickens or dogs behind."
Upon hearing this, Ma Changqian frowned: "Master Jun, although Maguan Village is located in the south of the Yangtze River, it has always been under the rule of the Central Plains because it is close to the Lingzhou border."
"For no reason, why did you come to massacre us?"
Chen Yanzong snorted lightly, not even bothering to explain: "You talk too much!"
"All you need to know is that this general is Qin Feng's deputy general, and I'm here specifically to teach you unruly people a lesson!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Yanzong raised his horse spear and stabbed Ma Changqian fiercely.
