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Xie Qing also heard in Dai County that his family was discussing marriage for him. Compared to Xie Yuan and Zhao Yanzhi who were more sad than each other, Xie Qing was very calm.He has no longing for his lifelong events, and he has no one he likes, so naturally he has no demands.

Sometimes he himself wonders, for some reason, this kind of "spring heart sprouting" seems to have never happened to him.

After Xie Qing's military career survived the initial discomfort, he is now at ease.Apart from his riding skills, he really didn't make much progress. After several months of exhausting training, he has only practiced so far that he can run wildly on a war horse without falling off.From Wei Zhi's point of view, this is no progress at all, but he rarely said anything, one is because of the beauties, and the other is that he had just hoped that Xie Qing would escape on horseback.

When Xie Qing was studying, he was very talented and talented, but when he practiced martial arts, he found that he was so good at reading, and he was not enlightened when he practiced martial arts.Not to mention slashing people with a knife, he has practiced so far that he even struggles to put on his armor.Probably once he really went to the battlefield, he could only wave his sword to show his intentions.

Once when he told Sima Tong about his worries in frustration, Sima Tong immediately became terrified.He never imagined that Dr. Xie still remembered such things as going to the battlefield, he simply thought he was living too comfortably.He euphemistically expressed to Xie Qing that swords and swords on the battlefield look like Doctor Xie, oh no, now it is Xiaowei Xie, and talents like Xiaoxiao Xie stay behind to make suggestions, and Xie Qing showed him himself The grand ambition of making meritorious deeds and killing the enemy shows that he is a great hero, and he will not hesitate to sacrifice his life for the country.Then Sima Tong's horror turned into despair, thinking that you don't spare your life, I regret my life, my hero Jia Erlang didn't die on the battlefield, but died at the emperor's wrath, who can I ask for reason - he didn't I will forget that before leaving, the emperor specially summoned him to have a secret talk for an afternoon. The whole story has only one meaning: what are you doing in Daijunai, but there is one thing, Xie Qing must be sent back to Chang'an in a safe and sound way.

However, although Xie Qing did not have the talent to practice martial arts, he did other things well.For example, he is going to train a team of spies, who usually do business in the territory of the Xiongnu and inquire about news.The prefect Sima Feng was noncommittal about this matter.Thanks to Zhao Xin's "wise" governance, the officers and soldiers of the Dai County are domineering, and the common people are respectful and far away. They can't see what the legendary military and civilian family looks like at all.A spy must first be loyal enough, but in such a situation, who would devote himself wholeheartedly to it?

However, I don't know what method Xie Qing used, but the spies' matter soon paid off.

In autumn, when sweet-scented osmanthus is fragrant, Xie Qing and Wei Zhi went to the border town.On this day, Xie Qing was immersed in his studies when a spies rushed over.Xie Qing raised his head in surprise, he remembered that this person was supposed to exchange food and fine wine for the horses of the Huns in the territory of the Huns at this time.Before he could react, the spy said urgently: "A group of cavalry from the Huns, about 3000 people, is coming this way!"

Both Xie Qing and Wei Zhi were stunned.

After a quick reaction, Xie Qing quickly asked, "How far is it?"

"Within a hundred miles!"

Xie Qing calculated the time. The border town was often disturbed by the Huns, so the defenders were on alert for a long time, and the defense was more than sufficient.It's just the autumn harvest season, and there should still be a lot of people working outside the city, and it will probably take a lot of time to evacuate.Thinking of this, Xie Qing immediately broke out in sweat.

Wei Zhi didn't think too much about it.While ordering the defense, he called a group of personal soldiers and ordered them to send Xie Qing back to Sanggan.

"Nonsense! At such a critical moment, Qing, as a soldier of the Great Zhou, can't back down!" Xie Qing has always been gentle, and this is the first time Wei Zhi has seen such harsh words.

It has to be said that Xie Qing was very powerful when he got angry, and Wei Zhi was immediately overwhelmed.However, the military situation was urgent, so he didn't have the time to think about it. He just retorted according to his own intention: "What can you do here? You can't even put on armor, and you can't use a sword well. I can still count on you to fight Can't you win? You go back to Sanggan, and I can save you some snacks to protect you!"

Xie Qing thought about it, and he really couldn't help with the war for a while.So he hesitated for a moment, and said to Wei Zhi: "What Wei Xiaowei said is reasonable, since it is so, it will be convenient for the Qing to retreat when the war breaks out."

"Alright, then you can stay here, I'm going to set up defenses." Wei Zhi was mainly afraid of hurting him, and now he would take the initiative to say that he would stay behind, so he was not so worried.

"Stay!" Xie Qing hurriedly caught up with Wei Zhi: "Let me do what I can. How about this, I will go outside the city and help you evacuate the people."

"Go, let's go." Wei Zhi was in a hurry to set up his defenses, he didn't even think about it, and he took two steps before he realized: "Don't go! The Huns' cavalry may approach the city at any time, wouldn't you die by running outside the city at this time! "

After finishing speaking, Wei Zhi hurried out, and before leaving, he deliberately locked the door from the outside.

Xie Qing counted a group of soldiers, and when he rode out of the city, he was in a mess.Even so, it's still stunningly beautiful.He circled from the east to the north of the city, and when the people of the Autumn Harvest heard that the Huns were coming, most of them threw away their wheat and ran away; a small number of people stared at Xie Qing suspiciously—without him, the man behind Xie Qing The soldiers and ruffians look a bit like bandits.

Fortunately, Xie Qing's tone was sincere, and he looked like a noble young man, he was not like someone who was greedy for those few stalks of wheat, so those people left suspiciously.Xie Qing wiped the sweat from his forehead, thinking that it is really a big problem for the soldiers not to win the trust of the people.When this matter is over, this matter must be resolved as soon as possible.

When they made a detour to the north of the city, Xie Qing found that the detour was a bit big, and they were already quite far away from the city gate.Xie Qing estimated that most of the people should have returned to the city, and if nothing unexpected happened, the dozens of people following him should be the last batch.Xie Qing thought for a while, turned the horse's head and led the dozens of people towards the city gate.

However, before taking a few steps, Xie Qing felt the ground tremble for a while.He suddenly turned his head and found a large cloud of dust rising not far behind him.Xie Qing's face turned pale, he knew what it was.Judging from this situation, the Xiongnu cavalry is close at hand and arrives from time to time, and it is too late to return to the city at this time!

Seeing this, Xie Qing's soldiers hurriedly surrounded Xie Qing, and one of them hurriedly said: "Sir, hurry up, I will protect you to the death after I die!"

"I will swear to the death to protect Mr. Zhou Quan!"

The shouts resounded through the sky, showing the blood and determination of these dozens of soldiers to defend their families and the country.

Xie Qing's car is a BMW, and it's not a problem to drive [-] a day.At this time, if he gallops on horseback, he should be able to return to the city, but there are still dozens of soldiers behind him, some with horses and some without horses; not to mention dozens of unarmed civilians.If he left, these people would surely die.

Of course, even if he stayed, the chances of them surviving were not great.But abandoning his comrades and the people he wanted to protect and fleeing alone, Xie Qing couldn't do this no matter what.

"What kind of virtue can Qing..." Xie Qing's eyes were red for a moment, but only for a moment: "The enemy is in front of us, as a soldier of the Great Zhou, there is absolutely no reason to live in vain! Qingdang will live and die with the lords!"

"Sir!" Dozens of men roared in unison, making Xie Qing's eardrums tremble.

"Don't talk too much! What's more, the people are innocent!" Xie Qing waved his hand decisively, "Everyone listen to my orders!"

At this time, Xie Qingshu was completely out of breath, and was replaced by a resolute and resolute general demeanor. He quickly thought about the idea of ​​escape, and at the same time observed the surrounding terrain: there are crop fields all around, but there is a large forest not far away. , probably someone's orchard.Xie Qing thought about it all at once, and ordered: "Get off your horses and bring out the dry food and water!"

A group of soldiers and the common people were astonished.

After a while, a soldier got off his horse and took out food and water.Others reacted and followed suit.

It has to be said that although Wei Zhi's soldiers are domineering, there is absolutely nothing wrong with orders and prohibitions.

Xie Qing nodded in satisfaction, cupped his hands and said: "Follow my orders, Qing can keep everyone safe."

The less than 100 people present couldn't believe their ears.Everyone knew that there was absolutely no reason for them to survive against three thousand Hun cavalry; not to mention that nearly half of them were ordinary people who had never received any training and only had some farm tools in their hands.Who knew that Xie Qing could still say the words "keep everyone safe", the momentary strong desire to survive has become a prairie fire, in order to survive, there is nothing he can't do!

"Everyone divide the food and water and rest on the spot." Seeing a man holding a hoe in his hand and looking at him in disbelief, Xie Qing couldn't help laughing: "That's right, rest on the spot and do farm work with you It’s like taking a break in the middle of the day, come over to eat and drink some water, and throw the farm tools farther away.”

Xie Qing's smile was as warm as the spring breeze in March, and it was heartwarming in this already chilly autumn day.The man couldn't help but stared blankly, walked to Xie Qing's side in a daze, took the dry food and water from him, and then sat down beside Xie Qing.He thought, such a good person, he must not be hurt later.

Xie Qing was commanding the dozens of soldiers to distribute bows and arrows or swords to the people, and then told them to wear the distributed weapons on their bodies, but they had to be hidden in the clothes behind them, but not too tightly, but It should be hidden in the appearance of "inadvertently revealing a part".

Everything was ready, Xie Qing asked everyone to sit down in a sunny place near the forest.Everyone pretended to be casual, eating, drinking, talking and laughing happily. Most of them faced east, with their backs to the direction where the Huns cavalry was coming.