Chen Ci stepped into the house tiredly. In Tongcheng, he had a small courtyard that belonged to him alone, and his family lived here. When he looked at the door, he saw the family led by his old wife standing at the door. When he saw him pushing the door, everyone seemed to breathe a long sigh.

"Dad, where is Zhihua? Why haven't he come back?" A trembling voice sounded in his ears. It was Chen Ci's eldest daughter-in-law, who was holding the child at this moment, and her body was shaking slightly.

"He is fine. He is now tidying up the defense line. In the past few days, he may not be able to go home and stay in front of him." Chen Ci waved his hand and glanced at the second daughter-in-law with a dark face on the other side. He sighed in his heart. If Luo Yishui didn't go to see Qin Feng, he would naturally anger the other party. Now the Qin people are attacking Yongping County. Maybe in anger, Qin Feng has cut off Chen Jinhua with one knife and two swords.

When he walked into the house, took off his armor, someone had already brought the hot water and washed it up. Chen Ci changed into plain clothes, leaned back on the chair, stretched his legs and closed his eyes.

Today is the first day when the court's troops attacked Tongcheng, and one-third of the outer defense line was lost. Although the damage caused to the imperial army was far greater than the losses of their own, it should be noted that the other party lost more county soldiers, while the Hu Ben army did not suffer much.

"Master, can we defend Tongcheng?" The old wife's gentle questioning came from her ears, and then her hands fell on her legs and gently massaged them.

Chen Ci didn't open his eyes and asked, "Why don't you ask when we can defeat the enemy and win?"

The old wife smiled bitterly and said, "Master, you forgot that I am also from a general. Although I have never been to the battlefield, I have heard of it since I was a child. Over the past few decades, I have not been unfamiliar with the things on the battlefield. We have been at a disadvantage without taking Zhongping County City. We cannot take Yongping County City again. The current situation is really too dangerous. I am afraid it is impossible to win."

"If you cannot win, you will be defeated." Chen Ci said.

The old wife's hand suddenly became stronger, but it immediately became as gentle as before. "It doesn't matter if we get old, but Zhihua Jinhua and two young grandchildren, what should we do then?"

Chen Ci opened her eyes and looked at the old man who had been with her for most of her life, but now she was full of silver. As a general's wife, it is natural for her to worry about her daily fear. Compared with women of the same age, her wife looks particularly older.

"Where can there be a finished egg under the collapse of the nest?" Chen Ci sighed.

The massage hands stopped, covered their faces, and a whimpering cry came.

"Stop crying, let them hear it, and only add to their worries." Chen Ci sat up straight, stretched out his rough big hand, and gently stroked his wife's thin shoulders.

"What are the sins of the children?"

"Their sin was born in my Chen family." Chen Ci said slowly.

Suddenly there were noises outside the house. Chen Ci frowned slightly and looked angry on his face. The generals of the generals have always been military law and family law. The personal soldiers and servants under his command have been so noisy that Chen Ci was very annoyed. The situation is not good now, so some people have some strange thoughts?

As soon as he stood up, before he could take the first step, a surprise call from the servant came from outside the door: "Master, Master, the Second Master is back!"

The door was pushed open with a loud bang, and Chen Jinhua appeared at the door.

Seeing the second son who should have died as he imagined appeared in front of him, Chen Ci was stunned. However, his wife shouted happily, rushed over quickly, grabbed Chen Jinhua's shoulders with both hands, and looked up and down.

"Son, you are back, you are suffering, have they beat you? Are you going to have food?" She asked again and again, holding her hands tightly, afraid that it would be a dream. Once she let go, Chen Jinhua would disappear from his eyes.

"Mom, I'm fine. I'm neither hungry nor beaten. Look, I'm fine." Chen Jinhua looked at his mother who was crying happily, and her eyes were moist.

"Dad!" A tender voice came from the door. Chen Jinhua turned around and saw his wife standing at the door holding her son. His wife seemed to be a little unsteady and had to lean on the door frame, holding the child with one hand and clenching the door frame with the other hand. The son opened his hands and looked at him with a smile: "Dad, hug!"

Chen Jinhua strode over, squatted down, and picked up his son. His face covered with stubble rubbed the child's tender face, causing the child to smile.

He stretched out his hand, wiped away the two lines of clear tears that were shed silently for his wife, and whispered: "Why are you crying? Am I back so well? Don't cry, let the family laugh at me."

Chen Ci let out a long breath. It is always a good thing to see his son come back safely. His father's dignity did not reveal his feelings at all. He waved his hand: "Okay, it's a good thing for Jinhua to come back, you all feel at ease. Let's go down, I have something to say to Jinhua."

He winked at his old wife, looked at her with tears in her eyes, took the child from Chen Jinhua, and left with another crying woman. The door was closed, and Chen Ci then looked at Chen Jinhua.

"How did you come back?" he sat down again, pointed to a chair on one side, and asked.

Chen Jinhua dragged his chair and sat next to his father, "Qin Feng let me go."

"Just let you go like this? What are the conditions?" Chen Ci was a little surprised. He was the second-rate figure of Luo Yishui. His two sons were captured in one battle, which had a great blow to morale. But now the two were released one after another. Even if others didn't say it, Chen Ci himself was confused.

"There are no conditions." Chen Jinhua said: "Qin Feng didn't even say anything to him."

"This, how is this possible?" Chen Ci looked at Chen Jinhua in shock, unable to think of what the other party was selling in the gourd. "What do he want to do?"

"Father, I don't know. I just saw that the Taiping Army was heading towards Zhongping County in a mighty manner. It is estimated that their large group of troops will appear in Zhongping County in at most five or six days." Chen Jinhua shook his head and said.

Chen Ci keenly caught the error between what Chen Jinhua said and the information, "Qin Feng's main force is advancing towards Zhongping County. Isn't he fighting with the Qin people now?"

Hearing his father's words, Chen Jinhua looked at his father in shock: "Dad, where did you hear that the Qin people were fighting against the Taiping Army? Yongping County has nothing to do. The Qin people did not attack Yongping County at all. Qin Feng's main force is gathering together to advance towards Zhongping County."

"Impossible, didn't it mean that the Qin people had completely defeated the Tiger Camp?" Chen Ci shouted.

Chen Jinhua stood up suddenly, but what flashed through his mind was the high flag of the Tiger Camp flying in the wind at the forks of the road. The teams of people and horses were neatly in appearance, and everyone had a happy smile on their faces. They were not annihilated by the Qin people. There was also the military order issued by Qin Feng in front of him, the Tiger Camp and the Canglang Camp. They were not on the same path with Qin Feng's main force.

"Dad, that's not like this." He said tremblingly: "The Tiger Camp was not defeated by the Qin people at all. Their army was neat, their morale was high, and their staff were neat. This was what my son saw with his own eyes. The chief general Chen Jialuo and his son also saw it."

Hearing Chen Jinhua say this, Chen Ci was stunned. After a while, he said dejectedly: "It turns out that this is the reason why Qin Feng released you. His purpose is to let you pass the things you see back to us. Haha, it's so calculating, it's so calculating. Qin Feng deceived everyone, not only lied to us, but also lied to Wu Jian."

"Dad, what are you talking about?" Chen Jinhua looked at his father for some reason.

Chen Ci jumped up and grabbed Chen Jinhua, "Let's go see General Luo."

The place where Luo Yishui lived was not far from Chen Ci's residence. Not long after, Chen Ci took Chen Jinhua to appear in front of Luo Yishui.

"Jinhua, have you escaped?" Luo Yishui was quite happy to see Chen Jinhua appear: "Is that damn Qin Feng defeated by the Qin people? Haha, I thought I had a bargain to pick it up, but this time I was stealing chickens but losing rice."

Luo Yishui's idea was naturally that Qin Feng's Taiping Army was defeated under the attack of the Qin people, and the captured Chen Jinhua could find an opportunity to escape from the tiger's mouth.

"No, General Luo, he was released by Qin Feng." As soon as Chen Ci spoke, the smile on Luo Yishui's face disappeared.

"What's going on?" he asked in a stern voice. Chen Zhihua was released because Qin Feng wanted to bring him a message. Could it be that Qin Feng's life is not easy now, so he asked Chen Jinhua to contact him again?

"General Luo, the Qin people did not attack Qin Feng's Taiping Army at all. The defeat of the Tiger Camp is even more vain. Now Qin Feng's large group of troops are advancing towards Zhongping County." Chen Ci's voice was full of bitterness.

Luo Yishui's eyes slowly opened wide, and he looked at Chen Ci and his son, his eyes full of incredible things.

"The Qin people should really cooperate with Qin Feng's Taiping Army, not Wu Jian as we thought of before. They set up a game together, but the goal is not us. Qin Feng's goal should be Wu Jian." Chen Ci said slowly. "If I expected it was right, the tiger camp and Canglang camp that Jinhua saw broke up with Qin Feng's main force, they must have rushed to Zhongping County City. Now Wu Jian's main force is all out, Zhongping County is empty. If Taiping Army succeeds, Wu Jian will immediately become this isolated army like us."

Luo Yishui sat down dejectedly, "Whether we are or Wu Jian, it turns out that they are just a chess piece that Qin Feng fiddled with. Our two families are fighting desperately here, but he is thinking of swallowing us all in one bite."

"Father, if Wu Jian was cut off from his retreat, wouldn't it be right for us?" Chen Jinhua was a little confused.

"Silly kid, Wu Jian was defeated. Do you think Qin Feng will show mercy to our men?" Chen Ci smiled bitterly.)
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