Chapter 303 Brother's Promise

After Qin Heng returned to the Houcheng Military Region, he went to Le Guicai and asked him to lead his troops to exchange defense with Qin Zhao and Qin Sheng's army.

Le Guicai didn't say much and agreed.

Now, after the regular training, the soldiers of the Houcheng military camp can gather very quickly. In addition, going out to suppress bandits is a job they are very happy to do, so it didn't take long for Qin Heng to complete the assembly.

Then he and Qin Zhao assisted their captain to lead the team.

Fang County, Yali Mountain

Every time they attacked a mountain stronghold bandit nest, Qin Sheng would take the lead and take the initiative to bite the hardest bone, such as the enemy's backbone, which was knocked out by himself or his troops.

This time was no exception. Qin Yan led his troops to deploy defenses around, and Qin Sheng had already fought with the two most courageous leaders of Yali Mountain Stronghold. He fought one against two, but he was not at a disadvantage.

When Qin Heng and others arrived, they directly asked the soldiers they brought to join the defense. He and Qin Zhao went up the mountain under the leadership of Qin Yan's personal soldiers.

They came to Qin Yan's side.

Qin Yan was surprised to see them, "Big brother, third brother, you are here?"

"Shh!" Qin Heng and Qin Zhao were watching Qin Sheng holding a whip and fighting with two burly men. The two burly men looked very similar and cooperated tacitly.

Qin Sheng chose a black whip as his weapon instead of his usual red cherry spear.

As soon as they saw the terrain, they knew it. Yali Mountain is a gourd-shaped mountain. The halfway point of the mountain is like a tight pocket, with cliffs and rocks. There is only a road less than ten feet wide that can lead inside and outside. It can be said to be easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Two people have already come down from Yali Village. They asked Qin Sheng to go up to fight. It's not that they don't want to support him, but that the palm-sized land can't squeeze in a fourth person. Even the spear was difficult to use, so Qin Sheng changed to a soft whip.

No wonder even the local county magistrate said that this Yali Village was a stubborn disease that could not be easily eradicated.

The three brothers of the Qin family were all experts. They could see at a glance that even if it was two to one and there were restrictions on the terrain, their Xiaoliu still had the upper hand.

"Xiaoliu's skills have become more agile." Qin Heng smiled.

Qin Zhao said, "That's right, you have to practice outside every day, and there must be some results."

Xiaoliu is a tireless bull. He accompanied him to attack several mountain strongholds. He couldn't stand it and went back to rest and took over his second brother. He was still so good at fighting. It's good to be young.

Qin Yan rolled his eyes at him and said, "Xiaoliu has achieved great results." He took on fourteen of the eighteen mountain strongholds in Liaodong.

While they were talking, Qin Sheng had already finished the battle. One of the two big men was seriously injured and the other was tied up.

Qin Sheng handed the two strong men who had no ability to resist to his subordinates. When he came down, he was a little surprised to see his eldest brother and third brother.

Qin Yan had already gone to work when he saw him defeat the two big men. What happened next depended on him.

Qin Sheng: "Big brother and third brother, why are you here?"

Qin Heng handed him a wet cloth towel.

Qin Zhao threw him a water bag.

Qin Sheng held the cloth towel in one hand and caught the water bag with his other hand.

"We are here to bring people to change guard with you. You and your second brother will be able to leave later. The remaining four mountain strongholds will be handed over to us."

Hearing this, Qin Sheng's heart flew instantly. Change guard? Of course, so he can go back.

"But, why?" Didn't the second brother already say that he would not change guard? He suddenly changed his mind. Nothing will happen, right?

"Sixth brother's wife asked us to come."

Qin Sheng's eyes widened instantly: !!!

His wife must miss him too!

Qin Zhao asked frivolously, "Xiao Liu, are you happy to hear this news?"

"Of course." Qin Sheng glanced at him, raised his head and poured the water from the cowhide water bag into his mouth, drinking it in big gulps.

Qin Heng waited for him to finish drinking the water before saying, "After the change of guard, you should hurry back to Houcheng." The matter of the sixth brother's wife was very urgent.

Qin Sheng nodded obediently, "Brother, I'll listen to you, but I have something to tell you."

"Hmm?" Qin Heng couldn't guess what he had to tell him, "You tell me, your third brother and I are listening."

"Brother, third brother, you are very good at suppressing bandits, so I won't say anything. What I want to say is that when you finish beating the bandits and cleaning up the battlefield, you can't just focus on the silver and supplies in their warehouses, but also search around twice. For example, the back mountain of the mountain stronghold, the wall of the dry well, under the kitchen, and under the door of the residence of those who are in charge, you must focus on searching."

Qin Sheng explained carefully. I'm afraid that they won't search carefully and leave some fish slipping through the net. It's just that he has been out for too long. If he has a chance to go back and take a look, he doesn't want to give up. Otherwise, he will definitely not give such a job to others. Because every ounce of silver that is lost is a loss for his wife.

Qin Zhao: How many good things did you get from these places in various mountain strongholds to become so experienced?

Qin Heng promised him, "Okay, big brother knows, you can go back without worry."

Seeing that he was still very worried, Qin Zhao also promised, "Don't worry, third brother promises you that every time we capture a mountain stronghold, my big brother and I will definitely have people dig three feet deep in the ground and not let go of any copper coins."

The two people's promises made Qin Sheng nod secretly with satisfaction.

In the evening, the two sides completed the change of defense.

Qin Yan and Qin Sheng, with their tired but still excited subordinates, slowly returned to the defense with the spoils captured in Yali Village.

Qin Sheng couldn't stand the speed, but he knew his men needed to rest, and they couldn't march fast, nor was there any need to do so. "Second brother, I'll go first, you take the army."

"Go ahead." Qin Yan didn't stop him, knowing that Xiao Liu was eager to go home.

After receiving his answer, Qin Sheng grinned, then he squeezed the horse's belly, and with a sound of "driving", the horse under his crotch shot out.

Then, several of Qin Sheng's personal soldiers rode their horses to catch up.

After Qin Sheng returned home, he said hello to his family, took a shower, changed into clean clothes, took a bag of buns that his mother forced him to, and went to the county governor's mansion.

When he arrived at the county governor's mansion, because of his face, the gate guard knew his identity and let him in without saying a word.

Qin Sheng had long legs and took big steps, and soon he arrived outside the office of the Lu family father and daughter.

Lu Songli was explaining things to his subordinates.

Qin Sheng stopped. In front of outsiders, Qin Liuye was still quite presentable. He didn't come in to disturb them, but his eyes were focused on her.

Lu Songli noticed him when he appeared. But she was halfway through her story, so she had to continue. However, she still took the time to look at him in between her words. He didn't have any broken arms or legs, and he wasn't injured. He was fine.

At this time, the subordinate who was in contact with Lu Songli was still quite discerning. After listening to Madam Qin Liu's instructions, he left quickly.

Lu Songli looked at Qin Sheng and said with a smile, "You're back?"

"Yes, I'm back, Lili, have some tea." Qin Sheng came in and handed her the teacup on the table.

Lu Songli noticed that his lips were very dry, so she pushed the cup towards him, "I'm not thirsty, you drink first."

Qin Sheng happily picked up her cup and drank the water. He had just eaten a few buns and it was choking, so drinking some water was just right to moisten his lips.

Just when Lv Songli was about to have a good chat with him, someone else came to find him. She recognized that it was the manager in charge of Yang's blacksmith shop.

Qin Sheng also noticed the person coming and sighed in his heart. His wife was really too busy.

"Lili, how about I go back first?"

Lv Songli glanced at the faint red bloodshot in his eyes and nodded, "You go back and have a good rest first. I will go back early today."

Qin Sheng shook his head, "No need to rest. If I rest now, I won't be able to sleep at night."

"You will go south with Mr. Xue tomorrow, so you still need to rest more."

A bolt from the blue! Qin Sheng was stunned when he heard this. He thought his wife missed him, but he didn't expect that he was arranged to travel with Mr. Xue?

Lv Songli saw that his reaction was wrong, "Didn't the elder brother tell you?"

Qin Sheng shook his head, "No."

Lv Songli thought about it and understood. The elder brother probably saw that he was too happy and couldn't bear to pour cold water on him. He wanted him to be happy for a longer time.

Seeing him still in a daze, she softened her heart for a moment, "Why don't you go in and take a rest? When I'm done, we can go home together?"

There was a small side room next to the office room she shared with her father. There was a small couch there, where she would lie down when she was tired.

Qin Sheng nodded obediently, "I'll wait for you."

"Well, go ahead."

After Qin Sheng went in, he didn't close the door and lay down on the couch with his clothes on. From time to time, he could hear his wife's voice outside, and he gradually closed his eyes and fell asleep.