It was the first time that Xiao Bowen saw two cousins, especially Ma Xiulan who was about the same age as him, so as soon as people came, he followed Ma Xiulan around.

   Mu Yangling let their three children stay in the kitchen and went into the house to find her old clothes and boots.

Mu Yangling grew up fast and changed clothes almost every year. Except for the most difficult years, when he needed to recycle his clothes, Mu Shi and Shu Wanniang were unwilling to wrong their two children. They made two new sets of cotton-padded clothes every year. And most of last year's stayed.

   Ma Xiuhong and Ma Xiulan are much smaller than Mu Yangling, so they can wear her clothes from previous years, even the boots are ready-made.

   Mu Yangling found three or four sets of clothes and gave them to them, saying: "You guys go take a shower and put on, and I'll cook you some hot food."

  Ma Xiuhong held the clothes, her eyes were slightly red, and she muttered, "Thank you, cousin."

   Mu Yangling just smiled.

   Over there, Mrs. Ma Liu has also changed clothes and is sitting and talking with Shu Wanniang in the room.

   After only half a day of work, the three grandparents and grandchildren settled in Mu's house, and Shu Wanniang was about to give birth. With Ma Liu's presence, Mu Shi and Mu Yangling felt a lot more at ease.

  The entire Mingshui County was in the midst of a snowstorm, and people kept freezing to death. In just five days, Mu Shi took Mu Yangling to the town to deliver goods, and along the way, he saw funerals.

   "Father, will it be colder in winter? Will more people die by then?"

  Mu Shi was silent, he didn't have much time to worry about others, he was worried about his wife and the child in her womb.

  The weather is cold, and the newborn is easy to die, and Shu Wanniang has been in poor health. Mu Shi is very worried about giving birth in such a cold weather.

   In Xiying, Qi Xiuyuan and others had another worry.

   "It's been snowing for two days in a row, and the snow outside is already a finger thick," Qi Xiuyuan said worriedly, "I'm afraid the snow in the north is even bigger."

  Jiang Ze didn't understand, "General, what does it have to do with us if there is no disaster in the north? Anyway, that area was occupied by the Hu people."

Qi Xiuyuan picked up the book on the desk and hit him on the head, "That is my Dazhou world, even if it is now occupied by the Hu people, the people there are still my Dazhou people, don't let me hear it again. These words."

  Rongxuan also said: "What's more, the disaster in the north is serious, and I'm afraid it will be even worse on the grasslands. If they don't have enough food, I'm afraid they will go south and intrude, and Xingyuan House will bear the brunt of that."

   "This is exactly what I worry about," Qi Xiuyuan said, "If the Hu people go south, we must be at the forefront of Xiying, but the defensive line in the east of Chushan is too long, and we're afraid we won't be able to take care of it."

  Qi Xiuyuan looked at his capable general and said, "So, I want to re-draw the patrol route. Even if I can't resist the Hu people going south, I have to pass the news as soon as possible. We can help as soon as possible."

"The re-arrangement requires the consent of Lord Xuan Fu." Rong Xuan didn't think this matter could be achieved so easily, so he said, "General, if you change the defense to prevent the Hu people from attacking from the area of ​​Chushan, the application has already been made. That's too late."

   "So I decided to kill first and then file. I will be outside. Your order will not be accepted. Rong Xuan, you immediately draft a document and report the details of the change to the envoy. I will start the defense here."

   Jiang Ze immediately ordered, "General, let your subordinates lead the team."

  Rongxuan did not agree with Qi Xiuyuan's behavior, and said, "General, if Xuan Fu will take this as an excuse to treat your sins..."

  Qi Xiuyuan snorted coldly: "He doesn't dare." Qi Xiuyuan said to himself, "Who else can he ask him to guard the northwest now in the court?"

  Rong Xuan suddenly realized, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, but his heart was a little sad, Qi Xiuyuan was very strong, he was happy, but the court was actually useless, and then thinking of the current situation, Rong Xuan suddenly had a feeling that the country was not far away.

   Lizhou Lu Xuanfu Envoy was a civil servant and was the emperor's confidant. The emperor always let the outside world let him go. Therefore, the relationship between Qi Xiuyuan and others and Xuanfu Envoy was not a good one.

Jiang Ze said proudly: "General, let your subordinates lead the troops to inspect the area around Chushan. If the Hu people dare to come, subordinates will let them go back and forth, and let Lord Xuanfu Envoy see if we can defeat them. Hu people."

  Rongxuan glanced at him sideways and said with a smile: "I'm afraid that the Lord Xuanfu is not afraid that you will lose to the barbarians, but that you will win against the barbarians, right?"

  Jiang Ze's mind was simple, and he stared at the words: "Why? Shouldn't you be happy to win a battle?"

Why?

Qi Xiuyuan and Rong Xuan both smiled sarcastically, because winning the battle means that the war will expand. If Da Zhou loses, it will be over as long as he loses some land and gold, silver and silk cloth, but if the Hu people lose, the Hu people will become angry and angry. The large-scale south attack, and the people on the Da Zhou side will also think about taking back their homeland, and the war between the two sides will expand.

   As the war expands, the imperial court's military salaries, food and grass and other expenditures will expand. Da Zhou has been extravagant for more than 20 years, and he can no longer afford the war.

  Now the imperial court can only give out the food and grass that the soldiers eat, but the military pay promised to the soldiers is not a penny. Even Qi Xiuyuan has not received military pay for half a year.

  Now all the soldiers and soldiers are trying to solve the problem by themselves, and Qi Xiuyuan's method is just to collect from the local people and secondment from rich households.

  Why did the Yuan family only recognize the Yuan family, but not the current sage?

  Because the Yuan family is raising them, they are called Yuanjiajun, and they only recognize the Yuan family.

The more battles won, the more military merits accumulated, and the more prestige the emperor would naturally be afraid of. That’s why the Yuan family army was so taboo, and was forcibly recalled by the emperor in the battle of recovery four years ago. will be lost.

   Therefore, Qi Xiuyuan had to behead first and then file, because he was afraid that he would write a letter now, and the envoy would make him stick to Xiying and not attack back, so as not to hurt the diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Qi Xiuyuan and Rong Xuan agreed, and the next day they called everyone to arrange the arrangement. Mo Xiong was puzzled and asked, "General, our Xingyuan Mansion is north of Jingzhao Mansion, and the Jingzhao Mansion area is much richer than ours. , even if the disaster over there is worse than us, and the dead camels are bigger than horses, it should be our poor group to rob them."

"The wealth of Jingzhao House was four years ago. The Hu people were not good at planting. They encroached on the farmland and circled it to plant grass and raise horses. In the past four years, the people have been miserable. Now the snow disaster is the most difficult for them. The Hu people can no longer squeeze oil and water from there. In order to cope with the snow disaster on the grassland, they must go south to plunder." Qi Xiuyuan looked at everyone and said, "So, the defense must start as soon as possible, and this is why I called everyone here today. Da Zhou's territory has been lost for the most part, and it must not be lost any more, otherwise we will become sinners through the ages."

As soon as    Qi Xiuyuan said these words, everyone immediately stood up and clasped their fists and said, "The last general is willing to follow the general to guard the country and protect my great Zhou!"

  The author has something to say: I am in a very bad state today. I wrote and deleted it, deleted it and wrote it again. This chapter is very difficult, and the following chapters are considered excessive, so it is a bit difficult to write.

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