At the beginning, there is smoke coming out of the ancestral grave, and the woman is busy in the imp

Unexpectedly, a year has almost passed, and Xie Yuheng, apart from looking like a sick man, is still living well and very smart.

Today, the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, is the birthday ceremony for Yu Heng, the youngest son of the Xie family.

People from the village came to the door with various gifts, and they all wanted to know what the Xie family's fairy would catch.

Xie Yuheng was carried to the main room by her father. There was a large table with various things on it.

There are spoons, abacus, scales, peace charms, writing brushes, books, blank seals...

Xie Yuheng sat in the middle and looked here and there.

Another good thing happened to the villagers who added a big cabbage, which means getting rich and attracting wealth.

Qin's youngest daughter was five years old and had a lot of money. She also took out ten copper coins from her purse to give her little brother a gift.

Xie Mingli, thinking he was hidden, walked up to Xie Yuheng and whispered in his ear: "I made that little wooden sword, I made it!"

Xie Yuheng looked through everything and used the elimination method to finally find a fat pine cone that looked like... a wooden sword.

How can this not be...a pine cone?

Under everyone's expectant eyes, Xie Yuheng walked towards the red cloth. Then grab one corner of the red cloth, and follow the same pattern to hold all four corners in your hand.

Adults make choices, but she chooses them all.

Everyone couldn't laugh or cry, and felt that the child was a ghost. Some people wondered: "Then what is this?"

Xie Tinghai laughed and said boldly: "Of course it counts, my nephew, Xie Tinghai, is smart." Everyone present also laughed.

At this time, a person walked in hurriedly outside the door.

Ye Chenglin apologetically bowed his hands to the Xie family and said, "I just came back from the county. I heard from people in the government office that after the Spring Festival, the King of Huai will attack Jingzhou."

In the spring of this year, King Huai of Jiaozhou raised his troops to rebel.

The imperial court deployed hundreds of thousands of troops at the junction of Jingzhou and Jiaozhou, but they didn't know that King Huai would not take the usual path. On the contrary, he turned to the west to attack Yizhou, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack. King Huai was caught off guard and captured it.

Now that we hold Tianfu Granary, we can attack Yongzhou to the north and join Jingzhou to the east.

Emperor Dog had already moved his capital to Jizhou when King Huai attacked Bajun. It sounded like they were moving the capital, but in fact they felt that it was not safe to go to Beijing too close to Yizhou, so they ran away with their ministers.

After a long silence, someone asked first: "Are we going to...escape?"

Everyone looked at Xie Tingjiang. In the past year, most of the villagers had been impressed by Xie Tingjiang.

If Xie Tingjiang hadn't asked them to stock up on food in advance, the price of food would have increased every day since the war started, so who could afford it?

Xie Tingjiang slowly wiped Xiao Yuheng's hands and asked without answering, "Why are you running away?"

"The King of Huai had strict military discipline. When marching, he was not allowed to trample on farmland. After conquering the city, he did not massacre the city or rob residents of their property.

The attack on Guangyuan in August coincided with the autumn harvest. There was a sudden heavy rain, and the soldiers were asked to help the people harvest food. After the autumn harvest, the magistrate of Guangyuan County directly led the people to open the door to welcome King Huai into the city.

The southern part of Yizhou is naturally dangerous. If only King Huai had used his troops like a god, Yizhou would not have been easy to capture. "

The thatch in Wang Ermazi's mouth began to tremble more and more with Xie Tingjiang's voice.

After Xie Tingjiang finished speaking, he spat out the thatch with a loud sound. "I haven't read a book, I can't read, and I don't understand those big principles. Ting Jiang, just tell me what to do."

Wang Ermazi secretly guessed that something might really change in Daliang.

It's better to change the world, no matter how bad it is, it can't be worse than being a saint today. Over the past six months or so, the emperor has been making all kinds of mistakes.

He actually asked the dead eunuch who came to Qinghe Village before to go to Hanzhong to supervise the army. The eunuch knew nothing, and he might not be as reliable as Wang Ermazi.

According to County Magistrate Liu, the dead eunuch was shot directly to death on the city wall by a right forward with an arrow.

Isn't this what you deserve? Don't take the porcelain job without the diamonds. He, Wang Ermazi, knows how to behave with his tail between his legs if he can't afford to offend him. A real man can bend and stretch.

Ye Lizheng also looked at Xie Tingjiang, Cang Tian was dead and Huang Tian was standing. I don’t know how long he can be a small village official. He is old and has to make way for young people.

Xie Tingjiang thought for a long time and then said: "The villagers who are willing to stay will organize strong men to take turns patrolling after the new year. Although Qinghe Village is not on the main road, it is too close to Jiangling, so we need to be careful about the refugees fleeing."

Xie Yuheng held a bowl of goat milk that Mrs. Liu had warmed in his hand, and sat obediently on the stool, sipping it in small sips.

Recalling the maps of later generations, Daliang was not in the time and space she was familiar with, but the geographical location was similar.

Since ancient times, Jingzhou has been known as "Huguang is well-known and the world is rich." Guang is the headquarters of King Huai, Jiaozhou. Unfortunately, the harvest has not been good in recent years due to natural disasters, and the court has not provided disaster relief.

Xie Yuheng closed his eyes and thought rapidly in his mind.

If she were the King of Huai... she would definitely attack Jingzhou first. It is best to enter Nanyang County from Xun County, and then send the army southward to Nanjun where Jiangling is located.

"Dad, if King Huai enters Jingzhou from Xun County, how long will it take to reach Jiangling?" Xie Yuheng looked at her father with an innocent face, like a simple child.

Xie Tingjiang was stunned for a moment, roughly estimated the apparent strength of the two armies, and muttered: "No more than six months." This is still more.

Xie Yuheng nodded and put down the bowl. "Now that we've finished drinking, my brother and I will go and play with Brother Huzi."

As he said this, he reached out to Xie Mingli for a hug. His one-year-old body couldn't walk much yet, so he could only work hard for his big brother.

"I'm going too." Xie Mingcheng hurriedly followed with his small wooden knife, and the children swarmed out the door laughing.

"My little son is a few months older than Xiao Yuheng. He is still not able to speak clearly. He is really stupid." Xie Hong was a little sour.

Meng smiled calmly and said, "This requires us adults to talk to our children more often. We can't just say nothing because we think the children are still young."

Xie Hong scratched his head: "Is that so?"

Meng smiled and said nothing, as some people do. I compare my children with other people’s children, but I never compare myself with other people’s parents.

But here, Xie Chunxi was still thinking about Xiao Yuheng's words.

Xun County, Yizhou, the book records that Xun County has been an important granary since ancient times. Since it is rich in grain, it must be a flat land. If King Huai entered Jingzhou from now on...

Xie Chunxi's eyes widened and he looked at Xie Tingjiang in disbelief.

What happened to his brother Tingjiang? Which temple did he worship the Bodhisattva in? He really wanted to worship him. In this way, the old patriarch doesn't have to talk about him every day to examine people.

......

When Xie Yuheng and his children found Xie Hu, Xie Hu was lying on the ground digging a mouse hole. The basket next to him was already full of peanuts. It seemed that this mouse family was a big one.

Although it is a mild winter this year... Xie Mingli looked at the mud under his feet and said, "Well, uncle Yonggui's house will have a special dinner tonight, fried meat with bamboo shoots."

A slightly sharp female voice sounded from behind: "That's the food for mice to spend the winter. How could you take it all?"