"A few people remembered that you and my little brother hadn't seen you until now, and I looked for you in the yard like crazy, and several uncles also stopped looking for you together, and finally picked you two out of a pile of firewood and grass."

"You also said at the time, 'Big brother, not long after you left, my father and a few uncles were chased by a lot of bad people and ran over, and my mother hurriedly hid me and my brother under the firewood and straw, but the firewood and grass pile was too small for my mother to hide in, where did my mother hide, did you find my mother?' ”

"Later, I learned from the mouth of the laurel tree that my father and several uncles had led the rout to the outside of the village, but I don't know how a few rout soldiers found my mother, and when I heard my mother's shout, all the rout soldiers gave up chasing my father and a few uncles, and all ran to the yard of my house, and my father and several uncles had to rush back to save my mother......"

"In the next few years, our brothers and sisters survived with difficulty under the help of uncles and brothers in the village, I remember that in the first few months, you and your younger brother cried every day to ask for a mother, and then the throat cried hoarsely, and the tears cried dry, and they stopped crying, and slowly adapted to the days without their parents, and since then, it is a difficult thing to encounter, I have never cried again, I only know that in addition to maintaining a family's livelihood, I practice martial arts and archery every day like crazy, and your eldest brother also exercises with me, for a few years, It has also become a strong physique. ”

"In those years, they were often harassed by Khitan soldiers, routs and bandits, and everyone gradually understood that only dozens of people in the village could not protect their families, so as soon as there was a stir, they immediately took their children and daughters into the mountains, and slowly some people even set up shacks in the mountains to live, and then you should remember that the Khitans broke through Liangzhou that year, and everyone saw that there was no way to live under the mountain, so they burned down the house with several nearby villages and moved their families to the mountains."

"In the second year of going up the mountain, everyone saw that I had a lot of strength, and I loved to think about it, so they jointly elected me as the owner of the village, because everyone is a people who have suffered a lot, and this cannibalistic world is always suffering people like us, and gradually set the rule of not robbing the poor people."

"In the third year, I finally found out that more than a dozen murderers who killed my father and mother were collectively assigned to Huangzhou to guard the beacon tower, so I chose a day to bring more than 70 brothers over to serve them in a pot."

When the woman heard the eldest brother say this, she finally knew that her father's grievances had already been revealed, and she felt a lot of relief in her heart, feeling that over the past few years, the eldest brother had not only raised the three of them with hard work, but also avenged her father's grievances early.

In the silence, the middle-aged man who was the eldest brother slowly spoke, "Okay, don't be sad anymore for the three of you, the days of suffering have passed, after all, we are still alive and healthy in this world, and my father and mother must be very happy to see us in heaven." Now tell me why you hurried to the mountains! ”

Waiting for the woman to wipe the tears in her eyes with a silk scarf, she said softly, "Big brother, I feel that the situation is a little strange this time, so I hurried up to tell you that you must be cautious recently." ”

"What did you learn? Or did you find out what the officials and soldiers were doing? ”

"It's a bit to say that I have learned about it, but I haven't noticed anything about the actions of the officers and soldiers, but I think this is the real suspicious place."

"Oh, let's see."

"Big brother, that's the case, you may have mastered it, I heard that the camp issued an order to exterminate us at the beginning of the month, and this time it was the Shence Army that took over the task of extermination, you know that the Sima of the Shence Army is Li Zongxiong's son Li Shouyi, but it is not him who is specifically responsible for this matter, it is a young boy who has just come from Ganzhou to serve as Sima Duwei of the Shence Army, his name is Liu Fan, and he seems to have just reached the age of twenty."

"Originally, there was nothing unusual about this, it was not for nothing that he was a young man in the army who served as a lieutenant of the army, I heard that Li Zongxiong's daughter was only eighteen years old, and this time she was also promoted to the captain of Sima Du of the Shenwu Army, but this person's previous experience and actions after taking over the task are really suspicious."

"Oh?"

"First of all, this man's legendary experience this year. In the nearly four years before the Khitan people engaged in the enemy in early August this year, this person was unknown in the Jincheng Army, and he didn't even say much in ordinary times, and since mid-August after being promoted to the deputy brigade commander of the Jincheng Army A Brigade in the first battle with the Khitans, this person seems to have opened his mind all at once, not only made great contributions when defending Ganzhou City, but also proposed to Xingying to defend the city strategy and defeated Nu and Gedan, and finally forced back the 100,000 army of the Khitan West Road Marshal. ”

"After coming to Liangzhou, he proposed a training strategy to the camp, which was adopted by Li Zongxiong, and has been piloted in three of the brigades.

"That's all there is to it, after all, some people are born with military talents, such as Huaiyin Hou Han Xin, champion Hou Huo Quai, etc., the key is that this person also has a good performance in other aspects, I heard that as soon as he arrived in Liangzhou, he made Li Shouyi and others happy and convinced with his extraordinary arithmetic ability, and even Guo Huaide's daughter who was known for his arithmetic and gewuxue was willing to bow down, and what was even more bizarre was that this person was a military man, and the two poems he wrote were a sensation in Liangzhou and the Daqi literati world, The latter poem directly helped the shallow girl to get on the list of this flower list competition. ”

"To put it bluntly, these strangeness has nothing to do with us, the key is that he took over the task of exterminating us, and I heard from people who are more cordial to him that this person is very good at military affairs."

"Secondly, it is what he did after taking over the task. In the past, after the officers and men set the task of suppressing bandits, the commanders who sent troops on several occasions held large-scale troop dispatch ceremonies, and beat gongs, drums, and firecrackers to show their strength, because they were afraid that there were still people in Liangzhou City who did not know that they had gone out to suppress bandits. And the slightly more low-key is also to take over the task, immediately arrange the deployment, the army is pulled, and the grain and grass are escorted, how can you also inquire about some situations. ”

"And this year, this young man didn't do anything after taking over the task, if he took over the task a little bit, I can also get a glimpse of the door from his actions, the key is that it has been almost a month since he took over the task, but he didn't do anything, don't let a month pass like this, you must know that his task time limit is only three months, which is a bit weird."

"In addition, I have arranged for someone to inspect the six brigades of the Shence Army in Liangzhou, the newly formed Geng Brigade has been training in the large school field outside the city, and the other five brigades have been staying in the barracks and have not been dispatched from the flags displayed during the daily drills."

"Can you be sure that the six brigades in Liangzhou really did not make a sortie?"

"I have conclusive information that the newly formed Geng Brigade is all trained in the big school field, but there is no way to further verify whether the other five brigades are all in the barracks."

At this time, the second brother sitting on the left said, "Didn't the third sister say that he was still in charge of army training, I estimate that he will first specialize in training the troops to achieve a phased result, and then concentrate on dealing with us, after all, Liangzhou is not too far from Hongchiling, he definitely thinks that the remaining two months are enough to suppress bandits, and the large-scale military observation held by the second camp in early November that we got two days ago can also show this." ”

The younger brother at the bottom also interjected, "Big brother, I also agree with the second brother's opinion, it's not that he doesn't want to do anything to us this month, it's just that he cares more about the recognition of his training results by the senior management of the camp, so I think he has put all his energy into training this month, and when the second day of November is over, he will make time to concentrate on dealing with us." ”

"Does the third sister have any other opinions?"

"Big brother, I just wanted to tell you some information about this person, as well as the difference between this person and those people in the past, and remind you to be cautious, and the specific fight is still up to the three of you to decide."

The man who was the eldest brother lowered his head and pondered for a long time, and finally shook his head and said, "Since the two of you agree on the same opinion, the second brother is ready to lead the team to attack Changsong County, and the younger brother will send his sister back to Liangzhou early tomorrow morning." ”