Liu Xi knelt down, and a mother's kiss came out, which made Cao Yun cry even more.

Tears are like the water of a river bursting its banks, gushing endlessly, as if they want to pour out all the countless thoughts and pains of all these years day and night from the body.

It's more like crying with joy.

"Sister Yun, Xi'er is still kneeling here, how can you know how to cry, and you won't help the child up."

Hearing Princess Yuzhu's words, Cao Yun couldn't care about the tears still hanging in the corners of her eyes, so she rushed forward very distressedly, grabbed Liu Xi's arm, and helped him up, "My son, let my mother take a good look at you." ”

The eyes full of love were like endless waves, enveloping Liu Xi in an instant, and when Cao Yun spoke, he stretched out his hand again and gently brushed Liu Xi's cheek.

This time, Liu Xi did not dodge again.

"My son, all these years, I have suffered from you."

Tears glistened in his eyes again.

Such a scene, Liu Xi never expected him to encounter it in this life.

Now, Liu Xi has accepted Cao Yun as his mother, and he can't bear to look at her excessive sadness, so he took the brocade silk handkerchief from Ma Xiu's hand and handed it to Cao Yun, "It's all bad for children, and they will recognize their mothers in the future over the years, and the children will serve their mothers in the future, and they will no longer worry about their mothers." ”

Hearing this, Cao Yun, who was wiping her tears, couldn't help but burst into tears and smiled, and nodded again and again, "Okay, good, good, our mother and son will never be separated again." ”

Liu Xi's mother and son recognized each other, Ma Xiu and Xiao Wu felt happy, and the two looked at each other and smiled, and they were extremely happy in their hearts.

When Liu Xi helped Cao Yun to sit down, Ma Xiu took out the Qiankun fan from his waist, and shook it away with a very crisp 'bang', seeing him like this, Liu Xi and Xiao Wu couldn't help but secretly exclaim that it was not good.

This guy must be trying to make some kind of moth again.

I don't know if it was deliberately to make everyone happy, or because I was happy for Liu Xi, Ma Xiu temporarily forgot about the dense army outside the city, shook his body and came to Cao Yun's body, and said in a mysterious way, "Aunt Cao, your son has been found, shouldn't you thank Jinchao?" ”

It seems that he has become accustomed to such actions as horse embroidery, and Emperor Ming Tuoba Yingqi and Princess Yuzhu both smiled and shook their heads.

Cao Yun's red and swollen eyes smiled like a crescent moon, "You little boy, my aunt naturally can't forget your credit, when the situation is stable, you can take everything you see in my mansion." ”

This time, it was Ma Xiumei who smiled, obviously, Cao Yun had something he had coveted for a long time.

Thinking about it secretly, Liu Xi can also understand that over the years, under the care of Emperor Ming Tuoba Yingqi and Princess Yuzhu, his mother-in-law Cao Yun should have made some living in Shu.

But judging from her appearance as a woman, she should have suffered a lot.

Thinking of this, Liu Xi's nose was slightly sour again, and he picked up the tea cup from the coffee table on the side, "Mother, take a sip of tea, the tea will be cold." ”

Cao Yun took the cup with a smile and took a sip gently, during which the fragrant tea was different kind of sweetness between her teeth.

"Aunt Cao, today is a good day for you and Yusheng to recognize each other, how about I tell you another happy event?"

"Oh?"

Cao Yun, who had a smile on the corner of her mouth, put the cup to the side and looked at Ma Xiu with a hopeful face, naturally, she wanted to know what the happy event in Ma Xiu's mouth was.

Shaking the Qiankun fan, Ma Xiu's head was half up, for a while, as if he had satisfied everyone's appetite, and then he accepted the Qiankun fan with a 'bang', and dragged a long voice, "Yusheng has found two virtuous and virtuous good daughters-in-law for you." ”

These words immediately made Cao Yun stand up happily, "Is this serious?" ”

Although he asked Ma Xiu's words, he looked at Liu Xi.

Smiled a little embarrassedly, Liu Xi nodded and said, "That's true, it's just that the family affairs haven't been done yet, and the time comes, my mother will need to preside over it." ”

Cao Yun said a few good words in a row, "Just leave this matter to your mother, and your mother will make Xi'er's family affairs beautiful, and the world knows about it." ”

For so many years, as a mother, Cao Yun has not done anything for Liu Xi, so how can she not apologize in her heart?

In addition, she is quite concerned about this marriage, so even if Liu Xi doesn't open her mouth, she will take it.

In this way, the words in the house were full of laughter, but they forgot about the arrival of the army outside the city.

After a few more words, Emperor Ming Tuoba Yingqi waved his sleeves and said to everyone, "It's not early at night, let's hurry up and rest." ”

Princess Yuzhu, who got up, saw that Tuoba Yingqi did not follow, but was about to walk to the bookcase, and immediately stepped forward and dragged him, "Since you have come back today, you can relax and rest, these days, Your Majesty has not slept for a few days." ”

Tuoba Yingqi frowned slightly, looked back at Ma Xiu, and did not say anything, the current bad situation in Shu has made him exhausted, he does not want to be a hands-off shopkeeper, and hand over the burden of stabilizing the situation to Ma Xiu.

Because Emperor Ming Tuoba Yingqi knows Ma Xiu very well, his son is like a hermit of idle clouds and wild cranes, and now at this time of crisis, he can rush back, Tuoba Yingqi is already very pleased, so he has to bear all the wind and rain as he has been doing.

Let Ma embroidery continue to live as he likes.

Princess Yuzhu saw Tuoba Yingqi's appearance, and immediately glanced at Ma Xiu, how could the latter not be surprised, hurriedly stepped forward, knelt down and asked for sin, "My father has not rested, how dare my sons and daughters rest, if so, it is unfilial; As a courtier, he can't share his father's worries, which is disloyalty, and now the child is no longer a disloyal and unfilial person, please ask his father to punish him. ”

Tuoba Yingqi really didn't expect Ma Xiu to say this, he was stunned for a moment, and stretched out his hand to help Ma Xiu up, "It's not that my father is unwilling to let you share it, if it weren't for your wandering heart, my father would have passed on this throne to you, and I would be able to live with your mother, but at present, the situation in Shu is critical, and more importantly, Chongzhou City is already in danger." ”

Speaking of this, Tuoba Yingqi sighed, "That's an army of 100,000, and Chongzhou City is about to be alone. ”

It seems that Emperor Ming is not less sorrowful these days.

Looking at the silver frost that appeared on Emperor Ming's sideburns, Ma Xiu only felt a pain in his heart, and his face changed from the once cynical and uninhibited look, full of solemnity, "Father, please be relieved, the son will fight to the death to resist the enemy, and never let the traitor step into Chongzhou City!" ”

Ma Xiu's words made Emperor Ming's eyebrows gradually stretch, as if he noticed that the child who had been cared for by himself for many years had grown up, and a trace of relief in Emperor Ming's eyes was fleeting.

"Since there is such a determination in this dynasty, Your Majesty will hand over the matter of defending the enemy to him, and there is also Yusheng's nephew, but the concubine heard that he broke the 200,000 army of the Huns with the strength of thousands of people in Yangqu City.

As Princess Yuzhu spoke, her eyes stared at Liu Xi with bright colors, obviously, the reason why she wanted to pull Emperor Ming to rest was because Liu Xi was there and had a reassurance.

With Princess Yuzhu's words, Emperor Ming Tuoba Yingqi immediately smiled, "Yuzhu's words are reasonable, since this is the case, the matter of Chongzhou City will be handled by Xiu'er!" ”

After that, before Ma Xiu could react, he took the lead out of the house.

Princess Yuzhu glanced at Ma Xiu and Liu Xi with a smile, and then pulled Cao Yun, who was a little worried, and walked out together.

This time, Liu Xi, Ma Xiu and Xiao Wu, who had been silent all the time, were left in the room that was still lively before.

Xiao Wu coughed lightly twice, and pulled back the two who had not yet come to their senses, "I said His Royal Highness, you have to work, can you eat a supper first and put a cushion on your stomach?" ”

Xiao Wu rarely spoke in a joking tone, and immediately made Ma Xiu smile and hurriedly ordered to prepare some wine and food.

When the subordinates received the order, Liu Xi called him and ordered the subordinates to spread the news that the three of them were drinking at night.

In fact, with the cultivation of the three of them, they would not feel hungry, and Xiao Wu proposed a supper, just to let the three of them reduce their pressure psychologically. And Liu Xi took the opportunity to let people spread it out, wanting to send a signal to the soldiers defending the city.

The man in charge was in the mood to drink and eat, apparently not paying attention to the rebels outside the city, and it was also an encouragement to the morale of the sergeants.

After a little eating, the three of them began to study strategies to defend themselves against the enemy.

At present, the number of soldiers, reserve weapons, and grain and grass in Chongzhou City are recorded in great detail, which can also be seen that the governance level of the Wei River is quite high, even if the battle damage is clearly recorded to every arrow.

It was precisely after reading these battle reports that Liu Xi's heart tightened, and after many days of fighting, the strength of Chongzhou City was constantly weakening.

The 10,000 soldiers are less than 6,000.

The number of swords and arrows has decreased dramatically.

Fortunately, Wei He has been well governed, and under the governance of these years, Chongzhou City is still quite rich, so there is still a lot of grain and grass, which can still support some time, but it is less than a month.

"There are only 3,000 arrows left, and even if you find craftsmen to make them day and night, you can't support them!"

Ma Xiu's two cloud sideburns were twisted into a knotted rope, and then he looked at his head with a Qiankun fan, obviously having a headache.

Among the weapons used to counterattack a city, arrows are the most important, but they are also the most expensive.

Liu Xi didn't say anything, his brows were furrowed, and his index finger tapped lightly on the table, Ma Xiu and Xiao Wu understood that he was thinking of a solution.

"Do you care about your name today?"

After a while, Liu Xi's sudden question made Ma Xiu a little confused.

Xiao Wu, who dropped the battle report in his hand, said in a deep voice, "Yusheng, is this going to use fire oil?" ”

Liu Xi nodded.

At the beginning, the reason why it was able to resist the Xiongnu army was that oil played a key role. But at that time, the relationship between Liu Xi and the Xiongnu was alien to each other, so even such cruel methods would not be despised or even spurned by the Central Plains.

But now the situation of Chongzhou City is not the same as Yangqu City, after all, the rebels are also Shu people, if they use the method of fire oil to burn those siege soldiers, the means are brutal, or they are insulted by the world, and even recorded in history, leaving a stench for thousands of years.

Knowing the meaning of Liu Xi's words, Ma Xiu was silent, Emperor Ming Tuoba Yingqi has pursued recuperation and recuperation over the years, and the people of Shu have become richer and richer, so he is naturally a praised Ming monarch, so this kind of infamy can only be borne by him.

This is why Liu Xi asked him if he cared about the name festival.

Seeing that Ma Xiu was silent, Liu Xi probably knew what he meant, after all, the heroes of troubled times will do whatever they want, and Ma Xiu is still kind and benevolent in his heart, and I am afraid that this kind of cruel method will not be used.

Therefore, Liu Xi eliminated this method in his heart that could cause the least casualties on his side and defeat the enemy the fastest.

After pondering for a long time, Liu Xi raised his head and said to Ma Xiu, "In this way, today, you go and order someone to tie a thousand straw men for me as quickly as possible." ”

"Straw Man?"

Ma Xiu and Xiao Wu couldn't help but look at each other, and couldn't figure out what medicine Liu Xi was selling in this gourd.

"It's useful, maybe finish it before dawn?"

At this time, there were still three hours before dawn, Ma Xiu looked at the sky, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded, "This matter should be handed over to Master Wei, it should be no problem." ”

After speaking, Ma Xiu called someone to come and instructed this matter.

After the arrangement of Ma Xiu, Liu Xi got up and walked outside the house, although the matter of defending the enemy was handed over to Ma Xiu, but Princess Yuzhu meant that he Liu Xi was actually responsible for it, so the defense at the head of the city had to go to Haosheng to take a look.

And how well he disturbed the progress of the enemy camp, he also wanted to check it.