The weather suddenly became very cold, and the supply of winter clothes for the imperial court to protect against the cold and keep warm had not arrived for a long time, and Huangfu Song estimated that he was really anxious.

Liu Xian's batch of clothes can indeed solve his urgent needs, so Huangfu Song couldn't wait a little and sent 2,000 officers and soldiers to respond.

Liu Xian's caravan had just left the Demon Suppression Town less than ten miles before the officers and soldiers sent by Huangfu Song came head-on.

Not only the officers and soldiers sent by Huangfu Song to respond, but even Guo Dian, the Taishou of Julu County, actually came in person.

The weather changed abruptly, Guo Dian was also anxious, and the soldiers fought year after year, and their clothes were thin. Originally, the reason why he suggested a quick attack to General Huangfu Song was that he was worried that the weather would turn severe and cold, affecting their attack on Quyang City. He originally wanted to capture Quyang City before the real winter cold.

It's a pity that the Yellow Turban defenders of Quyang City are desperately defending the city. Zhang Bao, the general of the local government, personally sat in the town, and appeared at the head of the city many times to supervise the battle, which made the Yellow Turban Army still maintain a high morale even after many days of bloody battles, and the officers and soldiers attacked the city, suffered heavy casualties, and failed to take too much advantage.

This severe cold forced the officers and soldiers of the imperial court to temporarily suspend the battle and failed to continue the siege.

Fortunately, after the early rapid attack of the imperial court officers and soldiers, the Yellow Turban Army in Quyang City was a little scared. After the battle, they no longer dared to go out of the city to engage in the battle, and only dared to defend according to the walls of Quyang City.

In this way, these days, there has been a war in Quyang City.

Guo Dian, like Huangfu Song, was waiting for the imperial court to urgently allocate winter clothes, and then took advantage of this time to step up the siege of the city. Guo Dian believed that Quyang City was about to be destroyed, and the Yellow Turban Army in Quyang City could not be allowed to have too much time to recuperate.

The weather was suddenly and bitterly cold, which had an impact not only on the officers and soldiers of the imperial court, but also on the defenders in the city. Because the officers and soldiers of their court could find a way to get warm clothes, but the Yellow Turban defenders trapped in Quyang City, they couldn't think about it. Guo Dian believes that the Yellow Turban Army in the city also lacks winter clothes.

This is not a random guess, it can be seen. They could usually see the Yellow Turban soldiers defending the city at the head of the city, and their clothes were also thin.

In fact, the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army in the city basically hid indoors to make fires to keep warm, and there were not so many defenders in the city.

As long as the supplies from the imperial court are delivered, then the imperial officers and soldiers can launch a new round of siege warfare. At that time, I am afraid that if you don't have to fight, the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army in the city will be cold to death. At the very least, they have to fight against the officers and soldiers of the imperial court while suffering from the cold, which is already at a disadvantage, and their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

It's just that the problem with this winter coat doesn't seem to be other materials. If it is said that it is weapons and armor or something, it can be transferred urgently, even if the imperial treasury is not so much, you can also order the local government to be transferred out and sent to Quyang urgently.

Also, if there is a shortage of food, the imperial court can also mobilize and send it from all over the Han Dynasty.

But this winter coat is different from the ordnance that has been stockpiled in the first place, and it is not food. Because winter clothes are only available when they are made out, and they are in a hurry, where can I get so many thick cotton clothes at this time?

It's not that there are no reserves, it's just that what kind of big man is the big man now? The officials who are greedy and corrupt, who are fine in peacetime, and who are responsible for supplying winter clothes for military officers and soldiers, how can they prepare a large number of military cotton clothes? In fact, military cotton clothes are generally only needed by the Northern Army, and they are basically customized according to the scale of the Northern Army in peacetime. They don't deliberately stock up on large quantities of winter clothes.

In addition, it is not an army directly under the imperial court, and the imperial court will not deliberately prepare various materials for those troops. Therefore, the officers and soldiers who are now fighting against the Yellow Turban Army are the army after the formation, and although the imperial court has military salaries and supplies, these military horses are not taken into account when fighting in the north in winter.

In addition, this time the Yellow Turban Rebellion came too suddenly, and at the beginning, the battle between the officers and soldiers of the imperial court and the Yellow Turban Army was mutually victorious and defeated, and the situation was quite tense. Later, after gathering the righteous men of the world to fight against the Yellow Turban Army, the tide of the war was reversed.

At that time, who would have considered that this war would be fought for a whole year? Who would consider preparing thick cotton clothes for the officers and soldiers of the imperial court in advance for winter battles when the war was tense?

In this way, even if Huangfu Song is in a hurry now, he can't get so many at once.

Now someone suddenly sent a batch of them, which can be described as timely rain, which is a pleasant surprise.

In particular, Guo Dian learned that it was trafficked by a caravan from Liulin Village, Xiaotao County, Julu County. This was a merchant under his rule, so when he heard that Huangfu Song was going to mobilize his military horses to pick up this batch of clothes, he automatically asked for his order to come and meet this person who had brought timely rain.

Liu Xian was still in the carriage, using Taiping True Qi for Huang Xu to dissolve the strong True Qi of the fire attribute that Huang Zhong had forcibly instilled into him in his body.

There was a commotion outside, and he heard the sound of horses' hooves.

"Stop! Are you the Liu Fu caravan in Liulin Village, Xiatao County? Why are they all women? What about Liu Xian, the owner of the Liu Mansion caravan? Come out to meet Guo Dian, the general Guo Taishou. ”

Liu Xian's people hadn't reported to Liu Xian yet, and they heard a shout from a distance.

Liu Xian took the credit, let Huang Xu have a good understanding of his own situation, and then opened the curtain of the carriage and stepped out of the carriage.

When he looked up, his caravan had stopped, and the caravan guards were protecting the women who looked a little panicked in the middle.

"Childe, don't worry, it's Huangfu Song's army, he sent someone to meet our caravan, and in addition, General Guo Dianguo, the Taishou of Julu County, is also here."

At this time, Huang Zhong jumped out of the woods next to him and came to Liu Xian's side with quick movements.

"Officers and soldiers sent by Huangfu Song? In this way, we can also make our caravan women suffer less. Liu Xian nodded, and then walked forward slowly.

Gotta get it!

A healthy horse flew like a horse, followed by a group of cavalry.

On this horse, he was a sturdy general, who did not hold a weapon, but grabbed the reins of the horse with one hand and raised the whip with the other.

"Haha! Finally met. Good! ”

When the general saw the caravan of women, he suddenly reined in his horse, and his horse stood up with a thud, and then stopped.

"You are the people of the Liu Mansion caravan? What about Liu Xian? I heard that the boss of your caravan is called Liu Xian, and said that he is not very old, only sixteen years old, come, come out, let General Ben take a look. ”

He is Guo Dian, although he has not seen Liu Xian, but Liu Xian is solving the big problem of winter clothes for them, and this person has already had a good impression of Liu Xian before he saw it.

"Excuse me, is Your Excellency General Guo Dian? Our Julu County Taishou Guo? ”

Liu Xian came out of the crowd, and let the snow and dust splashed when the cavalry team brought by Guo Dian stopped, and he naturally stood in front of his caravan, and asked the general who was talking with a smile.

"That's right, I'm Guo Dian."

Guo Dian's mouth and nose are spewing white air, which is like this when the weather is cold, as soon as he speaks, it is like swallowing clouds and spitting out fog.

He galloped all the way, and it was probably cold enough, so he jumped off the horse while rubbing his hands.

"Down here is Liu Xian, Liu Xian, Liu Mansion, Liulin Village, Xiatao County, meet Lord Taishou!"

Liu Xian bowed to Guo Dian, who dismounted.

"Haha, you are Liu Xian? Just such a hairy boy? Okay, okay, although you look like a little scholar, you don't need to be polite, stand up and let me take a good look. ”

Guo Dian strode in front of Liu Xian and looked at Liu Xian with interest.

"Master Guo, the kid is indeed a kid, not a hairy boy." Liu Xian said half-jokingly: "The so-called ambition is not in the old age, but I am interested in business, and I am determined to go to the world in business, so please Lord Guo don't underestimate the kid because he is young." ”

"Haha, how dare we Lao Guo underestimate you? You don't know, you have already registered with our General Huangfu, and General Huangfu asked me to invite you to the camp anyway, and he wants to know how you got this batch of winter clothes, and he also wants to know what kind of person you are. The person who came to Huifu couldn't say it clearly, so don't worry, I don't mean to look down on you. Guo Dian's voice was a little loud, and when he finished speaking, he seemed to be talking to himself, but everyone could hear him and said: "It looks okay, it's white and tender, like a girl, is it really good for such a delicate boy to join the army?" ”

Yes, this Guo Dian probably wanted to pull Liu Xian into his army to enlist.

Liu Xian smiled awkwardly and said, "General Guo, I have long been determined to do business in the world, so I won't enlist in the army." Are you here to meet our caravan now? You have come just in time, you see, my caravan is full of women carrying those clothes, the weather is very cold, from here to Quyang, although it is only twenty or thirty miles, but I am afraid it will take half a day to arrive. ”

"Ah, yes, we can't wait, many soldiers in the army lack warm cotton clothes, and they stay in the camp these days to roast the fire, and they dare not go out of the camp. Fortunately, we were scared of the Yellow Turban thieves, and they didn't dare to go out of the city to attack, otherwise, they would be in big trouble. In this case, we have brought nearly 2,000 men and horses, and your goods will be handed over to us to take to the barracks now. Look, that's fine, right? Guo Dian said.

"Naturally, no problem. Then, I'll let my people leave the goods behind and let them go back to Demon Town to rest. I went with the general to see General Huangfu and talk about the money and silver of this shipment. Liu Xian said with certainty.

"Well, okay, but you're not worried about receiving the goods?" Guo Dian's eyes narrowed.

"Worried about being useful?" Liu Xian waved his hand indifferently and said, "What's more, whether I receive the goods or not is nothing to me." It is good to teach Lord Guo Taishou to know that in fact, the business trip that I, Liu Xian, am running is not for myself, but for Lord Huangfu and Lord Guo. ”

"Oh? What does this say? ”

"Hehe, General Huangfu is now the pastor of Jizhou, and Lord Guo is the Taishou of Julu County. Now, not to mention anything else, it is estimated that all the counties in Julu County have fallen into a food crisis, and the local people have now run out of food. Coupled with the cold weather now, I don't know how many people will die every day, and they are all starved to death and cold. Is it your duty to let the people under your rule live in peace and contentment? ”

"Huh? Is it that serious? "Guo Dian really doesn't know too much about the situation in various places under his rule, after all, he is now just bent on following Huangfu Song to destroy the Yellow Turban Thief and make meritorious contributions.

"You're a giant deer Taishou, how is the situation under your own rule unclear? Not to mention far away, let's just say that Yangshi County, a county seat, has only more than 30,000 people survived. But these people have all been out of food. The boy is not talented, and he does not want to see so many people starve to death. Therefore, I thought of a way to get a batch of grain from the landlords and tyrants who did not dare to come out with excess grain to save people. Then I took this batch of grain to give soup and food, so that more than 30,000 people in Yangshi County could survive. Then, the boy had an idea and asked these people who had received porridge to collect cotton and other materials that the thieves would not steal, and use these cotton to spin and weave cloth, and then make clothes. That's how we got this batch of clothes. ”

"This batch of clothes, sold and then exchanged for food, in this way, can let more than 30,000 people in Yangshi County live. Master Guo, you say, am I doing things for you now? Did you do what you were supposed to do? Are you embarrassed to take our garments for nothing? What's more, I myself can trust General Huangfu and General Guo. Therefore, the kid never worries about whether he will receive the payment or not. ”

"Listening to you, it seems to be really the truth. In this way, my old Guo really wants to thank you? ”

"This is natural, it's best, just invite me to a drink, and then send me a car or two of good wine."

"Haha! You kid, you can really beat snakes with sticks. Yes! After this battle, I dare not say if I can have a drink with you, but I will definitely give you two wagons of wine. Guo Dian laughed, picked up the whip from his horse, pointed at Liu Xian, and said, "Boy, can you ride a horse?" I'll leave the matter here to the people below. You go with me to the Quyang camp to see General Huangfu first. ”

"I should be able to ride." Liu Xian didn't have a so-called stall.

"Okay, come on! Vacate a horse for Liu Xiangongzi. Guo Dian shouted loudly to his own soldiers, and said: "Also, you hand over the goods to you, count them, and send them back to our camp immediately." ”

"I want two horses." After Liu Xian waited for Guo Dian to finish giving instructions to his own soldiers, he pointed to Huang Zhong behind him and said, "He wants a horse, and he will follow me to your camp." Also, the carriage from my caravan and some of the guards will be there. ”

"Okay, it's up to you." Guo Dian didn't object, but he took a deep look at Huang Zhong behind Liu Xian, Huang Zhong's strong momentum, he also sensed it.