Let's say that Zhao Xu summoned Guan Yu and others to Zhuo County, wanting to wait for the expedition and destroy Yuan Shao in one fell swoop. I don't want the sky to be beautiful, although it is a severe winter weather, but it rains a rare snowstorm in ten years, only to see the clouds are dense, the wind is gradually rising, but it has already rolled up the next day of heavy snow.

Only one night, when I went out to see, I saw that the snow was overwhelming outside, and the snow was nearly a foot deep. Nevertheless, the snow was still falling fiercely, but see:

The fog was dark, and the air was auspicious. It is difficult to separate the four wildernesses, and there is no trace of a thousand mountains in an instant.

Guan Yu and others saw the heavy snow at night, and thought to themselves: With such heavy snowfall, how can the army go out? Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, and Chen Zhi are still conscientious, not like Dian Wei and others to take a step and look at a step; I was distressed that night, worried that the heavy snow had missed a major event.

In the early morning of that day, Zhao Xu wore a cloak and jacket, and when he went out to look, he saw that the outside had become a silver world. I couldn't help but exclaim, "What a lot of snow! ”

Zhao Xu's general Zhou Cang was not angry: "This sudden snowfall is so heavy, not only delaying the expedition, but also harming the people, God has no eyes!" ”

Zhao Xu was reminded by Zhou Cangyi, trembled suddenly, and secretly thought: This kind of heavy snow, even in the future is a disaster, and now it is a catastrophe, no, now Jizhou has just been settled, the foundation is not stable, if you don't provide disaster relief, you will lose the hearts of the people! Zhao Xu wanted to go out to watch the situation, just took a step, and fell into the snow with one foot, almost didn't fall, looked up, and saw that on the roof of the house where he lived, the snow was twenty or thirty centimeters deep, fortunately, Zhao Xu lived in a brick house, and it seemed that it could withstand it. Zhao Xu took a breath, rubbed his hands and said: "Now that the heavy snow is falling, it is a catastrophe, and the people will definitely suffer, let's go out and have a look." ”

Zhou Cang's mind turned slowly, and he didn't know what Zhao Xu was going to do for a while, he was puzzled, and thought: What are you going out to do with such a big snow? But it was not easy to ask, so he followed Zhao Xu out.

Speaking of this Zhou Cang, with his martial arts, although he can't be alone with Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and others, he can also be used as a pioneer. Zhao Xu originally wanted Zhou Cang to be the commander of a division under him, he didn't want Zhou Cang to be stubborn, he refused to live or die, he had to be Zhao Xu's general, Zhao Xu scolded him several times, but he had to let him be his own general first, commanding the eight hundred personal soldiers in his house, and secretly thinking about it, and then brainwashing Zhou Cang.

Zhao Xu put on a felt hat, walked out with Zhou Cang and more than a dozen generals, and stepped on the snow, when the north wind was blowing strongly, and the snow was also falling tightly. Zhao Xu waited step by step, walking was not uncomfortable, and after a pillar of incense, Zhao Xu came to the street. But despite the heavy snow and the howling north wind, the streets were still full of people. However, many of them were not shopping, but many people were repairing the snow-crushed parts of their roofs and sweeping away the snow from their roofs, and people running up and down the streets were holding wood or thatch in their hands, and it seemed that they were buying materials to repair their houses. Many people use hoes and shovels to cut the snow and pile it aside.

When Zhao Xu was looking, suddenly a person rushed towards him, colliding with Zhao Xu's chest, Zhao Xu was strong, took half a step back, and lost the momentum, only to see the person who hit him fall to the ground.

When Zhao Xu looked at it urgently, it was an old man, and the old man recognized it as Zhao Xu, so he hurriedly knelt down, kowtowed again and again, and shouted: "The villain is ignorant, and he accidentally collided with the general, and it is a capital crime!" I hope the general will spare his life. ”

But seeing that the old man's hair and beard were all white, Zhao Xu, as a descendant and a soldier, how could he bear this, he hurriedly knelt down, and said: "How can the old man do such a big gift, how can Zhao Xu afford it, please get up quickly." Many of the people around who were repairing the roof recognized Zhao Xu when Zhao Xu led the army into the city, and saw Zhao Xu kneeling to an old man, all of them were taken aback and surprised. The people who were clearing the snow on the side all gathered around, and despite the heavy snow and the howling wind, they could not stop this curiosity.

When the old man saw that Zhao Xu actually knelt down to him, he was shocked, and hurriedly said: "Little old man rushed into the adult, thank you for forgiveness, thank you for forgiveness." Adults get up quickly, but you can torment the little old man. Hurriedly wanted to help Zhao Xu up, but under the help, Zhao Xu didn't move and couldn't help him.

Zhao Xu said: "Since we attacked Yuan Shao, we have disturbed the people, not to mention, such as today's heavy snowfall, we have not helped the people in time, what a sin!" ”

The old man was originally a villager, and he usually didn't even dare to raise his head when he met an official, but now he actually met the general kneeling down to him, so he was naturally grateful.

Zhao Xu picked up the old man and said in a harmonious voice: "Boss, please get up, the old man has a noble surname, and he has a long life this year?" Do you have any relatives at home? ”

The old man was obviously shocked by Zhao Xu's words that he didn't want to do, and said tremblingly: "The old man's surname is Wang, he has lived for sixty years, and there are only two sons left in the family. ”

Zhao Xu nodded, and asked again, "Why is the old man so flustered?" But is it because of the snow disaster? ”

"General......" The old man immediately burst into tears, trembling and cried, and said intermittently: "When the heavy snow came, it collapsed the grass shed at home, and the wife at home... Wife... Crushed to death on the spot! Fortunately, because there was no food at home, Lao Er and Ergouzi went out early to look for food and were spared. The old man came to the city to buy a coffin to bury his deceased wife. ”

After hearing this, Zhao Xu said slightly angrily: "Where is the second son now, how can I let the old father come out to buy the coffin of the deceased mother, it is so snowy, and the old man needs to come out, what is the use of these two sons!" ”

The old man exclaimed: "The general is wrong, this year's harvest is not good, the family has been out of food for two days, and now the grass house has been crushed again, and the two sons went out to find winter food!" ”

Zhao Xu nodded, instructed the soldiers beside him, took out five taels of silver, and said: "The old man is not too little, these few taels of silver will let the old man go to buy food and winter clothes." ”

The old man burst into tears, and shouted repeatedly: "How can the old man be virtuous, he doesn't dare to let the adults break the bank." ”

Zhao Xu forced the five taels of silver into the old man's hand and said: "My lord Liu Xuande is a benevolent and virtuous person in the world, seeing this scene, he will definitely save him. Don't excuse yourself, don't excuse yourself, you just look down on me Zhao Xu! ”

The old man knelt down again and again, but Zhao Xu couldn't hold back it, and cried repeatedly: "Thank you, General!" Thank you, General! ”

Zhao Xu said: "The old man has tormented Zhao Xu, go buy necessities!" ”

The people who were watching from the sidelines, seeing this scene, talked about it a lot, and they all said: "Finally, the benevolent and virtuous people have come, and we are saved!" ”

After Zhao Xu sent the old man away, he said to more than ten generals behind him: "You go to General Guan and General Zhang quickly...... Call them together and tell them to assemble at the county hall! And the generals were commanded to depart.

Zhao Xu only took Zhou Cang and said, "Let's take a look." ”

Zhao Xu all the way, even the wealthy businessmen were sending the family to repair the roof, and it had only snowed overnight, and it seemed that the situation was more serious than Zhao Xu imagined. Zhao Xu couldn't help frowning.

Not long after, Zhao Xu rushed to the county government, and Guan Yu, Zhao Yun and others had already arrived.

Zhang Fei shouted: "Boxiong, why are you calling us so urgently? ”

Zhao Yun also thought that Zhao Xu was going to talk about the expedition, and took a step forward and said: "Big brother, I just went to walk around the city, and saw that many houses were crushed or directly crushed, many people froze to death on the streets, and there were many seven or eight-year-old children, can this expedition be delayed a little?" ”

Zhao Xu glanced to the side, and Guan Yu, Chen Dao and the others also nodded in agreement. Zhao Xu said: "I summoned you to talk about this matter, it has only snowed heavily overnight, which has already made the people so sad, and disaster relief is urgent." I'll set the task now, and you'll go now. Zilong, you will send someone to open a warehouse to put food and porridge now, and the military ration will also be deducted a little, the sergeant is strong, and he can survive with a little less, but the common people can't do it! ”

"Yes!" Zhao Yun has always listened to Zhao Xu's words, not to mention that this is also Zhao Yun's original intention, and he immediately took the order to go out.

Zhao Xu said again: "Lord Gongsun, Yun Chang, Yide, you go and send people to spread the word to the people in the villages in Youzhou, if there are no houses, let them come to the city, and set up disaster relief bases in the cities of Youzhou, so that the victims can be resettled." "Saying that this Gongsun Zan, since the surrender, he has repaid his kindness with virtue and gratitude, and he is also very respectful to Zhao Xu, and it stands to reason that he is also Zhao Xu's subordinate, but after all, Gongsun Zan was also a prince, and Zhao Xu still respects him and calls him an adult.

Zhang Fei was originally from Zhuo County, and when he saw the suffering of his fellow villagers, he naturally couldn't look past it, Guan Yu and Liu Bei and Zhang Fei Taoyuan were also in Zhuo County in the past, and he also had special feelings for this place. Gongsun Zan once sat in Youzhou, and he was also a prince, so seeing this situation, he naturally couldn't ignore it. The three of them were immediately ordered.

"Brother Zhang Yan, Uncle Zhi, the two of you will go to Jizhou to relieve the disaster and release grain and resettle the people."

Needless to say, Zhao Xugang occupied Jizhou for Liu Bei, the foundation was unstable, and the people were not convinced. The two of them took the order.

"Ziyi, you quickly lead 3,000 troops to various places to purchase cold-proof things, and by the way, send people to Linzi to report the disaster with the lord, there are a lot of businessmen in Qingzhou, and there are naturally a lot of charcoal sellers, please ask the lord to collect wood, charcoal, and be served for food emergency."

"Yes!"

After Zhao Xu finished arranging the task, he was instructing Dian Wei and Zhou Cang to deal with disaster relief, there was a commotion outside the county government, and after a while, the gatekeeper came to report: "Report, there are villagers outside the door who want to see!" ”

"Villagers?" Zhao Xu was stunned, and hurried to the gate with Dian Wei and Zhou Cang, and sure enough, more than a dozen villagers knelt down and worshiped on the ground. Zhao Xu asked, all of them were ruined due to the snow disaster, Zhao Xu saw this scene, sympathy, and urgently ordered the soldiers next to him to go to the house to get food, so that these villagers could settle in the house. Seeing that the two of them were not leaving, when Zhao Xu looked at it, the old man at the head was the old man just now, and he saw that the old man bowed three times in a row.

Weeping and saying, "General, please be gracious, please!" After saying that, it was another string of ringing heads. Zhao Xu didn't know what to do, walked forward, and helped the old man: "The old man, please get up, what do you want, just say it!" ”

The old man wanted to kneel down again, but was pulled by Zhao Xu. The old man wiped his tears and prepared to repeat the details. It turned out that the two sons under the old man's knees went out to look for food, the eldest son was called Wang Kui, the second son was called Wang Yong, the second son stole other people's food in the land of Zhao Yun's porridge, and injured several people, and was taken down by Zhao Yun. When the old man heard the news, he hurried to the execution ground with his eldest son, Wang Yong broke the law and broke his leg according to the law. The old man had no way to ask for help, and a sergeant asked him to intercede with Zhao Xu, saying that Zhao Xu was benevolent and righteous, and as long as Zhao Xu was gracious, he might be spared. When the old man heard this, he immediately stumbled with his eldest son and pleaded for the second son.

Zhao Xu asked: "I have ordered my beloved brother Zhao Yun to open a warehouse to put grain and porridge, why do you still want to grab grain." ”

The old man hurriedly said: "The general doesn't know, the dog Zili is different from ordinary people since he was a child, he is a big glutton, one person can eat three people's meals, one meal can eat five catties of meat, ten steamed buns, and ordinary meals can't fill the stomach." ”

Zhao Xu thought to himself, if this person can eat so much, he must also be a fierce general. didn't have time to ask again, so he hurriedly asked someone to bring the horse, and after a while, Zhao Xu rode thousands of miles of smoke and clouds towards the execution ground. On this snowy day, the snow on the road is also deep, and it is extremely difficult for ordinary horses to walk, but Zhao Xu's thousands of miles of smoke and clouds can be like walking on the ground even if it is a huge valley of mountains and rivers, not to mention this snow. Dian Wei and Zhou Cang disliked the horse too slowly, so they followed on foot, saying that this Dian Wei and Zhou Cang walked up, even on flat ground can catch up with the war horse, walking very fast, almost catching up with Dai Zong's divine practice, although this is in the snowy land, it also runs faster than the horse, but it is much worse than Zhao Xu, and after a while, it has been thrown away by Zhao Xu for dozens of meters.

After a while, Zhao Xu had already arrived, and saw from a distance that a person was tied with his hands behind his back, tied to the execution table, the executioner was tied to the side with his hands tied up, the big knife had been raised, and the emergency hemostatic doctor was also standing beside him. Zhao Yun sat on the stage with a serious face, and his subordinates lined up to watch the execution.

Why did you say why Zhao Xu saw it so clearly, it turned out that because of the heavy snowstorm, how could the people watch.

Seeing that the big knife was about to fall, Zhao Xu, who had galloped more than ten meters away, shouted: "Leave people under the knife!" ”