Late November 199 A.D

This kind of weather is called cold, really cold.

Even the hinterland of the Central Plains, such as Xuzhou, is inevitably shrouded in cold, and the grass and trees that have withered to the point that only skeletons remain, further highlight the indifference of this season.

"Xuan Gao, tell me to go down and give the villages here food and grass so that they can survive the winter."

"No."

Zang Ba was a little speechless, but Gao Yun's vision became more and more firm.

Helped Lu Lingqi to get off the horse, and walked with him to a dilapidated house, there was only one child in it, he was only wearing single clothes, his body looked very thin, and under the situation of wind on all sides, he could only choose to curl up to warm himself.

"Here, eat."

Gao Yun took out a steamed bun from the cloth bag and handed it to the child, who just looked up and looked at Gao Yun without movement or words.

That kind of look is loneliness, doubt, stubbornness, and a desire for life.

"Eat, don't charge money."

Lu Lingqi obviously understands the world better, she knows that what children are most afraid of is the money that Gao Yun will ask him for, and now that his family is surrounded by walls, what else can he use to pay for this "expensive" steamed bun?

Listening to Lu Lingqi's words, the child immediately jumped up, snatched the steamed bun in Gao Yun's hand like a hungry tiger pounced, and gnawed hard.

Gao Yun looked at the appearance of the child and shook his head, he knew that this was only one of the thousands of hungry people in the Han Dynasty at this time, and he had already received no less than ten villages like this along the way!

The iron armor Gao Yun has long been gone, and he is wearing a thick cotton jacket, I don't know if it is because of the cold weather or the scene, he can't help but pull the collar and hide half of his head in the robe, as if he wants to escape.

"Give him a padded jacket, a weapon, some money."

After the cold words were ordered, Gao Yun came out with Lu Lingqi and left the dilapidated house, so he dared to expose all his head, and looked into the distance in a blink.

"What are you thinking?"

"Nothing." Gao Yun cast a smile at Lu Lingqi beside him.

"I understand your kindness, but don't be too sad, because starvation happens every winter."

"I know, Lingqi."

Gao Yun rubbed his forehead and continued: "Compared to these hungry people, I am more worried about you, in front of you is Xiapi, and the prince is here..."

"It's all gone, isn't it?" When Gao Yun said this, Lu Lingqi's eyes seemed to be a little watery, "Father, he has his own destiny, he often dreams that he lives well with his mother over there, saying that he is tired of the competition in the world..."

"Zisigh, you used to talk in your dreams when you were asleep, and no one can keep it when you pass."

The reason why Gao Yun mentioned this to Lu Lingqi was that he was afraid that this little girl would touch the scene and make some irrational moves.

But now in Gao Yun's opinion, Lu Lingqi's state is much better than he estimated.

But Lu Lingqi is a daughter after all, she insists on wearing silver armor in the cold weather, and she doesn't have any gloves on her hands, and her two jade hands are already a little red.

Gao Yun was a little unbearable, so he simply wrapped Lu Lingqi's hands with his own hands, constantly rubbing, and constantly blowing hot air in his mouth.

"You..."

Lu Lingqi's pretty face was red, and her body was not struggling, she could only watch the man who should have become her husband play with her hands wantonly.

"I said Lingqi, one day we will kill back Xiapi, I am serious, sooner or later one day I will regain control of Xiapi."

Lu Lingqi raised her head, and Gao Yun continued: "Whether it is the enmity of my father or the prince, I have to settle with Cao Mengde, I..."

"General!"

This shout was very loud, so frightened that Lu Lingqi quickly broke free of Gao Yun, looked at Ah Wei and Zang Ba who came together, and immediately turned around and said, "You guys are busy with military affairs first, I'll go and see if there are any villagers who haven't been helped..."

"Why is Madame crying?" Ah Wei looked at Lu Lingqi's watery eyes, and his face was puzzled.

"Blown by the wind!"

Looking at the angry Lu Lingqi, and then at the strange Zang Ba, Gao Yun suddenly had a feeling of eating, so he could only shrug his shoulders and ask, "Is there something wrong?" ”

Ah Wei touched his head, his body was free, as if the cold weather had not invaded him at all, "Just come over and sigh to Zi, the secret whistle has been discovered within a hundred miles, Xuan Gao suspects that it is the person who went down to Cao Mengde, but it has been done by me." ”

"It doesn't matter, anyway, we all have to contact Cao Mengde, and we have to pass through Xuzhou to go to Qingzhou, and it's not a big deal to give them a little dismount, after all, we represent Yuan Highway, and we have to weigh it if he wants to move."

Zang Ba nodded at the same time, Zang Ba's eyes were worried, and some words were still blocked in his heart for a long time.

"If you have anything to say, just say it."

Hearing Gao Yun's words, Zang Ba simply said: "Zi sighs, it is a good thing for you to help the people, but how many hungry people are there along the way? We have already gone to dozens of truckloads of grain and grass before we arrived in Xiapi, and if we go down like this, our army will soon run out of food! ”

"I know."

"Sigh!"

Gao Yun said: "This may be the so-called truth that Ci is not in charge of the army, and my Gao Zi sigh may not be a commander at all."

But Xuan Gao, have you seen it? These people originally had a good home, and they could live their lives in peace every year with the harvest in the fields. But now? What else do they have? Who did it? Is it winter? I think the culprit has to be us! ”

"If it weren't for our perennial expeditions, if it weren't for our own selfish desires, which made the Central Plains famous, I believe that even if the cold winter and cold disaster come, these people can still get the support of the imperial court and the state and county, and no matter how bad they are, they will not fall to the point of starving and eating all over the land!"

Gao Yun's tone was categorical, "So these people we are saved!" As for the problem of rations for the army, I will naturally find a way to solve it..."

...

In Xiapi City, the luxurious palace of Lu Bu during his lifetime is still used. At this time, the owner of this place was a very beautiful woman, she leaned on the futon, baking the stove, and her eyes were a little anxious.

Suddenly, the big bronze door was pushed open, and a cold wind poured in, but the woman didn't care at all, and hurriedly asked the maid who came in.

"How?"

The maidservant immediately knelt down and said, "Miss Huiyu, it has been determined that it is the people on Yuan Shu's side, and the person leading the troops is Gao Zisi!" ”

The woman frowned and continued to ask, "Has the secret sentry sent out come back?" ”

"Miss Huiyu, there are only one or two who have come back, and most of them have been folded in Gao Zisi's hands."

This maid was obviously the woman's henchman, and she rolled her eyes and said, "Miss, we all asked General Zhang to borrow these people, and he now knows that we should give General Zhang a reasonable explanation!" ”

"Zhang Wenyuan?" The woman snorted disdainfully, "It's just a general, why do my Cao family need to give him an explanation?" Could it be that Sikong's reputation is no longer good? ”

"But..."

"Alright, I know what you're going to say." The woman was a little bored, "If I don't give Zhang Wenyuan an explanation like this, it will chill his heart, and it will be detrimental to my father's foundation, okay, according to you, you go and tell Zhang Liao, just say that I will carry these things alone!" ”

The woman drank the maidservant away, irritable as if she had smashed the exquisite ornaments on the desk, I don't know why she felt inexplicably irritable from the time she arrived in Xiapi...