The further north you go, the colder and sparsely populated it becomes. As soon as I entered Zhuo County, Youzhou, God somehow, suddenly a northwest wind blew and snow fell. The snow was blown up by the wind and hit the face, and it was cold and stinging!

Liu Yuan rode back and forth on the big scalper, looking at the huge team of people who stretched for tens of thousands of miles, looking at their trembling bodies under their thin clothes, and looking at their frozen blue and purple lips, both distressed and helpless.

"Lord, the grain and grass collected along the way are still sufficient, but the cold clothes are not enough, if this continues, before entering Guangyang County, half of these tens of thousands of people will freeze to death!" Fu Zhu rubbed his hands together, exhaled white air and said worriedly: "I don't think about it enough, please punish the lord!" ”

"Forget it," Liu Yuan waved his hand weakly, "I don't blame you, I didn't think of it?" For today's plan, I can only speed up and enter Zhuo County to buy things to protect against the cold, otherwise" Liu Yuan looked at Guo Jia and the others who were shushing in the crowd and asking for warmth and helping the people, and couldn't help but look at the sky again, and secretly cursed God damned.

"Speed up, there is Zhuo County in front, adults will be there to buy clothes for everyone, don't panic, don't fall behind, everyone should help each other!" Xu Huang and Huang Chang rode forward and backwards, each with a group of soldiers shouting encouragement.

"What a man!" The old man with white hair was grateful.

"Yes, Lord Taishou has tried his best for us, so don't make trouble for adults!" A young man carried an old woman on his back, holding a child in both hands, constantly cheering up the people around him.

"Big brother, a certain family has never seen an official who loves the people so much." The bearded man next to him said: "If this matter had been put on the group of villains in the township, I am afraid that I would have abandoned the people a long time ago and ran away by myself!" ”

The strong man replied while supporting the old man and the child: "If it weren't for this, a certain family would not have followed him thousands of miles to Yuyang." ”

"I heard that the place in Yuyang is Xianbei and Wuhuan is very noisy, and it is not peaceful!" Another little brother worried.

"Where is there peace in this world?" The strong man sighed faintly and said: "There are corrupt officials and corrupt officials in the township, wealthy squires oppressing us, etc., and there are mountain bandits robbing villages and towns. Even if he is dead, he is also considered a martyr. ”

"Well said!" An old man beside him praised the knot: "This person, sooner or later, he will die, it depends on how he dies." Killing Hu and sacrificing his body is for the country and the people, and he died a heroic death; If you are wronged by the dog officials and killed by mountain bandits, there is no point in it, and you will live in vain in this life! Young man, with my old man's experience, this adult is definitely a good officer! You are strong, why don't you serve the adults and do more good things for us? ”

"Yes, big brother, the old man is right!" The bearded man roared: "If we use both hands and feet here, we can help a few people, if we serve adults and get reused, we can help tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people!" ”

"Brother Beard is right! Big brother, let's go to the adults! ”

"That's right! Big brother, it's done! ”

The strong man's face was quite moved, but he hesitated: "I can't wait for the poor, my status is low, will the adults look down on us and not accept us?" ”

"Big brother, what's wrong with the poor? With your martial arts, it is more than enough to fight a general! ”

"Young man, you're wrong!" The old man said, "If Lord Taishou looks down on us, why bother to give us food and help us?" It can be seen that the adults not only do not look down on us, but pay more attention to us," said the old man, who looked around and said, "Everyone said yes! ”

"Right!"

"Makes sense!"

When the strong man heard this, his face was full of hesitation, and he arched his hand to the old man and said, "The old man is right, a certain family will go to serve the adult!" As he spoke, he gathered a few brothers together and hugged his fists: "Folks, a certain family will go here!" ”

"Let's go!"

The seven or eighth young strong men pushed aside the crowd and went straight to Liu Yuan.

Liu Yuan was about to summon his subordinates to give an order at this time, when he suddenly saw several strong men rushing over, a little confused. Dian Wei immediately stepped forward and stood in front of Liu Yuan, blocking him, afraid of an accident.

"Who are you waiting for?"

The strong man at the head stood in front of the horse and bowed his hand and said: "General, we are refugees, and we have received the help of adults, and we have nothing to repay, I am willing to serve my lords and let them be driven!" ”

"Let them come." Liu Yuan's figure came from behind Dian Wei, and when Dian Wei heard it, he immediately led several people to Liu Yuan.

Liu Yuan got off his mount, took a few steps forward, looked at a few people carefully, and showed an appreciative look on his face, and then said to the strong man led by him: "Since you want to serve me, then I will give you a task, and if you do a good job, I will make you a general, and if you don't do well, you will become a soldier." ”

Several people glanced at each other, immediately knelt down on one knee, and the strong man led by him said loudly: "Please command!" ”

"Good!" Liu Yuan nodded and said: "The wind and snow are getting stronger, my subordinates are short of manpower, in order to prevent accidents, I order you to return to the people's team immediately, recruit young people who are willing to work for me and protect the people, and form a temporary escort team, responsible for rescuing the people whose lives are in danger and maintaining order, with a maximum number of five hundred." ”

"Yan Liang has an order!" The strong Chinese was sonorous, bowed again, and then got up and walked away, without dragging the mud and water.

"Yan Liang?" When Liu Yuan heard this name, his originally gloomy mood suddenly improved by more than half, and he almost burst out laughing, which was in response to the proverb that 'there is nowhere to find when you step on iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it'.

Yan Liang, a famous general in Hebei, together with Wen Chou, Zhang He, and Gao Lan, is known as the Four Courtyard Pillars of Hebei, and is one of the best generals under Yuan Shao in history. Yan Liang is strong in martial arts and is quite proficient in the art of war, but his surname is impatient, and he is not a handsome person who leads the army alone. In the romance, Yan Liang defeated Xu Huang in 20 combinations, and Xu Huang and Xu Chu fought 50 times without winning or losing, which shows that Yan Liang's force is at least higher than Xu Chu! And Xu Chu's martial arts ranked second under Cao Ying, only worse than Dian Wei, which shows that Yan Liang is powerful!

"Now that Wen Chou is dead, Yan Liang is on my ship, I don't know what Yuan Shao will do in the future?" Liu Yuan shook his head with a smile and said in his heart, "I have nothing to do when I am full, what is the sigh for Yuan Shao?"

A moment later, Guo Jia and the others gathered.

Liu Yuan said: "I have sent someone to recruit young people and be responsible for maintaining order. Now immediately draw out the manpower, righteousness and righteousness, bring money and a hundred people, and hurry to Zhuoxian to arrange all kinds of matters; The remaining 100 people of Gongming led to investigate in all directions to avoid accidents. ”

"Whoa!"

After the two were ordered to go, Liu Yuan said to Guo Jiadao: "The visibility of this weather is too low, the team should try to go to an open place, not a dense forest or dangerous place." ”

"The lord is worried" Chen Qun continued: "In this weather, bandits and bandits should nest in their nests."

"No!" Liu Yuan shook his head and said: "I'm not afraid of 10,000, just in case, with the current situation, if it is attacked by a sneak attack, I am not afraid, but the people will definitely suffer." I don't want to gamble, and I can't afford it. ”

"The lord is very worried!" Guo Jiadao: "There is a lot of grain, grass and money in the team, which will inevitably cause people to be angry, not to mention that these tens of thousands of people are weak people, so there is nothing to be afraid of, there may really be mountain bandits who take risks!" ”

Liu Yuan agreed: "Feng Xiao's words are very good, we can't take the lives of the people as a child's play!" Since I accepted and gave them the promise, I had to do it! And to do it well, you can't be sloppy at all! ”

"The Lord is merciful!" Frustrated, he said: "My lord, now the team is stable, and there is no sign of instability, on the contrary, the people are still very optimistic, and they all say that the lord is a good official!" ”

"Hehe" Liu Yuan chuckled, although he was also a little happy in his heart, he said: "You see, this is the people of the Han Dynasty, they are simple, kind, cute and hot-blooded. In fact, they do not have high requirements for officials and the imperial court, as long as they are kind to them, give them full food, and give them a stable home, they will be grateful to Dade. Have you ever wondered why those of us in power exist? Isn't it for them? ”

"The lord is wise!"

"Yuan Hao, let me ask you," Liu Yuan looked at Tian Feng, who was silent, and said, "If, I mean if, if I hand over these people to you for arrangement, are you willing?" ”

Tian Feng looked at Liu Yuan for a long time, opened his mouth, and hesitated for a long time before saying, "Okay, but!" I'm not helping you, but for the Han and the people! ”

"Understand, understand!" Liu Yuan laughed, and secretly said in his heart: "It's good to agree!" Once on my boat, don't even think about going down! ”

Time passed slowly, and the snow in the sky gradually thinned, but it was still a large lump, as if it were not snow flakes, but ice cubes. Liu Yuan chatted with the old man in the crowd, laughed with the young man, teased the children, and blended cha cha.

Suddenly, there was a sound of horses' hooves in front of him, and Liu Yuan looked up and squinted, but it was Xu Huang's subordinates. He wiped off the little girl's snot in a hurry, put him down gently, and then walked to the side of the road.

"Lord, a large number of horseshoe prints have been found in the valley road ahead, and General Xu asked me to come and tell the lord to prepare early!"

Liu Yuan frowned, waved off the heralds, and hurriedly summoned all the advisers, and said, "Xu Huang found a large number of traces of horses' hooves in the valley road in front, so let's talk about it." ”

When everyone was called by Liu Yuan, when they saw him frowning, they knew that something had happened, and now they listened to him, and then they knew the seriousness of the matter.

"My lord, it is not surprising that horses are born in northern Xinjiang, and there are horseshoe marks, but if there are too many of them, it will be a little bad." Chen Qun said first.

"Not bad!" Fu Zhu thoughtfully: "Northern Xinjiang is a large Han horse farm, and the Han army here is almost all cavalry, if it is a cavalry army under the command of Zhuo County, it is not afraid." I'm afraid it's a horse thief or Xianbei, Wuhuan beats the grass valley. ”

"It's definitely not the Han Army!" Guo Jia asserted: "This is close to Zhuo County, if the Han army finds our team of tens of thousands of people, they will definitely send people to inquire, and they will definitely not just leave a mark in the valley and disappear!" Those who come are not good, those who come are not good! ”

"Hmm" Liu Yuan looked at Chen Qun, saw the two of them suddenly looked, and knew that what Guo Jia said was good, so he said: "Since everyone sees it this way, then, get ready to fight!" Come on, bring me Yan Liang! ”

After giving the order, Liu Yuan asked again: "If the enemy army is strong, how should we deal with it?" ”

"My lord, I propose to immediately send Dian Wei to find out the specific situation of the enemy army, and then make a decision!" Guo Jia's eyes lit up and said: "If the number of people is not more than 1,000, I will take the initiative to attack and destroy him; If the enemy army is strong, then you can only immediately build fortifications, defend the ground, and send people to Zhuo County for help! ”

"What Feng Xiao said is very true!" Chen Qun and Fu Zhiju agreed.

At this time, Yan Liang also brought people here.

"Yan Liang!"

"The last general!"

"I command you to immediately lead the people to camp on the leeward side of the hillside ahead, and recruit young men to build earthen walls, dig horse pits, and prepare for battle!"

"Whoa!"

Yan Liang didn't say a word, only looked solemn, turned around and led people to mobilize the people. Soon, the team was thinking about the hillside.

"This Yan Liang has some material to lead the troops." Guo Jia said with a smile: "Congratulations to the lord for getting another talent." ”

Liu Yuan shook his head, and when he looked back, he was going to tell Dian Wei to investigate. At this moment, there was another rapid sound of horses' hooves ahead.

"Report to the lord, the enemy army in front is Qianer, General Xu Huang is ready for battle, please give the lord an order!"

Liu Yuan's face sank when he heard this, and he shouted, "Let's go!" Immediately pulling the reins, Rhubarb spread his hooves and ran out.

Within a quarter of an hour, he arrived at the place where Xu Huang was hiding. As far as the eye can see, the two mountains stretch on both sides, leaving only one valley road, although the slopes on both sides are not very dangerous, and the trees are not dense, but in this kind of weather, it is more than enough for ambush.

"My lord." Xu Huang dismounted and bowed down: "The outpost reported that there are about 1,200 enemy troops hidden in the mountain on the left, how to deal with it, please publicize it." ”

"Who is it?" Liu Yuan asked.

"Wuhuan cavalry!"

Liu Yuan raised his eyebrows and shouted: "Always pay attention to Hu Lu's movements, and report as soon as there is a situation!" ”

Xu Huang took the order. Guo Jia said to Liu Yuan: "Lord, the number of people is more than 1,000, do you want to fight or not?" ”

"Hit!" Liu Yuan's face flashed with a touch of anger and said: "If you don't cripple this Wuhuan people, you will pass through the valley road safely, what should you do if the Wuhuan cavalry rushes and disturbs?" If you hold on to this place, it will only take two or three days for such weather, and the people will despair! It was to invite reinforcements from Zhuo County, and most of the tens of thousands of people died by then! ”

"So not only do you have to fight, but you also have to play majestic, and you can completely annihilate this dry Hulu!"

"The lord is wise!" Fu Zhu pondered for a moment and said: "Just use less to attack more and completely annihilate this cavalry army, then the lord will give these tens of thousands of people deep hope!" They will plant the seeds of Hulu in their hearts, and when they arrive in Yuyang, they will be the vanguard who spreads the prestige of the Lord and rises up to resist Hulu! ”

"Well said!" When Liu Yuan heard this, he couldn't help but admire. In fact, Liu Yuan didn't think about it so much, he just felt that he should do it, but he didn't expect that there were so many twists and turns.

"Don't think about the benefits just yet, let's get through the current difficulties." Tian Feng poured a bucket of cold water on the side at an inopportune time.

Liu Yuan's face was shocked, and he said, "What Yuan Hao said is very true, Yuan is a little forgetful. ”

Immediately, Liu Yuan led a group of subordinates to fight horses and went to the camp of the homeless camp, and saw that Yan Liang was leading more than 1,000 young people to dig pits and build walls, and the scene was calm and tense. After turning around, he looked around, it was the best terrain to resist the cavalry, Liu Yuan nodded and praised secretly, only that Yan Liang, who can be called a famous general, was born with some talent in this area.

Liu Yuan then ordered Tian Feng to persuade Chen Qun and the three to pacify the somewhat restless people and mobilize them to prepare. He also sent some strong laborers to urgently build wooden guns and bows to arm these unarmed people.

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