Gao Fei and the others walked all the way to the northeast along the official road, and tens of thousands of people stretched on the official road, with flags fluttering on both sides, and in the middle were the people who dragged their families and mouths, and they couldn't see the end at a glance. The further north you go, the more desolate it becomes, and you finally pass through Zhuo County, but it rains heavily when you are in Yuyang County.

The torrential rain made the roads muddy, and the official roads without cement and asphalt suddenly turned into Zeguo in this heavy rain, bringing many unnecessary troubles to the advance of the team.

The cold rain poured down, and the oolong colt ran forward from the middle of the group with a drenched high flyer, the horse's hooves rolling up the mud on the ground, and the black fur of the splashed oolong foal turned earthy yellow. After a while, Gao Fei arrived at the front of the team, reined in the horse's reins, and pointed to the road ahead to Zhao Yun: "What is the boundary ahead?" ”

Zhao Yun was also soaking wet, the rain was flowing down his cheeks, he wiped the rain on his face with his hand, and immediately replied: "Lord Qiqi, in front of you is Yongnu County in Yuyang County, and there are almost six miles of road. ”

"You send someone to inform Bian Xi in front of him, let him go to Yongnu County to see the county order, let the county order prepare, we will spend the night there tonight." Goofy finished giving the order, turned the horse's head, and ran behind.

"Everyone listen, the old people and children are all in the carriage, the whole army is speeding up, not far ahead is Yongnu County, let's spend the night in Yongnu County tonight!" Goofy rode his horse and ran towards the group behind him, shouting his orders to everyone.

Soon after the order was given, the old man and the children sat in the carriage, and the mules and horses pulled the carts behind with all their might, and the carts containing grain and important supplies were covered with a wide layer of oiled paper to prevent the rain from wetting the grain. The 20,000 troops were divided into two columns and scattered on both sides of the official road, and in the middle were the people who followed the troops, embracing each other in front and back, and began to jog forward on the muddy road in the rain.

Under the city of Yongnu County, Bian Xi stood with a man in a strong suit, behind him was a group of officials wearing hats, and more than 20 officials were placed with a hat next to them, waiting there quietly, looking at the rain curtain in front.

"It's all this time, why haven't you come yet?" Bian Xi's face looked a little anxious, watching the rain in front of him getting heavier and heavier, he couldn't bear it, so he said to himself.

The man stared at the rain curtain and asked slowly: "Marquis Bian Jun, although the county seat of Yongnu is small, there has been a large loss of people in the county in recent years, and there are vacant houses everywhere, plus some neighboring villages around, which is enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people. The reason why General Gao hasn't arrived yet is that the road is too muddy, and he asks Bian Junhou not to worry. ”

Bian Xi nodded, turned to the man and said, "County Lieutenant Hu, thanks to you this time, otherwise, the generals will come in a while, and food and accommodation will be a problem." ”

The man's name was Hu Yu, and he was the county lieutenant of Yongnu County. He appeared to be about twenty years old, not very muscular, his curly black hair was combed back, his thin beard curled over his smiling lips, his left eye was always narrowed, and there was a very fine scar at the corner of his eye, which completely ruined his slightly delicate countenance.

When Bian Xi led people to find this desolate county seat, there were only county lieutenants Hu Yu and twenty or thirty officials in the city, and there was a plague in the city, which affected the county seat and some surrounding villages, resulting in a large number of deaths of the people in Yongnu County, and those who did not die fled to other counties. Although the plague has passed, but the county seat of Yongnu has become a deserted city, if it were not for Hu Yu and his twenty or thirty brothers who have been sticking here, I am afraid that Yongnu City would have become a dead city a long time ago.

When Hu Yu heard Bian Xi's words, he immediately responded: "Bian Junhou, I have heard of General Gao's name for a long time, and being able to meet him today is already a blessing from my three lives, and I should be able to serve General Gao." ”

Bian Xi smiled when he heard Hu Yu's words, and felt a trace of admiration for this county lieutenant in his heart.

The heavy rain was still falling, and Bian Xi, Hu Yu and the officials behind them waited for a long time before they faintly saw a figure in the rain.

Zhao Yun rode a white horse, a gun in one hand, and a horse in the other, and galloped out of the hazy rain. He was the first to rush to the gate of the city, and when he saw Bian Xi and a person dressed as a county lieutenant waiting at the gate of the city, he reined in his horse and said to Bian Xi in a loud voice: "The lord has arrived, quickly open all the city gates." ”

Bian Xi responded, and Hu Yu and the others completely opened the hidden city gate. As soon as the gate was opened, a long procession ran out of the rain curtain on the other side, and two hundred cavalry were the first to come to the gate of the city, scattered on both sides of the road, and watched over the team behind them into the city.

Half an hour later, the empty Yongnu city became boiling, tens of thousands of people were crowded into each other's vacant houses to avoid the rain, whether it was the army, the people, even horses and some livestock also had a place to live, and the small Yongnu city actually accommodated tens of thousands of people.

Gao Fei took Zhang He, Jia Xu, Lu Heng, and Hua Xiong from the large army into the city to the present, first allocating houses to the people, and then directing the soldiers to distribute food, so that they could make fires and cook in the houses in the city. After all this was done, Goofy really took a breath. Since leaving the city with these tens of thousands of people, he has not worried less along the way, and for the first time, he also felt the difficulty of being a parent official.

"Lord, the lady has been properly placed in the county office, and the lord is also tired for a day, so let's rest and rest today." Bian Xi wore a hat, rushed over from the side, and bowed to Gao Fei who had just finished his busy work.

Gao Fei nodded, and said to Zhang He, Jia Xu and the others behind him: "Everyone is tired, go back to the county government to rest and rest." ”

On the way back to the county office, Gao Fei was very curious that Yongnu City was an empty city, so he asked Bian Xi carefully. Bian Xi knew everything he had to say, and told all the plague situations he knew in his chats with Hu Yu, and at this time in the conversation, everyone went to the county office together.

Gao Fei raised his legs and stepped into the gate of the county office, and as he walked, he said to Bian Xi beside him: "Hearing you say this, this county lieutenant named Hu Yu is still a man, and he actually has the courage to stay in this city." He helped us, we should also thank him well, you go and find him, I want to thank him in person. ”

Bian Xi said: "No! ”

After Gao Fei and the others returned to the county office, they didn't have time to take off their wet clothes, so Bian Xi brought Hu Yu over.

As soon as he entered the hall, Hu Yu bowed very politely: "Hu Yu, the county lieutenant of Yongnu County, Xiaguan, meet General Anbeigao!" ”

Gao Fei looked at Hu Yu, immediately stood up, and arched his hand: "County Lieutenant Hu, I want to thank you a lot this time, if it weren't for your timely preparation, I'm afraid we would still be drenched in the rain." ”

Hu Yu said: "These are what the lower officials should do, the lower officials have long admired the name of the general, and it is a blessing to be able to see it today, it is really a blessing for three lives, these small things, please don't have to worry about the general." ”

Gao Fei listened to Hu Yu's gentle speech, and saw that there was a scar on the corner of Hu Yu's eye, and the handsome young man who was originally a little delicate became a little hideous because of the scar. After this heavy rain, he had to admit that the road at this time was really difficult to walk, in order to better understand the road conditions to be walked in the future, he had an idea, and then asked: "Hu County Lieutenant is a local, right?" ”

Hu Yu nodded and said, "Back to the general, the next official is from Yuyang County, this county. ”

Gao Fei then asked, "Has the county lieutenant of Nahu ever been to Liaodong?" ”

Hu Yu said: "A year ago, Xia Guan went to Liaodong with the army once, and that time he went to pursue the Xianbei people, that is, at that time, Xia Guan was promoted to the lieutenant of Yongnu County by virtue of his merits, and the wound on Xia Guan's face was also left at that time. ”

"Oh, I didn't expect County Lieutenant Hu to attack the Xianbei people, so County Lieutenant Hu must know more about the nearby Xianbei and Wuhuan people, right?"

"I still understand, the living habits of the Xianbei people and the Wuhuan people are similar, they are all branches of Donghu, but the Wuhuan people have attached my big Han, while the Xianbei people are becoming stronger and stronger outside the Saiwai, and in recent years, they have often plundered the border counties, and the people of the border counties have all been harmed, which is really hateful and gnashing teeth."

"Humph! These barbarians, when I gain a firm foothold in Liaodong, see how I clean them up in the future! By the way, Hu County Lieutenant, my army lacks a guide, I also inquired along the way, from here to Liaodong to pass through the territory of the Wuhuan people, I don't know if Hu County Lieutenant is willing to be a guide for me to lead us into Liaodong County smoothly? ”

After Hu Yu heard this, he said happily: "Since the general is so worthy of Zaixia, Zai Xia will definitely do his best to take the general into Liaodong, and it is also a great honor for the subordinate to serve the general." ”

Gao Fei was very happy when he saw that Hu Yu agreed, and then talked casually with Hu Yu. Only after this chat did I know that this Hu Yu turned out to be Zhong Li's descendant, when Chu and Han were fighting, Zhong Li's family was killed by Liu Bang, and the family who escaped by luck escaped incognito, fled to Youzhou, and changed his surname to Hu since then. After learning about Hu Yu's life experience, Gao Fei looked at Hu Yu differently, and heard that Hu Yu was skilled in arching horses, so he had the intention to take it for his own use.

At night, the heavy rain stopped, but the water on Goofy's path couldn't go down so quickly, and the ground wouldn't be dried so quickly, so Goofy decided to let everyone rest in Yonnu City for three days.

On the fourth day, the roadside was gradually dry, and after three days of wind and sun, it was completely bearable to hold the horses and the convoy. So, on the fourth day, Gao Fei took Hu Yu as his guide and continued to march to Liaodong with tens of thousands of his soldiers and civilians.