In the autumn of the fourth year of Jian'an, it seems that winter is approaching.

After the establishment of the Taishi Bureau, the first solar term measured was "Lidong".

For the army going out, it is almost time to stop fighting......

Throughout the four years of Jian'an, there was smoke everywhere on the Han soil.

Cao Liu fought Yuan Shao in the north, the general's mansion in the south was cut down in Jing, and Hanzhong and Yizhou in the west clashed daily......

However, as the weather turned colder, the various battlefields also cooled down.

The cold meant that it was difficult to march, either to increase clothing, or to camp or return to the city to keep warm, and the entire Han Dynasty, even the army of the Great General's Palace, only the elite could match the thin cotton clothes.

Not only will the efficiency of the march be reduced, but the consumption of food will also be greater, and the cost of war will increase dramatically.

In all the battlefields, even in the southernmost Jingnan area, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, when the historic cold snap was getting stronger, a thin layer of ice floes could be seen in the middle of winter, that is, it could reach below zero, and even snow could be seen from time to time.

As for the fierce battle between Cao Liu and Yuan Shao in the north, it already means that the flag will be silenced now.

Not to mention the things in the north, Nanyang Zhang Xiu and Zhao Yunnan met in Fuyang, but for more than a month, Yuan Yao and Lu Yi took advantage of the natural danger of Tongbai Dafu Mountain to camp along the Dafu Mountain, and it is difficult to achieve any breakthrough results this year.

In the area of Xiakou, after Sun Ce returned from worshipping his father, he led the army north to Xiling and fought with Cai Mao tentatively.

Because he wanted to wait for the remnants of Fuyang Yuan Shu to be annihilated, and then attack from both sides, he did not fight to the death, but from the temptation, Sun Ce judged that the opponent's naval army, from soldiers to generals, can still be called "elite".

For Sun Ce, who has always been above the top, this is already a high evaluation.

It seems that Liu Biao is in Jingzhou, although he has no enterprising spirit, but he has really trained a good army, as for Cai Mao...... In Sun Ce's view, martial arts are only ordinary and difficult to see, but for the command and training of the navy, they are already a little hot, and they are not ordinary families.

In addition, Sun Ce also found a good seedling under Cai Mao - very young, not yet the crown, eighteen or nineteen years old, but the strength can be as strong as Sun Ce when he was fifteen or sixteen years old...... Of course, when Sun Ce was fifteen or sixteen years old, it was mainly the battle armor that dragged down his strength, and it was much more difficult to promote the battle armor at that time than now.

Even so, it is already a great thing to be able to reluctantly take Sun Ce when he was young as a comparison target, and although the young general is still only a partial general, when commanding the battle, he is cautious and well-founded, and he has the style of a general!

It's a pity that this young general named Wen Ping is obviously not from a family, but he is quite loyal to Jingzhou Mansion and refuses Sun Ce's wooing.

After coming and going, Jiang Xia came to winter in the mutual tentative use of troops.

As for the Jingnan area of the South Road, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun only crossed the Qitian Ridge when Mohuken gave way, and in the case that the defenders of Jingnan were not prepared to resist the enemy, they relied on the silent march of the trapped camp, and fought with ants in the middle of the night, and successfully attacked Linwu County, and they had already occupied this unimportant county town at dawn, and they had a place to stay.

However, this is already a matter of early winter, and then the weather in Jingnan has gradually cooled, for the Chencheng guarded by Huang Zhong, that is, the county seat of Guilin County, it can also be called Guilin City, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun cannot take it in a short time, as for the use of intimidation, inducement and other means to persuade surrender, it was ignored by Huang Zhong.

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Lidong, the first time that the people of Yangzhou received a solar term reminder from the General's Mansion.

It even comes with the miracle doctor Zhang Zhongjing's magic prescription - dumplings.

That's right, the dumplings of later generations were invented by Zhang Zhongjing in the "first few years", inspired by wontons, and until the Tang Dynasty, they were also called "Yanyue Wontons", the Song Dynasty called "Jiaozi", and the name "dumplings" began to be used after the Qing Dynasty.

Dr. Zhang invented dumplings, not only to eat, but more importantly, to keep out the cold......

In the early days, dumplings were made with dough to include those foods and medicines that help ward off the cold, and they were eaten in winter to avoid internal and external diseases such as chilblains caused by the cold.

Therefore, during the winter solstice, eat dumplings, eat wontons, eat mutton, and eat dog meat...... It is essentially an evolution of the same custom, all from the warming of the cold.

Of course, under Bai Tu's guidance and instructions, the chefs of the General's Mansion worked tirelessly on the front line of tackling key problems, and finally ...... Carry forward Dr. Zhang's "dumplings".

The name "dumplings" also appeared more than 1,000 years in advance.

To some extent, dumplings are more successful than braised pork and white male meat, because ...... The vinegar of the Han Dynasty tasted much more positive than the "Misty Soy Sauce" of the same period, and it was closer to that of later generations, and "garlic" had already begun to be cultivated.

Therefore, dumplings have more soul than braised pork......

And in terms of diet, garlic and vinegar also have the effect of warding off the cold, and Dr. Zhang said that it was good after eating!

Bai Tu and Zhang Zhongjing each accounted for half of the "original author's" dumplings, which were quickly popularized in Yangzhou, and even in the Central Plains, Jingzhou and other places.

Originally, every family could think of white pictures when they ate delicious dumplings, which was also a good thing, but there were some "beasts", and the black and white pictures of the law changed day by day.

For example, according to the report of the wind catcher, because some people privately called dumplings "Baigong dumplings", after the "dumplings" were introduced to the Central Plains, they became "slots", so some people swore that Bai Gong had horns on his head......

Well, it is the same as the previous "Shennong Reincarnation", after all, many Shennong statues have a pair of horns on their heads.

Even this kind of rumor is exported to domestic sales, and some people in Yangzhou have gradually begun to say so......

It's just that in Yangzhou, Bai Gong's horn is also the horn of Shennong, the horn of the sacred, and the horn of the sage, while in the Central Plains, there are rumors that some people wilt, saying that the horn of Bai Tu is proof that he is not a human and a beast.

Of course, the biggest news at the beginning of winter is not the appearance of dumplings, but ......

Lu Meng of the Northern Route Army, led 3,000 people, traveled lightly, relying on each person to bring dry food and water bladders, replenishing tree roots and wild vegetables along the way, which took half a month, and crossed the Dafu Mountain and attacked Fuyang County!

Originally, whether it was the defenders of Fuyang City, the defenders who camped along the Dafu Mountain, or even the soldiers of the General's Mansion as the attacker, they were all ready for a truce.

After all, it is about to enter winter, and judging from the current situation, it is difficult to achieve any results before the temperature cools down.

Even Zhang Xiu didn't have any hope for Lu Meng, but when Lu Meng persuaded him, he deliberately emphasized his closeness to Bai Tu, with a posture of "I am called Uncle Bai in private", so that Zhang Xiu had to divide his 3,000 soldiers and horses to "mess around".

After all, in Zhang Xiu's view, Lu Meng's ability to stay in Wancheng is in itself a proof of the trust of the General's Mansion, but he didn't expect that Lu Meng saw Bai Tu for the first time half a month before coming to Wancheng......

Lu Meng is also a "tiger" enough - in case the surprise attack fails, Zhang Xiu will not give him a pocket, and once he exposes his lied relationship with the general, I am afraid that he will have to carry a pot that cannot be carried on his back!

However, no matter how dangerous it was, the end result was that Lu Meng succeeded......