You sell swords, I go crazy, I am a father in Shengjing

Chapter 75 The Danger of the Cold Jade Pass

When Bai Yi's eyes widened because of the apple in his hand, Feng Xi had already brought Qi Xiao and Liu Wanshi into the leftmost room among the four rooms.

This room was arranged by the imperial doctors to rest, so it naturally became a good place for Feng Xi and the others to ask questions.

Soon, Yuan Song, who was in the best health among the 12 people and still had the energy to speak at this moment, entered the room and knelt down in front of Qi Xiao with a plop.

"Young Master, grandpa asked Yuan Song to apologize to you on his behalf! It was because we failed to guard Hanyu Pass that the soldiers..."

Yuan Song was in a state of embarrassment, he was clearly a resolute and burly man, but at this moment he burst into tears in front of Qi Xiao, Liu Wanshi couldn't help but feel emotional.

Sure enough, the consort still had someone in Hanyuguan, and Qi Shuai was still protecting him until his death.

"Instead of asking me for forgiveness now, you should carefully report everything about Minghan Yuguan to the princess, so that we can come up with a countermeasure immediately."

Qi Xiao interrupted Yuan Song's self-blame and directly asked the key points.Yuan Song also knew that he had no time to waste, so he immediately said:
"This matter has to start two years ago..."

It turned out that two young masters of the Qi family and Marshal Qi died for their country two years ago, and more than half of the Hanyuguan garrison, originally known as the Qi family's Xuanjia, was lost. In addition, the title of the Qi family changed hands, and Hanyuguan suddenly changed from a solid stone to a place full of mistakes.

"First, all forces from the DPRK and China came in and tried every means to place people in our army. Then the imperial court requested to expand the army, and a large number of recruits who did not belong to our faction poured in, causing the veterans and recruits in the pass to be directly divided into two factions... …”

Under Yuan Song's hard work, Feng Xi finally summed up the main points:
"That is to say, the original two camps of Hanyuguan have been directly divided into three. Your Chixiao camp is from the Qi family, the newly established Huxiao camp is from the prince's lineage, and the Seven Star camp was originally divided into two camps. Gang, but recently you sided with Hu Xiao. As a result, you, Chixiao, lost the opportunity to influence food distribution, so that your subordinates suffered from famine, right?"

Hearing what Feng Xi said, Yuan Song's eyes lit up, who was not good at summarizing.

He is a big bastard, he has a way of marching and fighting, but human affairs and sorting out the key points are much worse.

This is why he knelt down in front of his young master when he came in and almost forgot about the princess.

You know, their battalion is now called Chixiao Camp, and this name was given by the emperor!

On the surface, the emperor said that he wanted them to remember the Qi family, remember Qi Shuai's kindness, and help the little son Qi Xiao more or less.

In fact, the veterans of Chixiao Camp all know that if the young master can stand up, they will be his soldiers.

The moment he learned the name of this camp, both grandpa and he shed tears with excitement, but they didn't expect that after three months, their little son would enter Princess Zhaoming's mansion and become a poor person who was tortured by this idiot princess all day long.

They want to help each other, but the mountains are high and the roads are far away, and things keep happening in Hanyu Pass, it's beyond their reach...

Two years later, they were already dissatisfied with the idiot princess, but now they wanted to curse each other.

After all, the news that came back from Beijing more than a month ago was that this princess whipped their young master in the street.

Although the young master brought them a letter when transporting grain not long ago, saying that he was doing well and that this man was very kind to him, their views have not changed.

It’s human nature to be neither happy nor sad...

Until now, Yuan Song who faced Feng Xi personally felt that this princess seemed to be not bad...

At least compared to other noble people, she seems to be quite approachable.

"Who is the current Grain Cao Guan?"

Qi Xiao took a deep breath. His sharp peach blossom eyes seemed to be stained with frost, and they were shockingly sharp.

"Originally, I wasn't on either side, but now I'm leaning towards Huxiao..."

Yuan Song lowered his head, his clenched hands couldn't help but tremble.

"You asked them to transport so much food back, but what about them? They actually deducted the disabled soldiers left behind by the Marquis and the Crown Prince, so that those people could only eat snow and tree roots, and they ate mice when they were so hungry... …”

Hearing this, Feng Xi and the three finally understood thoroughly.

As long as there is a war, there will be casualties. The dead are as dead as a lamp, but the disabled still have to live.

In the nearly 30 years that Marshal Qi had commanded Hanyuguan, there were at least a dozen battles between Jokhang and foreigners, and the battle two years ago was even more tragic.

Therefore, in Hanyu Town between Hanyuguan and Yanzhou City, there are actually many disabled soldiers and their families living there.

This snowstorm is coming fiercely, and Hanyu Town is so close to Hanyuguan, so Hanyuguan is naturally responsible for the relief.

Moreover, Qi Shuai said when he was still here that Hanyu Pass and Hanyu Town were originally one, and Hanyu Town was their responsibility and possibly their destination.

Of course, Hanyuguan not only had to rescue Hanyu Town, but also had to rescue many people who had fled from Yanzhou.

Hanyuguan's original food reserves alone are obviously not enough to help so many people.

Fortunately, Qi Xiao sent someone to send a message and asked the grain officer of Hanyuguan to send someone to take away a large amount of grain.

In Qi Xiao's estimation, so much food should be enough no matter what.

However, some people in Hanyuguan were as high as the sky. Seeing that there was food in Hanyuguan, they immediately sent people to Yanzhou and Liaozhou to search for the people in their own names.

As a result, a large number of refugees who should have gone south to Liangzhou for refuge were directly pulled back to Hanyu Town by them.

For a while, everyone was saving some food, which could survive the snow disaster, but suddenly became stretched.

"They say that foreigners are always restless, so the soldiers have to eat because there is no guarantee when they will go to the battlefield. And the people need their relief, so they have to squeeze out food..."

Speaking of this, Yuan Song suddenly gritted his teeth:
"In contrast, those disabled veterans don't have to go to the battlefield, and they have to make way for the people to have food and clothing, so they should go find food by themselves, or pack up their things and go south immediately..."

However, most of these disabled veterans are missing arms and legs. Even if they are not the first two, their bodies must have been greatly damaged, and some of them are even bedridden all year round.

Most of their family members are old and weak, and if I can't take care of them, how can I take them on a long journey...

"How unreasonable! How unreasonable! Aren't they trying to force these people who are fighting for the country to death!"

Liu Wanshi's eyes turned red and he was so angry that he couldn't help but walk around the room.

"Although our Chixiao camp has tried its best to squeeze out food, we still have to confront the new party. It is impossible for our men to lose their combat effectiveness, so the help we can give is only a drop in the bucket..."

This man is going to starve to death, who cares whether the mouse can be eaten?

Whether you eat or not is a matter of death, so you might as well be a starved person.

They ate it, and the plague came...

Hearing this, Qi Xiao knelt down on one knee, looked at Feng Xi with a pair of deep peach blossom eyes forbearingly and sincerely and said:
"Feng Xi, I beg you, can you come with me to Hanyu Pass? As long as you agree, I, Qi Xiao, will never fail you in this life."

(End of this chapter)