Long live the general

The results of that day's search were unsuccessful, so Huo Yi ordered to continue searching for survivors while clearing the snow.

The snow was so thick that the soldiers almost covered their knees when they stepped on it. Sometimes they shoveled hard objects, except stones, and there were also corpses of people frozen into ice.

While arranging the overall dispatch, Huo Yi himself followed? He rode his horse to look for possible survivors.Outside Jiuyuan County, there was a large piece of farmland, and the sound of horses' hooves sank into the snow. He saw a farmer kneeling on the ground, which was already covered with ice.The woman behind him was shoveling snow, and the children were standing on the roof pushing snow off the roof that would otherwise crush the ridge.

Huo Yi got off his horse and walked over, and heard the farmer muttering: "Is the soil frozen? And the seeds inside are also frozen to death?"

He looked up and saw Huo Yi, with a somewhat confused expression on his vicissitudes of life: "Why is it snowing?"

It's going to snow, is there no way? Huo Yi couldn't answer this question.

"It's snowing again." The farmer stood up. He was wearing very thin clothes and his body was hunched over. He had passed the current predicament, but those bad seeds made him unable to see the hope of tomorrow.

Feather-like snowflakes fell one after another and landed on the farmer's shoulders. The child on the roof exclaimed and subconsciously caught the crystal snowflakes with his hands. His mother coughed sullenly and looked sad. .

Huo Yi took off his cloak and put it on the farmer, and rode away.

The sudden heavy snow made the already slow-moving snow-clearing disaster relief project even worse. Governor Liu has tried his best to mobilize the distribution of materials, in addition to food and clothing, there are also medicines, because there are many people with frostbite.In addition to the common people, the local defenders are also constantly clearing the snow.Sometimes the snow breaks the branches, and falling down will also cause casualties.Various unexpected or expected situations continue to occur.

No matter what, things have to be done step by step. Huo Yi travels around Jiuyuan County and the surrounding areas every day, and there is almost no flesh on his face.

On the sixth day, Gongsun Yang finally brought over a small amount of supplies from Handan County next door.

He just got off his horse and went straight to communicate with Huo Yi? The situation over there.

"The food stored in the Handan County Governor's warehouse is only enough to support the local population of Handan. There are not many casualties there, but the farmland is damaged." Gongsun Yang's already thin and unfriendly face now looks even more gloomy: "I went to find the local Haoqiang. Although there were some difficulties at the beginning, with the help of Captain Xiaoqiu, I succeeded."

Captain Xiaoqiu showed an embarrassed smile from behind.

"Besides Handan County, the most serious one is the road from Jiuyuan County to Hetao area." Gongsunyang said.

Huo Yi's answer was also very simple: "The snow has already started to clear over there. Jiuyuan County can send people there after the pressure is lessened."

Gongsun Yang nodded: "Then I'm going to Xihebian County."

"Wait." Huo Yi said: "I used to work in Xihebian County for a period of time, wait for me to write a letter, then you can hand it over to Governor Chen, maybe you can help."

He immediately picked up a pen and began to write, which included some powerful local landowners in West Riverside County.

Huo Yi left Xihebian County for two years. When he was taken away by Chen Zhonglang, it was also a snowy winter.

After Gongsun Yang received the letter, he said, "Then I will leave first."

Seeing that his expression was not good, Huo Yi said, "You want to go with someone else." Gongsun Yang made this trip himself, almost racing against time, otherwise it would be impossible to transport the supplies in such a short time.

"That group of tyrants is hard to deal with. They have private soldiers and have connections with many officials. If I don't go there in person, I can't do this." Gongsun Yang explained briefly, then rode again Get on the horse and watch? Huo Yi said: "This snowstorm is extraordinary, and the responsibility rests on the shoulders of both of us. I will leave this to you, General Huo."

Huo Yi watched him leave, shrank back, and returned to work.

Is the road in front of Taiyuan County connected to the road behind? After that, Huo Yi led the army to open the way to the Hetao area.At the beginning, he led the army to walk for more than half a month to bypass the territory of King Aries and King Loufan, but now he walked in a straight line, but it was still fuller than before.On the road, you can often see many corpses frozen into ice cubes. No matter how much you see, you can't get used to it numbly.

Sometimes Huo Yi would lose his mind for a while while riding a horse. He suspected that he fell asleep during that moment, and his body felt cold for a while.

Huo Xiaoman next to him watched his face, and said cautiously: "Patriarch, do you want to sleep for a while?" Sometimes Huo Yi was still awake when Huo Xiaoman fell asleep, and when he got up, he looked at The owner of the house arranged the work in front very clearly.

"I'm fine." Huo Yi rode his horse forward, but in the snow, the horse could run very fast, and the cold wind was blowing on him, but he felt very hot.

On the tenth day, Huo Yi was still clearing the road forward, and at the same time transferred all the people who could be saved to the rear.There is some good news from Xihebian County, and Jiuyuan County is slowly recovering. All we need to do now is pray that it won't snow again.

The snow stopped? Afterwards, the weather became colder, what surprised Huo Yi? He saw a familiar person in the team transporting supplies from Chang'an, Zhang Zhongchang.

Chang Zhong Zhang is someone close to the emperor, just like Huo Xiaoman is to Huo Yi, Zhang Zhong Chang Shi is also in charge of various affairs in the palace and inner halls. Although he can't interfere in the government affairs, he still has a status.

He actually came to deliver the supplies in person, Huo Yi always felt that seeing him? No one would be so surprised.

"It's hard work in Zhongchang." Huo Yi also treated him very gently and politely. Some people in the court often commented on Huo Yi's humility and generosity, and his tolerance.Of course, some people say that he is hypocritical when interacting with others.

Zhang Zhong's regular attendant was naturally from the front group. He cupped his hands and bowed to Huo Yi, saying: "The general has worked hard. Your Majesty asked the minister to ask about the progress. If you have any difficulties, you must report them to the court."

Huo Yi roughly said that as long as you do it, things can always be solved, and now you are just going forward step by step.

Zhang Zhong's regular attendant looks ordinary, but he speaks in a gentle voice and is careful and cautious, which is why he served the two emperors, Yueyun Emperor and Zhou Zhenyan successively without being singled out.Looking at Huo Yi's face, he was a little frightened, but within half a month, General Huo was so thin that he almost lost his shape.The flesh and blood that had been raised during the previous period were all gone, and the exposed half of the wrist was almost transparent.

"General Huo, if you are not in a hurry, take your time. You have to take care of yourself. If you fail? Who will take charge of the overall situation." Zhang Zhongchang said softly. He knew that His Majesty the Emperor valued General Huo very much. Yes, if something goes wrong, they will not be the ones who will be unlucky at that time.

Even without mentioning the emperor's attitude, seeing General Huo tormenting himself so recklessly, Chang Zhong admired him very much.

"I have something on my mind, I can't sleep at night." Huo Yi closed his eyes, his mind was full of all kinds of things, it was impossible to fall asleep, and finally he just gave up and let nature take its course.

Chang Zhong Zhang sighed, and said in a warm voice: "General Huo has worked hard, and His Majesty is also very worried about you, so I specially asked the minister to send you a fur. Please accept it with a smile."

He beckoned? Beckoned, and a person came over holding a crimson fur.

Huo Yi said kindly: "Then thank you, Your Majesty?"

The man took a step forward, as if he wanted to help Huo Yi put on the fur. Huo Yi frowned slightly, and then saw the man raised his head and looked at him with a half-smile.

Huo Yi was stunned for a moment, and asked the man to help him put on the fur.The other party's hands were hot, and when he was serving him to put on the fur, he squeezed his wrist bones and let out a slight sigh.

Zhang Zhongchang didn't know anything about it. He came here mainly to deliver the supplies safely, and then to convey His Majesty's intentions. After finishing, he went to supervise the distribution of supplies.

That night, when Huo Yi was sitting in front of the desk, the fur was really different after he put it on, he even felt a little hot.A lamp was lit next to the desk. He just turned around and took off his fur. When he turned around, there was already a person sitting in front of the desk.

For the convenience of Qingxue, tents were set up in the barracks, and then connected one by one.Huo Yi's tent wasn't very big either, and after the man appeared, it immediately blocked most of the light.

"Daozhang, why are you here?" Huo Yi asked calmly. The Taoist priest is full of immortality, and he has always been seen by the dragon.

The person holding the wool fur during the day is the Taoist Tingchen of Xixuanguan, whose common name is Jiang.

"I felt your pulse today, and I thought it was a dead person." Taoist Master Tingchen said unceremoniously: "I'll forget it for you in the temple? One hexagram, I think it's not good, so I came to look for you ?."

"Actually, it's okay. I know my own body." Huo Yi sat down and asked casually, "Master Daoist, will it snow again?"

Tingchen Daoist said without hesitation: "No more?"

Huo Yi relaxed and smiled a little.Taoist Tingchen raised his chin towards him, and Huo Yi exposed his wrist. Taoist Tingchen took his pulse and sighed: "Tsk tsk, it's not easy to be alive."

Huo Yi smiled and said, "It's thanks to the Daoist priest's little bit of immortal energy."

After a while, Taoist Master Tingchen put down his hand and said, "I'll make you some medicinal soup for tonic, you can't even use the powerful medicine now? I told you before, no matter how good you are, it's fine." , and can’t stand such a toss.”

"Thank you, Daoist, for your kindness and virtue, there is really nothing to repay."

"You can go to the temple and burn more incense, and you can also make a golden body for the patriarch." Taoist Tingchen took out a stick of incense, lit it with his hand, and said, "Can't sleep at night? I brought them here for you, and I can’t take care of them at this time? There are so many?”

The light fragrance slowly diffused, which was exactly the fragrance given to him by Daoist Zhiqing Tingchen. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Huo Yi's sleep quality improved a lot, and he never used it.

I heard Taoist Master Chen said that this incense should not be used too much.

"By the way, I still want to tell you something." Taoist Tingchen took out another piece of paper like a pocket with infinite space: "Although you will know soon? .”

Under the effect of Qingxiang, Huo Yi's mind became a little blurred: "What?"

Listening to Taoist Master Chen's voice like the wind: "Some people say that this snow disaster is not a natural disaster but a man-made disaster. It is because His Majesty's Northern Expedition was unethical, which caused a catastrophe to punish Dai Yue."

The author has something to say:

If you were emperors, would you choose to relax and enjoy life in the harem, or would you choose to work hard to make a name in history (maybe notoriety), or just work hard to get by.