When Bai Yi's eyes widened because of the apple in his hand, Feng Xi had already led 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 twelve 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 obviously a strong and strong man, but at this moment he burst into tears in front of Qi Xiao, which made Liu Wanshi couldn't help but sigh.

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 immediately come up with a countermeasure."

Qi Xiao interrupted Yuan Song's self-blame and directly asked the key point. Yuan Song also knew that he had no time to waste, so he immediately said:

"This matter started from 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 being monolithic to being riddled with mistakes.

"First, forces from all sides of 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 recruits who did not belong to our faction poured in in large numbers, causing the veterans and recruits in the pass to be directly divided into two factions...

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Under Yuan Song's diligent narration, Feng Xi finally summarized the key 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 there is also a Seven Star camp that originally had two separate camps.

Gang, but you have recently taken sides with Hu Xiao. As a result, you, Chixiao, have lost the opportunity to influence food distribution, and your subordinates have suffered from famine, right?"

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

He is just a rough guy, he is good at marching and fighting, but he is much less good at dealing with matters of human nature and sorting out the key points.

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!

The emperor said on the surface that he wanted them to remember the Qi family, remember the kindness of Commander Qi, and help the young master Qi Xiao to some extent.

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 the camp, both his grandfather and he shed tears of excitement, but they did not expect that after March, their young master would enter Princess Zhaoming's mansion and become a poor person tortured by this idiot princess all day long.

They wanted to help each other, but the mountains were high and the roads were far away, and things kept happening in Hanyu Pass. It was really beyond their reach...

Two years have passed, and they, who were already dissatisfied with the idiot princess, have now reached the point where they want to curse each other.

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

Although the young master brought them a letter when they were 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 this moment, Yuan Song, who was facing Feng Xi in person, actually felt that this princess seemed to be pretty good...

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 toward Hu Xiao..."

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

"You asked them to transport so much food back, 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...

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After hearing this, Feng Xi and the others finally understood.

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

In the nearly thirty years that Commander 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 Hanyu Pass and Yanzhou City, there are actually many disabled soldiers and their families living there.

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

Moreover, Qi Shuai said when he was still here that Hanyuguan and Hanyu Town are one and the same, and Hanyu Town is their responsibility and may also be 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 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, this amount of food should be enough.

However, some people in Hanyuguan had higher aspirations than 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 were supposed to go south to Liangzhou for refuge were directly dragged back to Hanyu Town by them.

For a time, the food that everyone had saved to survive the snowstorm suddenly became stretched.

"They say that foreigners are always restless, so the soldiers must eat because they can't tell 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 do not have to go to the battlefield, and they should make way for the people to have food and clothing, so they should 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 rat can be eaten?

Whether you eat or not is a matter of death, you might as well be a dead man who is full.

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:
Chapter completed!