It was a beautiful day, the sun was shining brightly, everything was revived at this moment, the earth was full of spring light, and there was no trace of winter anymore.

Dozens of riders on fast horses with bright armor and hurried steps flew out from the south gate of Lingzhou City and headed straight to the south. The leaders were clearly Chen Yue and Chu Yucheng.

Dozens of people ran for two hours at a stretch and appeared on an official road leading from four border states to Lingzhou.

Dozens of riders slowly stopped their horses. Chen Yue stopped and stood, frowning at the common people who appeared on the official road from time to time.

These people were either carrying large or small bags, or pushing small wheelbarrows slowly forward. Almost all of them were old, weak, women and children, and they all had sadness and uneasiness on their faces when they saw these dozens of soldiers in armor appearing here.

Everywhere, there was a hint of fear in his eyes.

Chen Yue and others got off their horses and walked quickly in front of a mother and daughter. Chen Yue squatted down, his armors clanking, and stretched out his hand in front of the trembling mother who was wearing linen clothes.

, and touched the head of the little girl held by her mother.

"Little girl, who is she?" Chen Yue asked with a kind smile on his face.

The little girl glanced at Chenyue with some fear, and replied crisply: "People from Luzhou!"

There was a slight tremor in her small voice. At home, she saw with her own eyes a group of soldiers who brutally took her father away and never came back.

"Master, we are just fleeing." The mother, who looked to be in her thirties, looked haggard, tightened the little girl's hand, and said uneasily.

"Haha, don't be afraid, I won't embarrass you." Chen Yue said with a smile, while taking out a piece of large cake wrapped in cloth from his arms and handing it to the little girl: "Are you hungry? Eat it.

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The little girl hadn't eaten much for two days, and her stomach kept growling with hunger. Her eyes widened when she smelled the faint fragrance of the pancake, and she swallowed unconsciously.

The girl raised her head and glanced at her mother. Seeing that her mother didn't say anything to stop her, she immediately stretched out her two dusty pink hands to take the cake from Chen Yue, and said timidly: "Thank you!"

He started chewing it with big mouthfuls.

"You're welcome!" Chen Yue happily touched the little girl's head again, stood up and looked at the mother and asked, "Why did you leave your hometown? What happened?"

Seeing that Chen Yue's face was full of kindness and he didn't look like a bad person, and her daughter was enjoying her meal, the mother felt much more at ease. She said sadly: "Luzhou is in chaos, and people are being arrested and used as soldiers everywhere.

The child’s father was arrested, and he told us to run away quickly before he was arrested, saying that there was going to be a big war soon.”

After saying this, the mother sighed. The good family was separated like this. The little girl was very sad to see her mother. She pouted her little mouth and tore the big cake in her hand into two halves, and handed the larger half to

When he arrived in front of his mother: "Mom, eat it, it's delicious!"

The crisp voice made Chen Yue's heart tremble.

The mother looked at her daughter kindly, with some tears in her eyes, and said with a forced smile: "Mom, if you're not hungry, you can eat."

The little girl let out an ooh, then carefully wrapped the large piece of cake in cloth, stuffed it into her arms, and then nibbled on the remaining pieces of cake in her hand with relish.

Chen Yue couldn't bear it and pointed in the direction of Lingzhou: "Go to Lingzhou to take refuge. There will be food and a place to live there. Don't worry, you can go home when the war is over!"

"Thank you, sir!" There was not much joy in the mother's eyes. Who knows when the war will end. Even if it ends, her husband still doesn't know if he will survive.

The mother reached out and held the little girl in her arms and continued on her way.

Not far away, the little girl turned to look at Chenyue, raised the big cake in her hand, and waved vigorously.

The tip of Chenyue's nose felt sore and he waved towards the little girl.

Watching the mother and daughter drifting away on the official road, Chenyue and the others slowly walked onto a small mound and looked in the distance in the direction of Fuzhou.

Chu Yucheng sighed and said: "The official roads of the three counties are like this. Everywhere you look you can see people fleeing. In the past few days, tens of thousands of refugees have entered Lingzhou alone."

"Inform Xue Leihan to centrally resettle the refugees, provide food and tents, and send people to keep an eye on them to prevent the spies of King Blessed." Chen Yuexu said with narrowed eyes.

Chu Yucheng pursed his lips and stopped talking.

"What's wrong?" Chenyue tilted his head and asked.

"It's a bit tight to support so many refugees at the same time with military rations," Chu Yucheng said with a wry smile.

The war has been going on for more than a year, and the Ministry of Revenue has allocated less and less food and grass to the front line. Not only does the little food and grass left have to supply the nearly 100,000 soldiers under Chenyue, but now there are so many more refugees, it is indeed a bit stretched.

Chen Yue's eyes were blazing and his tone was firm: "If you don't have enough military rations, go get them. The army can save a little. These people can live one day longer. We can't let them starve to death! As long as we live, there will always be a way!"

Chu Yucheng nodded. He knew Chen Yue's character well and would never sit back and watch these people starve to death in the wilderness.

Several people got on their horses and walked slowly towards Lingzhou City, with some anxiety on their faces.

"How is the military situation in the four states going? King Fu is recruiting troops on a large scale. It seems he is evil!" Chen Yue turned around and looked at Chu Yucheng and asked.

Chu Yucheng drove his horse forward, stood side by side with Chen Yue, and said: "The four states are mobilized frequently, and a large number of soldiers and grain and grass supplies are continuously sent to Fuzhou. The other cities are relying on newly captured soldiers to defend them. It is probably planned to

Fight to the death with us in Fuzhou."

Chen Yue's eyes flashed: "It's also a troublesome thing. If these four states are attacked one by one, how many people will die."

Chu Yucheng narrowed his eyes: "The first priority is to attack the city, and the first priority is to attack the heart! The newly recruited soldiers must have no fighting spirit, we can do some psychological offensives!"

Chen Yue suddenly tilted his head and said with a smile: "Your brain is very good, haha. Immediately draw up a document and send it to the four counties. Those who surrender will be spared death, and those who resist will be killed. I hope the soldiers of the four states will think about their families and don't do it.

Fearless resistance!”

"Okay, I'll do it when I get back to Lingzhou!" Chu Yucheng nodded heavily.

Just as everyone was wandering along the official road in Lingzhou, a fast horse came galloping from a distance.

"General Chen!" A soldier on horseback said with his hands raised: "Prince Xue wants you to return to Lingzhou as soon as possible!"

"What's wrong? What's the matter?" Chen Yue asked curiously.

The soldier quickly replied: "Prince Xue said that officials sent from the capital have arrived and asked you to go back and see them!"

Chen Yue and Chen Yue looked at each other with confusion in their eyes. What does it mean that the newly appointed governors of these two counties came to Lingzhou first instead of taking office?

Chu Yucheng tilted his head: "Let's go back first and see what medicine they sell in the gourd!"

"drive!"
Chapter completed!