Chapter 627 Winter is coming!
Longxi Mansion, Dragon City.
Old Master Xu has already mobilized the main force of the army gathered in Jingbian City, Qifeng Prefecture, here. This will be the starting point of his expedition against the Northern Barbarians.
Although the Northern Barbarians had withdrawn from Longxi Prefecture, after careful consideration, Mr. Xu did not allow the people who had fled Longxi Prefecture to return home.
Before the Northern Barbarians are completely defeated and destroyed, the people return to Longxi Prefecture. Once the Northern Barbarians come again, it will be a disaster again.
As for the destination of the people in Longxi Prefecture, they were transferred to Qiping Prefecture by Old Master Xu in a tough manner.
Qiping Prefecture experienced a locust plague and a civil uprising caused by Song Dahu, and the population in the area dropped sharply. It was time to replenish the population.
Moreover, the weather and environment of Qiping Prefecture are much better than those of Longxi Prefecture.
"Huh...it's so damn cold!"
Early in the morning, Boss Xu appeared outside Old Man Xu's room, rubbing his hands together and exhaling white air from his mouth.
It's only mid-July. Although winter comes early in the north, this is still too early. It wasn't this cold this time last year.
"Dad, it's getting cold so fast. It's not wise for us to go north now!"
Boss Xu, who originally supported Old Man Xu leading the troops to attack the Northern Barbarians, raised his objection the moment he saw his father.
"Yeah, it's getting cold so fast!"
Old Master Xu didn't want to say that he was woken up by the cold last night.
It's only mid-July, but it feels like winter is coming and the weather is abnormally cold.
"Dad, then, shall we...?"
"Stop talking nonsense and quickly gather the troops. We need to head north before it gets cold, set a fire, and then return!"
The weather was getting cold so quickly. Old Master Xu knew very well that if the army went out at this time and encountered extremely bad weather, they would perish in the cold without having to fight with the northern barbarians.
"Dad, I think we should wait and see!"
Boss Xu once again contradicted Old Man Xu, "When I got up this morning, I heard from the people downstairs that it might snow!"
"If it's really snowing, it must be colder in the north. It might have already snowed!"
"Has the scout returned with any news?"
"Not yet. I'm afraid it won't be until noon."
"Then wait and see!"
Although Old Master Xu wanted to avenge Guan Ting and the others who died in the battle at Huangfengkou, he hadn't lost his mind. Revenge didn't mean risking his life. Otherwise, he would not only face the previous grudge, but also add new grudges, and he would suffer the torment of his conscience for the rest of his life.
The sun rose higher and higher, but the temperature did not rise much.
A cold wind blew from the north.
The side where the sun shines is hot.
The side where the sun doesn't shine is cold.
By noon, the scouts sent out by Mr. Xu returned one after another, bringing back very bad news: it was really snowing in the north.
"It's snowing already?"
Mr. Xu was shocked and his expression became more solemn.
The weather turned cold so suddenly that they haven't even prepared enough warm clothes. So, what about the Northern Barbarians?
At this moment, Mr. Xu probably understood why the Northern Barbarians came again this year and came so fiercely after suffering a great defeat last year.
The northern barbarians are storing various supplies for the winter.
"Dad, what should we do?"
"Send a message to the third brother immediately and ask him to prepare plenty of warm clothes and dry firewood."
"Order the entire army to go out and chop wood and prepare for winter!"
It's only July, and snow has already fallen in the northern barbarian territory, which means winter is approaching in Longxi Prefecture.
Without enough firewood, people will really freeze to death this winter.
At this time, Mr. Xu felt more and more that it was an extremely wise decision for him not to let the people of Longxi Mansion return to Longxi Mansion.
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Binghe Mansion, Ningyuan City.
The Zhao family members who left Anshun County, Xiangyi Prefecture, are now full of complaints.
Zhao Bingjun's sons and grandsons were all shivering in the cold. Even though there was a charcoal brazier and a kang burning in the house, they still felt cold.
As the eldest son of Zhao Bingjun, Zhao Yixuan is the rightful first heir to the Zhao family.
He has many brothers, and they are often quite dissatisfied with him.
But today, Zhao Yixuan's younger brothers all follow his lead.
"Brother, aren't you curious about what Dad is going to do?"
Zhao Yide is Zhao Yixuan's fourth brother and a brother from the same mother, but he has always been the most unlucky one to Zhao Yixuan.
After all, as sons of the same mother, why could Zhao Yixuan inherit more than 80% of the Zhao family's fortune, while he could only get a small portion?
"Father naturally has his own opinions on what he wants to do. Could it be that Fourth Brother has an objection?"
Zhao Yixuan is not stupid.
Although he was a little arrogant, he knew exactly what his three younger brothers were thinking.
The more submissive they acted before him now, the more they intended to harm him. They wanted to use him as a knife, but they didn't even look in the mirror to see how decent they looked.
"What can I say?"
Zhao Yide chuckled, "As for me, I'm not inheriting the family business, so I'm worried about you, big brother. Although our Zhao family is rich enough to rival a country, if we suffer a war, we will lose everything."
"Really?"
Zhao Yixuan glanced at Zhao Yide sarcastically, then turned to look at his other two younger brothers, the second oldest Zhao Yizheng and the third oldest Zhao Yiming.
"You two, do you think the same as Xiao Si?"
"Brother, I don't think so!"
Zhao Yiming smiled and said, "Our father suddenly brought us here, ninety-nine percent of the time it has something to do with Second Uncle. Back then, our aunt married into the Xu family, and what happened afterwards, Big Brother, you haven't forgotten it, right?"
"Just say whatever you want to say!"
As Zhao Bingjun's eldest son, Zhao Yixuan was older than Mr. Xu when the incident happened, so he naturally remembered a lot of things.
"Beforehand, because of my aunt's matter, my father and my second uncle separated."
"But during this period, Dad and Second Uncle got together again. I asked our family's manager, and Dad mobilized a lot of money and gave it all to Second Uncle."
"I think Dad and Second Uncle might rebel!"
Zhao Yiming slowly offered his analysis, "The barbarians from the northern border were once beaten like dogs by the troops stationed at Xueji Pass, but now they've broken through Xueji Pass one after another, even defeating the elite guards led by Duke Dingguo!"
"Even if what you said is true, what do you want to say?"
Zhao Yixuan looked at his illegitimate third brother indifferently, with a rather strange look in his eyes.
"Brother, rebellion is a serious crime punishable by the death of nine generations of your clan!"
"As the saying goes, he who wins the hearts of the people wins the world!"
"The Tang Dynasty has not lost the hearts of the people. No matter who wants to rebel, they are doomed to failure!"
"We can't just watch our father go down a path of no return. We have to do something."
(End of this chapter)
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