Under Yangren City, Liu Qi and other Jingzhou soldiers finally met Sun Jian.

Sun Jian was very tall and burly, which completely fit Liu Qi's impression of a famous general.

It's just that his appearance is not as heroic as Liu Qi imagined.

In fact, Sun Jian's appearance was angular, with high cheekbones and quite resolute, but his eyes alone made Liu Qi feel that something was wrong.

The light in those eyes was too violent, and there was a fierce light from time to time.

Rather than saying that he was a tiger from Jiangdong, his eyes gave Liu Qi the impression of a wolf.

A ferocious wolf that dares to bite everything.

On the historical stage of the late Han Dynasty, there were heroes shining brightly every day, but in the recent period, Liu Qi felt that they were destined to belong to Sun Jian alone.

For more than half a year, Sun Jian was almost the only one fighting against Dong Zhuo. Except for his defeat in the battle with Xu Rong, Sun Jian always maintained a victorious attitude, defeating Hu Zhen, Hua Xiong and others in a row, and his reputation was great.

Shocked, and out of control.

At the moment, Sun Jian seems to be addicted to Dong Zhuo. He has been stationing troops in Yang people, and almost every now and then he has to fight with the troops sent by Luoyang.

If it weren't for the fact that Sun Jian was on the side like a tiger, which restrained most of the energy of the Xiliang army, Dong Zhuo would have already begun to move the capital to Chang'an on a large scale. So far, it has only been a small-scale move.

The reason why Luoyang still exists is largely attributed to Sun Jian.

Sun Jian and his party met with Liu Qi and others and exchanged names with each other.

He took a general look at the soldiers behind Liu Qi, and suddenly asked: "Master Liu is here, how many men and horses do he have under his command?"

Liu Qi did not expect that Sun Jian would not be modest or polite when they met, and directly asked him about the number of troops and horses.

This temperament is very different from Yuan Shu's.

"The Jingzhou army I brought now has seven thousand people."

Sun Jian frowned, seeming to be thinking about something.

"There are actually so many seven thousand people? It's not enough to be so afraid."

"What's not enough?" Liu Qi asked curiously.

Sun Jian sneered. The laughter seemed a bit sarcastic, and it was not taboo.

"It's a cotton robe for winter. Mr. Liu is also a general in the army. Have you never thought of these things?"

The cotton robes mentioned by Sun Jian are not the "cotton clothes" as later generations would call them.

In the Han Dynasty, cotton had not yet been introduced into China, let alone cultivated on a large scale. Therefore, there was no cotton, let alone so-called "cotton jackets" or "cotton clothes."

In the Han Dynasty, when there was no cotton as filler, northerners generally wore "zhanwa" and "cotton robes" for winter wear.

The material of quilling is mainly silk brocade, which has a relatively high cost. However, it can be popularized on a large scale when society is stable and productivity is high.

But in this turbulent time, with the power of the local governor, I'm afraid there will still be some difficulties if we want them to quickly prepare tens of thousands of sets of silk fabrics for military needs.

So I can only use cotton robes.

As for the cotton robe - robe means bud; bud means underwear. It generally refers to a long garment with an upper garment and a lower garment integrated into one. It has two layers, the inner and outer layers. The cold stuffing is placed in the interlayer to form a winter robe.

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Mian refers to silk wadding with the texture of silk, which is used as a filling, so the word is mian. However, in order to save costs, it is basically filled with wadding, finely chopped quince and other fillings instead of cotton.

It is now the twelfth lunar month, and although there is little snow around Yangren County, once the severe cold season enters, it is also extremely dry and cold.

If the cotton robes from the rear do not arrive, the next days for the Jingzhou Army will probably be difficult.

Liu Qi frowned and turned to ask Kuai Yue: "Has Nanjun prepared the winter clothes for our soldiers?"

Kuai Yue cupped his hands and said, "Yue has already sent people to urge Xiangyang. However, Bi Cao of Nanjun has verified the contents of the warehouses in the county. There are winter clothes, but they are not thick enough to withstand the severe cold here, so he made a new one." The batch of cotton robes is being transported here now, and it may take some time to reach Yangren County."

Liu Qi nodded and sighed: "If this is the case, then we have to let the soldiers of the three armies persist."

Sun Jian watched with cold eyes. After listening to the conversation between Liu Qi and Kuai Yue, he suddenly interrupted.

"There are not enough winter clothes in Sun's army..."

Liu Qi couldn't help but frowned when he heard this.

What does Sun Jian mean?

From what he said, it seemed like he wanted to extort my Jingzhou Army’s winter clothes?

What kind of behavior is this? It is simply a retreat from Yuan Shuru.

Liu Qi looked at Kuai Yue and saw a trace of anger in his eyes.

This is a clear attempt to rob someone.

Liu Qi looked at Sun Jian and said calmly: "What do you mean by this? Liu Qi doesn't understand very well."

Sun Jian didn't seem to care about Liu Qi and Kuai Yue's displeasure. He still had the cold look on his face, plus a slight sarcasm.

But his answer was surprising.

"There are not enough winter clothes in Sun's army, and I may not be able to support your army... At present, Sun's army can only draw 7,000 people from the sons of Wu County, and let them alternate with the soldiers under the Young Master's command to wear cotton robes , the two of them share a winter coat, and each wears it for six hours every day. After the winter coat of your Jingzhou army arrives, the shared winter coat will be returned to our soldiers. I wonder what you think, Master?"

When these words came out, not only Liu Qi, but also Kuai Yue, Cai Xun, Huang Zhong, Wenpin and others were stunned on the spot.

This Sun Jian had an expression of indifference and full of sarcasm. How could he do something so heart-warming?

"Two people share the same robe?" Liu Qi muttered.

Sun Jian raised his eyebrows: "What? Mr. Liu's soldiers don't even bother to wear the same uniform as Mr. Sun's soldiers?"

"That's not true. It's just that I never thought that a monarch would be so generous. It really makes Qi very surprised."

I originally thought that Sun Jian wanted to take advantage of the situation and ask the Jingzhou Army to provide him with cotton robes, but who would have thought that he actually proposed that his soldiers and the Jingzhou Army temporarily wear the same robe to resist the cold.

In other words, half of the winter clothes of the 7,000 Wujun soldiers were lent to the Jingzhou army.

In ancient times, due to low productivity, it was normal to lack clothing to survive the cold winter.

It was not Sun Jian's first initiative for two people to use the same robe to survive the cold winter. There were precedents before this.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! There is a poem in "The Book of Songs Qin Feng" called "No Clothes". The beginning of the poem says: "How can it be said that without clothes, I share the same robe with my son.

"It means, who said I don't have a military uniform? You and I share a uniform. Although it is just poetry, many of the themes and artistic conceptions of the poetry are derived from life. It can be seen that the Qin army at that time was in the winter when supplies were difficult, and the soldiers could only

The two of them put on a cotton robe to protect themselves from the cold.

But they are all one army after all, and for someone like Sun Jian to let his own soldiers share the same robe with a clan coalition that is not even an ally, this act can already be called a great act of justice.

Isn't this what Sun Jian is like?

In the face of Liu Qi's gratitude, Sun Jian did not show any expression and still had a bad face.

He said to Liu Qi very calmly: "Dongcheng in Yangren County has been emptied by Sun. There are vacant houses and open spaces there for troops to be stationed. Sun has used half of those houses, and you can wait for the rest.

Yes, the soldiers do not need to be stationed outside the city, but can be stationed in the city."

Although Sun Jian's tone was cold, the content of his words showed his care for Liu Qi and the others.

Before coming to Yangren City, Liu Qi had imagined several scenes of meeting Sun Jian in his mind.

But he never expected that Sun Jian would treat their Jingzhou Army like this.

Not appropriate……

The former Jingzhou governor Wang Rui and the Nanyang governor Zhang Zi were both killed by his hands... How could someone who kills the governor without batting an eyelid be so kind?

Would such a person take care of the Jingzhou Army?

Liu Qi didn't quite believe it.

But he can't figure out Sun Jian's context now.

That's all, since we have Yuan Shu's backing, let's just take it one step at a time.

At that moment, Liu Qi followed Sun Jian's invitation and led his troops into the city to set up camp.

What kind of evil Sun Jian wants to do, let's think about it slowly in the future.
Chapter completed!