Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Upon hearing this, Li Xiang couldn't help but look down at Li Xi and asked.

"Xi'er, are you cold?"

Li Xi half-shrank in Li Xiang's arms, raised her head and looked at Li Xiang, her eyes a little watery, and asked in a baby voice.

"Brother, will I never see my father again?"

Li Xiang's childish and calm expression softened, and he spoke in a soft voice.

"Don't worry, once the snow stops, we'll be able to reach Ruyang City soon."

Li Xi still frowned and asked worriedly, "Will Daddy be cold in Ruyang? The cloak that mother asked Xi'er to bring hasn't been given to Daddy yet, what should we do?"

"Father has many people protecting him. Even wind and snow won't kill him." Li Xiang said comfortingly.

"Uh-huh."

Li Xi nodded her head and pouted, "But I still miss Daddy."

Li Xiang touched Li Xi's braided head and tried to comfort Li Xi, but he also missed his father very much in his heart.

Whenever there was a war, Li Ji would be away from home for at least a year and a half, and Li Xiang and Li Ji would also be apart more often than together.

This time, when Liu Bei returned to Shouchun, he accidentally heard Li Xiang's feelings of missing his father. Then he came up with the idea of ​​sending Li Xiang and Li Xi to Ruyang to celebrate the New Year with Li Ji and have a good reunion.

At first, Liu Bei wanted to escort Zhao Ji to Yuzhou as well.

But Cai Zhaoji was not as naive as a child, even though she understood the deep friendship between Liu Bei and Li Ji.

However, in order to avoid arousing suspicion, Cai Zhaoji insisted on staying in Shouchun, using the excuse of fulfilling her filial piety to Cai Yong, and did not set out with Li Xiang Li Xi.

Liu Bei, who had good intentions, was reluctant to insist, and he was even more disdainful of explaining to a woman the depth of his friendship with Zikun. How could he become suspicious of Zikun because of such trivial matters?

Liu Bei even threw Adou into the carriage and asked Adou to go to Ruyang City to accompany his father-in-law.

The accompanying guards were the 3,000 most elite soldiers in the army, and Sun Ce, who had returned from Qingzhou, was asked to lead a group of family generals to protect them along the way, and also to go to Ruyang City to report to Li Ji.

As for Sun Ren, he was forced to go along because of Sun Ce, who also had a sister complex.

Although the reason why Sun Ren insisted on going along was not for Sun Ce, Sun Ce undoubtedly had no way to deal with Sun Ren. After asking Liu Bei for permission, he let Sun Ren go as well.

Since Li Xiang had fallen into the river before, in order to ensure that nothing could go wrong, Liu Bei ordered a group of people to travel by land from Shouchun to Ruyang City.

However, this meant that the group was unable to reach Ruyang before the snow fell, and were temporarily trapped halfway by the snowstorm.

Li Xiang comforted Li Xi and coaxed her into falling asleep unknowingly. Then, Li Xiang gently placed Li Xi on the soft cushion in the carriage.

"Sun Ren, could you please look after Xi'er for me for a while? I'll go out and see what's going on."

Sun Ren, who was a few years older than Li Xiang and usually behaved a bit like the young Sun Ce, changed his usual habit of comparing the size of his fists with everyone and answered softly with a well-behaved look on his face.

"Don't worry, Brother Xiang, I will definitely take care of my little sister."

"It's troublesome."

Li Xiang bowed to Sun Ren.

Under the light of the stove in the carriage, Sun Ren's face seemed a little red.

Immediately, Li Xiang picked up a corner of the thick windproof curtain, quickly got out, and quickly lowered the curtain to prevent too much cold wind from entering the warm interior of the carriage.

"Wait for me, brother."

Seeing this, Adou also hurriedly crawled out with a flexibility that was not in line with his body shape.

After Adou got out, Li Xiang did not forget to look back to see if the curtain had been closed again. After Adou and Li Xiang got out of the carriage, the hundreds of soldiers who had been guarding the carriage and remained motionless in the snow and wind all bowed to Adou and Li Xiang.

"Greetings, young master, and Mr. Xiang."

Adou, who got out of the carriage, was blown by the wind and snow and his neck was shrunk. He quickly waved his hand and said.

"Soldiers, there is no need to be polite. Besides, it is very cold in this snowy weather, and there is no need to stand still. If you are cold, you can move your hands and feet to warm up a little."

"Thank you, young master."

The soldiers responded in unison, but still did not make any unnecessary movements. They remained vigilant at all times and guarded the carriage.

Seeing this, Adou couldn't help feeling helpless. Although he felt sorry for these soldiers, he had no way to do anything about them, let alone command them.

In order to absolutely ensure the safety of Adou, Li Xiang and Li Xi, Liu Bei selected the 3,000 most loyal and elite soldiers from the army.

These three thousand Tiger Guards are absolutely loyal and elite.

Huang Gai and Zu Mao, who were on guard around the carriage, saw Adou and Li Xiang coming out of the carriage. They were so scared that they rushed over and shielded Adou and Li Xiang from the wind and snow, and said hurriedly.

"Young Master, Young Master, it's snowing hard outside, please get back to the carriage quickly."

"Thank you for your concern, generals. My clothes are much warmer than those of the soldiers. The soldiers are not afraid of the cold wind, so why should I be afraid?" Li asked in the opposite direction.

Ah Dou, who was so cold that his neck shrank and his whole body was wrapped up like a small ball, also shouted after hearing this. "I feel the same as you, big brother."

"This……"

As rough men, Huang Gai and Zu Mao could never win the argument with Li Xiang, yet they dared not be violent towards Li Xiang and A Dou. They were so anxious that they scratched their heads.

And Li Xiang continued to speak.

"Where is Brother Bofu? I saw the convoy has stopped for a while, so I wanted to find Brother Bofu to ask what's going on."

"Yes, yes, where is General Bofu?"

Adou cooperated tacitly and started asking questions.

Just like when Liu Bei and Li Ji both agree on something, no one under their command will have any objection.

Adou and Li Xiang both asked questions, but Huang Gai and Zu Mao had no courage to refute and quickly pointed to the front and spoke.

"The general is exploring the way ahead."

"Please lead me there, General." Prime Minister Li said.

Huang Gai and Zu Mao looked at each other, then Huang Gai asked Zu Mao to continue to stay on guard around the carriage, and selected more than a hundred elite soldiers to guard on both sides at all times. Then he took A Dou and Li Xiang and walked forward.

The wind and snow were as sharp as a knife, and it felt painful when it blew on Li Xiang's skin.

Li Xiang wiped the snow off his face, turned his head to look at A Dou beside him, whose face was flushed red by the snow.

Immediately, Li Xiang led A Dou behind him, trying his best to help A Dou block more of the wind and snow, and asked.

"Young Master, why don't you stay in the carriage? The biting snow and wind are really uncomfortable. I just want to ask Brother Bofu about the road conditions ahead."

"It doesn't matter if there's snow and wind on the road. I'll go with you, big brother."

Adou shrank his head. Although he was usually a bit timid, his tone was unusually firm when he said this. Then he continued.

"Besides, I also want to protect my elder brother." (End of this chapter)