I Rely on Beauty to Stabilize the Country - Chap 91
Gu Yuanbai just laughed at these rumors.
He did not take this matter to heart and instead talked about border affairs with Kong Yilin. The tone was leisurely, no big talk could be said on the street, and the conversation between the two seemed like a casual chat. In the end, Kong Yilin took the initiative to tell Gu Yuanbai about the border situation.
Endless wind, endless grassland, and blue sky.
After listening to his words, Gu Yuanbai also began to think about what Daheng’s border would be like?
This thought flew into the sky, and was carried by the wind as it swayed towards the northern border.
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When the soldiers of Daheng were cleaning the battlefield, they also brought the injured and dead horses back to the camp to add meat.
It was a pity that the Khitan horses were so hungry that their skins were covered with bones, and the remaining meat was not enough to feed tens of thousands of soldiers, let alone the victims.
The last of the meat was made into horse meat soup. Very few people could eat a bite of the meat, so they could only use the meat soup to satisfy their cravings.
Marching and fighting were hard work, and we were in urgent need of disaster relief. We took very little meat with us and had already finished eating it very early. The only things that could help the soldiers improve their rations were the cattle and sheep snatched from the nomads and the injured horses on the battlefield. Therefore, after winning the small battle of Jilian, Xue Yuan and General Xue brought Twenty thousand troops completely surrounded Jilena’s tribe.
The Holy Lord’s order was to frighten the nomads who frequently invaded the border, and negotiate a peace when preparing to unite internally, in order to seek stable development, taint the economic lifeline of the nomads on the grassland, and form a fixed trade route.
If it doesn’t work, then fight. If you succeed, then try another way.
There are two to three hundred thousand people in all the nomadic tribes, and those who have been harmed by locusts are only a small part of them. If Daheng’s cavalry were to be used against these people’s fierce cavalry, 70% would lose ugly.
There is no way, Daheng has few horse sources and few cavalry. It takes time to train cavalry. Gu Yuanbai has only been involved in the army for a long time. Not to mention the cavalry, he has trained a large number of models, but he has not seen many horses.
The purpose this time is to use the momentum of locusts and soldiers to scare them away, and then stir up their already simmering internal strife.
General Xue kept the Holy Spirit’s words in mind and took advantage of the right time and place to defeat Jilian Na. Daheng’s soldiers took the opportunity to snatch away all the cattle, sheep and horses of Jilian Na tribe, and captured 8,000 enemies. The rest of the army was led by Rilianna, and they fled north in extreme embarrassment.
The captured horses were raised. Once these horses ate the delicious food, they stopped struggling. Their heads were buried under the grass roots, chewing big mouthfuls.
Some of the remaining cattle and sheep, which were also skinny and skinny, were kept, and some were killed for meat!
“The few cattle and sheep left behind can be slaughtered and eaten when the weather gets cold,” General Xue discussed with the generals. “Rilianna ran north, probably to seek refuge with Xiwandan’s tribe. Xiwandan’s tribe. Wandan is bold and cautious. His tribe has also been affected by the locust plague. They will accept the tribe of Jilena, but this winter, he will not start a war with us for Jilena.”
“They have too much time to take care of themselves,” Xue Yuan said. “This winter, the first thing for both them and us is to save their lives.”
The captured Khitan people were used as slaves and contributed to the construction of houses for the victims.
This winter has been difficult. The victims have little clothing, so a warm bedding would be good. Some victims have already caught wind and cold these days. Fortunately, there are medicinal materials and doctors here, so they can be treated in time.
The locusts have entered the nymph stage. If they do not get rid of the locusts at this stage, once the locusts enter the adult stage and lay eggs, they will still have to weed, cut the eggs, and dig trenches to bury the locusts.
The people in the camp were silent for a long time, with worries in their hearts. At this moment, a duck quacked outside. No one in the camp took this seriously, they just thought they heard it wrong.
But then, dense numbers of duck calls began, making people’s ears hurt. Xue Yuan raised his eyes suddenly, glanced at General Xue, then turned around and strode out.
The tent curtain was raised, and the ducks quacked louder. Everyone followed the quacks, and as soon as they walked out, they saw tens of thousands of black ducks.
These ducks quacked and pecked at the locusts on the road intelligently. However, they were too fat and their agile movements seemed a bit clumsy.
A fat duck is completely different from all the cattle and sheep that starve to the point of being skinny and bones in the frontier.
Many people swallowed, and Xue Yuan even heard clearly that several generals around him also swallowed. These ducks were one layer after another, each one as big as a human calf, running towards this side like waves. The man escorting the army of 100,000 ducks shouted anxiously: “May I ask where General Xue is?”
Yang Hui, the general beside Xue Yuan, shouted at the top of his lungs: “General Xue is here!”
The soldiers and victims blocking the road in front quickly made way. Xue Yuan’s eyelids twitched a few times and he strode forward amidst the expectant eyes of everyone.
The visitor’s eyes lit up when he saw him, and he said loudly: “General Xue, I’m following the order and sending 100,000 ducks from the rear! The road was bumpy, and more than 200 ducks were lost. The remaining 99,000 ducks were lost.” There are more than 700 of them, please ask General Xue to check them!”
The crowd behind him was in an uproar.
One hundred thousand ducks! This, there are actually one hundred thousand ducks!
Xue Yuan was also shocked by this number, and then he came back to his senses and asked succinctly, “Were all these ducks eating locusts all the way here?”
The visitor smiled even more enthusiastically, “Yes. Almost all the locusts outside have been eaten, and these ducks are all full. After the last few locusts have been pecked away, these ducks will I just hope that the officers and soldiers will not think that they are eating locusts.”
Plate lunch.
Xue Yuan glanced at the ducks, his eyes glowing green. Each of these ducks has shiny hair and bright eyes. Locusts are delicacies to ducks, but these ducks, whose meat has become chewier and stronger due to the journey, are also delicacies to soldiers. It is extremely rare to find extremely delicious delicacies.
Xue Yuan’s Adam’s apple rolled, and everyone who heard this also fixed their eyes on the duck. They were so enthusiastic that they couldn’t move their eyes away at all.
The noise of a hundred thousand ducks became more beautiful at this moment. There were thousands of people transporting the ducks to the border. The leader saw Xue Yuan’s expression and said very politely: “General, if you want to try it It tastes good, you can just slaughter it today.”
“There’s no rush,” Xue Yuan said politely, and then smiled slightly, “Give them a few days to eat up all the border locusts.”
These ducks arrived just in time, completely eliminating the need for them to use manpower to catch locusts and remove their eggs. The corners of Xue Yuan’s mouth curled up secretly, feeling extremely happy.
Did Gu Yuanbai send so many ducks to the border because he missed him and wanted to save him some time and let him return to Beijing quickly?
The famous General Xue suddenly laughed twice.
He was just thinking about how to deal with the locusts laying eggs, but as a result, a hundred thousand ducks came from behind and already solved the problem.
This coincidence gave Xue Yuan a feeling that he and Gu Yuanbai had a close connection.
Just like when he was deceived by the Taoist priest into buying the talisman paper, Xue Yuan began to think about the possibility of telepathy in his mind again.
Whether Gu Yuanbai could know what he was thinking about on a daily basis.
If they knew it, wouldn’t the two of them have been in love with each other many times, and they were already entangled in love, and they couldn’t tell the difference between you and me?
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Xue Yuan’s happy mood has been maintained.
The locust plague is calm inside, and there are no enemies watching outside. This period of time was a rare and stable time. After having free time, Xue Jiuyao’s whole mind was focused on Gu Yuanbai. When he thought of this person, it was like drinking 80% of wine. His thoughts were wandering and it was so hot every night. I couldn’t sleep, and I had to put up the spears and cannons in the morning.
Xue Yuan had been washing his trousers for half a month, and there were trousers fluttering in the wind in front of the camp door every day. The soldiers and generals who passed by his door knew what was going on as soon as they saw it. At first they were joking and snickering, but later they smacked their lips in admiration.
General Yang, who is familiar with Xue Jiuyao, came over to remind him kindly: “Xue Yuan, don’t be so presumptuous just because you are young. You have been washing your pants for half a month, right? Why are you so angry!”
Xue Yuan was lying lazily basking in the sun. Hearing this, he raised his lips and said, “Don’t block my sun.”
General Yang moved a stool and sat aside, watching the Khitan prisoners not far away chopping firewood, and said earnestly: “I have been here before, and I know that the troops marching and fighting are all men, and even the sows can’t see a single one, so the same goes for holding back It should be. But you are really exaggerating. Tell me, do you have someone in your heart?”
Xue Yuan has been doubtful about “telepathy” these days, but as long as he thinks about it, if it is true, if he is thinking about Gu Yuanbai, Gu Yuanbai will also know what he is thinking. Xue Yuan couldn’t bear it when he thought of this possibility.
These spring dreams come one after another these days. Could it be that the little emperor could also see these spring dreams he had, and then his face would turn red with his heart beating, his face cold and unspeakably embarrassed?
Shy, Gu Yuanbai shouldn’t be shy. But the way he raised his foot to crush Xue Yuan’s brother, with his eyes raised and his lips turning red, just thinking about it made Xue Yuan hard.
“Yes.” Xue Yuan said lazily.
General Yang’s eyes lit up and he was full of curiosity, “Who is that person? How could you, Xue Jiuyao, be so fascinated that you lost all six of your orifices? Does General Xue know? Does Mrs. Xue know?”
“What do you mean I’m obsessed?” Xue Yuan raised his feet and stepped on the low stool at his feet, refusing to admit it. “How can you tell that I’m obsessed.”
Is it true that people who have someone on their mind are all so moody? General Yang wondered, “Aren’t you fascinated by the way you get up and wash your pants every morning?”
“Young and energetic, with strong anger,” Xue Yuan said without changing his expression, “It’s been a bit hot at night recently.”
The cold wind in northern Xinjiang has begun to blow. It’s November. Others are shivering from the cold, but he says it’s hot.
It’s a pity that General Yang has a stupid mouth. He knew that he was talking nonsense, but he didn’t know how to expose him. When he was sweating with anxiety, a soldier ran over and said: “General, the imperial court has sent someone to deliver something again! ”
General Yang was stunned, but a gust of wind flashed in front of him, and Xue Yuan strode away from him.
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During these few months at the border, both soldiers and victims knew the court’s love and care for them.
After the mountains of rice, there were a hundred thousand ducks. The ducks were so delicious that the victims also started eating meat. It’s so fat and oily when you take one bite, it’s so beautiful that you can’t wait to swallow it with your tongue.
Such delicious duck meat was not easily available even before the locust plague came. The duck meat is so delicious and chewy as soon as you eat it, it makes people feel that all the hardships they have experienced these days have been driven away.
General Xue was not stingy either. He had to give everyone a few bites of the 100,000 ducks. When the duck meat was brought to the table, not to mention the common people, all the generals were in a state of panic, and their chopsticks were like fighting, destroying plate after plate of meat in an instant.
In those days, the entire border was happy and joyful. Duck feathers were also put to great use and were collected to prepare winter clothes and bedding. No matter how difficult the days ahead were, the people thought that they had to be worthy of the food given to them by the court and the meat they ate.
They were prepared to face the cold winter and to resist the worst situation, but they did not expect that what the court sent them was not over yet.
What they worried about was also what the court worried about, and it has been solved by the court.
The long loaded truck was placed in the open space, and soldiers gathered around it, curious to know what was in the truck.
“Is it grain and meat?”
“We have enough food, as well as ducks and nomads’ cattle and sheep.” Others retorted.
Others were worried: “Why does the imperial court keep sending us things? One trip after another. Could this be the result of the imperial court’s frugality?”
The whispers in the rear continued, and the discussion gradually became noisy. General Xue and other generals in the front had come out to greet them, and they also wanted to know what this was with a puzzled look on their faces.
The official who escorted the convoy had a good relationship with General Xue. He stroked his beard meaningfully and said with a smile, “If the general can’t guess, why don’t you ask someone to unload these things from the truck and take a closer look?”
Although General Xue didn’t know what it could be, he knew that it must be something useful to them. The old general opened his lips a few times and said with guilt and emotion: “I am ashamed that I have made the Holy One so worried.”
As soon as these words came out, all the generals looked vaguely ashamed.
The Holy Spirit treated them like this and spent a lot of money and material resources to transport things to the border again and again. This was something they had never imagined.
I originally thought that the amount of food that Xue Yuan brought was the limit of what the imperial court could provide, and that it was the love and trust of the imperial court and them, but then I realized that the imperial court was far from that towards them.
How can this not be embarrassing, and how can it not be exciting?
The official comforted them and said: “Why should you feel guilty, generals? You protect the safety of our Daheng border and live and die for the people of our Daheng. Our Daheng has such a prosperous age with clear seas, rivers and clear rivers, all thanks to you generals.”
As he said that, he bowed deeply and said, “It should be us who feel guilty.”
When Xue Yuan arrived, he saw them talking politely to each other. After hearing a few words, he was impatient and asked the soldiers to unload the truck and see what the Holy Spirit had sent.
Seeing him like this, everyone who had been talking politely stopped talking and looked at the car expectantly. In less than a moment, the thing inside was exposed. Someone in the crowd was caught off guard and screamed: “It turns out to be a winter coat!”
The soldiers suddenly became a commotion, scrambling to take a look, “What, winter clothes?”
“The imperial court gave us winter clothes?”
General Xue immediately ordered five soldiers to come forward among the crowd and asked them to put on winter clothes. As soon as they put on their brand new winter coats, a feeling of warmth and softness hit them. The soldiers buried their faces in their winter coats and felt that within a moment, their whole bodies were so hot that they were sweating.
General Xue looked at them and was surprised: “How can this winter coat take effect so quickly?”
The soldiers all said at once: “General, these winter clothes are very hot and very light. We are already sweating all over.”
General Xue was dubious, so he picked up a winter coat and put it on himself. After a moment, shock flashed across his face, and then he was overjoyed.
The other generals couldn’t bear their curiosity and tried it on. They were surprised and said: “How come this winter coat is so light?”
The official smiled and said nothing, and only told them the reason in detail when they asked.
After the generals knew the reason, they couldn’t bear the excitement and hurriedly ran to prepare for the distribution of cotton-padded clothes.
The officials and Old General Xue had not seen each other for many days. The two of them fell behind and talked slowly. General Xue had already ordered his men to prepare food and wine. The two of them walked to the military tent. Xue Yuan wanted to take the opportunity to ask about matters in the capital, so he also went with them.
After sitting down and halfway through the drinking, the official who came out of the capital suddenly smiled, lowered his head and said mysteriously: “General Xue, you are far away from the capital, but something big is going to happen after the capital.”
General Xue said: “Oh, what is it?”
Xue Yuan happened to pick up a piece of duck meat.
The official smiled and said: “The Holy One fell in love with a woman at first sight and is ready to take her into the palace as a concubine.”
Xue Yuan stopped his hand.
impossible.
Xue Yuan completely scoffed. Not only did he not believe it, he also found it funny in his heart. He wanted to continue eating calmly, but he couldn’t move his hands.
Old General Xue on the side was already clapping and laughing. After constantly asking for details, it seems that what the official said is true. Does he dare to lie about the Holy Spirit’s words?
What if it’s not fake?
There was still honey-colored juice left on the duck meat. Because the hands of the person holding the chopsticks were shaking, the juice quickly slipped from the skin.
Xue Yuan threw away his chopsticks and strode out of the tent.
The sky is full of yellow sand, and the cold wind carries the sand and rushes towards my face. It hits my face again and again, and the cold air spreads from my heart to my limbs.
After a while, he got back into the tent and asked, “The Holy Emperor wants to accept a concubine into the palace?”
The voice is dry and hoarse.
The official from the capital said: “… Indeed, Your Majesty… the concubine has entered the palace… the harp and harp are playing in harmony.”
Xue Yuan seemed to be listening carefully, but the words that came into his ears became intermittent, sometimes near and sometimes far away.
After a long time, when no one spoke in the camp, and when General Xue shouted Xue Yuan’s name from anger to nervousness, Xue Yuan turned around.
He said: “I understand.”
