This is because of hunger.
When the plague of locusts is raging and starvation is everywhere, food is the hardest commodity and the most reassuring stone. When General Xue saw the victims in this way and the soldiers in the northern Xinjiang like this, his heart was sour and uncomfortable.
Two months ago, as soon as he stepped into the disaster area with rations, he looked up at the locusts covering the sky, and lowered his head at the corpses of the scrawny victims. What is hell? Without seeing it with your own eyes, no matter how much other people think about it, they can't imagine what purgatory on earth looks like.
When people are extremely hungry, they are irrational. They can eat anything. Trees, grasses, and even the soil they step on on the ground can be eaten with water mixed with water. However, if people eat too much of this soil, they will die. After something can be eaten, people can eat people in the end.
This kind of tragic situation cannot be described in words. In the excerpts written by General Xue to the saint, only the words "starved to death" were written.
The earliest and worst places for the locust plague to break out are women, children, and thin men. They are not only hungry, they also have to worry about whether they will be eaten by others, their wives, and their young children who can only cry. will be the food of others.
Even the most spiritual scholar would be stunned by such a scene, unable to pick up a pen. General Xue wanted to tell the serious situation in the disaster area one by one, but what could he tell? Everywhere is serious, and when everything is serious, there is nothing that can be taken out to write alone.
When the Eight Hundred Miles Newspaper dispatched people to the capital, General Xue was also worried about whether the article he wrote could not clearly explain the severity of the locust plague in the north, whether the imperial court would pay attention to it, and whether a large amount of rice would be sent.
It was not until he saw the inexhaustible food and grass in front of him that he was completely relieved.
The most grateful thing for a general is that when fighting on the front line, the emperor in the back can trust him and support him with all his strength.
The veteran was very excited, and after seeing Xue Yuan taking the lead, he laughed happily, "My son, you are a little slower!"
As soon as Xue Yuan's face was revealed, the soldiers stationed in the northern border all year round exclaimed, "Xue Jiuyao!"
"Xue Jiuyao is back?!"
Xue Yuan sat on the horse and looked down at General Xue condescendingly, and the corner of his mouth twitched, "General Xue has not seen each other for several months, but it has been a lot of vicissitudes."
He turned over and dismounted, walked up to General Xue and saluted, and said loudly: "Xue Yuan, under the order of the sage, send the food and grass, and ask the general to review."
General Xue couldn't stop smiling, "Okay, okay."
He patted Xue Yuan's shoulder, and the corners of his eyes were a little wet for a while, "The sage sent you to deliver food and grass, the sage looks down on you."
Xue Yuan grinned, "Of course."
General Xue and several generals took Xue Yuan and said a few words, and then went to check the amount of food together. Even if the leader of the team was Xue Yuan, General Xue had a clear distinction between public and private. After the final investigation, they were also taken aback by the total amount of food.
"Can this be eaten until the end of the year?"
With so much food and tens of thousands of soldiers to deliver the food, General Xue thought it was not easy. He was about to call Xue Yuan to ask questions, but was told that Xue Yuan had already taken the generals to clean himself up. Fan it.
General Xue's eyes widened, and he scolded the bastard. He didn't think about it anymore, "Unload the food from the truck, no matter what, let the big guy have a full meal first!"
*
After Xue Yuan finished cleaning himself and came out of the room, he could smell the fragrant food smell everywhere.
He wiped the water on his face, looked up at the white smoke floating around, and took a slow look around the army. The new soldiers had heard of Xue Yuan's reputation for slaying bandits, and the former soldiers knew Xue Yuan's name stationed in the northern Xinjiang. When he went out for a walk, many people in the army knew that Xue Jiuyao was back.
Xue Yuan's name is really famous for the soldiers in the northern Xinjiang. Many of them have followed him into and out of the battlefield. Occasionally Xue Yuan passed by them, and they would respectfully say: "Major General."
In the past when Lu Feng was in power, Xue Yuan's fame was suppressed by General Xue. Even after the Sage took power, because of General Xue's caution and worry, he did not understand the temperament of the Sage today, so he did not show merit for Xue Yuan. Xue Yuan was naturally not a general when he was at the border, but he used to be reckless, and when others called him that, he was open and fair and justified.
Now that he heard such a familiar name, Xue Yuan immediately thought of Gu Yuanbai, and was suddenly a little glad that Gu Yuanbai didn't know about it.
Otherwise, this little conscience will definitely suspect that he has bad intentions.
Xue Yuan deliberately ignored his once ambitious idea of ascending to a high position, and walked leisurely to General Xue's tent. Just as the meal was already served, General Xue stopped the discussion with several generals and asked him to sit down and eat together.
At the dinner table, General Xue's loyalty to the monarch was nowhere to be seen, so he could only ask Xue Yuan constantly, "How is the sage now?"
As soon as Xue Yuan heard this, there was a shadow in his brows, "I haven't seen him for more than a month, how can I know."
General Xue didn't know why his mood suddenly turned sour, "Then before you leave, how is the Holy One?"
"My face is as soft as a cloud in the sky," Xue Yuan paused with chopsticks, not knowing what to think, "I'm still thin, and there are bones left in my hands."
General Xue didn't understand the first half of the sentence: "What does it mean to be as soft as a cloud in the sky?"
Xue Yuan didn't hear his voice, he was completely sunk in, his bones were itchy, "I wasn't there when he was born. In the past, when he was sick, stepping on the white jade bricks by the hot spring pool would have Weak, I can only be carried on my back. When I leave, who can carry him?"
"Not necessarily," he smiled suddenly, "I went to Jinghu Lake for a month, and when I came back, I found that he looked better."
"There are so many people around him, who should be called back?"
General Xue was confused and confused, "Xue Yuan, I'm asking how your saint's body is!"
Xue Yuan regained his senses, glanced at him, lowered his eyebrows impatiently, "It's alright, don't worry about it."
"How can I not care!" General Xue was furious, "The Holy One cares so much for me, and trusts you and me so much, how can I be ruthless and unscrupulous, and don't even care about the Dragon Body of the Holy One?"
Xue Yuan: "I care about it."
General Xue was stunned for a moment, his anger faded in an instant, and he became cheerful, "Okay, I must not forget this loyalty to the king, you and I are ministers, so this is the way to go."
Xue Yuan touched his heart, curled his lips into a smile, and a deep smile flashed in his eyes, "Then this loyal king's heart beats quite fast."
*
These days, the nomadic people who have been tugging with the border soldiers are one of the eight Khitan tribes, and the leader is a part of Rilianna 1.
Xue Yuan sent troops, horses and rations to the northern border in a big battle. After seeing this, the sentry sent by Rilian hurried back to the tribe and told the story that the Daheng soldiers sent rations to the frontier. leader.
When Rilian heard about this, the beef jerky in the tape was no longer fragrant. He frowned and said, "How many people did Emperor Daheng send?"
The sentry said solemnly: "There are tens of thousands!"
"Hey—" Rilian took a breath and asked, "Have you seen who is leading the troops?"
"They also have sentries to explore the way, and we can't get too close," the sentry said. "Although I didn't see who led the soldiers, I can see that the leader of the commander seems to be a young man."
Rilianna breathed a sigh of relief and laughed, "I'm afraid that there are only soldiers left in the Daheng court, not even a useful general? Hahaha, that old man Xue Ping is getting old, does the court think that Just send a young man here? Don't worry, a general with no hair like this, come and kill one of them every day! Kill this group of hairy boys until they see me and get scared to the ground!"
The surrounding subordinates also laughed loudly.
After laughing, thinking of the endless supply of food that the sentry said, greed flashed on Hirana's face, "Our horses have not had a full meal for a long time. For so long, our warriors have How many cows and sheep have been eaten, do you still remember the taste of Daheng women and the taste of Daheng food?"
The subordinates were full of ferocity, "Chief, we have been beaten back several times by that old man Xue Ping, this time there is a young man, maybe he is a young man who has never been on the battlefield and has never fought against us. Breaking through from him will definitely give that old thing a heavy blow!"
Rilian's murderous aura was heavy, "That's right, we must kill it with a profit this time."
Someone among the subordinates said: "Not only that, leader, now the leader of the eight Khitan tribes is about to die, if we can do something big before the leader dies, the next leader of the Khitan tribe is probably you. Yes."
As soon as these words came out, Rilian was moved.
Yes, at this time when the big leader was dying, if the other leaders of the court knew about the arrival of a young egg, they would definitely loot the people of Daheng in order to snatch the credit. Knowing this news first, he is also the closest, isn't this the credit that God wants to give him
The old man Xue Ping was strictly guarded, but now, there is a big loophole in this iron plate. If Rilianna didn't take this loophole, he would regret it even if he died.
Kill, must kill!
Let these new recruits know what is evil in the world, and let the general who leads the army know what a nightmare is!