The Khitans were carried away by their past victories, and Daheng's more than 20 years of concessions strengthened their ambition and courage. Under the arrogance and underestimation of the enemy, this defeat was a complete mess.
The feeling this victory brought to the soldiers was indescribable. They were taken back to the barracks by Xue Yuan like a dream to meet with General Xue.
General Xue's face was also beaming, and they also won a big victory. General Xue has rarely fought such a hearty victory. In the first two months of his arrival in the frontier, because of the locust plague and the disaster victims, he only fought a defensive counterattack, and there was no such fun at all.
The changes brought by this victory to the border are obvious. The scene where Daheng's powerful weapons made the Khitans escape in embarrassment has been deeply remembered by many people.
The morale was surging, and the fear and worry before the attack turned into a high-pitched fighting spirit. How many soldiers could not wait to cry out to the sky and let out the previous uselessness and humiliation in one breath!
The joy of victory is like the flames of a prairie prairie. It didn't take long for the people to know the news of the victory of the border soldiers.
They walked out of the house, put down the stones and bricks in their hands, and watched the soldiers happily singing back to the camp from the road in front of them.
People in the northern Xinjiang rarely see soldiers like this.
At the border, the relationship between the people and the soldiers is not friendly. The people in the northern Xinjiang are afraid and hate the soldiers stationed there, hate them for not doing anything, hate that they have soldiers but can't protect them. They secretly called the soldiers useless, cowards, and sinners who accompany the nomads.
The military-civilian relationship was tense, and the civilians even raised self-defense weapons against the soldiers. But at this moment, they were in a trance. It turned out that the soldiers of Daheng were not useless.
They can also fight the enemy, and it turns out that they can also win.
In front of the plague of locusts, in front of the nomadic invaders, only the army of the imperial court can give it a heavy blow.
The court is no longer useless, and their army dared to fight back. It turned out that after daring to fight back, they could win so easily, and they could so easily defeat the group of nomads.
Suddenly, the people of northern Xinjiang felt that the soldiers stationed in northern Xinjiang began to look a little different.
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The border affairs were carried out step by step, and an army of 100,000 ducks also stepped into the scope of the locust plague.
Once they arrive here, they no longer need people to provide rations. Instead, they peck at the locusts that have entered the nymph stage, one per mouth. On the way to the northern Xinjiang in one day, a hundred thousand duck army can solve two hundred thousand Tens of thousands of locusts, all of them eat well, and keep their stomachs full and round.
These locusts were eaten by ducks before they even laid their eggs, which just saved the need to remove eggs.
In the capital, Gu Yuanbai is also constantly paying attention to border issues.
The weather in the capital also began to turn cold, and the cold wind was bleak. While the others only added a robe, Gu Yuanbai had already put on a thick cloak.
The spirit is high, but the body can't keep up. As long as he looks at the memorial for a while, his fingers will be cold and stiff. The imperial physician was always by his side, and the female doctor Jiang was also placed beside the sage for diagnosis and treatment.
Although Nv Jiang didn't know how to diagnose and treat congenital diseases, she knew how her grandfather took care of her uncle in winter, and she followed suit and applied these methods to Gu Yuanbai one by one.
Whether it's pressing acupoints or taking a medicinal bath, Doctor Jiang's method can warm Gu Yuanbai's body for a while. But this kind of warmth passed away too quickly, and the method of Tongtai Hospital also achieved the same goal, with little effect.
The hand stove and the heater in the hall brought only false warmth to Gu Yuanbai.
Hands are hot for a moment when they touch, and cold when they leave. Occasionally woke up in the middle of the night, in the torture of cold and frail, Gu Yuanbai thought of the hot Xue Yuan.
He closed his eyes and lay on the bed, covered with a cold quilt, thinking about the warmth on Xue Yuan's body that made him extremely comfortable.
When they went to bed the next night, the guards were about to retreat, when the sage said hoarsely, "Zhang Xu."
The captain of the guard was puzzled, stepped forward and said, "This minister is here."
"Go to bed and warm the bed for me." Gu Yuanbai said concisely.
The captain of the guard was stunned for a moment, and his face instantly turned red. His back stiffened, fists clenched, he took off his coat and boots silently, and climbed onto the bed.
When Doctor Jiang walked in with the prepared medicated bath, she saw this scene. She didn't change her face, walked calmly in front of Sheng Shang, and said slowly, "Sacred Lord, it's time to press the acupuncture points."
Gu Yuanbai glanced at her and persuaded: "Just let others come."
Dr. Jiang Nv shook her head: "It's better for the people to come in person."
This medicinal bath is for feet, and the acupoints pressed are also on the footsteps and calves. Doctor Jiang Nv has a unique technique, which is inherited from her family, and it is really difficult for her to force others.
The sound of the water was pattering, and the captain of the guard on the bed lay as straight as a corpse, and the redness on his face could boil an egg. The heat quickly warmed the entire dragon bed, and when the thick bright yellow quilt covered it, it was so hot that the captain of the guard was sweating all over.
After the medicinal bath was over, Gu Yuanbai got on the bed. The head guard was tense all over, lying obediently on the side as a personal heating stove, listening to the conversation between Gu Yuanbai and Tian Fusheng.
The bed was very warm, the sage's eyes widened, and after Hetian Fusheng finished talking about the cotton-padded clothes, he was sure that the cotton-padded clothes could be loaded into the car and set off in early November, and Gu Yuanbai stopped talking.
"It only takes a few days," Tian Fusheng said. "The frontier has also received a letter. According to General Xue, the locust plague has shown signs of improvement."
Two days ago, Beijiang's letter was delivered to Gu Yuanbai's desk. There is only one memorial for General Xue, and the rest are letters sent back by Xue Yuan on the way. Gu Yuanbai has read the letter of General Xue once now.
After the sage nodded, Tian Fusheng led the people to retreat. There was no one in the inner hall, Gu Yuanbai lay down, but after a while he began to feel uncomfortable again.
The captain of the guard didn't dare to move, the heat came from one side, and the other side was as cold as ice. In the gap between the two, another person could lie down, and the wind came in, which was colder than no one to warm the bed. It's so cold that it's strangely cold. It's like the cracks in the bones get in. Between the alternating hot and cold, it is better to have no heat, and it is even more uncomfortable.
Sheng Shang closed his eyes, "Go down."
The captain of the guard went down lightly, and after a while, the door creaked and was closed again.
*
A few days later, the cotton-padded clothes were loaded on the truck, even if they set off for the northern Xinjiang.
Gu Yuanbai deliberately went to see some cotton-padded clothes before leaving, and checked a few of them at random, and indeed all of them met the requirements he wanted.
"Can the people's wages be settled?"
Kong Yilin was at his side, "Go back to the Holy One, and make no mistake."
"Very good," Gu Yuanbai nodded and smiled, "Zhen will take the lead in putting on a cotton-padded coat. This kind of good thing is worth using by everyone in the world."
Kong Yilin smiled and said, "This year's white cotton has been used up, but I believe that there will be more and more people planting white cotton next year."
"The more the better," Gu Yuanbai sighed, "It's a pity that this winter, the people of my Daheng can't use this good thing."
A group of people walked past the car full of cotton-padded clothes. On the way back, the sage asked people to stop outside the downtown area and took Kong Yilin to walk around the market at will to see people's livelihood.
In the roadside tavern, while listening to the reports from his subordinates about Chu Wei, the prince of Xixia, Li Angshun, glanced down at random and caught sight of the emperor of Daheng.
The emperor of Daheng was wearing a slender black robe and a dark cloak. His face was pale, and he was dressed so heavily in such a season.
Li Angshun paused while holding the chopsticks, chasing after the emperor's figure.
The Lord of Daheng can be seen wherever he wants. Li Angshun stayed in Daheng for a month and a half, and he also met Gu Yuanbai at the palace banquet on the day of the Longevity Festival. I didn't expect fate to come so coincidentally, and I saw this guy again by chance.
The subordinates were still talking: "After Mr. Chu Wei's assignment yesterday, he and his friends had a meal in the restaurant. After half an hour, Mr. Chu Wei walked out of the restaurant and returned to the Chu residence."
Li Angshun asked, "Friend, is it a male or female friend?"
Still looking down.
"..." Subordinate, "Of course it's a man."
Li Angshun was obviously in a trance. He took a bite of the dish and put it in his mouth, "What does that friend of Chu Wei look like? Are you close to him?"
The subordinate sighed, "Seventh prince, you've let us stare at Chu Wei for half a month. If you like him, he's just a small Daheng official, why don't you just come and be strong?"
Li Angshun smiled coldly, "Idiot. You went to Daheng's territory and robbed Daheng officials. Have you forgotten the humiliation of the ten days you were locked up in Mingshengyi Middle School?"
The subordinate said, "Do you really like Chu Wei?"
"I like it," Li Angshun said casually, "Of course I like it."
"Then who are you looking at now?"
Li Angshun pointed at Gu Yuanbai. Gu Yuanbai had just walked to the front of their tavern, and his every move was even clearer. His appearance is very good, and his extravagance is even more wonderful. Even his pale lips and pale face are like a brocade box decorated with beautiful jade, and he wants to make people take a second look at it.
The emperor of Daheng has a face that makes life not resentful, and also has a power that makes people dare not take a second look. When no one dared to take a second glance, Li Angshun watched it for a long time, and Emperor Daheng seemed to have noticed it and looked up upstairs.
Li Angshun's heart skipped a beat, he stood up and smiled calmly, bowed to Gu Yuanbai and raised the wine glass in his hand.
Kong Yilin followed the gaze of the sage, and saw that it was the seventh prince of Xixia, and said: "Sacred, this man is arrogant and extravagant, and has a very bad reputation among the people of Xixia, but the emperor of Xixia loves him a lot. I heard about these days. This person has been inquiring about the affairs of Lord Chu Wei, and from this person's temperament, he should have some unrighteous thoughts towards Lord Chu."
Gu Yuanbai nodded gently with Li Angshun, looking at him with the same eyes as the hen that lays golden eggs, and said, "It's hard to embarrass Chu Qing."
Because of Gu Yuanbai's bad taste, he wanted to see how many good things the envoys of Xixia brought from Xixia. When inquiring about news, he occasionally had a headache dealing with government affairs, so he took the matter of the Xixia messenger to relax.
Works great.
The more Kong Yilin gets along with the current sage, the more he can't laugh or cry. He responded at this time, and followed helplessly and said, "Master Chu is really hard."
Gu Yuanbai continued to walk slowly forward with him, jokingly said: "Kong Qing is also handsome, and his martial power is very strong. Why is this seventh prince of Xixia so blind and not interested in Kong Qing?"
Kong Yilin smiled wryly: "The ministers are plain-looking, and the sage should not make fun of them."
"Oh?" Gu Yuanbai asked, "In Kong Qing's eyes, which handsome talent can stand up to a dignified appearance, and can be better than Pan Anwei?"
"For example, Lord Chu Wei Chu, the prince of Pingchang Hou Shizi Li Yan," Kong Yilin recited a bunch of names, and finally said, "Xue Yuan, Lord Xue's appearance is not inferior to others in the eyes of the minister, and it is also Very handsome. In the end, of course, there is also the Holy One."
Gu Yuanbai raised his eyebrows, smiled happily, and his face that was so pale that he was a little sick also had some color, "I will take this flattery seriously."
Kong Yilin smiled and suddenly said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, recently you have summoned Nv. Jiang to accompany you, many people who do not know the origin of Nv. Jiang have a lot of speculation. There are already several voices in the court, and the one is getting more and more intense. In other words, you are going to accept your concubine into the palace."