The Khitans were overwhelmed by their past victories, and Daheng's concession for more than twenty years had strengthened their ambition and boldness. Under the condescension and gullibility, this defeat was a complete mess.
The feeling that this victory brought to the soldiers was beyond words, they were brought back to the barracks by Xue Yuan as if they were dreaming to join Old General Xue.
Elder General Xue's face was also beaming with joy, they had similarly reaped a great victory. General Xue had seldom fought such a sound victory, the first two months he came to the frontier, because of the locust plague and the matter of the victims, he fought only defensive counterattacks, and it wasn't at all as enjoyable as this.
The change that this victory brought to the border was obvious, and the scene where Daheng's powerful weapons sent the Khitans fleeing in disarray was remembered fondly by many.
The morale is surging, the fear and worry before the attack has turned into a high-pitched wariness, how many soldiers want to scream up to the sky and howl out the previous harboring and humiliation in one breath!
The joy of victory was like a prairie fire, and it did not take long for the people to learn of the great victory of the soldiers at the border.
They stepped out of the houses, laid down the stones and bricks and timbers in their hands, and watched the men gleefully make their way back to the camp singing all the way down the road in front of them.
It is not often that the people of the northern frontier see soldiers in this condition.
At the border, the relationship between the people and the soldiers was not friendly, and the people of the northern frontier feared and hated the soldiers stationed there, hated them for their lack of action, and hated them for not being able to protect them even though they clearly had soldiers. They secretly scolded the soldiers as wimps, cowards, and sinners in cahoots with the nomads.
Relations between the military and the people were so tense that the people would even raise their defense weapons against the soldiers. But at this moment, they were in a trance, and it turned out that Daheng's soldiers were not wimps.
They can also fight the enemy and turn out to be victorious.
The locust plague was at their heels, and the nomadic invaders were at their heels, and only the imperial army was able to deal them a heavy blow.
The court is not even harboring any more, their army dared to fight back, and it turns out that after they dared to fight back they were able to win so easily, they were able to beat that nomadic group to death so easily.
Suddenly, the people of the Northern Border felt that these soldiers stationed in the Northern Border began to look a little different.
*
Matters at the border were in order, and an army of 100,000 ducks stepped into the locust infestation.
Once they arrive here, they do not have to need people to provide rations, but on the spot pecking at the locusts that have entered the waking stage, a mouth a, a day to rush to the northern border of the road, 100,000 ducks army will be able to solve the two million locusts, each eat the old, raised belly full and round.
These locusts were eaten by the ducks before they even laid their eggs, which just saved them the trouble of removing them.
In the capital, Gu Yuanbai was also keeping an eye on the border matters.
The weather in the capital was also starting to turn cold, with a chilly wind. With everyone else only adding a robe at most, Gu Yuanbai was already wearing a thick cloak.
The spirit was high, but the body couldn't keep up. He only had to read the scrolls for a little while longer before his fingers would be stiffened by the cold. The Imperial Physician was always by his side, and Lady Physician Jiang was also placed by the side of His Majesty for consultation.
Although Lady Doctor Jiang didn't know how to diagnose and treat congenital maladies, she knew how her grandfather at home took care of her little uncle in the winter, and she followed suit, using these methods one by one on Gu Yuanbai's body.
Whether it was pressing the acupressure points or taking a medicinal bath, Dr. Jiang's methods were able to warm Gu Yuanbai's body for a period of time. However, the warmth passed too quickly, and the methods used by the Imperial Hospital were the same as those used by the Imperial Hospital, with very little effect.
And the hand stove and the heater in the temple brought only false warmth to Gu Yuanbai.
When I touched my hand, it was hot for a moment, and when I left it, it was cold in an instant. Occasionally waking up in the middle of the night, amidst the torture of cold and weakness, Gu Yuanbai thought of the hot Xue Yuan.
He closed his eyes and lay on the bed, covered by the cold, cold quilt, thinking about the heat from Xue Yuan's body that made him incredibly cozy.
When it was time to go to bed the next night, the guards were about to retire when His Holiness said in a mute voice, "Zhang Xu."
Puzzled, the head guard stepped forward and said, "I am here."
"Go to the bed and warm the bed for me." Gu Yuanbai was brief and concise.
The head guard froze and his face instantly reddened. His spine tensed and he clenched his fists in silence as he took off his tunic and boots and climbed into bed.
Mistress Jiang saw this scene when she walked in with the prepared medicinal bath. Without changing her face, she walked calmly to the saint and said in a slow voice, "Your Majesty, it's time to press the acupoints."
Gu Yuanbai glanced at her and advised, "Just let the others come."
Mistress Jiang shook her head, "It would be better for the people's daughter to come in person."
This medicinal bath is soaking feet, pressing points also in the feet and calves above, ginger lady doctor unique a technique, family ancestry, also really not good to let her force transmission of others.
The sound of water pattering, the bed of the chief of guards lying corpse general straight, face redness can be scalded an egg. The heat quickly warmed the entire dragon bed, thick bright yellow quilt cover, but also hot chief of guards are sweating all over the body.
When the medicinal bath was over, Gu Yuanbai went up to the bed. The head guard was tense and obediently lay aside as a human-shaped warmer, listening to the conversation between Gu Yuanbai and Tian Fusheng.
The bed is very warm, the saint's brow stretched, and Tian Fusheng finished the matter of the cotton clothes, to determine that the cotton clothes can be loaded in the beginning of November to start the journey, Gu Yuanbai only stopped talking.
"It's only a matter of days," Tian Fusheng said, "There's also a letter from the border, and according to what General Xue said, the locust plague has shown signs of improvement."
Two days ago, a letter from the northern border was sent to Gu Yuanbai's desk. General Xue's zhangfeng is just one, the rest are Xue Yuan on the road then sent back to the letter, Gu Yuanbai to the present day, but also the Xue old general's letter to read.
After the saint nodded, Tian Fusheng led the people to retreat. With no one left in the inner hall, Gu Yuanbai lay down, but didn't start feeling bad again for a while.
The head guard didn't dare move a muscle as the heat came from one side and the other was as cold as ice. The gap between the two people could still lay another person, the wind drilled in, colder than if no one warmed the bed. The cold was also cold in a strange way, as if it was drilled in through the cracks of the bones, and between the alternating hot and cold, it was worse than having no heat at all, it was even worse.
His Holiness closed his eyes, "Go down."
The head guard went down gently, and a few moments later the door creaked and was closed again.
*
A few days later, the cotton clothes were loaded, even as the train departed for the northern border.
Gu Yuanbai made a point of looking at the cotton clothes before departing, and after randomly inspecting a few of them, they had indeed all met the requirements he wanted.
"Have the people been paid for their labor?"
Kong Yilin followed at his side, "Back to Your Majesty, there is no leakage."
"Very well," Gu Yuanbai nodded and smiled, "I will take the lead in wearing cotton clothes, such a good thing that the world deserves to use."
Kong Yilin smile show a smile, "This year's white cotton has been used up, but I believe that the minister has the saint as an example, next year the planting of white cotton will only be more and more people up."
"The more the merrier," Gu Yuanbai sighed, "It's just a pity that the people of my Daheng won't be able to use this good thing this winter."
A group of people walked past the carts filled with cotton clothes one by one, and on the way back, His Holiness had people stop outside the downtown area and took Kong Yilin to walk around casually in the middle of the market to see the people's livelihood.
On the roadside tavern, while listening to his subordinate's report about Chu Wei, Western Xia Emperor Li Angshun glanced down casually and caught a glimpse of Daheng's emperor.
Daheng's emperor wore a slender basilica coat with a dark-colored cloak over it, his face flushed with white, and he wore such a heavy coat at such a time of the year, which did not feel strange, but only showed his excellence.
Li Anshun's hand holding his chopsticks paused, chasing after the emperor's figure.
Where is the Lord of Daheng want to see can see, Li Angshun in Daheng stayed a month and a half of time, but also in the birthday festival on the day of the Palace Banquet to see Gu Yuanbai one side. I didn't expect fate to come so coincidentally, and by chance I saw this one again.
Subordinates are still talking: "Chu Wei Gongzi yesterday after the duty, with friends together in the restaurant with a meal. To be half an hour later, Chu Wei Gongzi from the restaurant out, back to Chu House."
Leon Shun asked under his breath, "Friend, is it a male or female friend?"
Eyes still looking down.
"......" subordinates, "naturally men."
Lee Ang Soon was clearly lost in thought as he picked up a bite of food and placed it in his mouth, "How does that friend of Chu Wei's look? Is he close to him?"
The subordinate sighed, "Seventh Prince, you've already asked us to keep an eye on Chu Wei for half a month. If you like him, a small Daheng official is just a small Daheng official, wouldn't it be fine to come directly to the strong one?"
Li Anshun smiled coldly, "Idiot. Going to forcefully rob Daheng's officials in Daheng's territory, the humiliation of those ten days of rules when you were locked up in the middle school of Songsongyi, have you forgotten all about it?"
The subordinate said, "Do you really like Chu Wei?"
"Like it," Lyonsoon rambled, "of course I do."
"And 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 clear. His appearance is top notch, his body is even more precious and unspeakable, even the light-colored lips, pale face is like a brocade box decorated with beautiful jade, and after a glance, one would like to let a person take a second look at it.
Daheng's emperor has a face that makes it impossible to give birth to resentment, but also has a might that makes people not dare to look at it for a second time. In a situation where no one dared to take a second look, Li Anshun looked at him for a long time, and Emperor Daheng seemed to notice and abruptly raised his head towards the upper floors.
Li Anshun's heart jumped suddenly as he stood up and smiled stoically, bending down towards Gu Yuanbai and raising the wine cup in his hand.
Kong Yilin along with the saint's gaze to see is the seventh prince of Western Xia, then said: "saint, this person is extravagant and extravagant, in the people of Western Xia in the reputation is very bad, but the emperor of Western Xia is much favor to it. I heard these days this person has been prying Chu Wei Chu adults, this person's temperament, should be on Chu adults have a few unorthodox thoughts."
Gu Yuanbai gently nodded with Li Angshun, looking at him with the same gaze as he would look at a hen that would lay golden eggs, and said under his breath, "It's hard for Chu Qing."
Because of Gu Yuanbai's bad taste, he wanted to see how many good things the Western Xia's emissary actually brought from Western Xia, has not been with the Western Xia emissary to discuss the matter of the two countries debatable field, watching the Western Xia emissary busy West to send a gift to spy on the news, he occasionally dealt with political affairs dealt with a headache, take the Western Xia emissary's matter to relax relax mood.
Excellent results.
Kong Yilin the more with today's saint to get along with more, the more it is crying and laughing, he should be a sound at this time, also followed the helpless echoed: "Chu adults indeed hard."
Gu Yuanbai continued to walk slowly forward with him and joked, "Kong Qing is also handsome in appearance and very powerful in martial arts, how come this seventh prince of Western Xia is so devoid of discernment that he didn't look at Kong Qing?"
Kong Yilin smiled bitterly, "I am mediocre in appearance, Your Holiness should not poke fun at me."
"Oh?" Gu Yuanbai asked, "Then see in Kong Qing's eyes, which handsome talent can hold up to look good and be better than Pan An Wei rank?"
"For example, Lord Chu Wei Chu, Marquis Pingchang's son Li Yan," Kong Yilin read out a bunch of names without haste, and finally said, "Lord Xue Yuan Xue's appearance is not inferior to others in the eyes of the minister, and is also very handsome. Finally, naturally, there is also you, Your Majesty."
Gu Yuanbai raised his eyebrows and smiled pleasantly, his white to somewhat sickly face had some color, "I'll take this flattery seriously."
Kong Yilin smiled, suddenly whispered: "Your Majesty, recently you will Jiang female doctor called in the side accompanied by the matter, many people do not know the history of Jiang female doctor has a lot of speculation. There are already several voices in the court, and the one that is getting more and more intense is that you are going to accept a concubine into the palace."