Chapter 69: Jealousy
"What, you like someone who is so weak?" Xi Yuelian didn't fall asleep either, but Xi Feng had been leaning on the trunk of the tree and hadn't paid attention to him, and this sudden sentence scared Xi Feng and almost fell off the tree.
Xi Yuelian was still talking on the ground just now, and after a while, he went up the tree.
"It doesn't seem to matter what kind of person I like, the lord of the country." Xi Feng leaned against the trunk of the tree with his back to Xi Yuelian.
"If you like him, don't let Your Majesty die when you return to the Northern Wei Dynasty, anyway, you can stay in the mansion if you are a powerless strategist."
Xi Feng thought that Xi Yuelian was going to say something arrogant, but he didn't expect this person to be serious at this time, Xi Feng didn't feel his gaze when he turned around, Xi Yuelian just looked at the starry sky at night, and there was not so much fog in the sky when spring started, so the stars could also be seen clearly.
The sky is full of stars, the master always says that when there are meteors crossing, it is very spiritual to make a wish, and when there is no end, Xi Feng and Ah Zhi have seen a few meteors, but at that time Xi Feng has no wishes, just urging the master to make a wish quickly, but the master will say that only children will make a wish.
I don't know if I'm still a child, if the meteor is really effective, she hopes that Yu Wenhong's wife can be with the master, what kind of person the master is Xi Feng understands, what kind of person Yu Wenhong Xi Feng also understands, Yu Wenhong is not a good match.
In addition to the sound of the soldiers shouting for the next night, Xi Feng could only hear the cries of insects nearby, and although Xi Yuelian was asleep, it was particularly beautiful to see his side face by the moonlight.
Xi Yuelian is a very good person, Xi Feng must admit it, and Xi Feng must also admit his feelings for him, but they were born in this era, they can't do whatever they want for their own selfish desires, Xi Yuelian may be able to, but she Xi Feng definitely cannot.
She has a mission, since she met Xi Yuelian Xi Feng, she knows that her feelings for Tuoba Tong are just to repay her kindness, and for Xi Yuelian is love, but will Xi Yuelian like such a self?
She is Tuoba Tong's lackey, and she ganged up to deceive his precious sister, and she wanted to deceive his cheats, and she wanted him to fall off the altar, what kind of person she was, she didn't know herself.
She didn't care about other people's eyes for a while, but she wanted to know Xi Yuelian's thoughts at the moment, how he saw herself, and wonder if his liking for herself was more than just freshness.
But she can't ask, even if she gets the affirmative answer from Xi Yuelian's mouth, they can't be together, she knows what her identity is.
"General, our grain and grass haven't been delivered yet, and I thought I was going to return, so I didn't rush it, but it was really not enough at the moment."
These civil officials are really getting more and more excessive, they just attacked themselves personally, but now they don't even send food and grass, fortunately, Xi Yuelian is here, look at such a big joke.
Xi Feng thought of it, once he mentioned this topic, the civil official must have a hundred reasons to prevaricate himself, no matter how bullshitty this reason is, His Majesty will believe it, and this is not unheard of before.
"If it's not enough, the captives won't have to eat." Xi Feng also didn't want to abuse the prisoners, but the conditions didn't allow it, and he couldn't starve his own soldiers.
Hold on for another day, and you won't starve to death for a day.
"We're all gone." Ah Zhi didn't want to say such an embarrassing thing, but now that the general doesn't understand, it's better to make it clear.
"Brothers, we swore allegiance to the Northern Wei Dynasty, how many people were there when we came, and how many people are left now, I think everyone knows better than me, but this is the case, the court still doesn't give us grain and grass, we still win the battle, if we lose, we can't even enter the gate of Pingcheng."
The soldiers' dissatisfaction with the court is not a day or two, if it were not for the higher monthly silver, no one would want to join the army, but it is very uncost-effective to die for this money.
Although the soldiers are a little poor, no one is stupid, why the Northern Wei Dynasty did not have a good general, it is because Tuoba Tao's worship of the martial arts.
In fact, whether there is this bit of grain and grass is nothing to Xi Feng at all, anyway, he will be rewarded when he goes back, but those soldiers have nothing, and the little silver every month, at most, the court will give a little pension for those who died on the battlefield, but that bit of silver is also pitiful.
Now that there have been wars for many years, men in the Northern Wei Dynasty are scarce, no one wants to have boys, contribute to the country, and can't get any benefits, everyone wants to be loyal to the country, but people who don't ask for anything to serve the country are fools.
No parent is willing to give their children to the country so nakedly, if Tuoba Tao does not rectify this kind of thing, then the next time there is a war, all the generals will avoid it.
When there are great interests in front of them, the hearts of the generals are still united, and they all want to have a son like Xi Feng, so that their old mantle can be passed on, and they also have a reason to unload their armor and return to the field.
"General, since you led the troops, my brothers and I have always wanted to follow the general, although we are some small soldiers but we are also people, the general has never treated us as human beings, only you take us up the mountain to fight birds, you can ask for sick leave." The more the soldier spoke, the more excited he became, and even cried, and the soldiers around him also stared at Xi Feng with tears in their eyes.
This sudden show of loyalty made Xi Feng unexpected, and it also embarrassed Gongsun Sheng, because he had been leading the troops for a period of time before Xi Feng came, didn't he slap the old man in the face in front of the current general.
Xi Feng didn't think too much about it when she did all this, because she felt that she was no different from the soldiers, everyone was human, and even they might be the treasures of the family at home, to some extent, she was not as popular as them, and Xi Feng had never squeezed the soldiers below because of her high position.
Of course, if the issue of principle still has to be put forward, Xi Feng didn't think how good he was to these soldiers, probably because Gongsun Sheng didn't treat them as human beings before.
"The matter of grain and grass will be discussed with Your Majesty, if Your Majesty insists on this, then we will never go to war again, and let Your Majesty know what kind of experience we have suffered without in such a chaotic era."
Xi Feng's fundamental purpose is to start a strike, she wants Her Majesty to know her anger, and through this crusade against Luo, she also lets Her Majesty know that without herself, the Northern Wei Dynasty will be slaughtered by anyone, and this time she can borrow the power of Xi Yuelian, but this power can't be used for a lifetime.