"Whew-"

On top of the tall city walls, a ferocious bird fluttered its wings and flew away from a man's outstretched arm. Looking at the radiant appearance of the bird that had been raised since childhood, General Xie couldn't help but smile. Not only because he was happy to see his pet from the bottom of his heart, but also because his plan was successfully implemented.

The people of the world are afraid of the fire from the sky, and they think it is a bad omen. But General Xie thought that this unexpected fire from the sky had allowed him to carry out his plan. There were many large tribes in the steppe, although they had been unified many years ago, ruled by the steppe khan.

But later under the attack of the founding Taizu of Dali, it fell apart and became several large tribes, the leader of which was called the Great Khan, and now there is no Khan King who can unify the entire grassland. It would be great if we could take advantage of this time to break them down one by one. It's just that even if he has this heart, the grain and grass in the rear can't keep up, and he can't do it at all. But it is already a good result to be able to destroy the Maha tribe by taking advantage of the fact that the fire fell from the sky.

It's just that we're still one step away from the chaos, and I just hope that the spies who sneak in can make the muddy waters even more muddy. Only when the various tribes of the steppe were busy attacking each other, could the Great Li Dynasty have a chance to breathe.

Privately, he hoped that it would take a little longer, a little longer.

At this moment, the spring breeze was blowing, and a few strands of frost-colored white hair fell from General Xie's cheeks. Of course, General Xie saw it, but he didn't have time to take care of it at this time, but he couldn't help but sigh in his heart after all.

He is now a Ben 50 person, but it's a pity that his two sons are not generals, and even if they study hard at home, their martial arts are not superior, they can only be said to be a little stronger than ordinary people. Although General Xie doesn't say anything on weekdays, he still feels regretful in his heart. Those who can't take over the Northern Desert Army in the training department in their lifetime will have a big change in the future! I really don't know what the future will hold in this era, and now I can only live one day at a time.

At this moment, there was a sound behind him, it was his lieutenant Han Lin.

Han Lin walked up with a sad face, looked at General Xie who was standing on the city wall and looking at the grassland from afar, and hesitated a little more about what he was going to say next. But now the general had already heard his hesitant footsteps, and now he opened his mouth so neatly that he didn't even look back to know what was happening.

"You are so hesitant, is there a problem with the grain and grass again? How long will His Majesty the Emperor send us enough food and grass to eat this time? Half? Trimester? ……”

When these two answers were denied one by one, General Xie couldn't help it, he turned to look at Han Lin, his eyes were as black as ink like two copper balls that had been ignited, and they flashed with soul-stirring anger at this moment. Although Han Lin knew that this anger was not directed at him, he couldn't help but tremble. But when he thought about the grain and grass he had just checked, he couldn't help but feel indignant in his heart, and even shouted out with a little sadness and indignation.

"It's not even two months, and the last general just went to check, and those are old grains. Some of them are even moldy and can't be eaten at all, and eating them will break their stomachs! The soldiers are bloody in the front, desperately killing the enemy, and the rear is sending such food and grass, aren't we human? Don't we need to eat? If you don't have a full stomach, how can you have the strength to go into battle and kill the enemy?! General, general! If it doesn't work, if it doesn't work, we ......"

"Han Lin!"

General Xie stopped the words that Han Lin was about to blurt out in time. In fact, all the soldiers who guarded and killed the enemy in Anshan Pass had no reverence for the emperor who sat on the high dragon chair thousands of miles away, and if there were, then that awe had been exhausted in the rubbing of them in recent years.

How can anyone go into battle to kill the enemy and defend the country without letting people eat enough? Could it be that they are immortals? Can you eat enough with a sip of wind?

If this is true, it would be fine, but they are mortal people in the flesh. They really want to defend their families and the country, and they can better protect those relatives behind them, but if they can't even eat enough, how can they go into battle to kill the enemy?!

Those steppe barbarians grew up eating meat and drinking milk, and their physique was already stronger than that of the Dali soldiers. If they can't eat enough, how can they be their opponents?!

At this moment, even if General Xie stopped Han Lin's unspoken words in time, Han Lin had already thought like this in his heart, such an emperor, such an emperor! What else is loyal to him? It's better to go out the other way around! Be at ease, too!

"General, I know that you are loyal and patriotic, and you are a rare good person, but look at how many brothers we have died this winter! They died not on the battlefield because they defended their homeland, but in the cold! Do you also know those winter clothes issued by the imperial court, which can be worn by people? It's just a thin layer of cotton! To be honest, it's not as thick as the cotton clothes that my wife sewed for me when I was a soldier! I've been wearing that padded coat for almost 20 years! The cotton inside is all clumpy! It's thicker than the cotton clothes issued by the imperial court! It is conceivable that the winter clothes they sent down can't keep out the cold at all! They lived freely in the imperial capital thousands of miles away, drunk and fascinated. Who knows how cold it can be with us?! ”

As he spoke, Han Lin couldn't help crying, such a tall man was crying like an unweaned doll at the moment, crying bitterly.

"You don't know that my 16-year-old soldier jokes that he looks like a little girl when he goes out on patrol. He also said that when spring begins, he will let him go to a warmer place. That kid has been reading for a few years, and even if he just goes to be an accountant, it's better than following us here to starve and freeze. I didn't expect that kid to be unwilling at all! If you don't want to, you don't want to, thinking that I can still take care of a child under my hands, who would have thought that when I went out on patrol and encountered a snowstorm, that small team of people froze to death! When I found the boy, he was wearing only a thin single coat, and he left his clothes open to save the wounded veteran who had brought him. I didn't think that the last one didn't survive, the child was only 16 years old, if he could have a warm clothes, it wouldn't be like this! ”

"But where do we get warm clothes? Starting with you, our generals, big and small, have thrown all their money into the army. But we can't even listen to the sum of our people's money! ”

"It's natural to be paid as a soldier, but how many years has our soldier salary not been paid?!"

"General! We're suffering......"

In the end, Han Lin couldn't cry anymore. (End of chapter)