Women dressed as men: powerful officials

When the wish came true, the desert was peaceful.

There was no fighting, no noise, not even the sound of a trumpet.

Xu Yuan took off a piece of clothing, put it on, and went to King Geshu's tent under the cover of night.

Without a horse, she could only walk.

As they walked along, she sighed inwardly, as expected, Shen Renyao went to war in order to recapture Geshu.

The entire desert was littered with corpses.

Geshu's troops were almost defeated.

However, perhaps because of the successful surprise attack by the Geshu tribe last night, the atmosphere in the military camp on the Tianqi side was a bit depressed. On the other hand, there was a lot of cheering in the Geshu tribe.

The Goshu people love bonfires.

Xu Yuan buried himself in the snow, found out who was changing guard, put on some clothes, and pretended to blend into the crowd.

The previous dynasty had conquered the Geshu tribe and unified the north and the south.

The present-day Geshu tribe is the former Hanzhou.

It was just that at the end of the previous dynasty, there was chaos and fighting among the separatist factions, and the Geshu tribe in the north rose up in rebellion and recaptured Hanzhou.

To the west of Geshu is the desert, and to the east is the grassland.

If Shen Renyao really conquers Geshu this time, the maps of Hanzhou and Shuozhou will be twice as large.

But... this is not easy.

If the Geshu tribe fails to capture the city after a long siege, as Xu Wenxian said, the battle will become difficult to fight by March next year.

At dawn, Xu Yuan took a bow and put it outside King Geshu's tent.

The day is about to dawn, and it is also the time when people’s defenses are weakest.

Xu Yuan yawned and asked, "Will the Khan send out troops today? My legs are numb from standing here!"

Xuyuan said this while pounding his legs.

It would have been fine if she didn't say anything. As soon as she opened her mouth, the guards around her felt their legs go weak and they all changed their posture.

Someone on the side said, "I don't know, maybe not. After all, the sneak attack only captured a dozen people. It's useless. They didn't catch General Xie!"

Xu Yuanmei heard some useful news, so she tried to find out: "I heard that there is a new general in Tianqi, and he is very powerful!"

"The one in white?"

"probably?"

"It must be him. I heard that he was a young master who killed many of us! If we can capture him alive, the Khan will surely give me a lot of food. I won't have to worry about food and drink for the whole year..."

These were clearly words spoken by a Gentile, but when Xu Yuan heard them in his heart, he inexplicably felt sad.

A desert separates two nations.

Hundreds of years ago, they were from the same clan...

If you capture an enemy general alive, in Tianqi you will certainly seek official titles and promotions, unlike the people of the Geshu tribe who only ask for more food.

I felt extremely uncomfortable when I made the wish.

But she couldn't stop anything, just like she couldn't stop this war.

Xu Yuan felt sad, but he did not forget his business. He said, "I also want to capture him alive. I heard that he is very handsome, just like the handsome young man described by the people in the Central Plains. However, I am a little scared. You said he is so powerful, and there is no movement in the daytime. Will he launch a sneak attack? What if he rescues the captives of Tianqi?"

"What about the prisoners? Are you still sleepy? The prisoners have already been driven to dig pits. It's been a day, and the pits have already been dug."

Xu Yuan’s face suddenly turned pale.

Letting the captives dig a pit means that... the Geshu tribe does not intend to keep the captives, but is preparing to kill them in the pit.

Xu Yuan didn't say anything. Someone nearby noticed and asked, "What's wrong? Don't you think those people shouldn't die? Think about it, how many of our brothers have they killed? Even if we die a thousand times or ten thousand times, it's not enough!"

Xuyuan stopped talking. She held the bow and arrow and tried to stand up straight.

It was not until someone shouted "Change of guard" that he followed the person who had been talking and left.

The sky turned white.

Xu Yuan followed him to get food absent-mindedly.

It was called rice, but it was just a broken bowl with a few grains of rice mixed in.

Xu Yuan didn't feel like eating, but was worried about Zhang Yue's safety, so he didn't eat for a long time.

Someone beside him said, "Eat quickly. You may have to fight again today after you finish eating! How can you have the strength to fight if you are not full?"

Xu Yuan was silent. Seeing that the young man beside him was not very old and had no guard at all, he couldn't help but ask, "Do you want to fight?"

"Who likes fighting? But we are born here, and this is the only way out. If we don't fight, we will starve to death!"

Xuyuan didn't say anything.

She drank the soup in her bowl and watched the person next to her get another bowl. Her eyes gradually darkened...

She didn't spend much time in the capital, so she was not influenced by the local concept of loyalty to the emperor.

But she knew that the nobles in the capital had delicious food for every meal.

Not to mention the nobles in the palace...

One meal of those people is roughly equivalent to the entire Goshu tribe’s food for a whole day.

Some people fight wars to capture cities and expand their territory.

And some people just want to protect themselves, just to survive...

How could such a difference not make her feel sad?

I don’t know how to express my wish, and I don’t know how to comfort myself.

As Xu Yuan was thinking, a hand suddenly reached out from the side and took the steamed bun in front of her.

Xuyuan looked up and saw a dirty man replacing the previous person, sitting next to her and biting her bun.

Seeing this, Xu Yuan pushed his bowl over and said, "Are you not full? Eat more."

The man was not polite either. He ate the bowl he had used to make a wish with the steamed buns. After two or three bites, he wiped his mouth and said slowly, "I've already said that we might have to fight again today. How can I not eat a little more?"

Xuyuan's eyes widened wider as the man spoke, until his entire face was filled with shock.

Beiyao smiled, his tone was the same as that of the young man before, "I told you to eat more, here you go, you may not be big, but you are very brave."

Beiyao threw his steamed bun to Xuyuan.

Xuyuan looked around and asked in a low voice, "Why are you here?"

And he made up that look.

Xu Yuan knew that Bei Yao was a clean person because all his horses were kept clean.

Therefore, she didn't think at first that the dirty man in front of her would be Bei Yao.

This is even more exaggerated than ending the war tomorrow.

But that's the fact. The person in front of me, except for his face, voice and body shape, are the same.

"I haven't asked you yet, why are you here? Don't you know that people are eaten without leaving any bones here?" Bei Yao spoke slowly.

"Are you scaring a child?" Xu Yuan looked at the steamed bun Bei Yao gave her and lowered her voice, "There are not even a few grains of rice in the bowl. If they really wanted to eat people, they wouldn't do this."

Among the Goshu tribe, those who died in battle were all brave warriors.

Some tribes would kill horses and eat people when they had no food, but the Geshu tribe would not do that.

They have the highest respect for the dead.

Bei Yao laughed when he heard Xu Yuan's words. He knew he couldn't scare Xu Yuan, so he said bluntly: "I'm here to fulfill my promise. I promised to keep Zhang Yue safe. Even if I have to sacrifice my life, I should save him for you."

There was a lot of noise all around, and Bei Yao's voice came into his ears.

It's like a direct attack on the soul.

Xu Yuan was stunned.

The person in front of him still looked out of place, but he seemed to have everything under control.

When I made a wish, I suddenly didn’t know what to say or what to do to describe my mood at this moment.