Women dressed as men: powerful officials

The sky is full of yellow sand and snowflakes are flying.

Bei Yao watched Xu Yuan ride away on horseback, and it took him a while to react, "Chen Shan, what does he mean by this?"

Chen Shan was also quite puzzled. "It seems that I understand, but it also seems that I don't understand. Is Mr. Xu angry that the Third Master did not save him?"

"It seems that they didn't say they wouldn't save him."

Bei Yao was silent for a moment, then said, "Forget it. Anyway, we won't have any intersection in the future. Let's go back to the barracks."

Chen Shan nodded.

When Xuyuan was riding back on horseback, it was getting dark.

Before she even knocked on the door, Wen Shufang had already opened it impatiently, and asked hurriedly, "Yuan'er, is your brother okay? What happened?"

Behind the door stood a family.

Even Xu Wenxian was waiting.

Xu Yuan said: "It's okay, I've returned to the barracks, don't worry."

After saying that, Xu Yuan added: "Thank you, General, for rescuing the people."

"That's good, that's good." Wen Shufang patted her chest with lingering fear. After two days of anxiety, she finally got a little respite.

Zhang Qingyu said: "When we heard that Yue'er was arrested, we didn't even sleep well and have been waiting here. Fortunately, God blesses us and Yue'er is fine."

"Brother is lucky." Xu Yuan said, and looked at Xu Wenxian who was silent at the back, "Dad, it's cold outside, and your legs are not in good condition, hurry into the house."

Xu Wenxian was reserved, but he was really worried about Zhang Yue, otherwise he would not have waited outside without caring about his own health.

On the side, Cheng Zhicheng echoed and said, "Master, I will help you go back."

Xu Wenxian nodded, and then said: "I feel relieved to hear that Yue'er is fine, so I will go back now."

Make a wish and nod.

Seeing that everyone had returned to the house, Chen Bo remained on guard, and Xu Yuan closed the door and left.

Wei Chenggong did not have his own residence in Sishui County, and lived in the county government office.

After Xuyuan came back, the first thing he did was to solve the urgent problem of Geshu’s tribe - lack of food.

When chatting with Geshu Wang today, Xu Yuan also understood Beiyao’s way of sending troops and their habits of using troops.

Sishui County, as the border between Tianqi and the desert, has never been short of wars with the Geshu tribe.

In the past, the Geshu tribe would go to the vicinity of Sishui County to rob food, and then Xie Xiaocheng sent troops to quell the rebellion.

It would be more accurate to say that they were chasing after the Geshu tribe rather than suppressing the rebellion.

But Geshu Wang was also cunning. He left some of his people to fight with Xie Xiaocheng, and the rest began to rob food. As time went by, the two states were mostly evenly matched in the battles.

It is true that Sishui County is on the border, but there are not many people in the Geshu tribe, so there are not many soldiers stationed in Sishui County. Not only that, but during the busy farming season, those soldiers will even go home to help with farm work, so that after going to the battlefield, they are just embroidered pillows.

This is also the reason why the Geshu tribe has been so rampant for so many years.

But the main reason was the cooperation between Geshu Wang and Wei Chenggong.

But this year, Xie Xiaocheng changed the way he deployed troops.

The first are the soldiers going to the battlefield, they are the soldiers of Chengzi Camp, they are Xie Xiaocheng’s elite troops.

Secondly, troops were dispatched to guard the villages bordering the desert, which completely cut off the Geshu tribe's access to food for supplies.

Finally, Xie Xiaocheng is not in a hurry to win this battle.

It was more like he was stalling until the Geshu tribe ran out of ammunition and food, and then he took down the Geshu tribe without any effort.

Xu Yuan had read military books and knew that in previous dynasties, some people liked to use siege instead of attack.

They often surrounded a city first, cut off the food supply to the entire city, and then consumed other reinforcements that came to support it.

When there is not a drop of rice left in the entire city and even the grass has been eaten, we can capture the city without any effort.

This method takes a long time, but results in fewer casualties.

Especially to one's own side.

Xu Yuan could probably guess why Bei Yao used this method to attack the city.

First, it can reduce the casualties of Chengzi Camp.

Secondly, the Geshu tribe had no food to begin with, so instead of besieging the city for three to five months, it would only take ten days or half a month to drag the entire Geshu tribe down until they ran out of ammunition and food.

So, she needs to be fast.

Nowadays, even the strong men fighting on the battlefield cannot afford a bowl of rice, not to mention the elderly, the weak, women and children in the Geshu tribe.

This method of attacking the city is more cruel than killing people directly.

The first ones to die were not the young and middle-aged men who went to the battlefield.

But it's the elderly, women, children, and finally the young and middle-aged people.

Xu Yuan couldn't bear to watch those people starve to death.

Moreover, every time she had free time, Xu Yuan would think that if she had not shown the way, Beiyao would not have discovered those letters, and the Geshu tribe would not have suffered this unexpected disaster.

Why did Wei Chenggong use war to support war, seek personal gain, and take advantage of both sides, but in the end it was the people of the Geshu tribe who died?

The people of Geshu's tribe were not warlike, they just wanted to survive, and they were not wrong.

In the darkness of night, Xu Yuan walked hurriedly and finally stopped in front of the county government office.

In her previous life, she beat the drum outside the county government office to appeal for justice and was nearly beaten half to death.

Now, she still comes alone.

Not for justice, but to get everything back on track.

Xu Yuan raised his hand and knocked on the door, and soon someone came to open the door.

Seeing Xu Yuan, the man wiped his eyes and asked vaguely: "Whose family are you, little brat? What are you doing in the county government? Why don't you go back quickly!"

Two days ago, Xu Yuan made a scene in the county government office and brought up Xie Xiaocheng’s name again.

Therefore, Wei Chenggong has been working extra hard these past two days, fearing that Xie Xiaocheng would send people to keep an eye on the county government and reveal something.

If not for this, even if the door was smashed at this moment, there might not be anyone coming out to open it.

"I'm looking for Magistrate Wei." Xu Yuan held the door and spoke in a gentle tone.

Hearing Xu Yuan's words, the yamen runner could not help but sneer and said, "Do you think you can see County Magistrate Wei? Get out of here now!"

"My name is Xu Yuan, remember?" Xu Yuan raised his eyes and said, "I came here two days ago. If you don't want to pass on the message, then I have no choice but to ask General Xie to come again."

The words he made the wish were unusually gentle, without any threat in them.

But when the yamen runner heard this, he shuddered for no reason and immediately said, "I'll go right away, can you wait a moment?"

The name Xuyuan has spread throughout Sishui County in the past two days.

Everyone in Sishui County knows that Xie Xiaocheng is behind Xuyuan.

Not only that, her brother Zhang Yue is also Xie Xiaocheng's confidant.

In addition, since the wish was made in the court, many scholars also praised the wish. As for the people in the county government... they just wished they could stay as far away from the wish.

After all, Xie Xiaocheng doesn't take care of things, but once he comes back, Wei Chenggong will have to stand aside.

The bailiff left quickly and came back even faster, and then led Xu Yuan into the county government office.

The Sishui County government office is divided into front and back. The front is the court room, which is used for office work.

Behind it is the residence, where live Wei Chenggong's family and some elderly people who sort documents in the county government office.

The yamen runner led Xu Yuan inside, and Wei Chenggong also hurried out with his clothes on. When he saw Xu Yuan, he clapped his hands and said, "Young Master Xu! You came so late, do you have any instructions from General Xie? Young Master Xu, just tell me, I will definitely fight to the death, no matter what!"

Hearing Wei Chenggong's words, Xu Yuan took off his veil and said slowly: "Wei County Magistrate, I am not here today for General Xie, I am here for someone else."

After Xu Yuan finished speaking, she took out a piece of letter paper from her bundle. Looking at Wei Chenggong's slowly petrified expression, she said, "County Magistrate Wei, do you recognize me?"