Liu Xie stopped and turned to look at the child, feeling unbearable.
The child was about three or five years old, and was skinny and bone-skinned, with his eyes particularly big. His left eye seemed to be injured, red and swollen. His originally pretty face had changed shape and looked very strange.
Liu Xie wanted to walk over, comfort him, and even give him some food.
But he controlled his impulse.
He could give the child a little food, but he couldn't serve everyone's food.
Duan Wei could provide limited food, otherwise he would not have to let non-combatants eclipse a meal.
"Whose child is this?" Liu Xie asked softly.
Dong Wan took a look and curled her lips. "The son of Ding Chong, the Huangmen Minister, seems to be named Ding Yi, but he doesn't understand etiquette the most. He cries when he is hungry, crying all night, which makes people feel upset."
"Ding Yi?" Liu Xie looked at the child again, especially his red and swollen left eye, and didn't know what to say.
Ding Chong himself is a non-combatant, and he can only fill his stomach with food. He does not have any excess food to help his wife and children.
However, it is not easy for everyone, and it is not only Ding Chong who lives a difficult life.
"Appoint an imperial physician to check his eyes. He will not die if he starves for two days. If the injuries on his eyes are not treated, he may be blind."
Wang Yue nodded and turned around and arranged for someone to go and preach the imperial physician.
Liu Xie walked to Ding Yi again, bent down, reached out to touch Ding Yi's face, and said softly: "Persevere, defeat Li Jue, Guo Si, I invite you to eat meat."
Ding Yi was frightened, raised her face and stared at Liu Xie blankly, but her saliva flowed down unscrupulously, mixing with the traces of tears.
"Eat...eat meat?"
"Yeah." Liu Xie nodded vigorously, stood up, looked around, facing a pair of hungry eyes. "And you, you won, we will eat meat together. If you lose, I will be with you.
Being eaten by someone.”
Ding Chong's wife listened carefully, her sharp eyes became softer. She patted Ding Yi's head.
"I'm not thanking Your Majesty yet."
Ding Yi dusted his sleeves and gave a tribute in a good manner.
In the crowd, some people bowed slightly to greet Liu Xie, while more people stood still.
——
After descending to the plateau, Liu Xie passed through the camp of Dong Chengjun's family.
There are more people here than on the plateau and more lively. Along the way, I heard crying and scolding in the tents on the side of the road from time to time.
Some adults cried, some children cried, and some adults cried together.
There are many children squatting on the roadside, the older ones are in their teens, the younger ones are three or five years old, huddled together in groups, the dark and big eyes are looking around, some are gathered together and muttering, and on their faces
It also had a smirk, which was completely different from Ding Yi and others on the plateau.
Seeing Dong Wan, many children stood up and saluted respectfully.
"Shaojun!"
Dong Wan raised her horse whip, her chest was erect, her face full of spring breeze, and she looked like a huge army was reunited and the Holy Lord was still on the verge of her.
Liu Xie almost laughed out loud. It seemed that Dong Wan was also a celebrity in her father's camp, especially in the eyes of these children.
"Shaojun, are there any rewards today?" a boy about ten years old shouted. "We are so hungry. Can Shaojun give me some food?"
Dong Wan glared at her eyes. "There is no food, I'm so hungry." As she said, she patted Kong Kong's stomach hard.
"And—" the boy curled his lips disdainfully. "If there is no food, who will play with you, it will be gone, it will be gone."
More children booed, and in a blink of an eye it was like birds and beasts scattered.
"Ah—ah—" Dong Wan was stunned, and waved her whip twice in vain, but it did not produce any deterrent force. Almost no child took her seriously.
Liu Xie finally couldn't help but laughed.
Dong Wan was angry and embarrassed. "Your Majesty, you still laugh at me! If it weren't..."
"Okay, they at least salute you. I, the emperor, have no face, they ignore me." Liu Xie took Dong Wan's hand. "Children's innocence is the simplest, this is human nature. If you don't have food to eat, who will you care about me." Liu Xie took Dong Wan's hand. "The childlike innocence is the simplest. This is human nature.
Willing to follow you?"
Dong Wan understood half or not, but just nodded subconsciously to agree.
——
Dong Cheng's camp is a different scene.
Without the interference of family members, the soldiers were able to concentrate on training, and the atmosphere in the camp became much more serious. The soldiers on duty were carefully selected strong men, tall and mighty, wearing armor and halberds, standing on both sides.
Suddenly, there was a little more iron-blooded temperament.
Dong Cheng himself wore a big crown and armor, greeted him at the entrance of the camp, looking forward to his own heroic movements in every move.
Liu Xie was very satisfied.
No matter whether you can fight or not, at least you are in good spirits.
After the salute, Dong Wan rushed over, hugged Dong Cheng's neck, crying and laughing.
"Daughter, you've lost weight." Dong Cheng pinched Dong Wan's little face and felt very distressed.
Dong Wan put it in Dong Cheng's ear and whispered: "Aweng, I'm so hungry. Is there anything to eat?"
Dong Cheng looked at the emperor with complicated eyes.
Liu Xie sighed. "Uncle, I have no choice but to bring her to Uncle. But Uncle is also more at ease, don't let her eat too much at once and make her stomach full."
"Okay, okay, then I'll ask someone to prepare more dry food for you to take it back for food."
"No." Dong Wan's head shook like a rattle. "There are so many little wolf cubs in the camp, and their noses are very sensible. If you smell something food on me, maybe even I will eat it."
Dong Cheng was startled and looked at the camp a few hundred steps away, and he wanted to speak but stopped.
"Awan is right. In order to make the soldiers have enough food and have the strength to eat, from the queen, noble people to the women and children in the camp, they all ate a meal a day, and their eyes were so hungry." Liu Xie turned around and looked at Dong Cheng.
All the generals under your command. "Your wife and children are no exception. They are all waiting for news of your victory."
The generals looked at each other, and their expressions were different.
They all knew that their wives and children were hungry, and they wanted to take the opportunity to complain, but now they found that even Dong Cheng's daughter can only eat one meal every day. It is estimated that the queen and nobleman only have one meal every day, and it is not a false statement.
Speak without reason.
A middle-aged general took the lead and bowed, "Your Majesty, I am ignorant, but I also know that the overall situation is the priority. Since the queen and noble people all eat a meal a day, there is nothing to say about my family. But these people are born and die, from
I have never been separated for so long, and I really miss you very much. Can you ask Your Majesty to be sure and let me wait every now and then have the opportunity to meet my wife and children?"
"I'm going to discuss it." More generals bowed and bowed.
It is also good to not send food to you, so it is better to take your wife and children over for a meal.
Liu Xie looked at Dong Cheng. "What do you think of uncle?"
In front of the generals, Dong Cheng naturally couldn't refuse, and he couldn't bear to part with his daughter. "Please let Your Majesty know."
"You guys can put the overall situation first, and I can understand your kindness. However, Li Jue is approaching and the war is imminent, so you can't mess up the main and secondary. I suggest that the training results in the camp should be the basis, and those with excellent results will be excellent.
I have to be reunited with my family and provide wine and food in the camp, how about it?”
Some people were still hesitating, and some people couldn't wait to shout, "Your Majesty, just do it like this. Only if you train well can you be qualified to reunite with your family. If you train poorly, the camp was captured by Li Jue, and the wife and children would be defeated by others.
After eating, we will be reunited with each other?"
More people said in a verbal way: "That's right, these days, the strong are invincible and the training is unwilling to be careful, just wait to be a dishman."
"That's right, the people of Xiliang are beasts. If you don't defeat these beasts, no one can survive."
"Anyway, we must defeat the people of Xiliang. We must not only defeat them, but also eat their meat and drink their blood..."