Chapter 97 Gathering People's Hearts for the Queen
Shi Yi was very sure of Princess Aoling's kind-hearted side.
No matter in which world a person looks like, it is not too important, but the heart must be kind.
Shi Yi also liked dealing with such people and agreed immediately.
So Shi Yi asked people to take out some of the grain and bury pots on the spot to make rice.
Let the nearby people come over to eat, and Shi Yi also took this opportunity to ask them about the situation ahead.
"Auntie, are you all coming from the border? What's the situation there now, can you tell me?"
The aunt saw it was Shi Yi, and it was Shi Yi who just said she wanted to give them food.
So when she saw Shi Yi asking questions, she quickly answered.
Tell Shi Yi everything you see and know.
According to what the aunt said, at the beginning, there was no southwest barbarian king and they did not launch a large-scale attack.
Just send small troops to harass the border.
This harassment has been going on for a long time, despite being guarded by border guards.
However, after all, they are in the light, while those people are in the dark.
From time to time they carry out sneak attacks, which makes the border guards very distressed.
When things become normal, everyone thinks that things like this will always be like this.
Unfortunately, they all thought wrong. When the border guards relaxed, the southwest barbarian king launched a massive attack.
This time, the border guard was caught off guard.
The villages on the border were also destroyed by the southwestern barbarians.
They are like weeds, they grow again and again in the spring breeze and cannot be wiped out.
The border guards organized themselves and went to drive them away, but every time the barbarians were waiting for work.
After the border guards drove them away, the barbarians from another place appeared again.
When they went over to drive them away, the barbarians appeared in other places.
Repeatedly doing this made the border guards very tired.
Busy with exhaustion, the border guards sent out an urgent distress letter.
Shi Yi listened quietly to what the aunt said without interrupting.
After waiting for understanding, I fell into deep thought.
This southwestern barbarian king seems to be not that simple, he knows how to wait for work in leisure, and he also knows how to engage in guerrilla warfare.
It seems that defeating the southwestern barbarian king is not that easy.
Of course, since Shi Yi is here, he must win the battle before leaving.
He found other people to understand the situation, and most of them were similar to what the aunt said.
There are also some people who say different things, but Shi Yi will listen to them.
Connect this information together to get a general understanding of the situation.
This is a good thing for him. Before starting a war, only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you be victorious in every battle.
Shi Yi has always been very cautious about fighting wars. After all, this concerns the people of Qingfeng Country.
Either we don't fight, or we have to win.
Later, Shi Yi found a partial general and asked him to send someone to urge the grain and grass officer behind him.
At the same time, people were asked to arrange for these fleeing people to go to nearby cities and stay temporarily.
The commander didn't understand this order, but he had to obey it.
But after hearing this, the people were all very happy.
They had been escaping for a while, and they couldn't get enough to eat every day, and they even went hungry.
How can Shi Yi's decision make them happy now?
Everyone cried with joy and knelt down to worship Shi Yi, saying that Shi Yi was a good man, a good general and a good official.
When the people knew that Princess Aoling was involved in this idea, she also came in person.
Everyone is even happier, Princess Aoling is a member of the royal family.
What Shi Yi said next moved them even more.
"Actually, all this is the will of Her Majesty the Queen. The princess and I are just acting in accordance with the will of Her Majesty the Queen."
"Our Majesty the Queen has said that she will not abandon any of her subjects. As long as she is here, all her subjects will live a good life."
These words were naturally said by Shi Yi. The reason why he did this was to let the Queen unite the people's hearts.
Only by uniting the hearts and minds of the people can the throne be secure.
Shi Yi is paving the way for Queen Xiahou Siyu. Only when the country is stable can he go to the Haci Ma Kingdom with peace of mind.
"Ah! It turns out to be our Majesty the Queen. She is such a good emperor."
"Yes, yes, I heard that Her Majesty the Queen is the widow of the former Xiahou family."
"It turns out to be the Xiahou family. God has blessed our Qingfeng Kingdom. No wonder the Queen cares about the people so much."
All the people who fled knew by word of mouth that Her Majesty the Queen sent people to come to rescue.
This made the people extremely happy, and everyone praised Her Majesty the Queen.
Some people even compare the Queen with the previous royal family of the Ao family.
"There is no comparison. If the emperor of the Ao family had not been overthrown by the queen, he probably would not care about our life or death, let alone send people to rescue us, give us food, and arrange everything for us."
"It's not an estimate, it's a certainty. There are many problems in our border areas, but the previous emperor didn't take care of them and left us to live or die."
"The current queen is really good. Having such a queen is a blessing to the people."
Everyone was talking about it.
Princess Aoling naturally heard this, and her face didn't look very good.
One person even sneaked into the carriage and felt unhappy.
Shi Yi felt a little guilty. At that time, he did not think carefully and did not consider Princess Aoling.
He followed her into the carriage, looked at Princess Aoling, and stepped forward to hug her.
"I'm sorry! I shouldn't have hurt you by saying that."
Princess Aoling pressed her cheek against Shi Yi's generous chest and forced a smile.
"I'm fine, brother Yi, I understand what you mean, and I also hope to do something for my aunt."
"Now I can help a little bit, and I'm happy."
"It's just that I never thought that my father was so unbearable in the hearts of the people. It's not their fault. It's just that my father really doesn't care about the people. He only knows how to make alchemy every day. He deserves to have such an end."
When it comes to the back part, Princess Aoling has some emotions, which is inevitable.
Anyone who encounters such an encounter will have emotions.
Shi Yi didn't know how to comfort her, so he hugged her tighter, hoping to express his care for her in this way.
The arrangements here were similar. Shi Yi left some people behind to make arrangements and escort the people to a nearby city.
Arrange everything and leave with everyone.
In this way, Princess Aoling will no longer hear them say that and she will feel better.
In the next few days, whenever they encounter people who are fleeing, they will be asked to go to nearby cities.
On this day, Shi Yi had already arrived at Cao Bushuang's military camp, and she had already contacted the border guard.
We were discussing how to counterattack when Shi Yi arrived.
Cao Bushuang recommended the guard general, and everyone sat down in the big tent of the middle camp.
"Okay, now I will briefly introduce myself. I am Shi Yi, the marshal of this expedition. Next to me is Princess Aoling."
"Nonsense, I won't say any more. Let's go to the map and someone can explain the current situation to me."
Shi Yi doesn't have so many cumbersome procedures. What he wants is to be simple and clear, and go straight to the point.