Chapter 100 Duke Dingguo, You Have Enlightened Me!

Duke Dingguo was about to leave the palace when he was called back, looking confused.

"You go first, I'll go back and see what the emperor has to say."

Other dukes and generals looked at Duke Dingguo sympathetically.

"Will the emperor not settle accounts with you?"

"You just scolded the emperor fiercely."

Duke Dingguo's mouth twitched, especially when he saw Liu Bin's father getting on the carriage from a distance, his eyelids twitched.

"Let's settle it!" Duke Dingguo snorted, "I admit my fault!"

After that, he walked back to the palace in a dragon-like and tiger-like manner.

Brought to the imperial garden by the eunuch, Duke Dingguo had good eyesight and saw a woman in palace dress talking to the emperor from a distance. Even though he was so majestic just now, his old face was slightly red now.

Could this woman in palace dress be Liu Bin who developed the velvet clothes?

Duke Dingguo was seventy years old. Thinking that he had scolded a young woman who could be considered his granddaughter this morning, and a woman who was thinking about soldiers, he felt a little uncomfortable.

I feel guilty!

He was wearing a down jacket made by someone else, how could he be so embarrassed...

Duke Dingguo was in a dilemma, and he cleared his throat with a cough.

He walked into the imperial garden with his hands behind his back.

"Your Highness."

Xiao Yunzhou raised his hand and was about to ask Duke Dingguo to take a seat without formalities.

Duke Dingguo quickly knelt down, turned around, and nodded to Concubine Liu with a gentle smile.

His old face was smiling like a longevity flower, and he looked so kind that Xiao Yunzhou had never seen him before!

"Hey, could this be the kind-hearted, beautiful, smart and decisive harem queen that Your Highness mentioned?"

"Alas, I'm old, and I didn't expect to see a... heroine before I die."

Duke Dingguo chuckled, and his eyes were almost invisible from laughing.

It was completely different from the way he scolded Xiao Yunzhou in the morning court!

"After meeting this wonderful woman today, I will die without regrets."

"..."

Xiao Yunzhou's mouth twitched.

Damn it, is it the Duke of Dingguo who is so stubborn?

Xiao Yunzhou was almost seeing stars in front of his eyes.

A dignified Duke, flattering, how can I bear to watch!

[Hahaha,] Xiao Chuchu laughed in Wei Zheng's arms, [I believe it now, Grandpa Dingguo must be a wise general who can fight~]

[Sun Tzu's Art of War says that it is the most powerful to defeat the enemy without fighting. ]

[Compared to fighting, it is more powerful to win without hurting a single soldier. Grandpa Dingguo is so flexible and flexible, and he changes according to the situation, which makes me laugh to death. ]

[How fierce he was in the morning court, how much he loves my mother now~]

Xiao Yunzhou was stunned when he heard his daughter's voice.

Looking at Concubine Liu, she was also embarrassed by the Duke of Dingguo's sudden flattery.

Concubine Liu saluted Duke Dingguo again, and blushed to show that she did nothing.

When Xiao Yunzhou observed Duke Dingguo again, he really found that the old man's eyes were not the flattering eyes of Wei Zheng, but a clear calculation.

Xiao Yunzhou was stunned, "Duke Dingguo, you praise Concubine Liu, but you are actually calculating her in your heart?"

Duke Dingguo was still trying to think of words to praise Concubine Liu, which was a waste of his energy.

For a moment, he didn't pay attention, and nodded subconsciously, blurting out, "She is a powerful person, I must coax her, make her happy, and then research something for our soldiers to use."

Make the best use of people!

Duke Dingguo is naturally a good hand at leading troops to fight and win the hearts of the army.

You can't be a good general if you can only scold people.

Duke Dingguo's words made Xiao Yunzhou and Concubine Liu laugh and cry, and opened their eyes.

Especially Xiao Yunzhou, who felt that he had a little understanding of how to gain loyal followers.

"I still need to learn more from the Duke."

"......?!"

Duke Dingguo's body was shocked.

Damn.

He just let it slip!

Fortunately, Duke Dingguo was thick-skinned and pretended that nothing had happened. "Your Majesty, why did you ask me to come here? But do you want me, your old subordinate, the Chiyan Army, to wear down jackets first?"

In one sentence, he sought benefits for his old subordinates.

Xiao Yunzhou learned again.

"Not really. I heard you talking about military pay this morning, and I remembered a story you told me when you taught me riding and shooting."

"Back then, after your great victory, you marched for three days on the way back, but almost starved to death when you returned to the camp because no one had the energy to cook."

"After lying down for half a day, you barely stood up and cooked three pots of glutinous rice, which saved everyone from starving to death."

Duke Dingguo's beard twitched. He was not giving him a down jacket or scolding him. The emperor came to him to tell a story.

Eh.

How could the emperor be smart and stupid at the same time?

A three-year-old child, and he still needed him to tell a story?

Duke Dingguo complained in his heart, but he still recalled the tragedy of that year with Xiao Yunzhou's words, and his face sank for a while.

People who have not experienced it don't know the real danger at all.

On the first day of the return journey, they were already short of food.

After marching for five or six days, all the wounded horses that could be eaten were divided up.

When they returned to the camp, the cruelty of the continuous march after the war was more obvious. They were hungry, tired, and mostly wounded.

Many people fell to the ground as soon as they arrived at the camp, and their wounds burst open.

Who would cook... Even he couldn't get up.

He scooped up a handful of raw noodles and stuffed them into his mouth.

Finally, after recovering, he cooked the rice without thinking about anything else.

But there was no taste in his mouth...

It wasn't until the next day that a few people with less serious injuries went to hunt a few pheasants, so that everyone had some food in their stomachs.

Duke Dingguo didn't want to recall this incident.

He wanted to curse when he thought about it.

Damn it, there was no reinforcement when he wanted reinforcement, and no food when he wanted food.

Who would have thought that he was not killed by the enemy during the war, but was almost exhausted and starved to death after returning...

Duke Dingguo looked at Xiao Yunzhou with a complicated expression.

Since that time, his soldiers would look for those who could hunt and cook simple meals... Who would understand this kind of life where one is not afraid of fighting but afraid of starving to death.

"Well, the battlefield is full of changes and the situation is complicated."

Duke Dingguo waved his hand, "What I said is just my experience. Other generals have more or less their dangerous stories."

"Anyway, before the march, check all aspects of preparation and do everything possible. It is best not to fight an unprepared battle."

Duke Dingguo did not want to talk about that incident.

It was useless to mention it.

It may happen to other soldiers in the future, but the situation on the battlefield is different every time, and it depends on the soldiers' own flexibility!

"Well, at that time, I was lying on the ground with my body powerless, and I was still thinking about it. If there was a snail fairy who prepared a meal for my barracks in advance, when I came back with the soldiers, the whole barracks could eat it, how great it would be."

Duke Dingguo recalled this and felt very happy.

"But it's impossible, hey."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Chuchu and Xiao Yunzhou's eyes lit up at the same time.

[Hey, isn't this instant noodles... isn't this instant food technology! ]

[Military compressed biscuits! ]

Xiao Chuchu stared.

[The old Duke is awesome, with a rich imagination. He is only one step away from modern compressed biscuits and instant food technology~]

[The old Duke is a talent! ]

After listening to his daughter's words, Xiao Yunzhou knew that it was time to "pretend reasonably"!

If not now, when!

When was the old Duke about to finish his story, Xiao Yunzhou knocked on the peony branch next to him.

"Old Duke, repeat what you said just now, what fairy, what cooking for you in advance..."

"Your words inspired me, and I seem to have thought of a solution!"

Duke Ding opened his mouth, what?

Liupin next to him bit her lip hard to prevent herself from laughing on the spot.

The emperor is getting better and better at pretending!

"It just so happens that the head of the imperial kitchen is here to discuss the Queen Mother's birthday banquet with me - just listen to my ideas and see if they are feasible!"