Two lines of hot tears fell from Cui Cheng's eyes: "Your Majesty is indeed a life-or-death favor to my Cui Cheng and my family. I, Cui Cheng, have nothing to repay. I can only shed my heart and brain, and use this blood to be loyal to Your Majesty."
Tuoba Gui sighed: "Okay, Governor Cui's family is in trouble and he can't provide military rations. I can understand it, but in Mr. Cui's opinion, our army is short of food and grass now. Governor Lu's Fan Yang food and grass will only take ten days."
We arrived later, so what good strategy can we use to solve the problem of food and grass for our army during this half-month period?"
Cui Cheng curled up his lips and said: "Except for a few big cities in Hebei that have been unable to be conquered these days, basically the entire Houyan prefectures and counties have fallen into the hands of your Majesty. But has your Majesty ever thought about a problem?
Why do we occupy the whole of Hebei and still suffer from food shortages?"
Tuoba Gui did not answer. A brave general standing on one side was none other than Yu Sudan, the leader of the Yu tribe, also known as General Heiyan. He said in a deep voice: "Because the Murong clan's Yan thieves are hateful, they dare not confront our army head-on."
, but they surrendered to various big cities early. Before leaving, they moved all the treasury to the ground, leaving only a bunch of Han people without food or water to us. Just like this Xindu City, Murong Feng ran away, he
The army was completely destroyed, but the 60,000 people in the city were abandoned to us. Before he escaped, this guy even set a fire and burned all the 400,000 shi of military rations. God should have struck him with lightning and killed this unscrupulous person.
Offal!"
When Yu Sudan mentioned what he hated, he spit on the ground fiercely, and then stepped on it heavily, as if he was going to step on Murong Feng.
Tuoba Gui nodded: "Prefect Cui, the current situation is like this. Our army seems to have captured a lot of territory, but it has not obtained food and grass. Not only that, the people in the city also want us to distribute military rations to appease them. Originally, we
This time we sent troops to Hebei, we prepared half a year's supply of food for an army of 400,000 people. However, now that we have defeated the enemy, not only have we not received food and grass from the enemy, but we have to feed more than two million Han people. This is the reason why our army's food and grass have been depleted rapidly. Mr. Cui
, is there any good solution?"
Cui Cheng said calmly: "Wei Chen knew about these situations before he came here. The reason why I asked Your Majesty is to let Your Majesty think about it. Did all the grain and grass in Hebei go into Yan's warehouse? They
If you really have the ability to plunder all the people's grain reserves, why not recruit some violent troops and fight to the death with the Wei Dynasty?"
Tuoba Gui's eyes lit up: "Yes, why didn't I think of this problem? I don't believe that the Han people in Hebei really have no food left at home. Yes, they must have hidden all the food. Are you going to
Do I order them to be handed over?"
Cui Cheng sighed: "The people in the city are afraid that they really have no food and grass, because after entering the city, all the food must be confiscated by the army and then distributed uniformly. This is the basic military discipline and city defense organization. Your Majesty should understand,
What I am talking about is the people in the mountains and fields. Most of them did not go to the city to escape the war, but were scattered everywhere. However, their food was not as much as your Majesty imagined. In troubled times, there are often
There are only some life-saving rations left. Your Majesty nominally said that you want to feed millions of lives in Hebei, but in fact, the only people who really need you to distribute military rations are the hundreds of thousands of people in the big cities in the prefectures and counties you conquered. The real
More than ten times the number of people are scattered throughout the country, trying to make a living on their own."
Tuoba Gui gritted his teeth: "Then let them hand over their stored grain and help Wei Wei tide over the difficulties this time. I can do the same to the people of Fan Yang and not let them pay taxes for five years."
Cui Cheng shook his head: "In Fan Yang's place, there is a leader like Governor Lu, who organizes the people to stay in camps. Their grain reserves have been stored for many years, so they have accumulated. And even Governor Lu cannot say that they are.
Taking away the people's living rations and donating them to the army, the most he can do is hand over the food stored in the Lu family's warehouse and dedicate it to His Majesty and the Wei Dynasty."
Tuoba Gui looked at Lu Pu: "Is that so?"
Lu Pu nodded: "That's right. Our Lu family has different tax collection systems for our tribe and people. Generally speaking, to cultivate our Lu family's land, we need to hand over 50% to 60% of the land output.
, the rest can be kept for themselves, but the Central Plains has been in constant war over the years, and even when there is no war, there are often natural disasters. After ordinary people pay these grain taxes, they don’t have much food left. Now most of the food left at home is just one grain.
If the life-saving rations for about a year are taken away, they may not be able to survive, and they will definitely resist strongly."
Tuoba Gui frowned: "So, the Han people in Hebei have no food to supply the army? What should I do? Do I really want to retreat beyond the Great Wall?"
A strong-backed general, Erzhu Yujian, the chief of the Erzhu tribe and a famous brave general in the Wei army, roared: "We can't retreat, Khan, we finally got here, and brothers don't want to go back to the grassland and suffer the wind and sand again."
It’s hard. If we retreat this time, I’m afraid no one will be willing to follow the Great Khan to conquer Yan next time.”
An Tong frowned: "Master Erzhu, be careful what you say!"
Tuoba Gui waved his hand: "Okay, stop talking. Mr. Cui, you have also seen what my brothers are thinking now. Can you think of other ways to provide some rations for the army? I know that at this time,
We also need the hearts of the people in Hebei. We cannot directly send troops to grab grain. Then can we ask you scholars to come forward and convince the Han people to side with the Wei Dynasty and create a common foundation?"
Cui Cheng sighed: "Your Majesty, I just said that those rations are the last food for the Han people to survive. They cannot be handed over. In the face of life and death, no matter how much you talk, it is useless. I also have no food left at home. Come to you.
I defected to you, firstly because I saw the general trend clearly, and secondly because I also wanted to find a way to make a living. Scholars like Lian Chen have fallen into this situation, let alone ordinary Han peasants."
Tuoba Gui sighed: "I didn't expect Hebei to be so dilapidated. So, unless I conquer Yecheng or Zhongshan and obtain Yan State's millions of grain reserves, I won't be able to solve this livelihood problem?"
An Tong shook his head: "With what Murong did in Xindu, I'm afraid that even if they conquer these cities, they won't be able to get food and grass. They will burn them before they break the city. Anyway, if Murong's country perishes, they are willing to do so."
Drag the whole world to be buried with you."
Tuoba Gui gritted his teeth: "Then what should I do now? Is it really the only way to force me to divide my troops and go to various places to collect food? But in this way, I will lose the hearts of Hebei people and go against my purpose of punishing the people and punishing the evil.
That’s my original intention.”
Cui Cheng smiled slightly: "Your Majesty, don't worry. I dare to surrender to the army with nothing and empty sleeves, just because I have thought about how to solve your Majesty's urgent need. I remember that when Murong Chui raised his army, he also faced the same situation as your Majesty today.
Do you know how he solved the same situation?"
This chapter has been completed!