Sun Qing became even more angry and said: "Xian Yuyin, you are so powerful. How many people in the Han Dynasty starve to death every year, and you still waste food like this. Do you know that this food can save hundreds of people in the Han Dynasty who are short of food and clothing?
How can you bear to do this!"
Xian Yuyin said expressionlessly: "Qushuai knows the importance of the food in our hands, why do you offer such a low salary? According to you, the food in our hands can save millions of people who are about to starve to death. For Lei Gong Qushuai and
I mean, aren't these millions of stones of food more important than the Han's army of hundreds of thousands?"
"The Han Dynasty has been defeated in Youzhou. We are just trying our best to survive and want a way to survive. But even with such a small request, Qu Shuai is not willing to meet it! This is to force us to death, so why should we care?
Others live or die!"
"My request now is very simple. I hope that with these grains and exchange terms, your Tengjia Army will stop under Jixian County for 10 days. After 10 days, I will hand over the grains to you intact, otherwise I will burn them all.
Burn it all down and leave your Tengjia Army with nothing! If you can’t make the decision, just wait for your Thunder Lord Xu Shuai to come over and talk to me again!”
Sun Qing was so angry that he wanted to attack the city, but he was afraid that Xian Yuyin would jump over the wall and burn all the food. He could stay below Jixian and wait for Xu Wei's arrival.
The next day, Xu Wei, Wang Yong and others gathered together and led hundreds of thousands of troops to the gate of Jixian County.
Sun Qing ran to Xu Wei and told Xu Wei and the others exactly what was going on in Jixian County!
Xu Wei's eyes lit up and he said: "If Ji County really has millions of grains and grains, our big problem will be solved! It doesn't matter if the Han army returns to Jizhou!"
Xu Wei knew the situation of the Tengjia Army's food reserves. It would not be an exaggeration to say that it was a critical moment. Zhang Baiqi told Xu Wei to wait for another month, which would delay this year's spring plowing. Later, he would kill cattle and sheep and other production materials to supplement the food.
Not enough, killing cattle will affect land reclamation, and killing sheep will affect the entire Tengjia Army's textile industry and financial revenue. If there is another natural disaster during spring farming this year, Tengjia Army will really starve to death.
This made Xu Wei a little panicked. In the late Han Dynasty, the chance of encountering some natural disaster was even smaller than the chance of winning the lottery.
So now Xu Wei heard that there are millions of stones of food in Ji County. This food is enough to feed the entire Tengjia Army for 10 days and a half. This is too important for the current Tengjia Army. It is like being hit.
Just like a 5 million lottery ticket, letting Yuan Shao and the others go is nothing!
The current situation of the Tengjia Army against the Han Dynasty is stronger than that of the Liao and Jin Dynasties. The current Han Dynasty is just an enhanced version of the Song Dynasty to the Tengjia Army. As long as there is enough food and grass, it can directly bring 200,000 cavalry and directly push Jizhou.
!If he can develop the three eastern provinces and lead an army of one million, it will not be difficult to drink from the Yangtze River!
For Xu Wei, the further he goes, the greater the advantage he accumulates. The undefendable Jizhou is just fat on his lips. As long as there is enough food and grass, he can lead 200,000 cavalry to occupy Jizhou at any time.
But Wang Yong said anxiously: "Qu is handsome. These hundreds of thousands of Han troops have been defeated. We can't spend much energy to annihilate them. But if we let them escape Jizhou, then we will have to spend ten times and a hundred times more energy than today."
Come and deal with them! It may even affect our occupation of the entire Jizhou!"
Xu Wei said calmly: "Yes, if we continue to attack, we can annihilate Yuan Shao's army in less than a month, and occupy the entire Jizhou in three months at most. But have you ever thought about what our Tengjia Army will pay?
What a price!"
"Our Tengjia Army will have to pay the price of hundreds of thousands or even millions of our tribesmen starving to death, and even the entire Bingzhou will be starved to death. For the sake of this mere hundreds of thousands of Han troops and one Jizhou, millions of our tribesmen will starve to death."
, our Tengjia Army will not do such a loss-making business!"
Sun Qing and the others sighed. Although it was a pity to let Yuan Shao and the others go, they also knew that Xu Wei was telling the truth and they could not fight at all.
The Tengjia Army's food reserves were already in jeopardy, and they relied on the food stamp system to barely survive.
This time, hundreds of thousands of troops and more than 2 million logistics personnel were mobilized for the battle with the Han army. The battle lasted for more than half a year and consumed tens of millions of dans of food. They could fully imagine how short of food Bingzhou was at this time.
Maybe people are already starving to death.
Li Gang advised: "It's already April, and spring plowing is around the corner. If we continue to fight, we're afraid that the entire north will be starved to death!"
Xu Wei said helplessly: "Our Tengjia Army had no choice but to fight this battle. If Liu Yu hadn't cut off the Sanggan River waterway, we wouldn't even have captured Youzhou!"
"We have to continue fighting. Not only will people in Bingzhou starve to death, but this year's grain production in Youzhou will also be affected. People in Youzhou will also starve to death! The most important thing for us to do now is not to fight, but to mobilize the troops.
All the transportation teams in the city are going overseas to transport struvite to Bingzhou. Now there should be time for top dressing to increase production! But we must be prepared for a large production reduction in this summer's harvest! In the next one or two years, we will continue to work hard.
Hard days!"
After saying this, Xu Wei suddenly found that Duan Peng was not there, so he asked: "Where did Duan Peng go?"
Only then did Sun Qing react and said: "He went upstream to find a place to cross the Luo River and cut off Yuan Shao's escape! Now I'm afraid he has already crossed the Luo River and is thinking of ways to deal with Yuan Shao and the others!"
Wang Yong said excitedly: "We have more than 100,000 people here to surround Ji County, which is enough. Let's just let Duan Peng and others chase Yuan Shao and others, and kill tens of thousands more Han troops. It will also be beneficial for us to capture Jizhou in the future!"
Xu Wei thought for a while and felt that Yuan Shao and the others had become frightened birds. Even if there were hundreds of thousands of troops, they would not be Duan Peng's opponents, so he simply refused to let Duan Peng come back!
After everyone discussed it, Xu Wei led his army to the gate of Jixian County and shouted: "I am Lord Qushuai Lei of the Tengjia Army. I also ask the generals guarding the city to come out and see me!"
Xian Yuyin immediately climbed to the top of the city wall and saw Xu Weidao: "I will exchange 5 million stones of grain for the Tengjia Army to stay in Jixian for 10 days. Lei Gongqushuai agreed. After 10 days! These grains belong to your Tengjia Army. If you don't agree with me,
Just burn the food to death!"
Xu Wei said: "Okay, I agree to your conditions. I just ask the general to take good care of these grains. Now the entire Han Dynasty is short of grain. The grain in the hands of the general can keep millions of people alive. For this alone, the general will have countless merits. I hope the general
For the sake of the hungry people in Bingzhou, Youzhou and even the entire Han Dynasty, we must take good care of these grains!"
Xian Yuyin smiled and said: "Commander Qu, don't worry. Although I, Xian Yuyin, am a defeated general, I also know how precious food is! This batch of food will definitely be eaten by the people of Youzhou."
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Many readers say that not capturing Jizhou now is delaying progress. Doesn’t the protagonist’s army not need food and grass to conquer the world? After the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao did not occupy the land of Jizhou and even fought with Yuan Shao.
After the war, Jizhou began to be occupied, and it took nearly 10 years to unify the entire Hebei. Cao Cao was also delaying his progress in unifying the world. He just lacked food and grass to continue fighting. The same is true for the protagonist. Liu Yu did not stop.
In the waterway, the Tengjia Army still lacks food, and now the Tengjia Army has launched, with hundreds of thousands of troops fighting against the Han army. There are also millions of logistics personnel to maintain this army. The protagonist's food shortage crisis is greater than that of Cao Cao in history, occupying
Stopping in Youzhou is the best situation for the Tengjia Army.