If you want the ice and snow to melt, you have to wait at least until April next year.
In previous years, this five-month winter would be nothing to the Varo people who have long been used to it.
But now...
After all, things are different from the past...
Although Wushuo King Xianyu Kezige relied on his superb commanding talent to capture the Varo Palace with only 5,000 men and killed Varo's Khan Xianyu Charutu, for him, this was just
This is just the beginning of this unsolvable problem...
The real trouble is the 160,000 rebels in the city and the hundreds of thousands of civilians who have been looted.
For these soldiers, the cattle, sheep, and wheat they captured were enough to survive the winter safely.
But how to make them obediently return the excess food to the people was the first difficulty before King Wu Shuo.
And King Wu Shuo's way of dealing with this huge difficulty was also very simple and crude...
He first led people into the sky prison and rescued the veteran general Zoroth Gurdo from the prison.
Then he led the old general and more than a dozen guards to visit each camp one by one and meet with the generals and deputy generals of the army.
As long as they see him and the old general and are willing to salute and hand over their military symbols, they will stay.
Those who saw the two of them and were willing to salute but refused to hand over the military talisman were killed on the spot, and the deputy general was ordered to take his place and the military talisman was recovered.
As for those who did not salute or even see them, they would not force their way in, but would directly go back with the military talismans in their hands, mobilize their troops, and attack the camp directly!
Don’t behead the troops when they surrender, but punish the guilty general!!
It was such an almost unsolvable problem that, relying only on the reputation and courage of the two people, turned into a sequential multiple-choice question...
Go to the camp where you are most confident first, and then leave the camp where you are least confident for last, and solve it directly with force.
And all this, from the invasion of the palace to the subjugation of the army, took King Wu Shuo only three days...
Fast! Accurate! Cruel! Absolute!
Just like his usual purpose when marching and fighting!
Procrastination?
hesitate?
kindness?
Doesn’t exist!!
In troubled times, the code is heavy, the knife is sharp and the chaos is messy!
After gathering all the armies, it was time to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys...
From the moment the newly issued military order takes effect, anyone who touches it again in the city will be killed without mercy!
Anyone who knows he is breaking the law but does not report it will be killed without mercy!
Those who do not return to the military camp and go out without permission will be killed without mercy!
The military chaos in Varo's new capital was completely put down within five days...
After that, it was time to count the supplies and coordinate their distribution.
He maintained the food rations of all the people in the city and the army on the edge of the survival line, including himself.
For men over thirteen years old, one tael of meat and three taels of grain per person per day.
For women over thirteen years old, one tael of meat and two taels of grain per person per day.
For young children, one ounce of meat and one ounce of grain per person per day.
If anyone pretends to claim more than they deserve, they will be killed without mercy!
Anyone who knows something but fails to report it or conceals it will be killed without mercy!
Those who enrich their own pockets and traders will be killed without mercy!
Under such a distribution system, if you are full, you will obviously not be full.
But people won't starve to death.
But even so, no matter how you calculate it, it can only last until February of the next year, and then you will be completely out of food.
He had thought about finding food from other places to solve the current crisis.
But, going north?
Going north will only lead to boundless grasslands, thicker and more ice and snow...
Even if we are lucky enough to find some nomadic herdsmen, even if we are ruthless and confiscate all their cattle and sheep, how many days can these nearly 500,000 people be fed?
Heading west?
There are indeed several countries in the west, but when Varro was strong, all of these countries were the targets of their wanton ravages and plunders.
Now that Varro's life is hanging by a thread, they don't know the details. If they knew it, they would be lucky if they didn't step on it. How could they sell Varro a large amount of grain, cattle and sheep?
Going east?
That is the location of Varro's mortal enemy, the Liang Kingdom...
Not to mention that the current rations and morale of the army cannot be guaranteed, even if it gets there!
Can you beat it?
How is this different from committing suicide...?
Go south!
Going south is the best choice!
There are countless wealthy small countries there. They rely on better geographical advantages and better farming technology to have countless grain and grass. And most importantly, they are still very weak...
But,
What to do with the Tongshun Army...
Even without the Tongshun Army, those five "divine slaughterers" alone were enough to make Xianyu Kezige completely terrified!
Going south, haha...
Die faster!
Desperate situation...
This final problem was finally placed in front of King Wu Shuo.
food!
Xianyu Kezige was sitting in the empty hall, chewing half a piece of naan bread, but there was a cold light in his eyes...
This battle
Is it still meaningful to fight to this point?
Not to mention winning, this possibility will only become more slim.
Let’s talk about how to survive first...
How can I, the people of Varo, survive...
The Varro country, which originated from nomadic people, has a pitifully small population compared with other large countries.
After this national war, nearly 200,000 young and middle-aged people have been sacrificed.
Now that another half a million people are going to starve to death, it can basically declare the country to be subjugated and extinct.
The country can perish
Extermination is not an option!
Xianyu Kezige suddenly stood up from the platform of the main hall, but in this excitement, a few crumbs fell from the naan cake...
King Wu Shuo hurriedly squatted down, pinched the cake crumbs on the ground with his fingers, and stuffed it into his mouth. After refusing to swallow the food with a little dust and sand, he sat down on the ground and laughed loudly...
Helpless, miserable, sad and angry, regretful, disgusted!
If he had known that his eldest brother would ruin this country into what it is now, he should have killed him fifteen years ago before he ascended the throne! To avoid future trouble!!!
now……
It's too late...
etc……
Is it too late??
It’s not too late!! There’s still time!!!
"Someone -!! Someone -!!!"
Xianyu Kezige roared crazily in the hall!
Several guards whose legs and feet were weak from hunger immediately gathered their energy, walked in, knelt on the ground, and waited for instructions.
"Go!! Put the heads of Chaletu and the heads of his descendants in a brocade box and bring them here!! I will take them and change everyone's livelihood!! Go quickly!!"
Although the few guards had no idea what the connection between this head and a way out was, just the word "way out" made them muster up the strength to stand up again and quickly run towards the ancestral temple in the back hall of the palace.
Because the heads of seven of them were neatly placed there!
