After listening to Wu Li's words, Jia Ke directly issued an order to his subordinates: "Since Chief Wu has no objections, I will make a decision. You are right. Now we should work together in the same boat. From today on, all soldiers and
The grain for the young will be reduced by 40%, and the elderly, women, and children will be given 50% of the grain. No one is allowed to hoard food, and anyone who disobeys the order will be killed."
One of the hundreds of households in the school stood up and said to Jia Ke, "Sir, why are the children also distributed grain at 50%?"
Jia Ke glanced at him and saw that he was not dissatisfied with himself, but was simply worried about not having enough food to survive until winter. And seeing that this was not his only doubt, he was patient with him, as well as those below.
The generals explained: "Children are our future. In the homes of our Kaipingwei soldiers, which ones have no children? We can't starve them. They don't have much food now. If only 30% of the food is distributed, there will be many children."
It is our responsibility to keep them alive until winter, otherwise why would we defend this castle and confront the Tatars."
A general below was convinced after hearing Jia Ke's words. After all, everyone has children, even if they don't have children in their own family, and which of their relatives don't have a few children? So they all bowed down and clasped their fists at Jia Ke and said: "I beg your respect, sir."
Order."
"Zheng Kai led his hundreds of households to search the city. Every household must be found. All food must be handed over to the government for management. Anyone who obstructs them will be killed without mercy, but they must be reconciled with the people.
Let us make it clear that when the siege of Kaiping Guards is over, the government will make full compensation." Jia Ke then ordered.
Zheng Kai clasped his fists at Jia Ke with an expressionless face and said, "Don't worry, sir. I will live up to my humble duty."
Jia Ke looked down and asked, "Chen Xi, are you here?"
Chen Xi quickly came out from the back, raised his hands and said to Jia Ke, "Sir, Chen Xi is here."
Jia Ke asked: "What is our current ration standard?"
As the chief clerk of Kaiping Guard, Chen Xi is mainly responsible for logistics. He is very clear about this. When Jia Ke asked, he quickly replied: "Master Qi, now that soldiers and strong men have to go to the battlefield, their daily rations are
One catty and fifty taels per day, women and the elderly one catty per day, children eighty taels per day.”
After listening to his words, Jia Ke thought about it and said to the people below: "It's almost enough. At least we won't starve to death in a few months."
"One more thing, don't say anything to the people below you if you go down today, otherwise our military morale may be messed up, and our city will be captured by our own people before the food is exhausted." Jia Ke finally told them.
After Jia Ke said these words, he let them go and went back to the study first. He was thinking about any omissions and what benefits he could get after the war. He was thinking about whether to reconcile with Wang Tao or bring him down.
Pour. Which one is most beneficial to you?
In the following days, Tatar and Jia Ke were completely exhausted. If you don't come out to beat me, I won't beat you. I will just surround you.
Under Jia Ke's strict control over food, Kaipingwei experienced some fluctuations, but overall there were no problems. No one starved to death for such a long time.
Nearly two months have passed in a flash. The Kaiping Guards can still hold on, but the Tatars can't hold on anymore. Now the weather is getting colder and colder. Although it hasn't snowed yet, many soldiers are still suffering from frostbite.
.After all, the clothes they wear are still in autumn.
The leaders of each tribe are becoming more and more intolerable. They have been here for almost three months. Not only have they lost their troops, but they have not gained anything. Moreover, the tribes don’t know what happened to you? They don’t know what happened this year.
Has the food for the winter been shipped back? What they are most worried about is whether anyone will peek into their treasure chest during their absence.
Not only the tribal leaders, but the ordinary cavalry below were even more violent. If the leaders had not suppressed them with all their strength, they would have dispersed by then.
Alsileng Khan has already felt the danger. He knows that the time is almost up and he can no longer stay here. Not to mention the commotion of the soldiers from various tribes, even his own troops are unsafe. If he continues to insist on his own way,
I can't go back to the grassland.
Alsileng Khan walked out of his tent and looked at the Kaiping Guards wall in the distance, feeling a sense of powerlessness.
In the past three months, he has made several sneak attacks hoping to break through the city wall and break into Kaiping Guard. But Jia Ke is too cautious. Whether it is day or night? There is almost no relaxation. Every time he makes a sneak attack, he has not yet reached the city wall.
He was discovered right away. Then he left hundreds of corpses and fled back.
Alsileng Khan has made a decision and is preparing to withdraw his troops in the next few days and return to the grassland to spend the winter. He has absolutely no way to deal with Jia Ke. Thinking of Jia Ke's bravery and his caution in using his troops, he couldn't help but feel sad.
Envy. Envy that the emperor of the Southern Dynasties had such capable people.
But he didn't know that Jia Ke completely inherited Lu Bu's approach to military use. Lu Bu was straightforward in his use of troops and had no tricks. This made Jia Ke feel guilty every time he went into battle. So he thought about it and came up with a way.
Just learn from Zhuge Liang. He can't learn from Zhuge Liang. He is so wise that he is almost a monster. But he can learn from Zhuge Liang's caution. Isn't there a saying? "Zhuge is only cautious in his life." So now, Jia Ke tries to think of perfection in any situation.
. Without leaving a single flaw, his current combat policy is to be cautious, cautious, and more cautious. Think of defeat before thinking about victory, and think about retreat before thinking about advancement. Also because of Jia Ke's caution, the Tatars were discovered every time they attacked.
.This created an illusion, making people think that Jia Ke used his troops like a god and could predict the enemy's opportunities every time.
As the Tatars prepare to retreat and return to the grassland, Xuanfu Town is also living in anxiety.
Jiedushi Wang Tao has been unable to sleep at night for the past three months. The expedition horses he sent came back one after another. Each time they came back, they reported the same news. "The Kaiping Guards are still holding fast, and the Tatars have been attacking for a long time."
No better than Kaipingwei."
Wang Tao only had one thought now, and that was to hope that the Tatars would capture Kaipingwei as soon as possible, so that he would have a reason to refuse to send troops.
If the Tatars are unable to attack Kaipingwei for a long time and have to retreat in the end, then they will be in big trouble. To put it mildly, it is just stupidity and incompetence, but to put it more seriously, it is just sitting back and watching the success or failure of the friendly forces with ulterior motives.
What's more important now is that he never reported the war on the border. Neither the current emperor nor the courtiers knew that this war involving tens of thousands of people was taking place on the border.
Now he regretted it. If he had followed Gao Hong's advice at that time, he would not have sent out all the troops, but sent out rangers to harass the Tatars. In the end, he would have had something to say.
But now, I have absolutely no way out. My only hope is that when the Tatars break through Kaipingwei, they will die without evidence.
But what made Wang Tao angry was that, despite his young age, Jia Ke was a god with troops. With only a few thousand soldiers and horses, he made the Kaiping guards impregnable. The Tatars had no way to defeat him even though they had tens of thousands of soldiers.
Now there are bad rumors in the army, saying that he is jealous of the virtuous and capable, and deliberately does not rescue Pingwei and wants to punish Jia Ke and die. This is completely unjust to him. He and Jia Ke have only met once in total.
Moreover, it’s not like he is sick when his dignified military governor is jealous of a small imperial palace, Qianhu.
The more Wang Tao thought about it, the more irritated he became. Now he had no idea what to do. He needed someone to give him advice. At this time, he thought of Gao Hong, the counselor he had neglected for several months. He must have been able to help him with Gao Feng's resourcefulness.