C16 (1/2)
The few days after Chen Chu was taken into custody were the easiest days since the battle started for the officers of the Phoenix City Pass. The area in front of them was a swampy country, and the demons opposing them simply could not even dream of fighting their way over. Every day, the soldiers would take a stroll on the city walls, basking in the sun before humming a small tune. Their days passed by in a carefree and carefree manner.
However, Kong Sheng's life was not easy, he had almost smashed the table in the Castellan Mansion Conference Room, and dropped the tables with big handfuls of hair, what was there to worry about? There was no more food!
Previously, the management bands of the five northern provinces did indeed bring their horses, foodstuffs to support Phoenix City Pass, but this time, the amount of people eating was not a small amount. Moreover, they had a lot of people, so they naturally ate a lot of foodstuffs. Furthermore, Kong Sheng found a problem, and that was that people's militia was generally more edible and had more food than Border Army.
This was because he had pulled Zhao Handong along to observe them for a few days, and only then did he realize the difference in their characteristic while they were eating. The Border Army Soldier s were all military born, and had lived here since young, so they were all instilled with the thought of guarding the border. When they saw a grain of grain, their first thought was whether it was stored properly, and then they would think about how to eat it. During meals, Border Army Soldier would first find a place with a sturdy wall for support. At the very least, she would ensure that no cold arrows would be able to hit him. Then, she would prick up her ears to eat, and from time to time, she would even have to look elsewhere.
However, people's militia s were different. They were usually commoners, and even training by themselves had to be done in a hurry. In addition to the fact that the Empire's taxes were not high, these fellows might not be considered wealthy families in terms of money and money. However, they were definitely open-minded and generous when eating noodles. From time to time, they would even have to exchange tasting of the different dishes in their bowls (The level of people's militia was at least twice as high as the level of Border Army). After eating, they would even have to sew on the porridge in their bowls and smoke from the bags of cigarettes.
Kong Sheng could bear to have their meal being slow. After all, it wasn't when the Moqiu Army was rushing towards him, so the difference of having an extra minute and an extra minute wasn't really that big. One had to change the way there were more dishes! After all, aside from the standard three-day rations they had brought with them, the rest of the supplies they had had had were all from their own military supplies. Thus, the soldiers of Phoenix City Pass were unable to eat at all, and were unable to provide any support at all. And most importantly, the supplies they had brought with them were about to run out!
The quartermaster came to look for Kong Sheng on the second day of Chen Chu's water magnification, meaning that he would only be able to keep food for ten days. Now that Master Chen had made such a move, the enemy would probably not attack anymore.
At that time, Kong Sheng just stared at them, saying, you, a quartermaster, can be counted as someone who can invade cities without invading them? Besides, the soldiers were finally able to have a peaceful meal. It was unreasonable of them to not let them eat their fill! However, he still comforted the Military Officer with a few words, saying that there was no need for you to worry. old commander had already been in the capital for quite some time, and he would have those friendly provinces send us food and fodder as reinforcements. At the end, Kong Sheng patted the quartermaster's shoulder heavily, and said sincerely: ”Don't be sad about food! Warriors could only eat their fill! Eat well! Only then would he have the strength to fight! If you don't even give people enough to eat, how are you going to let them protect their families and protect their countries? ”
Thinking back to it now, Kong Sheng really wanted to slap himself. If one did not manage it, one would not know how expensive Chai Mi was. Now that he was in charge, he did not know how expensive Chai Mi was.
The angry Kong Sheng started to find and chat with the officials of the northern province. You guys told me to give you all an explanation on account of Chen Chu, and I locked up all the people under Chen Chu's command, waiting for the end of fall. Then, don't you all have to give your father an explanation now?! Where's the food?!
At the beginning, they were still being stubborn, saying that they had made arrangements when they came, but if they didn't see the food cart arrive soon, then something must have gone wrong on the road.
Kong Sheng roared. ”The thousand kilometers to the south of Phoenix City Pass is the Empire's plains. Furthermore, this is the army's food supply, which thief would dare to steal military food while having water in their brains?! ”
No matter what, even if he was scolding, he still had to deal with the matter of urging him to eat. Now that the food in northern province had disappeared, and the efforts of the old commander had not made any movements, Kong Sheng could only send out squads of scouts to welcome them south. At the same time, he forcefully ordered Border Army to deduct two taels of food from each meal, and the standards of the people's militia and food had to be kept at the same level as the Border Army.
The people's militia s did not dare scold openly, but they had already complained in private. In a single day, Kong Sheng's image had changed from a ”good officer with a determined character like a soldier” to ”a man who doesn't even eat his fill with grain or meat”, and he was even ”a playboy who doesn't know the hardships of the people, who doesn't even understand the simple logic of the original Soup Cuisine”.
In comparison, the Border Army Soldier chose to keep silent. They had been with Kong Sheng for a long time, so they knew who this Lord Kong was and what kind of person he was. The most important thing was that the Border Army had been preparing for a long time, so they knew the meaning behind this ”two taels of silver”.
Zhao Handong came over to look for Kong Sheng, indicating that he wanted to hunt a few Demonic Beast in the mountains with his team, ”Give some meat to our brothers”. Kong Sheng silently agreed. He understood that Zhao Handong wanted to see if there was any other way to cook some food. He had also conveniently told Zhao Handong that the little pups in Devil Kingdom would not be coming over for a while, and furthermore, they wouldn't be needed to do so. As long as they continued to endure like this, in another ten days or so, they would be able to receive Phoenix City Pass with a leisurely stroll.
The scouts never came back. The food in the granary was getting less and less, and the lack of food was no longer a secret. Three meals a day were changed to two meals a day, and the morning meal was also filled with porridge. Kong Sheng was so anxious that he had his hair tied up everyday. He went to his immediate Red Camp s to patrol, and his gaze involuntarily drifted towards each horse. Ling Zilu was so frightened that he specially arranged for two people to stand guard at the door. The moment he saw Kong Sheng, he immediately informed the big guys to lock up the stable to prevent the Lord Kong from having any ill intentions towards the war horses.
The Red Camp was still alright, the thing that was most anxious in his heart was the people's militia. This group of peasant brothers who could not help before in times of war, but who later scolded Lord Kong because of their food problem, fully utilized their imagination of being able to train in the fields.
”Look at the look in Lord Kong's eyes, this isn't a patrol, this is a market! Is he here to choose who to eat tonight? ”
”Be quiet!” Do you know why Red Camp can't be fought so easily? Their horses eat meat! The eyes of a horse that has eaten meat will turn red at night.