Chapter 129: Living Sacrifice(2/2)
Ma Yue's expression moved and asked, "Why?"
Guo Tu said: "Although our army is victorious now, there are three worries, one is concerned about the dispute between the temple, two is concerned about the unstable morale of the army, and three is concerned about the lack of food and grass. Among them, the dispute between the temple is the most important. This is related to the reputation of the lord, and it should not be taken lightly. Liu Yu formed the Xianbei and planned to be the lord, but failed, and led a large army to invade Ning County. What he did was really a ruthless person. Even if the lord killed him, it was still necessary. This is called eliminating the traitors of the country!"
"It's good." Jia Xu continued, "If the lord leads his army to capture Jixian, the situation will be very different. At that time, Yuan Feng, Yuan Wei, Huang Wan and others in the court will be able to bite him and slander the lord to rebel. He leads his troops to attack Jixian. Liu Yu leads his troops to resist to death and is killed by the lord. In this way, Liu Yu has become a loyal minister and martyr who sacrifices his life for the country."
Ma Yue said: "Um~~"
Guo Tu said again: "Then the Wuhuan in western Liaoning surrendered, and the morale of the army was not yet determined. There was a reward for probing horses. Most of the Wuhuan cavalry in western Liaoning had cavalry robbed the people of Youzhou. Once the situation was lost control, it was very likely that Qiu Liju and Su Puyan would lead the people to rebel, and the consequences would be unimaginable!"
Ma Yueshen agreed and said, "Yes, Wuhuan in western Liaoning is a double-edged sword. If you use it well, you can kill the enemy, and if you don't use it well, you can hurt yourself! Now the war is over. It's time to retract the double-edged sword back into the sheath."
Guo Tu said: "The most worrying thing about Guo Tu is that the food and grass are in urgent need. The supplies transported from the capital to Ning County with the army have been exhausted after a series of fierce battles. Although there are a lot of cattle and sheep from the tribe, they are also a drop in the bucket. The officials have calculated that if they want to survive this winter, they will be at least half of the food and grass~~"
"Yes, it's not as good as before." Jia Xu sighed. "The lord's command was only five thousand soldiers, and less than ten generals were. Except for a few thousand craftsmen, there were no one in old, young, female and children. Now? Now there are no less than 20,000 string explorers from various departments of Wuhuan. In addition, there are more than 80,000 old, young, female, child and Xianbei slaves, and there are more than 80,000 people, and the daily consumption is huge. The lord's accumulated wealth before is not enough to support it."
Ma Yue was frightened when he heard this, and then he remembered that since he conquered Shanggu and the Wuhuan tribes in the two counties in western Liaoning, the population under his rule had reached more than 80,000. At first, Ma Yue was really uncomfortable when he thought of taking charge of so many people's food, clothing, housing, transportation, life and death.
"Well, food and grass are indeed a problem." Ma Yue frowned deeply, his eyes flew over Guo Tu, Jia Xu and others, and asked, "Do you have any good ideas?"
Guo Tu said: "The picture~~ there is no way to offer it."
A vicious look suddenly flashed through Jia Xu's eyes and said to Ma Yue: "Lord, Xu has a plan."
Ma Yue said: "Tell me."
Jia Xu said: "To alleviate the crisis of food and grass, there are only two ways: one is to raise food and grass, and the other is to save expenses."
Guo Tu frowned and said, "Most of the money and grain in Youzhou are stored in Jixian County. If you cannot capture Jixian County, you will not be able to obtain money and grain from Jixian County. If you plunder the people of Youzhou, it may be difficult to explain to the court. Moreover, Youzhou is barren and poor, so you may not raise much money and grain. Originally, if the weather is good, you can still plunder the Xianbei people, but now it is snowy and the unfavorable army operations of the ice and snow. At this time, it is unlikely to be captured when going north to the frontier."
"So~~ it's too late to raise food and grass." Jia Xu said in a narrow voice, "then we can only start by saving expenses."
"Save saving money?" Guo Tu said inexplicably, "How to save money?"
Jia Xu smiled sinisterly and said coldly: "No more~~ reduce your mouth!"
Guo Tu was terrified when he heard this and said, "Reduce~~Reduce your mouth!?"
"Yes, reduce the amount of food! There are too many people wasting food under the rule of the lord, especially the Wuhuan in western Liaoning, who just surrendered. Although there are 15,000 people who control strings, there are more than 40,000 elderly, young, women and children, too many! There are too many. If there are no such group of old, young, women and children, our army can save at least half of the food, and it will be just right to survive this winter."
Guo Tu's back was filled with air conditioning, and his expression was filled with awesomeness. Jia Xu was really worthy of the title of poisonous warrior. Such a vicious and vicious plan that violated the heavens could even come up with! Suddenly, Guo Tu shivered again with a chill, looking back at Ma Yue's blank space in front of him. The butcher Ma met Jia Poison, Oh my God~~
Chapter completed!