Not to mention Yu Mingyi and Geng Qiu's thoughts, King Ping was losing his temper at the moment, "This king is playing with his life in this ghost place, they are good, they actually dare to withhold grain and grass, the soldiers can't eat enough, how can they have the strength to fight hard." ”

"Lord Wang, now is not the time to lose your temper, you have to think of a way. Seeing that the new grain has just been put on the market, how can you spend the winter if you don't take the opportunity to get more grain and grass? The left and right kept persuading.

"Zeng Baihu, I remember when you first came, you brought a bag of food, and it smelled very good, how did you get it?" King Ping asked.

Because of this batch of grain and grass, most of them are messy grains, and the remaining half of the brown rice is mixed with a lot of sand and stones, and all the grain is stored grain, and some of them have insects.

"When I go back to His Highness, I fry all the grains, mix them together and grind them into powder, mix them with salt, and it is very convenient to eat them, just take boiling water and wash them. And it's kept for a long time. Ah Hao said.

"Hey, that's a good idea." When King Ping heard this, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered him to go down and dig out the sand and gravel first, and then process the grain into powder. Anyway, now they stay in a good place, the winter is long, this is not yet September, it began to drift a light snow, a pot of water boils have to cost a lot of firewood, these stored grain and beans just cook it takes a lot of time, in the future, it will be colder, even firewood and grass are extremely scarce, it is better to take advantage of the good weather now, first get all the grain out, and then only need to boil water. Wouldn't it save time and firewood?

Speaking of which, it has been almost a year since King Ping came out, although holding the Jeju Province, which is the closest to Xinzhou, has prevented the Northern Barbarians from further encroaching on the place of the Daqing Dynasty. But in fact, this Jeju, before King Ping came, had already been sacked by the Northern Barbarian Army. Fortunately, the local people, under the leadership of the Jeju defenders and the prefect, fought tenaciously, and when they were about to fight to the end, the army led by King Ping just arrived, otherwise, Jeju would have become the world of the northern barbarians. However, most of the counties under the jurisdiction of Jeju Province were lost.

It can be said that the arrival of King Ping is only to guard the most central place of Jeju Province, so their life is also extremely difficult, they do not enjoy a little help nearby, there is no surplus food left for them here, the people have long been displaced, and the fields are barren. The place they occupy is extremely important, separated from Xinzhou by a large river, and on both sides of high mountains.

The first major battle of King Pyeong's arrival here was the seizure of this stronghold, and 40,000 people died at that time, not including the Jeju defenders and civilians who had been defending here before. At that time, King Ping's order was: "Even if you die to the last person, you must defend this place to the death." ”

All the soldiers, one after another, for ten days and ten nights, was the first time that the Northern Barbarians suffered the biggest counterattack after launching this war, and at the end of the battle, the Northern Barbarians themselves retreated. Because the 100,000 army brought by King Ping is endless, regardless of life or death, it is obvious that even if he fights to the last person, he will not back down. Not only that, because among this group of people, there are many strong kung fu players, one person can be used as ten people, especially a few marksmen, who shot and killed the generals of the Northern Barbarians at that time, and even damaged many of their people. As soon as the general died, the Northern Barbarians instantly broke up, and King Ping took the opportunity to drive them away from Jeju Province.

The Northern Barbarians were also at that time, so that King Ping got this stronghold, and then the two sides began a war of strength. After King Ping took over Jeju Province, there were only a thousand people left in the local area, including the common people and sergeants. Even the prefect died on the city walls.

King Pyeong counted the battlefield and strengthened a few more areas that needed special defense, and before he could catch his breath, the Northern Barbarians pressed in again, and it was clear that they also understood that if they could not take Jeju Province, they would never be able to wave their army south. Fortunately, King Ping's battle this time was in the right place and time, and it coincided with a heavy snowstorm, which was too cold, and the Northern Barbarians themselves took the initiative to retreat.

In this way, King Ping finally spent the winter safely and got plenty of recuperation. During the period, the soldiers and grain and grass supplemented by the imperial court also arrived in time, and on the battlefield in the spring, the strength of King Ping increased greatly, and he fought to the death with the Northern Barbarians, but neither side got much benefit.

After turning it three times and five times, the grain and grass in the court not only could not arrive on time, but were also detained, and the soldiers had a very difficult time. The war with the Northern Barbarians has hardly stopped. There are always one or two battles in January, and it is obvious that the Northern Barbarians also understand that if they do not take the opportunity to take Jeju Province, they will have to expel them back to the Northern Barbarians sooner or later when Daqing recovers. Therefore, the northern barbarians also worked hard, and they never let King Ping be peaceful.

King Taira brought not only the miscellaneous troops in Kyoto, but also all the local garrisons along the way, all of which were selected well-made, and a total of 100,000 troops were gathered.

But in less than a year, most of the personnel were lost. Now there are only 40,000 or 50,000 soldiers left, and the soldiers sent by the DPRK and China to reinforce them in the past few times can still come 5,000 or 6,000 at a time, and then 3,000 or 2,000 people, and now they can only come 1,000 or 800 people. The soldiers and grain and grass were not sufficiently replenished, and the northern barbarians, on the other hand, were now better resting and recuperating.

After the Northern Barbarians occupied Beiliang Xinzhou and half of Jeju, they brought all the young and middle-aged people among their people, not only vigorously farming and consolidating their territory, but also constantly attacking in order to take all of Jeju, so that King Ping had to garrison Jeju Province and fight with them with all his might. If you break through the barrier of Jeju Province, it will be very easy for the northern barbarians to wave their troops to the south, because to the south, it is basically a plain, which is easy to attack and difficult to defend.

It's just that every time it is fought, the Daqing army has lost a lot of soldiers, and the Daqing Dynasty has lost nearly 300,000 soldiers, and the casualties of the Northern Barbarians are less than half of the Daqing Dynasty. The 200,000 soldiers who lost the first two losses were the strongest elite troops, so that the army left to King Ping was a ragtag army, especially the soldiers who were later transferred from various places to reinforce were either old, weak, sick or new, and basically came to die. There is little combat effectiveness.

Up to now, most of the people who are still alive under King Ping are actually the guards of various families in Kyoto, but fortunately, they have been fighting here for more than half a year, and they have become more and more courageous. It's just that at the moment, if the supply of grain and grass is less and less, it will be troublesome. Who is willing to charge here, and they can't even eat their stomachs, besides, the Northern Barbarians are now strong and strong, and the longer it drags on, the more unfavorable it will be to the Daqing Dynasty.

Because he learned a good way to deal with the grain, for a few days, King Ping sent some soldiers to help deal with the grain, but he himself was in a hurry, and he knew very well that this year's winter would be a watershed. Either the northern barbarians took the whole of Jeju, or he could go one step north, so soldiers and grain and grass were extremely important. However, he sent three urgent letters back in a row, but he failed to get the support of the DPRK and China, and he knew very well that something big must have happened in the DPRK and China.

"Lord Wang, there's news back." In the middle of the night, except for the defensive, most of the soldiers slept, and Zhu Si quietly woke up King Ping.

"Light the lamp." King Ping was overjoyed, and hurriedly got up and took the letter brought back by the secret agent he buried in the capital.

There are few numbers in the letter, and there are now peace factions in the court, and they feel that the Northern Barbarians are becoming more and more courageous the more they fight, and they are afraid that King Ping will not be able to hold it, so it is better to negotiate peace, and cede Xinzhou, Beiliang, Jeju and other places to the Northern Barbarians.

"Hmph." King Ping was furious and wanted to tear the letter away. Zhu Si picked up the letter and swept it through it at a glance, his face changed greatly.

"Lord Wang, how is this good?" Zhu Si asked.

"It's unbelievable. The compensation for the cession of land can only make the Northern Barbarians stronger and stronger, and sooner or later they will annex the Daqing Dynasty. ”

"That's it, now they are so arrogant, and if they raise them for a few more years, wouldn't they be even stronger."

"Go and call a few hundred households, and then invite Mr. Ye to discuss the plan." King Ping pinched his eyebrows and commanded with a heavy heart.

If the imperial court really chooses peace talks, he Ping Wang is a joke, he has persisted here for almost a year, after nine deaths, I am afraid that he will not end up well after going back, and may even become a victim.

Soon, all the personnel came to the residence of King Ping. For King Ping calling them to gather in the middle of the night, and not finding the Northern Barbarians attacking, everyone didn't know what the reason was. This is the first time this has happened.

Deng Baihu whispered to Zhang Baihu beside him: "What's wrong?" "These two people, originally like enemies, had to taunt and fight each other when they met, but now they have become good brothers, and after living and dying together, those small grievances in the past have long been ignored.

"How do I know?" Zhang Baihu whispered. The two asked Ah Hao with their eyes again, and Ah Hao didn't know that among all the hundred households, only he had the most no foundation, and the others could get some news from the family in Beijing, only him, completely relying on King Ping.

The other two hundred households, who originally had a good relationship, also shook their heads at the same time, and it was obvious that they didn't get any news.

"Well, I woke you up in the middle of the night because Kyoto is now discussing a plan for a joint discussion." King Ping said in a deep voice.

"What, peace talks, what are you kidding?" Everyone suddenly exploded like a pot, and they couldn't believe their ears.

"Silence, what do you think, come one by one." King Ping said in a low voice. Before these generals came, he had already discussed it with his henchmen. Obviously, he does not agree to the peace talks, but although these generals are following him at the moment, they cannot guarantee that they are all with him. Therefore, he suddenly threw out this bomb-like news, just to take the opportunity to observe everyone's reaction.