Chapter 21 Grain Levy
"This lord, before, when the kingdom first sent troops to fight the Yayoi Kingdom, it had already looted all the food in the village, and we really had no food!" An old man explained with a smile. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Fuck your shit, there is no food, how did you survive these two days, and you don't hand over all the food, otherwise, I can only send the meat on your body to the barracks as dried meat!" The Kamakura officer threatened, "It's all old men and little kids anyway, it's useless!" β
"This, my lord, we really don't have food, these days, we are all eating weeds and tree bark on the mountains to survive, you see this group of children, they are all so yellow and thin, where have we eaten decent food!" Hearing the threat of the Kamakura officer, the old man knelt directly on his knees and begged for mercy, "If you don't believe it, you can search your body, we will never dare to resist!" β
"Boss, someone's coming!" At this moment, a sharp-eyed officer and soldier asked in surprise when he saw the dust raised in the distance.
"Damn, are you the bastards of the food urging team again? How did you come so quickly, didn't you hand over a batch of grain yesterday? Why is it here again? The Kamakura officer turned his head in annoyance, and then couldn't help but be dumbfounded, "Here, how did the soldiers of the Yayoi Kingdom appear here?" β
Seeing dozens of Kamakura officers and soldiers appear here, and it seems that there is a conflict with the villagers in this village, but why the conflict started, I am far away, and I don't hear it.
"Well, what's going on here?" I said playfully.
The Kamakura officer, looking at the cavalry of the First Army, surrounded the village, couldn't help but turn pale, bullying the old Baixin, they were very good, but they were hundreds of times their own enemy troops, they showed cowardice.
"They don't say, are you willing to say?" I said as gently as I could, while hinting to the soldiers below to kill the soldiers of the Kamakura Kingdom.
"I... Iβ" The old man shuddered and fell silent, and sat on the ground unable to utter a word.
One of them, a girl about twelve years old, stood up and told the story of the previous situation.
"So, there's no food in your village, right?" I said thoughtfully.
"Yes, yes!" The girl said in fear.
"Don't be afraid, I can't afford to lose face against a group of unarmed people!" I was quite 'proud', and at the same time, I took out a bag of grain from the treasure bag and threw it on the ground, "There is some grain here, you can take it down and give it to them!" β
The girl looked at me stunned, as if she didn't understand what was going on.
"You, the legion elder asked you to accept it, and you will be under it, why are you still stunned!" Kenhide Matsuda behind me said viciously.
"Thank you, sir!" Only then did the girl react.
"Alright, let's go!" I ordered.
Walking two hundred meters out of the small mountain village, Matsuda Kenhide asked in confusion, "My lord, if you don't kill those untouchables, why do you still send them food?" β
"What, do you have any comments?" I frowned slightly.
"No, of course not!" Kenhide Matsuda hurriedly explained, "I'm just a little puzzled, that's all!" β
"You say, if our army is compared with the alliance forces of Kamakura, Muromachi, and Kofun, which one will be stronger or weaker?" I stopped and asked.
"This..."Kenhide Matsuda was quite embarrassed.
"Just tell the truth!" I said calmly.
"Judging from the current situation, our army, Wakajo has one million, the Guards Legion has 800,000, and the Rock Legion has 400,000, and the Three Kingdoms Alliance has more than 7 million soldiers, so naturally the Three Kingdoms Alliance is stronger. However, now that the kingdom is stepping up its time to train new soldiers, as long as we can hold out for a month, we can increase our army by at least three million, and if we can hold out for a year, even if we gather tens of millions of soldiers, it is not impossible! When the time comes, the defeat of the Three Kingdoms Alliance will be just around the corner! Matsuda Kenhide thought for a while and said.
"But do you think Wakajo will be able to drag on for a month? How many 'Waka Castles' will Japan lose in this month's time? I said solemnly.
"Thisβ" Kenhide Matsuda couldn't say anything.
"If I don't talk about you, I can't say it! However, if they can be used well, maybe in less than a month, our army will be able to completely defeat the Three Kingdoms Alliance! I squinted my eyes and said confidently.
"They? Are you referring to the untouchables? Kenhide Matsuda guessed.
"Xianxiujun, I don't want to hear the word untouchable from your mouth again!" I said unpleasantly.
"I'm sorry, my lord, but next time, I'll pay attention. However, can relying on this group of cheap, no, villagers, make any difference? With their combat effectiveness, as long as I am given a hundred-man army, even if there are 10,000 villagers, I will dare to kill seven in and seven out! Matsuda said kindly, but from his tone, I could hear his disdain for the villagers.
"Let's put it this way, our army is a tiger, the Triple Alliance is a pack of wolves, and those villagers are a pack of sheep. In terms of combat power, no matter how many sheep there are, it is impossible to do anything to the wolf pack, but what if the wolf pack is divided within it because of that sheep? At this time, isn't it much easier for the tiger to deal with its wolf? "I'll use the analogy.
"Eh, how can a wolf turn against a sheep because of it?" Kenhide Matsuda asked puzzled.
"I'm just making an analogy." I reluctantly explained, "Today's Kamakura Kingdom has accepted the castles of the Asuka Kingdom, and likewise, they have accepted their army. In addition, before attacking our country, the Triple Alliance Army wantonly captured strong men in the village and forcibly conscripted them. It can be said that there are more than 7 million coalition troops, at least one million of whom are from the former Bird Kingdom, if they are encouraged to rebel, the coalition army will collapse from within, and the coalition army will be an eagle with broken wings, and it will be easy to slaughter! β
"So it can still be like this!" Kenhide Matsuda suddenly realized, "Then what should we do?" β
"You go back first, persuade those villagers to leave first, there are so many officers and soldiers who have died here to collect grain, the army of the Kamakura Kingdom will not let them go!" I rubbed my head and said, "I haven't thought about the specific plan yet, and I'll have to think about it again when I get to a quiet place!" β
With more than 50,000 cavalry, I wreaked havoc in the places where the Three Kingdoms Coalition Army transported grain (there may be ambushes and did not go to them), so that they did not have the heart to attack Waka Castle again.
There are many people to protect, I don't fight, relying on the advantage of speed, I immediately escape, and there are many people to protect, and there is a lot of food consumed, even if it is transported to the barracks, there is not much left; There are few people who protect it, so they don't say anything, they rush up and do it, and then put the food into a treasure bag, and after they go back, they will give it to the people of the former Bird Kingdom, and borrow flowers to send the Buddha; If the Triple Alliance also pursued with cavalry, they would flee into the mountains, and the people of the Asuka Kingdom, who were familiar with the terrain, found us the most suitable way to escape and prevent others from pursuing.
The Three Kingdoms Alliance, which had no choice, had to issue an order that the city closest to the battlefield must pay food according to the head, and according to their meaning, these are military rations, which are used to support the Yayoi Kingdom, the former enemy of the Asuka Kingdom.
This order caused the people of the Asuka Kingdom to complain in the past.
The Asuka Kingdom used to be rich, but it was devastated by continuous wars, young and middle-aged people went to war, many fields were vacant, and many families had no rice to cook, and now it is impossible to take out so much food.
"What is the reason, we have to go to war with young people, and we have to collect food at such a difficult time, why are we sacrificing so many young people?"
"Yes, those guys from Kamakura don't treat us as human beings at all, why should we help them fight hard!"
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The reaction of the people was very fierce, which caused strong dissatisfaction among the Three Kingdoms Alliance, but a group of untouchables dared to be so ****, they simply didn't know whether they were alive or dead.
So, the soldiers of the Three Kingdoms Alliance picked up the military sticks in their hands, beat the old and young women and children of the original Asuka Kingdom to scream, and finally forcibly suppressed the opposition.
"Legion Commander, it seems that your sowing of discord has been suppressed!" Matsuda Kenhide said worriedly.
"It's good to suppress it!" I said optimistically, looking at Kenhide Matsuda's confused eyes, I explained, "The anger of the people of the Asuka Kingdom is like that spring, the tighter it is pressed, and when it finds an opportunity to be released, the explosive power it brings will directly crush the entire coalition army!" β
Although Matsuda Kenhide doesn't understand it very well, he feels very powerful, and his anxious heart has calmed down, and everything is under the control of the corps commander, which is good.
Without sufficient food and grass, and the reinforcements from Waka Castle have arrived, the nearly seven million troops of the Three Kingdoms Coalition will not be able to take Waka Castle.
Soon, letters of accountability came from the kings of various countries: why, after such a long time, it was still impossible to take a city.
In view of this, in order to prevent me from harassing the grain convoy with others, the coalition army sent a total of 200,000 soldiers to protect the grain routes.
In this case, I did not force a sneak attack, although I am sure that I can defeat these 200,000 soldiers, but this will inevitably lead to heavy losses for the First Army, which is not conducive to the development of the plan.
Two days later, the people of the former Asuka Kingdom, who could not bear the ravage, each elected their own representatives, and petitioned the three governors of the kingdom, hoping that they could give them a way to live, reduce some of the grain collection tasks, or let some of the young adults go home to grow food.
Of course, their request was denied, but the kings of the Three Kingdoms gave them a military order that they must capture Waka Castle within the specified time.