Li Zhongyi's purpose is actually very clear, even if the 30,000 army is stationed in the field, it is impossible to consume more than the 300,000 army and 200,000 civilians in Kaijing City. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In Kaijing City, which was surrounded by Li Jiajun, although there was some food shortage, as long as the supply was reduced, it could still support it for some time.

The most important thing is not food, but the firewood needed for cooking in the capital, which can no longer be supplied.

In recent days, there have been repeated earth-shattering cries in the city, and Li Zhongyi knows in his heart that it must be the evil result of forcibly demolishing the doors and beams of people's houses.

Kaijing City was originally not large, and the king of rebellion hurriedly started an incident, and summoned the soldiers and horses of King Qin who far exceeded his ability to bear it, and the consumption was amazing.

In this cold winter, whether it is to make a fire for cooking, or to burn firewood for heating, a large amount of firewood is needed.

To put it mildly, Li Zhongyi is waiting for this moment. The purposeful and planned blockade of the city was actually a deliberate attempt to force the rebel king of Goryeo and the so-called army of King Qin, so that in order to survive, they had to grab food and firewood with the people in the city.

Li Yunxiao said with a smile: "The crying in the city is getting higher and higher day by day, hehe, the so-called official army that is supposed to protect the family and defend the country is even more ferocious than the royal division of the Celestial Empire, what kind of strength do you have?" ”

Liu Heyang sat on the edge of the hotly burning charcoal basin, roasting the fire, and said with a smile: "In our camp, there is almost every meal of cattle, sheep, and horse meat. ”

Liao Shanhe concentrated on nibbling a leg of mutton in his hand, patted his big greasy hand on Liu Heyang's shoulder, grinned innocently, and said: "According to my old Liao's careful observation, the matter of two taels of horse meat topping half a catty of rations predicted by the Senate is very reliable. ”

Li Yunxiao obviously saw Liao Shanhe's oily hands, wiped them on Liu Heyang's shoulder, but he couldn't see it, he just tasted tea leisurely, and slowly knocked the fried watermelon seeds.

In the summer, Li Zhongyi likes to use well water to relieve the heat of watermelons, but after watermelons were introduced to the Central Plains from the Khitans, there was no large-scale planting.

What's worse is that Li Zhongyi doesn't know how to grow watermelons, and he asked all the old farmers in the city, but no one will fix this thing.

Later, when Li Fu sent the New Year's gift to the Zhe family, Li Zhongyi arranged for Zhe Yukou to be escorted back to Fuzhou, Zhe Yukou said it casually under the interrogation of the old lady.

No, Zhe Congruan actually knew that someone would grow watermelons, so he sent someone to Xuyang County, Tongzhou, and took the initiative to visit Hu Qiao, the county commander, and asked for a way to grow watermelons with cow dung.

After Li Zhongyi learned the method of planting watermelons, he waved his hand and bought thousands of acres of worthless wasteland outside Kaifeng City, and sent special personnel to clean up the melon fields.

Li Zhongyi, who is greedy, not only wants to eat watermelon, but prefers to drink tea and brag and chat when he is fine.

It's a pity that the sunflower seeds are still on the distant and unreachable American continent, and they can't eat even if they are hungry, which makes Li Zhongyi deeply regret and regret.

After two years of careful tending, the watermelon has obtained a certain degree of harvest, and the fried watermelon seeds have become an indispensable snack on Li Zhongyi's expedition.

Similar to Li Yunxiao, Li Zhongyi's confidant and close minister, he is a faceless, skinless, and particularly greedy guy, as long as he sees the hole, he must take advantage of the advantage of being close to the water and the building to get the moon first, take advantage of the situation to grab a handful of fried fragrant watermelon seeds, roast the fire and drink tea, and chat with everyone about leisure.

Having said that, with Li Yunxiao's status in Li Zhongyi's mind, such a small thing as "grabbing" a few handfuls of watermelon seeds with his hands, Li Zhongyi will only treat it as if he never saw it.

Today's Li Jiajun's logistical supply can be said to be sufficient, and under the unified arrangement of the Senate and the Heavy Battalion, Li Jiajun's food is not only rich and diverse, but also has sufficient supply, and there is no need to worry about the firewood at all.

As for the large area of bare and deforested forests outside Kaijing City, Li Zhongyi did not pay attention to the soil erosion and environmental protection problems caused by it.

In this expedition, Li Zhongyi brought a lot of cattle, sheep and horses, among them, the role of cattle and sheep can be summarized in one sentence: to offset part of the consumption of grain with the calories and nutrition of meat.

Fighting a war is logistics, and these people sitting in Li Zhongyi's big tent today once again deeply understood the profound connotation.

Having enough to eat, warmly dressed, holding the gun tightly, and wielding a knife is the good life that the army should live when it goes out.

Today, everyone gathered in the big tent of the Chinese army, in fact, there are two purposes, one is that Li Zhongyi opened a small stove for the big guy and let everyone fight for the tooth sacrifice; The other is that the Goryeo people in Kaeongseong City obviously can't hold out for long, and the day of the decisive battle is approaching, which needs to be discussed.

As the saying goes, what is good will be very good, and there is a cloud in ancient times: the king of Chu has a thin waist, and he starves to death in the palace!

Li Zhongyi's love for fried watermelon seeds infected the heavy generals around him, although Song Yunxiang was not as convenient as Li Yunxiao's grasp, but he didn't dare to stretch out his hand because the watermelon seeds were in front of him.

For a while, in the big tent, the crisp sound of breaking the shell of watermelon seeds came and went.

Yang Wushuang, the deputy commander of the Senate Division, held a long thin stick in his hand, pointed on the military sand table, and explained loudly: "Now, our army has successfully cut off all contact between Kaijing and the outside world, and according to the report of the sentinel who arrived for reconnaissance, the crying in the city has become more and more intense, and it is obvious that the Koreans will not last a few days." Hehe, you can't eat raw rice without firewood, right? ”

"According to the Senate's assumption, give another five to seven days to let the rebellious Goryeo people grab more grain, firewood and other supplies. According to the current trend, even if the civilians in the city are not starved to death, they will freeze in a large area...... What ...... that" Yang Wushuang paused slightly, although he didn't say it explicitly, everyone in the tent understood the subtext.

There was not enough firewood in the city, and it was impossible for the Goryeo soldiers who rushed to King Qin to wait to starve to death or freeze to death, and they were bound to resort to violent means to forcibly collect supplies from the city.

Then, the more Goryeo civilians who were robbed by their own families of the same clan, resulting in freezing and starvation, the smoother the aftermath of the Celestial Dynasty would be in the future, which is unquestionable and positive.

"Due to the thickening snow, the roads are slippery, which is not conducive to the assault of the war horses. The engineer battalion worked day and night, and only a part of the wooden sleds were ordered, which was far from satisfying the needs of the entire army. When Yang Wushuang said this, he suddenly smiled slightly, "If the Korean people see through our thoughts, they don't have to worry. The Khitan slaves in the engineer battalion dug five tunnels, and it only took three days to pass through the walls of Kaijing City and reach the city. ”

Li Zhongyi felt a little regretful in his heart, it was not easy to make black * gun* medicine, and it would definitely take a lot of weight to achieve the point of collapsing the city wall.

The army is on an expedition, and strategic materials such as black * gunpowder * powder can save a little bit. After all, burying it under the wall of Kaijing City through a tunnel will save several times the amount of consumption than piling it up in the hole of the city gate.