Chapter 36: Opportunity and Hunger (II)

Sean succeeded, and he managed to sack the camp of Rositin's main force. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The large amount of grain and grass that he hoarded was burned by him.

The Makusai Army, who were originally so nervous that they couldn't sleep at the mouth of the Norsman Gorge, saw the sky-high fire before they even started.

Even if you are dozens of miles away, you can see it clearly. They knew that Sean had succeeded.

Sure enough, the next morning, the battle did not come. All the Rossiting troops retreated.

Even, because the grain and grass were burned. The foundation of the Rossiting army on the front line was gone, and they had no choice but to retreat again.

The defeat of the front line angered King Roxiting.

Seeing that the contact between the church and the Heavenly Master Hall is becoming more and more frequent, if we don't regain the lost land, I am afraid that the land will really change hands.

If the army loses this attack, it will be forgotten, and it will be able to attack again.

However, the burning of grain and grass was like a heavy hammer, so that they could only shrink the offensive front.

That's the food and grass of hundreds of thousands of troops, and it's burned like that.

Although there are still many important grain storage towns on the front line, which will not shake the morale of the army in the short term, it is not necessary to think about attacking.

Moreover, there is limited food there after all. In addition to supplying the Rossiting army, more than 200,000 allies from two countries also asked them to pay for food.

As a result, there is tremendous food pressure. I'm afraid those granaries are only enough for a month or two.

There is no way, now the center of Luo Xiting is obviously preparing food.

Another big win for Yardley was sent back home. The whole country rejoiced, and the royal capital sang and danced to celebrate.

Everything seems to be moving in favor of the kingdom of Yardley.

However, behind this impending victory, a storm is quietly gathering.

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"Boss, why has the price of food risen again! Ten silver coins is only that. You know, in the past, it was enough to buy ten times this! ”

One morning, at the entrance of a certain grain shop, I heard a familiar complaint again.

A young man who was sturdy, but did not look very wealthy, said with a sad face.

"It can't be helped, it's not that you don't know that the front line is fighting. Moreover, not to mention our grain, what is not several times more than before? ”

The owner of the shop, apparently an old businessman, said in an orderly manner.

"But that's outrageous. Other things, no matter how much they rose, they didn't rise so much! ”

"Cut, I don't know."

The boss spread his hands indifferently, and then showed a somewhat impatient look, "Do you still want to buy it?" If you don't buy and walk away, don't affect my business. ”

"Buy! Buy! Buy! The young man said hurriedly.

He has no food left at home, and if he doesn't buy it, will he starve to death?

This damn war has no good for civilians like him, only harm.

However, it is good to hear that General Sean has won another game. It is estimated that this war is almost over.

While grumbling, the young man pulled out a silver coin from his pocket. Gritting his teeth, he threw it to the boss.

After the young man left, another person walked into the shop. And the previous thing naturally happened again.

The war requires the consumption of a huge amount of food, hundreds of thousands of people, and the daily consumption is an astronomical amount.

In particular, the Yadli Kingdom exchanged a large amount of grain originally stored with the Qin State and obtained a large number of repeating crossbows. In the treasury of the kingdom, the grain has bottomed out.

Despite the fertility of the land, the yield per acre of grain is slightly higher than that of other countries. However, this is also a case where someone is farming.

Due to the increase in Roxitin's army, Yardley naturally needed to expand the army as well.

Many laborers had to leave their fields and go to the battlefield. Therefore, the farmland can only rely on some old and weak women and children to cultivate, and a decrease in grain production is inevitable.

On the one hand, there is a huge effort, and on the other hand, the production is decreasing day by day. In the kingdom of Ardley, there was already a huge deficit in food.

It's a pity that all this is invisible to those high-level people.

On the one hand, they never lacked food and clothing, and on the other hand, Sean's heavy defeat of Rossiting's army on the battlefield also made them indulge in the joy of victory.

Under such circumstances, how could they possibly see the crisis of those ordinary people?

Yardley is full of food crises, but Rositing may not be much better.

Because, compared to the number of Ardley's army, the number of Rossiting was obviously larger.

The more people there are, the more farmers are recruited. The more barren and fertile land there is.

What's more, these farmers who are used as cannon fodder by them also need to eat. The consumption of food is much higher than that of Ardley.

Thanks to Sean's blessing, he burned the food reserves of the Rossiting Army in one fell swoop.

That amount is enough to supply hundreds of thousands of people for almost a year, so you can imagine how huge it is.

After losing such a large amount of grain and grass, King Luo Xiting requisitioned grain from all over the country, which suddenly increased the price of grain, which was not very obvious, several times at once.

Of course, compared with Yardley, the price of food in Roxiting is still at an acceptable stage.

It's just that it's temporary.

The war between Rossiting and Yardley has once again stalemate.

And it seems that there is no agreement between the church and the Heavenly Master Hall on the reconciliation of the war between the two countries.

The church, like the Rositing Kingdom, has always been the one who suppressed the Temple of the Heavenly Master. Now the situation makes them bow their heads with the Heavenly Master Palace, what are they kidding?

However, it is also true that Roxiting is at a disadvantage. Therefore, the Church's demand was for the Adrians to return to the Norsman Gorge and for both sides to maintain their original lands.

It's just that the Heavenly Master Hall disagrees again.

For them, this time it was undoubtedly the little brother's excellent performance that gave him face. Now let the little brother spit out all the original pay, how can he, the big brother, still be?

Therefore, the condition of the Heavenly Master Hall is that Yardley will return some cities, but it will never go anywhere.

Between the two eldest brothers, you have been going back and forth for several months. It wasn't until Rosea was defeated again that the tone of the church relaxed a little.

It's just that although the tone is relaxed, there is still no agreement, after all, the church still has illusions about Roxitin.

The church and the Heavenly Master Hall dragged on like this, and those ordinary people suffered even more.

The price of food has risen again and again, and even among the civilian population, there is already a situation of starvation. Even some wealthy families have had to cut back on spending.

Hunger gradually spread among the Ardleys. And at this time, those nobles finally saw this.

It's just that what if you see it? The front-line war consumes a huge amount of money, is it possible to make the front-line soldiers hungry? Do you want to win that battle?

Of course, in response to a potential crisis in the country. King Yardley was not stupid, and immediately ordered Sean again, taking advantage of the fact that Rosicking's food had not yet arrived, to turn defense into offense, and try his best to force Rositing to choose to surrender.

It's just that the rejoicing King Roxiting will just give in? The answer is clearly no.

In order to defeat Adeli as soon as possible, King Rositing also went crazy to deliver grain and grass to the front.

He knew that it was no longer a hurry. As long as there is enough food on the front line, and it drags on for a year and a half, Yardley will definitely be defeated.

When the time comes, not only will you spit out what you eat, but you will also be bitten hard by Luo Xiting.