Chapter Seventy-Three: Financial Emergency
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The rally in Clock Tower Square ended at the moment when the clock struck midnight, and the moonlight shone through the clouds on the not very spacious laneway, and the ice city was still brightly lit at night.
Men carrying construction tools and working together to repair dilapidated houses, women sitting in the corners of the alleys, doing their work by the light of kerosene lamps, and of course pulling some parents' shortcomings, and children chasing and fighting on the rugged ruins, as if yesterday's battle was untouchable, can be seen everywhere in the ice city.
Ice City - City Hall Council Room......
Jing Ling sat on an ornate stone chair carved with exquisite patterns, he had already taken off his battle armor, revealing a shocking scar, while the old man Rhine sitting next to him was carefully stitching up his wounds, and from time to time he sighed that his patients had a strong willpower that ordinary people could not match.
No matter how the old man Rhein tore open Jing Ling's wounds, he looked at the people under the main seat without changing his face, and the solemn color between his eyebrows deepened.
The conference room is not very large, but it looks extremely magnificent, under the main seat are two rows of corresponding stone chairs, at this moment all the leaders of the Bingcheng ruling group are sitting in the conference room, their eyes are always on the main seat of Jing Ling, and there is also a trace of admiration.
"Honorable Commander, I implore you to take care of your wounds first." Vicky got up and suggested to Jing Ling that he didn't want Jing Ling to go to Heaven to report because of the wound infection, otherwise the fate of the tourists would be dark.
Jing Ling raised his hand and pressed it down gently, and after motioning for Viki to sit down, he said, "The situation is urgent, we simply don't have enough time, Haji, how is your battle report organized?" ”
Haji, who was sitting in second place on the left, hurriedly got up and said: "The death toll of our army is about 7,246, and the number of seriously wounded has reached 1,382. After annihilating about 23,000 enemy troops and capturing 4,752, according to the spies, Bais and Badillo had retreated to the city of Karl with the remaining 20,000 or so defeated troops. ”
While Haji was speaking, the old man Rhine had already helped Jing Ling stitch up all the wounds and wrap them around gauze.
Looking at the old man Rhine's appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, Jing Ling spoke: "Rhine, do you have anything to say?" ”
"Commander, you must remember not to touch the water during this time, and pay attention to your diet and rest, I will come over tomorrow to check on your wounds." The old man of Rhine bowed to Jing Ling.
"You don't have to bow to me, but I want to thank you for all you have done to the people." Jing Ling put on the white robe handed over by the guards, and then took the hand of the old man Rhine, helped him out of the conference room under the gaze of everyone, and then returned to the main seat and sat upright, with a solemn face: "Did Lin Yan's kid find those women and children?" ”
Haji said: "Just now, the messenger soldiers of Lin Yan's unit sent a message with carrier pigeons, and the 30,000 compatriots have been found, and they are on their way to Ice City at the moment, and there are many slaves who escaped from Karl City and Ice City along the way to join the troops returning to the city. ”
Jing Ling's eyes flashed with joy when he heard this, if he could include the tens of thousands of slaves who had fled in the wilderness into the ice city, the strength of the Red Army would also increase. But the thought that Patch might see the Red Army as a serious danger to his heart vanished from the crowd. "There is no artillery fire in the northwest direction, do you say that the Eastern Army of the Black Land has taken down Rock Gravel City?"
Wen Xiyang, who was sitting below Haji, spoke: "I think the scouts will soon pass on the battle situation over there, but I said Commander, if the Eastern Army of the Black Land really takes Rock Gravel City, do you think Paqi will accept us?" ”
"If we don't accept us, we'll have to go to war, and I think Patchy will understand that, and now I'm looking forward to seeing what he will say." ”
As soon as Jing Ling's words fell, Haji's eyes suddenly flashed with a touch of cunning: "Commander, I don't know what Patch's expression is, but the Northern Emperor Katwan will definitely be angry, maybe we can use the old fox Condon to balance Pache and Katwan." ”
Hearing this, Vikki's body shook suddenly, and an extremely complicated expression flashed in his eyes, and when he thought of Katwan, he thought of his late grandfather, Ivan the Great. If he hadn't joined Ivan the Great's army, he wouldn't have been called into the Viper because of his outstanding ability, and he wouldn't have been sent to Ice City to rule the underworld.
Is it all fate? Vicky sighed in his heart, he looked at the Jing Ling on the main seat, but Sophie's depressed face suddenly appeared in his mind. Now he is the ruler of Ice City, but how long can he hold out? If Sophie marries him, once he loses his power, won't Sophie also suffer? As soon as Vicky thought that his daughter would become a victim of power, he made up his mind that when the situation calmed down a little, he would take his family to Nolan to join his brother Warren, and as for Sophie's lifelong partner, he had already thought of a good candidate, that is, Warren's son.
Jing Ling sensed that Vicky was looking at him, and he turned his gaze to Wiki, who suddenly avoided his direct gaze.
What was the wiki thinking? Jing Ling wondered in his heart, but seeing that the other party intended to avoid it, Jing Ling didn't ask him. I saw him say to Haji, "Patch and Katwan and Condon, we will fight them sooner or later, but now our enemy is Nolan. ”
Jing Ling's expression was very heavy, although the Red Army held the ice city, but Bais and Badillo retreated to Karl City with more than 20,000 defeated soldiers.
Jing Ling naturally wouldn't take Badillo's dead fat man in his eyes, but the hero of Bais had to let him treat it carefully, if there was no Sirius army to participate in the battle, it would only be a matter of two or three days for Bingcheng to be captured by Baisi's army.
At this moment, the lords of Nolan are rubbing their fists and feet, stockpiling food and training soldiers, and everyone can foresee that a great war will break out in the East Land in the future, and perhaps the flames of war will be ignited before the cold winter comes.
"It is the beginning of June, and before October we must expand the Red Army to two corps, otherwise everything we have now will be in vain."
Jing Ling's words are more for himself, he has been in this world for a week, from a lowly slave at the mercy of life and death to the current lord of a city, the leader of more than 30,000 Red Army. All kinds of bitterness experienced during this period were buried in his heart, although he has always shown a tough image, but deep down there are still many things he wants to confide in people.
Jing Ling looked at the people below and sighed softly, the words that gushed out of his throat were forced back by him, for the memory of his previous life and the bumpy fate of this life, maybe he will find someone to talk to, but not now.
"Cain, I asked you to send someone to escort your compatriots from the mountains to the Ice City, how is this going?" Kyoling said to Cain, who was sitting on the right.
"I have already issued an order, and it will take two weeks at the earliest to move all the more than 200,000 people to the ice city." After Cain finished speaking, a look of hesitation flashed in his eyes, and after taking a light breath, he continued, "Commander, I have something to say. ”
Jing Ling nodded and motioned for him to continue.
"Commander...... I would like to know how much we have rations and when they will be disbursed. Cain understood that the ice city had just gone through a great war, and that it was a time when all industries were waiting to be built, and the government's financial expenditures would be unprecedentedly large. However, the army is the backbone of the Chinese state, and if it does not absorb 'nutrients', it is likely to become deformed or even broken.
The reason why the Sirius Alliance used to be called the Ringing Horse Army was because they were so poor that they would have to go down the mountain from time to time to plunder the caravans that crossed the border. And now they are going to abandon the camp in the mountains and move to the ice city, and the cost of more than 200,000 people is a huge amount.