Text: The Great Power Battle_Chapter 252 The Great Change of the System
The monarch of the Sharu Kingdom sat on the top of the main hall and looked at the group of important ministers below with sad faces. Suddenly, the anger surged up, and he shouted angrily: "You only know the sad face, can't you think of a way?"
The people of His Highness were suddenly distressed, thinking? It's a good thing to say, if there is really a way to do it, I would have thought it out a long time ago, are you still here with a bitter face? It's not like there's no way, it's useless no matter how much you shout.
The reason why the officials of Shalu Country are so annoyed is no longer the nearly 10 million Beichen Army. And it has already become the principality on which the sun never sets, and the big water that was put in order to combat the strength of the Beichen army. The northern bank of the Great River in Saru is also an area ravaged by floods. Even, by comparison, the North Shore was more severely affected than the South Shore.
As long as the reason is that there are still many mountains on the south bank, which can stop the raging floods. The north shore is different, and the fields that stretch for thousands of miles are originally the best grain-producing areas in the country of Sharu. But now it is good, how many years has the Erbuna River flowed, and there has not been a single flood, and this time it suddenly broke out. The loss of the surrounding area has been extremely severe, not only has a large amount of fertile land been destroyed, but many people have also been displaced.
This made the whole country of Shalu very angry, especially when the loss data was handed over, the monarch of the country of Shalu scolded the country that the sun never sets that day. Tens of millions of acres of fertile land were destroyed, which was the loss of nearly one million stones of grain in the imperial court. Now it is at war with Beichen Kingdom, and grain and grass are the most important, but now the main grain producing areas have been destroyed, and nearly one million stone grain and grass have been lost. In the rest of the Shalu Kingdom, the grain tax paid was only 500,000 stones, which was barely enough for the army. But what about the victims?
More than 3 million people along the Jiangbei coast were hit by the floods, and more than 1 million people died in the floods. Only more than 2 million people remained as refugees, which made the entire country of Sharu suddenly embarrassed. I want to help the victims, but I don't have enough food. There were a million grains and grass in the capital, but they were reserved for the army.
Now that it was the time of the war, the Sharu Kingdom relied on the last million soldiers to defend the capital. The rest of the place has now become undefended, mainly because a big flood not only caused the Beichen army to suffer, but even the million Shalu army in Jiangbei to defend the Beichen army also suffered. The army of millions, in just a few hours, was swept away without a trace by the river that was rampaging across the plains.
The garrison of Jiangbei, the one million army of the Shalu country, directly turned into nothingness after a great flood, which directly reduced the existing army of the entire Shalu country by half. Therefore, the whole country of Shalu gathered all its troops in the capital, intending to rely on the city wall to fight to the death with the Beichen army.
The Beichen Army was also hit by the flood, and the losses would definitely not be small. And the grain and grass must be lost, as long as the Shalu Kingdom resists in the capital for a while, the Beichen Kingdom is absolutely powerless to carry out the war, so it can only retreat helplessly.
In addition, the country of Sharu lost millions of people and millions of soldiers, and there was a plague. It is impossible for the Beichen Kingdom to escape the scourge of the plague, so it is possible for the Sharu Kingdom to survive. Of course, these are just the thoughts of the officials of Saruku themselves.
How could they have imagined that after the Beichen Army suffered a serious blow, not only did the morale not decrease, but instead turned into a mourning force. And the plague was inadvertently cracked by a doctor who was a monk halfway, and the third baby who planned to boil the medicine for typhoid fever.
As for the issue of grain and grass, the Beichen Army also unanimously believed that as long as they crossed the river, they would be able to grab grain. Otherwise, with only the current grain and grass of the Beichen Army, there is no way to support the arrival of the grain transportation team behind.
The Beichen army had hoarded grain and grass in the area of Sanguan, but the quantity was not large. However, even if the grain and grass were transported from Sanguan, it would take several days. And now, the Beichen army only has three days of food left, and it can't support the arrival of the grain transportation team at all.
The only way is to fight across the river, as long as you enter the country of Shalu, you should be able to get a little food and grass supplement.
You must know that the country of Shalu has survived a month of natural disasters, and the food for this month has also matured. As long as the Beichen army goes in, they can definitely grab food, which is a lifesaver for the Beichen army, which is also the main reason why Xiao Chen decided to continue the army to the north.
The country has begun to slowly use the grain in the Zhenguo warehouse, and the main purpose of the Beichen Army in this war is to grab grain and land. Now they have only grabbed less than a million grains and dozens of cities. It is still far from achieving the predetermined results, so we can only continue to fight.
On the south bank of the Erbna River, millions of Beichen troops lined up by the river. A group of 100 people, 100 people horizontally and vertically, for 10,000 people. Changge flags stand in a forest, dense, mighty and magnificent.
On the river, thousands of ships of the Beichen Kingdom were divided into dozens of miles, including warships and merchant ships. However, at this time, these are no longer a big deal, the only important thing is to send millions of troops to the other side of the river as quickly as possible.
"The king has an order, ordering the hussar general to command an army of 500,000 as the vanguard and be the first to board the ship!"
The herald soon carried Xiao Chen's order and shouted loudly in front of the hundreds of phalanxes along the river.
Ma Chao soon got the order, got on his war horse and ran towards the warship on the riverbank. After that, a group of Beichen Army officers and soldiers, under the command of the commander, began to board the ship. All this, Yue Fei had already arranged, and the troops in the vanguard were all decided. Therefore, when the army boarded the ship, there was no panic at all, and it was in order.
The 500,000-strong army soon boarded a thousand ships and began to march across the river. Shortly after the vanguard's ships of 500,000 troops marched forward when the heralds shouted again before the formation.
"The king has an order, and he ordered the general to board the ship with an army of 800,000 to quickly support the vanguard!"
After Zhao Yun received the order, he turned over and jumped onto his Yezhao Jade Lion and ran towards the warship. Eighty of the hundreds of phalanxes moved rapidly, and began to move towards the warships in the river, preparing to board the ships.
More and more warships, carrying millions of Beichen soldiers, slowly moved on the river. For a time, on the surface of the river for dozens of miles, there were sails raised everywhere, covering the sky and the sun, which was not spectacular.
On the ship, the officers and men of the Beichen Army lined up neatly, with bright clothes and armor, looking straight ahead.
The 500,000 vanguard army led by Ma Chao was the first to dock, and the ships stopped immediately after marching near the river. Immediately afterwards, dozens of small ships were pulled out of the cabin. Each of these ships could carry only ten men, or three knights. However, they are indispensable. On the riverside, the ships could no longer move on.
There is no port along the river, so once the warship is too docked, it is easy to cause it to run aground. So, the force of these boats is revealed. Although it is not as fast as a big ship, it can reach places that a big ship can't.
Nearly 10,000 small boats covered the entire river in a moment, and nearly 100,000 soldiers of the Beichen Army squatted on top of the boats, Changge on crutches beside him, and swords and shields covered in front of his chest. All the soldiers had a red look in their eyes, and it was not a look of hatred. Because it is not the big water released by the Shalu country, the officers and soldiers of the Beichen Army will only have the desire to fight against the enemy.
And this red gaze is the gaze of desire, but not the desire to fight, the desire for food. This morning, all the troops only had one breakfast, including Xiao Chen and all the other generals. In addition, Xiao Chen also issued such an order.
There is only one meal today, if you want to eat, you will grab it, and if you can't grab it, you will be hungry. This is true for everyone, including myself and the generals!
There is already a shortage of food in the army, and one meal a day will be the treatment of all officers and men of the Beichen Army. Xiao Chen, Yue Fei and others are no exception.
There is no food, which can be regarded as scaring the Beichen Army and this group of foodies. So, now there is only one word left in the eyes of the big guys, especially at this time, how can you do it if you don't eat.
Bang bang......
Numerous boats quickly approached the shore, and then several soldiers quickly jumped out of the boats and landed on the north shore. A soldier was left on top of the boat, who was responsible for driving the boat back and continuing to transport the soldiers.
Ma Chao was also the first to land on the shore, after the first wave of soldiers who landed on the shore were assembled. Ma Chao pointed his spear and shouted: "Brothers, rush me!"
Tens of thousands of soldiers shouted in unison, and they quickly ran along the road towards the remaining cities of the Shalu Kingdom. As the first unit to land, it naturally has a very big advantage. If they are the first to land on the shore, they will naturally be the first to enter the enemy's city, and they will be able to grab the most food for their two remaining meals today. As for the army of the Sharu Kingdom, this group of people has long forgotten about it, and all that is left in their minds is to eat words.
Ma Chao led tens of thousands of horses, regardless of the troops behind him, and went directly to the nearby city. Yue Fei, who was on the other side of the river, was greatly annoyed by this scene, although the distance was very far, tens of thousands of people gathered together, and they could still see a little bit with the naked eye. But now that the black dot was disappearing rapidly, Yue Fei didn't know what was going on.
Ma Chao, a bastard, actually ran away with the troops, which made the troops who landed behind feel embarrassed.
It is said that Ma Chao is leading the troops and quickly heading towards the nearby city. The troops behind him are still slowly landing on the riverbank. And the troops led by Ma Chao walked beside the road, looking at the corpses abandoned at random in the surrounding wilderness, all over the mountains.
Obviously, these were the people who died in that great flood. However, this will not arouse the sympathy of the soldiers of the Beichen Army, let alone bury them idlely. This is the work of the garrison of the future, and these soldiers, who are desperate on the battlefield, do not bother to do these things.
Soon, Ma Chao came to a city outside. Looking at the city in front of him, the city gate was wide open, no one walked in the city, and the flag of the Shalu country on the city wall was already crooked. However, Ma Chao still didn't dare to be careless, and took the lead in sending a force of 10,000 people into the city, and the rest of the tens of thousands of horses were waiting outside the city.
10,000 horses rushed into the city quickly, but they did not see a single soldier from the Sharu Kingdom. Subsequently, the soldiers kicked open the surrounding houses and pulled out the people of Shalu one by one. Ma Chao saw all this in his eyes, and it is estimated that Sha Lu Guo transferred all the troops.
So, the whole army entered the city.
At noon that day, tens of thousands of soldiers of the Beichen Army searched the city. It's just that a mere 10,000 stone of grain was found. This is still a lot of contributions from the warehouses in the government, and as for the common people, they don't have much food at home.
This made Ma Chao very unhappy, 10,000 stones of grain and grass can be eaten for a few days. An army of 100,000 is not enough to eat for half a month, and the Beichen Army has 5 million, plus 1 million in the sailors, that's a full 6 million people. If these 10,000 stones are divided, it is estimated that each person is only a few grains of rice.
After that, Ma Chao decisively asked the soldiers of the Beichen Army to finish their meals and start killing, and the entire city was slaughtered. Then, Ma Chao led the soldiers and horses, with the ten thousand stones of grain and grass, and hurriedly rushed to the next city.
In the afternoon of the same day, all the soldiers of the Beichen Army had landed on the north bank, and the millions of troops quickly ran to all parts of the Shalu country after dividing into dozens of roads. Looting and killing began, and millions of people of the Sharu Kingdom were killed by the cruel king.
The news of the landing of the Beichen Army, the high-level of the Shalu Kingdom naturally got the news in the shortest possible time. However, the executives did not have the panic they used to have, and it was all expected.
Everyone knew that once the flood receded, the Beichen Army would definitely not let go of this opportunity. Even if the Beichen Army suffered a lot of losses, the desire to occupy dozens of cities in the Shalu Kingdom and become the second principality controlled the Beichen Army.
The officials of Shalu watched the millions of Beichen troops in the north wreaking havoc on their chassis, but they did not dare to go out of the city to fight with the Beichen army. Now that the capital is garrisoned by a million troops, people don't feel safe yet. If it weren't for the limited weapons and equipment, food and grass, the monarch of the Shalu Kingdom would have wanted to arm the sixty or seventy-year-old old man in the city. The child has long been drawn closer to the army.
Millions of soldiers of the Beichen Army wreaked havoc in more than 70 cities north of the Shalu River for several days. Finally, more than 3 million stone of grain and grass were grabbed, and they were able to maintain the consumption of the army. All of this grain was snatched from the people of more than 20 cities in the northernmost part of the country of Shalu, and the remaining 50 or so cities plus one piece was less than 500,000 stones.
With enough grain and grass, the confidence of the Beichen Army immediately increased several times. An army of millions, after having fun, left the garrison. The rest of the men and horses began to converge towards the capital of Sharu.
When the army of the Beichen Army arrives at Shalu City, the capital of Shalu Kingdom, it will be possible to declare the destruction of Shalu Kingdom. Then came the war of revenge!