Chapter 925: Food Crisis
Xiao Yifeng is directing the Marines to enter the ship, and if nothing else, he can set off for the Asian continent today.
At this time, an incredible figure suddenly entered the command room, and everyone stopped their work and saluted that person.
Xiao Yifeng also immediately turned around, quickly came to the person, saluted him, and shouted: "Master." ”
The king's master, who is the future Voidbreaker, is now the military chairman of the Menes Empire and the actual ruler of the Menes Empire.
"You come with me." Lao Pokong opened a circular space door.
Xiao Yifeng entered with Lao Pokong and came to the rooftop of the top floor. Here, they could see the mighty army marching towards the ships in an orderly manner.
"Yifeng, this is your first expedition, you must be careful."
"I will not let the master down."
"These 100,000 soldiers, you have to pay attention to them. When you get to the battlefield, think twice about every decision you make to minimize casualties. ”
"Don't worry, master, I will do my best, after all, I am your apprentice, and I will never let you lose face."
"That's good."
On the far other side, the battle of Wangcheng.
At this time, the situation in Wangcheng was very unoptimistic, and there were already many holes in the Maya of the third city wall. Although a large number of soldiers were deployed around the cave, Wangcheng was still successfully infiltrated by the enemy's elite troops.
This situation is similar to the battlefield of the Imperial Palace, except that the number of holes in the Imperial Palace is as many as 18, while the number of holes in Wangcheng is only 8. Therefore, the number of soldiers who can infiltrate the city is very limited, according to conservative estimates, it should not exceed a thousand. But it can be determined that these 1,000 or so soldiers are the elite of the elite, and there are also many front-line generals.
Before the war, most of the civilians of Wangcheng District 3 had been evacuated to District 2, but millions of residents were still stranded in District 3.
The third district of Wangcheng is a huge area with extremely developed agriculture and animal husbandry. Ninety percent of the food in Wangcheng comes from the Third District. It's the autumn harvest, so many civilians have to be stranded to harvest food and handle livestock.
Now that the Third Sector has infiltrated enemy forces, these few are constantly destroying farms, massacring stranded civilians, and constantly preventing food from entering the Second Sector.
Although Wangcheng sent a large number of soldiers to patrol, it was still unable to stop the enemy's movements.
The enemy did not go head-to-head with the defenders of Wangcheng, they kept avoiding, harassing, and destroying, making the harvest operation difficult, and the daily harvest was as much as 90% less than expected.
Wangcheng Districts 1 and 2 now have a population of tens of millions, and the daily consumption of food and meat is astronomical. The battle to defend Wangcheng has been going on for several months, and the food inside Wangcheng has bottomed out. If the grain cannot be harvested smoothly, the civilians of Wangcheng will face the dilemma of starvation.
At the East Gate of Wangcheng District 2, tens of thousands of people were crowded here, all of them professional farmers, who were supposed to be harvesting grain now, but crowded at the door.
"Quickly let us in, we are also citizens of Wangcheng and have the right to go in."
"yes, hurry up and let us in."
The peasants kept asking to enter the second district, but it was a special time for the defenders to let them in.
First of all, the enemy soldiers who have infiltrated the third sector may have long been disguised as farmers and blended in with these people. Allowing these individuals into Sector II would pose a serious physical threat to the civilian population of Sector II.
Secondly, it is now the time of the autumn harvest, and there is a large amount of grain waiting to be harvested. If no one harvests, the grain will slowly wither. Moreover, there is a large amount of food needed inside Wangcheng. If there is no fresh food to enter, I am afraid that there will be chaos inside Wangcheng.
On the other side, in the first district of Wangcheng, Cai Huadao and senior leaders are also discussing this matter.
One of the leaders made a very reasonable but unrealistic suggestion, which was to bring back the fifth-order soldiers, cooperate with the internal defenders, and specifically protect the farmers who were harvesting.
Why is this suggestion reasonable and yet unrealistic? Because this kind of suggestion can indeed solve the harvesting problem, if the fifth-order soldiers are returned, it will be enough to deal with the enemy soldiers who are sabotaging.
But these fifth-order soldiers are now fighting against Ao Lie's main force outside the city, and they are all under the leadership of those front-line generals.
The so-called fifth-order soldiers are all experienced veterans, with an average strength value of about 50. Before the war, there were about 50,000 troops, but now there are only about 30,000 left.
It can be said that the third wall of Wangcheng can last so long, and these fifth-order soldiers have made great contributions.
If the fifth-order soldiers were allowed to return to Wangcheng, then it would be impossible to stop Ao Lie's main force with the recruits alone. Once the balance is broken, there will be more holes in the third wall of Wangcheng. When the time comes, all the troops of Ao Lie will rush into the third district, kill people and set fires, grab food and resources, and do all kinds of evil.
Therefore, the fifth-order soldiers, as well as the front-line generals in Wangcheng, can't come back. They must constantly attack the enemy from the outside, destroy the enemy's siege forces, and use the offensive method to keep the city safe.
However, the food supply inside Wangcheng has bottomed out, the prices of basic materials have been frighteningly high, and the economy has shown a tendency to disintegrate. The civilians in Wangcheng have become more and more insecure, and there are lawbreakers who maliciously stockpile grain, resulting in a more and more serious food crisis.
I don't know how many days Wangcheng can last?
At the East City Gate of the Second District, the tens of thousands of farmers, instigated by some pseudo-farmers, actually rushed into the guards, trying to break through the guards' defense line and break into the grain road gate.
The grain road gate is a small gate with a height of 6 meters and a width of 4 meters, which is mainly for grain trucks to enter.
Seeing this, the captain of the guard at the city gate kept warning with a loudspeaker: "No trouble, no trouble." ”
The captain's warning had no effect, and the farmer had become more and more insane, feeling that he had been treated extremely unfairly.
The deputy captain of the guards suggested that the guards should draw their weapons in demonstration, and if necessary, have the archers on the walls release explosive arrows to deter the peasants.
The captain of the guard dismissed the suggestion outright, thinking that it was ridiculous. But the vice-captain gave a new reason: if the disturbance continues, or if their actions are not stopped, then more farmers will join the trouble. Because, they will feel that the guards do not dare to do anything to the farmer.
Although the vice-captain's reasons were very reasonable, the captain still did not dare to give such an order. If you want to do anything to the farmer, you must be ordered by the head of the East Gate Guard Regiment. But the regiment commander was temporarily sent to the front and could not return for a while.
The deputy captain continued to urge: "Before the head of the regiment leaves, he has already given you the authority, and you can make your own decisions." Don't forget, our goal is to protect the East Gate and not let any suspicious elements in. ”
"That doesn't hurt civilians either."
"It's not harm, it's deterrence, and it doesn't hurt civilians much." The vice-captain continued to suggest.
"It's still not good, if it really doesn't work, close the grain gate first."
"But Captain Chen's grain truck is about to arrive."
As soon as the deputy captain finished speaking, he heard a horn in the distance, and a large group of soldiers escorted three grain trucks slowly coming. These three grain trucks were collected with great difficulty, and Captain Chen sent troops to personally escort them.
Seeing that the grain cart was coming, the farmers actually swarmed around to prevent the grain cart from entering the city.
For a while, the commotion continued, the farmers tried their best to prevent the grain trucks from entering the city, and Captain Chen kept threatening, but he did not dare to really attack the civilians.
At this moment, there was a roar in the sky, and an ice dragon descended from the sky, and all the noise suddenly stopped.