Chapter 466: Food Crisis
Leo came to the Tang Dynasty army with full enthusiasm, and saw the legendary Gao Xianzhi, only to see that he was tall, handsome, and beautiful like jade, and the afterglow of the sunset fell on the bright light armor on his body, making him as radiant as the god of war. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"The Tang Anxi Festival envoy Gao Xianzhi to meet the lord!" Gao Xianzhi saw Li Ao coming, and hurriedly dismounted to greet him, clasped his hands into fists and bowed to Li Ao.
"General Gao is exempt!" When Leo saw Gao Xianzhi, he was as excited as if he had seen some idol star, and he couldn't wait to pull him to take a photo and sign it.
"My lord, the sergeants under the command of the last general have gone through the big battle and need to take a rest, and I also ask the lord to allocate grain and grass to calm the hearts of the army!"
Gao Xianzhi said unceremoniously, which made Leo stagnate. Pritz City was already short of food, and even had to hunt animal meat to make up for the shortage, if it weren't for Immorton and the Goblin Legion stealing Paris's treasury, I'm afraid that the Church of Light wouldn't have to attack Pritz City at all, and only needed to besiege it for a period of time to win without a fight.
In such a situation, it is estimated that the rations of tens of thousands of people are enough to drive Archon Sammy Turt crazy. But even so, Leo couldn't care about the life or death of this Tang army, under Gao Xianzhi's blazing gaze, Leo had no choice but to laugh: "Haha~, hehe~, okay, General Gao, please take the Tang soldiers into the city, and I will arrange for people to send grain and grass over." ”
Leo then knew why the Arena of the Gods didn't limit the number of times he could summon legions. This is definitely not a good intention, nor is it a mistake, but they are determined that they will not be able to support so many troops.
With the rough crop cultivation methods of the Alpha Continent, even in the Harvest Plains, the grain that can be produced per mu is not enough for a fraction of the earth's yield per mu, which is one of the reasons why the population of the Alpha Continent has not been able to rise.
No matter how much Joy of the Gods Leo has, it would be useless to summon an army without stopping, and without enough food, everything would be a floating cloud.
Hearing that Grand Duke Pritz had defeated the Knights of the Holy Judgment and once again maintained his undefeated record, the residents and mercenaries of Pritz poured into the streets, looking with shocked eyes at the Tang soldiers who had entered the city in a neat line.
"My goddess is above, so many styles of bow and crossbow equipment, which country's legion is this?, it can be said to be an elite legion!" exclaimed a strong man with his son on his shoulder.
"Huh, these styles of armor...... It seems that I have never seen it before!" Several veteran mercenaries who boasted of having traveled to the mainland and had seen a wide range of things looked at the standard equipment of the soldiers of the Tang Army with disdain, and kept comparing them with the soldiers of various countries in their impressions, but found that there was no soldier of any country who could compare with these elite soldiers in front of them.
Not only the weapons and equipment, but the mental outlook of these soldiers was extremely confident, as if they were full of confidence and glory in their own legions. These mercenaries naturally also saw that there was an aura of iron and blood on the Tang Army soldiers, which was obviously tempered after countless battle formations.
A powerful army with an extraordinary origin has brought an incomparable sense of stability to the residents of Pritz City, and with such a strong military force, Pritz City must be very safe. Such an iron-blooded army is an invisible deterrent to those unruly mercenaries.
This is not like the Goblin Soldiers, although the mercenaries are forced by the pressure of a large number of Goblin Soldiers to constantly patrol, temporarily abide by the rules of Pritz City, and restrain the violent factor in their blood, but it is only a temporary suppression. But now that such an elite iron-blooded army is stationed in the city, the mercenaries have directly died down, and they don't even have the slightest idea of resisting.
Engaged in the business of licking blood with knives, these mercenaries can naturally distinguish the difference between elite soldiers and ordinary soldiers, and they are better than anyone else in their ability to steer the rudder. For example, the soldiers of the Tang Army, even if they gave the mercenaries a hundred dares, they would not dare to provoke.
That night, the streets of Pritz City were filled with celebratory people, but to their surprise, the mercenaries, who had been the most noisy in the past, drank the ale honestly, and none of them got drunk and went crazy.
In the Grand Duke's Palace, Leo officially introduced Gao Xianzhi to his subordinates, and when he learned that Gao Xianzhi's 10,000 soldiers needed food and grass supplies, Sul Sami Turt immediately jumped up from his position regardless of etiquette.
"Your Excellency, this is simply impossible! Now that the food reserves in Pritz City are on the verge of collapse, plus these 10,000 soldiers, this is ...... This...... This Pritz City simply can't afford to support so many people!" Sammy Steult trembled in his fat face, which was shiny with oil.
"But my soldiers have to have enough to eat, right?" Gao Xianzhi didn't care about Sammy Stuart, but gently turned his gaze to Leo.
"10,000 soldiers, there are only so many residents of our city of Pritz, plus a large number of mercenaries, Pritz City can't give you all the rations, right? Then the residents and mercenaries will have to rebel!" Sammy Stuart shuddered and took out a handkerchief from his bosom to wipe the sweat on his face, and refused to give priority to the distribution of food to the Tang soldiers.
"Your Excellency, with the current situation of the Principality of Pritz, we simply can't afford to raise so many soldiers, no matter where you found this legion from, but this is far from what we can afford!"
Leo's words were a headache for Leo, and Pritz's overstretched logistics were barely maintained by Sammy Stuart's efforts, and Leo understood that it was impossible for him to abandon the Don soldiers.
"What's so hard about that?" Immorton, who had been silent on the sidelines, suddenly raised his head and grinned at the Archon, a mouthful of snow-white teeth that made Sammy Stewart shiver.
"Oh, Immorton, what can you do?" Leo felt his eyes light up, and he couldn't imagine that Immorton had a way to solve this problem of eating.
"It's simple, since we don't have enough food, let's go grab it!" Immorton had a logical expression on his face.
"Anyway, the Paris Empire is located in the Harvest Plain, the crop production is very rich, and now it is a hostile country, so we don't need to be polite to it, just start directly from the Paris Empire and plunder enough grain to come back!"
Although Immorton's idea is not too good, Leo has been forced into a corner, and there is no other choice at all, and he is extremely dissatisfied with the Paris Empire's opening of the road and allowing the Church of Light to attack him, so it is not bad to be able to teach the Paris Empire a lesson.