On the other side, the guards of the eastern border of the Arken Jingo civilization, who had not received the supplies for a long time, had an ominous premonition in their hearts.

Then, early the next morning, he hurriedly sent troops to confirm it.

Finally, the news was confirmed that a large number of bodies had been found around the road less than one hundred and fifty kilometers away from their border fortress.

When the logistical supply was intercepted and the bad news of the total annihilation of the escort troops was transmitted back, the border guards were powerless to change anything, so they could only let the communications corps send the bad news to the rear command.

In this regard, the rear command fell into a rage, and tens of thousands of troops were robbed of supplies, and the loss of dozens of transport trucks can be described as heavy losses.

But, what can they do, the supplies at the border must not be sent.

Can this border material not be delivered?

"Go, prepare another batch of supplies to come out."

"But Chief of Staff, I'm afraid that food will not be prepared in a short time."

Hearing this, the chief of staff of the headquarters was suddenly shocked, and then hurriedly asked: "What's going on, why can't you prepare?!" ”

"Report to the Chief of Staff, in the past few years, the Great Emperor has led the army to transfer a large amount of grain, and now there is not much grain left in the empire."

"Why didn't you report this kind of thing before?!"

"This ...... Report to the Chief of Staff, for this matter, subordinates have written reports! ”

In order to prove his words, the subordinate also specially turned out the previous report, and in the lower corner of the report, there was also a seal of the headquarters to prove that the report had been approved.

Seeing this, the chief of staff's eyelids twitched uncontrollably a few times.

But now, he can't care about the question of embarrassment or not.

He picked up the report and looked at it carefully, it was indeed a report on the surplus of food reserves within the empire.

However, according to the report, if this batch of grain has not been looted, then the food reserves within the empire should be just enough.

Then in a few months, the autumn harvest will begin, and when the time comes, new grain will be harvested.

But now, that balance has been upset.

According to the previous report from the Eastern Border Fortress, if the food there is saved to eat, it should last for another month.

But the question is how the defenders in the eastern border fortress will survive after the grain has been eaten and before the autumn harvest is harvested.

That's tens of thousands of mouths, and you can't just make up a few dozen or hundreds of catties of grain.

As the supreme commander of the current rear command, he must now make up his mind. Looking at the chief of staff who was deeply entangled, the other officer next to him also had a complicated face for a while.

After much hesitation, he finally chose to speak.

"Chief of Staff, I've just heard a piece of news."

"What's the news? Something to say! The chief of staff, who was in an annoyed mood, said impatiently.

In this regard, the officer, after organizing the language for a while, said: "In the past few years, the grain production of our empire has been affected by the climate here and has declined. This year, the impact is even more severe than in previous years. ”

Hearing this, the chief of staff felt as if he had been hit by a critical blow, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

"You're saying that this year's grain production may be low?"

In this regard, the officer also showed bitterness.

"Yes."

The chief of staff, who got this answer, became depressed for a moment after being distracted for a moment.

This news is really terrible.

At the same time, it also made the decision in his heart more difficult.

In this era, a powerful empire, they can hoard ammunition and weapons, and they can directly hoard them for decades, even if those weapons and ammunition are a little behind, it will not affect their use.

But how can food be hoarded for decades.

But even so, the empire's original grain reserves were very strong.

And now, the reason why they have fallen into such a situation, in the final analysis, is because of the agreement between Arken Jingo and Willon Gale.

The orc army was all rice buckets, and most of the food that the empire had hoarded had gone into their stomachs.

Although after the battle reached a stalemate, Arken Kingo had the cheekiness to consult with Veron Gale, saying that he could only provide a part of the food for the orc army.

But at that time, more than half of his food reserves had actually been consumed.

Coupled with his territorial location, which is deeply affected by the climate of the bitter cold land, food production has gradually decreased in recent years.

All these factors have combined to make it the worst situation we are in.

Now that the emperor is not in the country, this difficult decision can only be handed over to him, the chief of staff.

He didn't have a choice, but the chief of staff took a deep breath and spoke in an extremely solemn tone.

"Send the order down and collect grain from grain stores all over the country!"

"Yes!"

It seems like a simple order, but the things involved behind it are big.

If nothing else, the price of food will inevitably increase as a result.

And it is true, on the day that the imperial top brass issued the order to start collecting grain, the first wave of grain prices in shops around the country increased.

The second wave of price increases was three days later, and it tripled directly after half a month!

As the price of food rises, so does the price of other things.

It is no exaggeration to say that in the empire at this time, the resentment of ordinary people was accumulating, and some low-income classes had fallen into a situation where they could not afford to buy food.

Worst of all, this situation lasted until a few months after the autumn harvest, and did not improve.

Because this year's grain harvest is too small, this has also led to the fact that the grain stores in various places have no intention of reducing prices at all.

Even, the lack of price increases has made many civilians grateful to Dade.

In the empire, the whole situation can be said to continue to deteriorate, and the next winter will be a nightmare for many people.

And on the side of Arken Kingo's eastern border fortress of the empire, it can be described as panic now.

After successfully robbing the other party's supplies, Huaye released the news.

At first, the soldiers were only skeptical, and some people even went to the granary to confirm the grain reserves in the fortress with their own eyes, but found that the soldiers on duty outside the granary had all been replaced by the general's own soldiers.

However, this practice is tantamount to no three hundred taels of silver here, and to a certain extent, it further aggravates the situation.

But the defenders of the eastern fortress didn't know what to do, because there was not much food left in the fortress, which was a fact.

Whether the soldiers went in and confirmed it with their own eyes, or whether they didn't, the negative impact in the end would not change anything.

Even, he had to issue a decree that, starting from that day, each soldier, the daily distribution of food was halved.

As soon as this order was issued, it caused an uproar, making the tens of thousands of soldiers in the fortress even more restless.

However, he had no choice at all, and the only thing he could do was to try to appease the soldiers as much as possible, emphasizing that it was just an accident and that the Empire's supplies would be delivered soon.

But the soldiers were skeptical of his claims.

And as the one who can't defend it, what I'm most afraid of is that there will be internal problems!

Hua Ye's plan directly shook their military hearts!

Coupled with the onslaught of the Great Xia Legion during the day, the uneasiness in their hearts, coupled with the reduction of daily meals, made the state of the Nordic soldiers continue to decline.

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