Chapter 363 Food Crisis
Open source also starts from two aspects.
On the one hand, we will cultivate land and farm, and on the other hand, we will prepare for the spring of the coming year.
Akmathur also knew that this method was too long-term. Not to mention that the fertile land around Brother Port could not be reclaimed for the 200,000 army. Even if it was reclaimed, they would not be able to persist in the first wave of grain harvest.
But they still have to do this, that is, to use this method to stabilize the morale of the army, tell them that they have long-term plans and can overcome the current difficult situation. If they show too much panic, how can they feel at ease?
Secondly, there is the effect of distracting the soldiers' attention. It is better to do something than to do nothing to make a blind eye.
On the other hand, Akmathur targeted the most abundant aquatic resources in the Despair Swamp. Most of the warships of the Kingsley family turned into fishing boats and began to try to catch fish, hoping to delay the time of food outages.
But the effect is not ideal.
Fishing is also a technical job. The Carter army leaders are mainly mountains. Most of the soldiers coming from here are landslides, and they can't even swim, let alone fishing.
The Yongye Army Leader would not sit idly by and watch them relieve their own pressure. The Yongye Army Leader's charge warships and the crocodile miniature warships frequently attacked.
They don’t go to war with them in full swing, just keep harassing them, making them unable to beat them.
Of course, there is no need to mention the reduction, it is just picking up food from the mouths of your own soldiers.
The Kingsley family's Eastern Army has now begun to fully implement the food rationing system.
All the food was collected and guarded by the elite guards and guards of Akmathur's most trusted elite.
Even the supreme commander, Akmathur, took the lead in receiving only half-full of food every day, let alone people from the bottom.
"It is not a solution to continue like this. Morale is already sluggish. If you continue to not have enough food, even if you don't collapse on your own after a long time, we will not have the strength to resist when the enemy pushes forward." Sir Klester, the weird fox, spoke to Akmathur.
"Do you have any good ideas for your Excellency Sir?" Akmathur asked back.
"It's indeed a bit of a temporary measure, so I don't know whether to speak or not." Sir Klester was a little hesitant.
"It's time now, there are no taboos. As long as it is beneficial to us, it can be said." In less than a month, Akmathur's head was dazzling blonde, and half of it turned gray. It shows that he was under great pressure during this period.
"It will be difficult for your Majesty to come out for a while. Before that, we can only rely on ourselves, and we have to find a way from the Eternal Night Army Leader and the Crocodile tribe..." Sir Klester analyzed clearly.
"Continue!" Akmathur's expressionless face, neither nodding nor shook his head.
"The common people of the Crocodile tribe, negotiate with the Eternal Night Army, and allow them to redeem them with ransom, and we only accept food," said Sir Kleist. "That will kill the number of food in one fell swoop, and it will reduce the burden and avoid causing more riots."
"It's indeed a solution, but I'm afraid the leader of the Eternal Night Army refused?" Akmathur showed a heart-warming expression.
After a series of consumption, they still had a lot of residues of cannon fodder from the crocodile tribe, not much, not much, nearly 20,000.
The reason why cannon fodder is called cannon fodder is because they will not be treated as human beings at all. They rushed to the forefront of the most dangerous things, and they usually have the worst supplies, and they can only starve to death.
After taking down the Brothers Port, it means that they have no value for use, and even the pitiful normal supplies have been cancelled. After doing it, there is still some leftovers from other troops, and in the end there is no such thing.
Because the grain supply of other troops of the Eastern Expedition Army began to be limited, and they could not even fill their stomachs, how could they be willing to waste a grain of food?
Pots and pans are cleaner than dogs licking, and any little oil will be plundered into the stomach.
Those crocodile people are now at the bottom of the abyss of despair, and they don’t know how many people have frozen to death and starved to death.
If it weren't for Sir Klester's reminder, Akmathur, the supreme commander, would have never thought of them.
"The Eternal Night Army Leader has a bigger appetite than ours. Not only do you want to eat the Despair Swamp, but you also want to eat the Crocodile tribesmen. Pay great attention to the maintenance of this aspect. They are afraid that they will care more about the life and death of these Crocodile tribesmen than the elders of the Crocodile tribesmen. As long as the marshal nods, they will not refuse. I am willing to go to the Eternal Night Army Leader as an envoy to discuss this matter." Sir Klester's analysis of the Eternal Night Army Leader was as thorough as ever.
"No." Akmathur shook his head and rejected Sir Klester's proposal.
"Why?" Sir Kleister was stunned. He obviously did not expect the other party to reject his proposal. "This matter is good for both parties. No matter how much food is exchanged, it can effectively alleviate the current crisis. We can even use this as capital to threaten the Yongye Army leader and obtain more privileges..."
"Don't worry, sir, wait until I finish my words." Akmathur's face, which had been tense, finally showed the first smile of the past few days. "Your proposal is not a problem, not only is there any problem, but it will even open up a whole new situation for us, but something needs to change slightly."
"Where should I change a little?" Sir Klester said with a questioning look on his face.
"Just I'm afraid that Jazz has never been a business?" Akmathur asked back.
"No, that's a profession that only bankrupt people can do. Although I have been wandering, I have never been worried about money." A hint of embarrassment flashed in Sir Klester's eyes.
The displaced situation after being driven out of the family is the most unbearable past that Sir Klester has ever looked back on, and it is also the scar that he least wants to be mentioned.
When Akmath asked this, it obviously meant to be somewhat mapping.
What a person loses, he wants to make up for the most.
Sir Kleister lost his inheritance, so he spent most of his life pursuing the title. Even when he was not a title, he acted like a jazz than a normal jazz.
A businessman is a lowly position that is worse than a farmer, so he would rather starve to death than to pursue it.
But Akmathur's next words made him realize that he was a little nervous. "In order to obtain more profits, those merchants will artificially affect the market. For example, when the materials are abundant and the prices are low, they will eat a lot of food. When the materials are scarce, they will sell at high prices. The more the scarcity is, the higher the price they sell out. The same is true for negotiations. If we take the initiative to deliver them to the door, we will appear very weak and fall into a passive state. When people come, they will allocate a sum of supplies to the crocodile slave barracks. The number will be allocated according to one-third of the other barracks. There must be no deductions in the middle. From tomorrow, I will personally check the number of crocodile slave soldiers. "
Akmathur obviously knew the virtues of the soldiers below, and if he did not show his importance to this matter.
Those military officers dared to secretly make a move and allocate food to the crocodile slave barracks. Once they were replaced, they would be in the hands of other troops. The crocodile slave barracks would not get a grain of food, and no one would advise the slave cannon fodders anyway.
Of course, this slander is not free. It requires the grain recipient to pay a certain price. Even if it is not openly buying and selling grain, it is always a must.
This situation will become more and more serious as the food shortage of the Eastern Army continues to last.
Even if I show my importance now, the crocodile slave barracks will not get the full amount of food. At most, I will install a storefront, and there will not be so many people who will starve to death.
Although Akmathur knew this situation well, he could only turn a blind eye.
Because it involves a lot, not only the local lords and nobles under the leadership of the Carter Army, but also many of their own confidants involved.
Only if someone supports him can he hold the position of commander, right?
However, this does not mean that Akmathur would blindly indulge them. If they didn't know what to do, in order to maintain the overall stability of the Eastern Army, he said that he would not start a large-scale killing and eliminate a group of people.
In the case of being completely isolated, the disadvantages are not all the disadvantages, but there are still one or two benefits.
Akmathur now has the highest power to kill and kill the East Army. Even if there is a letter from Feiying, Grand Duke Buck dared not easily question Akmathur's orders.
Because it is more than thousands of times more difficult to bring the Eastern Army out of the way to the ditch?
Grand Duke Buck now has no way to restrain Akmathur. The only thing he can hold is the bond of family affection and loyalty, and he must give Akmathur 100% trust, whether it is true or pretended.
If anyone dares to make any slander about Akmathur's disloyalty at this time, Grand Duke Buck would chop him up with his own hands as soon as possible.
Grand Duke Buck knew this, and Akmathur knew this too.
Akmathur did not become domineering because of this, but instead became more cautious and did not leave anyone's hands.
Did he really not expect the transaction of cannon fodder for the crocodile clan with Yongye Army?
I'm afraid that he has been working hard on this matter for a while. Such a group of people are here, and it is impossible for him to see them.
But the problem is that he took the initiative to contact the Yongye Army Leader, but he was afraid that he would touch the hearts of a group of people.
Therefore, even if you have such considerations in your heart, you must wait for a special mission to come up with Sir Krester, like Sir Kleist, to take the initiative to propose it.
Because once they proposed it, it means that they have reached a consensus with Grand Duke Buck in advance, and then he will push the boat and take advantage of the situation.
Of course, only Akmathur himself knew whether there was such political considerations. Anyway, he was acting like Sir Klester awakening the dreamer with one word.
Sir Klester is a smart man, and he can understand Akmathur's intentions in an instant. He couldn't help but pick his thumbs up and said, "Marty, you have a far-sighted vision and better strategy. Doing so can really grasp more initiatives, but how can you make sure that the Eternal Night Army lord takes the bait? We can't afford to delay now. If we start negotiations one day later, we will consume one more minute of our food."
"His Sir, haven't you said it just now? Does the Eternal Night Army leader care more about the life and death of these cannon fodders than the Crocodile tribes? Then let the wind out. In order to save food, we are ready to slaughter all of these useless civilians. If they are not in a hurry, they will push some of them to the riverside and chop them in front of the Eternal Night Army leader and Crocodile tribes. Let's see if they are in a hurry." Akmath said with a cold face.
"High, it's really high." All Sir Klester could do was continue to give his thumbs up.
In terms of ruthlessness, he is not a little worse than Akmathur, who has been a general and a coach for many years. The same strategy came out of the two of them, and the pattern immediately changed.
Sir Kleister prefers political skills, but Akmathur has an absolute military attack and defense method.
"If there is no other opinion, let's start executing it." Akmathur ignored Sir Klester's flattery. No matter how much this kind of thing is eaten, it will be at most comfortable and will not be able to do anything.
Just as the Kingsley family was preparing in great detail and trying every means to get the Eternal Night Army Lord to negotiate with them.
The Yongye Army leader has been fighting for this issue and has been going on for several days. It is not the Council of Elders of the Crocodile Clan, but the Military Staff of the Yongye Army leader.
As Sir Kleist said just now, the Eternal Night Army Leader not only wants to eat the swamp of despair, but also wants to eat the crocodile people in one bite. As long as they have the conditions, they will try every means to establish their positive image as the crocodile people.
The cannon fodder of the crocodile tribes detained by the Kingsley family in the hands of the Eastern Army was undoubtedly an opportunity.
These hard-working people who have been through hardships know that life is precious and have more gratitude, especially those who rescue them.
"That's our tens of thousands of tribes. We have the responsibility to rescue them from the fire and water." The views expressed by the chief of staff Kelman represent the opinions of his military staff.
"How to save? Negotiate with the Kingsley family? Order them to release unconditionally? Do you think it is possible? Once you exchange interests, what kind of request do you think they will make? Let them cross the river? Or exchange food? Or even more undivided requirements?" The questioning was an elder of the Crocodile tribe. "I think the safest thing is to keep the current situation unchanged and drag them down first. Then they will take the initiative to come to the door. What conditions do we offer will be what they have to agree to."
"Do you still have humanity?" General Tagore, the straight cannon general, couldn't hide his anger and shouted loudly, "There may be your tribe among them. Do you think the Kingsley family will care about their life or death? Before they could force the Kingsley family into a desperate situation, those tribes are afraid they will be dead. What else can they talk about? Such things should be done as soon as possible, not as late as possible."
"I did this just for the sake of my tribe. For the sake of the overall situation, I must abandon the interests of a small number of people. This is what you taught me when I was defending the city, General, why have you forgotten now?" The elder named Manuel said with his neck.
This elder of the crocodile tribe with white hair and beard is a famous person who makes the leader of the Yongye Army trouble.
It seems that he is always fighting against the Yongye Army leader. On the wall of Brother Harbor, he was questioned why Tagore didn't open the city gate to save the cannon fodder of the crocodile tribe who was driven away.
Now he turned around and stopped the Yongye Army leader from rescuing the cannon fodder in the hands of the Kingsley family, and blocked the Yongye Army leader by the words he taught him a lesson when he was guarding the city.
If you simply think that Elder Manuel is targeting the Eternal Night Army Leader, you will be very wrong.
His territory was near the Brothers Port, and the tribe was the earliest and most powerful group of people who were influenced by the Eternal Night Army. When the Crocodile tribe civilians retreated, all his tribes retreated into the Eternal Night Army. He didn't care much about whether the Eternal Night Army leader annexed the Crocodile tribes.
In his own words, he has not had a few years of life to live, and his children and grandchildren have their own blessings, so he can no longer care about that much.
Many times, he always stands on the side of being right and axiom, and is still a donkey, stubborn and stubborn. Once he decides something, it is difficult to be convinced.
Now he firmly stood on the overall situation. In order to win the despair swamp, dragging the Kingsley family to death to conquer the East Army was the top priority, and everyone else had to give way to this.
Chapter completed!