It's like a sparrow without wings or a vicious dog without claws.
The entire Donglin Kingdom is like a child who is not very strong, holding a lot of treasures in his arms, running and walking on the busy streets.
The current coup is happening at a time when the old and the new are transitioning and the power is unstable.
With such a good opportunity, the nearby wolves, tigers and leopards naturally became as crazy as mosquitoes seeing blood.
Who doesn't want to expand their territory and tear off a piece of flesh from their opponents, not to mention that Ji Wan, who is guarding the border of Donglin Kingdom, is a woman.
An unfavored princess... of course, means she has few resources and poor ability to fight back.
"So what if I use human wave tactics? I am not afraid of them. Even without the resource support from Donglin Country, I can still defend the city." With the formation and Xiao Ling, the thing her base camp lacks the least is the ability to defend the city.
Once she took out all the lethal city defense formations, she didn't believe that she couldn't defend a small border town!
"Indeed, if Beirong Kingdom uses all its military strength to attack Donglin Kingdom and fails to conquer it for a long time, other countries will not be pushovers either. They will definitely take the opportunity to nibble at them." Cui Min nodded, understanding Ji Wan's plan.
His Highness meant that he would absolutely not give up an inch to the Northern Rong Kingdom, but this was limited to defending the city. As for the rest...
"If the enemy can't defeat us in a short period of time, the battle will be a matter of attrition. But Your Highness, don't forget that although we have enough food, we still have to purchase salt, iron, and other supplies from nearby prefectures and counties..."
Yan Peinan is a very qualified logistics personnel. Ji Wan and others have not thought about matters such as salt and iron, but Yan Peinan has already begun to consider the consumption during the war.
"Mr. Yan is right." Yan Peinan was worried, and Jiang Jian was also worried.
"Xiao Nan, how long will the coarse salt in the city last for the people to chew?" Ji Wan was reminded by Yan Peinan, and he also remembered that in ancient battles, sugar and salt were definitely very important strategic materials.
"Your Highness, the coarse salt and malt sugar are enough for the people of the four cities to use for a year, not to mention General Lou's Dancheng and soldiers..." Yan Peinan hesitated for a while before speaking.
After all, it is only enough for the people for one year, which is too little. Moreover, this does not include the 40,000 soldiers under Ji Wan and the people of Dancheng, as well as Lou Shao's 100,000 soldiers.
"It's too little! We have to find a way to get salt and sugar!" And alcohol, it would be best if we could get some.
This will also bring significant progress to medical treatment. Alcohol needs to be fermented and distilled... Salt requires salt wells or seawater...
Ji Wan rubbed her face in annoyance. She had clearly learned how to make alcohol and sugar in order to accumulate materials for her novel, but why couldn't she remember it now?
"Mr. Lin, is there any immortal method that can solve the salt and iron problem?" Pan Zhuo over there was already asking Lin Chanhua if he could use magic or formations to solve the problem.
"It's impossible to create salt and iron out of thin air, but if we speed up the boiling of coarse salt, etc., it can be done."
There is a formation similar to the one Tuoba Feng had placed in the kiln before. There is no problem in using spiritual power to speed up the cooking.
Ji Wan encourages her subordinates to discuss matters and propose various ideas in front of her.
"If we can speed up the cooking process and shape it, we will be saved, hahahaha!!! Chanhua! I will die without regrets in this life as long as I have you!" Ji Wan excitedly took two steps forward and hugged Lin Chanhua, looking like a madman.
It wasn't that she remembered how to make sugar and alcohol, but rather that the system had come online and sent Ji Wan the recipe for purifying and extracting salt, sugar, and alcohol! Plus the formation that Lin Chanhua mentioned that could speed up the boiling and purification process.
Now, as long as he has the raw materials, Ji Wan can make alcohol, fine salt, white sugar and brown sugar!
Taking into account the previous gunpowder recipe, this battle can definitely be won!
"Your Highness, please be careful." Yang Guan supported the excited Ji Wan to prevent her from spraining her ankle.
"Yang Guan, hurry up, go quickly... Go and call Gao Qu over, and then call the doctor who loves research, the cook, and most importantly, the farmers."
She wanted to give them all the recipes for these things, and it would be best if they could be developed as quickly as possible.
"Yes." Yang Guan half bowed and stepped back, then quickly walked down the city wall.
"Your Highness, we are now in a difficult situation. If we had the support of the East Lin Kingdom, it would certainly be much easier. Therefore, I suggest that you directly issue a proclamation to the world, using the national crisis to force the Cui family to obediently send you food and fodder. Then, we can gather the power of the world and recruit talented people to serve us!"
Cao Ke didn't know much about the Cui family, but Ji Wan, a member of the same royal family, was determined not to give in in order to defend the city. After all, as the emperor of a country, Ji Qin couldn't just remain silent...
"What Xingzhi said is feasible. If we force him with the righteousness, people's words will be formidable, and we won't be afraid of that person refusing to provide food and grass. But...will this damage the reputation of my lord?" Cui Min hesitated.
Although both Cui Min and Ji Wan's advisers are good.
But after spending some time together, the person he could talk to the best was still Cao Ke. After all, both of them had equally evil hearts and used equally vicious methods.
So Cui Min could understand what Cao Ke was trying to do. Uh... Anyway, it was not good for his master's reputation...
It is easy for scholars all over the world to think that their lord is very thick-skinned. Even after turning against him and fighting with Ji Qin to the death, they still have the audacity to ask for his help.
"Well, if I write the manifesto in a more righteous manner so that people can't find any handle to hold against me, it shouldn't be the case." Cao Ke pondered for a while and said with an embarrassed expression.
Ji Wan: “…”
I really will thank you.
"Forget it. We have already done something as unethical as fighting a war, so why should we be afraid of a bad reputation? You gentlemen can do whatever you want." Ji Wan gave up struggling, stood on a high place, and swept his spiritual sense over the Beirong army several miles away.
"My two gentlemen, please stop talking too much. If any scholar makes up a few nonsense and uses them to criticize our lord, how can we recruit talented people?" Although the tone was impolite, the content was very tactful.
What Pan Zhuo meant was that if Ji Wan really had the audacity to ask Donglin Kingdom for food and fodder.
Being dissed by famous internet celebrities and scholars may make scholars around the world, who already have reservations about women's identities, dislike Ji Wan even more and criticize her.
They said that she would never achieve great things with her behavior, that it was "petty behavior," that it was "feminine behavior," that it was no wonder she was a woman, etc...
This will result in no support or response in the future.
After all, being an emperor means being an emperor for the people of the world. In the hearts of the people of the world, Ji Wan is not a qualified emperor.
Even if he relied on political schemes and military strength to sit on that position, if he had a bad reputation and the rebels found an opportunity and spread it widely, he would arouse public anger and who knows what kind of trouble would arise in the future.
Although Ji Wan really has the ability and is not afraid of such things, Pan Zhuo still wants to do his best to help him avoid it if it can be avoided from the beginning.
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