Afterwards, Yu Shizhong reported to Yun Zheng the situation in Xing'an Fort and Sawtooth Ridge.
After receiving the news that Yun Zheng and Jia Yao jumped off the cliff, Shen Luoyan, who had captured Dayue King City, acted decisively and quickly led his troops to rush to the rescue of Sawtooth Ridge to prevent the armies of the various tribes in the west of the desert from attacking.
However, the tribes in western Mo did not attack, only two or three men stood there confronting them.
A few days ago, the enemy troops in Xing'an Fort had also retreated.
The tribes in western Mo launched small-scale attacks on Xing'an Fort for twenty consecutive days, resulting in the loss of about 10,000 people. The defenders of Xing'an Fort also lost more than 1,000 people.
After the tribes in western Mo retreated, Tong Gang led his troops out of the city and launched a surprise attack on their rear army, killing more than 7,000 enemy soldiers and causing more than 1,000 casualties on his own side.
Now, the resistance forces in the entire Dayue have been completely eliminated.
Zuo Ren led his troops to guard the Dayue Royal City, and according to Feng Yu's suggestion, he recruited several surrendered Dayue officials to assist him in stabilizing the situation in Dayue.
The biggest problem now is that Dayue Kingdom is short of food.
They had to ensure the army's food supply first, and they did not dare to use food to support the poor people of Dayue, as small-scale starvation had already begun in Dayue.
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Nowadays, there are many people in Dayue who eat grass and tree bark, and there are also hungry people who exchange their children for food.
This is just the beginning.
If there is no food coming in over a period of time, the situation will become even more serious.
Today, the entire Dayue Kingdom is a complete mess.
It is said that Dugu Ce has already rushed over from Yufeng City.
If nothing goes wrong, we will be able to reach Dayue King City in a day or two.
After listening to Yu Shizhong's report, Yun Zheng felt both relieved and worried.
The good news is that Chen Luoyan has now learned to consider things and can take charge of things on his own.
The worrying thing is that although the Dayue Kingdom was conquered, it became a troublesome mess.
I don’t know how much it will cost to clean up this mess.
Especially the problem of food shortage.
Even if he had money, he couldn't get so much food!
The potatoes haven’t been harvested yet!
The imperial court is now short of money and food, so it is not realistic to expect support from the imperial court.
Although whether the people of Dayue Kingdom starved to death had nothing to do with him, since Dayue was conquered, these people were all subjects of Dagan, even if they were the lowest-ranking subjects of Dagan!
The key is that these people are labor!
In the future, we will need labor to develop the land of Dayue!
People will starve to death on a large scale, and there is a high possibility that a plague will break out and even spread to the garrison.
We still have to think of some way to prevent fewer people from starving to death!
Yun Zheng thought silently for a while, then turned to look at Jia Yao, "I'll give you a task. Discuss with everyone and see where to get some food to support the people of Dayue Country! But there is one thing, we must first ensure the food supply for our own people!"
“…”
Jia Yao's pretty face was slightly upset, and she said angrily: "What can I do?"
"You have experience!"
Yun Zheng chuckled, "When people in Beihuan were starving to death, you must have thought of a solution, right?"
"you……"
Jia Yao was furious, "You are free and just throw the headache to me. Can I still conjure up food?"
This bastard!
He is good at being a hands-off boss!
"Think carefully, I believe you can think of a solution!"
Yun Zheng smiled, "Once this matter is done, I will give you 10,000 sets of damaged armor and weapons, plus the meat of 3,000 war horses. After the autumn harvest, I will give you 300,000 dan of grain! In addition, the pensions and rewards for all the soldiers of Beihuan will be in accordance with the standards of the Guiyi Army!"
Hearing Yun Zheng's conditions, Jia Yao's eyes lit up.
If that's the case, then they did gain something from this battle.
After thinking for a moment, Jia Yao asked again: "The additional weapons and armor you mentioned, do they include the armor and weapons of our fallen soldiers, or not?"
"Of course not."
Yun Zheng smiled, "I'm not that stingy!"
That’s more like it!
Jia Yao calmed down a bit and said, "All the compensation and rewards for our fallen soldiers will be exchanged for food or livestock."
“That won’t work.”
Yun Zheng shook his head and refused, "Do you think I have so much food and livestock to give you now?"
She really thinks of herself as a granary!
I still have a big hole to fill!
Where did she get so much food and livestock?
"That's right! I almost forgot that the Otsuki Kingdom still has such a big hole to fill."
Jia Yao lowered his brows and thought for a while, then said, "Then exempt us from paying tribute for three years!"
"no!"
Yun Zheng refused without a second thought, "We can't avoid paying tribute! This is a matter of principle!"
Not to mention three years, even one year cannot be exempted!
The tribute has been exempted at the very beginning. Does she think the tribute is a joke?
"Then give me more food!"
Jia Yao negotiated with Yun Zheng again, "The northern barbarians have suffered a great loss this time, and they will probably not give up! You have to let me make some preparations in advance, right?"
Yun Zheng thought for a moment and compromised: "I don't have that much food either, I can give you 500 more seriously injured war horses!"
She really needs to make some preparations.
It's not easy for her either!
well!
After the kiss, you can't just pretend nothing happened!
"Thanks!"
Seeing Yun Zheng compromise, Jia Yao finally breathed a sigh of relief.
She knew in her heart that Yun Zheng compromised because of the friendship they had in the past few days.
"Okay, then you figure it out!"
Yun Zheng rubbed his forehead and said, "I have to write a war report to the court later..."
With the withdrawal of enemy troops from Xing'an Fort, this battle should have come to an end.
It's time to write the battle report.
However, how to write this battle report is also a problem.
In this battle, their losses were really heavy.
We still have to see if we can get some benefits from the court!
Shuobei is just a tiny place.
Such a big business cannot be supported by Shuobei’s economy alone, right?
Rest and recuperate!
You must rest and recuperate!
If the fighting continues, the economy and people’s livelihood will collapse!
After returning to the camp, Miaoyin helped Yun Zheng into the tent.
"And you said you didn't eat Jiayao?"
As soon as they entered the tent, Miaoyin teased Yun Zheng with a smile on her face: "If it were in the past, you wouldn't be so generous!"
"What are you thinking about! If I want to eat, I'd rather eat you!"
Yun Zheng grinned wickedly and grabbed Miaoyin's butt hard.
Miaoyin was embarrassed and slapped Yunzheng's paw hard, asking in confusion: "Then why are you suddenly so generous to Jiayao?"
Ten thousand sets of armor and weapons, this is equivalent to expanding Jiayao’s army!
"The northern barbarians."
Yun Zheng said seriously: "The northern barbarians have suffered a loss, so they will definitely do something unexpected! Let her expand her military force, so as to be prepared for any eventuality! Besides, the losses of Beihuan this time are indeed huge, so we have to give them some compensation..."
"Okay, just watch it yourself."
After learning Yun Zheng’s true thoughts, Miaoyin said no more.
She was just worried that Yun Zheng would fall into Jia Yao's tender trap.
As long as Yun Zheng stays awake, she has nothing to worry about.
After Miaoyin helped Yun Zheng sit down, Yun Zheng racked his brains to think about how to write the battle report.
After thinking for half an hour, Yun Zheng finally picked up his pen and started writing...
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