In other words, if you secretly withhold even a grain of food, Qitian Village will chop off your head.
This was also the reason why Lu You was so anxious that he even went to Qinghe to meet Lin Hai in person, hoping that Lin Hai would act quickly. There were too many people in Qitian Village now, and the original team had been dispersed. If he didn't take action, he was afraid that the original team would be corrupted.
Suijiu County is a rare flat land at the junction of two provinces. The original site of the county seat has a good geographical location and is very suitable for large-scale army camping. The open space in front of the county seat is gourd-shaped, which ensures that Qinghe County cannot deploy all of its limited military forces to the battlefield at once. In this way, even if the coalition forces are poorly equipped, they can give full play to their numerical advantage and annihilate the Qinghe troops who dare to rush in.
As for what to do if the Qinghe troops didn't rush in? The coalition leaders thought about this problem. It would be better not to rush in. Wouldn't everyone be happier if they kept to themselves? At worst, the coalition could turn around and kill Lu You, and then dominate Xiangyun alone. That would also be a good idea. After all, they just wanted to occupy a province, whether it was Xichuan or Xiangyun was not important. After all, even the most prosperous place would be ruined if they ruled it for a few years, so their demands were not high.
The coalition forces quickly entered the military farm in Suijiu County, demolished the dirty shacks and used them as firewood for heating and cooking that night, and confiscated all the food in the military farm to replenish military supplies. In fact, there was not much, just some mountain products such as wind-blown chicken and smoked fish.
As for the old and weak people in the farming area, they had to be treated as their own people. Cao Dadang glanced at this group of old people who would not live for a few years even if they were well-nourished. He also knew that they would not even survive this winter after their shacks were demolished and their food was taken away. So he kindly organized them into his own team, gave each of them a stick, and acted as the vanguard in the fight to resist the Qinghe crossbow, which was said to be very powerful.
As for that clueless underling who kept kowtowed on the ground, begging him to spare their lives, well, it was said that he was personally appointed by the Great Boss Cao, and he had no good end in sight. Since he had appointed someone, he had to be loyal to him, that's how the Great Boss Cao explained it. And in war, food and fodder were paramount. Since loyalty was essential, the best way was to obtain them, the next best thing being to provide them himself.
Cao Dadang said nothing, but just waved his hand, and the little leader was put into the pot. Just as a group of people were happily eating around the pot, news came from the front that the Qinghe army appeared in the evening light.
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