Back in the city, Wei Choutai summoned his officials together.
How much grain and fodder is left in the city?
"Your Majesty, we have been trapped in the city for more than three months. More than 100,000 people have suffered heavy losses. Now most of the people in the city have run out of food, and the grain stored in the warehouse is only enough for 10,000 soldiers for one month."
An official in charge of logistics reported the situation in the city to Yu Choutai with a distressed expression.
Wei Qiutai then asked, "Where are the Han reinforcements? When will they arrive?"
"Your Majesty, according to the timeline, the Han army should have entered Xuantu territory by now. If we wait for the Han army to come to our aid, it will probably take at least two months."
"Xuantu is only seven hundred li from here. Even if the Han army marches twenty li a day, it won't take them more than two months, right?"
Upon hearing the report from his subordinates, Wei Qiutai's expression immediately turned quite grim.
A general said, “Your Majesty, the slow march of the Han army is only one of the reasons. The main reason is that the place is extremely cold. Even if our soldiers are covered with lard and wrapped in pigskin, they will inevitably freeze to death or suffer frostbite if they march for a long time. How much more so for the Han army?”
Therefore, I believe that in order to avoid the possibility of people freezing to death or suffering from frostbite, neither the Emperor of Han nor the generals of the Han army would choose to send troops at this time.
The best time to send troops is two months later when the weather warms up.
Upon hearing what the general said, Wei Choutai and his men all fell silent.
Faced with such cold weather, not to mention the emperor and generals of the Han Dynasty, even they would not risk their soldiers freezing to death to rescue others.
"Two months... I'm afraid that by then, even without the Han army's reinforcements, we will all be trapped and die in the city."
In the end, Wei Choutai couldn't help but lower his head and sigh, his originally resolute face now showing a hint of dejection.
"Gentlemen, do you think that if our entire nation were to submit to the Han Dynasty, we could persuade the Emperor of Han to send troops to support us ahead of schedule?"
"this....."
Upon hearing this, everyone was taken aback and lowered their heads in silence.
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