The people living on the border were poor from the beginning. Just keeping their families alive took all their strength, so how could they have any extra food to support them?
Even if they no longer wanted to take a single needle or thread from the people, the reality did not allow them to be arrogant. After all, in addition to Beiling City, the entire northern border needed them to guard and prevent the Beimo cavalry from setting foot on the Great Zhou.
But the reality is that the entire 300,000-strong army has no food to eat, and without the help of the people, they will starve to death.
But even if they accepted the food sent by the people, they did not dare to eat their fill. They only ate half full every day to barely survive.
When the soldiers were hungry, they had no energy to train, let alone open the city gates to meet the enemy.
Once they fight against the Northern Desert Army, they will definitely be the one at a disadvantage. Perhaps the 300,000-strong army will fall under the Northern Desert cavalry.
This was not what they wanted to see, even though they knew from the first day of joining the army that swords and knives were merciless on the battlefield and they might lose their lives at any time.
But how could they be willing to accept the current situation? How could they be willing to be defeated by the Northern Desert Army like this?
You must know that they are a fierce and powerful army led by the King of Chen himself. In the past, the Beimo people would flee in disbelief at the reputation of their northern garrison.
But now, facing the insults from Beimo, they have no power to fight back and can only close the city gates. They dare not even say a word in return, for fear of angering the Beimo army. If they really don't care, it will be too late for Cang Gong and others to regret it.
It's just that this feeling of frustration has reached its peak today, and I really can't stand it anymore.
It is true that everyone has emotions, and no one can stand being scolded by all kinds of unpleasant words for ten days, let alone these rough guys. It is already good enough that they can hold on for ten days.
Xie Qichen looked at the deputy generals in the tent. He knew that what Zhao Meng said was true, but he did not dare to open the city gate to fight.
Now he only hoped that the secret report had been delivered to Prince Chen, and hoped that Prince Chen could send the food and grass in time.
But he also knew how slim this hope was, because he knew that Prince Chen was resettling refugees in Qingshan Prefecture, but he didn't know what method Prince Chen would use to resettle hundreds of thousands of people.
However, he knew that while Prince Chen was dealing with hundreds of thousands of refugees, he also obtained a large amount of cotton clothes, quilts, and food, so that the troops stationed in the northern border would no longer go hungry or suffer from the cold.
But all these were destroyed by an avalanche and buried in the heavy snow. He was very upset and wondered why he didn't ask people to pay attention to whether there would be an avalanche in time. But now it was too late to say anything. The only thing he could do was to try his best to find a way to remedy the situation.
Even though he came from a good family, had read many books of sages and military books, had a lot of experience, and had been stationed in Beiling for many years, he still didn't know how to deal with the current situation in Beiling City.
Another point is that he knew clearly in his heart that even if Prince Chen knew about the situation in Beiling City and raised food and fodder for an army of 300,000, it would be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to transport it here.
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