Not far from the city wall of Beiling City, the Second Prince of Beimo had more than twenty large iron pots set up, each of which was filled with meat. After the meat was cooked, the aroma of meat and the smell of spices mixed together, drifting in the wind, and soon reached the noses of the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
The soldiers of Beiling City have not had a full meal since the avalanche. Although they eat something every day, the amount is too little, and they still feel dizzy from hunger.
Now, when the soldiers standing guard on the city wall smell the aroma of meat, their mouths will unconsciously secrete saliva and they will want to eat meat, and they want to eat it like crazy.
But they knew that Beimo had no good intentions in doing this, and they must not show it and let Beimo succeed.
But Bei Mo did this in order to undermine the firm confidence of the Da Zhou soldiers and make them open the city gates on their own initiative.
"Listen up, soldiers of the Northern Desert! Our Second Prince knows you're out of food. He's specially ordered over twenty pots of meat to be cooked. If you just come over, we won't kill you. You can eat as much meat as you want. There's no limit on the amount you can eat. You can eat as much as you want."
The people of Beimo kept shouting at the foot of the city wall, but no one from the garrison paid any attention to them. It was completely a one-man show.
When the Second Prince of Beimo learned that the food and fodder of the Beiling City garrison had been buried under the snow-capped mountains and that they were out of ammunition and food, he just had people cook the meat. Then, as long as the soldiers opened the city gates, they would not kill anyone and could enjoy a hearty meal.
When he thought of this method, he suddenly felt that his idea was really brilliant. He would definitely be able to take Beiling City without a single soldier. The 300,000 troops under the command of the Great Zhou God of War King Chen could also be controlled by him and become the vanguard of attacking the capital, helping Beimo to take over the Great Zhou.
But his idea was doomed to fail. You have to know that the 300,000 troops in Beiling City were all led by Xie Ruiyuan. Although they were not the best in all aspects, at least their loyalty was beyond doubt.
Bei Mo's little trick had no chance of success.
This was indeed the case. No matter how hard the Northern Desert people shouted, not a single soldier wavered. In the end, the Northern Desert people's shouting was in vain.
After Xie Qichen ordered Huofang to kill the war horses, he discussed with his deputy generals again. He felt that this could not go on any longer and he had to find a way to change the status quo, otherwise they would just have to wait for death.
He would rather die on the battlefield than starve to death. Death would be so cowardly. Besides, he couldn't just watch 300,000 soldiers starve to death.
"Wang Meng, select two thousand soldiers and go with me to collect food and fodder from the Northern Desert tonight."
"General, you mean we should go and seize the food and grass from the Northern Desert."
"I didn't say that. We're just going to borrow some food supplies."
"Yes, yes, yes, I will borrow it. I will go and collect the troops right away."
At nightfall, Xie Qichen led the well-fed and well-drinking soldiers on their way out.
The reason why he kept his troops inactive for so long was that he was waiting for news from the scouts to find out where the Northern Desert Army had hidden their food and supplies.
You know, on the first day after the avalanche, he was already thinking about where to get food and grass. It was not realistic to expect the king to have people transport food and grass over. If he wanted an army of 300,000 to survive under such difficult conditions, he could only find a way on his own.
The first solution he thought of was not to buy food from the poor and wealthy families, but to lead his troops into the grasslands and rob the cattle and sheep from the herdsmen.
He used to disdain to rob, but this was because he was forced to do so. Besides, every tribe in the Northern Desert sent cavalry to the border to rob and raid. He was just doing this to repay the debt.
But before he could take action, the Beimo army arrived at the city of Beiling, forcing him to terminate his plan to seize Caochang.
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