Mu Xiong's face changed when he heard this.
We can do without reinforcements, but we cannot do without food and fodder. War is very physically demanding, and we cannot let the soldiers go to the battlefield with empty stomachs.
Moreover, without food, it would easily cause mutiny among the people in the city.
Mu Lan said: "Dad, I will take the light cavalry out of the city to meet them."
Mu Xiong shook his head and said, "No, Beiliang might be trying to surround the enemy and attack their reinforcements."
He looked up at the Beiliang camp in the distance and said in a low voice, "They should have deliberately let the scouts discover our whereabouts in order to lure us out of the city."
Mu Lan said anxiously: "But our food and grass have been cut off. We can't hold out for too long."
Mu Xiong pondered, thinking about countermeasures.
Zhang Huan said: "General, why don't we break out overnight and retreat to Tianshui City."
Mu Xiong shook his head. "Tianshui City has a small wall and is short. It can't stop the Northern Liang cavalry at all."
"Furthermore, if Anding is abandoned, the entire Yongzhou will be wide open, and the Northern Liang cavalry can march straight in and reach the Yellow River!"
"This won't work, and that won't work. Are we just going to wait here to die?" Mu Lan complained.
Mu Xiong didn't have any better solution for the time being. There were only less than 20,000 guards in the city. If he sent out troops to protect the food, that would probably be exactly what Beiliang wanted to see.
As long as there are fewer people defending the city, it will be easier for them to attack and casualties will be reduced.
"Pass the order down."
Mu Xiong said in a deep voice, "From today on, the army's rations will be reduced by half, and all officers and soldiers will eat together. The people in the city will be rationed according to their households, with priority given to the elderly, the weak, women and children."
Zhang Huan was shocked when he heard this: "General, if the soldiers don't have enough food, how can they have the strength to defend the city?"
Mu Xiong's eyes were determined. "Deduct 30% from my rations. Tell the brothers that reinforcements are on the way. As long as we hold on, we can win."
Then he looked at Mu Lan, "Lan'er, take your men to thoroughly check the grain reserves of all the big households in the city and purchase them at the market price. Those who violate the order will be treated as collaborators with the enemy!"
The two nodded and left.
Mu Xiong sighed, he didn't know how the war in Yuzhou was going. The court should not be defeated if it concentrated all its efforts on dealing with Northern Yan. He just didn't know when they could repel Northern Yan's attack.
Mu Xiong does not regret making this decision.
As the only remaining general of the Da Jing Dynasty, he always considers things from a long-term strategic perspective.
This time, Northern Yan went south in order to take advantage of the fact that the imperial court was concentrating its forces to deal with Northern Liang and launch an attack.
If the plan fails, he will definitely retreat.
Given Hehu's character of not wanting to suffer any loss, if he fails to gain any advantage over Jingchao, he will definitely turn his attention to Beiliang.
The two regimes were mortal enemies, and both wanted to defeat the other and expand their power.
This time, Northern Liang's large-scale march southward was also an opportunity for Northern Yan. As long as Northern Yan retreated and launched an attack on Northern Liang, the crisis of the court would be resolved.
If he could withstand the pressure of Beiliang's attack alone, it would be worth it even if he died here.
I hope the imperial court can repel Northern Yan as soon as possible. Otherwise, if time goes on and the city runs out of food, he won’t be able to defend Anding City even if he has great abilities.
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Qingyan Mountain Thousand Households.
Pei Yun is practicing the Nine Yang Pure Kung Fu. He obtained this technique from Su Wanru on New Year's Eve and started practicing the next day. He has been practicing for more than three months now and his progress is good.
Especially since Ye Zhaoyuan brought back some medicinal herbs again, Pei Yun's progress accelerated again, and he was not far from becoming a second-rate warrior.
Shen Yanyu was overjoyed when she learned that Pei Yun was practicing Nine Yang Pure Skill.
She had previously placed her hope on Pei Yun to dispel the cold, thinking that he was the reincarnation of an immortal and would definitely have a way.
I didn't expect that a solution would be found so soon.
The Nine Yang Pure Skill can just dissolve the cold. Of course, Pei Yun must become a first-rate warrior before this can be done. Otherwise, his cultivation is too low, and he will be frozen into a popsicle before the cold is dissipated.
Therefore, Shen Yanyu was also very active in Pei Yun's cultivation. She helped Pei Yun boil medicine and enhance Pei Yun's internal strength, and she cared more about it than Pei Yun did.
She even looked at Nine Yang Pure Kung Fu, but of course she didn't know how to practice it, as these were two completely opposite techniques.
One is extremely yin, the other is extremely yang. The environment inside Chen Yanyu's body is already extremely cold. If he practices Nine Yang Pure Power again, if he can't control it well, there is a risk of going astray.
So she just watched and then understood, so that if Pei Yun didn't understand something, he could ask her. With Chen Yanyu's talent, even if she didn't practice the Nine Yang Pure Art, she was more than qualified to be Pei Yun's master.
The trade market also became completely regular. After being intimidated by Chang Wei and others, all caravans took the cement road and paid some tolls, which was better than being blackmailed by bandits.
The conflicts and hatred with the Southern Barbarians gradually faded through trade. Pei Yun asked Lu Jingxuan to organize a tour group to take people to the Ten Thousand Mountains of the Southern Barbarians to experience the scenery there.
Also let the chieftains of the southern barbarians bring their people to Yizhou for tourism.
Although the southern barbarians had come to Yizhou to rob before, they did not pay much attention to the scenery along the way and only knew how to rob and kill.
Now that we have laid down our weapons and come to Yizhou as tourists, the experience is different.
The Central Plains has a profound cultural heritage. After these southern barbarians really came to travel, some of them didn't want to leave, so Pei Yun started selling houses again.
The pilot program was first launched in Ruifeng County, where many chiefs used the money earned from trade to purchase properties.
At first Xue Wenju was worried that there would be conflicts, but later he realized that he was overthinking it. The southern barbarians were not warmongers. As long as they were well fed, warmly clothed and not exploited, no one wanted to fight.
How nice it would be to have such a peaceful and stable development.
Pei Yun was gradually implementing his policy of pacifying the barbarians, allowing the southern barbarians to gradually integrate into the culture of the Central Plains.
Of course, he was generous in collecting money. The taxes and silver from the trade between the two sides had to be handed over to the court, but the tolls were his own.
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