With the assistance of these talented individuals, Liu Jia found it much easier to get things done.
Previously, Liu Jia felt that he was busy all the time, but since the arrival of Xu Da and Liu Bowen, especially since Liu Bowen started to help him handle political affairs, he has become much more relaxed. He even has time to drink, hunt, and inspect and visit various places in the city.
"This feels so good!"
Liu Jia felt extremely satisfied at that moment.
However, despite this, the soldiers of the Japanese and Linren Kingdoms did not retreat and allowed them to surround the city, which was ultimately not a good thing.
Feeling as if a huge stone was pressing on his heart, Liu Jia was initially relieved by Liu Fu's arrival, but after three to five days of feasting with Liu Fu, he began to lose his composure again.
"Hey Lao Ba, what are you up to?"
Liu Jia was really frustrated, so he went straight to the point and asked Liu Fu the question.
"Seventh Brother, you just need to stay in the capital of Feng Kingdom and keep order. In less than three days, the enemy troops will fall into disarray."
Liu Fu had essentially revealed his true intentions to his seventh brother.
When Liu Jia saw this, he thought, "Since Liu Fu has already said so, is there anything that Lao Ba (Liu Fu) can't do?"
Then let's wait a little longer.
At this time, everything seemed peaceful and quiet in Liu Jia's capital, as if nothing had happened.
However, among the Japanese army and the Linren army that surrounded the capital.
Gradually, things have already exploded!
"General, our rations are insufficient to last until tomorrow morning. If no new rations arrive, everyone will starve to death, and the soldiers will surely mutini!"
The Japanese grain transport officer was terrified. He stood in the military tent, trembling and looking extremely flustered.
This is the seventh day since they ran out of food.
The sudden disappearance of hundreds of thousands of grain supplies from the army was a potentially fatal event!
Especially when faced with the combined forces of hundreds of thousands of Linren and Wa (Japanese) troops surrounding Liu Jiafeng's capital and penetrating deep into the Later Han Dynasty.
Without supplies or reinforcements, and deep in enemy territory, what was originally an overwhelming victory has now become a harbinger of collapse, and a single misstep could lead to total annihilation.
If it weren't for the fact that we were backed by two deep mountains, and that a few days ago we mobilized the soldiers to go up the mountains to catch wild animals to eat, in order to boost their morale and temporarily cope with the shortage of food and supplies...
Otherwise, they would have been short of food for several days, and the soldiers would have completely mutinied and rebelled.
Even so, the truth has come out, and it seems the truth can no longer be hidden. There's little that can be done about it.
What the grain transport officer feared most at this moment was that the commander-in-chief would be unable to quell the soldiers' resentment and anger, but would instead use him as a scapegoat, taking his own head as a punishment.
The situation is now critical, and this is precisely the least costly way to solve the problem.
Just as the grain transport official had predicted.
During the great battle, the Japanese general's brows were furrowed, his face as dark as ink. His gaze was fixed on the grain transport officer. Suddenly, his eyes shifted, and he immediately set his sights on the grain transport officer.
"You've worked hard. I'll take care of your wife from now on. This general needs to borrow your head."
Upon hearing this, the grain transport official was so frightened that he fell to his knees with a thud, his legs trembling. He immediately began to kowtow repeatedly, begging for mercy.
"General, please spare me! Please spare me! I have an eighty-year-old mother and a three-year-old child who is still breastfeeding. I am the sole breadwinner of the family, and I cannot leave. I beg you, General, to have mercy and spare my life!"
But before the grain transport official could say another word, the general in the tent immediately drew his sword, cut off his head with a single stroke, and threw it out of the tent.
He then rallied the troops, holding the severed, blood-soaked head, and began to appease the soldiers.
"My comrades, you are fighting bravely on the front lines, risking your lives for His Majesty, but I, as your general, have failed you!"
The Japanese general let out a long sigh, held the blood-soaked human head high in his hand, and cursed angrily.
"That son of a bitch! I've trained him for so many years, and I never imagined he was a spy sent by the Later Han Dynasty to our Japan. This time, what he did directly concerns the life and death of all of us!"
"You've probably all noticed something amiss lately. The reason I ordered you to go into the mountains to hunt wild animals and find wild fruits and spring water is because we're short of food! And the culprit is this son of a bitch, an undercover agent. He was sent by the Later Han Dynasty and secretly transported all our food supplies to them beforehand!"
Upon hearing this, the tens of thousands of soldiers of the three armies were immediately filled with righteous indignation and began to curse loudly! The scene was filled with cursing.
The scene became chaotic.
And this is just a simple appetizer.
When the Japanese general revealed that there was no food, it immediately caused a wave of panic.
"What? Is this person that powerful? How could he betray all our grain supplies to the Later Han?"
"General, is there really nothing left? How are we supposed to survive?!"
"General, we can borrow some food from our allies in the Scaled People Kingdom to temporarily stave off hunger!"
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Hearing the chatter below.
The Japanese general sighed deeply and said helplessly.
"How could I not know that the Scaled People's Kingdom is our ally? I originally wanted to borrow some food from them to temporarily supply you. We can't let our soldiers go hungry on the front lines, and we can't let our brothers lose heart!"
"But those despicable Later Han military clans actually turned the Linren Kingdom's generals against them, and they handed over all their provisions to the Later Han. They've betrayed us! Now, our Japanese army is running out of food, and the Linren Kingdom is even more desperate, facing a life-or-death situation! They can't even hold out until tomorrow!"
Upon hearing this, the morale of the Japanese soldiers immediately plummeted.
Meanwhile, the same thing was happening in the army of the Scaled People.
The commander of the Scaled People Kingdom was explaining this matter to his soldiers.
They thought that the allied forces of the two countries could take this opportunity to attack the Later Han Dynasty, capture Liu Jia's fiefdom and capital, and then retire successfully, making a name for themselves overseas.
Unexpectedly, such a calamity occurred; all the grain and fodder disappeared in the blink of an eye, as if they had been taken away by gods or ghosts.
With great difficulty, the Japanese and the Linren Kingdom finally managed to temporarily hand over the matter of supplies, but it was too late to salvage the morale of the soldiers who were falling apart.
It was at this moment that someone offered a suggestion.
"General, do you remember Liu Fu from the Later Han Dynasty? There were rumors that the eighth prince emptied the Liao Kingdom's treasury. Now, something similar is happening here. Do you think it's possible that he came here and took all our grain?"
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