Chapter 937 Chapter 937, Delivering Food
"Does Yelu Kanda want to continue to fight with us?"
Xiao Yeyang stood on the city wall, observing the situation of the Western Liao army opposite with a telescope.
He originally thought that after burning the food and grass of the Western Liao army, Yelu Kangda would order a withdrawal, but he never expected that the Western Liao army would actually station outside the border of Xintunwei.
Su Hongxin: "The grain production of the Western Liao people is not high. Where do they get their food?"
Xiao Yeyang thought of the news sent back by the secret guards stationed in Western Liao and sneered: "The Western Liao people have no food, but Xiao Yechi does."
A big part of the reason why the Western Liao royal family dared to launch a war against Daxia at this time was that Xiao Yechi provided them with a large amount of food.
Su Hongxin frowned: "Where did Xiao Yechi get the food?"
Xiao Yeyang's expression was somewhat cold. "I heard that when Xiao Yechi fled north with the Tatar princess, he discovered a large area of fertile black soil. In addition, Xiao Yechi used various means to obtain a batch of high-yield grain seeds from Daxia. In the past few years, he has accumulated a lot of grain."
Hearing this, Su Hongxin and the surrounding soldiers all looked solemn.
A long-term battle would be disadvantageous to them.
There is no way. Xiliang is too poor. Even if Madam Xiao brought high-yield grain seeds, due to the short time and small promotion scope, it can only barely maintain the basic needs of a few garrisons.
It is simply unable to supply the daily consumption of hundreds of thousands of troops.
Su Hongxin looked at Xiao Yeyang and asked, "Didn't the court allocate food and money?"
Xiao Yeyang: "There are wars going on in the East China Sea and the South China Sea, and the imperial court is a little stretched." Western Liao probably realized that the imperial court could not support Western Liang, so it chose to waste time with them.
Master Wang hesitated for a moment, then spoke again, "Sir, the grain collected last year by Ganzhou, Jinwei, Jianzhou, and Xintun Guards is almost gone."
He knew that saying such things at this time would shake the morale of the troops, but he was in charge of logistics and had to let Xiao Yeyang know about this.
You know, more than half a month ago, he had been deliberately controlling the soldiers' daily meals.
Xiao Yeyang frowned.
An army of more than 200,000 people consumes a huge amount of food every day. Fortunately, Ganzhou Wei had a good harvest last year, otherwise, the army would have run out of food long ago.
"I'll figure out the food issue. Let's go back and discuss the attack."
Xiao Yeyang was the first to go down the city wall, and Su Hongxin and other generals followed quickly behind.
When the group returned to the military tent, they happened to see the soldiers having lunch. Xiao Yeyang took a quick look and saw that each soldier could only get a bowl of porridge and a steamed bun. He frowned subconsciously.
When Master Wang saw this, his face turned bitter.
He really wanted to let the soldiers eat more, but he was unable to do so. Now the soldiers still had three meals a day, and after a while they would probably only be able to eat two meals.
After returning to the military tent, Xiao Yeyang began to discuss the initiative with the generals and formulated a plan. The next day, he led his men to attack the Western Liao army.
Unfortunately, Yelu Kanda seemed to know that the Daxia army was short of food and did not fight at all.
Xiao Yeyang rode on his horse, his eyes coldly watching Yelu Kangda, who was avoiding fighting. He waved his hand to call for his personal guards and whispered, "Go tell Bu Gandang to investigate the generals in the army."
Yelu Kanda was so confident, as if he knew the situation of their army very well.
Although he had cleaned up the military generals, he could not guarantee that all of them had been cleared out. It was 100% certain that Wei Hongcai was in collusion with the Western Liao royal family. The Wei family had been operating in Xiliang for several generations, and they must have had a backup plan.
In the next few days, every time the Daxia army launched an attack, the Western Liao army chose to retreat.
As a result, Xiao Yeyang had to stop the attack.
Just when Master Wang came to Xiao Yeyang again to say that there was not enough food, hundreds of camels loaded with food and medicinal herbs appeared in the sight of the soldiers outside the military town.
After receiving the news, Master Wang ran out of the city like a gust of wind.
Seeing Master Wang, Yan Shouhou stepped forward with a smile, handed him the grain account book, and said loudly, "My wife said that the soldiers are working very hard to defend our country, so she asked me to bring some grain here, saying that only when the soldiers are well fed can they have the strength to drive the Western Liao people away."
Mr. Wang excitedly held the account book and thanked him repeatedly.
The soldiers on the city walls and guarding the gates also expressed their gratitude loudly.
Yan Shouhou smiled innocently, "My dear soldiers, you are too polite. My wife said that we are all members of Daxia. You have sacrificed your lives and shed your blood here. She only contributed some food, which is really not worth mentioning."
As he spoke, he pointed to the thousands of cattle and sheep behind the camel caravan and looked at Master Wang.
"The mutton will be killed and eaten, and the cows will be kept to produce milk for the wounded soldiers."
Then he looked at the soldiers on the city wall.
"My wife also told everyone to eat as much as they want. There's plenty of food. After we finish this batch, the Xiao Mansion will send more. I only have one request. Your families are waiting for you at home. Please protect yourselves while killing the Western Liao people."
As soon as these words were spoken, many soldiers' eyes began to turn red.
When Xiao Yeyang came out with the generals, they saw this scene and were all silent.
Su Hongxin nudged Xiao Yeyang and whispered, "I didn't expect Sister Yan to have this ability. Look how moved the soldiers are."
Xiao Yeyang glanced at him and ordered the soldiers to deliver the food into the city.
Su Hongxin continued, "Everyone has been worried about food these days, but you haven't reacted at all. Did you know that Sister Yan would send food?"
Xiao Yeyang didn't say anything, but his eyes were full of smiles.
Because the Western Liao launched the war too suddenly, he did not have time to ask Yi Yi to prepare food, but his Yi Yi had already prepared it for him.
Outside the warehouse, Master Wang saw the warehouse was filled again, and he felt extremely relieved and satisfied. Seeing that the generals were ready to fight against the Western Liao people after they had food, he couldn't help but smile.
"Master Wang, Lord Xiao just ordered that we have mutton today."
A soldier came running over excitedly to deliver the message.
Master Wang smiled and said, "Okay, let's eat mutton today."
Looking at the excited soldiers, Master Wang couldn't help but sigh in his heart again, Lord Xiao really married a good wife.
The Daxia army was happy, but the Western Liao army was a little annoyed.
"Yan Yiyi again!"
Xiao Yechi cursed with gritted teeth.
When Daxia and Tatar were fighting, Daxia was also short of food. It was because the Yan family donated food and medicinal materials that the Tatar, who could have won, was finally defeated.
Yelu Kangda also had a gloomy expression on his face: "The news from the Great Xia army has been cut off. It seems that Xiao Yeyang has captured the people planted by Wei Hongcai."
Xiao Yechen couldn't help but curse Wei Hongcai again: "What on earth does this guy do for a living? Aren't there any smart people among the low-ranking ones?"
The people planted in Ganzhou City were caught, and now the people planted in the army have also been discovered. This person is really more of a hindrance than a help.
Happy National Day everyone! That's all for today, I'll make up for the missed one tomorrow!
(End of this chapter)
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