Chapter 9 Food Shortages
"The head of the family, they just had a meal, I let them sleep for two hours before setting off.╠╣ Otherwise I would be worried..."
Zhao Fubo took another sip of hot tea. Although the temperature in Shu is much better than that in the north. However, for him, who grew up in Huangsha City, the temperature here is still so low that it makes people feel terrible.
"Yes, these ghost troops are tired enough. They have to fight with us during the day and set off for reconnaissance at night. In this way, Charlene, you can adjust one so that they can take a few days to take a turn for a few days, otherwise I may not be able to stand even if Iron Man!"
"Yes, sir!"
Although Charlene is gentle and gentle, she has more serious and reassuring characteristics when executing orders. Therefore, when Zhao Fubo led his army to fight, many things were directly handed over to her to take charge.
"Also, it is best to send the artillery transport troops to escort the food, horse meat, firearms, gunpowder and other materials we received to Juliana. He asked him to distribute it to the small counties we occupied, and remember to send people to manage and train the Song soldiers. If we were not in it, I was worried that they would lack the confidence to fight."
Originally, Zhang Qing left nearly 5,000 Marines, and those soldiers with poor mobility were simply disbanded and assigned to each county town to serve as backbone of the defenders. This was also a helpless thing. When he killed Yu Hui, he had already taken over everything in Shu.
It was not until Zhao Fubo took over everything here that he realized that the situation here was so bad that it was outrageous. There was no reserve of gunpowder, no production of firearms, and no training of soldiers. Even those dog officials could deduct the soldiers' food rations to the point where they were not enough to eat. The soldiers were so hungry that they were skin and bones. No wonder they had no spare energy to fight against the Mongols.
What's even more disgusting is that Yu Hui transferred out the grain that Yu Jie left in various counties in the name of resisting Mongolia. According to the investigation by Zhao Fubo's subordinates, the bastard sold it at all, and even didn't care who was buying the grain. Zhao Fubo's subordinates tracked it down and found that the person who bought Yu Jie's garrison in Shu was the Mongolian army led by Kublai Khan, the prince who was attacking Shu with a 300,000 army.
"What a hateful bastard. Not only can he not win the battle, but he can also gain enemies! Alas, he was hanged at least, hoping to scare others!"
Zhao Fubo's sigh came from incomprehension. Because if it were people from the "Huaxia Empire", whether they were officers or ordinary officials, they might not have the ability to work, but at the very least, they would never afford to take advantage of the enemy, nor would they surrender, and would always fight the invaders to the end. After all, without the "Huaxia Empire", their insurance, medical care, education and wealth would all turn into Ukraine.
Therefore, if you want to defeat the "Huaxia Empire", you need to defeat all these "stakeholders" and even kill them all. The power you need is certain that it will not appear within 500 years.
It is precisely because of the actions of dog officials like Yu Hui that fortifications have become a false line of defense. Even when the young and old are not in contact, even the people's meals have become a problem. According to Zhao Fubo, the people in the county towns in many places have almost eaten up all the stored grains. Zhao Fubo told Juliana to buy them from Yu Hui and his accomplices.
At the same time, everyone was also organized to rescue themselves, including fishing, digging rat holes, planting land, sweet potatoes and other fast-ripening crops. At this time, Zhao Fubo also regretted it because when Zhao Fubo led his army, the ship mainly carried ammunition, and some high-calorie canned food and chocolate mainly made of meat. At this moment, in addition to the part consumed by the army, the refugees ate war horses killed on the front line.
After all, an export-type warhorse will provide about 500 kilograms of meat. According to Zhao Fubo, the dead horse will be shipped within a few days. Originally, Zhao Fubo thought that the number was quite large and wanted to make bacon and preserve it for a long time. However, according to the news sent by Juliana, there were quite a lot of hungry people in the rear. When the horse meat arrived, all the eating-all parts were often crushed and placed in a marching pot to mix with rice, noodles and everything else that could be eaten.
"The taste is bad, but there are still some foods. If there are more war horses that died in battle, they will definitely be sent back to the rear!"
In such weather, these horse corpses will not easily become damaged. As long as they are transported within a few days, it is not a big problem. But before transportation, you have to deal with the things in your stomach, otherwise it will be damaged. But this is almost impossible to solve the problem, because as the horse corpses are transported, there are often thousands or even tens of thousands of refugees.
And that bastard Yu Hui actually sold all the strategic food stored here to the Mongolian Tartars. As soon as he thought of this, Zhao Fubo felt that he had hanged the bastard and confiscated his family wealth and did nothing right.
As soon as he thought of Juliana eating those sticky things, Zhao Fubo felt a little sorry for her. He was on the front line and could eat white rice, but what they ate behind him was so terrible. However, according to Juliana's news, no one starved to death.
"Charlene, this is my chocolate today. I'll find someone to bring it to Juliana and ask her..."
Speaking of this, Zhao Fubo stopped talking. He knew that Juliana was a kind girl, so even if she gave her chocolate, she would probably send it to the children in the hospital where she was already full of food.
"I have an idea in charge of my family!"
Zhao Fubo stopped thinking and turned to look at Xia Lin's beautiful face. Zhao Fubo didn't know what she thought. After all, even a big killer like potatoes that are suitable for fast growth and can deal with famine, it is too late.
"You know, you can always eat well when fighting. I think maybe Feilin and I should go back and change Juliana and Angelina to your side."
After sighing, Zhao Fubo felt that he was the emperor, really... If he had eaten that way, Zhao Fubo would not care. But he would have to live such a life in his heart.
"Charlene..."
When Xia Lin saw Zhao Fubo's expression, the smile on her face said that she was already so sweet that she was about to be happy.
"Officials, I'll go eat the sticky stuff for half a month. Then I can come here to eat military rations again!"
Chapter completed!