The eldest son of the red mansion

Chapter 111 March
After listening to Wu Li's words, Jia Ke directly ordered the following: "Since Master Wu has no objection, then I will make a decision. You are right, now we should help each other in the same boat. From today onwards, all soldiers and Forty percent of the grain will be distributed to strong men, and [-]% will be distributed to the elderly, women, and children. No one is allowed to hoard grain, and those who violate the order will be beheaded."

A hundred households from this school stood up, cupped their hands and said to Jia Ke, "My lord, why do children also distribute food at [-]%?"

Jia Ke glanced at him and saw that he was not dissatisfied with herself, but just worried that there was not enough food to last until winter.And seeing that he was not alone in his doubts, he patiently explained to him, and also to the generals below: "Children are our future, and we have no children in the family of Kaiping guards, so we can't take them away." Are they hungry? They don’t have much food now. If only [-]% of the food is distributed, many children may not survive the winter. Let them live. This is our responsibility. Otherwise, why would we guard this castle and confront the Tatars? .”

The next general, after hearing Jia Ke's words, was completely convinced. After all, every family has children, even if his own family doesn't have children, and which of his relatives doesn't have many children, so they bowed together and clasped their fists at Jia Ke, saying, "I respect you, my lord." Order."

"Zheng Kai took your hundreds of households and started a big search in the city. Every household must be searched. All the food must be handed over to the government for management, but those who block it will be killed without mercy, but you must fight with the people. Let us make it clear that the government will compensate you in full when the siege of Kaipingwei is resolved." Jia Ke then ordered.

Zheng Kai clasped his fists at Jia Ke expressionlessly and said, "Don't worry, my lord, I will live up to my humble post."

Jia Ke looked down and asked, "Chen Xi, are you here?"

Chen Xi quickly came out from the back, cupped his hands and said to Jia Ke, "My lord, Chen Xi is here."

Jia Ke asked, "What is our current ration standard?"

Chen Xi, as the chief bookkeeper of Kaipingwei, is mainly responsible for the logistics.He was very clear about this, and when he heard Jia Ke’s question, he quickly replied: “My lord, since soldiers and strong men are going to the battlefield, their daily rations are one catty and five taels a day, women and old people are one catty a day, and children are eight taels a day. .”

After hearing what he said, Jia Ke thought about it, and said to the following: "It's almost enough, at least we won't starve to death in a few months."

"One more thing, don't tell the people below anything today, or our army's morale may be disturbed, and our city will be taken by our own people before the food is exhausted." Jia Ke finally told them.

After Jia Ke said these words, he let them break up, and he went back to the study first.Thinking about what omissions there are, and what benefits can I reap after the war?Thinking about whether to reconcile with Wang Tao or bring him down.Which one is best for you?

In the following days, the Tatars and Jia Ke were completely exhausted.If you don't come out and beat me, I won't beat you either, and I will just surround you.

Under Jia Ke's strict control of food in Kaipingwei, although there have been some fluctuations, there are no problems overall.In such a long time, no one died of starvation.

Nearly two months passed in a flash, Kaipingwei could still hold on, but the Tatars couldn't hold on anymore.Now the weather is getting colder and colder. Although it hasn't snowed yet, many soldiers are still sick from the cold.After all, the clothes they were wearing were still autumn.

The leaders of the various tribes are becoming more and more intolerable. They have been here for almost three months.Not only was the army lost, but there was no gain.And the tribe doesn't know what happened to you?I don't know if the grain for this winter has been shipped back?What they were most worried about was whether someone would spy on their treasure seat during their absence.

Not only the leaders of the various tribes, but also the ordinary cavalry below made more trouble.If the leaders hadn't suppressed them with all their strength, they might have dispersed by then.

Arslen Khan already sensed the danger, he knew that the time was almost up and he couldn't stay here any longer.Not to mention that the soldiers under the various tribes were making noise, even his own troops were in trouble.If he continues to go his own way, he will not be able to return to the grassland.

Arslen Khan stepped out of his big tent, looked at the Kaiping City Wall in the distance, and felt a sense of powerlessness.

In the past three months, he has made several sneak attacks in hopes of breaking through the city wall and entering Kaipingwei.But Jia Ke was too cautious.Whether it is day or night?There was hardly a hint of relaxation.Every time he made a sneak attack, he was discovered before reaching the city wall.Then he dropped hundreds of sentences and fled back to the corpse.

Arslen Khan has already made a decision to withdraw his troops in the next few days and return to the grassland for the winter.There was absolutely nothing he could do with Jia Ke.Thinking of Jia Ke's bravery and his prudence in using troops, he couldn't help feeling envious.I envy the emperor of the Southern Dynasty to have such capable people.

But he didn't know that Jia Ke completely inherited Lu Bu's use of troops.However, Lu Bu went straight with his troops, without any tricks, which made Jia Ke very guilty every time he went out.So he thought about it and came up with a way, that is to learn from Zhuge Liang, he couldn't learn from Zhuge Liang, he was so wise and close to a demon.But he can learn from Zhuge Liang's caution, isn't there a saying? "Zhuge can only be cautious in his life."So now, Jia Ke tries to think of every situation as perfect as possible.Without leaving a trace of flaws, his current combat policy is - cautious, cautious, and cautious again, before thinking about victory, think about defeat, before thinking about advancing, think about retreating.Also because of Jia Ke's caution, the Tatars were discovered every time they attacked.This created an illusion, making people feel that Jia Ke used his troops like a god, and could always predict the enemy's opportunity every time.

And when the Tatars were about to retreat and return to the grassland.Xuanfu Town is also living in anxiety now.

Jiedu envoy Wang Tao has not been able to sleep at night for the past three months.The scouts he sent came back wave after wave.The news is the same every time I come back. "Kaipingwei is still defending, and the Tatars have been unable to attack Kaipingwei for a long time."

Wang Tao has only one thought now, and that is to hope that the Tatars will quickly capture Kaipingwei, so that he will have a reason for refusing to send troops.

If the Tatars could not attack Kaipingwei for a long time, they had to retreat in the end.Then he's in big trouble.If you say it in a small way, it's just fatuous and incompetent. If you say it in a big way, it's just sitting back and watching the success or failure of your allies, with ulterior motives.

What is more important now is that he has not reported this war on the border.The current emperor and all the courtiers do not know that this war involving tens of thousands of people is happening on the border.

Now he regrets it. If he had followed Gao Hong's suggestion, he would not have sent troops with all his strength, but he had sent rangers to harass the Tatars. In the end, he had something to say.

But now, he has no way out.The only hope is that when the Tatars break through Kaipingwei, there will be no proof.

But what annoyed Wang Tao was that this Jia Ke, despite his young age, used soldiers like a god.With only a few thousand soldiers and horses, the Kaiping guards are as solid as gold.The tens of thousands of Tatars had nothing to do with him.

Now there are bad rumors in the army, saying that he is jealous of the virtuous and capable, and deliberately does not save Kai Pingwei, and wants to punish Jia Ke and kill him.This is completely wronging him, he and Jia Ke only met once in total.And it's not that he's sick when his majestic Jiedu envoy envies a small imperial household, Qianhu.

The more Wang Tao thought about it, the more irritable he became. Now he doesn't know what to do.He needed someone to advise him. At this time, he thought of Gao Hong, the counselor whom he had neglected in the past few months. Presumably, with Gao Feng's resourcefulness, he should be able to help him solve his predicament now.

(End of this chapter)