Chapter 97 Food

Li Jie, who arranged the mission of the people and the brave men, happened to take a team of people to the city tower. When he heard that Gao Jianwu was shot dead, he was very happy and said with a smile, "Congratulations to General, congratulations to General, he went down to Liaodong City in one battle, and even killed Liao chief Gao Jianwu. This time he really made great achievements. I believe that when the good news is passed back to His Majesty, we will change the Liaodong Hou to Liao Duke in the future!"

"Happy together, happy together, this great achievement is the credit of everyone, General Li is also a great achievement. How is it, has the city been cleared? What is the situation in each warehouse? How much food is there?"

For Chen Kefu, he is very concerned about the material situation in Liaodong City. Now 400,000 soldiers and civilians are gathered in Liaodong, but their logistics are completely cut off. There are still more than 400,000 stones of grain left in the army. Although it looks like a mountain, several warehouses are piled up. But now he has a population of more than 400,000 people. Even if he is calculated at the lowest level of four kilograms a day, he will have to eat more than 1.6 million kilograms of grain on this day. It will cost 10,000 stones a day after the Sui system. This is more than 400,000 mouths.

Now he can only place all his hopes in this Liaodong city. Logically, the Liao people must have reserved a lot of food in this Far East, but he didn't know how much it was before.

Li Jie smiled and said, "General, don't worry, I have just brought people to check all the warehouses. Fortunately, all the granaries of the Liao people are located in the inner city. This time, the attack suddenly started. The Liao people were not prepared at all, and all the granaries were well preserved. According to the instructions of our captive Goguryeo people, Gao Jianwu originally planned to break out of the city tonight, and it was more than half an hour after our raid. Moreover, Gao Jianwu was also very cruel. He had already ordered that once they broke out of the city, the people who had left behind would burn the entire Liaodong city."

"After Gao Jianwu broke out of the city, the Liao general Gao Ming, who stayed behind to set fires in various places in the city. Fortunately, it rained heavily these days and was wet everywhere in the city. In addition, our army was prepared for a long time. Although they finally burned several houses, the important areas were not burned at all. Now the entire Liaodong city has been controlled by us, so there will be no problem."

Chen Kefu couldn't help but feel scared. If Gao Jianwu really succeeded, it would be useless for them to take down the Liaodong city. Without food, he would have to run away by himself.

"General Li, have the materials in the warehouses in the city counted? How much food is there?" Chen Kefu asked hurriedly. Chen Kefu was not the one who was most concerned about. There were a lot of things that were inconvenient to take away in the Sui army camp. The key was still food, which was related to whether they could gain a foothold in Liaodong.

Li Jie smiled and said that he had gained a lot, and took Chen Kefu and others directly to check the granaries in the inner city. All the granaries in the Liaodong city were set up in the inner city, and a large granary was set up in the four cities in the east, west, south and north. Before he could enter, Chen Kefu was a little scared just outside the granary. The granary occupied a large area, with almost hundreds of warehouses of all sizes.

The bags of grain in the warehouse were piled up like mountains, not only corn, wheat, but also rice, barley, soybeans and other grains. Seeing these grain mountains, Chen Kefuwu felt much more relaxed.

"How much stone grain does this have?"

Li Jie happily pointed to the mountainous grain channel, "General, this Liaodong city is the gate of Goguryeo and the first fortress in the northeast. Since the Liao people occupied it, it has not been in the enemy for more than two hundred years. As a fortress in the northeast of the Goguryeo, the grain reserved here is absolutely amazing. After the autumn harvest every year, the Goguryeo people will transport a large part of the grain here regularly, year after year. The grain storage of the four large granaries in Liaodong is also very good. According to the Liao people in the warehouse, there is still more than 40 years ago in this granary."

"Will the food from more than 40 years ago be damaged?" Chen Kefu said with some confusion. Chen Kefu was also quite shocked. This Goguryeo is not a rich country. It is really shocking to have so much food stored.

"No, their warehouses are well built and have good technology, which is comparable to several large granaries in the Central Plains of the Great Sui Dynasty, such as Huiluo Cang. As long as there is grain, not to mention forty years, even if it is stored for a hundred years, the grain will not be damaged. According to our general statistics, the four granaries in the inner city of Liaodong have a total of 300,000 people who can eat for three years. It seems that the Liao people know that there will be a war in Liaodong City sooner or later, and they are prepared for this."

"You said that these four warehouses have 300,000 people who eat three years of food? How much is that? How could it be possible that a country like Goguryeo, a fishing, animal husbandry and farming, could it be able to store so much food?"

Li Jie smiled and said, "It's really surprising, but it's the case. There are nearly 7 million stones of grain in the four warehouses. Based on the seven stones of grain per year for an adult man, it's definitely enough for 300,000 people to eat for three years."

Seven million stones? Chen Kefu was a little unbelievable. The Great Sui Dynasty established four major granaries in the Central Plains, using reserves as national grain reserves. The largest Huiluo Warehouse had 24 million stones of grain reserves, but the Great Sui Dynasty had 45 million yuan in 45 million yuan. It was a developed farmer and man, and it was not comparable to a small country like Goguryeo.

Chen Kefu looked at Li Jie carefully and did not seem to be lying. He said in confusion, "Then do you know where the Liao people's food comes from? According to their own productivity, it's good to eat it every year. Besides, there will be some famines from time to time. It's impossible to save so much food in Liaodong. You know, this is not their capital."

"I have consulted many Goguryeo officials who guarded the warehouse for these issues. As far as they know, most of the remaining grains were not shipped from Goguryeo. Most of them were shipped from the Central Plains."

"Central Plains? It's impossible. No matter how much food I have in the Sui Dynasty, I can't sell so much to a foreigner."

"Goguryeo has been established for more than 500 years and has always lived in the Far East. It can be said that in the Three Koreans and Western Liaos, his strength is the strongest. Baekje and Silla, who are in the south, cannot defeat him. In his north, there are Xi, Khitan, Mohe, Turks, Shiwei and other tribes. In the past few decades, the Central Plains had not been unified, and the north and south were opposed several dynasties. No one could control Goguryeo in the Northeast. Apart from the Turks, he was completely the king of the Northeast. Goguryeo has always been a race that likes war. He has never stopped wars for hundreds of years since its founding. Goguryeo fought against surrounding countries. Basically, he has won more than defeats, and he can capture many spoils every time."

"Every time the Goguryeo people defeated in Liaodong, the grain they plundered was accumulated in Liaodong City. Most of the rest of their character, cattle, sheep, horses, and other tribes were traded with the rest of their tribes and replaced with grain equipment. Among them, the Central Plains has been one of their trading partners for years. In other words, in the past ten or twenty years, the Sui Dynasty's national strength has become increasingly stronger, and gradually no longer makes these transactions with the Goguryeo people."

Chen Kefu nodded, "It seems that the Goguryeo people are indeed ambitions and have clear goals. If we don't come to conquer Liao and let him continue like this, it will probably not take many years for the Liao people to become the king of the Northeast. At that time, it will definitely be even greater than the threat of the grassland Turks to our Great Sui."

This reminded Chen Kefu of the Khitan in Chinese history. The Khitan became stronger little by little in Liaodong, and finally established the Liao Dynasty, confronting the Central Plains for hundreds of years, and even surpassing the Central Plains for a time. This Goguryeo is also an agricultural country, a civilized country very similar to the Central Plains society, and is not like the tribes like the grassland that only know how to plunder.

"General, this Liaodong city is not only the first fortress in the Far East, but also the first trading city of the Liaodong tribes. The Khitan, Xi, Mohe, Turks, Shiwei, and even the Central Plains, the Japanese and other caravans gathered here. Various cattle, sheep, horses, grain, slaves, silk and porcelain, iron and other transactions are carried out here, and the annual transaction volume is very huge. This time, we not only obtained the four major granaries of the Goguryeo people in the inner city of Liaodong, but also in the outer city, there are also many granaries of grain merchants there, where they store the grain they are preparing for trading, and it is found that there are millions of stones. In addition to grain, there are also several equipment warehouses in the city, with various weapons, armor, bows, arrows, feathers and arrows filled with several warehouses, which are completely enough to equip 200,000 elite troops. Those equipment can definitely support an army of 100,000 people for several years."

"So, there are still many trading warehouses for Khitan tribes in this city in Liaodong City? Let's do this, those Khitan tribes' warehouses will be temporarily sealed. We have to treat these people differently. Now we are weak, so we must be cautious for the time being. Don't attack by the tribes when they are attacked, so we will be in trouble."

For Chen Kefu, the enemy now is Goguryeo. Only by fighting with all his strength can one defeat the Liao people and gain a foothold here. There are many tribes in Liaodong and western Liaoning, and most of them are Mahjong ethnic groups. Although none of them are as powerful as the Great Sui Dynasty, none of them are easy to mess with. If one tribe is not good, it will be troublesome if it causes any tribe to attack, it will be difficult. For Goguryeo, he is still somewhat sure that he can gain a foothold here, but if one or two enemies arises at once, he really doesn't even know whether it will be too late to run away.

Chen Kefu pointed to the mountain-like food in front of him and smiled at everyone around him, "It seems that God can't stand the behavior of the Goguryeo people, and even God has to stand on our side. This Liaodong city basically stores half of the national reserves of the Goguryeo people, and the armor and equipment. Now the Goguryeo people have lost their elite troops, and secondly, the national reserves have been lost, and thirdly, the most important fortress in the Northeast, Liaodong City and the new city of the military. It can be said that the national destiny of Goguryeo has finally come to an end."

"General Li, you will immediately dispatch Min Zhuang to demolish the base camp outside the city and several military camps outside the four cities, and transport all the supplies back to Liaodong City. In addition, all residents in Liaodong City will temporarily move to a separate area, and must be surrounded by our Min Zhuang to monitor it. The whole city is martial law, and no one is allowed to leave the city. After one or three minutes of the evening and until the fifth morning, residents in the city are not allowed to light fires or go out. If anyone disobeys, he will be killed without mercy!"
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