"The Marquis is wronged!"

An official said with a bitter face: "For the people on the border of Zhao, the Marquis rushed from Handan to Dai County in nine days, and the officials admired him. However, before Handan sent Dai County to order Dai County to collect food and grass from the local people. For the needs of the Marquis' army, the officials could only recruit them."

"Hmph!" Jiang sneered and said in a dark voice: "For the army, the people in Dai County are obviously due to long-term hunger. Now that the autumn harvest has just passed, even if they collect grain from the people, how can the people be so hungry that they fill their stomachs with weeds?"

The official bowed and said, "The Marquis doesn't know that after the autumn harvest, it will be cold winter. People need to reserve grain for winter and leave seeds for next spring plowing. After the grain collection, there is not much surplus grain at home, so of course the people dare not eat too much."

After a pause, the official continued: "Dai County has poor land and the people can only barely make ends meet every year. Although the Huns did not dare to make large-scale invasions in recent years, there were occasionally small groups of cavalry harassed them."

"Once the Huns invade, local troops will collect grain from the people in the name of resisting the Huns. After a while, the people's homes will naturally lack food."

Jiang nodded when he heard this.

Of course, Jiang is not the kind of Gaomen Marquis who does not know the suffering of the people. Jiang was a civilian at the beginning of his time travel, so he naturally knew the current situation of the people during this period.

But Jiang was used to the prosperity of the people of Handan, and Raoan and Wucheng became rich because of Jiang.

The places where Jiang has been traveling in the past two years are also countries such as Qi, Wei and South Korea. Qi is located on the sea, Wei and South Korea are located in the Central Plains, and of course it is much richer than the border.

To be honest, this is the first time Jiang has seen people on the border.

The official continued: "Originally, after the imperial court granted Dai County the title of the Marquis as a fief, no troops would dare to come to Dai County to collect grain, but who would have thought that the Huns would assemble a large army again."

"Oh! It's a turbulent autumn!"

Jiang also sighed a little, now is not the most miserable time for the people.

After Qin Shihuang Ying Zheng unified the world, he not only promoted the construction of the Great Wall with corvee service, but also built troops and horses, which was a waste of money and money.

Corvee is not about employment, but about the people working for the state unconditionally.

Both the Qin Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty were destroyed by corvee labor.

Jiang turned to Xiao He and asked, "Mr. Xiao He, how much food and grass are there in the army?"

Xiao He bowed and said, "The food is less than three days."

Jiang was marching urgently this time, and he didn't bring much military ration. Jiang ordered four meals a day. He originally thought that he would deal with the county's grain for a few days. After the military rations in Handan arrived, the army would not be short of food.

I never thought that the lives of the people in Dai County were in such a dilemma.

Xiao He advised: "I know that the Marquis is worried about the people of Dai County, but our urgent need to delay is to repel the invading Xiongnu. After the Huns retreat, the Marquis will guard Dai County, which will improve the lives of the people of Dai County."

Jiang ignored Xiao He and looked at Dai County officials and asked, "How much food is there in Dai County's granary?"

The official said: "A total of 40,000 stones of grain."

Forty thousand stones is enough for Jiang Dajun to eat for a month.

Jiang asked Xiao He again: "How long will it take for the military rations in Handan to be transported?"

Xiao He bowed and said, "It will take twenty days at the fastest."

It is definitely much slower to transport military rations than to march. It takes as fast as one month to transport grain from Handan to Dai County.

The grain and grass set off from Handan at the same time as Jiang Dajun, and they should be able to arrive in Dai County in twenty days.

Of course, this is the result of God's kindness.

If there is heavy rain and the grain transport team delays it, it may take more than a month to transport it to Dai County.

Jiang narrowed his eyes and pondered for a moment, and ordered: "The army will only leave 20 days of food, and all the remaining food will be distributed to the people, telling the people to let them eat openly. After our army is victorious, Dai County will never be in danger of food shortage."

Xiao He was shocked when he heard this and quickly asked, "Mr. Marquis, don't! The army only has 20 days of food. Once the food arrives late, our army will fall into a state of no food to eat."

Jiang ignored Xiao He and ordered the soldiers: "Lead the soldiers in the army to see the lives of the people of Dai County and tell them that there are only twenty days of military rations in this hou army, and the rest of the food has been distributed to the people."

"In twenty days, this marquis will defeat the Huns!"

"If you lose this battle, all the entire army will be killed from this marquis below!"

Xiao He's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately understood Jiang's intentions.

People's hearts are available!

If Jiang wins this battle, he will immediately conquer the hearts of the people of Dai County. From now on, Jiang will be the only one in Dai County. Even if the Zhao royal family is not as effective as Jiang's words.

This is very helpful for Jiang's future establishment in Dai County.

But this is also a dangerous game. Once Jiang cannot defeat the Huns within 20 days, it will cause the army to fall into a state of no food. How many people in the army will obey Jiang's orders?

Xiao He is also a civilian and knows how terrible it is to be hungry.

When the people are the hungry, they will even change their children and eat.

However, Xiao He didn't say much. Jiang's move was not only to establish prestige, but also to force the army and Jiang himself.

Jiang and Xiao He exchanged a look, and then said, "Everyone, let's go down first!"

"yes!"

Xiao He naturally knew what Jiang meant. This time, not only would he bribe the people of Dai County and build momentum for Jiang, but he would also use it to inspire the morale of the 100,000 army.

This battle must be won.

Fight against the enemy.

If you want to fight against the enemy, you must first look at the prestige of the Lord General in the army. Whether the soldiers are willing to follow the Lord General to die, Jiang still has some confidence in this.

The second is to establish a belief for the army, a belief that must be won and must be defeated.

Fight for the people.

Compared to his verbal words, Jiang believes that he is not as good as Xiao He.

After Xiao He gave a speech in front of the army, Jiang believed that his army would establish a belief that in the next battle with the Huns, they would fight to the end with all their might.

If it were normal, Jiang would not be short of food in this battle.

First, we will use the grain from the county to support it for a period of time. After the grain and grass in Handan arrives, it will be enough whether it is returned to the grain for the people or the army to eat.

This year, Jiang farmed near the Zhangshui Daying, and the army was not short of food at all.

The current situation of the people in Dai County has given Jiang the opportunity to conquer the people's hearts.

The two effects of opening up warehouses after defeating the Huns are completely different from opening up warehouses.

The former can make the people of Dai County more recognizable to Jiang.

The autumn harvest has just been just now. Are the people in Dai County short of food?

Actually, there is no shortage.

It's just that they can't bear to eat it.

When the people of Dai County recognized Jiang, if Jiang could not defeat the Huns in the 20th day, the people would spontaneously lend the food to Jiang.

In addition, people who are not full can only stay at home and do nothing, but people who are full can become laborers.

What is labor force?
Chapter completed!