Since May, the Ottoman government has subconsciously cut relief food, and bread that was originally mixed with leaves and sand is now no longer guaranteed.

Stomach can't fool people, and discontent is running high among refugees. The news of the lack of food spread in the camp, and all kinds of rumors flew all over the sky, and people were panicked for a while.

In a refugee camp on the Persian border, Akyol, who had just received a day's food, walked out dissatisfied.

A fist-sized potato is all he eats today. Not to mention adults, even five or six-year-old children don't have enough to eat.

Oh, and there are no more young children in the camp, and the youngest is a teenager and a half-old. In the years of escaping the famine, the first to die were young children and the elderly.

The Ottoman Empire was already poor, and having enough to eat has always been a luxury for the vast majority of the people. Not to mention after becoming a refugee.

After getting the food, Akyol immediately left with a few friends and relatives in his group. It's also not safe in the camp, and if you don't hold a group, you may become food for someone else's mouth at some point.

Human nature, in the face of hunger, is not worth mentioning at all. Along the way, Akyol has seen too many scenes of Yizi eating and eating, and now he does not dare to fully trust anyone.

One of the companions asked worriedly, "Akyol, you have a lot of knowledge, and now that the food is getting scarce, what should we do next?" ”

They are considered to have a bottom line among the refugees, even if they are starving, they have not learned from others to eat human flesh.

Of course, this bottom line is only for now, and if it continues, no one can guarantee that they will not be assimilated.

Akyol replied bitterly: "Everyone has eaten up all the food that can be found in the surrounding area. The rear army has blocked the road and prohibits anyone from passing.

Now if you don't want to starve, you can only venture across the border line and go to the Persian territory to earn a living. I'm afraid that the officials and lords in the country also think the same way, and they want all of us to die. ”

The situation has deteriorated to the point where it is now, and the main responsibility lies with the previous Government of the Sudan. Because the government did not contain the refugees in a timely manner and provide effective relief, more refugees were created.

Otherwise, there would not have been so many war refugees created by the Russians alone.

After the initial war refugees were created, the Ottoman government did not provide timely relief. There are more and more refugees, and it is no longer enough to feed their stomachs by begging, and many people have abandoned their moral bottom line and have begun to forcibly take food from people along the way.

Once Pandora's box is opened, it can no longer be put away. People who have been robbed of food by refugees become new refugees, and the cycle begins.

It was only after the war was over that the Ottoman government began to deal with the refugee problem, and by this time the situation was out of control.

In the troubled times, while relieving the refugees, the Ottoman government also adopted brutal means to suppress it, and only then did it reluctantly establish order.

By this time it was too late, and the refugee crisis had become a national one. Due to the inaction of the previous Ottoman government, many of the refugees were very hostile to the government.

Akyol is a craftsman, begging for a living in the city, barely knowing a few words, a little insight, and a little understanding of the current situation.

The Ottoman al-Shabaab propaganda package is good, its reputation in the country is very good, and many people have high expectations, and Akyol is no exception.

I thought that after Shabaab came to power, it would arrange for everyone to return to their hometowns to resume production, but they were dispersed and resettled and expelled to the border.

Seeing that the food distribution was decreasing day by day, and the government did not give an explanation, Akyol has gradually despaired of the government.

Going to Persia to talk about life is a piece of gossip circulating in the refugee camps, which roughly means complaining: Persia has a bumper grain harvest this year, and the government has failed to borrow grain from Persia.

The Ottoman Empire and Persia had a long border, and in some places it was still separated by mountains and forests, and it was very difficult to completely seal the border.

There have been people who have ventured across the border line in front of them, but they are all gone, and the situation on the other side is unknown. Just a few kilometers away on the border line, there are unlucky eggs caught by the Persians hanging from poles.

"But what to do when you meet the Persians, they are all a bunch of executioners, and they are ruthless!"

When he said this, John was still trembling, as if the Persians were right in front of him.

Akyol shook his head: "The lack of food in the country is very real, this war has produced millions of refugees, and the country is really out of money."

Expecting those officials and lords to pay for food relief out of their own pockets is probably a dream. As you may have heard, there is a proposal to cut the tinh in accordance with tradition in order to survive the food crisis.

If it finally becomes a reality, we ordinary people with no background will probably be cleansed.

If you don't run now, you won't be able to run if you want to run in the back. I've already decided to leave now, and we'll pretend to be digging wild vegetables, and if the Persians find out, we'll be sure that we've strayed in, and we'll be beaten. ”

When he said this, Akyol had no bottom in his heart, but in order to survive, he had to drag everyone to run with him.

Xenophobia is very serious in this era, and if you enter a foreign country alone, how can you survive?

There are now thousands of refugees on the border, and the Persians are bound to intercept them as long as they do not want to be hit by the influx of refugees.

At this time, it will be a test of luck, if you are unlucky and meet the defender patrol, you will die in vain.

Just by being beaten, you can pick up a good thing, that is the treatment of a lucky master. Ordinary people are hung on poles to make an example of them.

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In the Ottoman barracks, not far from the camp, Major General Shendilke, who was in charge of carrying out the plan for the deportation of the refugees, was at a loss.

Despite his constant lure of news, pressure on food supplies, and encouragement of refugees to seek a living in Persia, too few people managed to cross the border.

This "little" is relative, and on the long border, hundreds or thousands of refugees are now entering Persia every day, and the Persian defenders are beginning to be on high alert.

However, this figure is almost negligible for the refugee population as a whole. Watching the granary bottoming out day by day, Major General Shendilke was already in a hurry.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we are running out of food, and after half a month, we will run out of food, and in any case, we must send the refugees out within half a month.

Now the Persians are keeping an eye on it, and the success rate of refugees crossing the border line is very low. Especially after the bloody massacre of the defenders, many refugees did not dare to cross the border.

This situation must change, otherwise the consequences are clear. ”

A young officer couldn't bear to ask, "General, is there really no way?" You must know that with the ruthlessness of the Persians, let the refugees pass, and the most people who survive in the end are only 12 out of 10. ”

Major General Shendilke shook his head: "It's good to have twelve out of ten, it's better than staying and waiting for death." I would like to remind you to put away your pathetic compassion.

You should know that there are not so many refugees in the first place, and it is because of the sympathy of some people that the current situation has been caused.

If no change is made, all Ottomans will become refugees. The government's bottom had long since been depleted by the war, the treasury could run rats, and even the military campaign to suppress the rebellion was suspended in order to relieve the refugees.

To tell you the bad news, this year's domestic grain output is expected to be only about 60 percent of what it normally is. If the refugees are not sent away, everyone will go hungry until the autumn harvest. ”

The Ottoman Empire still had a lot of experience in dealing with famine. According to the Turkic tradition, such times are usually waged at war, through which the population is reduced and the crisis is overcome.

Regrettably, this age-old practice is becoming more and more outdated. With the advent of the era of thermal weapons, the Ottoman Empire went into decline, and it no longer had the strength to attack cities and seize land.

After a long silence, a middle-aged officer proposed: "General, the Persians have strengthened their guard, and if they want most of the refugees to pass, they must first deal with the defenders.

Otherwise, we have the soldiers disguised as refugees, attack the Persian defenders directly, tear open a hole by force, and let the refugees pass.

To be on the safe side, it is better to annex Qingye within a radius of fifty miles, so that the refugees know that there is no food around, and cut off their illusions of returning. ”

The "annexation of Qingye" is nothing to the current Ottoman Empire, and the surrounding area of the refugee camp has long been wiped out, and the locals have also been turned into refugees.

Seeing more of them, everyone's compassion gradually ran out, and many people began to see refugees as a scourge. This statement is not wrong, human nature cannot stand the test in the face of hunger.

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In the early morning of May 18, 1875, the Ottoman army took off its uniforms and turned into refugees to launch a surprise attack on the Persian defenders from several locations.

The Persian defenders, who were caught off guard, were directly blinded by the sudden battle. Before the Persian government could react, an army of untold refugees followed.

In a single day, millions of refugees crossed the border and poured into Persia. Guided by the Ottoman army, the refugees wreaked havoc in Persia as if they were wanderers.

This is just the beginning, the Ottoman government is still expelling refugees from the country into Persia, as if Persia is a scrap yard.