The few cities I encountered before were also similar to Puyang.

Most of the people left, and only a small part remained in the city.

But everything that was eaten and drunk was taken away by Cao Jun.

The remaining thousands of people are very difficult to survive, and after the arrival of Zhao Hui's army, they directly distributed a little food to them.

Along the way, there were more than a dozen cities, and even if there were three or five thousand people in each city, fifty thousand people would have to be given rations, and not for one day, but for three days.

Now there is a lot of pressure to transport grain and grass in the rear, and every grain of grain should be used on the soldiers, not on these people who have no one to take care of.

These are Cao Cao's people, Cao Cao doesn't care about their lives and deaths, why should they care.

If the materials in the city are still there, Zhao Jun can also collect a little grain and grass along the way, and return it to the people after Yanzhou and Yanzhou are pacified.

Or the people will be exempted from paying taxes later.

In this way, the Zhao army, which has more than 100,000 troops, will march thousands of miles, and the pressure will be much less.

Jia Xu didn't want Zhao Hui to continue to help these people.

Starvation is inevitable, but not everyone will starve.

Most people will eventually find food on their own, they can go to eat wild vegetables, pick wild fruits, and go to the mountains to catch some game.

If you want to survive, it's not impossible.

And even if Zhao Hui gave them food, it was enough for them to eat for three or five days, and when Zhao Hui's army left, after three or five days, the food in the hands of these people was eaten, and they would still be hungry, and some people would still starve to death.

The food that Zhao Hui took out couldn't change their current situation at all.

At most, there may have been a thousand people who would have starved to death for the remaining 5,000 people, but now only 500 people starved to death.

Just because he saved these 500 people, he paid 5,000 people for five days of food, which was a very loss-making deal for Jia Xu.

Although a city was given less than a thousand stone of grain and grass.

But you must know that Zhao Hui's current grain and grass are all transported from Jizhou.

The road is winding and winding, almost 2,000 miles away.

The cost of shipping is very high.

Giving 1,000 stones of grain and grass is equivalent to Zhao Jun consuming 5,000 stones.

Along the way, there are less than a dozen cities, but if you take a detour, there are dozens of cities.

Tens of thousands of stones, or even hundreds of thousands of stones, of grain and grass are gone.

The previous few cities were given, and Jia Xu endured it.

But now it can't be given any more.

"My lord, this grain can no longer be given."

When the army entered the city, Jia Xu saw heads popping out on both sides of the street.

Those eyes, there is fear, but also expectation.

But in the face of the army, even if they were hungry, they didn't dare to come to grab the army's food, so they could only hope that Zhao Hui would be kind enough to give them a little food.

Jia Xu came to stop Zhao Hui as soon as possible.

"My lord, we don't have much food and grass."

The army must not go a day without food, or the consequences will be worse than if the people were starving.

It is easy to desert and even mutiny.

Zhao Hui had an army of 150,000, but if there was a shortage of food in the army, Cao Cao could use 20,000 recruits to defeat his army of 150,000.

For the sake of the stability of the army, Jia Xu must tell Zhao Hui the seriousness of this problem today.

"Bonghyo, do you think what I said is right?"

In order to stop Zhao Hui, Jia Xu pulled Guo Jia.

"My lord, what Wen He said does make sense." Guo Jia said: "We are the army. ”

The army is not a relief, the army is to kill the enemy.

"Are you all against it?"

Zhao Hui looked at Xu Shu, Xu Yu and the others.

"My lord, it's really not time to take care of those people." Xu Youdao.

Only Xu Shu, who has followed Zhao Hui for the longest time, has not spoken for the time being.

Xu Shu knows the status of the people in Zhao Hui's heart.

Jia Xu and others all believed that the army was an important weapon of the country and was used to kill the enemy

But in Zhao Hui's consciousness, in addition to defending the country, the army also has to protect the family.

They are there to protect the people and to help them through their difficulties.

When someone comes to attack and plunder the people, the army will attack and defeat the enemy.

When the people are in danger and in difficulty, the army must also help.

Although Yanzhou is now Cao Cao's territory, it is also the land of the Han Dynasty after all.

In Zhao Hui's heart, there is no distinction between the people of Yanzhou and the people of Jizhou.

They are all people of the same country, and Zhao Hui really can't watch the people of Yanzhou starve to death.

If he doesn't come, forget it.

But now that he has seen it, he cannot sit idly by.

Zhao Hui said: "They are all citizens of a country, since they did not follow Cao Cao, their hearts are towards us, I can't ignore them, if so, what is the difference between me and Cao Cao." ”

If it weren't for the question of life and death of hundreds of people, Zhao Hui would have been able to unify the world a long time ago, where would it take so much effort and energy.

"Although we need to pay a lot of food now, the harvest will be even greater in the future, and people's hearts will be with us."

Although there were only a few thousand people left in each city, these thousands of people accepted Zhao Hui's food, thanked Zhao Hui in their hearts, and when they met other people in the future, they would also take the initiative to help promote Zhao Hui's army.

This is a good army, this is the strongest army that protects the people.

When these people spread out, or when those who left come back, people's hearts will belong to Zhao Hui.

For Cao Cao, this is the bottom of the kettle.

His control and influence in Yanzhou will be reduced.

But Jia Xu is right.

If the army's morale is weakened because of the lack of food and grass, even if Cao Cao's popular will in Yanzhou declines, Zhao Hui has already been defeated, and Cao Cao can regain the people's support through policies later.

Zhao Hui's current efforts are, after all, only gained later.

Now you can't touch it, you can't see it, but you have to pay a huge risk.

Guo Jiajia and others objected, and Zhao Hui also understood.

But the relief that should be given must still be given.

Zhao Hui will not stop providing assistance to these people because of the risks.

"How much more of our grain and grass do we have?" Zhao Hui asked.

Jia Xu said: "There are only 200,000 stones." ”

200,000 stones, which is enough for the 150,000 army, a month's consumption.

"How long will it take for the grain and grass to arrive?"

"More than twenty days." Jia Xu said: "But if there is a rainy day, the delivery time of grain and grass will be delayed. ”

Even if Zhao Hui doesn't give the people food now, the grain and grass in the army are almost to the red line.

As long as the grain and grass are a little late by a day or two, the army may collapse.

"Please also ask the Lord to take care of the overall situation." Jia Xu said again.

If it was under Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao, Jia Xu would not have insisted like this.

Dong Zhuo is brutal, and Cao Cao is suspicious.

But Zhao Hui is innocent.

Jia Xu thinks that he has seen through Zhao Hui's character.

If it was Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao, Jia Xu would not need to come out to stop it, and Cao Cao and Dong Zhuo would not use the grain and grass of the army to fund the people.

But it was Zhao Hui's point that made Jia Xu willing to follow Zhao Hui sincerely.