Murong Jun thought for a while, and said: "General Fujun Murong Li is very brave, and he can take on the task of guarding Liaodong, so he immediately sent an order to General Fujun to prepare immediately, and he will go to Liaodong early tomorrow morning to take up his post." ”

Obviously, Murong Jun felt that when the Great Yan Kingdom was in danger, the generals of the Murong family were more reliable, so he decided to send his younger brother Murong Li to Liaodong to take over the task of guarding Liaodong, and go all out to defend Liaodong and block the continued northward advance of Wang Wu's army.

"Your Majesty, General Fujun is young and has not experienced a tragic battle, but the enemy general Wang Wu is a fierce general who has experienced a hundred battles, let General Fujun go to Liaodong to sit in the town, I am afraid that he may not be Wang Wu's opponent! Should we send a veteran to Liaodong? A minister admonished, clasping his fists.

Obviously, the minister felt that Murong Li was too young and had not experienced a tragic war, and it was a little difficult to defend Liaodong.

When Murong Jun heard this, he said: "Although my brother is young, he is extremely brave, besides, when the fourth brother fought for the first time, he broke Shihu's 100,000 army with 2,000 elites, so it can be seen that age is not a problem at all, this king believes in the strength of the general of the Fu army, and this matter is so decided." ”

It can be seen that Murong Jun trusts his younger brother very much, and believes that Murong Li is completely competent to guard Liaodong.

The courtiers in the main hall saw that Murong Jun had made up his mind, so they no longer objected.

Subsequently, Murong Jun's order was officially issued, and Murong Li, the general of the Fu army, accepted the order with indignation and immediately made preparations.

Early in the morning of the second day, Murong Li was ordered to go to Liaodong to take over the duties of the Liaodong defender, responsible for guarding Liaodong, and confronting the soldiers and horses under Wang Wu's command.

Long time after that. The two armies of soldiers and horses under the command of Hua'an, and the soldiers and horses of the Yan State, had a fierce confrontation in the two directions of Hebei and Liaodong, and the two sides would send a small number of soldiers and horses from time to time to launch a sneak attack in the direction of the other party's camp, and both had a few gains. But neither side suffered much damage to the main forces.

Despite this, with the protracted confrontation, all kinds of resources on both sides are consumed in large quantities, especially the consumption of grain and grass, which is very amazing, according to the daily consumption of one pound of grain per soldier, more than 100,000 troops are more than 100,000 pounds of grain, that is, more than 1,000 deniers, and the consumption of a month is 30,000 deniers. The annual consumption is as high as hundreds of thousands of deniers, and this does not include the grain lost on the way to transportation, as well as the grain consumed by the transportation personnel, such a large amount of consumption, is a great test of the material resources possessed by both sides.

The standoff lasted only half a year, and the Yan side felt tremendous pressure, after several tax increases. It has already aroused the complaints of the common people, and the Yan State can no longer continue to increase taxes. Otherwise, the oppressed people will rise up in rebellion.

On the Hua'an side, the situation is much better, with the uninterrupted support of grain and grass in Guanzhong and Shuzhong, the Xie Ai Legion and the Wang Wu Legion have never worried about grain and grass. Moreover, the water conservancy construction in Hebei has increased the grain output many times at once, which has enhanced the strength of the Xie Ai Army. Let the Xie Ai army have no worries in terms of logistics, and can concentrate on a tense confrontation with the Yan army on the other side of Yishui.

The balance of strength has completely tilted towards Hua'an's side, and the defeat of Yan Guo has almost become a foregone conclusion, in this case, Murong Jun, the king of Yan, seems extremely anxious and has a feeling of despair.

In Murong Ke's main army camp, there was also a great crisis, because the main army consumed a huge amount of grain and grass every day, and the rear can support less and less grain and grass, for this reason, Murong Ke, the commander of the Yan army, had to order to reduce the daily rations of the soldiers, in order to reduce the pressure of food and grass beyond their means.

But in this way, all the soldiers can't eat enough, and once the soldiers can't eat, naturally someone will make trouble, at this time, in the main army camp of the Yan Kingdom, there are several annoyed soldiers gathered together, ready to make trouble.

"Brothers, we work hard for King Yan every day with our heads up, but now we can't even eat enough, and if we continue like this, the brothers will be starved to death." One soldier yelled angrily.

"Yes! Recently, our rations have been deducted by at least 30%, and Lao Tzu is hungry every day, and he can't live such a day. Another soldier shouted.

"Now I'm being deducted 30%, maybe I can only eat half full in a few days." Another soldier, yelling loudly.

Obviously, the soldiers of the Yan army are very dissatisfied with the fact that they can only eat seventy percent of their food every day, after all, it is very uncomfortable for people to be hungry all the time, and the soldiers also need to be on duty and vigilant, and they have to participate in battles from time to time, and it is even more uncomfortable to be hungry.

"Brothers, it's not a way to be hungry all the time, let's go home, we're going to quit." A soldier shouted yì.

"yes, take off your armor and don't do it." Another soldier shouted.

"Unload your armor and return to the field, we won't do it." Suddenly, many soldiers responded positively, and directly took off the armor on their bodies, ready to unload their armor and return to the field.

A large number of soldiers gathered together and made a loud noise, which naturally quickly attracted the attention of the Yan army generals, and immediately went to investigate the situation.

"No noise in the barracks, what are you doing?" A Yan army general asked loudly.

"There's no food, we're quitting, we're going home." One of the soldiers shouted.

"yes, let's go home." Suddenly, a large number of soldiers shouted loudly.

Seeing that a large number of soldiers were about to unload their armor and return to the field, the general of the Yan army was shocked and hurriedly scolded: "What are you doing here, do you want to rebel?" ”

"You officers can eat enough, but we soldiers can't eat enough, we don't do it, we don't do it." One soldier shouted.

"yes, we're not doing it, we're not doing it." Many Yan soldiers shouted loudly together.

Seeing the excitement of a large number of soldiers, the generals of the Yan army felt very nervous, and immediately rushed to the direction of the Chinese army's big tent, preparing to report to the main general Murong Ke.

At this time, in the big tent of the Chinese army, Murong Ke, the chief general of the Yan army, had already heard the noisy sound outside, and immediately asked, "What's going on outside, why is it so noisy?" ”

"General, the last general will go out and have a look." One of the generals spoke loudly and immediately got up to leave.

"General, it's not good, the soldier asked to unload his armor and return to the field." At this moment, the general rushed into the Chinese army's tent and immediately reported to Murong Ke.

When Murong Ke heard this, he was greatly surprised, and hurriedly asked, "Tell me slowly, what is going on, why are the soldiers making a fuss?" After speaking, he frowned.

In fact, Murong Ke already had a premonition in his heart, he personally ordered the reduction of the rations of the soldiers of the whole army, and now, when the soldiers were in turmoil, he had a hunch that it might be related to the reduction of rations.

"General, the soldiers strongly demanded to unload their armor and return to the field on the grounds that they were not full of food, and now, they are gathering more and more, and they are about to rush to the big tent of the Chinese army." The general said loudly.

Hearing this, Murong Ke nodded, this was consistent with his hunch, the reason why the soldiers were making a fuss was indeed because of the lack of food, in fact, as early as when he gave the order to let the soldiers reduce their rations, he had already thought of such a consequence, but the supply of grain and grass was too difficult, and in order to reduce the pressure on logistics, he had to give such an order.

"General, now that the soldiers have made a fuss, how can this end!" A subordinate general said nervously.

"Yes! General, the enemy army on the other side of Yishui may attack at any time, our soldiers are so noisy, once the enemy suddenly attacks, how can our army resist! Another general became worried.

Murong Ke frowned, and said: "Generals, don't worry, this general has already taken this into account when he ordered the reduction of the soldiers' rations, but in order to let the second brother see the current difficult situation of our army, the general has no choice but to do it!" After saying that, he looked helpless.

"So the general already has a strategy for dealing with it." The general asked in surprise.

Murong Ke nodded, and said with a straight face: "Now our army has too many soldiers and horses, and the daily consumption of grain and grass is also very huge, if this continues, my Great Yan Kingdom will be dragged down sooner or later, for this reason, Ben General decided to take this opportunity to remove the old and weak soldiers in the general, so as to reduce the pressure on logistics, and we also have to make a statement to the king, explain the current difficult situation of our army, and let the king do his best to order peace with the enemy, otherwise, the situation of our army will become more and more difficult." ”

"That's what the general said! If such a long-term confrontation continues, my Dayan Kingdom will be completely dragged down, and we must do our best to negotiate peace with the enemy! A subordinate chimed in.

"General, all the soldiers have flocked to the big tent of the Chinese army, asking the general for an explanation." A small colonel ran into the big tent of the Chinese army and said loudly.

When Murong Ke heard this, he stood up violently and said loudly: "Generals, go with this general to have a look." After speaking, he led his subordinates out of the Chinese army's tent.

Seeing that Murong Ke had already walked out of the big tent of the Chinese army, the soldiers who were making a fuss immediately stopped making a fuss and looked up at Murong Ke.

Murong Ke walked to a high platform, looked at the generals in the audience, and said loudly: "Fellow soldiers, it's not that the general deliberately withheld your rations, but the food and grass in the army are in an emergency, and the general has no choice but to do it. ”

"The general has the difficulties of the general, but we as soldiers can't eat enough, how to fight hard with the enemy." A soldier shouted.

"Yes! We as soldiers can't eat enough, how can we fight the enemy. Several soldiers chimed in.

When Murong Ke heard this, he thought for a while, and said: "Fellow soldiers, please rest assured, the general has decided to dismiss the old and weak soldiers in the army, so that a lot of grain and grass can be saved, so that the soldiers can eat enough." (To be continued......)