Dynasty Conquest

Chapter 274
Austin was captured by the Nanchuan Army with lightning speed, which caught many people off guard, but the fact is that Austin fell, and a huge panic began to spread.

Looking at the mountains of military supplies and rations in the warehouse, Sergeant Major Tu Yue's eyes lit up, full of excitement.

The cavalry commander Wu Jing's face was full of red at the moment. He didn't expect an adventure to be a success, but he felt a little distressed when he saw that the warehouse full of supplies might be burned soon.

Taking Austin was a huge adventure, and the unexpected success did not make them lose their minds. They knew that there were still a large number of enemies near Austin, and if they did not evacuate quickly, they would face great danger.

"Send someone to burn the food and equipment, and we are ready to evacuate." The cavalry commander ordered Murong Ke.

Murong Ke, a young general from the Tata tribe, is not only brave, but also has a flexible mind. He is like a dazzling new star rising in the Nanchuan Army. valued.

"My lord, it's a pity to burn so many materials and equipment." Faced with Wu Jing's order to burn the materials, Murong Ke's face was full of reluctance.

Since the establishment of the Nanchuan Army, it has been limited by the shortage of various materials. Both officers and soldiers are fighting in hardships. Now that they see so many materials, no one is willing to burn them.

Although Wu Jing was reluctant, he had to sigh and said: "There are too many supplies. If we don't burn them, we won't be able to transport them away."

Murong Ke suggested: "It's better to use these materials to recruit refugees and strengthen our Nanchuan Army."

Sergeant Major Tu Yue's eyes lit up when he heard these words. Now that the entire dynasty has a large number of refugees, and millions of refugees have been displaced, it is better to organize the refugees and strengthen the army instead of burning the food.

Wu Jing: "Although the proposal is good, the recruiting department of the headquarters is responsible for recruiting soldiers. If we recruit troops without authorization, the consequences..."

Sergeant Major Tu Yue gritted her teeth and said, "Just do it like this, I'll be responsible if something goes wrong."

Soon, the streets and alleys of Austin were filled with recruiting notices: Nanchuan Army recruits soldiers, anyone over the age of 40 can sign up...

The most eye-catching sentence in the notice is: Once you pass the assessment and enter the Nanchuan Army, you will be given full control.

The conscription by Tu Yue and others in Austin seemed to set off a wave of enlistment in the army. Countless homeless refugees heard that entering the army would give them enough to eat, regardless of whether they were rebels or officers and soldiers, they rushed to sign up. Registration can be said to be crowded.

There are a lot of supplies in Austin, and these newly recruited soldiers can be armed quickly. Therefore, in just two days, tens of thousands of refugees were armed by the Nanchuan Army and became a considerable force.

In order to gain time for conscription, Tu Yue sent a large number of scouts to block the news. On the road leading to Twilight City, countless checkpoints and cavalry patrols were set up. All roads leading to the Dynasty Army were controlled by the Nanchuan Army. As a result, it took two full days for Sapphire to learn the news of Austin's fall.

Two days is not long or short, but on a rapidly changing battlefield, two days is enough to change the outcome of a war.

Just when Tu Yue and others were using the materials and equipment of the dynasty to recruit and expand the army in Austin, in the dark forest, the Linchuan Army was in a crisis of food shortage.

In the canine-toothed forest, soldiers from both sides were killing all the time. Although Lin Chuan came up with countless ways to raise military rations, the situation became more and more serious.

Quartermaster Lu Dong solemnly reported to Lin Chuan: "General, if the rations are not replenished, tomorrow the soldiers can only eat leaves."

Lu Dong's words are definitely not alarmist. There are still 8 or [-] surviving soldiers and officers in the Linchuan Legion. The military rations consumed by so many people every day is an astronomical figure.

Although Lin Chuan has repeatedly ordered the soldiers to reduce their rations and eat them with wild vegetables, but now the food shortage crisis has reached the point where it has to be resolved.

The wild vegetables in the forest are almost all eaten up, and all kinds of small animals can be seen everywhere in the vibrant forest, but now they have been eaten to extinction, even the birds have been eaten up, and now the Linchuan Army has reached the point where there is nothing to eat situation.

Except that the special operations team on mission can have a full meal every day, the rest of the soldiers can only drink a bowl of clear gruel every day.

"General!" Seeing Lin Chuan patrolling over, the Nanchuan soldiers who were sitting around the cauldron hurriedly stood up and saluted.

Lin Chuan walked to the steaming cauldron, lifted the lid of the pot, revealing the rare wild vegetables inside, Lin Chuan frowned: "Why didn't you put millet in?"

The head of the ten stood up and replied in embarrassment: "General, the millet was eaten up two days ago..."

Looking at the scrawny soldiers, Lin Chuan was filled with guilt, and turned to the military quartermaster Lu Dong, "Take out all the stored military rations and let the soldiers have a full meal."

Hearing Lin Chuan's words, the hungry soldiers with green eyes showed excitement, but Lu Dong, the quartermaster, was in a dilemma. As the chief steward of Lin Chuan's army, Lu Dong knew very well how much rations were left in storage.

"General, if we take out all the stored military rations, we will really be unable to open the pot tomorrow."

Lin Chuan patted Lu Dong on the shoulder and said: "Take it out, I promise that tomorrow the soldiers will have food in their bowls."

Although Lu Dong was skeptical, but because of his trust in Lin Chuan, Lu Dong waved his hand and led the soldiers to distribute the only military rations.

Chief of Staff Li Yunshan pulled Lin Chuan aside and said worriedly: "General, although your order can temporarily boost morale, if the military rations are not available tomorrow, the soldiers will really collapse."

Lin Chuan smiled: "My chief of staff, you have to believe that I will definitely find a way."

Li Yunshan didn't believe it: "Now that we've eaten all the wild vegetables, there's nothing else we can do, except to rob the Dynasty Army, but it's not easy for the Dynasty Army to deploy heavy troops."

Lin Chuan smiled mysteriously: "You forgot, we also captured a prince. I want to exchange him for military rations. Marshal Lan Yu will definitely not refuse."

That night, a letter in exchange for military rations was placed on the desk of Lan Yu, the commander of the conquest force.

Lin Chuan's request is very simple, that is, to exchange Prince Long Rui for [-] catties of military rations, and give Lan Yu only one night to consider. If Lan Yu disagrees, then Prince Long Rui's head will be sent to his desk.

"My lord marshal, it can't be changed. Now the rebel army is on the verge of collapse. If they are besieged for a few more days, they will run out of food and collapse." Chief of Staff Wu Changfeng flatly rejected the rebel army's request.

The head of the third army reminded: "If you don't agree to them, His Royal Highness the Third Prince will be in danger. Your Majesty will blame it, and it can't be solved by beheading one or two heads."

Ever since the third prince Long Rui was captured, Lan Yu has been using the urgency of the war as an excuse to keep everyone from knowing about it. Now this matter can no longer be covered, if Wang Jing knows that the prince Long Rui has been captured, the consequences will be very serious .

"For such a prince, he will die when he dies, and there is no need to exchange it with military rations." Legion Commander Hao Tian didn't care about Long Rui's life or death.

Facing Lin Chuan's majestic conspiracy, Lan Yu is now extremely difficult to deal with. If he does not return to Long Rui, he and others will be unable to escape the guilt. If he does, all previous efforts will be in vain, and he is very tired.

"How much rations do we have?" Sapphire asked the quartermaster.

The quartermaster replied: "There are three days of food in the army, and Austin can transport [-] catties of food every day."

"Send someone to tell the rebels, I agree to change, but if His Royal Highness loses a single hair, I, Lan Yu, will lead my troops to wash them with blood!" Lan Yu finally compromised. loyalty.

Sapphire didn't know that there would never be a grain of grain coming from Austin behind him, and the prince Long Rui, whom he risked to exchange for grain, would not be grateful to him for this, but would cause him even greater crises.

(End of this chapter)