The last three kingdoms

Chapter 1296 Isn't the food by your side?

In this regard, the Yamato Kingdom is close to the water. Their land is originally on Honshu Island. Going north to the Tsugaru Strait is naturally much faster than the Japanese on Chikushi Island and Iyo Island. When the people from Matai and Gonu Kingdom were still crossing the Shigaru Strait, the Yamato people had already packed their bags and headed north, arriving at the Tsugaru Strait first.

On the Tsugaru Strait, the Han army had already arranged ships to transport the Japanese across the sea.

The Yamato people who were the first to cross the sea naturally acquired the plains in the south of Ezo Island as their new land and territory.

But for the Yamato people, even if this is the flattest and most fertile land on Ezo Island, it cannot be compared with the Kinki area, and it may even be terrible. It is almost a barren land, let alone few people , Even the traces of birds and beasts are hard to find. On the whole wasteland, there is nothing else to be seen except the half-person-high wormwood and some scattered trees.

Autumn on Ezo Island comes earlier. When the other side of Honshu Island is lush and green, Ezo Island is already full of withered and yellow eyes.

It is impossible to sow seeds in this season. Now the Japanese can only eat the food they brought, and the food they carry is always limited, and they eat a little less. It seems that it is very difficult to survive this winter.

According to the "Treaty of Shimonoseki", the Japanese are not allowed to live within ten miles of the coast, let alone go to sea. The Han army will send patrol ships and patrols on the shore to shoot and kill the Japanese who violate the prohibition.

Therefore, the Japanese can only live in the inland area of ​​Ezo Island, and no trees are allowed to enter the water. This undoubtedly further shrinks the living space of the Japanese who rely on the sea for a living.

With the continuous influx of a large number of Japanese, the entire Ezo Island is overcrowded. In fact, the main reason is not because the area of ​​Ezo Island is too small. Among the four islands of the Wa Kingdom, the area of ​​Ezo Island is second only to Honshu Island.

But a large area does not mean a large habitable area. Most of the Ezo Island is a steep mountainous area, and there are a large number of active volcanoes. Hot magma flows everywhere. It is definitely a forbidden area for life.

Only the plains and lowlands that occupy one-tenth of the area of ​​Ezo Island are barely suitable for human survival. The reason why it is called barely is that a lot of manpower and animal power are needed to reclaim the barren land here. Before it was transformed into arable land, the island could not provide any living conditions for the Japanese who migrated here.

Most of the Japanese followed the "Treaty of Shimonoseki" and migrated to Ezo Island. After all, the strength displayed by the Han army was beyond the reach of the Japanese. If they refused to migrate, the only thing waiting for them was to be suppressed. The fate of killing and massacring.

But many Japanese, after they actually migrated to Ezo Island, regretted it very much. This wild land is very different from what they imagined. The extremely difficult natural environment tests the survival of every Japanese. What makes them even more desperate is that winter is coming.

Winter in Ezo Island comes much earlier than in the southern Sanbu, and it is also much colder. In October, there is already heavy snowfall in the sky. The Japanese who lack warm clothes and food are suffering from hunger and cold. Many people They all froze to death on the road.

But until now, the food, grass and supplies promised by the Han people have not arrived, which undoubtedly made the Japanese worse.

King Chengping was very angry. It seemed that the Han people were going to trap the Japanese on the Ezo Island and force them to fend for themselves.King Chengping then sent his ministers to meet Yan Xun and asked when the grain and supplies promised by the Han people would be delivered.

Yan Xun pretended to be embarrassed, and said: "Of course King Yong's promise will not be broken, but for a while, all the ships have been used to transport people across the sea, and there is no time to transport food and grass. But don't worry, in Sanhan , we have already prepared enough food and grass, and all the ships will go to Sanhan to transfer the food and grass materials, you just need to hold on for a while, the food and grass materials will be delivered to Ezo Island soon.”

"Then when will the governor deliver the food and supplies?"

"Well, it depends on the weather and the sea conditions. It can be as fast as a month and a half, and as slow as March or two months. The food and grass will be delivered in full."

Ping Qunchen was very angry, but at this moment he could only suppress his anger: "My lord, winter is coming, and the sky is freezing, not to mention March and two months, even if it is ten and a half months, the middle of our country I am afraid that people will not be able to hold on anymore, so I ask for your grace to send out food and grass early, so as to burn the danger of our people."

Yan Xun chuckled and said, "Isn't the food always by your side?"

Ping Qunchen was slightly taken aback, he obviously didn't understand what Yan Xun meant.

Yan Xun said: "The environment of Ezo Island is a bit more difficult, but you have to remember that the fittest survive, whoever can survive on the island and will not become someone else's dinner will become the Ezo Island." The strong man above, where to go, you go back and report to King Chengping, and he can make the decision."

Having said that, the Ping officials could only return to Ezo Island helplessly, and told the truth to King Chengping: "My lord, I have seen the Han governor Yan Xun. It is estimated that the Han people's food and grass can't be counted on. You need to plan ahead.”

"This bunch of dishonest guys!" King Chengping was indignant, but there was nothing he could do about it. When they arrived at Ezo Island, they looked like they were being slaughtered.But King Chengping is not stupid. He quickly realized the truth from Yan Xun's words. The Han people are not only going to be exterminated, but what is even more frightening is that they are going to commit suicide. yes.

Yamato Kingdom, like other countries, was completely disarmed. According to the provisions of the "Treaty of Shimonoseki", as long as they were more than seven inches of weapons, they were all confiscated by the Han army. Weapons such as knives, guns, bows and arrows, they will have no Right to own again.They were suffering from hunger and cold, so they had to find a way from other Japanese people on the island.

Obtaining food or becoming someone else's food is a decision before the Japanese. Naturally, King Chengping will not sit still. Although he hates the Han people, for the sake of the people of Yamato, he still ordered to hunt and kill other Japanese , to survive this cold and terrible winter.

Blood and killings are full of Ezo Island. In order to survive, the Japanese people who migrated here almost became crazy. It was hunger that made them crazy. In their eyes, anyone can become food. In order to survive, they no longer have without any dignity...

(End of this chapter)