Snowflakes are falling, forming a thick layer of clothing on the ground. The land has been thirsty for a long time, and the wheat seedlings are trying their best to absorb water. It is expected that there will be a good harvest next year.
Zhu Yixi held the telescope in her hand and kept observing the intruders in the distance, as well as the simple and huge Xi'an City with a slight afterimage.
This is the place where his predecessor lived for nearly twenty years. Zhu Yixi can feel that deep in his heart, he still has a trace of attachment to it.
In other words, it is the desire for the Qin Palace.
After all, for him, his real starting point is also in Xi'an City.
Even though it is still twenty miles away from that city.
On the high tower, the cold wind blew on her face and the air-conditioning was pressing. Even though she was wrapped tightly, Zhu Yixi felt uncomfortable.
After quickly returning to the ground, King Yu stamped his feet vigorously: "What did those surrendered generals say?"
Sun Changzhou on the side hurriedly bent down and said: "Bai Guangen is already tempted, but the others are still hesitant."
"Too!"
Zhu Yixi smiled and rubbed his hands: "After all, he has fought alongside me and is more familiar with me. He thinks he can get a good position with this level."
"Others were hesitant and decided to take the photo with Li Zicheng!"
King Yu's analysis prompted Sun Changzhou to agree from the bottom of his heart: "These people have two heads and two sides. They only care about one-third of an acre of land in Shaanxi. How can they compare to His Highness, who has the world in mind."
"Hahaha!"
Zhu Yixi smiled, looked into Sun Changzhou's eyes, and said seriously: "What you said is the truth."
"By the way, how are the prices in Xi'an?"
"The price of grain has risen to three taels per stone, and it looks like it is still going up."
Sun Changzhou gloated: "And the price of firewood has continued to rise, nearly ten times higher, and it's still very expensive."
"I heard that many families have taken down their beds to warm themselves over the fire."
Hearing this, Zhu Yixi smiled slightly and said confidently: "Li Zicheng thought that food and grass would become our lifeblood."
"But how did he know that when he was surrounded by Xi'an City, all counties in Xi'an Prefecture, as well as other prefectures and counties, were constantly sending us food."
"Firewood, rice, oil and salt, no firewood, so what if we have food? How can we get through this winter?"
Speaking of this, Zhu Yixi snorted: "Although it is very bad for the people and many people will freeze to death, it will not be easy for the intruders."
"Alas, for the sake of the great cause, we have no choice but to wrong the people."
Zhu Yixi sighed.
The cold hand touched his chest, bringing a hint of coolness.
I don't know since when, the people became more and more distant to him, as if they were a series of numbers, and the guilt in his heart was buried far away.
The great cause of reviving the Ming Dynasty has surpassed everything else in his mind.
This may be the necessary quality for heroes!
Liu Bang was able to kick a child with a carriage, and even joked about cooking his father in front of the army; Cao Cao remained unmoved and used the people's meat as military rations to massacre Xuzhou; Zhu Yuanzhang sat back and watched his brother-in-law Guo Tianxu go to Nanjing to die, intercepted the canal grain, and starved to death of hundreds of thousands of people. people……
Everything is for the great cause, and there are still necessary sacrifices.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yixi suddenly thought of Yangzhou and Jiangnan in the distance, where a massacre might be about to occur, but he deliberately ignored it and led his troops to Shaanxi.
"Let's go!" The more he thought about it, the more Zhu Yixi's mood suddenly deteriorated.
He originally hated such cold-hearted people, but he never thought that he would become such a person.
Is this progress or regression?
Zhu Yixi didn't know it, but she understood deeply that everything had changed and could never go back to the past.
For example, for women, except for Miaoxian, he no longer has such a luxury as love in his heart, only enjoyment and possession, as well as the need to reproduce.
"We still have enough charcoal!"
King Yu mounted his horse and walked slowly, leaving a series of horse hoof prints on the thick snow.
As the saying goes, if you know yourself and the enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger.
The Chuang army believed that they had blocked the lifeline of the Ming army, and desperately attacked the grain road, betting that the Ming army would be defeated due to lack of food and grass.
I don't know whether the Ming army's food and grass are sufficient or not.
Zhu Yixi knew everything about Chuang Jun.
As the cold winter continued to deepen, the demand for charcoal fires by its army and its own people became increasingly strong.
As we all know, due to logging in the past dynasties and the population growth in Guanzhong, there are basically no mature trees in Xi'an Prefecture.
Often merchants are required to transport them from the Qinling Mountains, which can bring a touch of warmth to the people of Xi'an.
You can still hold on for a few days without food.
But without firewood for heating, one night's work on this winter day is enough to kill.
A cold wind can cause the Chuang army to collapse without a fight.
Of course, Zhu Yixi never fights an unprepared battle and does not place all her hopes on this.
If Li Zicheng spared no expense, such as demolishing residential buildings in Xi'an to ensure heating for the army, this plan would naturally not work.
Therefore, he also has a little-known backup - the secret passage.
Long before Sun Chuanting decided to leave Xi'an and go to Tongguan, he already knew that he would definitely fail.
Therefore, at all costs, a tunnel was dug in the boundaries of the plague camp, leading to the city, and a secret passage was created.
When necessary, it is a decisive blow.
With a sneer, King Yu inspected the military camp that stretched for more than ten miles, including the supply of food and grass, clothing, and charcoal fire, as well as the training situation, public opinion in the army, etc.
Apparently, the dissatisfaction of the army was growing under his demand for cautious defense, but this was to be expected and only a little appeasement was needed.
The biggest requirement for logistics is to ensure adequate heating and not allow wind and cold to prevail.
During the confrontation during the camp break, Li Zicheng felt quite agitated.
In the army, wind and cold were widespread.
The lack of charcoal fire, corruption in the army, and the fact that some of the soldiers were southerners made the cold wind extremely fierce.
Nearly ten thousand people have arrived.
"Have you invited all the doctors?"
Li Zicheng looked at Niu Jinxing with tired eyes and said.
"Your Majesty, all the doctors in the city have been invited and are doing their best to treat the patient and prepare medicine."
Niu Jinxing said solemnly: "The situation in the army is said to be caused by insufficient charcoal fire. The doctors only say to add charcoal fire, otherwise they will treat the symptoms but not the root cause."
"Where can there be so much charcoal and firewood?"
Li Zicheng sighed: "Let everyone endure it as much as possible. The Ming army is short of food and they can endure it, let alone us?"
Niu Jinxing hesitated to speak for a long time before saying: "Your Majesty, Chang'an City is also short of charcoal fire. Hundreds of people freeze to death every day. Food prices are also high. If we don't control it, the consequences will be disastrous."
Li Zicheng nodded. After all, it was his own capital, and he still felt a little touched in his heart.
The death of so many people is also a damage to his face.
"It's his grandma's fault, we can't delay it any longer!"
Li Zicheng looked solemn and said loudly: "In the decisive battle, I will kill this Zhu family boy."
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