"Now that he is coming, brother, are you happy?"

"You must be happy! Hahahaha!"

The laughter alarmed an imprisoned concubine.

"Is it over yet? Old man, be careful you laugh so hard that you can't even catch a breath."

"Ha ha ha ha!"

The laughter continued, and it took a long time before it stopped.

"I, I really wish I could die if I couldn't breathe like this."

"Actually, I can commit suicide. I have a knife and a rope, but I can't do it."

The Supreme Emperor looked into the distance, "Brother, you often say that I am worthless. Look, you are right."

The Emperor's words were conveyed to the Emperor word for word.

"Don't worry about him!"

The emperor rubbed his forehead and said, "Ask the abbot, how much grain is left?"

Han Shitou went to the Household Department in person. As soon as he entered, he noticed something was wrong. It was deserted.

He asked the clerk who was leading the way. The clerk looked around and said, "Many of them have taken leave."

A feeling that the building is about to collapse arises spontaneously.

Yang Songcheng remained the same, looking extremely calm.

"Money and food? Tell your majesty, it will be unsustainable in ten days at most."

"Ten days?" Han Shitou couldn't help being shocked.

"With the communication between the north and the south cut off, food from Shu cannot be sent out."

"The fertile wilderness in Guanzhong is thousands of miles away..." said the accompanying chamberlain.

"Thousands of miles of fertile land?" Yang Songcheng stroked his beard with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes. "But how many people do Guanzhong have to feed? A hundred years ago, there was not enough food in Guanzhong, so it was all transported from various places.

There were granaries in Luoyang, which could support millions of people. But now that the passage to Luoyang is cut off, where can we get food? You are here just in time. Please inform Your Majesty that in ten days, you will either go out to eat, or... prepare to go hungry!"

Have we actually reached this situation?

Han Shitou went back to report.

"I know it's hard to keep food and grass going!"

The emperor sighed, "Twenty thousand soldiers eat horse chews, which is an astonishing amount every day. It is difficult to be the head of the country."

At this moment, the two sons-in-law's positions are the same.

The King of Yue came to ask for an audience. When he heard about this, he took the initiative to hand over the grain stored in the palace.

"That's fine." The emperor smiled happily.

Immediately, the envoy went to Jiagu Pass.

"There is not much food left. Your Majesty asked the general, should we go to war, or... wait for food to run out and then collapse without fighting?"

The messenger was very tough this time and wrote a suicide note before setting off.

"Out of food?" Even though he knew that this would be the case sooner or later, when the news came, Dou Zhong still felt as if he had been hit hard.

The envoy resigned, and the staff said: "It must not be that urgent."

"But it is a fact that the north and the south are cut off and Chang'an is short of food." Dou Zhong knew this. "The isolation of Luoyang is the most fatal."

"But if we go to war..." the staff member said melancholy, "I'm afraid it's a trap."

"There are only two ways to go at the moment. Either wait until there is no food and the army collapses without a fight, or we can only make a desperate move... and go to war!"

Everyone looked at Dou Zhong.

If the rebels can be defeated, Dou Zhong's prestige will be at its peak.

But if the battle is defeated...

Dou Zhong rubbed his face with both hands until his old face turned red.

"There are still seven or eight days of food left."

Everyone knows that seven or eight days is a dangerous number.

Once there is no food, the army will collapse in an instant.

There are thousands of enemy troops outside the city.

…

"I conclude that Li Mi will definitely urge Dou Zhong to go to war, not only because of people's suspicion, but also because there is no food in Chang'an!"

He Zun shook the cattail leaf fan under the pass and said with a smile.

The generals just laughed.

"Luoyang was originally a large granary in Chang'an. Luoyang was captured by our army and Chang'an's grain and grass were cut off. I had originally sent people to Chang'an to inquire about it and bribed officials from the Ministry of Revenue to ask questions. The grain stored in Chang'an can only last for half a month at most."

But Yang Songcheng said ten days.

"Half a month, it's almost time."

…

"Inform your majesty, my lord, and obey your orders!"

Dou Zhong raised his head, and there was a touch of determination on his red old face, "My lord, we will definitely defeat the rebels!"

…

"Tell the Duke that it's time to prepare."

He Zun smiled.

Woohoo!

Before he finished speaking, the trumpet from the top of the city sounded.

In the early summer of the 15th year of Daqian Dynasty, the defenders of Jiagu Pass took the initiative to go to war because they could not sustain their supply of food and grass.
Chapter completed!