Chapter 378

"Military lord, is there really food here?"

At this moment, under the city wall, the arriving Qingzhou disaster victims looked at the soldiers before them and asked weakly!

They were disaster victims who had come upon hearing the news!

This major drought, although it did not spread to Qingzhou!

But after the repeated baptisms of Yuan Benchu, Yuan Gonglu, Cao Mengde, and others, the people of Qingzhou could no longer live!

A large amount of farmland had been abandoned, and they had suffered from the bitterness of war!

Now that they had finally heard that there was grain here, they naturally all swarmed over!

"Of course, as long as you come here and are willing to become common people under Governor Lin, you can all eat your fill!"

The soldier shouted loudly, and then took out roasted sweet potatoes and stuffed them directly into the other person's hands!

"Everyone don't crowd, everyone disperse, sweet potatoes are all you can eat!"

The soldier shouted, and then dispersed the crowd of disaster victims to various parts of Qi Commandery and various counties!

Having received guidance from Lin Yang, Zhou Yu was becoming more and more adept at doing this kind of thing!

In a chaotic world, what is truly useful to Lin Yang is the population!

With grain and population, Lin Yang could recruit more new soldiers!

Therefore!

From the beginning of the fourth year of Chuping, Lin Yang had planted a large amount of Yanshu No. 25 sweet potatoes in the two commanderies of Qingzhou!

Now, the sweet potato production of just these two commanderies alone could feed these million disaster victims!

People that Yuan Benchu couldn't feed!

He, Lin Yang, would feed them!

As long as there were common people, what did it matter if he gave the three commanderies of Qingzhou to Yuan Benchu!

"Gongjin, if this continues, the Yuan army will come soon!"

Watching that during this period, they had already gathered more than five hundred thousand common people, Huang Zhong looked at the direction of the Yuan army with a smile!

My lord's strategy of pulling the firewood from under the cauldron really has miraculous effects!

In a year of great disaster, whoever has grain is invincible!

"If they don't come, how can we make contributions!"

Zhou Yu's eyes flashed with brilliance; he had Huang Zhong, Han Dang, and seven thousand elite troops by his side!

Zhou Yu had long been prepared to fight a battle with the opponent!

After a long moment—

"Boom... boom... boom..."

On the plain outside Yu Lingcheng, accompanied by rolling dust, Yan Liang and Tian Feng were seen leading the army over!

"This, how is this possible?"

Looking at the situation opposite, Tian Feng was stunned!

They fed them!

Lin Yang really fed hundreds of thousands of disaster victims?!

The mutiny he had predicted simply didn't happen!

"Military Advisor, how is this possible? How can a small county city feed hundreds of thousands of people!"

Yan Liang's eyes were filled with astonishment; in this Yu Lingcheng, there were still seven thousand troops stationed!

Can the military rations of seven thousand troops feed more than five hundred thousand common people?

What kind of grain reserve is this?

"General Yan Liang, we have lost!"

Even though Tian Feng was unwilling to admit it, the scene before him was undoubtedly mocking their incompetence!

Although they occupied the three commanderies of Qingzhou, half of the common people under their command had already flowed away!

Having land but no common people, these three commanderies were equivalent to nothing!

"Impossible, Military Advisor, let me lead the army over to charge!"

"Absolutely not!"

He hurriedly pulled Yan Liang beside him; charging over at this time would certainly kill a large number of refugees!

But the hearts of the people in Qingzhou would be completely lost!

The loss outweighs the gain!

"Damn it, are we just going to watch?"

Yan Liang couldn't believe it; this time they mobilized one hundred thousand troops, not only failing to capture all of Qingzhou!

But they were also blocked outside Qi Commandery by Huang Zhong's seven thousand troops!

Now!

More than half of the over one million common people in the three commanderies under his command had flowed away!

"Military Advisor, they can coerce the common people, and we can too!"

Yan Liang was indignant; since so many common people in the three commanderies of Qingzhou had been taken away!

Yan Liang felt that it would be better to move all the remaining common people to Jizhou!

"No, we don't have that much grain!"