The Origin of Arcane

Open source also starts from two aspects.

On the one hand, they are cultivating land and farming, as if they are preparing for the spring farming in the coming year.

Ake Messer didn't know that this method was too long-term, not to mention that there was no good land around Brother Port to support 200,000 troops. Even if they did, they would not be able to persist in the first wave of grain harvest.

But they still have to do this, that is, use this method to stabilize the morale of the army, tell them that they have long-term plans, and can overcome the difficult situation in front of them. If they all show too much panic, how can they make the bottom feel at ease?

Secondly, it also has the effect of distracting the soldiers' attention. It is better to have something to do than to be idle there.

On the other hand, Ake Messer aimed at the most abundant aquatic resources in the Swamp of Despair. Most of the few warships of the Kingsley family turned into fishing boats and began to try to catch fish, hoping to delay the time of food shortage.

But the effect is not ideal.

Fishing is also a technical activity. Carter's army is mainly in the mountains. Most of the soldiers who come from here are landlubbers, who can't even swim, let alone fish.

The Yong Ye army leader will not sit back and watch them relieve their own pressure. The assault warships of the Yongye army leader and the miniature warships of the crocodile tribe frequently attack.

They don't start a full-scale war with them, just keep harassing them so that they can't fight fish.

Needless to say, throttling is just picking food from the mouths of our own soldiers.

The Kingsley family's Eastern Army has now begun to fully implement the food rationing system.

All the food was collected and guarded by the most trusted elite guards of Akemesser.

Even Ake Messer, the supreme commander, took the lead and only received half-full food every day, let alone the people at the bottom.

There is no way to go on like this. Morale is already low. If we continue to be hungry for a long time, even if we don't collapse on our own, we won't have the strength to resist when the enemy pushes back. Sir Kleist the Fox said to Ah Kemmerser said.

Does Your Excellency have any good ideas? Ake Messer asked rhetorically.

It's really an expedient policy, so I don't know if it should be said or not. Sir Kleist hesitated somewhat.

What time is it now? There are no taboos. As long as it is beneficial to us, you can say anything. In less than a month, Ake Messer has dazzling blond hair, and half of it has turned gray. It can be seen that during this period of time, his The pressure is great.

Your Majesty, it will be difficult to come up with a result in a short while. Before that, we can only rely on ourselves, and we still have to find a way from the leader of the Yongye army and the crocodile tribe... Sir Kleist analyzed clearly.

Continue! Akemeser remained expressionless, neither nodding nor shaking his head.

Those crocodile civilians, use them to negotiate with the leader of the Yongye Army, and allow them to redeem them with a ransom. We only accept food. Sir Kleist said, Doing this will achieve multiple results in one fell swoop, and the food will be included in the account , can reduce the burden and avoid causing more riots.”

It's indeed a solution, but I'm afraid that the Yongye army leader will not agree? Ake Messer showed a heart-wrenching expression.

After repeated consumption, they still have a lot of crocodile cannon fodder in their hands, no more, no less, less than 20,000.

The reason why cannon fodder was called cannon fodder was that they would not be treated as human beings at all. They rushed to the forefront of the most dangerous things. The usual supplies were all the worst, and they could barely survive starvation.

After taking Brother Port, it means that they have no use value, even the pitiful normal supplies have been cancelled, and there are some leftovers from other troops when they are done, and in the end even this is gone.

Because the food supplies of other units of the Eastern Conquest Army began to be limited, and when they couldn't even fill their stomachs, how could they be willing to waste a grain of food?

Pots, pans and pans are cleaner than a dog licks them, and any speck of oil will be scraped into the stomach.

Those crocodile tribe civilians are probably at the bottom of the abyss of despair now, and they don't know how much they died of freezing and starving.

If it weren't for Sir Kleist's reminder, Ake Messer, the supreme commander, would not have thought of them.

The Yongye army leader has a bigger appetite than ours. He not only wants to eat the Swamp of Despair, but also eats the crocodile tribe people. He pays great attention to maintaining this aspect. They probably care more about these crocodile tribes than the elders of the crocodile tribe people. As long as the marshal nods, they will not refuse the life and death of the people of the tribe. I am willing to go to the leader of the Evernight Army as an envoy to discuss this matter. Sir Kleist's analysis of the leader of the Eternal Night Army is as thorough as ever.

No. Akmeser shook his head and rejected Sir Kleist's proposal.

Why? Sir Kleist was stunned, apparently he did not expect that the other party would reject his proposal, This matter is beneficial to both parties, no matter how much food is exchanged, it can effectively alleviate the current crisis. You can even use this as capital to blackmail the leader of the Yongye army and gain more privileges...

Sir, don't be in a hurry, wait for me to finish. Ake Messer's tense face finally showed his first smile in these days, Your proposal is not a problem, not only is it not a problem, it may even Opens up a whole new world for us, but something needs to change a little bit.

Which place should be changed a little? Sir Kleist asked with a questioning expression.

Sir, I'm afraid you haven't discussed it before? Ake Messer asked rhetorically.

No, that's a job only for bankrupts. Although I've been displaced, I've never worried about money. A look of embarrassment flashed in Sir Kleist's eyes.

Sir Kleist's most unbearable past was the ups and downs after being expelled from the family, and it was also the scar he least wanted to be mentioned.

When Ake Messer asked this question, it was obvious that there was a bit of reflection.

People want to make up for what they have lost.

Sir Kleist lost his right of inheritance, so he spent most of his life in pursuit of the title, even if he didn't have the title, he behaved more like a jazz than a normal jazz.

The profession of a merchant is inferior to that of a farmer, and he would rather starve to death than engage in it.

But Akemesser's next words let him know that he was a little nervous, Those businessmen, in order to obtain more profits, will artificially influence the market, for example, when supplies are abundant and prices are low, they eat a lot When food and materials are scarce, they sell at high prices. The more severe the shortage, the higher the price they sell. This is also the principle of negotiation. If we take the initiative to deliver it to our door, it will make us look very weak and fall into a passive state. Come here, allocate a certain amount of supplies to the crocodile slave camp, the amount allocated is one-third of that of other barracks, there must be no deductions in the middle, and starting tomorrow, I will personally check the death toll of the crocodile slave soldiers.

Ake Messer is obviously very aware of the virtues of the soldiers below, if he doesn't show that he takes this matter seriously.

Those quartermasters dared to do black hands secretly, and the food allocated to the crocodile slave barracks was transferred to other troops. The crocodile slave barracks would not get a grain of food, anyway, no one would cannon fodder for those slaves Advise.

Of course, this trade-off is not free, and requires the grain recipients to pay a certain price. Even if it is not openly buying and selling grain, it still has to be meaningful.

This situation will become more and more serious as the food shortage of the Eastern Expeditionary Army continues.

Even if he showed importance now, the crocodile tribe slave barracks would not get the full amount of food, at most it would be a facade, and there would not be so many people who starved to death.

Although Akemeser knew this situation well, he could only turn a blind eye.

Because it involves a lot, not only the local lords and nobles led by Carter's army, but also many of his own cronies are involved.

Only when someone supports him can he secure the position of commander-in-chief, right?

However, this does not mean that Akemesser will blindly indulge them. If they don't know when to stop, in order to maintain the stability of the Eastern Expedition Army, he said that he must kill and eliminate a group of them.

In the case of complete isolation, not all the disadvantages are brought, but there are still one or two advantages.

Akemesser now has the supreme power of life and death in the Eastern Conquest Army. Even if there is a letter from the flying eagle, Grand Duke Buck dare not easily question Akemesser's order.

Because it is more difficult for Ake Messer to bring the East Army out than to bring it into the ditch. It is not only a thousand times more difficult?

Grand Duke Buck has no way to restrain Akemeser now, the only thing he can rely on is the bond of family loyalty, and he must give Akemese 100% trust, whether it is real or pretended.

If anyone dared to slander Grand Duke Buck about Akemeser's infidelity at this time, Grand Duke Buck would chop him up immediately.

Grand Duke Buck knew this, and Ake Messer also knew this.

Ake Messer did not become domineering because of this, but became more cautious and careful, not to fall into anyone's trap.

Did he really not think of the matter of trading crocodile cannon fodder with the leader of the Yongye army?

I'm afraid I won't see them, because he's been thinking about this matter for a while, and it's impossible for him not to see such an obvious group of people here.

But the problem is that he took the initiative to contact the leader of the Yong Ye army, and he was afraid that he would touch the hearts of a group of people.

Therefore, even if you have such a consideration in your mind, you have to wait until the commissioner of Duke Buck like Sir Kleist proposes it.

Because once they propose it, it means that they have reached a consensus with Grand Duke Buck in advance, and then he will push the boat forward and take advantage of the situation.

Of course, whether there are such political considerations in this, only Ake Messer knows, anyway, what he is doing now is the same as Sir Kleist waking up a dreamer.

Sir Kleist is a smart man, he understands everything, and instantly understood Ake Messer's intentions, he couldn't help but raised his thumb and said: Your Excellency, Marshal, you have a far-sighted vision and a better strategy. You can really grasp more by doing this. Take the initiative, but how can we be sure that the leader of Yong Ye will take the bait? We can’t afford it now, if we start negotiations one day later, if we trade one day later, our food will be consumed by one point more.”

Your Excellency, haven't you already said that? Does the leader of the Eternal Night Army care more about the life and death of these cannon fodder than the crocodile tribe? Then let the wind out. In order to save food, we are going to slaughter all these useless civilians. If they still Don’t be in a hurry, just push some of them to the riverside and cut them off in front of the Yongye army leader and the crocodile people, to see if they are in a hurry.” Ake Messer said with a cold face.

Tall, it's really tall. All Sir Kleist could do was continue to give his thumb.

In terms of ruthlessness, he was not a bit worse than Ake Messer, who had been a general for many years. The same strategy came out of the mouths of the two, and there was an immediate difference in the pattern.

Sir Kleist is more inclined to political tactics, but Ake Messer is an out-and-out military offensive and defensive method.

If there is no other opinion, let's start to implement it. Ake Messer ignored Sir Kleist's flattery. No matter how much this kind of food is eaten, at most it will give you peace of mind, and the fart is useless.

Just when the Kingsley family was making intensive preparations and tried every means to get the leader of the Yongye Army to take the initiative to negotiate with them.

The Yongye army leader has been arguing over this issue for several days in a row, and it is not the crocodile elders' council that raised this issue, but the Yongye army leader's military staff.

Just like what Sir Kleist said just now, the Eternal Night Army leader not only wants to eat the Swamp of Despair, but also wants to eat the crocodile tribe. As long as they have the conditions, they will try their best to establish a positive image of themselves among the crocodile tribe.

The cannon fodder of the crocodile tribe detained by the Kingsley family's Eastern Army is undoubtedly an opportunity.

These suffering people who have suffered so much know that life is precious, and they are more grateful, especially to those who rescued them.

That's our tens of thousands of people, and we have the responsibility to rescue them from the fire and water. The views expressed by the main chief of staff Kelman represent the opinions of his military staff.

How to save? Negotiate with the Kingsley family? Order them to be released unconditionally? Do you think it is possible? Once the benefits are exchanged, what kind of demands do you think they will make? Let them cross the river? Or exchange for food? Or something more Unreasonable request? It was an elder of the crocodile tribe who questioned, I think the safest thing is to keep the current situation unchanged, and let them get tired first. Whatever conditions they have to agree to.”

Do you still have humanity? General Tagore couldn't hide his anger, and asked loudly, There may be members of your clan among them. Do you think the Kingsley family will care about their lives? Haven't waited until the end of the day. The Kingsley family is in a desperate situation, and those members of the family are probably dead, so why talk about it? This kind of thing should be done sooner rather than later.

I did this for the sake of my people. For the sake of the overall situation, I must abandon the interests of a small number of people. This is what you taught me when I was defending the city. Your Excellency, why do you forget it now? The elder named Manuel poked his neck and said.

This crocodile clan elder with white beard and hair is notoriously a headache for the leader of the Yongye army.

It seems that he is fighting against the leader of the Yongye army every time. He was there when he questioned why Tagore didn't open the city gate to save the cannon fodder of the expelled crocodile tribe on the city wall of Brother Port.

Now he turned his head around and blocked the proposal of the leader of the Yongye army to save the cannon fodder in the hands of the Kingsley family.

If you simply think that Elder Manuel is aiming at the Eternal Night Army Commander, then you are completely wrong.

His territory is near Brother Port, and the tribe was the first and most powerful group to be influenced by the Yongye Army. When the Crocodile tribe and civilians retreated, all of his tribe withdrew into the Yongye Army. He didn't particularly care about whether the Yongye army leader annexed the crocodile tribe.

In his own words, he has not had a good life for a few years, and his children and grandchildren have their own blessings, and he can no longer control so much.

Many times, he is on the side of what he believes to be correct and axiomatic, and he is still a donkey, stubborn and stubborn. Once he believes in something, it is difficult to be persuaded.

Now he is firmly on the side of the overall situation. For the final victory of the Swamp of Despair, dragging the Kingsley family to the death of the Eastern Army is the top priority, and everything else has to make way for this.