As long as food is available, that’s easy

Lu Shaodong was so frightened that he almost fell off his stool, "Is the news accurate? What are they doing here at this time?"

The old lady sitting next to him was more stable than him. I don't know whether it was because she was not afraid of those who didn't know or because she was more courageous than the general.

The soldier knelt on the ground and saw the shapes of the two people, but he did not dare to say anything.

The old lady asked calmly: "Send scouts over immediately to investigate. What is the purpose of their visit?"

"According to the scouts' reports, the Turks' goals are very clear, which are generals and food."

Lu Shaodong frowned, and after a while he said in a deep voice: "Oh, is this general so powerful? Are you coming here specifically for me?"

The soldier did not dare to answer and could only laugh twice.

Lu Shaodong also knew that his question was not very good, so he changed the subject: "Let's go to the meeting hall together."

Soon Lu Shaodong summoned all his staff and deputy generals to sit together in the large conference hall.

Lu Shaodong sat on the main seat and said: "According to reports from spies, the Turks are coming fiercely this time."

An aide hesitated for a moment and then cautiously tried: "General, do you remember last winter, when you led thousands of soldiers to defeat their 50,000 soldiers?"

"Of course this general remembers this matter, why? Could it be."

The soldier quickly said: "Yes, it is just as the general suspected. They want to take the opportunity to seize our food and then take the opportunity to invade our territory."

"Isn't this impossible? Although we won the war, we never occupied Turkic territory."

Lu Shaodong's words made everyone sitting there want to quarrel with him. Who wants a place like Turks that doesn't shit?

A staff member heard the doubt in Lu Shaodong's tone and quickly explained patiently.

"General, this is actually easy to understand, because you won the battle not with your own strength, but with the support of the huge resources of our Great Yan Dynasty."

As long as one person speaks, the others have nothing to worry about and can just say what they think.

"In the end, it was only with the arrival of reinforcements from the imperial court that the Turks were completely driven out of the territory of our Great Yan Dynasty."

"You have hundreds of thousands of tons of grain in your hands, while all the Turkic tribes only have more than 200,000 people."

"If the Turkic tribal alliance fights with us, we will definitely suffer losses, but the food and grass in your hands is enough for them to last for more than a year."

"You mean, the Turks want to steal our food?" You should have told me earlier!

Since the Turks only need food, then I, the general, can just give them food.

"General, now we are mortal enemies with the Turks. They must snatch our food as soon as possible, otherwise they will never be able to stand up again in the future."

Lu Shaodong fell into silence. He thought it was something serious!

"General, do you want to send more people to the Turkic border to check?"

Lu Shaodong shook his head, pondered for a moment and then said: "Send someone to deliver a message to the Turks. Just say that if you want to negotiate with me, you must withdraw from the border first. Otherwise, I will not consider giving food to the Turks."

After listening to Lu Shaodong's words, the staff all had surprised and incredulous looks on their faces.

The soldier kneeling on the ground immediately nodded and said, "Yes, General Mo will do it now."

After the man left, the huge meeting hall fell into deep thought, and the staff did not dare to express their anger.

Could their general be a fake general?

Do you want to surrender before the fight even starts?

A year ago, their southern border did not have so much food, let alone so many troops.

After holding on for several months, the imperial reinforcements finally arrived and beat the Turks into panic and fled.

It was originally promised that they would pursue them and annihilate the Turks in one fell swoop, but later, for some unknown reason, they dropped the matter.

In the end, their general will die in a few days, and then marry his wife in a few days.

In this era, food has a great impact on war and can even change the entire world.

But these grains do not only play a role in wars. When wars occur, agriculture is often involved.

Severe damage to agriculture often results in people losing their harvests and causing people to become homeless.

The Turks are all brave and good at fighting, and they are powerful. If they want to occupy some weak countries around them, it will naturally be effortless.

But their Great Yan Dynasty was the most powerful country in this period and was located in the center of the Five Kingdoms.

Resources are abundant and people live and work in peace and contentment. All of this is based on winning every war.

Neither Dongyi nor Xirong got any benefits, but they still came to harass the borders of the Yan Dynasty.

They just want to grab some food and other things. There have been very few large-scale wars in the past ten years.

The Emperor of Dayan was a wise king and would not kill anyone at once to avoid causing a crowd to attack him.

Now that the Turks are aggressively invading, this also shows that they have reached the end of their rope, so they take such actions.

"General, do you really want to negotiate peace?"

Just when it was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, a voice came from the corner of the conference hall.

Lu Shaodong raised his eyes and saw that he was one of his most capable lieutenants.

"You don't agree?"

The lieutenant lowered his head and replied in a low voice: "I just received news that the Turks suddenly moved south in large numbers and seemed to be attacking our territory."

"General, I am not deaf. I heard you. Do you want you to repeat it?"

"But general, the Turks are here to invade our territory after all. They are so arrogant. If we don't show them some color, I'm afraid they will be even more arrogant in the future."

"That's right, General, they can fight if they want. No one can stop us now anyway."

The staff became active again, and everyone tried to persuade Lu Shaodong.

"General, actually the Turks are nothing to be afraid of. They just want to take this opportunity to weaken your spirit."

"Why don't we take this opportunity and beat the crap out of them again."

"General, do we really want to cooperate with the Turks? This is a good thing for us, but it will not help the development of our great dynasty. If we cooperate rashly, I am afraid it will cause chaos in the court."

"General, we dare not disobey your order, but this matter is of great importance, so please consider it carefully."

"This general knows." Lu Shaodong snorted coldly: "The Turks think they can compete with us with just their few men and horses?"

"Yes, general, don't forget, you are accompanied by 50,000 elite soldiers."

The deputy general thought that their general had been persuaded by them, and when he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he heard their general chuckle.

"You don't have to worry about this. Negotiating peace is necessary. I, the general, have my own opinion."

"Then I will resign first." The deputy general resigned dejectedly.

Lu Shaodong waved his hand and motioned for him to retreat.
Chapter completed!