Chapter 53 Food Crisis

Late at night, after a day of fighting, all the soldiers had gone to bed. The refugees finally had a peaceful sleep after drinking a bowl of meat soup.

Barracks, conference room.

Although it was late at night, four fluorescent lights illuminated the four corners of the room.

This fluorescent lamp was brought out from the space by Li Mufan. The shellac burning in it can last for a quarter, and the brightness is much better than that of candles.

After everyone sat down, Li Mufan looked at these dusty generals and said in a deep voice: "Thank you for your hard work, I won't talk about the situation. Everyone knows the current situation."

"Liu Long, please report on the situation of this battle."

Liu Long said seriously: "Young Master, generals, in this battle our personal guard battalion wiped out more than 5,000 enemies, captured 3,800 prisoners, and obtained countless weapons and armors. In addition, Chen Yang collected from bandits when he was cleaning the battlefield. A total of more than 10,000 gold coins and more than 50,000 silver coins were found on the corpse."

After a pause, he continued: "Thirty people in the Guards Battalion were slightly injured. After inspection and bandaging, they are all fine. No soldiers were killed."

Although everyone present was mentally prepared, they were all dumbfounded after hearing Liu Long's report.

In the battle against the Eighteenth Route Army of Bandits, he wiped out five thousand enemies and suffered almost zero battle losses. This number was so terrifying that it was outrageous.

What is a big victory? This is a great victory, a complete victory!

Li Mufan nodded with satisfaction. Although the alien bandits were ferocious, they did not even have decent weapons and armor. To put it bluntly, they were just a bunch of rabble. Their personal combat effectiveness was at most equal to that of the kingdom's defenders.

Faced with an ambush of 18,000 elite men before, the Guards Battalion still fought its way out of the encirclement, not to mention a similar number of bandits.

What's more, the current Guards Battalion is completely different from what it was back then. This battle damage may sound unbelievable, but if you think about it carefully, it makes sense.

No matter how many goats there are, can they kill the tigers?

Li Mufan smiled and said: "Very good, we have grown up. If this record is spread in the future, some people will be scared out of their wits."

Everyone laughed when they heard this. Winning such a battle would be something to brag about in the future.

"Let the injured brother recover from his injuries. In addition, take half of the gold and silver seized and distribute it to all the brothers."

"Qingyue, prepare a merit book tomorrow and write the names of all the meritorious soldiers. When we grow stronger, we will give you separate rewards!"

"Thank you, Master!"

At present, a specific military merit reward system has not been formulated, so it can only be done temporarily. Without a capable civilian official, many things cannot be carried out.

"What is the total number of refugees this time? Is there any statistics?"

Fan Qingyue replied: "The general made a rough count when distributing food earlier and found that the total number of people is about 35,000."

"How many prisoners are there?"

Liu Long said: "Three thousand eight hundred."

"Is there enough food?"

Fan Qingyue looked embarrassed.

"According to the current distribution method, the food in the current warehouse can only be used for six days."

Li Mufan frowned slightly when he heard this.

Food has always been a big problem. He just brought out tens of thousands of pemmican last time, but he didn't expect it to be gone so quickly.

"Cuihua, how long will it take for your crops to mature?"

Cuihua responded: "Master, it will take at least ten days."

"It will take ten more days..."

"Are we going to the space to buy again?"

Li Mufan hesitated in his heart. The silver in space was very precious. If it was all used to buy food, how could the territory develop?

Seeing that his young master was frowning, Liu Long asked hesitantly: "Master, can we send troops to destroy the bandits nearby to solve the urgent need?"

Li Mufan thought for a moment after hearing this and shook his head.

"Foreign villages are very hidden, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Moreover, both the journey back and forth and the attack will take time. I'm afraid it will be too late."