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New Year's Day in General Li's military camp

It's lunchtime again, and the soldiers are lining up for their meal.

Looking at the thin porridge with more water than rice, the soldiers grumbled incessantly.

"We usually have porridge, but today is New Year's Day! Not to mention meat, can't we even have some dry rice?"

"We eat this swine fodder every day, my hands and feet are weak, how can we fight!"

"Didn't they say that the food supply was coming soon? How many days has it been? Why are we still starving!"

"Exactly, when we were with General Li before, the Imperial Court provided for our meals. There were not as many military merits as now, but at least we were well-fed! When have we ever gone hungry?"

"There might be more silver now, but what good does it do when the cost of grain here is so high! Sometimes even if you have silver, you can't buy food, we are simply waiting to starve to death!"

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