Chapter 593 Refugees

Since May, the Ottoman government has subconsciously reduced the relief food, and the bread originally mixed with leaves and sand cannot be guaranteed now.

Stomachs can't deceive people, and dissatisfaction is running high among refugees. The news of the shortage of food spread like wildfire in the camp, and all kinds of rumors were flying all over the sky, and people panicked for a while.

In a refugee camp on the Persian border, Akyol, who had just received food for a day, walked out dissatisfied.

A fist-sized potato was all his food for the day. Not to mention adults, even five or six-year-old children don't have enough to eat.

Oh, there are no young children in the refugee camp, the youngest is half a teenage boy. In the years of fleeing the famine, the youngest children and the elderly were the first to die.

The Ottoman Empire was originally poor, and it has always been the luxury of most people to eat enough. After becoming a refugee, let alone.

After getting the food, Akyol left immediately with a few friends and relatives. The camp is also not safe. If you don't stick together, you may become the food of others.

Human nature is not worth mentioning at all in the face of hunger. Along the way, Akyol has seen too many scenes of changing children and eating, and now he can't completely trust anyone.

A companion asked worriedly: "Akyol, you have a lot of knowledge. Now the food is getting less and less, what should we do next?"

They are considered to be the bottom line among refugees. Even if they are starving, they have not learned about cannibalism.

Of course, this bottom line is limited to now, and if it continues, no one can guarantee whether they will be assimilated.

Akyol replied bitterly: "Everything that can be found in the surrounding area has been eaten up by everyone. The rear army has blocked the road and prohibited anyone from passing through.

Do not want to starve now, and can only venture across the border to seek a living on the land of the Persians. I am afraid that the domestic officials and gentlemen think the same way, they want us all to die. "

The situation has deteriorated to this point, and the former Sudanese government bears the main responsibility. Because the government failed to control the refugees in time and provide effective relief, more refugees were created.

Otherwise, there would not be so many war refugees made by the Russians alone.

After the initial war refugees were produced, the Ottoman government did not provide timely relief. There are more and more refugees, and they can no longer fill their stomachs by begging. Many people have given up their moral bottom line and started to rob the food of the people along the way.

Once Pandora's Box is opened, it can't be put away again. The people who were robbed of their food by the refugees became new refugees, and the cycle began again and again.

After the war, the Ottoman government began to deal with the refugee issue, by which time the situation was out of control.

In troubled times, the Ottoman government used brutal measures to suppress the refugees, and only managed to establish order.

It was too late, and the refugee crisis became a national crisis. Due to the inaction of the previous Ottoman government, many of the refugees hated the government very much.

Akyoel is a craftsman, and he lives in the city. He barely knows a few words. He has some knowledge and a little understanding of the current situation.

The Ottoman al-Shabab is well packaged and has a good reputation in the country. Many people have high hopes, and Akyol is no exception.

I thought that after the al-Shabaab came to power, they would arrange for everyone to return to their hometowns to resume production, but they were deported to the border in the name of scattered resettlement.

Seeing that the food distributed is decreasing day by day, the government has not given an explanation. Akyol has gradually become desperate for the government.

Going to Persia to talk about life, this is the gossip in the refugee camp, which roughly means complaining: Persia has a bumper grain harvest this year, and the government failed to go to Persia to borrow grain.

The Ottoman Empire and Persia have a long border, and some places are still divided by mountains and forests. It is very difficult to completely block the border.

Some people have ventured across the border line ahead, but they are gone forever, and the situation on the opposite side is unknown. Just a few kilometers away on the border, there are hapless people caught by the Persians hanging from poles.

"But what should I do when I meet the Persians, they are all a bunch of gangsters, and they are ruthless!"

When he said this, John Sheen was still shaking, as if the Persians were in front of him.

Akyol shook his head: "It is absolutely true that there is a shortage of food in the country. This war has produced millions of refugees, and the country is really out of money.

It is probably a dream to expect those officials and gentlemen to buy food relief with their own pockets. As you may have heard, there are people who propose to traditionally cut crotch to get through the food crisis.

If it finally becomes a reality, we ordinary people with no background will probably be washed away.

If you don't run now, you won't be able to run if you want to run later. I've already made up my mind to leave now. We pretend to be diggers for wild vegetables. If the Persians find out, we'll insist that we've entered by mistake, and we'll be beaten. "

When he said this, Akyol had no idea in his heart, but in order to survive, he had to pull everyone to run with him.

In this era, xenophobia is very serious. If a person enters a foreign country alone, how can he survive?

There are thousands of refugees on the border now. As long as the Persians don’t want to be hit by the refugee tide, they are bound to intercept them.

At this time, luck will be tested. If you are unlucky and encounter the defending patrol, you will die in vain.

It is a good thing to get a life back just by being beaten, and that is the treatment of a lucky master. Ordinary people are hung on poles and used to kill one as an example.

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Ottoman not far from the camp

Inside the barracks, Major General Shendyrke, who was in charge of implementing the refugee expulsion plan, was at a loss.

Despite his constant lure with news, pressure to cut food supplies, and encouragement of refugees to seek a living in Persia, too few people have successfully crossed the border.

This "less" is relatively speaking. On the long border, now there are as few as hundreds or thousands of refugees entering Persia every day, and the Persian defenders have begun to be on strict guard.

But relative to the entire refugee population, this number is almost negligible. Seeing that the granary bottomed out day by day, Major General Shendierke was already anxious.

"Everyone, our food is about to run out, and we will be completely out of food after half a month. In any case, we must send the refugees away within half a month.

Now the Persians are watching closely, and the success rate of refugees crossing the border is very low. Especially after the bloody slaughter of the defenders, many refugees did not dare to cross the border.

This situation must change, otherwise everyone will know the consequences. "

A young officer couldn't bear to ask: "General, is there really no way? You must know that with the ruthlessness of the Persians, if the refugees are allowed to pass, only one or two of them will survive at most."

Major General Shen Dierke shook his head: "It's good to have one or two of the ten, it's better than staying and waiting to die. I want to remind you to put away your poor sympathy.

You should be clear that there were not so many refugees in the first place, and it was the sympathy of some people that led to the current situation.

If no change is made, all Ottomans will become refugees. The government's wealth has long been consumed by the war, and the national treasury can run a mouse. In order to relieve the refugees, even the military operations to suppress the rebellion have been suspended.

Let me tell you the bad news, this year's domestic grain production is expected to be only about 60% of the normal year. If the refugees are not sent away, everyone will starve until the autumn harvest. "

In dealing with famine, the Ottoman Empire still has rich experience. According to the traditions of the Turks, wars are usually launched at such times to reduce the population and overcome the crisis.

Regrettably, this ancient practice has become increasingly out of date. With the advent of the era of hot weapons, the Ottoman Empire has declined, and has no strength to siege cities.

After being silent for a while, a middle-aged officer suggested: "General, the Persians have stepped up their vigilance. If you want most of the refugees to pass, you must first deal with the defenders.

Otherwise, we let the soldiers pretend to be refugees, attack the Persian defenders directly, tear open a hole with force, and let the refugees pass.

To be on the safe side, it is best to annex Qingye within a radius of 50 miles, so that the refugees know that there is no food around, and break their fantasy of coming back. "

For the Ottoman Empire, the "merger and clearing of the wilderness" is nothing at all. The tens of miles around the refugee camps have long been wiped out, and the locals have also been turned into refugees.

The more I see it, the more sympathy everyone has, and many people begin to see refugees as a scourge. This statement is not wrong. Human nature cannot stand the test of hunger.

...

In the early morning of May 18, 1875, the Ottoman troops took off their uniforms, turned into refugees, and launched a surprise attack on the Persian defenders from multiple locations.

The Persian defenders, who were caught off guard, were directly blinded by the sudden battle. Before the Persian government could react, countless refugee armies followed.

In one day, millions of refugees crossed the border and poured into Persia. Under the guidance of the Ottoman army, the refugees crossed the border like rogues, wreaking havoc in Persia.

This is just the beginning. The Ottoman government is still constantly expelling domestic refugees into Persia, as if it is treating Persia as a waste collection station.