The Qin Country soldiers, lined up in a long queue, were receiving their food, but there was almost nothing left to eat at the place providing their supplies.
The cooks were embarrassed too. They were tasked with making porridge for these hungry soldiers, but even with a lot of water added, there still wasn't enough rice.
Each soldier could only have a spoonful of what was barely distinguishable from plain water, so-called rice porridge, paired with a rock-hard biscuit and some unknown leafy greens gathered nearby, making up their lunch.
Even under such hardship, they could only eat two meals a day because the Qin Country's food supplies were running thin.
Two consecutive years of war had affected Qin Country's grain production, and last year's harvest from the Shu Territory had all been transported to the front lines, left at places like Xiajian, Dongqing, and Xishan.
