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Too, understandably, peasants, uncertain of the war's outcome, and in danger of starvation themselves, had begun to horde and conceal food. - (Rebels of Gor, Chapter 6, Sentence #176)

This was largely the result of two factors, the number of fields and farms now denied to us by the Ashigaru of Yamada, and the reduction of supplies, the thinning of flocks and the depletion of resources, at those villages still accessible to us. Too, though our supply lines could not be cut, given tarns, they were now considerably attenuated. In brief, supplies were scarce, and growing more scarce, day by day, and it took longer and longer, ever longer, from day to day, to obtain and deliver them to the holding. Too, understandably, peasants, uncertain of the war's outcome, and in danger of starvation themselves, had begun to horde and conceal food. I neglected to convey this intelligence to Lord Temmu, as we were to discipline uncooperative retainers by means of the torch and sword. I personally saw little benefit to be derived from the pursuit of such a policy. Too, I was not a butcher. - (Rebels of Gor)