102. Chapter 102 Logistical Impact

Author: Magic Prince

Chapter 102 Logistical Impact

It is said that Sun Jian was fighting a fierce battle with Han Sui in Yunwu City, and Dong Zhuo on the other side was also leading the army to attack Yunwu City from the east of Yunwu City. To the north was a tributary of the Yellow River, and

To the south is a group of mountains. It is quite difficult to march in such steep mountainous and hilly terrain, but Dong Zhuo still resolutely chose to launch an attack from land.

Because he didn't believe that Yunwu City could be defeated from the water. Although it was very difficult to attack from the land, it was at least safe. It was not like sitting on a boat without feeling down to earth. Neither the soldiers nor Dong Zhuo himself could adapt.

, at least that's what he thought. He told his generals that he was sure that Sun Jian was being beaten by Han Sui's troops and was in a miserable state.

Although Sun Jian is not so miserable, he is indeed at an obvious disadvantage. Of course, he did not infer this based on any reasonable guess. In fact, the more important thing is that he simply does not want Sun Jian to have a good life, so he said

I don't expect Sun Jian to get better at all.

In fact, his troops attacking from land also needed to cross this tributary of the Yellow River by boat first, but they landed earlier, but in fact a large part of the logistics supplies were still transported by water. Sun Jian and

The core of Dong Zhuo's logistics supply line is in the two cities of Lanzhou and Yuzhong, and these two cities are also logistics transfer stations. Some of the grain and grass need to be transported by land from the Guanzhong area, and the other part needs to be transported from the lower reaches of the Yellow River.

Transported upstream by regional countercurrent.

In fact, no matter which type, it requires a long distance and time to transport. In ancient times, the longer the transportation line, the more food was actually consumed. This consumption rate often did not increase linearly, but increased geometrically.

The soldiers who transport food also need to consume a lot of food. In this era of very inconvenient transportation, to support a long-distance expedition of a core force larger than a certain size, sometimes even several times the logistics supply of the combat force is required.

Team.

So in fact, many times in ancient times, it was said that there were hundreds of thousands of soldiers participating in battles. It seemed like a very scary number, but in fact it often contained a lot of water. Part of it was deliberately exaggerated during external publicity. In addition,

One aspect is that there is no distinction between combat troops and logistics supply troops, but they are unified together and are called soldiers. Although when the combat distance is relatively close, it is true that a large part of the logistics soldiers can be temporarily converted into combat troops.

of the military.

However, in long-distance operations, the number of logistics soldiers is a rigid number. If it is less, it will not work. If it is less, the soldiers fighting on the front line may not have enough food, which will lead to a decline in combat capabilities, or even more serious consequences.

There are deserters, surrenders and even rebels, and these situations often spread quickly once they occur, thus disintegrating an originally strong army in a short period of time. These are not uncommon in history.

of.

Therefore, it can be said that the farther the expedition is, the weaker the number and combat capabilities of the soldiers at the front will be, because many of them may even have to be called into the logistics force temporarily to ensure the maximum logistics supply, and also

That is to say, the logistics force is very likely to compete with the main force for personnel. Of course, there is a dynamic balance point, which requires the general who commands the entire army to have a general understanding. This is actually a great test for the general.

Ability often requires relatively rich experience to make good judgments.

But even many famous generals in history will inevitably lose sight of the other. The two are like two ends of a scale. Too serious a deviation on either side may lead to very serious consequences.

In fact, the logistics supply methods of troops conducting expeditionary operations are also different. For example, rebels like Han Sui, their logistics supply capabilities are obviously not as good as those of the Eastern Han Dynasty imperial army, but they have one advantage, that

That is to say, it can support war by fighting, and plunder wherever it goes. This can supplement a certain amount of food needs. At the same time, because its main force is cavalry, it has relatively good mobility and cannot find food in one place.

Yes, it can be transferred quickly.

But the disadvantage of not giving is that the stability is very poor. When Han Sui's main force encounters resistance and cannot take down the three auxiliaries and Chang'an in one go, they lose more objects to plunder, so

They did not have a long-term confrontation with the Eastern Han Dynasty imperial army in one place. In this case, their food supply relied heavily on their own logistics supply lines. Therefore, when Sun Jian and Xiang Yu cut off their logistics supply lines, Han Sui had no choice but to retreat.

Because the cavalry went to attack Chang'an for nothing, and they didn't even have a chance to fight. How much food would tens of thousands of cavalry consume in a day?

In the process of withdrawing his army, Han Sui also adopted the three-guang policy to a certain extent and plundered the cities along the way again, but he still left some spare efforts. After all, these cities were also in Liangzhou.

It is not a good thing for Han Sui himself to do things too badly.

At this time, Han Sui returned most of his main troops and logistics troops to the hinterland of Wuwei and Liangzhou, and he led part of the main troops to guard Yunwu City. Although Han Sui's troops had logistical supplies in Yunwu City,

It is also relatively difficult, but if we only retain the main combat troops without raising logistics supply lines, and at the same time hoard a certain amount of food in the city, there will be no problem at least to survive this winter. After the spring of next year, Han Sui's army will

The troops can then think of ways to do something more.

So in fact, although the absolute number of Han Sui's troops inside and outside Yunwu City is not large, they are basically the main combat troops. Sun Jian and Dong Zhuo's troops, that is, Zhang Wen's troops, are allocating a group of troops to Xiang Yu.

After that, Sun Jian and Dong Zhuo had to divide their forces, and at the same time they had to ensure logistical supplies. This resulted in the fact that their troops to attack Yunwu City were actually somewhat insufficient.

On the other hand, the troops led by Xiang Yu to the north are mainly elite combat troops, and there are not many logistical supplies among them. Xiang Yu and the others try to bring as much food as possible before departure, but the subsequent logistical supplies will be relatively small, so Xiang Yu's

This side is also very dangerous. If they can't conquer Wuwei and obtain corresponding food supplies, then behind him, there will be a large uninhabited land to the south of Wushaoling, and then the sky full of yellow sand next to the Hexi Corridor.

, they will be in dire straits and will not receive any supplies.

So when Xiang Yu proposed this combat strategy at first, several other people did not agree. Even though Xiang Yu had shown great strength in previous battles, this choice was too difficult.

Already.

It can be seen that Zhang Wen's troops were divided into Sun Jian's navy and Dong Zhuo's army to attack Yunwu City, while Xiang Yu's troops went north to attack Wuwei City. Each route can be said to be very difficult, and the probability of success can be said to be very low.
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