The success of this long-distance march was inseparable from Jia Xu's thorough preparations.
These preparations include not only water and food, but also various military supplies.
Without these preparations, Fei Qian would not be so relaxed now.
In ancient times, military expeditions and long-distance marches were actually quite complex matters, with a lot of work to be done.
After getting up in the morning, as the order is issued, each department needs to pack up their belongings and weapons, then line up to eat according to the order, and then count each department's dry food, baggage, war horses, weapons, etc., and register them in the eucalyptus and report them one by one.
The general will send people to conduct random inspections to check whether there are any discrepancies. At the same time, he will send scouts to go forward first. Generally speaking, there are twenty-four teams, divided into two shifts, and they will take turns to conduct forward inspections to ensure the safety of the entire army while marching.
Then it is necessary to hold a pre-horse meeting, where each department will report specific issues and related situations, and then quickly make a ruling. If it can be solved on the spot, it will be solved on the spot. If it cannot be solved, it will be discussed and dealt with when camping in the evening. At the pre-horse meeting, there are also
Different strategies must be arranged according to the terrain ahead, such as who is responsible for building simple bridges when encountering rivers and ravines, who is responsible for reconnaissance if encountering mountains and highlands, etc.
Because Fei Qian led basically cavalry this time, things were much simpler. Otherwise, if it were a mixed force, the army would have to be divided into layers even when leaving the camp. It is like being attacked when crossing a river.
, when leaving the camp, you also need to follow a specific order. Generally speaking, the first one to leave the camp is the cavalry of each department. Because the cavalry is fast, after leaving the camp, they quickly advance to a place two or three miles away from the camp, and then stop and stand still.
, after arranging the formation, the guard will start. Then, the infantry units will leave the camp in order according to the location and direction, build a guard formation at a distance from the camp, and finally the baggage team will leave the camp.
When marching, if it is a mixed formation, in normal weather, the infantry will go in front, and the cavalry will follow the baggage team behind. If there is snow after snow, the reverse will be true, and the cavalry will follow the baggage team.
They will step on a path in front, and the infantry will follow behind to guard the baggage train...
Traveling by water is another way.
In the evening, after choosing a camping site, the cavalry must be sent out to patrol around, and then the infantry will set up camp. After the infantry has set up camp, the cavalry can come back to rest. At the same time, various checkpoints must be set up.
Arrange night watch patrols, etc.
At the end of the day, I was extremely busy and exhausted.
The advance preparations made by Jia Xu in Longyou saved Fei Qian a lot of trouble.
First of all, these sentries set up along the way, on the one hand, store a certain amount of supplies, which can be used as supplements. On the other hand, they also allow Fei Qian and his party to no longer have to temporarily set up a camp defense system. They can directly build a small military camp based on these sentries.
Temporary camp, which reduces a lot of workload.
Secondly, many trivial matters are also completed by the guards of these small military villages, such as the preparation of drinking water, the distribution of fodder, and even helping to repair the iron shoes of war horses, repairing the wheels of heavy transport vehicles, etc.
Finally, during the march, there will inevitably be some accidents, and some wounded people will appear. At this time, the small sentry post will come in handy. Whether it allows the wounded to rest briefly or transport them to the rear, it can greatly reduce the number of troops.
burden, and also make soldiers feel more at ease.
Of course, all of this costs money...
Jia Xu brought the ledger.
Now that the "highway" in Longyou has been completed, it is time to summarize with Jia Xu to see if this road is worth it, whether it requires long-term settings, and if adjustments are made, what will happen?
It’s a matter of how adjustments need to be made, etc.
This is what Fei Qian has been emphasizing. It cannot be said that only when Jia Xu was in Longyou, he and Tai Shici could achieve the momentum of traveling a thousand miles a day. Then after changing someone, they could travel three to five hundred miles.
Difficult?
Longyou was originally an area with very low productivity, poor affordability, and a relatively sparse population, which made it difficult to increase taxes or recruit temporary recruits even for war. Previously, during the Han Dynasty, all the war needs of the Western Qiang were
They are all recruited from other places. This is also an important reason why Shandong people hate Longxi.
From a family point of view, there is nothing wrong with Shandong's attitude towards Longyou. After all, no one likes a poor relative who reaches out to ask for money every day, all year round, and it continues to be like this every year.
Several years or even ten years.
But the problem is that Shandong and Longyou are not just "relatives", but they belong to the same country and a whole. Kansai will be the general and Kanto will be the prime minister. It is originally a simple concept of cooperation, but those who care about everything only care about themselves.
, destroying the basis of cooperation.
If there is a problem, it should be solved, not avoided.
Going out to fight will consume a lot of food and grass, which is a big problem.
And this problem has existed for a long time.
From the Western Han Dynasty, people kept howling until the Eastern Han Dynasty.
It’s difficult, it’s difficult to transport, it consumes a lot of money, what a big problem!
But because of this problem, we will never fight externally?
Jia Xu was also covered in dust. He came from Jincheng, and there were several civil servants following him. Each of them had a lot of bills tied up. If Fei Qian hadn't promoted bamboo paper, it is impossible to say that these bills were all
It needs to be installed in a car.
Fei Qian didn't waste any time. He and Jia Xu found a relatively flat stone and began to study the bills. As for the chores in the army, Xu Chu was mainly left to handle them. Anyway, after this period of time, Xu Chu was considered a more suitable one.
With the internal guards in charge, handling these military affairs is not a big problem.
The most important change reflected in these bills is the logistics of grain and grass.
Since food and grass are the biggest problem, let’s deal with this problem first.
Relatively speaking, people's food intake will not change much. Some people can eat well, but some people have small appetites. As long as the overall human genes have not changed much, the basic nutritional needs of the human body will not change with the times.
The same goes for war horses. In the Western and Eastern Han dynasties and in the future, demand can be roughly regarded as a quantitative quantity.
Strictly speaking, the cavalry that Fei Qian brought this time was not a pair of horses, but a horse and a half. The rest were made up of large animals such as mules, horses, and horses. These mules, horses, and horses
It undertakes the load tasks of general baggage trucks and also carries a certain amount of trailers.
Therefore, Fei Qian's consumption on the march was divided into two parts. One was the food and grass he carried, and the other was the additional supplements from the small military camps along the way. This time, in order to pursue speed, he did not bring some small animals. And if according to the
At normal marching speed, carrying some sheep would probably further reduce the amount of solid food and grass carried.
The consumption of war horses is relatively large. A war horse consumes about three times as much food and grass as a soldier. After all, a war horse not only needs to eat forage, but also requires fine feed. Even before the war begins, the soldiers will deliberately feed the war horse some mixed food.
Stir-fried products mixed with salt and sugar can improve the endurance of war horses. However, mules and horses are relatively easy to raise. They only need to be filled with forage and occasionally mixed with some beans.
Fei Qian was also using this long march to calculate the appropriate ratio of war horses to subdued horses. Now it seems that he and Jia Xu based on the account books and actual marches, the ratio of war horses can be further reduced, perhaps
A suitable range is from 1.2 times to 1.3 times the number of cavalry.
This not only ensures the replenishment of accidental injuries during the march of the war horse, but also reduces the pressure on food and grass.
As for the consumption of soldiers, ancient people did not understand the concept of calories, but Fei Qian did. Therefore, replacing carbohydrates with fats and oils as much as possible has become an important research direction to reduce military rationing.
Generally speaking, the calories released by the same weight of fat will be twice that of carbohydrates. Of course, this data may not be accurate, but in daily life, the comfort brought by fat will be stronger than that of ordinary carbohydrates. As for what
The pros and cons of saturated fatty acids and unsaturated fatty acids are out of the question at this stage of development.
Heavy salt and heavy oil, if left in later generations, would definitely be looked down upon by many healthy gourmets, but in today's Han Dynasty, it would make the Han people who rarely eat meat so happy that they cry while eating.
[In view of the general environment, this site may be closed at any time. Please move to the permanently operating source-changing App, huanyuanapp.org as soon as possible]
Heavy salt means that food is less susceptible to decay and can be carried for a long time in the current weather in Longyou, while heavy oil is an important factor in providing a feeling of satiety.
The human body is a complex organism. To a certain extent, carbohydrates in food are the source of energy for the human body. It is also an important factor for humans to pursue stable carbohydrate intake and move towards farming to achieve stable civilization development from ancient times to the present.
When there is a lack of or excessive intake of food, people will feel "hungry" or "full", and this feeling does not entirely come from the expansion of the stomach. The stomach is just one part. When eating, the stomach
The stomach sends signals to the brain, but the brain does not only receive one signal from the stomach.
Just like people with anorexia and bulimia, the signals from the stomach may be directly blocked by the brain.
So actually, how much you eat is not the key to satiety.
Just eat well.
High in calories and sugar.
The planting range of sugar beet and sugar cane is not large, and due to the variety, the sugar yield is not high. Therefore, Feiqian can only work on oil, which is the white food and red food of the nomadic people. It was produced by Han people's farming.
Zhuanghe went to exchange these free and red foods with the settled Southern Xiongnu and Western Qiang. On the one hand, it promoted the communication and exchange between these herdsmen and the Han people. On the other hand, it also made both sides make subconscious efforts to expand production.
to obtain more supplies.
If sugarcane cultivation in Cochin can be further expanded...
This is something in the future.
Fei Qian found that herders will also be affected by the "small-scale farmer economy".
When a producer finds that his efforts are of no use and cannot bring more value, or even that his efforts are disproportionate to his harvest, he will naturally choose a lower and easier level, commonly known as lying flat.
"Originally, the lunar eclipse of three stones, three buckets and three buckets for Han soldiers was particularly insufficient. They often suffered from typhoid fever, dysentery, headaches, inability to lift limbs, distension of the heart and stomach, and swollen spleens," Jia Xu said with emotion, "Now my lord has changed."
The grain is white and red, and there is no need to worry about two stones in the lunar eclipse... There is a saying in the art of war that if a general has no baggage, he will perish, if he has no food, he will perish, and if he has no accumulation, he will perish. Now my lord, this method can reduce the need for baggage, which can be said to be the best of the country.
Great strategy!』
Fei Qian nodded, and then exhaled. Obviously, increasing the proportion of red and white food has indeed reduced the pressure on transportation. This difference is the reason why Mongolia was able to fight and eat all the way in history.
The Chinese nation has put on itself shackles that cannot be removed for thousands of years.
"Not only that." Fei Qian pointed to the transportation amount on the bill, "With horses, one horse can equal the strength of five people, and less manpower is used on the way, so more can be used for local use..."
This is also an account on the bright side and can be seen directly.
After all, after using high-calorie food, the total weight is reduced, so the transportation force is inevitably saved and the pressure is relieved.
And the benefits are not just these, there are also some hidden benefits...
For example, in terms of nutrition.
After adding red and white food, the nutrition will be more balanced.
Although the treatment of soldiers guarding the border in the Han Dynasty was not too bad, after all, there were even worse in the subsequent feudal dynasties, but even so, the soldiers guarding the border in the Han Dynasty often suffered from various diseases due to malnutrition, and death, injury and decline were unavoidable.
Most of the root causes of malnutrition are malnutrition. The most fundamental reason for malnutrition is unreasonable food distribution.
In the Han Dynasty, the military rations transported to the frontiers seemed to be a lot on the surface, with more than ten kinds, such as millet, millet, highland barley, barley, common wheat and beans, etc., but in fact, they were all basic carbohydrates, and
The vitamins and proteins necessary for the human body, that is, some vegetables and meat, need to be purchased by the soldiers guarding the border...
If the soldiers who guard the border are like this, then the ordinary people who are drawn to serve as laborers and transported back and forth are once again reduced from the basic standards of the guards. Therefore, over time, malnutrition will almost certainly appear.
The longer the war lasts, the more people will be affected by this kind of malnutrition, from the border to the interior, from soldiers to common people. As the rulers of these feudal dynasties in China, they only see the average and think that one garrison is the average.
Three deaths and three stones, how can there be any problem?
Just like various averages in later generations.
This is the reason why China becomes weaker and weaker as it fights. All day long, it will only focus on the average and the land under its feet. If there is a problem, it will either delay or give up. Naturally, it cannot really solve the problem, and
Fei Qian now opened a door for China. This door not only faced the Western Regions, but also faced further places.
If you change your perspective, you can see a whole new world.
……(?·??·?)??……
Jiang Dongjun, who was trapped near Xiaoting, was now ready to find a new angle to solve the problem.
Huang Gai, in addition to naval command, the innate skill is "arson".
He wanted to burn the Sichuan and Shu army's positions on the mountain.
This was the strategy he came up with. Just light a fire and watch Sichuan and Shu sit on the top of the mountain.
The army wolf cried and howled.
But the problem is that it's autumn now...
The autumn wind mostly blows from north to south. If Huang Gai sets a fire, it may also burn the Sichuan-Sichuan position on the mountain to the north, but it is impossible to say that it will also burn his own fleet!
Therefore, Huang Gai could only send water ghosts to sneakily destroy the obstacles blocking the river at night, while waiting for the opportunity for the wind direction to change.
Jiangdong's water ghost still had some effect at the beginning.
It is basically impossible for water ghosts to directly destroy these obstacles nailed to the bottom of the water by manpower. People are not very easy to exert force in the water. The only way is for water ghosts to tie ropes to those obstacles, and then
It is pulled by the ship behind.
This change was quickly discovered by the Sichuan-Shu Army, and many fishing nets were dropped directly from the upper reaches.
These fishing nets carry some hooks, and once a water ghost gets on it, it cannot escape. Even if the water ghost is not caught, it is hooked on an obstacle, or directly hooked on the rudder of Huang Gai and others' boat, which is still very difficult to deal with.
At the same time, the Sichuan and Shu Army also increased their harassment in the mountains and forests. They would make real and fake noises from time to time at night, which made Huang Gai and others nervous. Even if they knew that these Sichuan soldiers were hiding in the mountains and forests,
Shu soldiers may not really rush out of the mountains and forests, but what if?
Especially at night, he imitated the roars of various beasts, pretended to be the cry of ghosts, etc., which made Huang Gai so angry that his beard trembled, but there was no good way. You can't just plug up your ears, right?
At midnight, we launched an attack. Even Huang Gai was a little scared when he saw the dark mountain forest, let alone the ordinary Jiangdong soldiers. If he didn't attack, he would have to endure it.
For several days in a row, Huang Gai felt that he had a headache.
Huang Gai had a headache, and Shamoko's face was flushed with excitement.
Samoko really didn’t expect that the battle could be fought like this!
As barbarians from Wuling, Shamoko and his tribe often fought against Jiangdong soldiers. In previous battles, Shamoko and his tribe were always the losers. Jiangdong soldiers relied on their advantage of having ships to fight whenever they wanted.
Fight and leave if you want. Shamoke and others have no good way at all. But now that Shamoke saw Zhuge Liang's operation, he suddenly realized...
Oh, I got it!
It can still be like this!
In addition to leading his men to follow the Sichuan-Shu Mountain soldiers to attack every day, Shamoko is also summarizing every day. Seeing Zhuge Liang's arrangements and dispatches like clouds and flowing water, he feels that the battle is not too simple!
Isn't it like having fish and pickled cabbage, and then having hands, you can make a steaming pot of pickled fish?!
Shamoko felt that his self-confidence was constantly expanding. When he returned to the Wuling area, he would first throw the fish into the pot, then throw in the sauerkraut, and then it would be done! Although it may not be as exquisite as Zhuge Liang's, but
Isn’t it also pickled fish? Anyway, there is fish and pickled cabbage, so who can say it’s not pickled fish?
Zhuge Liang smiled. He knew that Shamoko was secretly learning his tactics, but Zhuge didn't hide it, and of course he wouldn't explain anything more. Anyway, the dishes were all on the table, and it was up to him to learn how much he could.
At the same time, Zhuge Liang actually knew what Huang Gai was waiting for, and coincidentally, Zhuge Liang was also waiting for the same opportunity...
