Chapter eight hundred and seventy seventh Yizhou response
Chapter 877 Yizhou’s reaction
Ju Yi left Xun You's tent with Orion.
"Mi Qing, how many days does this sheep trail take to cross Dangyang Pass and reach Mianyang?"
Looking at the strong hunters, Ju Yi also had to arrange supplies. After all, if he were to head into the mountains, he could hunt wild animals to satisfy his hunger. However, he would have to bring at least two teams, which is a hundred people, so
You need to ask clearly about the time of rice cultivation and prepare the food and fodder needed for the march.
"General, that sheep trail is difficult to walk. It would take me almost ten days to walk. If you want to take someone with you, it will take at least fifteen days."
After thinking for a while, Mi Qing gave Ju Yi's answer of fifteen days.
"Fifteen days?"
Now it was Ju Yi's turn to be confused. If he had to spend fifteen days in the mountains and forests, wouldn't that cost people's lives? He was now beginning to wonder whether walking in the mountains and forests was the right thing to do.
"Well, you can't see this mountain is big, but the sheep trail is ten miles away from here. There is a big difference between ten miles in the mountain and ten miles outside the mountain. Moreover, the mountain is also very high and steep. I was there for fifteen days.
To put it bluntly, if a large army really crosses the border, fifteen days may not be enough."
Mi Qing thought for a while and then nodded to Ju Yi. The fifteen days he said were short, and it might take more than twenty days to drill the diamond for a whole month.
"Yao Bin."
After thinking for a moment, Ju Yi called his personal guard commander directly.
"General."
Yao Bin hugged Ju Yi directly.
"Assemble two squads of personal guards, and then order the quartermaster to prepare beef jerky for 100 people for thirty, no, forty days."
Ju Yi thought for a while and asked Yao Bin to prepare beef jerky for 40 days for 100 people. After all, Mi Qing said it would take at least 15 days. If he didn't go out after preparing 15 days of food and grass, he would be crazy.
, as for why we need to prepare forty-day beef jerky, isn’t it a one-stop shop?
"promise."
According to the military system in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, each soldier had to eat three kilograms of corn per day. However, Yuan Shu went through the battles of Bingzhou and Liangzhou and seized many cattle and sheep from the nomadic people, as well as their army rations of beef jerky. At the same time,
I also learned their methods of making military rations,
In order to cope with the Battle of Hanzhong, Xun You and Yuan Shu not only took out these seizures, but also killed many old, weak and disabled cattle to make a large amount of beef jerky military rations in order to cope with the pressure of the army's food and grass transportation. If
At that time, they really fell into a desperate situation of running out of food. With the support of beef jerky, they could persist longer.
With the addition of beef jerky, each of Ju Yi's soldiers only needs half a kilogram more beef jerky a day to meet their energy needs. Even during a forty-day march, he only needs to bring thirty kilograms of beef jerky.
Handle,
If we had only eaten corn in the past, the food and grass would have cost one hundred and twenty kilograms per person, and we would have to cross mountains and ridges, so we would not have to fight, and it would be nice not to die in the woods.
Ju Yi took a hundred personal guards, and none of them took thirty kilograms of beef jerky and followed Mi Qing on a journey over the mountains.
Xun You was looking for a way out, and Tai Shi Ci was also running wildly. This time, in order to meet the logistical requirements for their surprise attack on Ziwu Valley, Yuan Shu gave half of the army's beef jerky to Tai Shi Ci. At the same time, twenty more people were accompanying them.
The trebuchet helped them break through the pass outside Ziwu Valley at the critical moment.
Now Yuan Shu is marching on three sides, Xiegu is the main force, Yangpingguan is the partial army, and Taishi Ci in Ziwu Valley is the assassin. As long as he can successfully cross, he can give Zhang Lu the most fatal blow.
Yuan Shu marched silently, while Liu Yan also received a letter from Zhang Lu asking for help.
"My lord, Yuan Shu sent troops to Hanzhong. Now Dou Mao in Wudu County has been defeated by him. Xun You led his troops to Yangping Pass. Yuan Shu also led his army out of Xiegu and marched towards Baozhong. Zhang Lu wants us to send troops to rescue immediately. Otherwise, I'm afraid It’s hard to resist.”
Dong Fu took the battle report he had just received and came directly to Liu Yan.
"What is supposed to come will come."
When Liu Yan heard Dong Fu's battle report, there was a hint of loneliness in his eyes. Although he had already understood that this day would come, when it came time for Yuan Shu to actually send troops, he still found it difficult to accept it.
"Lord, now is not the time to sigh. We must prepare quickly and send troops to support Hanzhong. Otherwise, once Hanzhong is broken, Yizhou will no longer have a barrier, and we will be in danger."
Zhao Wei saw Liu Yan in a daze and saluted him directly with his fists clasped.
"Well, how should we send out troops? Who should lead the troops to support Hanzhong?"
Since Zhao Wei mentioned that he would support Hanzhong, then the question arises: who to send and how many troops to bring.
"My lord, Wu Yi and Wu Ziyuan are powerful and capable of commanding troops. You can order him as the general to lead 50,000 troops out of Bajun and enter Hanzhong to support Zhang Lu. At the same time, I will lead 30,000 troops to Jiameng Pass. Once Hanzhong is defeated, I will Stationed at Jiameng Pass, it will not be easy for Yuan Shu to go south."
Zhao Wei thought for a moment and directly expressed his thoughts.
"My lord, Zhao Wei is right. General Wu Yi is indeed a good general. It is appropriate for him to lead the army north to support Hanzhong. Moreover, General Zhao Wei's garrison at Jiameng Pass is also a clever move."
After hearing Zhao Wei's words, Dong Fu also nodded. The candidate in his mind was also Wu Yi. This person entered Yizhou with Liu Yan. His loyalty should not be doubted, and he was brave and resourceful. He was the best candidate to support Hanzhong.
"Okay, then appoint Wu Yi as general and lead 50,000 troops out of Ba County to support Hanzhong. Zhao Wei leads 30,000 troops to Jiameng Pass. The remaining troops are ready to support the Hanzhong war at any time."
Since both Dong Fu and Zhao Wei said so, Liu Yan had nothing to hesitate and directly ordered Wu Yi to lead 50,000 troops north to support Hanzhong. At the same time, he ordered Zhao Wei to nominate 30,000 troops to garrison at Jiameng Pass.
"Zhao Wei takes the order."
"promise."
"promise."
When Liu Yan's order was issued, Wu Yi was also stunned. You must know that although he came to Yizhou with Liu Yan, he has never been reused. This time, he was directly promoted to general, which really flattered him.
After being rejoiced, Wu Yi went into battle and went directly to Bajun to join the troops there and march toward Hanzhong, while Zhao Wei led 30,000 troops to Jiameng Pass to garrison.
"Lord, Yuan Shu has sent troops to Hanzhong."
The news that Yuan Shu sent troops to Hanzhong quickly radiated from Yizhou, and Cheng Yu in Yongchang County also came to Liu Bei with the news.
"Yuan Shu really sent out troops?"
Hearing Cheng Yu's news, Liu Bei frowned. Originally, he thought that Yuan Shu had just captured Jingzhou and was going to capture Yuzhou. He would take a rest for half a year after finishing the battle. After all, Yizhou is no better than other states. There are many mountains and narrow roads here. , easy to defend but difficult to attack, it is impossible to win this fight every half a year,
Preparing food for a large army is a big project. It is basically impossible to send troops without harvesting food. But what Liu Bei didn't know was that Yuan Shu had sufficient food reserves.
For the Battle of Yizhou, not only were the captured beef jerky and other foreign military rations released, but also the potatoes that had been hidden before were released and began to be combined with corn to become the main military ration. The food problems of other princes were This is no longer a problem here.
"Well, it's absolutely true. Yuan Shu divided his troops into two groups this time. The army came out of Xiegu and attacked Baozhong directly. Xun Youze led his troops into Wudu County and destroyed all Dou Mao's forces entrenched there. Now he has arrived at Yangping Pass, threatening Mianyang, Liu Yan has appointed Wu Yi as general, led 50,000 troops to pass through Bajun to support Hanzhong, and ordered Zhao Wei to lead 30,000 troops to Jiameng Pass to resist Yuan Shu's attack."
Cheng Yu immediately told all the news he got.
"Yuan Shu is going to decide the outcome in a battle this time."
Liu Bei also thought for a while, Yuan Shu's army was coming to attack, they were going to attack Huanglong.
"My lord, Chengdu is empty now. Although there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses around, as long as we send an elite army to fight directly to Chengdu, I believe there is a high chance that we can capture Liu Yan."
Cheng Yu thought for a moment and directly suggested that Liu Bei give up the offensive against the Southern Barbarians and send his troops to Chengdu.
"No, it's not the time yet."
Liu Bei shook his head. It was not the right time to go now. If he really sent troops, then Liu Yan would probably abandon Yuan Shu and directly send people back to Chengdu to fight with him. Liu Yan might even surrender to Yuan Shu and borrow money from Yuan Shu in times of crisis. The power to fight against yourself.
"Okay, then let's continue our attack on Nanman?"
After listening to Liu Bei's words, Cheng Yu also knew that the time was not yet ripe, but he had to say that this was also an opportunity.
"Well, order Yun Chang to continue to lead the attack. What we need now is not territory, but soldiers."
Liu Bei nodded. He didn't want the Southern Barbarian tribe's territory. It was full of miasma and poisonous insects. It was just a useless place for him. What he needed now was the excellent soldiers of the Southern Barbarian tribe to expand his strength.
"I see."
Cheng Yu nodded to Liu Bei. In this case, let Liu Yan and Yuan Shu fight. If he can capture the Southern Barbarian tribe, he can increase his troops by at least 100,000. When the hundreds of thousands of troops march eastward, they will definitely be able to defeat the station in one fell swoop. The exhausted two sides captured the treasure land of Yizhou.
"Um."
In fact, Liu Bei is now fighting very steadily. The main purpose of his troops is not to occupy territory, but to plunder the population. So far, he has captured four or five tribes, two to three thousand southern barbarians, and selected several Hundreds of Nanman soldiers were organized into their own troops, known as the Wudang Flying Army.
Liu Bei said that the reason is that he has too few troops. An army of 30,000 can play a negligible role in a battlefield where hundreds of thousands of troops are fighting. So what he has to do now is to do his best to expand his troops.
