When Fusu, the supervisor of the army, entered Cangcheng, the people pushing the grain carts saw him and bowed their heads one after another. Unlike the fear of being whipped by the Qin officials, the people felt sincere towards this kind and loving son.
Inner love.
After all, all along the way, it was the Qin officials who played the bad role and the young master who played the red face.
"Get up quickly."
Fusu asked everyone to refrain from courtesy, but in Cangcheng, after hearing that the young master was coming in person, more and more people bowed down. In order not to cause congestion, Fusu had no choice but to climb the city wall and walk through the corridors of the city wall instead of walking through the streets.
The small town he was in was newly built by the Qin army who had been stationed here in the past six months. It stored weapons, arrows, armor, and tens of thousands of stones of grain transported from Beidi County.
, so it is called "Cangcheng". Different from the simple Rongcheng of Huamachi half a mile away, although Cangcheng is not high, the city walls are thick and heavily guarded.
Every morning, a steady stream of peasants escorted grain carts loaded with corn pots. They entered through the south gate of Cangcheng and left empty carts through the east gate. After changing the group of people and horses, they immediately turned back to the south the next day.
Fusu's daily job was to inspect Cangcheng, and at the same time keep an eye on the books showing the daily incoming and outgoing grain.
This is forced by the situation. As a supervisor, Fusu cannot always go to the front line of the battlefield. He is mainly responsible for supervising food. Even if the generals make changes, once the food is cut off, even if there are thousands of troops, they will all become
Death from hunger.
Heifu also knew that this young master was a novice and was prone to be pitiful and pitiful, and he was afraid that he would cause trouble for him. Fortunately, there was Beidicang Chefu, the chief minister sent by the county governor to assist him, and the school captain Zhao Ben
As an assistant, it was half advice and half guidance, so at least there were no mistakes.
After a month of contact, Fusu has gradually become familiar with this work. The other things he needs to do are very simple: if the food transported is equal to the food consumed, he can breathe a sigh of relief. Once the income is less than the income,
He was about to start to be on tenterhooks, and immediately warned the Southern Grain Team to speed up the pace!
That's right, after Fusu came to the frontier fortress, the first thing he changed was to learn that while loving the people like a child, he should also properly control, order and govern them!
It would not work otherwise. Although Beidi County sent out 30,000 troops this time, in fact, there were only 10,000 chariots and infantry soldiers brought by Heifu to join forces with Li Xin and attack Helan. There were still 5,000 soldiers, divided among them.
There are three parts: one thousand people stay at Shenquan Barrier and build simple forts and warehouses there; two thousand people guard Huamachi and Cangcheng; and another two thousand are responsible for protecting the civilians who transport food to and from the city.
The 15,000 civilians were also divided into two, 10,000 people transported food back and forth from the North to Huamachi, and 5,000 people transported food from Huamachi to Shenquan Mountain, and brought back injured and sick soldiers...
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Beidicang's stingy man calculated an account for Fusu: not counting the food for livestock, there were 30,000 soldiers outside the wall, and including the losses along the way, they would have to eat 40,000 shi of grain in a month!
"Therefore, 40,000 stones need to be transported from the north to Huamachi every month, so that the army will not starve."
This long-distance transportation does not begin at Xiaoguan. First, at least 6,000 watchmen from the North were required to transport grain from the county warehouse to Xiaoguan. The grain was also transported from Neishi to the North in the past six months.
This is the reason why the Qin Dynasty delayed mobilizing troops until now. Cang Chefu estimated that if the war lasted for more than three months, additional grain would have to be transported from the north of Neishi, and tens of thousands more people would have to transport it from Xianyang Cang, Qi
Warehouse, Yunyang Warehouse transports grain.
The grain transported to the Northland is dry and easy to preserve. It needs to be made into rice and flour before it can be exported. What does this mean? In Beidi County, since Daheifu came to take office, although there has been the promotion of mills, grinding and other water-powered equipment, animal-powered equipment has also been promoted.
Grinding and vertebrae have also appeared, but the main force of the work is still human. It takes four thousand servants and concubines to use the vertebrae to pound rice and stone mill to grind rice day and night to meet the monthly rice and flour production.
If we trace the origin further, at least 20,000 people were responsible for producing these grains in the Guanzhong Plain.
When Cang Chefu came up with the plan, Fusu couldn't help but be surprised. It turned out that 10,000 people were responsible for fighting thousands of miles away, and 70,000 people were needed to support them!
"Anyone who raises an army of 100,000, marches for thousands of miles, pays for the people, pays for the public, spends thousands of gold a day, causes commotion inside and outside, is lazy on the road, and cannot do anything, there will be 700,000 families..."
Fusu really understood this sentence. Sun Tzu is worthy of being a person who has understood the nature of war. War consumes a lot of national power and people's power. Therefore, no matter how big the country is, it will be in danger if it is warlike!
It's okay if we don't fight, but once we fight, we have to devote all our efforts to such complicated production and transportation. If one step goes wrong, it will affect the life and death of tens of thousands of soldiers!
Fusu did not dare to let the peasants postpone the date because of pity for them like when he came here.
It was so difficult for the Qin army to supply supplies, and the Huns knew it very well, so they fortified the walls and cleared the country, and moved all the herdsmen and sheep away. This was very easy for the Huns...
However, this idea of the Huns may be in vain. According to Fusu’s knowledge, the Beidi County Commander has made a lot of preparations for this. Those who went west with the 10,000-strong army not only had enough Guokui fried rice for half a month, but also some
Thousands of soldiers and 10,000 Huamachi sheep. They would gnaw grass leisurely in Shenquan Mountain. If the army did not have enough food, they could kill sheep for supplies at any time. This was also a method learned from the Huns.
The only hidden danger is that after the army moves westward, Shenquan, Huamachi and the grain teams along the way will be attacked by the Huns, but Fusu is not too worried.
He had received news from Shangjun: Shangjun had also sent troops, and his troops were divided into two groups. General Qiang Yu led the main force northward, intending to surrender the Loufan tribe first, then cross the river to occupy the ancient city of Jiuyuan, and meet with Meng Tian at the court of Shanyu.
Decisive battle with Shanyu's main force.
The commander-in-chief Feng Jie, with 20,000 infantry and cavalry, led by the Linhu people, went west deep into Henan to attack the Aries tribe that was attached to the Huns. This road could cover the long food road of the Northern Army, and could also
Prevent the Huns from retreating north in Helan Mountain and let them be attacked from three sides!
The Huns may not have noticed yet, but they were already trapped in a large siege!
Seeing that the decisive battle was getting closer and closer, although Fusu opposed rash provocations, he also wanted to go to the front line and truly experience what war was like.
He must know what kind of war it is like to have his father and the emperor pursue it diligently, Legalists to encourage it, Mohists to oppose it, Confucian scholars to be noncommittal, military generals to be extremely enthusiastic, the people of Qin to be happy when they hear it, the common people to change their expressions, and the benevolent men to sigh.
Just as he was told, Fusu sent a messenger to bring a letter to Heifu and General Li Xin on the front line.
"Those who supervise the army not only supervise food, but also supervise military affairs. If Master Qin appears on the front line and goes deep into the land of soldiers and horses, the soldiers will be inspired. When the three generals attack Helan together and compete with the Xiongnu, Fusu hopes to be nearby
Watch the battle!”
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At the same time, thousands of miles away in the clouds, a narrow stone wall meanders among the peaks and hills at the southern foot of Yin Mountain, stretching for hundreds of miles...
This is the Zhao Great Wall built during the reign of King Wuling of Zhao. It started from Dai, went west along the Yin Mountains, and ended at Gaoque. After the Battle of Changping, the Zhao State's national power declined greatly, and it was abandoned. The Huns came roaring from the northern foot of the Yin Mountains.
, they demolished Jiuyuan City, and began to take away the bricks and stones from the Zhao Great Wall to consolidate the felt tents of the sheep pens. They also built Touman City near the Zhao Great Wall and set up Shanyu Wangting.
But now, after decades, the flag of the Central Plains is once again flying on a long-abandoned beacon tower, only it is not "Zhao", but "Qin"!
General Meng Tian proudly looked at the rekindled beacon tower. He admired and admired Li Mu, and now, he wanted to do what Li Mu wanted to do but couldn't: sweep away the court of Shanyu! Eliminate the Huns for your majesty!
According to the report from the messenger, General Qiang Yu of Shangjun has successfully passed through the boundary of Loufan, crossed the river, and arrived at the ancient city of Jiuyuan.
Meng Tian's army left Wuquan Fortress in Yunzhong County and headed hundreds of miles to the west, restoring the Great Wall of Zhao along the way. However, they did not encounter the Huns to stop them, and they arrived here smoothly. A hundred miles to the south of them was the royal court of Shanyu...
The next thing to do is for the two Qin armies from the north and the south to march through the royal court, bait the tiger's mouth, pick up the strong barbarians, behead them, and destroy the Xiongnu!
According to the Scout, a large number of Huns were still active in Touman City. Meng Tian, who was cautious, ordered Captain Wang Li to lead thousands of chariots to investigate. However, Meng Tian did not expect that it would be Wang Li himself who responded.
"General Meng!"
Wang Li was very high-spirited when he set out, determined to make great achievements so that people would know that his "willing to win a hundred thousand people and run rampant among the Xiongnu" was not an empty statement, but when he came back, his expression was solemn.
"The subordinates sent people to investigate nearby, and found that the so-called main force of the Huns were just ordinary herdsmen. Seeing my vanguard approaching, they all scattered like birds and beasts. When I asked how many people had been captured, they all said that Shanyu had left for many days. I
When I led people into Mancheng, I found that it was completely empty. All the food and people had been evacuated. We also went to the Pavilion Forest in the south and found that there was no one or one animal in Shan Yu's royal tent!"
"General Meng, the palace of Shan Yu is empty, and the main force of the Xiongnu is missing!"