Eight hundred and ninetieth chapters amazing food production
"It's not surprising at all that the Qingzhou Yellow Turban can have an army of elite troops that can form a military force!"
Faced with Zhang Fei's doubts, Tian Kai replied calmly: "The soldiers of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army are not only well-fed but also well-fed. Their physical fitness is also intense and their discipline is not bad. It only takes time to become an elite soldier!"
Zhang Fei nodded repeatedly after hearing this, and when he thought about it carefully, this was really the case.
He is also a general who leads troops, so he is no stranger to military training.
If the sergeants under his command can eat enough or even well, their bodies will be able to withstand a greater amount of training. Coupled with strict military discipline, it will not be difficult to train elite soldiers.
But the problem is, Liu Beijun has no way to make his sergeants eat well or even eat well?
As far as the officers under his command were concerned, they could only mix one meal of dry food and one meal of thin food every day, which was quite good. There were no officers who deducted from it, otherwise even this supply would not be guaranteed.
Without oil and water in the stomach, the body will not reach a state of complete health, and it will not dare to train hard at all. If you do not do well, you will be injured and killed.
Even in a prosperous and prosperous place like Xuzhou, due to the rapid expansion of Liu Bei's army, the soldiers can only eat two meals a day and seven cents full. However, this is the best treatment for Liu Bei's soldiers since he started the army.
Good time.
As for military discipline, Liu Beijun's military discipline has always been good, at least better than the armies of Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan. This is also the main reason for Liu Beijun's good combat effectiveness.
"Tian Shijun is joking, even Yuan Shao of Jizhou can't satisfy his generals, right?"
Zhang Fei shook his head. Although the following words were not spoken, the meaning was quite clear.
Even Yuan Shao, who was born in the fourth generation of the San Gong family, could not find enough food for his soldiers, not to mention the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, which had an extremely weak foundation and was just a rogue bandit more than a year ago.
"Yes, Yuan Shao only has an elite group of Euphorbia warriors who can condense their military aura into form!"
Tian Kai said disdainfully: "It is impossible to say that Yuan Shao cannot support an army. It's just a pity that he has too many aristocratic families under his command. Most of the benefits have to be with these forces first, and then the officers and soldiers of the Jizhou Army!"
At this point, a look of disdain appeared on his face, and he sneered: "Otherwise, with the abilities of Yuan Shao's generals, it will not be difficult to have a few more elites who can condense military spirit!"
The Baima Yi Cong, whom he was very familiar with, was also an elite force that could condense its military spirit. It was founded by the former boss Youzhou Gongsun Zanyi. It was so powerful that the barbarians were frightened in the frontiers. But unfortunately, it has been completely defeated now.
The amount of energy, money and food that the former boss Gongsun Zan spent on establishing and maintaining Baima Yicong was quite astonishing.
As far as he knew, the number of Baima Yi Cong did not exceed one million at its peak. It took the strength of the entire Youzhou and the advantage of being located on the border to form such a powerful elite cavalry.
This is because Youzhou attaches great importance to military strength, and there are not many aristocratic families there, which hinders the former boss Gong Sunzan. If Yuan Shao does it, let alone millions of white horses, will it be possible to defeat the barbarians who often harass the border?
It's hard to say.
"Tian Shijun, if that's the case, then what's going on with the Qingzhou Yellow Turban?"
Zhang Fei naturally didn't know what Tian Kai was thinking. He was very curious about the Qingzhou Yellow Turban. He was very interested in the 100,000 fine cavalry and 300,000 archers that Taishi Ci showed him.
Although there weren't many clues at the moment, it was a fact that they were elites who could solidify military energy, but he wanted to find out how.
It is said that he has been fighting with his eldest brother Liu Bei for many years, and he has experienced a lot in the north and south. He has not encountered many elite troops who can condense their military spirit, but every one of them is a powerful existence.
Not only is he invincible on the battlefield, he is also an absolute strong man who is unstoppable. If he can train his soldiers into such elites, it will be of great help in future battles. Every general hopes that his soldiers will be invincible and absolutely elite.
Having such an elite force will also be of great benefit to eldest brother Liu Bei's career.
"Didn't I say that they can have enough to eat!"
Tian Kai asked back: "Didn't General Yide realize that the food output in the Yellow Turbans is very high?"
"If Tian Shijun hadn't reminded me, I really wouldn't have noticed it!"
Zhang Fei suddenly realized, recalling what he saw and heard when he entered Qingzhou Huangjinling, he nodded and said: "The food production here has not been damaged by the war, I'm afraid there will be a lot of harvest!"
"It should be said that the harvest is huge!"
Tian Kai smiled bitterly. From his previous travels in the Yellow Turban Territory, he had gained a lot of knowledge even though he only had a superficial knowledge.
"The food cultivation here in Huangjin produces three to five times a year, and the harvest is much larger than before. It can be said that there is an abundance of food and grass!"
Speaking of this, he shook his head and said with a bitter smile: "Otherwise, it would be impossible for So-and-so to come asking for help. Just for food and grass, the Yellow Turbans can meet all the needs of So-and-so!"
"No way?"
Zhang Fei was taken aback and didn't believe it: "The Yellow Turbans have a large population, how could they possibly supply Tian Shijun with so much food and grass?"
"Didn't I tell you?"
Tian Kai said angrily: "The food grown here in Huangjin is harvested three to five times a year. With so many places planted, the annual harvest is an astonishing number!"
Speaking of this, a look of admiration appeared on his face, and he said helplessly: "I don't know how they did it!"
Three to five crops a year?
Zhang Fei was startled, and then he realized what an incredible thing Tian Kai said.
Even though he was from a local powerful family and was basically unfamiliar with grain cultivation, he still knew that grain cultivation in the entire Han Dynasty basically yielded one crop a year, and the best fertile land had only two crops a year.
A place that can be harvested twice a year is considered an absolutely sacred place for the Han Dynasty. A place where powerful families flock to it. The fields here have long been divided up and have basically nothing to do with ordinary people.
It is the Zhang Fei family. There are some fields in Youzhou, but they can only be harvested once a year, and the harvest is not very good, so Zhang Fei is not impressed at all by the food production in the fields.
Now Tian Kai told him that the food grown here in Qingzhou Huangjin can be harvested three to five times a year. Not only did it completely subvert his impression of food, it also shocked him.
For the same acre of land, if it crops once a year and if it crops three to five times a year, the yield is naturally very different. There is no comparison at all.
No wonder even a being like Tian Kai had to seek help from the Qingzhou Yellow Turban in order to survive.
Qingzhou has long been devastated by wars and the people have been living in dire straits. Although there are a lot of large fields in the territory, the normal food production order that has been devastated by wars has long been destroyed.
Zhang Fei had stayed in Pingyuan Country for quite some time. Although he stayed in the military camp most of the time and ignored foreign affairs, he also knew that even the powerful local families in Qingzhou were not having an easy time.
The main reason is that the order of grain production has collapsed. Even the fields of powerful local families produce intermittently. Sometimes they have to use their capital to support themselves. It would be hard to live a hard life.
But the situation here in Qingzhou Yellow Turban was completely beyond his expectation.
Tian Kai himself comes from a wealthy Youzhou family. Even if he has to bow to the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans due to his living environment, he will not give in verbally and will definitely not take the initiative to say good things to the Yellow Turbans.
In other words, even if Tian Kai's words are untrue, they are at least sixty-seven percent credible.
It’s just six or seven points of credibility, which is quite exaggerated, okay?
Although Qingzhou Huangjin currently occupies less than three counties, if their grain cultivation is three to five times a year, the grain output in Qingzhou's heyday may not be comparable to that of Qingzhou, right?
In the current troubled times, having food is the best thing!
As long as there is sufficient food and grass, an astonishing number of troops can be raised at any time. Regardless of their combat strength, at least they can scare people.
Apart from other things, the eldest brother Liu Bei's men did not exceed two million at the time.
Isn't it because the three brothers can't command a larger number of troops? Of course not!
But the three brothers had too little food supplies and could not feed more people.
When he was stationed in Pingyuan Kingdom, Liu Bei took great risks to support Beihai County, which was besieged by the Yellow Turbans. In addition to the 200,000 troops guarding the country, the mobile force he could dispatch was only a pitiful 300,000.
How many troops did the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans have when they besieged Beihai County?
Adding all the old, weak, women and children to the total exceeds 100 million, and the number alone is more than 300 times that of the army led by eldest brother Liu Bei. How could anyone else have the courage to send troops to support Beihai?
It is said that after the eldest brother Liu Bei hooked up with the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, the number of Pingyuan Kingdom's troops immediately tripled to 1.5 million.
Only then did Zhang Fei suddenly realize that the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans had just changed their leader at that time. After only a few months of development, in addition to their own food and grass consumption, they could also provide the Pingyuan country with millions of food and grass consumption. Obviously, there
At that time, the food output in the Huangjin area was already quite amazing, but it was just ignored by the three brothers.
It wasn't until they arrived in Xuzhou that with the help of sufficient food and grass in the treasury, the number of men under the three brothers' command increased to five million. This made the three brothers extremely happy.
Now that I think about it, if they could have exchanged more grain, grass and weapons from the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans, the three brothers would have definitely had more than two million men under their command when they rushed to Xuzhou. At least their right to speak would have been greatly increased after arriving in Xuzhou.
Don't underestimate it. It's just an increase of 500,000 troops. But under the training and command of the three brothers who have been fighting for a long time, their combat power is definitely not comparable to that of Xuzhou's veteran soldiers who have been trained for a long time.
The two million troops led by the three brothers were enough to overthrow the tens of millions of soldiers in prosperous Xuzhou!
It's just a pity that when I was still in the Pingyuan Kingdom, I obviously didn't pay attention to the astonishing food output of the Qingzhou Yellow Turbans. Otherwise, I would have to exchange for more food at any cost, which would have made it uncomfortable for Xuzhou to be restrained by the local aristocratic families.
But, how did Qingzhou Yellow Turban’s food production achieve such rapid growth in a short period of time?