Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 552 Difficulties Everywhere
Nanyang County is located beside the Baihe River and is connected to Xiangyang by water.In the northeast, you can pass through Fangcheng and Ye County to Kaifeng, and in the north, you can pass through Sanya Road to Luoyang. It is an important transportation hub.The post road from Song Dynasty to Kaifeng Mansion did not pass through Nanyang County, but went through Tangzhou to Fangcheng.The important waterway is Bishui, not Baihe.From the time of Tang Dynasty, the hub to go to Guanzhong is Dengzhou.The status of Nanyang County, which is sandwiched between Tangzhou and Dengzhou, is not important anymore.Wang Xiaolie decided to reopen Sanya Road, and the status of Nanyang County was different.

Nanyang County Government, Wang Ruohai frowned as he looked at the official documents on the case.

Putting down the official document, Wang Ruohai said, "Ruzhou was too hasty to prepare for this Northern Expedition! According to the official document, the place was not prepared at all. Originally, according to the mileage, a place for the army to camp was set up on the road, so that the local area could prepare Materials. But in fact, they can’t even provide food for the vanguard engineering troops, let alone the army behind!”

Wang Xiaolie looked through the official document and said: "Lushan County is located in a mountainous area, and there are few households. It is really impossible to prepare all the supplies in a short time. What can I do? When planning, you should take this into consideration, instead of directly giving the local government It’s easy to assign tasks. In the past, when the army went out, there were 2 to 3 people, and the maximum was [-] to [-] people. I didn’t pay much attention to the road. Eat more if you can bring it, and eat less if you can’t. This time it’s different. , and asked them to eat well and dress well, naturally there are many problems. It’s not scary to have problems, just write them down and don’t make them again in the future.”

Wang Ruohai said: "Of course we won't do it again in the future. But what should we do this time? Tens of thousands of troops have passed through Lushan County, obviously they are not ready."

Wang Xiaolie said: "Tell them that the itinerary is fixed and it is impossible to change it. According to Lushan County's own situation, let them report what kind of supplies they can provide to the army. There must be no shortage of food and grass, and the rest depends on the local availability." What's the matter. The army is there, and it's been a rough few days."

Wang Ruohai nodded, took the official document, looked at it with a sullen face and said nothing.

Wang Xiaolie said: "Sensei, this expedition is an unprecedented event for us, and we have to learn everything. Including your plan, how to do it, where to be detailed, where to be rough, and what tasks the local government will undertake. What tasks the army has to undertake, and all kinds of things, must be learned bit by bit. We are not gods, and it is impossible to do it well all at once. It is not terrible to encounter problems, as long as we have learned it, we will not make it again in the future. This time It was Zhai Xing's Northern Expedition, and we helped him, the time is not urgent, so we can take it easy."

Wang Ruohai sighed: "Jie Shuai, it seems that the plan we made is not very feasible. It is consoling that the army's schedule will not be delayed, but the supplies are absolutely impossible to arrive on schedule. Sigh -"

Wang Xiaolie said: "No matter what the problem is, you must write it down in detail. There will be a large army going out in the future, so we can't do it again."

Wang Ruohai agreed, flipping through the official documents on the table with some annoyance.

A 2-strong army marched hundreds of miles and had artillery, which was not comparable to the previous [-]-[-] marching in mountainous areas.At that time, it was mainly to ensure that the people were fed, but now there are still gunpowder and shells, and it is much more difficult to guarantee a large number of fodder for horses.

Although Wang Xiaolie established the headquarters, no one taught him, and all knowledge must be summed up by himself. How easy is it?It was the first time to organize such a large-scale army movement, and most of the plans compiled by the staff office could not be implemented, and Wang Ruohai was very annoyed.

any idea?Starting everything from scratch is already very difficult.As long as you ensure a patient and careful work attitude, it is not easy.Wang Xiaolie didn't ask too much, but just reminded them of their work attitude.

Li Yanxian came in from the outside and said to Wang Xiaolie: "Jieshuai, the striker has arrived at Baofeng, and the army is passing Sanya Road. Tens of thousands of troops stationed in Ruzhou, the place is really not enough, should they be stationed in other places?"

Wang Xiaolie shook his head: "Where is there any other place? The Xie Linong army on the right is gathering towards Yingchang Mansion, ready to attack Zhengzhou. With the cover on the right, Jia County and Xiangcheng in Ruzhou have become the rear. There is far from the front line It is far away, so it is not suitable for stationing troops. When we go north, it is best to station in Baofeng and Liang counties together with the former army. With Baofeng as the base and Liang county as the front, we will provide protection for Zhai Xing. If Zhai Xingzhan takes Luoyang, we will go west Go to Xin'an and Mianchi to block the reinforcements from the Jin army from Shaanxi. If something happens unfortunately, Zhai Xing can also be taken care of."

Li Yanxian said: "With tens of thousands of troops stationed in two counties, it is really difficult to guarantee supplies. Grain and grass can be transported there, but cattle and sheep may be eaten up. Although they can be transported from other places, it is not easy. It’s better to disperse to Jia County and Lushan, the supplies will be much more convenient.”

Wang Xiaolie said: "No need. The army is scattered and stationed, and it is inconvenient to fight. It is winter now, and the nearby counties can slaughter the pigs and sheep, transport them, or even process them. There is always a way to think about it. "

Looking at history in the past, we often saw hundreds of thousands of troops participating in a battle, and the whole army collapsed if they lost in one charge.Now think about it, how is it possible?Hundreds of thousands of troops are lined up, and the distance between the two wings is at least tens of miles, so it is so easy to influence.

When Wang Xiaolie's army set off from Nanyang, they planned to have one soldier and three civilians.The Chinese army has five regiments of infantry, one artillery regiment, one engineer regiment, two cavalry regiments, two supply regiments, and other miscellaneous troops, nearly 4 people.There are 12 civilian husbands attached, which adds up to nearly 20 people.After arriving in Ruzhou, the scope of activities became smaller, and it was decided that there would be one soldier and two civilians.The Chinese army plus Cao Zhiyan's former army of nearly 6 people, plus 12 civilian husbands, still has an army of about 20.

If you add the left army Shao Ling's army and the right army Niu Gao's army, this time Wang Xiaolie dispatched nearly 30 troops and 40 civilians.According to some calculations, civilian husbands are also included in the army, which is 40 troops. An army of [-] is enough to shake the world.

In this era, one hundred thousand is basically the limit of an army along the way.No matter how many people there are, it is necessary to divide the troops, otherwise the place will not be able to support so many people.It's not just that the material support is not enough, there are not enough civilian husbands.

In history, Yue Fei's army was about [-], basically a large army along the way.Yue Fei's Northern Expedition, due to the broken Central Plains, was able to support this number of troops.It is impossible for Wushu to lead the Jin army to fight, there can be [-] people, and his marching route does not support so many people.

When I read a book, I often think, if the enemy is 20, I can’t beat him with 30, so can [-] be enough?What if [-]?In fact, the number of troops cannot be counted that way.On a battlefield, the number of people supported is basically fixed, and more people starve themselves to death first.

When the two armies are at war, they must first compete for resources in the battlefield area.The more you eat, the less the enemy will eat.If resources cannot be obtained from the battlefield area, they can only be transported from the rear.In this era, transporting food in the rear is extremely costly and requires a lot of manpower.These food transporters are extremely vulnerable to attack. If they don't pay attention to defense, they will be cut off by the enemy.Once the food road was cut off, the battle could no longer be fought.

Wang Xiaolie dispatched an army of [-] to the Northern Expedition, which was an earth-shattering event.This time going north, if you can't take Luoyang, it will be a failure.Moreover, this failure was at the cost of the three-year savings of Xiangyang, Dengzhou and other ten prefectures.In this sense, it cannot fail.

With Luoyang as the center, the area from Shanzhou in the west to Zhengzhou in the east, Mengzhou in the north, and Ruzhou in the south can only support so many people.Moreover, Wang Xiaolie needed to transport a large amount of supplies from Nanyang, otherwise, even such an army size would not be able to support it.

In fact, Zhai Xing's troops, Dong Xian's troops, and Meng Bangxiong's troops were not counted by Wang Xiaolie.Their battles can only be gathered around Luoyang, and the larger scope is too far away for them.Without material support, these troops cannot stay in each place for too long, and must go to other places for food.

In this Northern Expedition, Wang Xiaolie's troops were strong enough to fight a war of annihilating the country with the Puppet Qi.

(End of this chapter)