Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 338 Luo Cheng's Big Killer

The new Sima Wei Laodao asked Luo Cheng, "The whole army has been reorganized, what shall we do next?"

"What do you think we should do next?" Luo Cheng asked back.

In Xuantu City Lord's Mansion, Wei Zheng flipped through the account book, "Since the imperial decree says that the battle plan of our Fifth Left Army after reorganization is to go south to Pyongyang, and we will send troops in April at the latest, so I think we just need to stay on guard." Three cities and seven villages are fine, and when the rest of the eight armies cross the river, we will follow east to the Yalu River."

Luo Cheng shook his head.

"No, waiting is not enough. Don't forget, we offended Yu Wenhuaji and Li Jiancheng. The father of these two people, one is the general of Zuowei, and now he happens to be the general of the Zuoyi army. Left-wing Fifth Route Army. Li Jiancheng’s father is Wei Wei Siqing, who specializes in weapons and ordnance. Therefore, our biggest trouble may not be the frontal Goguryeo people, but the sniping of the people around us.”

"We have to make preparations in advance, pass my order to slaughter all the cattle, sheep and pigs we have seized, and make meat floss."

"Meat floss?" Wei Zheng asked puzzled.

Luo Cheng had no choice but to explain this miraculous meat product to him. Compared with bacon and cured meat, meat floss also has the advantage of being easy to store, but although bacon and bacon have shrunk, they still occupy a large volume and weight. Meat floss can minimize water accumulation.

"If a cow is made into meat floss, it can all fit into the cow's bladder." Luo Cheng said.

Wei Zheng's eyes widened?

What are you kidding?How big is the bladder of a cow. "I know that a cow's bladder can be blown into a ball, but it can't be blown up any more. How much beef can it hold? You know, a cow can produce at least two to three hundred catties of beef."

"Of course it can't hold ordinary beef, but it can hold meat floss."

Meat floss is said to be the treasure of the Mongolian cavalry in Europe and Asia in later generations. The Mongolian cavalry relied on meat floss and milk powder to make their military food worry-free.

"Whether it is pork, beef, mutton, or even chicken, duck, and fish, meat floss can be made. The method is not difficult. First, the meat is cooked, then stewed and kneaded. The meat floss is easy to carry and store, and it is rich in nutrition. It is very convenient. For example, if you kill a cow and make meat floss, you can stuff it all into the cow’s bladder, and it only weighs about twenty or thirty catties. When marching and fighting, no matter how difficult the conditions are, you can take out a little each time , put it into a kettle, or even hang it directly on the saddle. When the horse is running and galloping, the kettle shakes, and the meat floss will be soaked in it and become meat floss porridge, which can be taken at any time. The meat floss of a cow can last for several months. .”

This time Wei Zheng really opened his eyes.

"The general means to make meat floss for us to use when we go south?"

"That's right, you have seen the imperial decree. All the armies gathered in Huaiyuan and set out to cross the river. When crossing the river, they were given armor and equipment, and then they were given food for a hundred days. Once they left Huaiyuan, there would be no follow-up supplies. A total of one hundred I have to carry all the food for one day, and I have to bring it from Huaiyuan to Pyongyang. I don’t need to tell you how far it is from Huaiyuan to Pyongyang. It can barely be done in a hundred days, but what if there is an accident?”

"One more thing, do you know how much burden it is to ask a soldier to carry a hundred days' food? We went deep into the enemy's territory, and in the end we had to carry a hundred days' food. Something happened, and we haven’t reached the city of Pyongyang for a hundred days, or if the battle plan is temporarily changed at that time, we have to withdraw, what should we do if we don’t have enough food?”

If the army has no food, it will be defeated.

No matter how elite the army is, it will undoubtedly be defeated if it runs out of food.

Luo Cheng, who knows a little bit about history, seems to remember that the Sui army's nine-way army that attacked Pyongyang this time did not really reach the city of Pyongyang. , As a result, the Goguryeo army was ambushed by the Datong River, so the hungry army was defeated, and the Ninth Army was defeated.

The 30 army was defeated like a mountain, and retreated north after the defeat, but there was no food all the way, and I don't know how to support it back in the end.

Luo Cheng didn't want to be like this himself.

Although his Fifth Left Army didn't have to start from Huaiyuan, they could start directly from Xuantu City, saving three hundred miles, but the road ahead was long.

Don't look at Luo Cheng's Left Fifth Army has eight regiments of stragglers and stragglers. The main task of these soldiers is to carry and transport the equipment, food and grass that accompany the army, and at the same time to set up camps and guard camps. However, the more food and grass they carry, the The heavier the burden, the more inconvenient it is to maneuver, which will be very dangerous for large corps that want to move thousands of miles behind the enemy.Especially in Liaodong, there are mountain walls everywhere, and it is very difficult to supply supplies on the spot because of the enemy's shortage of food.

After thinking about it, Luo Cheng felt that he had to have enough food and clothing. He now occupies the three cities including Xuantu in Liaodong, and has a large amount of seized materials in his hand. Isn't it stupid to think of a way to get enough for himself?

The other armies definitely don't have this condition, but he has it.

Anyway, after a while, he will go east and south, and the Xuantu and other cities will also be handed over to the armies behind, and the supplies inside will also be handed over to others. One vote.

Wei Zheng agrees with Luo Cheng's idea very much, he has to work for the welfare of his brother.

"General, I think we should take this opportunity to quickly process the grain in the granary in Xuantu City, grind the rice into rice, and grind the wheat into flour, so that it is easy to carry."

"What Wei Sima said is good, but I think rice can also be ground into flour, and it's better to process it again."

"How to process rice noodles?"

"Stir fry with oil to make fried rice, fried rice noodles or fried flour. In addition to adding salt, salt is added in it. After frying, it can be eaten dry or brewed with water, either cold or hot water. , When we finish processing the meat floss, we can mix it with the meat floss to make meat floss porridge, how good it is."

"The general is brilliant." Wei Zheng gave a thumbs up directly. "However, it is not easy to bring more of these meat floss and rice noodles with the dry food of 3000 people in the army."

For 3000 people, each person eats two liters of millet a day, and one person needs to carry two stones of millet for a hundred days of military rations.I definitely can't carry so much food by myself, and the main thing is to rely on the auxiliary soldiers to carry it with chariots and horses. When there are more chariots and horses, the burden of fodder and grain for livestock will increase.

"If one soldier is served with ten catties of meat floss and twenty catties of fried rice and fried noodles, I think it is enough food for a hundred days."

Luo Cheng shook his head, "Make more budgets, first calculate the amount of [-] catties of meat floss and [-] catties of fried rice and fried noodles for one soldier, mobilize the whole army, and all the people and prisoners in the three cities and seven forts, let them move together Get up. I want to process enough pork floss and fried rice and fried noodles before the army leaves."

"Salt should be added to the fried pork floss and fried rice noodles, so that there is no need to carry additional salt."

(End of this chapter)