The great hero of the Silk Road, starting from a farm farmer

Outside Guyuan City, in the large tent of the Yungu Army, the important generals of this war gathered together.

Counting the prisoners who surrendered during the battle, there are currently [-] to [-] soldiers and horses gathered near Guyuan. With so many soldiers and horses gathered together, the small Guyuan City will definitely not be able to accommodate it. Song Yingkui set up his tent outside the city, which is convenient. Control the entire army.

"Ying Fang, how much food and grass can we get in Guyuan City?" Guyuan was the logistics base for the Mimeng people to attack Yungu. They retreated quickly and had no time to take away the baggage. They should have captured some military supplies this time. .

"There are about [-] stones of grain and stone, more than [-] bundles of fodder, and some equipment. There is not much gold and silver." Song Yingfang took out the account book and reported the rough statistics of the seizures.

"There are only [-] shi of food and stone. How come there is so little! The entire Mimeng army totals [-] to [-] shi. How can they dare to fight such a big war with this little food?" During the war, a soldier would consume nearly [-] dan in a month. For one stone of grain, it is surprising that the Mimeng people's military grain reserves in Guyuan City are so small. Song Yingkui thought, no matter what, they would have to save more than [-] stone grains!

"These thieves have no habit of storing food at all. Their intention must be to plunder our army to replenish their consumption. I heard from the captured Xiang people that they even transported a lot of food they grabbed from near Guyuan to rear."

Different combat styles and demands naturally lead to different dependence on and emphasis on logistics. The core purpose of the Yungu Army's battle is to protect themselves, so naturally the more prepared they are, the better. The purpose of the Mimeng people's war was to plunder wealth. If they had enough supplies, why would they come all the way to fight? Wouldn't it be nice to stay in the grassland and eat mutton during the winter?
  "Make some cooked food from the captured military rations and distribute it to Xiang Jun's prisoners, so that each of them can carry food for seven days. From today on, the military food supply in the surrender camp must be guaranteed! In addition, [-] soldiers will be selected from among Xiang Jun's prisoners. People formed a logistics transport team to transport all the captured goods to Weizhou! The rest of Xiang's army was also led by Liang Shuai and headed towards Weizhou.

According to the order, all the troops and horses on the Guyuan front line will march to Weizhou three days later. Our troops in the Pingchuan direction also marched north to gather in Weizhou to prepare for the attack on Yinzhou! "

If the seizures in Guyuan this time are enough, Song Yingkui may not really be determined to attack Yinzhou.

However, just such a small amount of supplies were seized in the Gulong Battle, which could not alleviate the food shortage crisis in Yungu at all. While there is still food, the Yungu Army must continue to fight, otherwise it will be internally unstable. Song Yingkui has no intention of managing Guyuan, so he should just let this place fend for itself. He can talk about management later when he has the energy!

I hope the Mimeng people in Yinzhou have enough supplies. Otherwise, where will we go to find food? Logically speaking, since Yinzhou was the original actual center of Beixiang, and the Mimeng people concentrated most of their seizures during the battle against Xiang in Yinzhou, there should be a lot of food.

In attacking Yinzhou, there is another demand, and that is for the favorable land in the Qiantao area. According to what Xiang Ren was demoted, in their hands, Yinzhou had almost one million acres of water-irrigated plain land. After the Yungu Army passes by, if the development is done properly, another million acres of irrigated land can be produced no matter what.

Over the years, Song Yingkui felt that he was either short of people or short of food. As long as the population increased, a food crisis would inevitably break out. The root cause of this contradiction lies in the fact that there is no large-scale good land on our own territory.

Currently, the two largest irrigated lands under its control are Hezhou and Wazhou, and the two pieces of land combined only amount to one million acres. How many people can one million acres of paddy fields feed?
  As long as Yinzhou is captured, there will be no need to worry about being unable to feed even if a population of [-] to [-] people suddenly floods in. After a little development, Yungu Army's food security will definitely rise to a higher level, and it will be able to cope with greater changes.

In the Battle of Yinzhou, since there is water transportation available, the army only needs to advance along the Yellow River, and the difficulty of logistical support is much less than that of the Battle of Takulong! Now that the soldiers and horses have been gathered in place, attacking Yinzhou is the most cost-effective business!
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In the first month of the twelfth year of Jingli, Song Yingkui spent the New Year in the camp outside Weizhou City.

With the coming of the New Year, the combat troops that are about to go to Yinzhou are also in place. At present, on the Weizhou front line, the main force of Yungu Army has gathered about [-] troops. Xiang Army has surrendered about [-] troops. In addition to more than [-] Bai Feiyan's troops, the total strength is close to [-]. Song Yingkui felt that it was enough to use so many soldiers to attack Yinzhou.

"Uncle Yang, you won't go to the front line for this battle. After you return to Huizhou, select two thousand useful seedlings from Xiang Jun's troops, then recruit two thousand troops from the refugees, and two thousand troops from the local people. Thousands, organize and train a main battle brigade consisting of three regiments as soon as possible! Think that our army is the back-up!

In addition, when you are in Huizhou, you also need to do a good job in the resettlement and rescue of our army's casualties during the Battle of Gulong. When rescuing the casualties, the wounded who were surrendered by Xiang Jun must be treated as one. Anyone who has contributed to our Yungu cannot be treated badly. As for Xiang Bing, who previously served in the Mongol Army, he can be treated if he can! "Yang Shunan is old. When he arrived in Weizhou, he kept coughing. If he is not able to fight with the army, it is best to let him return to the rear and do what he can.

After arranging work for Yang Shunan, Song Yingkui summoned Liang Huonv to discuss with him the upcoming war in Yinzhou.

Liang Huonv is familiar with the Yinzhou area. After the battle in Gulong, the surrendering army has begun to take shape, and its sense of belonging to the Yungu Army has become stronger. It can be regarded as a useful soldier.

"Liang Shuai, let's talk about the future of your troops first. After the Battle of Gulong, although your troops suffered relatively heavy casualties, more personnel were added. Your troops have now become an army with nearly [-] troops. Super Corps.

I have thought over and over again and prepared to form three brigades around you after the war, including two farming brigades and one combat brigade. The three brigades have a total of [-] soldiers and horses! The remaining troops, together with the personnel who had been transferred to the logistics team, formed a road construction bureau. After Yinzhou was captured, they would be responsible for repairing the official road between Yinzhou and Taoyang. These people are not in vain, they have monthly salary and food and clothing.

As for the main battle brigade, the treatment will be the same as that of the current brigades of our army. The military commander will transfer some of Yungu's troops to join. In addition, some of your generals who performed well in the war will also be transferred to other brigades of our army. Serve in the regiment.

The two farming brigades were paid one-third of the salary of regular soldiers. Half of the income from farming was handed over to the army and half was kept by themselves. After five years, according to the voluntary principle, it will be decided whether to completely transfer to the army or abandon the army and return to the people. The land for farming is in the Yinzhou and Weizhou areas. You can bring your family members with you, and the family members will grant the land. Does Liang Shuai think this arrangement is feasible? "

"The Commander-in-Chief cares for us, Liang dares to say otherwise! When we lose our country like a lost dog, only the Commander-in-Chief in the world will be kind to us, and we will serve the Commander-in-Chief as the Lord.

When he was about to go to Yinzhou to fight, Liang had something to ask for. He hoped that the commander-in-chief would sympathize with our hardships and supplement our troops with weapons appropriately. Our troops' weapons are in dilapidated condition! "After Liang Huonv said some rainbow words, she began to make demands.

"I have already considered the matter of weapons and equipment! Taoyang has rushed to produce more than [-] sets of military uniforms and armor, and they will be shipped to Weizhou in the near future. Once these materials are in place, your department can basically replace all its personnel. Equipment. In addition, in the near future, there will be [-] cavalry crossbows, [-] sabers, and [-] spears in place, and these will be distributed to your unit.

In addition to these, during wartime, our army will also strengthen some musketeers and artillery for your department. Fight to protect your troops. Fight with all your heart, and after we win Yinzhou, you and I will become one family! "

(End of this chapter)