At the end of Ming Dynasty: I, Sun Kewang!Desperate comeback!

Chapter 29

This team was able to clearly arrange the logistical work of the 20-strong Western Army in the past when it marched to the north and moved three thousand miles to the east. Now it is only [-] to [-]-strong troops that have moved to Guangxi. People like Ma Zhaoxi and Wan Niance are naturally light-hearted. You can handle it easily.

When Sun Kewang and Liu Wenxiu reached an agreement, the preparatory work in Guiyang was basically completed, and tens of thousands of scooters appeared near Guiyang either for recruitment or to rush to work.

Carts are easy to get, but the horses, mules, oxen, and donkeys used to pull the cart are the key. Fortunately, Sun Kewang has more than [-] war horses alone. The [-] cavalry of the front army and the [-] cavalry of Sun Kewang Die loyal, Bai Wenxuan equipped with [-] cavalry equipment, plus the reserves in Guiyang, Sun Guozhu is now a lean camel that is bigger than a horse. Although it is no longer the grand occasion of dominating the Southwest in the past, there are tens of thousands of horses and mules in his hands. In addition to the recruited cattle and donkeys, there are enough livestock to pull tens of thousands of carts.

The plan was finalized. At the end of September, 60 to [-] former troops, as well as family members and civilian husbands accompanying the army, totaling more than [-] people, marched along the road in a mighty way, and all the more than [-] shi of grain in the Guiyang treasury were transported away. Not only that, all the available resources in the base camp were swept away by Sun Kewang. The craftsmen in the workshop, the armor and cannons in the treasury, the horse mules and even the war elephants that were still being domesticated were all taken away by Sun Kewang.

Sun Kewang led Zhang Sheng and Wang Dewang as the vanguard and led [-] elite troops, each with a horse, to open the way in front. He, the leader of the country, led Feng Shuangli and Zhang Hu in the middle. Wang Shangli led thousands of elite troops to cut off the rear, and more than ten people marched forward thousands of miles away.

Along the way, we passed through Longliwei, Xintianwei, and Duyun Mansions, and on the ninth day of October, we entered the area of ​​Nandan and Nadi, which is already within the territory of Guangxi.

"Master, please rest." Zhang Hu begged.

"Okay." Sun Kewang got off his horse, and the accompanying soldiers and family members started cooking.

"The order came down to let the soldiers and their families eat with their stomachs open." Sun Kewang said while eating the food and wine prepared by his entourage.

"Yes!" The follower immediately conveyed the order.

Along the way, Sun Kewang, the lord of the country, looted the treasuries of various places along the way in Guizhou. As a result, after leaving Guizhou, there were tens of thousands of elite soldiers, 10,000+ old and weak.

"My lord, although we still have hundreds of thousands of grain and grass in our hands, tens of thousands of horses and mules, tens of thousands of elite soldiers, and more than a hundred thousand old and weak need food. When we arrive in Guangxi, we still need to organize refugees, distribute seeds and farm cattle to organize production. , Guangxi has very little summer grain, and if we want to survive the next autumn harvest with the grain and grass in our hands, we may not be able to eat this way." Wan Niance said worriedly.

Sun Kewang said slowly: "The distance from Guiyang to Nanning is thousands of miles. If we don't provide enough food for our family, I'm afraid this journey will take us until the year of the monkey."

Although the straight-line distance between Guiyang and Nanning is less than a thousand miles, but in this era, you can't fly, so can you walk in a straight line?The driving army followed the main road to Liuzhou first and then went south to Nanning. If Liu Bei and his people crossed the river at the speed of Liu Bei's 1000-mile journey, it would probably be the end of the year.

So Sun Kewang had no choice but to open up the supply of food and let the family members eat their stomachs full. This man has the strength to go on the road when he is full. With a sufficient supply of food and tens of thousands of horses and mules, they have more than a hundred thousand people. I can walk three to forty miles a day, and it is estimated that I will reach Nanning by the end of October.

"Alas, this is all we can do now. Let's wait until we settle down in Nanning and then solve the food and grass issue." Ma Zhaoxi sighed.

This person is actually quite okay. One stone of grain per person per year, plus some weeds and bark is basically enough. You must know that one stone of grain is 150 kilograms, and on average, there are four taels of brown rice every day. If people like Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong You were treated well at the beginning, so why did you rebel? 10,000+ old and weak people only need 10,000+ stones of grain to sustain the next autumn harvest.

But this cannot be the case for Sun Guozhu's 750 to [-] elite soldiers. Each of these elite soldiers must eat at least five shi of grain a year, and five shi is [-] kilograms. With these rations, plus fruits, vegetables, and occasionally improved meat, Only the bodies of these soldiers can withstand high-intensity military training.

The rations of these elite soldiers are the top priority. Even if the soldiers of the former army are well-trained and do not need to undergo high-intensity military training, the rations of the elite soldiers cannot be reduced too much even if they are resting, because these elite soldiers have to fight, even if In the next year, Sun Kewang has no plans to fight the Qing army, and these elite soldiers have to keep their physique.

If one or two stones of grain are provided for a year, after a long period of time, the bones of the former army officers and soldiers will become weak, and they will drive out the woolen Tartars. Therefore, the rations of the [-] to [-] former army officers and soldiers cannot be saved. No matter how much food is saved, it is the food of Hades.

A family with one stone per person will have to eat 10,000+ stone of grain by next autumn harvest. Thirty to forty thousand elite soldiers will need four stone of food per person for a year, which works out to almost 10,000+ stone of grain. It stands to reason that Sun Kewang's grain storage is still enough. , but it’s a pity that he still has tens of thousands of horses and mules on hand!
The food intake of this horse is several times that of a human. It’s okay for other horses and mules to eat less, but the more than 2 war horses in Sun Kewang’s hands are all uncles. If you save the food and beans of the war horses, the war horses will directly On the battlefield, he saved the life of the cavalry in front of the army. Without the cavalry, Sun Guozhu should honestly build ships in Guangxi and transfer to Southeast Asia.

No matter how much the war horses drip a day, they have to wait for three or four liters of grain and beans, and they have to find someone to get a few liters of hay to eat with the grain and beans every day. Kua, Sun Guozhu has the capital to fight the Qing army decisively.

A war horse has to eat more than a dozen stone grains and beans a year, and more than 2 horses can't be beaten by 30 stone grains. This is just a war horse. Sun Kewang still has a lot of draft horses and mules in his hands. Highly demanding rations, but if you want them to work, you have to feed them.

Eating grass for a mule is equivalent to eating porridge for humans, and eating grains and beans for a mule is equivalent to eating dry rice for humans. Let the mule eat grass every day and turn around, just like the later generations of Eight Banners cavalry. Without the support of a large number of horses and mules, Sun Kewang would not even think about laboring on an expedition. What if the logistics can't keep up with his soldiers and horses?In the end, shipbuilding had to be transferred to Southeast Asia.

In addition to these, Sun Kewang also had to organize production in Guangxi and distribute food and cattle to the refugees. Calculated in this way, the food gap was very large.

"Let Zhang Sheng and Zhang Hu take the cavalry to Guangdong to hit the grass valley. Shang Kexi used to follow Huang Taiji into the pass and plunder countless resources. Now he is very rich in Guangdong and has met me, Sun Kewang. I have more than 1 cavalry. But you can’t raise it in vain.”

(End of this chapter)