The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 143: Planning [Please subscribe and vote]

"Does General Li Mu lack people to train troops?" Yan Yan glanced at Gongsun Nu and understood what he was thinking, and then took the initiative to speak.

"Missing!" Li Mu said without thinking.

Many of the armies are recruited temporarily, so the more generals the better if there are generals who can train troops.

"I have a soldier here who trains everyone!" Yan Yan turned sideways to let go of Gongsun Nu behind him.

"Who is this?" Li Mu bowed and asked.

"After Gongsun Yan, the rhinoceros leader, Gongsun Xi's son, Gongsun Nu!" Yan Yan introduced to Li Mu.

"Descendant of Rhinoceros Head!" The generals in the entire camp were surprised and all looked at Gongsun Nu.

"Nu, I have seen all the generals!" Gongsun Nu also knew his current situation. The Weiwei was only in the past, and now he is a white body.

"Mr. Gongsun knows how to train troops?" Li Mu asked hurriedly.

"I was a Wei Guowei, and I never went to the battlefield, but I can still train troops!" Gongsun Nu said with shame.

He may be the only guard who has never been on the battlefield.

"Okay, okay, Mr. Gongsun came at the right time!" Li Mu clapped his hands in praise, not mentioning the fact that Gongsun Nu had never been on the battlefield.

The other generals also surrounded Gongsun Nu enthusiastically.

Never been on the battlefield?It's alright!This means that they will not compete with themselves for military glory.

The most important thing is to be able to train troops, which will be the logistical support for them to deploy and replenish troops in the future. Who would think too much of a colleague who does not claim credit and even gives himself a blood transfusion?

This time, Gongsun Nu couldn't deal with it.

"What else?" Li Mu looked at Yan Yan expectantly.

First he gave it to a vanguard general, and then to a logistics commander. Li Mu was wondering what treasures Yan Yan had yet to take out.

"It's gone, it's really gone!" Yan Yan turned over the money bag, it's really gone!

Li Mu and others all felt that they still had something to say. What kind of counselor was this? He was simply a rich boy!
"Sima Shang!" Li Mu felt a little regretful. He always felt that Yan Yan still had some big treasures that he hadn't taken out, but he couldn't really carry Yan Yan over and shake them to see if there was anything left.

"The general is here!" Sima Shang replied.

"Mr. Gongsun gave it to you, you must use it well!" Li Mu said seriously.

"Here!" Sima Shang looked at Gongsun Nu eagerly. This was a timely rain to relieve his pressure on logistics training.

"How many soldiers do we have to train?" Gongsun Nu looked at Sima Shang in confusion, as he was now the commander.

"Not much, not much, only seventy or eighty thousand!" Sima Shang was also afraid of scaring people away by saying too much.

"Eighty thousand?" Gongsun Nu was stunned.

There are only 20 troops in total. You told me that [-] troops need to be trained. Is this still not much?

"Ahem, you have to understand that our Zhao State is no better than Wei State. We have been fighting for years. We have mobilized all the young and strong people we can mobilize, so don't worry, these soldiers are more or less capable!" Sima Shang said awkwardly Said.

"So, how long do we have?" Gongsun Nu took a deep breath and settled for what he had come!
"There's still about a month left!" Sima Shang thought for a while.

"One month?" Gongsun Nu was dumbfounded.

"Sending soldiers to the battlefield in one month, you are committing murder!" "There is no way, the Hu people chose to go south after our autumn harvest, and the army recruitment was also temporarily assembled after the autumn harvest, so there was no time left for us. Not much left!" Sima Shang had no choice.

All the young men of the Zhao State were brought to the battlefield by them, and there was no one in the country to harvest. Therefore, Handan had to urgently recruit young men after the harvest.

The most important thing is the supply of grain and grass. The Zhao State's treasury is completely collecting and fighting every year. It is like water flowing over a duck's back. As soon as it enters the treasury, it flows out directly. For this war, there is not even a tax collected. Once you enter the treasury, you will be directed to Yanmen Pass.

"So, I can only hope that Sir can teach them how to familiarize themselves with formations and how to save their lives on the battlefield in the shortest possible time!" Sima Shang lowered his head and said.

"I...will do my best!" Gongsun Nu also didn't expect that Zhao Guo's situation would be so serious.

Yan Yan didn't say anything more and quietly followed Li Mu to learn how to deal with the cumbersome matters of the battlefield and the army.

"It would be great if we could know when the barbarians will gather!" Li Mu said in a low voice.

This is what a defensive battle is. You can only wait for the opponent to gather and move south, then defend with all your strength, and then counterattack.

"In fact, it's not difficult!" Yan Yan thought for a while and then took the initiative to speak.

"What can you do, sir?" Li Mu asked curiously.

"Grain and grass, cattle, sheep, horses, weapons, etc..." Yan Yan gave examples, "If the Hu people want to go south, they will definitely collect these things. We only need to learn about the price fluctuations of these war preparation materials from the Hu people's markets. , you can roughly calculate when the other party will assemble!"

"Does this count?" Li Mu was surprised.

Yan Yan did not explain. War in this era was still a bit rough, and few people would notice the impact of financial market fluctuations on war.

But these do exist. As long as you understand the price fluctuations of these combat readiness materials, you can easily guess the time, quantity, etc. of the opponent's assembly.

"We are not without exceptions in the Huren Market, but sir, are you sure you can calculate it from the price fluctuations of these materials?" Li Mu asked.

"Try your best. You can give it a try. If the calculation is wrong, we won't lose, right?" Yan Yan said with a smile.

Li Mu nodded. They were going to fight a defensive counterattack. It didn't make much difference whether the calculation was accurate or not. But once the calculation was done, they could make better arrangements.

In the following time, everyone went to their respective positions and performed their duties, while Yan Yan dealt with the price fluctuations of war preparation materials reported within the Hu clan every day.

It was not until early August that prices finally stabilized.

"The barbarians have stopped purchasing grain and grass!" Yan Yan also rushed to the shogunate of the army with the information he had calculated.

"Are we going to start?" Li Mu also stood up and looked at Yan Yan nervously.

"Well, in the past half month, we have collected the price fluctuations of grain and grass in the markets of Donghu, Xiongnu, Loufan, Linhu, Danlin and other large tribes, and roughly calculated the amount of grain and grass collected by the Hu people. Therefore, we calculated that this time, Hu The total number of troops gathered by the people is probably over 40!" Yan Yan said solemnly.

The history books only record that Li Mu surrounded and annihilated 30 Hu people and wiped out large tribes such as Linhu, Loufan, and Danlin, but there was no record of the specific number of enemy troops and the time.

"40? It's less than expected!" Li Mu nodded, this was part of his plan.

"What did the general expect?" Yan Yan was a little surprised.

"About 50!" Li Mu looked at the generals and said with a smile.

Yan Yan also understood what Li Mu meant. Even if he said that the other party was worth 50, Li Mu would still say that the expected number was 70 million. This was to give the soldiers confidence.

"Can you figure out when the other side will send troops?" Li Mu continued to ask.

(End of this chapter)