Emperor of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 195 Before the War (2)

Li Song looked at Tan Daoji who kept shaking his head and smiling wryly, and knew that he must have something to say, so he stopped their quarrel, "Okay! Everyone be quiet! There will be opportunities to make contributions in the future, so there is no need to fight for them .”

"Daoji, what else do you have to say, just say what you have to say!" After they all quieted down, Li Song looked back at Tan Daoji and said.

"Report to the Prime Minister! Yuan Shao ordered Yan Liang and Wen Chou to be the vanguard! Command [-] soldiers and horses to Liyang first, and Yuan Shao will lead the army to go out later!"

"At this moment, Yuan Shao's youngest son, Yuan Mai, suddenly fell into a coma. Yuan Shao was so anxious that he almost fell down! So this battle against our army was aborted! Only the vanguard troops of Yan Liang and Wen Chou set off."

"Xu You, Yuan Shao's adviser, scolded Yuan Shao for being a mediocre lord, and it was a good opportunity to send troops in the wrong place! He was ordered to be punished with a stick by Yuan Shao! Yuan Shao never recalled Yan Liang and Wen Chou, and now they are still stationed in Liyang!" Tan Daoji said.

As soon as it was mentioned that Yuan Shao loves his son very much, because his son was sick, he delayed the battle plan!Li Song couldn't help thinking of the Three Kingdoms that someone said in later generations. One of them said that Yuan Shao's third son, Yuan Shang, was as handsome as Yuan Shao, and his wife, Mrs. Liu, liked Yuan Shang. Yuan Shang is his successor!
Such things can be done, because the youngest son Yuan Mai is sick, and he is so heartbroken that he does not want to send troops to fight, it is not surprising!

"This Yuan Shao is really lucky! His son never got sick a long time ago, and he didn't get sick when he was playing, but he got sick at this time, which allowed Yuan Shao to escape, otherwise he would definitely kill Yuan Shao!"

Pei Yuanqing yelled.

Everyone talked a lot, and they all felt sorry for Yuan Shao not sending troops!Everyone felt that Yuan Shao's fate was high, and God didn't intend to let him die so soon!Between the words, Yuan Shao and his generals and advisers were completely ignored.

"Prime Minister! Why don't our army take the opportunity to attack Liyang and wipe out Yan Liang and Wen Chou in one fell swoop!" Pei Yuanqing, who was unwilling to be lonely, suggested that Li Song attack Li Yang and officially launch a battle against Yuan Shao.

"Okay! Everyone be quiet! How can it be so noisy!" Li Song scolded, and let them continue to mess around like this!Everyone shut their mouths when they heard the words, and stopped making noise, and the hall was suddenly silent!

"Yuan Shao doesn't send troops, and we can't take it lightly! We still have to make preparations, and we can't wait until the enemy kills our army's territory before taking action!" Li Song said.

After Li Song finished speaking, Liu Bowen stood up and went out unhurriedly, bowed to Li Song and said, "Prime Minister! I thought we should send more troops to several important places, especially the border between Bingzhou and Jizhou! It can disperse part of Yuan Shao's troops."

"Berwen is right! Guan Sheng and Zhang Liao, order you two to lead [-] troops to Baima and station a hundred horses to prevent the enemy from attacking Baima!" Li Song ordered Guan Sheng and Zhang Liao's generals.

"Appoint Xue Rengui as the general manager of Yanzhou, and take full command of Yanzhou's soldiers and horses to guard Baima, Yanjin and other places! To resist Yuan Shao's army in Liyang."

"Luo became a general on the East Road, led Zang Ba, Hou Cheng and others, dispatched troops from Xuzhou, stationed troops on the border between Qingzhou and Xuzhou, and responded to emergencies at any time to prevent Yuan Shao from attacking Xuchang from the East Road."

"Promise!" Luo Cheng, Guan Sheng, and Zhang Liao rushed out of the line, clasped their fists and saluted.

"As for Bingzhou, Yu Wencheng has the full power to handle it and lead the Bingzhou army!"

"Logistical matters such as grain and fodder will be handled by Bowen! Centrally dispatched! Guarantee the supply of grain and fodder for the army!"

"No!" Liu Bowen stood up and went out, bowing in response.

"Everyone tell me, is there anything that needs to be added?" Li Song looked around and saw that no one had anything to add, and continued, "It's not far from harvesting rice now, how is the harvest this year?"

Unexpectedly, the arrangement of the military has been properly arranged, so it is natural to transfer to the internal affairs.

Chief Sinonong Han Hao hurriedly got up and went out, bowed to Li Song and said, "I would like to report to the Prime Minister! This year's rice growth is gratifying! The harvest will increase a lot compared to last year!"

After hearing this, Li Song nodded, that's all right!In this way, you don't have to worry about food and grass!Li Song then asked: "Now, how much grain and grass are there in the warehouse?"

The chief minister, Taicangling, who was in charge of the warehouse, hurriedly got up and went out, while the chief minister, Han Hao, returned to his seat, and the Taicangling respectfully saluted and said, "Report to the prime minister! Go out to the main force, local defense, etc. In addition to government officials and other expenses in the palace, there are still 700 million shi of grain and grass in stock!"

"Taicang in Xuchang has 350 million shi of grain and grass, 200 million shi of grain and grass in the grain-producing area, and [-] million shi of grain and grass in other places!"

Li Song is satisfied with this data. There is enough food and grass, and the army marches and fights, so there is no need to worry about food. However, transportation is a problem. In ancient times, most of the transportation used horse-drawn carts, ox carts or manpower to fight against food. It will be slower, regardless of the enemy cutting off the food road, weather, environment and other factors, if it is an expedition, the supply line will be stretched, and the consumption will naturally be large.

"I decided to build a road between Xuchang, Guandu, Bingzhou, and Xuzhou for logistics supplies. It is best to shorten the distance. When encountering rivers, bridges will be built on them, and when mountains are encountered, excavations will be made! The one-day journey will be shortened to Half a day, or even shorter!" Li Song said.

As soon as the leader's lips touched his lips, he decided on one thing, but it hurt the people below. After some discussion, Li Song's road construction plan would not work.

The reason why it doesn't work is naturally that the project is huge and requires at least 10 people. Building bridges when encountering rivers and digging when encountering mountains require a lot of manpower, material resources and time. Yuan Shao may come to the city at any time!There is no time to build Chidao at all, and it is even more impossible to build three at the same time.

"Prime Minister! Although the Chi Road cannot be built, we can clean and repair the road to ensure the smooth flow of logistics supplies. In this way, it will also increase the convenience of transportation!" Liu Bowen said.

"In this case! Let's build a few granaries near the front line, such as Guandu, to stockpile food and grass, just in case! And transport the food and grass to these places!" Li Song said.

Of course, no one objected to this. After all, this way, you don’t have to run so far to transport grain and grass back to the rear. At the same time, you can prevent the enemy from figuring out the route and ambush halfway to cut off the grain road. Building grain and grass has advantages and disadvantages. Once the enemy knows the exact location, it is inevitable to show you a scene of burning food and grass.

Immediately afterwards, other aspects of internal affairs were discussed. Since the monopoly of salt and iron, the fiscal revenue has greatly increased!There is a large amount of iron supply in the army, and the quality of weapons and armor has been upgraded to a higher level!
(End of this chapter)