The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 80
"Before we talk about our Fuxing Society's own military strength, I want to introduce a person to you. Amu, come in."

Following Guan Yi's call, Wumeng Amu, the former eagle craftsman of Dong Jue's family, walked in with his head bowed.

"Everyone, this is a barbarian from Hanjia County. His surname is Wumeng and his name is Amu. He is good at raising eagles. Jingyao joined me in the second year. After two and a half years of hard work, he and his father trained five A war eagle that can only hover on the battlefield, and use the direction and number of circles in the air to send messages to the falconers on the ground!"

"Okay!" Liao Yong, who was 70 years old this year, was the first to stand up and applaud. He was so excited that his beard flew up: "Your Majesty, this is a sharp weapon on the battlefield! In this way, the number of enemy troops, every move Isn't it all in my eyes."

"Hehehe, Uncle Yong, don't be too happy. After all, this war eagle is a beast, so it can't convey too detailed information. But with this thing, it will become very difficult for the enemy to ambush us."

"Oh, my lord, even if it is like this, it is against the sky."

"Hehehe, Uncle Yong, sit down for a while." Guan Yi waved his hand: "Compared with the war eagle, I am more happy that this father and son have also bred a hundred pigeons for my Fuxing Society that can send messages thousands of miles away!"

"what???!!!"

Why can you put an egg in your mouth?Oh, yes, although the use of carrier pigeons to send messages has already appeared in ancient Egypt.But China's Flying Pigeon Biography originated in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.People in this era have no idea that pigeons can carry messages.

"Well, this summer, we have done an experiment between CD and Fuling. We released 10 pigeons from CD, and all of them successfully reached Fuling County. The fastest took nearly two days, and the slowest only took It took three and a half days..."

The people below are still in a state of stupidity...

"So next, the Marquis is going to start setting up pigeon lofts in CD, Jiangyang, and Fuling. Carrier pigeons can be used to send messages in all three places. But this is an epoch-making military weapon, so please keep it secret."

After Guan Yi finished speaking for a while, everyone finally came to their senses.Then, in an instant, Wumeng Amu was overwhelmed by everyone's saliva.

"How much weight can this carrier pigeon carry at one time?"

"Can there be direct access from Nanzhong to Hanzhong?"

"What if we set up pigeon lofts in Pseudo-Wei and Soochow?"

……

"Okay, okay!" Looking at the chaotic scene, Guan Yi also had to stand up and press down his hands: "Okay, okay, about the pigeons, after the meeting, you can ask Amu yourself. Benhou will explain to everyone first. The cultivation of carrier pigeons is very time-consuming and labor-intensive. It took us more than two years to realize the communication between CD and Fuling. Next, I plan to add Jiangyang. If it goes well, I will consider it later. Nanzhong and Hanzhong. In a word, we should gradually push forward and ensure that within three years, the carrier pigeons of the Fuxing Society will cover the current territory of Dahan!"

"The prefect is really a heavenly man!"

"Hey, brother, why are your surprises never stopped? Forget it, forget it, I wouldn't be surprised if you summoned a meteor shower one day..."

"Nonsense, my brother is not a monster like Zhang Jiao... Well, Amu, you step back. Everyone, let's get down to business now."

After Amu withdrew, Guan Yi called his family to bring in a small topographic map of Yongliang and Yibei.

"According to the many communications between me and the general in the past two years, the analysis with Uncle Yong, Gaizhi and others, as well as various information from Mi's business houses with business routes all over the world. From a comprehensive analysis, if the recent Within two to three years, on the premise that its Jingzhou and Yangzhou frontlines and its defenses against foreign races will not be weakened too much, the puppet Wei can mobilize about 30 troops to attack our big man!"

Seeing that everyone frowned, but no one jumped up and marveled, Guan Yi nodded secretly, and then continued: "Although the puppet Wei could mobilize 30 troops in theory, it is actually impossible. ,because……"

Guan Yi pointed the wooden stick in his hand to the majestic mountain range between the Guanzhong Plain and the Hanzhong Basin on the map: "Because of the existence of the Qinling Mountains, it is very difficult for a large-scale army to march, but the most important thing is, It is inconvenient to transport food, if the puppet Wei really uses 30 troops to overwhelm them, without us fighting, the logistical pressure will overwhelm them!"

"According to the multiple communications between Ben Hou and the general, and interviews with many logistics and transportation officials who participated in the Northern Expedition in the past, the following data can be roughly drawn: Ten stones of grain are shipped from CD or Berkshire, because it is a plain terrain or can be transported. Relying on Jialing River water transportation, the loss is relatively small when reaching Baishuiguan, probably only one stone will be consumed. But from Baishuiguan, you have to cross Micang Mountain, and after crossing Micang Mountain to reach Hanzhong Basin, the ten stones of grain will be consumed. There are only six stones left... If our army wants to make a northern expedition, we must either start from Hanzhong County and go to Sanguan to attack martial arts. Or start from Wudu County, bypass Qishan Mountain, and enter Longxi. No matter which route we take, we must cross the Qinling Mountains , and when our army crossed the Qinling Mountains, the six stones of food would become less than three stones...Basically, due to the constraints of the terrain, if our army were to make a northern expedition, [-]% of our army's food would have been consumed before meeting the enemy Half—it is precisely because of this that no matter whether it is the former prime minister or the current general, the Northern Expedition cannot last long, and if the puppet Wei cannot defeat us in the field, they only need to guard the various strongholds You can force my army to run out of food and retreat..."

Speaking of this, Guan Yi is also very helpless in his heart, the road to Shu is difficult.Don't talk about this era, even in the 20th century, when the country built a Baocheng railway, it took all the power of the country and it took four years to repair it - and most of the sections were only single-track!

"It is already extremely difficult for our army to transfer food for the Northern Expedition. When the puppet Wei came to attack me, he had to face the same problem. According to the strategy of the Hanzhong defense replacement plan submitted by the general to His Majesty last year, I, the big man, gave up this year. At the southern end of each valley entrance, the entire line is shrunk into each stronghold in the Hanzhong Basin. Although I strongly disagree with this strategy, it needs to be explained that if the Puppet Wei wants to attack me, it must first cross the Qinling Mountains. On this road, the grain The loss is at least [-]%!"

"After entering the Hanzhong Basin, our army must carry out fortified walls to clear the field, so that the enemy has no food to obtain, so the enemy's military food loss will not be reduced because of entering the basin... If the enemy breaks through the Yang'an Pass, it will need to cross the rice barn Mountains, this food loss will increase greatly..."

"Based on doubling the consumption of military rations during the war, a soldier needs at least two stones of rations per month, and a war horse needs at least three stones of food per month. If the puppet Wei launches 30 soldiers and 75 horses to attack... a month on the front line The food consumed will be as high as 250 shi of food... Calculated according to the loss of [-] to [-]% along the way, then the puppet Wei needs to send [-] million shi of food to the front line every month in order to ensure that the soldiers on the front line are full. Of course, the puppet Wei Wei's national strength is much stronger than my big man, and he can get tens of millions of shi of grain, but this is not the crux of the problem."

"The crux of the problem is, how many people will be needed to transport the 250 million shi of grain across the Qinling Mountains and Micang Mountain? If there are more people, will the loss along the way be further increased? Will the loss increase? How about adding civilian husbands? This calculation will be endless..."

"Moreover, the roads in Qinling Mountains and Micang Mountain are not easy to walk. Many places are wall-mounted plank roads with a width of less than three feet. On the one hand, the roadbed is not high enough to bear too much weight—grain truck The transportation volume will be greatly limited. On the other hand, the speed of transportation will obviously slow down with the increase of the grain transportation team, which will further increase the loss..."

"So, as long as the head of the pseudo-Wei family is not an idiot, he will not press 30 at one time. If he does that, he himself will collapse due to logistical reasons. Therefore, after careful calculation, we can confirm that the pseudo-Wei To attack my big man, you can only invest 15 to 20 troops at a time. Any more will not be worth the loss."

After listening to Guan Yi's analysis, everyone nodded with a heavy heart in agreement.

"After clarifying the scale of the enemy's troops, we basically have a strategy for how we should respond."

(End of this chapter)