"Then what do you say these 200,000 troops eat?"

Yingbu asked leisurely.

When he came out, he brought a lot of military rations.

But the months of marching could not be endured without any addition.

At present, the grain and grass in the army can only last for another twenty days at most.

And originally thought that he would get some supplements after arriving in Loulan, but now it seems that he can get a loneliness at most.

It's good if you don't withhold the military rations and replenish them, and you still get replenishment from here?

Yingbu is angry at you, Zhao Tuo said that he wanted to stabilize this frontier base, and Lao Tzu admitted it.

But what are you steady?

Is it simply to let Lao Tzu have a place to sleep?

What do 200,000 people eat and drink?

You can't even do the most basic material support, what kind of stability are you talking about here?

"There is always a way, will you still starve to death?" Zhao Tuo felt that Yingbu was a little overly nervous.

"I believe you're a ghost!" Yingbu scolded Zhao Tuo angrily, and then got up to leave.

He felt that Zhao Tuo was a very unreliable person, and he was joking with the lives of the soldiers.

200,000 people, that's 200,000 people.

How much rations are needed for this day?

According to the current amount of military food storage, even if he Yingbu has the ability, it is impossible to get enough food.

Even if you bring all the grain that Loulan just received, it won't last long.

Seeing that Zhao Tuo couldn't provide enough food and grass for himself, Yingbu also began to get anxious.

Food must be obtained as soon as possible, otherwise the morale of the army will be scattered.

But after thousands of miles along the way, the troops were very tired and in a very bad state.

You have to go through ten days and a half of rest before you can go into battle.

According to their current state, they will fight directly, and they will completely go to find death by themselves.

It's also a shame that His Majesty didn't hand over the command of the Shu County Barracks to Zhao Tuo to be responsible, otherwise he would have been killed by him.

In other words, when he arrived in the Western Regions, Yingbu had absolute autonomy on how to act.

However, the premise is that it is necessary to complete the strategic goal assigned by the imperial court, that is, to gradually compress the living space of the Xiongnu from south to north.

"Don't talk nonsense, just talk about the surrounding situation!" Yingbu was in a hurry to ask people to find Yang Biao and ask about the surrounding situation.

"The surroundings of Loulan are safe for the time being, the Huns in the neighboring cities have already withdrawn, and they will only come back occasionally to sweep it, and the situation in the distance is not very good, the Huns have been hoarding there, but they are also staring at this side, and if there is a slight movement, they will retreat immediately."

"But there is one point, the Xiongnu do not have many troops here, basically only a few hundred to one or two thousand, and the looted things will be transported away immediately, it seems to be guarding against us." Yang Biao told the surrounding situation one by one.

Yingbu's brow furrowed even tighter, what do you say?

The Xiongnu looted too hard, and the Han army did not put pressure on them from time to time.

So the booty left to them locally is basically negligible.

Even if Yingbu focused on this place in the future, he would not be able to get more food and grass.

"My troops must be rested, and it will take at least ten days, and you can never imagine how difficult it will be to walk, but my food and grass will only be enough for twenty days at most, and it is still under control." Yingbu said directly.

is also a soldier, plus Yang Biao was born in the Praetorian Guard.

Although he is a general of the Western Regions, from a system point of view, he and Zhao Tuo are two independent departments, and they only have a cooperative relationship with each other, and there is no relationship between superiors and subordinates.

"After marching for four months in a row, and crossing the plateau and cold region, you should know how tired your body is, if the conditions do not allow it, this situation will have to rest for at least a month before you can recover."

"I thought that Zhao Tuo would prepare grain and grass for the army, at least let the army spend the rest period, but I didn't expect it to be hasty......"

"Anyway, the army has no food and grass, this is true, and it is too late to transport it from the Han Dynasty, so the only way is to use local materials."

"My troops can't move now, so you must go out with your troops, do everything possible to collect more grain and grass, and send people to the north to investigate and find the main position of the Huns."

"After the army is rested, I will leave you with 30,000 people, and the task of recovering the southern part of the Western Regions will be handed over to you, and the old man will take the rest of the north to implement the encirclement strategy!"

Yingbu directly stated his arrangement.

"Okay, the general will arrange manpower to take over the defense as soon as possible, and when the general's people come, I will take my subordinates to the surrounding area to raise food!" Yang Biao nodded.

This is indeed the only way.

At the beginning, the distance they walked was relatively easy, but even then the troops were a little tired, not to mention the army that came all the way from Shudi.

Yang Biao also saw those soldiers, they were indeed very tired, this state could not be faked, everyone was from here, and it could be seen at a glance.

However, the shortage of grain and grass is a very real problem.

Therefore, he could only let himself, who had been recuperating for a long time, take 15,000 people to the surrounding area to raise food, and the defense of the two cities would be temporarily handed over to Yingbu to be responsible.

Defending the city can be regarded as rest, anyway, there is nothing to do under normal circumstances, and it doesn't take too much effort to stand guard or something.

It really doesn't work, just sit or lie down on the city wall to rest, and everyone takes turns to observe.

On the issue of grain and grass, Yang Biao certainly considered it.

But it was useless for him to think about it, because there were not enough troops to raise, and there was not much food and grass to raise.

So he had to wait like this, and his grain and grass were replenished during the last time he transported grain.

At the same time, in their spare time, the soldiers themselves planted some food behind the city, barely able to achieve self-sufficiency.

But if you add 200,000 people, they will be in the same situation in less than half a month.

After discussing with Yang Biao, Yingbu directly transferred 15,000 people to continue on the road, and went to change guards with Yang Biao's troops.

After Yang Biao completed the change of defense, he immediately led his 15,000 men to attack everywhere to raise grain and grass for Yingbu.

At this time, there are not too many requirements for the quality of grain and grass, as long as it can be eaten, it will be said that it will be carried first.

As long as the army rests and finds the location of the Xiongnu, the problem of grain and grass can naturally be solved.

By attacking the enemy to obtain supplies, this strategy of fighting to feed the war has penetrated into the hearts of every Han Chinese who came to the Western Regions.