The scale of this battle of the emperor's personal conquest was unprecedented, the expected duration was long, and the consumption of materials was terrifying.

Therefore, the staff station and the military department attached great importance to it, and concentrated all the elite manpower to be responsible for this matter.

The staff station wanted to show its skills and let the emperor win a hearty victory, so it had a lot of requirements for the speed of the combat troops' march.

And all this is based on the desperate work of the logistics troops.

Although the logistics troops do not directly go to the battlefield to fight, in order to let the front-line troops go to the battlefield to fight, the logistics troops must also fight for their lives, otherwise the front-line troops will not be able to eat, and what kind of battle will they fight?

Although it is the responsibility of the logistics troops to ensure that the problem of food is guaranteed, you front-line troops must also consider the limits of logistics, and you can't just mess around, and don't treat logistics and transportation personnel as human beings, right?

However, in order to win the victory faster, the General Staff really put forward high requirements for the logistics personnel.

After Dong Zhao, the secretary of the military department, learned that the staff station had set extremely high standards for the logistics troops, he rolled his eyes in anger and directly led people to the staff station to find trouble with the staff station.

In the staff station, Dong Zhao slapped the table and spitted again, constantly reprimanding the staff officers of the staff station for being dazed for the sake of war and not treating the logistics troops as human beings.

Xi Zhong was furious and scolded Dong Zhao and other logistics personnel for being incompetent.

The so-called raising troops for a thousand days and using troops for a while, Jizhou and the state have not been mobilized on a large scale for several years, and the people have been accumulating for a long time.

If it doesn't come in handy now, where will all the money spent on your meals be used?

Embezzlement?!

What's the point of keeping you guys?

Don't you eat dry food and don't do anything?!

Dong Zhao was furious, blushing and quarreling with Xi Zhong.

Xi Zhong rarely had a chance to vent, and he also spat at Dong Zhao, and the more the two scolded, the more they scolded, it seemed to escalate to the point of personal attacks.

Then Guo Peng came and brought Guo Jin.

After dealing with the matter at hand, Guo Peng routinely came to the staff desk to discuss military planes with them, and discussed tactics and tactics and the main points of marching and conquest.

During this time, every time Guo Peng came to the staff station, he would usually bring Guo Jin and let him listen more, watch more, and learn more.

Guo Peng did not ask him to learn how to fight, but asked him to learn how to make overall plans and organize logistics for the front-line army.

And it is necessary to truly understand what the march and conquest are all about, so as to ensure that when you fight in the future, you will not spend money in vain, and you will not be deceived of the hard-earned family foundation.

After a period of study, Guo Jin also mastered a lot of small skills, but as soon as he came today, he saw Dong Zhao arguing with Xi Zhong, and the two of them were so red that they were about to fight.

"What do you think we are? Think our bodies are all made of iron?! Shall we not eat or rest? Tired people, are you responsible?! ”

Dong Zhao pointed at Xi Zhong and scolded angrily.

"The front-line soldiers fight with their lives! Of course, this kind of thing is that the sooner it ends, the better, and the sooner it ends, the less logistics auxiliaries and civilians have to do! I'm thinking about you! Why are you so ignorant? ”

Xi Zhong in turn accused Dong Zhao of not knowing what to do.

"I don't know what's wrong? I don't know if it's you! Let me tell you Xi Zhicai, if one person is tired of logistics, I will fight hard with you! ”

Fifty-year-old Dong Zhao quarreled, and this anger was not lost to forty-year-old Xi Zhong at all.

Xun You's face was full of hesitation, and he didn't know who to persuade.

Guo Jiazuo took a look, I don't know where to find a handful of small pastries, and watched the two quarrel while eating, looking complacent.

Guo Jin, who watched this scene, didn't know how to express his emotions.

A group of people were arguing, and when they saw the emperor coming, they quickly ended the quarrel and bowed down one after another.

"Your Majesty."

"Hmm."

Guo Peng stepped forward a few steps and said with a straight face: "What is the noise?" Military affairs are not child's play, what results can you quarrel with? As a chief officer, you must pay more attention to your words and deeds, and you are not allowed to do so in the future, both of you will be fined for one month! ”

After ending the quarrel without pain, Guo Peng began to understand the situation.

It turned out that in order to end the war as soon as possible and reduce the consumption of national strength in this war, Xi Zhong asked to speed up the process of the war and the speed of the army's march.

And this places higher demands on the logistics troops.

Dong Zhao, who was in charge of logistics, found this difficult to accept, believing that the logistics department was basically in difficulty, and that continued acceleration would put logistics in danger of collapse, so he came to the staff station and Xi Zhong Theory.

Then the two quarreled.

"Your Majesty, the auxiliaries and civilians in charge of logistics are also flesh and blood, and they also have to eat, drink, and rest, if they are excessively asked to speed up, I am afraid that something will happen and people will be tired to death."

Dong Zhao said: "In the past big war, there were occasional cases where the army advanced too fast and the logistics could not keep up.

But Your Majesty, logistics and transportation itself cannot be faster than the march, so there is a saying that the three armies have not moved the grain and grass first, they want to be beautiful, and they can eat wherever they go, but logistics and transportation are also manpower and material resources. ”

Guo Peng nodded and looked at Xi Zhong.

"Gongren's words are reasonable, logistics and transportation are very difficult, and it will never be easier than marching, Zhicai, your requirements can't be too high."

Xi Zhong bowed down and said: "Your Majesty, this matter is also a request made by the minister after consideration, this battle is huge in scale and costly, Hebei is likely to be exhausted after several years of accumulation, and it may also need the support of Qingyan Erzhou in Henan."

The minister thought of the future inventory demand, and the disaster relief that may be needed under natural and man-made disasters, and hoped to leave some inventory for Hebei, so as not to need the inventory when the inventory has been exhausted. ”

Guo Peng nodded again.

"There is no problem with what Zhicai said, it is right to have such an idea."

After speaking, Guo Peng looked at Guo Jin.

"Prince, what do you think?"

The ministers looked at Guo Jin, who was standing beside Guo Peng and had never spoken.

Guo Jin was stunned for a moment, realizing that this was also Guo Peng's test, and immediately started to use his brain and think about it.

"Your Majesty, Erchen thinks that what Xi Lingjun and Dong Butang said makes sense, but Your Majesty said a long time ago that if the grain is gone, you can plant it again, but after a year or two, you can accumulate a lot, and if the people are gone, you can't grow without more than ten years of work.

I Wei development so far, thanks to the four words [people-oriented], no matter when, we should stick to these four words, not necessary, can not give up people, as long as people are still there, everything still has hope of recovery, people are gone, it is really gone. ”

After hearing this, the ministers all felt that what the prince said made sense.

Guo Peng also nodded.

"Did you hear what the prince said? This is also what I want to say, today is not a troubled time, there is stable production of grain in all parts of the world, one place is insufficient, and it is not difficult to requisition and transfer grain storage support from another place.

But if people are gone, you can't grow without more than ten years of hard work, so when you think about strategies, you must pity the people's power and not use the people's power excessively, you must remember. ”

The ministers nodded their heads.

"Yes."

"Well, in this regard, according to Gongren's statement, the staff station must cooperate with the military department, the soldiers must cooperate with the logistics troops, and the marching speed must not exceed the limit set by the military department."

Guo Peng set the tone for this matter.

The controversy over this matter was thus resolved, and the military department in charge of logistics gained a certain sense of dominance, and when the general staff planned strategies and tactics, it had to formulate them according to the limits set by the military department.

On top of that, we can think about other things, how to conduct the war, how to plan tactics, and so on.

However, for the Wei army, there is no need for any very creative planning, the Wei army is invincible in the world, many people see it this way, the only thing that restricts the Wei army is logistics.

Therefore, Xi Zhong felt that the tactics had been basically formed, and that's it, everything that was left should depend on how the logistics troops were arranged.

It mainly depends on Dong Zhao.

Dong Zhao was very unhappy with Xi Zhong's statement, but the emperor and the crown prince both helped him speak, and Dong Zhao couldn't say anything, so he could only honestly explain his preparations.

Dong Zhao has indeed done a lot of work and sent out all the people around him who can be dispatched.

Not only were more than half of the people from the Ministry of War sent out, but the officials from the Cabinet and the Ministry of War were also sent out to help, but this was not enough, and a group of people were temporarily seconded from the relatively idle Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which could be regarded as meeting the demand.

They traveled extensively between the major warehouses in Hebei, constantly comparing the storage data of various places to see if there was a shortage of catties in these places, and then recorded them and prepared for requisition.

After a period of recording, they have counted quite a lot of data, basically every warehouse storage has been arranged by Dong Zhao, and several counties in Jizhou and Bingzhou, including Youzhou, have also made mobilization notices.

"Are there any numbers that don't match?"

Guo Peng is more concerned about this problem.

"Yes."

Dong Zhao did not hesitate, in this case, it is estimated that the emperor will find it strange.

The officials under my command are really so clear, and all the bureaucrats under my command are law-abiding and honest like water?

Guo Peng nodded.

"How much?"

"Not much, about 30% of the warehouses have a situation where the recorded figures and the actual numbers do not match."

Dong Zhao told the truth.

"Well, it seems that it is quite necessary to conduct a comprehensive inspection before the war, if you don't check it well, I am afraid that many people will be killed at that time."

Guo Peng sneered, stood up, and said to Xi Zhong and the others: "Okay, these things are not something you need to manage, you handle the things in your hands well, and the rest of the things have nothing to do with you." ”

After speaking, Guo Peng got up and left the staff station with Guo Jin, Dong Zhao and others.