Chapter 606: Military Food Crisis!
In the following days, Du Changjing ordered Zhao Hao, Ma Daring, and Aluke Ge to search the mansion of Jin Baiguan, and gathered the relatives of officials above the fourth rank together, preparing to send them to Xianyang.
In addition to the relatives of the four grades and hundreds of officials to be detained, the Jin Min royal family should also be detained, such as the emperor, harem concubines, princes, princesses, princes, princesses, princesses, all Changjing everything is done according to Yingchang's intentions, controlling the ruling class of the Jin Empire!
Three days in a flash, the seventh month of the twentieth year of the Holy Qin, the third day of the surrender of the Great Jin Empire!
On this day, Luo Xing finally led his martial army to Jinling City to join the Great Wall Army, the Grassland Army, and the Xuanjia Army!
Noon! The camp of the Qin army outside the west gate of Jinling City!
Handsome tent!
"It's a pity, I'm just three days away from being able to witness history and witness the fall of the Jin Empire!"
"Haha, General Luo is slow!"
"There's no way, the imperial court sent 30,000 Beijing divisions to escort the oil canisters non-stop, and the more things are sent, the slower and slower the marching speed of our army becomes!"
"How much did you bring?"
"I heard that the imperial court has pulled all the inventory of the Ordnance Department, and the 30,000 Beijing division has transported a batch that has not yet been delivered!"
"Doesn't this mean that the Jingshi has been reduced to an escort soldier?"
"I've really wronged Brother Jingshi!"
In the handsome tent, Luo Xingzheng, who had just arrived at the camp, was chatting happily with Zhao Hao and Ma Daring, while Du Changjing, Aluke Ge and Bai Qi silently watched the three of them chatting, and Aluke Ge felt embarrassed, because he wanted to interject but couldn't.
In fact, Luo Xing is not familiar with Zhao Hao and Ma Daring, and they only have a few faces, but they can talk to the point as soon as they talk about the same age.
"Ahem!" Du Changjing pretended to cough, Luo Xing, Zhao Hao, and Ma Dadao shut up when they heard the sound, and looked at Bai Qi on the handsome position, and when Bai Qi saw that the handsome tent was quiet, he looked at Luo Xing and asked, "How many soldiers and horses do you have in your hands now?" ”
Luo Xing bowed down respectfully and made a report: "King Huiwu, there are still 40,000 soldiers and horses in the hands of the last general, including 10,000 crossbowmen, 10,000 sword and shield soldiers, 10,000 pikemen, and 10,000 siege soldiers!" ”
80,000 troops marched to attack Huangshi Pass, with 10,000 casualties, and the loss of occupying Yiyang County, Yun County, and Chongnan County was zero, but each county garrisoned 10,000 soldiers and horses, so Luo Xing only had 40,000 troops available, and as for the 30,000 Beijing division, it is estimated that it is still on the way to transport fire oil tanks.
The 30,000 Beijing division has already transported a batch of oil tanks, but there are still many oil tanks that need to be escorted, and it is estimated that the war is over, and the Beijing division has not yet finished transporting the oil tanks.
After listening to Luo Xing's report, Bai Qi was silent for a moment, and then said in a deep voice: "Now the defense of the four major gates of Jinling City is the responsibility of the Great Wall Army, and the Great Wall Army is all cavalry, and the advantage is on the horse, and you will order four battalions of crossbowmen to change defense with the Great Wall Army, take over the defense of the four major gates of Jinling City, and at the same time transfer another battalion of spearmen to be responsible for patrolling in the city!" ”
"The last general obeys!" Luo Xing bowed down respectfully and solemnly in response.
For Bai Qi, Luo Xing is respectful from the heart!
"Where is General Gu Yuan!" Bai Qi called softly!
"The last general!" Aluk Go's expression of respect responded!
"In the next war, it will gradually move to the south, the cavalry of the Grassland Legion is not particularly adapted to the climate of the south at present, and the further south you go, the more likely you are to have symptoms of unadaptation, so this king decided that the next expedition, the Grassland Legion does not have to participate!"
"This king gives you a task, the officials above the fourth rank of the Jin Empire and their families, as well as the people of the Jin Min royal family, will all be escorted to Xianyang and handed over to the imperial court for processing, in addition to people, but also to escort the treasures in the treasury of the Jin Empire, as well as the various rosters and household registrations of the six departments of the Jin Imperial Court!" Bai Qi ordered expressionlessly.
"The last general obeys!" Aluk Goe replied with a solemn expression.
Although he really wanted to continue to participate in the next expedition, but the conditions did not allow, as Bai Qi said, the more he continued to fight, the more he fought to the south, the climate difference was quite large, which would make the warriors of the Grassland Legion feel unwell, unaccustomed to the water and soil, and affect the combat strength.
Bai Qi glanced around at the generals, and then asked, "How much food is there in the army now?" ”
"King Huiwu, the Great Wall Army and the Grassland Army still have a month's military rations, and in a month, they will face the point of running out of soldiers' rations!" Du Changjing said with a more solemn expression.
Due to the rapid rush to Jinling, the Great Wall Army and the Grassland Army did not carry much food, and could only last for a month, originally he thought that Jinling City should have some food to eat, but Jinling City only had a few thousand stone of food, which was not enough to eat for a few days.
As for whether the grain of the Zhao army was captured, no, Zhao Cheng was too a chicken thief, he led the army to the city of Jinling, and did not bring too much food at all, and the food was replenished while eating, although it was very troublesome, but it cut off the possibility of the enemy army snatching the military food.
In the Battle of Jinling, the Qin army defeated the Zhao army, except for the weapons and armor captured in one place, there was no gain.
"Wu Jinjun still has 150,000 stone of grain!" Luo Xing said.
When Wu Jinjun entered the customs, he carried 300,000 stone of grain, and after three months, he had eaten 70,000 stone, and then left a part of the grain for the troops stationed in various places, so only 150,000 stone of grain was left to distribute.
"That's not enough!" Du Changjing frowned, and his expression was solemn.
Now the Great Wall Army and the Grassland Army have 90,000 cavalry, and the consumption of 90,000 cavalry is comparable to the consumption of 400,000 infantry, plus 40,000 military troops, they can eat 5,000 stone of grain a day, even if they save a little food, they have to eat 4,000 stone of grain a day.
4,000 stone a day, 40,000 stone in 10 days, 130,000 stone in a month, this is still a case of frugality, under normal circumstances, 150,000 stone a month must be eaten, plus a month of grain storage of the Great Wall Army and the Grassland Army, which means that the army can only last for two months, and after two months, it will be hungry!
"Can you borrow grain from the people of Jinling City?" Ma Daring made a rare suggestion.
When Zhao Hao heard this proposal, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Save it, yesterday I took people to Jinling City to patrol, almost ten steps away, a group of people came forward to beg for food and money, the streets and alleys are full of beggars in tattered clothes, if it weren't for the three words Jinling City written at the gate of the city, I thought this was a beggar city!" ”
"The Jin Empire has almost lost its youth, and it is not surprising that there are a large number of beggars, it would be good if they didn't ask us for food, and they still want them to lend us food?" Luo Xing said slightly speechlessly.
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