Zhang Han set up his own front-line camp in Qiu County, south of Wang Li's army, in the center of the Qingzhang River in the east of the city, to ensure the safety of Wang Lijun's Yongdao from the south, and at the same time, in order to ensure that Aocang's grain could be continuously transported to the Julu front, he built a waiyong road from Wei County to the sand dunes from Wei County along the Qingzhang River. Then he also set up his logistics base in Thorn Plain, because the geographical location of Thorn Plains made it easy to supply grain and grass.

Li Tangshan and Panli moved to the Qingzhang River with Wang Li's army.

The land of Hebei is originally short of farming, so it is particularly important to have smooth logistics.

Thorn Plains is close to Aocang and Huaxian, the two largest granaries of the Great Qin Empire, and can establish a sailor base in Huaxian, which can not only ensure the safety of transportation on the waterway to Aocang, but also get supplies from Dongjun in Huaxian, and at the same time, Guantao in the north of Huaxian can connect the two places through the Wei River, so it can also build a sailor base to build warships in Guantao, a relatively central location, so that the transport ships in the two directions of Aocang and Huaxian can transport grain and grass together under the premise of warship protection.

If Zhang Han's war of annihilation against the vassal states turned into a protracted war, Zhang Han would not be able to lose to the allied forces of the vassal states in terms of grain and grass supply, so Zhang Han chose Thorn Plain, the place closest to the granary, as his rear base camp.

Another disadvantage is that a large number of sailors are needed to transport grain and grass, because the supply line from Thorn Plains to Julu is the fastest by the Zhanghe waterway, so Zhang Han's grain transport troops march

The route is: from Aocang to Huaxian County, take the Yellow River by land and water to reach Jianyuan, then start from Jianyuan, pass through Huanshui, enter the Weihe River, go north along the Weihe River to Guantao, then enter the Weizhang River, and finally from the Weizhang River to the Qingzhang River, establish a port and build a waiyong road in Wei County, a section of the Qingzhang River, and send grain to the Wang Lijun command post in the northeast sand dune of Julu City through the waiyong road.

Wang Li was busy building the inner corridor and sending grain and grass to Julu City, so he didn't have time to deal with Li Tangshan and Panli, they became absolute idlers in the camp, and the two talked about life in the big tent.

Pan Li asked, "Are you really not going to help Wang Li and them?" ”

Li Tangshan shook his head and said, "Do you want to help or not?" ”

Pan Li: "Why? What is also to help or not to help? ”

Li Tangshan: "Madam, in the current situation, do you think that side will win." ”

Pan Li: "I can't see it at the moment, but I feel that this way of transporting grain seems convenient, but Zhang Han seems to have ignored a very important point?" ”

Li Tangshan nodded and let Pan Li continue.

"The grain transport force must be completed by a large number of transport ships, and at the same time, a larger number of warships must be used to protect it. There will be a problem here, the entire supply line from Huanshui to Zhanghe is also too long to transport by boat, and not only the naval division troops are needed, but more importantly, the naval division troops also need strong combat effectiveness. ”

Li Tangshan: "Madame's analysis is very reasonable, Zhang Han may have built a naval base to build a warship in Guantao, so that Guantao must be heavily guarded, which is to cause too many scattered troops, and the alliance army will have a chance to take advantage of it." ”

Pan Li: "So Xiang Gong believes that the reason for the final defeat of the Qin army in the Battle of Julu lies here. ”

Li Tangshan: "It should be said that it is one of the reasons that cannot be ignored. ”

Li Tangshan, who also agrees.

Li Tangshan continued: "Madam, can you see who are the armies on both sides participating in the war? ”

Pan Li: "In this way, the main force of the anti-Qin army has become the state of Chu, and the remaining coalition army is mainly divided into 2 parts: Xiang Yu's army and Liu Bang's army?" Xiang Yu's army, Xiang Yu's army is mainly composed of the Jiangdong Army, and the Jiangdong Army is also divided into Xiang Liang's main army and Xiang Yu's partial army, and the partial army is also mixed with the water division troops. Liu Bangjun, it has been some years since he started his army, and with the long-term assistance of a large group of capable Wenchen generals, the strength is only a lot more than the Jiangdong Army in Xiang Yu's headquarters, and it should be about 50,000. ”

Li Tangshan: "Originally, Xiang Yu's headquarters army was not in Dingtao, even if you add the remnants of the new training army and Xiang Liang's defeat later, it is about 30,000. Xiang Yu is only 26 years old, and he is simply a "nobody, and it should be difficult to convince the public" in the army. ”

Pan Li didn't understand and asked: "Husband, you say this, there are so many problems on Xiang Yu's side, why do you still bet with Wang Li." ”

Li Tangshan: "Not to mention the many problems, Xiang Yu's army is a miscellaneous army, and the main force includes Lu Chen's rebel army, Chu Huaiwang's "Guards" and the temporarily recruited "Baiyue Army" and so on. This Lu Chen originally followed Chen Sheng and Wu Guang to revolt, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang defected to Chu after the defeat, and later this army fell into the hands of Song Yi, and the strength was about 20,000, Xiang Yu's main army was not a ragtag army. ”

Panli looked at Li Tangshan in surprise, knowing that Xiang Yu had no advantage, what kind of medicine was sold in Li Tangshan's gourd, so he was not worried.

Li Tangshan knew: "Pan Li, do you want to take advantage of this time for us to take a look around?" Staying in the barracks has nothing to do with us, to meet our Western Chu Overlord and the Son of Heaven, maybe we can meet the ovary Lingzi. “

Panli asked curiously: "How can I see them, I don't know where they are?" “

Li Tangshan said: "It's simple, when the allies receive a letter for help, King Chu Huai will send Song Yi and Liu Bang as reinforcements to rescue, Song Yi and Xiang Yu all the way but Song Yi is in command, 2 armies, take 2 roads."

The Chu army led by Song Yi and Xiang Yu set out from Pengcheng, went north, passed through Peixian, Huling, and Kangfu, and arrived in Anyang. And this route is to deliberately avoid the area controlled by the Qin army, this area controlled by the Qin army is the "East County", Zhang Han Xianke Linji (now Xipingjie Village, Fengqiu County), then trembling, and then fighting Dong'a, retreating to Puyang, and finally killing Xiang Liang Yu Dingtao, all of which fought in the south of the East County and the southeast region, relying on the East County that was still under the control of the Qin Empire.

The Chu army led by Liu Bang went westward to Kunshan, went north along the Danshui, attacked Wuguan, and then went straight to Xianyang. ”

Pan Li: "In this way, although Liu Bang's march route is in the controlled area of the Qin Empire, most of the main forces of the Qin Empire have been transferred out, and Liu Bang has avoided the main force of the Qin army, which is very unfair to Xiang Yu." ”

Li Tangshan: "There is nothing fair and credible? I guess when the army led by Song Yi and Xiang Yu marched north to Anyang, which was still more than a hundred kilometers away from Julu City, they paused their advance! Wait for your chance! So we went to Anyang and Kunshan for a walk. ”

Panli also felt that it was too boring to wait in the barracks every day, and agreed to Li Tangshan's suggestion. Li Tangshan left Wang Li a cover and left Wang Li's military camp together.