Continuing to stay in Zhuchi for two days, Baili Yan (i.e. Baili Yan) left five people with his order to wait for Sikong Nan's army, and then under the guidance of the royal guide, he hired people to drive the cattle and sheep all the way to Yuecheng.

There are a total of 61 cities and fortresses built on the livable land occupied by the coalition forces in the Central Plains of Qianyue Mountain, and there are six main cities such as the city of Zhaichi, three of which are occupied by Yuke, and one of the main cities of Song, Xu and Wei. Since the beginning of the war, five of the sixty-one city fortresses have been lost, all of which have been abandoned voluntarily due to logistical difficulties.

Along the way, the scenery of Moon City is quite magnificent, with snow-capped mountains and valleys and endless grasslands. According to the royal guide, the Hengqian Mountains to the west of Mt. Sentake and the Luyi Mountains to the east are like two outstretched arms, dividing the entire continent into two from north to south.

The Heng Qi Mountains stretch 18,000 miles to the west to reach the Bo Ling Sea, just like the impassable roof that falls across the territory, blocking the way for the Wei Kingdom to go south and expand the territory of the Heng Ling Mountains, so no one has ever known the true face of the Heng Qi Mountain and the south of the Luyi Mountain since ancient times.

More than 40 people, each with three war horses, traveled long distances and traveled quickly, with an average daily travel of less than 200 miles, compared to the previous Central Plains, one person and two war horses alternated in turn, running for 250 miles a day without feeling tired, the plateau march was too difficult, walking too fast, and it was easy to get tired and sick.

It had been fourteen days since he arrived in Yuecheng, and he was in too much of a hurry when he passed through Zicheng and Boyang on the way, and he was sleepy and tired of horses, and he was delayed for three days.

Yuecheng is named after the half-moon shape formed by the east-west direction of Tiannan Mountain, where Tiannanguan is located, and the formation of a mid-altitude plain.

When entering the Moon City, it was still early, and under the guidance of the Yuke guide, the group came to the Military Aircraft Division of the Political Institute of the Yuke Avant-garde Army.

The Military Aircraft Division was noisy at the moment, and the generals from the vassal states were talking a lot, and a royal guest hurriedly entered, and reported to the imperial marshal Cao Chizheng:

"Imperial Marshal Qi, the general Wei Xian of the southern expedition of the Xianguo is here."

As soon as the words fell, there was a discussion under the tent:

"Wei Xian, is that the new doctor of Xianguo?"

"It is rumored that this person is only twenty-three or four years old this year, and he defeated Han He under Yin Yang City back then."

"In the past two years, it was this son who kept the black turban thief out of the tomb, which is extremely good. In the first battle, Beihai County attacked 700 miles with light troops, and captured two cities by traveling 100 miles in a day. ”

Everyone was talking, and the marshal Cao Chi was quite calm, he didn't think that one person could change the situation at the moment. After settling down, Cao Chi said expressionlessly:

"Yes, please."

"No!"

When he was young, Baili Yan entered and came into everyone's sight at first glance, and he was quite surprised. Cao Chizheng moved his gaze from the sand table to Bailiyan, and was also taken aback. I saw Baili Yan wearing strange armor, with an unknown pocket around her waist, and a bag on her shoulder, which was incompatible with the armies of other countries.

Bai Liyan quickly glanced left and right at this time, and the left and right sides were full, but the uniforms and dresses were distinct, and the generals of the vassal states were all clearly in their own right.

In the center of the lobby, there was a sand table model, and a man in his fifties, with slightly gray hair, wearing thin scale armor, and not tall, but very energetic, was looking him up and down with blazing eyes. There is almost no doubt that this person is the marshal Cao Chizheng.

After a moment of silence, Cao Chi asked:

"Your Excellency is Wei Xian, the doctor of Xianguo?"

"Exactly, this is the return of the speed order and Wei's tooth card, please take a look at the marshal."

"Excuse me, no one in the world dares to deceive the world and steal his name in front of the generals."

Cao Chi was ordering someone to return to the speed order, and then said:

"General Wei has been fortunate all the way here, come here, take a seat."

"Xie Yushuai."

The royal guest took the horse and put it on the right side of the sand table, Bailiyan walked in, and suddenly found that it was the beast Wang Yanfei who was staring at him:

"Wei Xian, General Wei!" Wang Yanfei said coldly, he no longer recognized the second son of Qiguo who was kidnapped by him to the Jin State back then.

Baili Yuan's heart was angry, but he could only force it under the public:

"Your Excellency is Wang Yanfei!"

"Hmph, it's General Ben."

The last time Bailiyan saw Wang Yanfei was seventeen years ago, and Bailiyan was still the living Bailiyan at that time, and she had a vague impression of Wang Yanfei. But among the Jin army who can be regarded as famous generals, Wang Yanfei is the number one person.

Previously, he had learned from Pu Taiji that the generals of the Jin Kingdom, the Zhi Kingdom, the Song Kingdom, the Wei Kingdom, and the Xu State had arrived, and it was Wang Yanfei who took the lead in the Jin Kingdom, so there is no doubt that among the Jin generals, except for Han He, Wang Yanfei is the oldest, and he should be in his early fifties this year.

Forcibly suppressed the heart fire path and sat down, at this time, the royal guest handed over a military information, which surprised Bailiyan. The military situation has given a detailed account of the changes in the situation over the past month, and the latest news is that it arrived just yesterday.

The situation is even more serious than the news obtained before, Tianshu City, the gateway of Tiannan Pass, had been lost fifteen days ago, and the enemy army had arrived two hundred miles south of Tiannan Pass yesterday, with 300,000 troops, only a lot more. Counting the time delay caused by the scout's return to Yuecheng from the south of Tiannan Pass, the vanguard of Jin Xuedi's cavalry will be able to reach outside Tiannan Pass by tomorrow at the latest.

Tiannan Pass as the only way to the north, 600 miles to the west is the Xu Tu City of the Patriotic Country, 650 miles to the east is the Song City Chi Duhui City, each other is difficult to bypass and capture, the Central Plains Coalition Army takes Tiannan Pass as a barrier, and moves troops to the east and west freely, so if you want to go north, you must first break through the Tiannan Pass and cut off the center of the Moon City.

At the time of reference, Cao Chizheng issued two orders, the first was to order Xiaochi, the main city of the Wei Kingdom, and Ye Sui, the main city of the Song State, to step up preparations for war, in case Tiannan Pass was lost and Yuecheng was besieged. If Tiannanguan, Yuecheng, Xutu, and Duhui are the first line of defense after the outer defense line is lost, the main cities of Xiaochi and Yesui in the middle line are the core of the second line of defense.

The second order was given to the guards of Tiannan Pass, and it was strictly ordered to stick to it. This command may seem simple, but it is not easy to do.

Different from the fighting between the princes of the Central Plains, the Southern Barbarian Jin Xuedi has a soft spot for fighting generals.

The two armies fought, and the fighting generals were purely bored when they were full, and there were almost no records of the vassal states of the Central Plains asking for fighting generals in battle. Only Jin Xuedi has to challenge in front of the battle every time, and it takes three or two days to pick it. If he does not fight, Jin Xuedi will resort to all kinds of humiliating methods to force the coalition forces to accept the challenge.

The most obscene thing was to cut off the head of a naked woman, then insert a torch into the woman's lower body and aim the crotch at the coalition forces. even arrested the Central Plains woman and disemboweled her in front of the coalition forces, all in all, in the eyes of the Central Plains people, Jin Xuedi is not a person at all.

Just as Bailiyan was pondering, Cao Chizheng suddenly asked:

"Does General Wei Xian have any insights into the current situation?"

Bai Liyan returned the information, got up and raised his hand to give a slight salute and said:

"I don't dare to take my opinion seriously, but Wei took the liberty to ask the marshal about it, I don't know what the strength of our army is?"

"I have 350,000 troops, 200,000 Song troops, 50,000 Xu troops, 100,000 Wei troops, all the generals here still have a total of 100,000 accompanying soldiers and horses, General Wei is here to lead 30,000 troops, at present our army strength is 840,000, Nanban Jin Xuedi is reported to be 800,000, our army is stationed in Yuecheng and Tiannanguan line 200,000, Xu Tucheng 150,000, Duhui 150,000."

"Wei is a newcomer, and he has never fought with Jin Xuedi before, and he doesn't know the depth of Jin Xuedi's combat power. It is said that our army is so disposed that Jin Xuedi should not be able to break through our army's defense line, but now that our army is so passive, I dare to ask the marshal what is the difference between our army's tactics and Jin Xuedi's tactics. ”

"General Wei is really telling the truth, hehaha......" Wang Yanfei sneered, and the generals followed suit.

Cao Chi was silent, ignoring the laughter of the crowd, he said:

"General Wei has never seen Nanban."

"I've only seen records from the classics before, Jin Xuedi has white skin, gray hair, gray eyes and sharp teeth, and in addition, there is no difference between him and my Central Plains people's eyes, ears, nose and mouth, arms and legs. In addition, the blade used by Jin Xuedi is indeed powerful, Wei has heard of this, but our army will not be so vulnerable. ”

"It seems that General Wei only knows one thing, but he doesn't know the other. General Wei knew that Jin Xuedi had five fierce beasts, namely the battle fang, the fierce wolf, the toothed tiger, the unicorn horse, and the flying eagle beast, to help in the battle! ”

"It is said that the unicorn had horns on its head, which was about three feet taller than the tall horse, and was more robust, galloping like electricity, and could carry fifteen or sixteen stone goods without getting tired. Jin Xuedi relied on these horses to transport a large amount of supplies, which was far superior to the logistics of our army. ”

The unicorn seems to be a unicorn, but it is more than twice the size of the ordinary tall horse, and the load reaches fifteen stones, which is equivalent to the transportation capacity of the new four-wheeled baggage cart developed by Yongxing City, and is the total amount of all the rations and meat that two sturdy soldiers need for a year, and can even kill the horse for meat if necessary, and continue to serve as a food ration and provide a source of food.

For the current civilization of the Central Plains in the Bronze Age of Farming, it is almost unbelievable to carry capacity, as long as a warrior is equipped with such a unicorn, he can march non-stop throughout the year without the need for secondary supplies.

Therefore, the Jinxuedi people need to support the million army and the number of people is equal to the number of the army, while the Central Plains to ensure the basic food, drink and Lazar of the million army, within a radius of 2,000 miles, at least 4 million people need to relay, and for every 1,000 miles of distance, one million more people need to be added, and at least 15 million people need to be mobilized to relay transportation, and sixty percent of the rations are consumed on the road.

Even if there is water transportation in the inland, the inland rivers cannot enter the plateau, and at best it can only save manpower for inland transshipment.

And because the Jin Xuedi people got rid of the manpower burden and pressure of logistics, they can free up more manpower for war, and they are still fighting a protracted war with super intensity, a dozen is five or six years or even seven or eight years, so the logistics capacity of the unicorn has become a nightmare for the Central Plains coalition army, but in the eyes of Bailiyan, this kind of livestock is simply a patch, and it is a disaster for the bronze farming civilization.

Over the centuries, the coalition forces have captured this kind of unicorn many times, but they are all stallions, and they cannot mate with ordinary mares in the Central Plains to give birth, so the Central Plains countries have never been able to produce their own unicorns.

The war fang is a kind of elephant with a height of two and a half feet, and it can be known from the classics that this kind of war fang has tusks with a diameter of 30 centimeters at the root, has a long nose, and is covered with long hair, not so much an elephant, but a mammoth, or a mammoth. During the war, he shaved off his long hair and put on iron armor to attack and kill, which can be described as extremely fierce

Hell, there are no elephants at all in the Central Plains, even in the tropical and subtropical Xianguo and Changsun countries, there are no elephants.

And these two animal resources alone provide Jin Xuedi with a huge strategic advantage.

[Note] In the war during the agricultural period, the war and the battle for the city were the appearance of a bloody war, and the victory or defeat of the war was still affected by the logistics, the state system and the bureaucracy, and the quality of the generals and soldiers was only one of them.

Whoever can provide more efficient logistics and who can free up more manpower from logistics will be able to put more manpower into war production and war behavior. Therefore, the war during the agricultural period was fought more in terms of logistics, manpower, national strength and state system. Therefore, in the Art of War, the chapter on internal affairs accounts for more than 60 percent, and the strategy and combat strategy account for only more than 30 percent. It can be seen that logistics and internal affairs are more important than the use of troops itself.