The emergence of the modern General Staff Department is due to the continuous expansion of the army's scale, equipment, logistics, and technological development, and the huge and repeated planning work relies heavily on the personal ability of the generals, which restricts the efficiency of decision-making at the top level of the army.

And in the current historical background of bronze farming and illiteracy everywhere, the establishment of a set of efficient military staff decision-making mechanisms cannot be accomplished by only one or two vassal states, because talents are limited. It is necessary to transfer the elite generals of the vassal states to serve as decision-makers and implementers, which is the ultimate secret of the royal guest to outwit him.

The fact that the General Staff forcibly summoned the elite generals of various countries under one banner meant that the vassal states knew exactly how to use each other's troops and the strength of their national strength.

If the vassal states did not participate, the vassal states involved in the Imperial Speed Order would have to face a thorny problem, they did not know anything about the strength of the vassal states that did not obey the Imperial Speed Order, and the vassal states that obeyed the Imperial Speed Order knew each other well.

In this case, it is possible for the vassal states that obey the Imperial Order to reach political deals in private, and it is not easy for large-scale conflicts to occur between the major powers participating in the war.

On the contrary, the vassal states that did not obey the imperial order may become the target of attack by other vassal states that obeyed the imperial order, because they don't know your depth at all, it is necessary to start a battle, and at the same time, the royal guest is also involved, and you have not sent troops to fight under the current enemy, and you deserve to fight you.

This leads to the fear of the royal guest, and the need to take advantage of the political and moral opportunity provided by the royal guest to swallow up other countries.

As a result, the huge drawbacks and benefits of the Imperial Speed Order are undoubtedly highlighted, but due to the breaking of the geopolitical balance, the situation has fallen into turmoil, the princes have frequently competed for hegemony, the political situation has been repeatedly shaken, and the people are miserable, so the Imperial Speed Order cannot be used without scruples, and the situation has to be extremely dangerous.

The next day, Fang Qian and Lu Gao were the first to rush back to Yongxing City, and the rest were either outside the city or in the city, and Bailiyan talked to Fang Qian alone for a long time.

After the Shao Ping War, Fang Qian set up camp in the east of Yongxing City and built a village, collecting the Xu people who had migrated from Chengcheng one after another, cultivating wasteland, and transporting supplies. And Qianyue Mountain is the gateway to the southern border of the Xu State, and the situation in the south is more familiar to Fang Qian than the Xian army.

According to Fang Qian's confession, Qianyue Mountain is unusually cold in winter, dripping into ice, and it is common for people to freeze to death in snow half a foot or even seven or eight feet, so the first thing to do when going south is to prepare cotton clothes and cotton boots, preferably leather goods.

In fact, Xianguo is located in the subtropics close to the tropics, even in the middle temperate zone of Qiunan County, the winter daytime temperature is more than 10 degrees, the day of the county is also maintained at about 112 degrees, only at night above the zero line, so the Xianguo people wear two thick coats in winter, or robes and capes, and there are no cotton clothes, let alone cotton boots.

Four years ago, the Black Turban Army caused a blizzard with strong convection to freeze the Xian Army to death, and it was expected that the Xian Army had no warm clothing and had no fear.

It is not difficult to get 350,000 pieces of cotton clothes in a short period of time, passing through Zhiguo along the way, you can purchase them on the spot, only cotton clothes and cotton boots only solve the problem, but still can not fundamentally solve the prevention and warmth of the cold winter.

Qianyue Mountain is a typical mid-latitude high-altitude plateau, while the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is a mid-latitude high altitude, and the latitude of Qianyue Mountain is fifteen degrees higher than that of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, so it is colder. In winter, bronze swords and fine iron swords can be frozen, and the temperature must be at least minus twenty or thirty degrees, so Qianyue goatskin jackets and animal skins are also needed.

The Song, Xu, and Wei kingdoms all had a large number of sheep herding in Qianyue Mountain, and there were wild beasts in the local area, and the sheepskins obtained were used to make sheepskin jackets and sheepskin pants to supply the needs of the army. But the price is not cheap, especially when sold to foreign armies, and it is often sold from the ground.

Moreover, the war lasted until the middle and late stages, a large number of herds were consumed, and sheepskins could not be supplied at all, and it was difficult to buy them again, so they could only buy them from the mainland, but the price would increase sharply due to transportation costs.

In addition, the winter clothing is too heavy, which seriously affects the marching battle, so the coalition forces are launching officies in spring and summer, and Jin Xuedi is launching an offensive in autumn and winter, because they are not afraid of the cold, and there are cashmere antelopes, the fur of the cashmere antelope is only half the thickness of sheepskin, and the flexibility is excellent, but it is more thermal insulation than sheepskin, and the outer layer wears armor, and the inner layer wears two layers of cashmere antelope leather clothes and a thin cotton jacket, which is extremely flexible and free.

The problem of keeping warm has been solved, and heating in winter is also a fatal problem. Without a fire, eating and sleeping will be a problem.

Qianyue Mountain belongs to the plateau grassland landform characteristics, the trees are sparse and the grassland is numerous, so wood is a scarce material, and the wood for large ordnance is processed in the rear and transported from the mainland to Qianyue Mountain. In winter, we can only rely on forage from spring and summer, as well as coal and oil from the interior to the Qianyue Mountains.

However, transporting fuel from the mainland to Qianyue Mountain will inevitably lead to loss of labor and money, high prices, and high costs, as well as a waste of national resources. And Wei, Xu, Song, and Yuke all have cities and territories in Qianyue Mountain, which can be hoarded or mined in advance.

And the foreign legions, either transported from the large rear, or bought on the spot for money. I don't want to spend money, and I don't want to transport it from the rear, so I can only make as many bales as possible in spring and summer and leave it for winter heating, but the effect is not satisfactory.

In addition, there are unwritten unspoken rules, such as all the captured Jin Xuedi high-headed horses, all owned by the Xu State and the Song State, and the captured iron tools, the royal guest has the priority to possess and distribute the right to dispose of them. Captured livestock, war beasts belong to the royal guests, and so on and so on and so on and so on and so on and on.

All in all, the farther away from the Qianyue Mountain, the vassal states will definitely suffer the most from logistical support.

Baili Yan's head was in trouble, and he was no longer interested in continuing to listen to Fang Qian's chatter, so he was given three days to write a summary report.

After that, he went non-stop to the Ordnance Division, warehouse, depot, and workshop to obtain equipment and materials, convened the masters of the Ligong faction, the Ordnance Division, and the officials of each workshop to arrange the operation of Yongxing City and the planning of the next two years, and the most important thing was the technical secrecy of Yongxing City, which was finally handed over to Yang Dun, Liu Zao and his sons, and Qi Mo and Shangguan Zhao of the Ligong faction.

On the third day of arriving in Yongxing City, Sikong Nan, Bai He, Su Hong, Lu Cheng, Lu Zhao, Wu Deng, Xu Fei, Jiang Zhan and others successively returned from Ye Xin and He Meng. After Jiang Rong married into the Wei Mansion, Xu Rong entered the Wei Mansion together, and at the same time, as an internal response, he cooperated with the Guangxin Mansion to monitor the every move of the Lingling and Bailiyan at any time.

For this reason, Bai Liyan promoted him to the right capital governor last year and transferred him out of the Wei Mansion, Lu Zhao was promoted from the left capital to the commander last year, Wu Deng was promoted to the left capital commander, and the feather arrow battalion was reorganized, with a total of 9,000 people. After nearly two years of training, everyone in today's Feather Arrow Battalion is walking like flying, and can make strong bows and melee combat invincible.

Sikong Nan was promoted to the governor of the left capital last year, the leopard cavalry battalion was expanded to 4,000 people, Lu Gao's post of the right governor remained unchanged, and the number of personnel in the dragon cavalry battalion was 4,000. Su Hong was promoted to the right captain, Bai He was promoted to the left captain, and the two battalions of Xiaocai and Weiwu had 2,000 soldiers each.

Jiang Zhan was promoted to the right governor last year by the right lieutenant, and went to the right capital to serve as the right governor of the people's army, leading the people's army of 4,000, and Bailiyan drew 2,000 elites of the people's army to Jiang Zhan, making its number of 6,000.

Lu Cheng was ranked on the merit list last year, and he was promoted from a soldier to a rank and a commander, leading 15 scouts, 300 meticulous work, and 50 heralds.

In addition, 2,500 people were independently placed in the logistics battalion, and the governor's baggage battalion, wounded battalion, gang battalion, and construction were temporarily led by Jiang Jie, and the boys who were in the same batch as Jiang Jie are now 17 or 8 years old.

In the last five days before departure, Zhao Xun hurried back to Yongxing City from Tiancheng.

"Zhao Shuai."

"General Wei is exempt. Ben Shuai was shocked to learn the news of the Southern Expedition, and this is not only an instruction to you, but also a practice for you. ”

"Xie Zhao Shuai missed."

"You are the handsome doorman, you should not have gone out to fight, and now the royal guest points your general, and it can be seen that your prestige is above everyone. You must be fully prepared to go south this time, whether it is the imperial speed order or the conscription order, Qianyue Mountain is a treacherous place, the defense is more important than the outside, you must not trust the alliance of the princes, you must leave a way back for yourself. ”

"Zhao Shuai reminded that he has learned from many parties about the situation of Qianyue Mountain over the years, and the princes' coalition forces either do not save them when they see death, or there are many people who fall into the well, but this time it is a royal speed order, because it is in the rear, it is much less risk than charging in front of the formation."

"Even so, don't take it lightly."

"Feel free to understand!"

"The road to Qianyue Mountain is difficult and dangerous, how do you plan to turn over grain, grass and military funds?"

"The last general plans to take a boat to the Yishan mountain range at the foot of the source of the Gong River."

"Gongjiang!" Zhao Xun was taken aback: "Gongjiang is far away from Qianyue Mountain, why go to Gongjiang?" ”

"Safety! I don't want to take my brothers with me, and I don't want to go back with them. ”

The source of the Gongjiang River is located in the east of Qianyue Mountain more than 2,000 li, it is the source of the three rivers of the four major rivers in the Central Plains, the Menghan River, the Wangqin River and the Jiapei River.

The Gongjiang River is a river that flows from west to east, flows into the uninhabited area of the Song State for more than 1,000 miles to the east, diverts to the north, and then diverges into the Zhiguo and Jin countries, forming two west and west Qinjiang and Menghan rivers.

According to the records of the famous local classic "Topographical Mountains and Rivers", there are eight roads from the Central Plains to Qianyue Mountain, four of which are in the territory of the Xu Kingdom, two in the territory of the Song Kingdom, and two in the territory of the Wei Kingdom, a total of eight roads.

There are three from Xianguo to Qianyue Mountain, the least tired, and the safest is to bypass the Zhiguo Jiapei River, enter the Song Kingdom and go upriver to the Gongjiang River, and reach the Luyi Mountains at the source of the Gongjiang River.

"Topographical, Mountains and Rivers" records that there are records such as "those who are panting and black and die violently, and people who are not tired of boating and driving" in the Gongjiang River and "traveling on the Gongjiang River, viewing the Luyi Mountain, the spirit is about to come, and the people are happy and energetic." "Describe that you can still enjoy leisure and ease when you go to the Gongjiang River. It can be seen that the altitude along the Gongjiang River to the Luyi Mountains is not high, and there is abundant water and oxygen, so there is no need to worry about altitude sickness caused by thin oxygen.

But there are pros and cons to everything, the Gongjiang River to the Luyi Mountains and Rivers are conservatively estimated to go more than 3,000 miles, after the source of the Gongjiang River disembarks, the land route has to walk more than 2,000 miles of grassland uninhabited area, in order to reach the guard base camp to gallop, the whole journey is 3,000 to 4,000 miles more than other routes, even if you can reach Qianyue Mountain on time, the future transportation and supply will be a huge problem, but where the vassal states located in the North Sea and the west of the country, the logistics support is the most difficult.