(Girls' Literature) It's a very tiresome thing to make back and forth calculations, but there is no possibility of raising grain and grass on the spot in the Magu area, so you can only rely on the rear to transport grain and grass. After several calculations, Xiong Jingli finally summed up a formula: (1/daily loss rate)/2x daily mileage = equal to the maximum conveying distance. 1 represents all losses, the time when a cart of grain is eaten is the time that the grain cart can walk, and this time is divided by 2 because it has to go back and forth; If there are too many troops, I am afraid that we will have to divide another 2, because after the attrition rate exceeds 50%, the number of grain wagons is unbearable.

Previously, he was wrong in calculating the grain delivery of the Qin army, because only the one-way loss was calculated, and the return loss was not calculated, but it also made him wonder how much stone grain could be loaded in the Qin army's double-wheel cart? And, was the Qin army transported by water? What percentage of the grain and grass collected on the spot accounted for the Qin army's grain and grass consumption?

Of course, these are all what he thought before, at this time, when he got rid of the jaw-dropping figures, Xiang Yan and Peng Zong also reacted, Peng Zong said: "King, it is difficult to move from Ma Gu, if you enter Wancheng from Ma Valley, and the Qin army burns the boat, may our army's food and straw be difficult?" ”

50,000 people can't support it, let alone 100,200,000? Peng Zong meant this, and Xiang Yan also meant that. "King, the Qin realm is not as good as the Chu realm, the Qin realm is clear, if it is not the millet harvest season, it may be difficult to collect grain on the spot. However, if our army can occupy Jiyi, it may be difficult for the Qin army to attack us in the east in the future, and Magu ......"

"I heard that the Zhao State transported three or four hundred miles in the Battle of Changping," Xiong Jing interrupted him and talked about the Zhao army transportation in the Battle of Changping. "There is still Taihang Mountain in the middle, how did the Zhao people transport?"

"Your Majesty, the number of Taihang is thousands of miles long, across the east and west, and there are only trails in between. The transportation of the Zhao army was from Handan to the west, crossed the Fukou to Sheyi, and then passed the Hukou Pass into Shangdang County, and then took the southwest through the Baji Mountain to the old pass. With the strength of the whole country, it was transported for 500 miles, and the country was tired. "The Battle of Changping happened in this generation, and although Peng Zong was a Chu person, he also knew a lot.

"Five hundred miles?!" Five hundred miles is two hundred kilometers, "How does Zhao State transport?" ”

"Transporting millet by cart." Peng Zong replied. "Ten stones per car, three people pull it, travel 30 miles a day, and you can reach the old pass on the 17th."

"Carriage transporting corn?" Xiong Jing had seen it, and he never thought that it could also be used for military transport. If it is really like what Peng Zong said, the three people transported ten stones of millet in a cart, and the loss rate was only 1.8% that day. Ten stones of millet can be eaten for three people for fifty-five days, minus the return journey is twenty-seven days, and the daily journey is thirty miles, that is, eight hundred and thirty-three miles, which is beyond the supply distance of Changping.

"Exactly." Peng Zong couldn't help but be a little worried, Xiong Jing would also learn from the Zhao people to transport the whole country. From Chengyang to Wancheng, it is almost four or five hundred miles. "Even for the transportation of corn, more than 400,000 people need 30,000 stone a day, and 3,000 carts a day."

"Three thousand cars a day, counting the round trip on the seventeenth, that's one hundred and two thousand cars?" Xiong Jing calculates the scale of the Changping transport, a figure that does not include the 1.8% daily loss of the 34 days round-trip, which is 180,000 cars if counted. Three carts, that's 540,000 people. "More than 400,000 people fought, 540,000 people were transported, and Zhao recruited a million people in this battle?"

"No, no, no." Peng Zong shook his head again and again, "Ding men fight, Ding women transmit." Non-Handan Changping transportation, counties and towns to Handan also need to be transported. The two countries of Qin and Zhao were originally of the same origin, the Qin system originated from the Three Jins, the Zhao State was the descendant of the Three Jin Dynasty, and the Zhao pawn was also rewarded for his beheading. In this battle, Zhao was recruited by the whole country, and more than two million husbands were transported, winning or not winning, and Zhao was in decline. My Chu State is not as good as Zhao State. Today's 300,000 troops are transported thanks to the Huaishui Zhushui, although this battle also recruited millions, fortunately, it is not a multi-year battle, otherwise it will ......"

Peng Zong and Xiang Yan both wanted to defend in their hearts, so they wanted to capture Jiyi and block the eastward march of the Qin army. Xiong Jing wanted to attack in his heart, so he wanted to take Magu and wait for him to attack Wancheng, which was more than 400 miles away from Chengyang Wharf. In terms of the national strength of the Chu State, this is extremely unrealistic. Wancheng is not much closer to Chengyang, the westernmost part of water transportation, than Changping is to Handan. Zhao was able to fight with the Qin State in Changping with the strength of the whole country, and the current Chu State did not even have the qualifications to fight.

"The king wants to attack Wanjun?" Xiang Yan was silent for a while before asking.

"That's what I mean." Xiong Jing smiled and no longer hidden.

"If you want to take Wanjun," Xiang Yan asked again: "With the power of trebuchets, you may be able to break Wancheng, but the Qin State will send a whole army to attack me, and there is no other way than to withdraw the army, and the minister thinks that our army will return in vain; Moreover, the Qin people are clear, and our army will have nothing to eat for a long time. ”

After the hair was broken that day, Xiang Yan called himself a 'minister' instead of a 'last general', which seemed to represent a further step in the relationship between the two. But his position is still changing: he approves of everything that is beneficial to the Chu State, and he opposes everything that is unfavorable to the Chu State.

"Not necessarily!" Xiong Jing's expression became very serious, "The Qin people rule the country with officials, and our army marches into Wanjun, and everywhere they go, they either clean up the Qin officials, or buy the Qin officials, and let them be officials, and the Qin people can break the wilderness." If there is a cavalry that can quickly seize the city, the warehouse can also be used by me, and the day when the army enters the army, it must be the time when Wanjun harvests millet. ”

"Yes." Xiang Yan nodded, "In this way, our army's food and grass can last for a year." Dare to ask the king, how can our army win? ”

"The population of the Qin State is five times that of mine, and if both countries are recruited with six feet, the Qin army should be five times as large as mine. However, Wanjun is occupied by me, and Nanjun is my old Ying, and these two places are densely populated, and without these two counties, the population of Qin is only three to four times that of me. "Xiong Jing Dao." And the year of our army's dispatch must be the year of the Qin army's large-scale attack on Zhao, the Qin army can not take care of both ends, if the land of Wanjun is promised to Han and Wei, Han Wei may be able to help me. ”

Xiang Yan was already meditating with his eyes closed. Taking advantage of the Qin State's large-scale attack on Zhao and sending troops to Wanjun, and then allowing Han Wei to use the land of Wanjun, then the target of Chu State can only be the hometown of Yan Ying, Nanjun. Korea had almost no combat power, but the Han border was north of Fangcheng Mountain, which happened to block the Qin army's direct northward march from Sanchuan County. And the Wei State, the Wei State is mercenary, the Qin army has no time to look south, and the Chu army has taken Wancheng again, seeing that it can share the benefits, it should send troops to get a piece of the pie. The allied forces of Han, Wei and Chu fought against the Qin army, which returned a few months later, and there was a possibility of victory.

"If our army occupies Wancheng, the cavalry should quickly advance and occupy the territory." Xiang Yan asked people to find a map, pointed to the location of the analysis place, and the idea coincided with Xiong Jing, "If South Korea does not allow the Qin army to borrow the road, this is the place where the Qin army must pass through the military pass." ”

"South Korea is the only one who follows Qin, and I am afraid that it will borrow from Qin." Peng Zong shook his head again and again. It seemed to him too risky to base his hopes of victory on allies, especially on a small country as swinging from left to right as South Korea.

"Xu Zhiyiwanjun can't either?" Xiong Jing looked at him. When he thought about this strategy before, he never thought that South Korea would take advantage of it.

"No." Peng Zongdao. "Han is a small country, and a small country has no trust."

Xiong Jing looked at Xiang Yan again, and Xiang Yan said, "Five or five." If our army goes down to Wancheng with a drum, Korea may reject the Qin people; If the war is stalemate, South Korea will have to take advantage of Qin. ”

"That's it, Ma Gu will also take it." Xiong Jing insisted. His plan is somewhat similar to what Xiang Yan said, the focus is not on taking Wancheng, but on blocking the land, this is the last section of the mountain road after the Qin army left the Wuguan, blocking this place can prevent the Qin army from entering the Nanyang Basin, but South Korea borrowed the road, and the road blocking plan naturally went bankrupt.

"If our army can have a huge iron army, and a percent of soldiers wearing huge armor, and a cavalry army that is not weaker than the Qin people, it may be able to fight." After the battle, the Qin warrior knights were in awe of the cavalry sword and did not dare to fight with the cavalry riders of the Chu State, and Xiang Yan also discovered the huge difference between the iron weapon and the bronze weapon, so he said so. "Then ......"

"Ran Qin has Bashu," Peng Zong continued. As a military adviser, who doesn't want to fight the battle of Fuying? Everybody wants to. Over the past forty years, the generals and strategists of the Chu State have discussed countless strategies for recovering the Ying, not only tactically, but also strategically and thoroughly. "When our army fights with the Qin army, if a Qin army goes down the river from Bashu, and it instigates the Qi people to seize our eastern land, our army will not win."

"I'm going to teach Qi people a lesson next year!" Xiong Jing's gaze fell on the position of Muling Pass on the Great Wall of Qi in the north of Ju County, "Before marching westward, our army must occupy Muling Pass." And Bashu ......"

Sailing ships are not suitable for fighting in rivers and lakes, so Xiong Jing wanted to build the three-oared warship that is now popular in the Mediterranean.

The largest ship of the Chu Army's naval division, the Great Wing, was 27 meters long and 3.6 meters wide; On the deck were two officers, three swordsmen, four long-hooked spears, twenty-five apprentices, and at the bottom fifty paddlemen, who were only six knots fast for a short time under the calm waters;

The three-paddle battleship, 37 meters long and 5 meters wide, not to mention how many apprentices there are on the deck, the key is under the deck: its pulp hands are divided into upper, middle and lower layers, each layer has 50 or 60 people, a total of 170 people, and the speed can reach 10 knots in a short time under the calm water. In addition to speed, it also has metal ramming angles, as well as the crow hanging of the Romans, plus a torsion trebuchet, which is enough for the Qin army sailors to drink a pot.

"The Qin army's sailors don't have to worry, you try to solve the transportation and take the horse valley." Xiong Jing said with great confidence. Even if it was difficult for countries to distance themselves technologically in the era of sailing, he still believed that the Chu army could beat the Qin army's sailors to the point that they did not dare to board the ship and launch.

"If the king really wants Ma Gu, it will not be difficult to take it. But the huge armor and the huge soldiers cost a lot of money, and the ministers heard that the great engineer Ou Chou was captured by the Qin people...... "Xiang Yan is not worried, he has heard a lot of news.

"Ou Chou was indeed captured by the Qin people," Xiong Jing mentioned this headache, "Da Sima is trying his best to find Ou Chou's whereabouts. But even if Ou Chou is not there, other craftsmen can smelt the giant iron and create the giant armor. The cost is just your imagination, and the price of Ju Iron was wrongly calculated before the mansion was built; Then there is another way to smelt huge iron, if he is successful, the price of a pound of iron is less than a penny! ”