"Your Majesty, we've been walking for too long, so let's just rest in front for a while." In the marching procession, Li Zhuo and Zhao Yong rode on horses one after the other, Zhao Yong looked at the surrounding geographical environment from time to time, and then circled the map to make a mark. And Li Zhuo, who was not wearing armor, but was shirtless, still biting the grass stalks, looking at Zhao Yong for a while, and looking at the brothers of the team for a while, when he was bored, he looked at the scenery and saw if there was any game to pass the stomach.

Although he really wanted to help Zhao Yong do something, Zhao Yong insisted on handling it himself, just let him manage the team and arrange rest. He would meditate for a long time in a dangerous place, then stop on the bank of the river, run so fast that the whole team would follow him, and then after running out for a while, he would begin to look back at the road from which he had come, and sometimes even run back and forth, and so on until he stopped. Every time Li Zhuo wanted to ask, he asked Zhao Yong to wave his hand, signaling not to disturb his train of thought. Li Zhuo simply stopped asking, just took care of the team, and never interfered in Zhao Yong's affairs.

"Well, find a place and take a rest, everyone is tired, and you won't be able to get to Jiumen today." Zhao Yong didn't raise his head, still looking at the map, and nodded to Li Zhuo.

"The gentleman doesn't plan to go back soon, let's hurry up, more than thirty miles a day, it's already good."

"Having said that, but this time it came out, this black cauldron can be regarded as being borne by the two adults, I hope that Mrs. Tai will be merciful and will not blame them." For his cheap mother, Zhao Yong still expressed his gratitude from the bottom of his heart, although this lady is not inconspicuous, she is safe and stable in the palace, and she is also considerate to the palace people and eunuchs on weekdays, but Zhao Yong knows that as long as it involves herself, this kind lady does not mind turning into a tigress. This kind of different kind of love sometimes makes Zhao Yong very jealous, because his parents died early, and he became a successful person by himself.

This is also the reason why he is reluctant to face Mrs. Tai alone.

"Your Majesty? Your Majesty? ”

"Huh? What's wrong? Zhao Yong came back to his senses and looked at Li Zhuo with a reluctant smile.

"Ugh." Seeing that Zhao Yong's face was a little ugly, Li Zhuo asked with concern, "What is on your mind?" ”

"No, I just thought of Mrs. Tai and Father Jun, and I was a little distracted for a while." Zhao Yong lied, and in order to prevent Li Zhuo from mentioning it again, he quickly diverted the topic and said, "By the way, do you know why I have to come to Jiumen?" ”

"Didn't you say that you want to survey the route of the attack on Zhongshan, and observe the situation of the Qi army by the way?" Li Zhuo asked with some confusion.

"Of course, that's what we're going to do. However, there is a third reason. Zhao Yong said mysteriously.

"What is the reason?" Li Zhuo's curiosity was completely seduced.

"Let me ask you, do you think that capturing Zhongshan will do me any good for Zhao State?"

"Good words? I guess there's a lot of land. Although Li Zhuo has read military books, he may have a lot of wonderful ideas about the use of tactics, but from a strategic point of view, he has not established it at all, so his answers, although to the point, are often not constructive.

"You can say the same thing." Zhao Yong sat on the stone, put the map away, picked up a small branch from the side, and then on the ground, slowly sketched it. Li Zhuo looked at it while studying, and before Zhao Yong finished drawing, he could see that this was a simple map.

"You see, there are two routes here, namely the Zhanghe River and the Fuyang River, which flow through Handan. Thanks to these two rivers, there is a flat river near Handan, and the land is fertile, which is an important source of military food for our Zhao country, and it is also the foundation of our country! The ancestors of the Zhao State have constantly changed the capital, so that this land can nourish the soldiers of the Zhao State. Speaking of fighting here, Zhao Yong paused and said to Li Zhuo, "You have been in the army for some time, do you know the difficulty of transporting military rations?" ”

"I know that." Li Zhuo said with a rare face: "Generally speaking, one person can carry six buckets of rice, the soldiers bring their own dry food for five days, and one person can supply one soldier for eighteen days." Li Zhuo thought for a moment, and then continued, "But if you count the way back, you will have to fold in half when you reach the front line from the rear, that is, where one person supplies a soldier for nine days' march. However, the specific situation depends on the distance of the road and the changes in the terrain, and if it is a mountain road march and the food consumption is huge, it cannot be calculated according to this number. ”

"Yes, this method, a short-term march is okay, but a long-distance march will outweigh the losses" This is also the inspiration that Zhao Yong got through the battle of the house.

He never imagined that during the Warring States period, the burden of logistics was so heavy. If a war of 100,000 people is launched, even if it is a short distance, then such a burden is too great, because Zhao Yong knew through Wu Guang and others that all supplies are carried by the people, and if there is a need for large-scale battles, vehicles will be used, but even so, the logistics burden is still a very serious problem.

"What about a long march?" After all, Li Zhuo had never experienced this kind of thing, so he was a little curious.

"If you march for a long distance" On this issue, he really consulted Wu Guang, "One soldier for one soldier is an idealized situation. A short march is acceptable, but a long march is a risk of going back and forth, so you can't make a few more trips back and forth, right? ”

"How's that?"

"There should be three for one."

"Three for one?" It was Li Zhuo's turn to be surprised, "Why do you need so many people to supply?" ”

"It's understandable. Three people for one, three people carry a total of one stone and eight buckets of rice, if each person has two liters of rice per day, then one stone and eight buckets of rice, for the first six and a half days four people eat eight liters a day, and send back a porter to give him four days of rations; For seventeen days the three men ate six litres a day, and a man was sent back to give him nine days' rations; For the next eighteen days, the two men ate four liters of dry food a day. In this case, the march would take about thirty-two days, and the distance to and from the round trip would only be sixteen days. Zhao Yong said, outlining the data with a tree branch on the ground and explaining it to Li Zhuo.

"Then, if it's an army of 100,000, wouldn't it take 300,000 people to deal with the baggage?" Li Zhuo asked softly, lest he said something wrong.

"Actually, more than 300,000. You think, there is not only food, but also cooking utensils and repair tools, and where there is no pasture, the forage needed by the horses of the cavalry troops should also be counted in it. If so, 400,000 is a conservative number. Zhao Yong sighed, through this battle, he also really felt the cruelty of war, it is not the so-called game of stacking troops at all, sometimes, the more soldiers, the heavier the consideration of logistics, and the greater the requirements for the country's national strength. If it is a stalemate war, the requirements for the country are even higher.

"Oh my God, this... This is just..."Li Zhuo was stunned this time, he didn't expect that he only knew about fighting, but he didn't expect that there were more important things to consider here. It seems that he is really too tender, and this kind of co-ordination skill is definitely not something that can be learned overnight.

"From Handan to Lingshou, about 400 miles. I have heard that a Wei warrior, if he marches in a hurry, can advance more than 100 miles a day, that is to say, it will take about four days, and if there are 50,000 troops, he will have to divide about one-third, that is, about 15,000 people to escort these baggage, and the actual combat force is about 35,000 people. Counting the 150,000 baggage troops, that is, the Zhao State needed to mobilize about 200,000 people to be able to barely attack Lingshou. ”

"Uh..."

"Of course, this is only for the sake of making an approximate number, but if it is really 200,000 people, at two liters of rice per person per day, for a total of eighteen days of round-trip, the grain required is about 30,000 stones." Zhao Yong said, and painted it to Li Zhuo, "With the grain near Handan alone, it may be possible to support such a small battle, but we also have Qi State, Yan State, Wei State nearby, and there is also a Qin State that is eyeing the tiger." Do you think there is enough food near Handan? ”

"Therefore, if Zhao wants not to be bullied by other countries, he can only annex Zhongshan and occupy the plains south of Zhongshan." Only then did Li Zhuo suddenly realize that the capture of Zhongshan was not only a problem for him to become a confidant, but also a higher strategic consideration.

"Yes." Zhao Yong said with a smile, in fact, not only that, if Zhao Yong's idea is to become a big country to compete with Qin, Qichu, maybe he has Zhongshan and Zhao, it's okay. However, if he thought that he would face Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of the ages, he still felt a little lacking in confidence. To put it bluntly, the unification of the Qin State is in the right place at the right time, and all three talents are available, while the Zhao State has not yet embarked on a normal track.

In front of Zhao Yong, it is not only the reform of the army, building an iron-blooded army, but also finding a sword, and more importantly, there is also the reform of internal affairs, the growth of food, and the increase of population, which all need to cross the river by feeling the stones, after all, in this era, there is no example that can be learned by yourself. And his shallow knowledge of history is not enough to support a grand and credible reform program.

In the country of Zhao, the conditions are not very sufficient, militarily, although there are many veterans, there is a lack of handsome talents, just a pang, more than enough to be the main general, but there is still a lack of fire for the handsome; Younger, Lian Wu and Li Yan are also just emerging, and they are not yet people who can support the beams; As for small characters like Pang Nuan and Lian Po, they can't be counted on for a while.

Not to mention in internal affairs, Fei Yi, Zhao Bao and others are okay to be logistics and consultants, but among the younger generation, there are almost no available people. Not to mention talents like Li Kui and Shang Ying.

Therefore, Zhao Guo is now short of talents and has reached a desperate situation.

A thousand things, a thousand things. Zhao Yong shook his head, the more he thought about it, the more headache he felt, so let himself recall his poor historical knowledge more and find out if there was anything to learn from.

Just as Zhao Yong and Li Zhuo were discussing, a commotion sounded, attracting the attention of Zhao Yong and Li Zhuo. Li Zhuo saw Zhao Yong's displeasure, so he took a few steps, saw that the soldiers were surrounding a person, did not let him go forward, and said angrily, "What's the noise?" ”

As soon as everyone saw Li Zhuo come out, they immediately dispersed. Only then did Li Zhuo see that the person who came was a person with a delicate appearance and a similar grade to himself, so he frowned and asked, "What happened?" ”

"When this man saw that we were resting here, he came forward recklessly, and insisted on going to his master, saying that he had something to discuss. Naturally, the brothers are going to block it. One soldier said. In order to hide their identities, these people are dressed as business travelers, so the title will also be changed.

When Li Zhuo heard this, he knew what was going on, so he said to the man, "Who are you?" Why did you see my master? ”

The man looked at Li Zhuo, and Xu saw that his identity was different, so he said, "Can you be the master?" ”

"What does that look like?"

"It's nothing." The man looked at Li Zhuo and said, "I see that a few of them look like business travelers, so I will discuss with you whether you can take me to Wei State, or give me a horse and a little dry food." ”

"What are you going to Wei for?" Li Zhuo said suspiciously, "Are you from Wei?" ”

"I am a native of Zhongshan Lingshou, and I went to Wei State, of course, to show what I have learned in my life." The man said proudly.

"That's not right." Li Zhuo said suspiciously, "Zhongshan and Wei have always been at odds, you are a Zhongshan person, why do you have to go to Wei State." ”

"Good birds choose trees to perch on, and virtuous ministers choose the lord to serve. Without a good monarch, no matter how talented he is, what is the use? The man said in frustration.

When Li Zhuo heard this, he was a little annoyed, thinking that Zhongshan and Wei are separated by a Zhao country, you don't go to Zhao and go to Wei, that is, I don't have a virtuous lord in Zhao country? This touched his scales, and he was about to refute, but he heard the man say: "What's more, I also have a feud with Zhongshan, and my ancestors are also from Wei, and they used to be famous in Wei. ”

Hearing him say this reason, Li Zhuo was not easy to refute, it turned out that he was once a minister of Wei, which was similar to Pang Cong's situation, presumably his ancestors were also in Wei State, so they fled to Zhongshan.

However, after thinking about it carefully, he felt that the troops, if it was really the ancestors who were humiliated in the Wei State, why did the descendants return to the Wei State? Feeling strange, Li Zhuo asked, "Since your ancestors are from Wei, why did you become a person from Zhongshan?" ”

"Because the ancestors were sealed in Lingshou by Wei Wenhou, although Zhongshan was restored, my generation did not dare to forget that he was a person from Wei. It is a wish to serve the homeland with his talent, and he will return to the glory of his ancestors one day! ”

"It seems that your ancestor is still very famous, I don't know who the ancestor is?"

The man raised his head proudly, looked at Li Zhuo, and said without humility or arrogance: "The ancestor Wei Guole Yang once led the Wei army to level Zhongshan, and then sealed it in Lingshou. ”

"Oh." In fact, Li Zhuo is not aware of this fact, but being able to lead Wei Wushu to destroy a country is also unattainable, especially since the country destroyed is Zhongshan, which is enough to make Li Zhuo look up to the mountains. Treat him with some respect.

"Then I don't know what your brother is called?"

"A certain Nai Le Yi!" This time, he was even more proud.

"Le Yi? Haven't heard of it. Li Zhuo thought about it and said, "So..."

"Le Yi? Are you Le Yi? ”

Everyone looked back and saw Zhao Yong, who was still calm just now, and for some reason, they looked at this young man named Le Yi with some gaffe. Could it be that this person is famous?

Yes, Li Zhuo and others would not have thought that this person was so famous that many people compared themselves to "wind music talents" after this. This music refers to this young man.

Of course, the current Le Yi is just a young man with a confused face, who was so frightened by Zhao Yong that he wanted to run away.