A dark town, the Chu Palace where the music and dancing have stopped, and the south bank of Rushui thousands of miles away are all under a piece of moonlight. In the shogunate of the Chinese army, Xiong Jing has long been asleep, and the legal calculations, strategists, and Sima in the palace continue to calculate and quarrel. Tomorrow, the two armies will face each other, but it is more likely to be a pursuit. In order to maximize the pursuit, the shogunate is trying to save every stone of corn and tap the potential of every carriage.

The Qin army faced the problem of a lack of horses, and the coalition forces also faced this problem. The total number of horses of the Chu army, plus the newly purchased 50,000, has reached 210,000, plus about 20,000 war horses and military horses, a total of 230,000 horses; The Zhao people who moved south had very few horses, and only Wei had horses, but Wei had less than 100,000 horses, and more than 60,000 horses could be requisitioned.

Qi has a lot of horses, and this year another 40,000 were purchased, and the total number of horses pulled is not less than 200,000. The reason for this lies in the Jixi defense line, if the water is frozen in winter, it will require grain to be transported to Jixi by land. In case the grain and straw accumulated in Jixi were burned or seized by the Qin people, more than 300,000 Qi troops and more than 100,000 soldiers could only rely on the rear to transport grain and straw. A distance of more than 400 miles and nearly 500 miles requires so many horses. After all, the Qin army's most habitual trick is to consume grain and grass.

The country of Qi was already rich, and the trade with Donghu has a long history, and it is not surprising that there are more than 200,000 horses in the country. The number of horses in the state of Chu has been increasing since Xiong Jing's accession to the throne, initially only 100,000, then more than 100,000, and now 230,000.

The 340,000 troops in the south of Xiangcheng, not counting the Zhao army, compared with the configuration of the carriage of the Chu army of 20 people and one cart, there were more than 13,000 baggage carriages in the army, 52,000 horses, plus 15,000 war horses, about 3,000 military horses, and the number of horses in the army was not less than 80,000. Ten men on horse, the roughest estimate is that the whole army needs at least 1,200 tons of supplies per day, that is, 1,200 four-wheeled wagons per day.

Twelve hundred four-wheeled carriages don't seem like much, but counting the distance is a lot. A five-day journey required 12,000 wagons (48,000 horses) and a ten-day journey of 24,000 wagons (96,000 horses).

The journey is like this, and more importantly, the cost of the road. The five-day journey required the loss of 42 percent of the goods transported, and the 12,000 carriages were instantly turned into 20,689 (82,756 horses); The wear and tear of the 10-day journey was almost unbearable, with one ton of materials getting on the bus at the starting point and only 0.16 tons of materials getting off at the end point, and 84 percent of the materials were lost on the road. Counting the huge losses, the number of carriages became a staggering 150,000 (600,000 horses).

If the number of troops and especially the number of horses in the army were not reduced, the existing 270,000 horses (67,500 carriages) would only be able to support the eight-day journey of the army. In eight days, if the logistics and transportation regulations of the Chu army were strictly followed, they could only advance 480 miles (starting from Wancheng). This mileage is converted into the actual location, and the most to the north is to Xinzheng, and the west cannot exceed Liangyi (now Linru Town West).

Horses are very delicate creatures, and the south is not a place to breed horses, and since the establishment of the Great Sima Mansion, the treatment of horses has continued to improve. In the past, I used to eat 10 kilograms of soybean beans a day, but now I eat 10 kilograms of beans and alfalfa every day. The work is getting less and less, and the four horses only pull one ton, and they only walk sixty miles a day. Therefore, in the calculations of the Qin army, the Chu army could chase all the way to the Yellow River (only 220 li at the farthest), but in the calculation of the Chu army, the closest to the Yellow River was to the north, but there was still a distance of 120 li.

In the words of later generations, the Chu army is called a dumb war, and it looks the same as the Hunan army and the Beiyang army. They can only rely on the logistics line to fight, and rarely jump out of the logistics and transportation line to conduct mobile operations. The pursuit was also pursued along the logistical line, so it could only be pursued for a short time, and could not advance in great strides. The most important thing is that the wounded soldiers can be treated and cared for in a timely manner, and the number of war losses and non-war losses is getting closer and closer.

In the second half of the night, it was Pingdan, and the shogunate was still noisy, at this time, the huge curtain of the curtain in and out of the curtain was lifted, and the whistling north wind immediately poured into the entire shogunate, and the first to break in was full of anxiety, and he asked, "Where is the account manager?" Where is the accountant Sima? ”

Behind the captain was a stretcher, on which a wounded man was carried. If you are injured, you should go to the medical tent, you should not come to the shogunate, and now that you have come to the shogunate, you naturally have important military information.

"Who is this?!" At night, there was a tent Sima in the shogunate, but the war was imminent, and all Sima was completely sleepless, Peng Zong saw this and asked, and Zhuang Wudi and others also continued to ask.

"Uncle of the King." The captain who sent people in was busy. The man on the stretcher was drenched and half covered in blood. The man wanted to raise his hand but couldn't lift it weakly, only his lips moved, but unfortunately his voice was too small to hear what he was saying.

"It's the king's uncle, Mi Wu." The pawn showed a jade pendant, on which in addition to the family crest of the Mi family, was also engraved with the word E.

Sima didn't sleep in the army, and Nao Xin didn't sleep either, as a person sent to the shogunate by Zhibisi, of course he could identify Mi Wu's identity. Hearing this, he snatched the jade pendant, looked at the injured person on the stretcher, and nodded heavily: "It's Mi Wu, where did he come from?" ”

"The subordinate soldiers patrolled the night, and heard the cry for help on the bank of the Rushui River......" The chief of the soldiers was hesitant and uneasy. Because he was afraid that it was the trick of the Qin people, when the cries for help stopped ringing, he ordered someone to go and check.

"Healer!" Mi Wu was Mi Xuan's uncle and the king's maternal uncle, and the hostage exchange did not exchange him for returning to Chu. Zhuang Wudi felt that he might be dying, and immediately shouted for a healer.

"Mi, Mi Xuan......" In the noise, Mi Wu, who still had his last breath left, finally raised his hand, but his hand quickly fell. When Zhuang Wudi hurriedly reached out, he was no longer breathing.

"This, this...... What should I do? The face of the chief who gave it to the account turned black instantly. The king's maternal uncle died, just because he was not in a hurry to rescue, this crime is a big crime.

"What did he say when he saved him?" Sima is a smart person, and Mi Wu must have some kind of purpose in risking his life to break through Rushui.

"Uncle, uncle......" The sweaty pawn shook his head again and again, and finally, he remembered something, "Letter! There is a letter. ”

There is indeed faith. There is a silk book sewn into the clothes of Mi Wu, and although the brocade silk is soaked by the river, the words on it are still legible. Xiong Jing, who was urgently aroused by Zhuang Wudi, looked at the words on the silk book, took a short nap while thinking, and then quickly woke up. He wished he was still in a dream, but the silk book was real, and the words and blood stains on it were also real.

With a 'whoosh', he almost jumped out of bed, letting his feet stomp on the cold ground.

"Summoning Sima Shang!"

"The king, the minister thinks that this matter should be cautious......" Zhuang Wudi said urgently.

"Summoning Sima Shang!!" Xiong Jing drank vigorously.

"Your Majesty, it's not appropriate to summon each other late at night. If this is true, the flying news will definitely not be able to pass after dawn, and it will not be too late to summon Sima again at that time. "The three armies of the left, center and right, Sima Shang's tent is ten miles away, and he suddenly summons each other in the middle of the night, Sima Shang has no dissenting intentions, how can he really have different intentions, this move must be a surprise.

"Summoning - Sima Shang !!" Xiong Jing was no longer screaming, he stiffened his neck and screamed, this shout penetrated the shogunate, echoing in the cold night sky of the winter night, the busy magicians, and the bewildered Sima outside the tent were all shocked.

"Summoning Sima Shang." Zhuang Wudi had no choice but to order, if he didn't summon Sima Shang again, the king would definitely enter the Zhao camp to ask for the guilt.

"No need." Xiong Jing, who was wearing armor, did not have the slightest expression on his face, and he did not want to wait for a moment.

"The king shall not be! The king must not!! Zhuang Wudi knelt on the ground when he heard this. In a panic, something flashed in his mind, and he shouted: "This Qin people's plan, this Qin people's plan to divide the world!" King, this Qin people's plan to divide the world! ”

Xiong Jing's eyes were red, and the word 'separation' seemed to make him regain some of his senses slightly, but he still threw the bloody silk letter on Zhuang Wudi's body, "This is also a plan to dissociate?!" The queen mother has never liked Mi Xuan, and even threatened to kill Mi Xuan......"

Concubine Zhao's words are not unaware, he just pretends not to know. If not, why would he spend his heart and soul to build Xiaoyi into a fortress? Otherwise, why would he teach those men, women, and children of the Mi clan by word and deed?

"Summoning Sima Shang!" Draw the sword out of the sheath, and then put it into the sheath with difficulty, Xiong Jing said.

"Summoning Sima Shang, summoning Sima Shang quickly!" Zhuang Wudi finally persuaded Xiong Jing, but this calmness was temporary. The Xiong Jing in front of him was like a volcano about to erupt, maybe it would collapse and explode in the next second, and Zhuang Wudi immediately asked the confessor to urgently summon Sima Shang. When Sima Shang comes, maybe everything will be clear.

The sound of horses' hooves outside the tent hurriedly left, and the Xiong Jingzhu sword in the tent was in his hand, and the murderous spirit was aggressive, and no one dared to speak out loudly. In this kind of death-like quiet waiting, Zhuang Wudi's face became worse and worse-the king calmed down for the time being, but what about Sima Shang? If what is said in the silk book is true, if it is really Sima Shang's son Sima Mao who led three thousand Zhao soldiers to attack Xiaoyi and kill Mi Xuan and the fetus in her womb, what will happen to Sima Shang except death? And what will a man who has no choice but to die?

The Chinese shogunate was silent, and a cacophony voice in the left shogunate was speaking.

"When the king relieved Li Mu and the generals of the military power that year, did he have any thoughts? Now that the killing of Mi Xuan has been leaked, what does the general think will happen to the king? What about the Queen Mother? Save the general? Jianxinjun, who had been in Qin for a long time, sat in Sima Shang's tent and spoke in a tone where everything was under control. He is the prime minister of the Zhao State, and if he appears on the front of the Zhao army, he will naturally be sent to the shogunate.

"I believe in the plan of separation." Sima Shang's face stiffened, and his fingers couldn't help shaking. He knew the consequences of the revelation, but he didn't expect the matter to be revealed now, and there was no room for maneuver at all.

"What about the letter?" His abnormal movement completely fell in the eyes of Jianxinjun, and Jianxinjun smiled. "King Jing loves Mi Xuan very much, and when he hears that Mi Xuan is dead, he will lead the army to ask for the guilt, and the general thinks it is ......"

"General Yu, King Jing urgently summons the general to the shogunate of the Chinese army." Halfway through Jianxinjun's words, someone entered the account to report. The smile on Jian Xinjun's face became brighter and brighter, he looked at the visitor a few times, and asked, "Is this ugly boy?" ”

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