In the first few days of Tiance Army's arrival in Lishi, there seemed to be a bit of chaos everywhere, which was not to say that Lu Bu was not strict under his control, but that there were too many affairs to deal with. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

With 20,000 troops, 7,000 slaves, and no less than 40,000 men and horses, they had to eat, drink, and lazar every day......

At this time, the military calculations that Lu Bu had taught to several of his main subordinates in Yong'an began to show results.

Lu Zhi, as the governor of Tiance Mansion, is equivalent to the great housekeeper, basically all aspects have to be considered and asked, and the notation and operation skills taught by Lu Bu have saved Lu Zhi a lot of time, so that he can easily deal with various affairs.

As Lu Zhi's deputy, Wei Qi not only had to assist Lu Zhi in handling the internal affairs of the Tiance General's Mansion, but also was responsible for inventorying the ownerless acres around Lishi. This is a tedious task that has to deal with numbers from morning to night every day, because of the convenience and speed of Lu's counting and vertical calculation, Wei Qi and Jia Kui do it quickly and accurately, and they don't feel too much trouble.

Zhang Liao, as the commander of the rear battalion, was not only responsible for the supply of grain and grass for the whole army, but also placed 7,000 slaves.

Zhang Liao was now able to understand why Lü Bu had entrusted him with the logistics of the entire army, because this was a seemingly inconspicuous but very important errand.

When it comes to thousands of people, you have to deal with numbers, and making sure that every number is accurate can prevent confusion and sometimes even rebellion.

For example, the amount of grain and grass allocated to each battalion every day must not be just a vague approximate figure, but must be accurate to the battalion.

The flying cavalry battalion only has 3,000 cavalry, but it has 4,000 war horses, how much rations the soldiers eat every day, how much forage the war horses eat every day, all of which are quantitative, and how much consumption is added up, Zhang Liao, who is in charge of logistics supply, must know it well.

The middle battalion had 6,000 soldiers and 1,500 horses, but the daily consumption was less than that of the cavalry battalion, because although the number of soldiers was large, the number of horses was much less than that of the cavalry battalion.

If you only look at the number of soldiers or the total number of horses to distribute food and grass, you will make a mistake. Since ancient times, there have been countless mutinies and rebellions in the army due to the unfair distribution of food and spoils.

During his stay in Yong'an, Zhang Liao, under the guidance of Lu Bu, first learned the Lu notation, then learned the formulas and rules of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, and then learned the column-vertical rapid calculation method. In the end, Lu Bu also taught everyone how to imagine the vertical column in his mind and the skills of rapid oral mental arithmetic.

Zhang Liao is not the fastest learner in this group of people, but he has been listening to the lectures very carefully, and he seizes all his free time to practice after class, so the foundation is very solid.

Because the rear battalion was responsible for the supply of grain and grass for the whole army, Zhang Liao, as the commander of the rear battalion, naturally applied the military calculation knowledge taught by Lu Bu to the management and deployment in peacetime.

The more Zhang Liao worked with numbers, the more he realized the importance of learning military calculations. Just like Lu Bu said in his lecture, how to know yourself and your opponent? In fact, it is a comparison of various numbers on both sides of the enemy!

As the main general, when you look at the mountains of grain and grass, you must not be blindly optimistic, because as long as this mountain is divided by 20,000, it will immediately become a basket. When you see tens of millions of copper coins, don't think you're rich in the world, because as long as you divide it by 20,000, each soldier can only get one or two!

As the main general, when you see a small number, don't be careless, because as long as this number is multiplied by 20,000 times, it will immediately become very huge. For example, the amount of work to rebuild Lishi City is huge, but as long as each Tiance army chiseled back one stone a day from the foot of Luliang Mountain, there will be 20,000 stones available for use immediately.

When the base number is multiplied by the number of people, and then multiplied by the number of days, a cohesive force is formed. When the total is divided by the number of people, and then divided by the number of days, it clears people's minds.

This is Zhang Liao's personal feeling and experience of numbers.

In order to properly settle the 7,000 Southern Xiongnu slaves, Zhang Liao pondered several countermeasures, because the focus of each countermeasure was different, and he couldn't decide, so he came to ask Lu Bu.

Zhang Liao's first method was to centralize the management of slaves, dividing the 7,000 men into fourteen divisions, each with 50 to 100 soldiers in charge of guarding, supervising their work and work every day, and being responsible for the distribution of food and rewards and punishments. The second method was to divide the 7,000 slaves into the battalions, which were responsible for the management, and let them wash the clothes and feed the horses for the soldiers of the battalions, and work and cultivate. The third way is to send people to contact the Southern Huns in the north, so that they can exchange horses and goods for these Southern Huns.

Of these three methods, the first is more traditional and conservative and easy to implement, but the disadvantage is that it will occupy part of the troops. The second type is more daring, and there is a suspicion of dividing up Lu Bu's private property, but it is a great benefit for grassroots soldiers. The third type is more neat and clean, and can solve the slave's troubles in one fell swoop.

Lu Bu admired Zhang Liao's intentions very much, and after weighing it, he made an integration of Zhang Liao's plan.

More than 2,000 adult male slaves were assigned to the battalions, and they were mainly responsible for feeding and raising horses for the cavalry of each battalion, and they would also go to the battlefield as servants in future wars. These male slaves have been castrated, and their resistance has basically been cut off, so they are actually no different from livestock.

From among the more than 3,000 adult female slaves, they were selected to stay in shape and length, and they were used as camp prostitutes, washing the soldiers' clothes during the day, and everyone knew what to do at night. Pick the rest and sell them all to the Southern Huns in the north, and if they don't want to spend money, then sell them to Taiyuan and Shangdang!

The rest of the old and weak and children, it is estimated that few people are willing to spend money to buy them, but Lu Bu will not be cruel enough to order a pit to kill, he asked Zhang Liao to gather this part of the slaves and arrange a small number of soldiers to watch and manage them. They are then assigned some bearable labor tasks every day, and this is exchanged for subsistence food.

Lu Bu specially warned that these old and weak people and children should not be tortured and killed for any reason or excuse, and that anyone who dared to disobey military orders would be dealt with by military law!

As for the matter of camping prostitutes, some of them are not on the table, but they are things that the master must take into account. If you don't let your soldiers vent in the camp, if you hold it for a long time, they will find a way to go out and harm the people nearby. You can't castrate all the soldiers under your command, can you? Relying on great ideals and beliefs to fight against human instincts? Don't be funny! A month can still be forcibly suppressed by military discipline, and after the abstinence of the whole army in the month of the year, you try it.

Instead of letting the soldiers vent their ** on the children of the innocent Han people around Lishi, it is better to manage this matter in a unified manner and let the female slaves of the Southern Xiongnu bear it.

This did little damage to Lü Bu's reputation, because slaves were treated the same as animals. With camp prostitutes, it is not only possible to prevent the corruption of military discipline, but also to prevent the occurrence of some infectious diseases.

Regarding how to manage the camp prostitutes, Lu Bu also has a complete plan, if it is implemented well, not only will it not hurt nature, but it will also find a way out for the captured Hu women in the future.

Sometimes, the cruelty and ruthlessness of the alien race is actually the greatest love for the own race, which is the most realistic law of the jungle.