Chapter 42: Preparation
Peng Bohai disappeared, and Jiang Hexing found his own soldiers again, and went to the wharf to the east to see the grain unloading situation. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Jiang He walked to the dock, and there was an officer to report the situation.
Since the construction of the city in Pingwu, military rations have been delivered to the docks here, and now 15 ships arrive every day. Gonglushui can't go on a big boat, and a boat can transport 100,000 catties of grain, and about 1.5 million catties of grain arrive every day.
Jiang Hexing nodded, although it is not much, but if you take advantage of the current time to transport more grain, plus local cattle and sheep. It is not a problem to transport a month's worth of grain to feed for a year.
Although the shipping capacity of Gonglu is limited and the time is short, at least half of the year can be navigated. At this time, stock up on military rations for a few years, and the Xiongnu problem will not be a big problem.
After listening to the report, Jiang Hexing agreed.
Jiang Hexing went to see the grain brigade composed of Xiongnu prisoners, which was in good order, and the vehicles were lined up, marching in turn.
Jiang Hexing also inquired about the herbs and ordnance, and they were all arranged in an orderly manner, and Jiang Hexing was very happy.
After learning about it, Jiang Hexing saw a group of people walking towards the wharf, and saw that it was the military academy students who had classes yesterday, and he gave them the opportunity to come to the wharf to learn about the transportation situation.
Jiang Hexing stepped forward and had a brief chat with the instructor, and he went back to the camp first, so that the students could have a good understanding of transportation here.
After class in the afternoon, Jiang Hexing had just returned to the camp tent, and a personal soldier reported that Master King Kong had arrived.
Jiang Hexing General King Kong was invited into the camp tent, and King Kong entered the camp to report the battle situation.
After the war, King Kong led their division to march to the camp of King Zuoxian, and King Zuoxian and others fled without a trace. King Kong kept chasing south, and the next day began to encounter a large number of Xiongnu herdsmen who were driving cattle and sheep to the south. King Kong kept chasing all the way, and the entire herdsmen were basically controlled, and those who were disobedient were all killed.
It took three full days to fully control these herdsmen, and there were many Han people from the border counties who had been plundered in the middle.
King Kong sent people to control these herdsmen, drove cattle and sheep, and came back to report on the war. Because this supply herd of King Zuo Xian is too large, it is more difficult to control than fighting, so he can only come back now after stopping all the way.
King Kong captured 200,000 horses, and the cattle and sheep were too many to count. Within a radius of several hundred miles, there are herds of cattle and sheep. Wherever cattle and sheep pass, it is almost impossible to grow a single grass.
After listening to King Kong's report, Jiang Hexing nodded again and again, and asked him if he knew the situation on Ma Yuan's side.
King Kong replied that he was rushing to the herd, but someone had already reported it. When he came back this time, it was also arranged by horse aid to drive these cattle and sheep not far from Pingwu City to supplement the future military rations. In addition, there are excellent pastures on both sides of the Gonglu River, and it is also a good place to place here.
Jiang Hexing asked King Kong to hurry up and hand over to Zhang Jie, and after the handover was completed, he led the team to return to the construction as soon as possible.
King Kong also brought a report from Ma Yuan, in which Ma Yuan said that the reorganization of the army is now basically over. Ma Biao and Wu Han still had two months to repair the city, and he planned to take advantage of this opportunity to launch a summer offensive.
The goal of the summer offensive was not the Hun cavalry, but the consolidation of the existing territory, and the main target of the attack was the Xiongnu herdsmen. Ma Yuan plans to leave some people to defend against Shan Yuting's attack, and the rest of the men and horses will take the army as a unit, and comprehensively control the cattle and sheep of the Xiongnu herdsmen on the existing territory. In this way, on the territory of King Zuoxian before Mobei, the Huns could no longer gather an army, and they could ensure the safety of Gonglu water transportation.
Jiang Hexing immediately approved the report, and sent his own soldiers to Ma Yuan overnight, asking him to carry it out as soon as possible.
Jianghexing Zhang Jie was busy with urban construction logistics and other matters, and Ma Yuan began a vigorous summer offensive, and all kinds of troops were scattered among the vast sea of grass, constantly grabbing herdsmen and collecting cattle and sheep. There were no Huns on both sides of Gonglushui, and the herdsmen around Pingwu City were gone, and more and more Hun prisoners were captured, and there were more people transporting grain and repairing the city.
Pingwu City began to have some appearance, and various constructions were also advancing, and King Kong was built. Now there is no news from Zhang Meng, the last time Jiang Hexing got the news of Zhang Meng, it was Wu Han who mentioned that he ambushed the rout of King Zuo Xian 200 miles west of Yangwu City, and later Zhang Meng also rushed to the battlefield, and the men and horses killed King Zuo Xian were now less than 3,000 people, and fled south.
After the spies returned, the Huns went southwest into the desert.
Wu Han received hundreds of camels from the Xiongnu herdsmen, all of which were sent to Zhang Meng, who left the war horses of the special warfare division in Wu Han. The whole division pulled the chariot with camels, and the cavalry all dismounted their horses and turned into infantry, followed the Huns, and entered the desert.
The battle reports of Ma Yuan were sent every day, and Jiang Hexing saw that the summer offensive was going very smoothly, and the territory of King Zuo Xian was almost empty.
Now there is also news from Shan Yuting's side, Shan Yu has gathered Youxian King and others, and has gathered about 100,000 soldiers and horses, and is now assembling near Shan Yuting.
Jiang Hexing thought to himself, I'm not afraid that you will come, but I am afraid that you will not come.
Ma Biao also sent a battle report, the construction of Yangwu City was basically completed, and Ma Biao sent a division commander to stay in the city.
Ma Biao led the rest of the men and horses to report to Ma Yuan, so that the Ma Yuan armies were assembled.
Wu Han took over Zhang Jie's urban construction work, and Zhang Jie concentrated on the preparation of logistics and the development of business in Pingwu City.
Jiang Hexing also checked the logistical preparations, and the granary had been built, and the grain in it was enough for an army of 100,000 for a year. At present, the new granary is still under construction, and after it is built, it can replenish the military supplies for another year.
There are so many war horses that can't be used up now, there are hundreds of thousands of good horses in each pasture alone, although they still need to be trained, especially to adapt to Yunlei and thunder, but with this war horse, the cavalry can be trained stronger in the future.
From Jianghexing's preparation for the construction of Pingwu City to the initial appearance of Pingwu City, two months have passed.
On this day, Ma Yuan sent urgent military information, and Shan Yuting's troops had been assembled. The horse aid has finished the summer offensive, and all the units have returned to the defense.
Ma Yuan thought that instead of waiting for the Huns to attack, it was better to attack Shan Yuting directly and strike first. Now that the Huns have been assembled, they will not retreat for a short time. The horse aid plan took them by surprise and quickly surrounded them, and then struck them hard.
Ma Yuan also asked Jiang Hexing and Zhang Jie to come to the front of the battle together.
Jiang Hexing found Zhang Jie, discussed it, agreed, and sent his own soldiers to quickly tell Ma Yuan the news. The two of them explained the work of Pingwu City to Wu Han, took some student soldiers and some personal soldiers, rode fast horses, and came to the camp of Ma Yuan.