Li Xiang is just a chief, and it is impossible for such a military position to participate in any military secrets. However, the combination of his account and the intelligence found by the Qingzhou Army can confirm something, some things that the Qingzhou Army has been suspecting, but cannot confirm - Yuan Shao's logistics have also gone wrong.

Lack of food is the eternal theme in troubled times, and while the war has caused great damage to production, it has also intensified consumption, and it is the proper meaning to make ends meet.

The supply of grain and grass had a huge impact on the war.

In history alone, in the many battles of the Three Kingdoms era, the influence of food on war can be said to be ubiquitous.

The most famous is that in the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao raided Yuan Shao's granary, Wuchao, thus laying the foundation for the victory of the war. The strongest sustainability is Zhuge Liang's six out of Qishan, except for the first time when he was broken by Zhang Jaw and had a strategic reason to retreat, the rest of the times, almost every time he retreated, it was because of lack of food.

In addition, there was also the dispute between Lü Bu and Cao Cao for Dongjun, and the dispute between Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao for Hebei, and in the end, it was the side that had problems with logistics and supply, but the stronger force.

Wang Yu adopted the strategy of avoiding the enemy's edge and luring the enemy into the depths in the case of successive battles, which was also due to Tian Feng's reminder and worries about logistics supply, for the same reason.

Qingzhou has a lot of logistical pressure, but will Jizhou be easy?

In the context of the war that swept almost the entire territory of Jizhou, although Jizhou has a rich warehouse, but since the Battle of Jieqiao, Yuan Shao, who has mobilized nearly 200,000 troops, can not have any pressure at all?

What Qingzhou is uncertain about is just how much logistical pressure Yuan Shao has.

Now, through Li Xiang's narration, the truth has surfaced little by little.

Yuan Jun's logistical pressure has been on for a long time, and it is not because of the lack of storage capacity in Jizhou. Rather, it was because the focus of Yuan's operations had been changing repeatedly.

Before the official start of the Hebei War, Yuan Shao was on the defensive. On the one hand, he had to prepare for a frontal decisive battle, and on the other hand, he had to accumulate heavy troops in the rear to guard against Gongsun Zhan's light cavalry and surprise attacks. Therefore, at that time, in addition to the routine delivery of money and grain to Yecheng, Jizhou was also sending it to the counties of various counties, especially the counties located on the front line.

So, in addition to Qinghe, Yangping, Anping, Yecheng. The remaining counties were left with only a minimal reserve of money, food, and soldiers. This is also the main reason why after the Montenegrin Army sent troops, it crisscrossed Anping and Zhao State, and no one could stop it.

If there are few soldiers, the combat strength will be weak; If there is less food, the mobilization capacity will be poor. The combination of the two will naturally only be invincible.

After the victory of Jieqiao, in order to maintain the offensive, Jizhou's reserves began to focus on transporting to Qinghe and Anping to ensure the smooth advance of Luyi's 50,000 troops.

As a result, in the Battle of Longminao, the army of 50,000 was wiped out. As a reserve, Zhang Jaw also won first and then lost, causing the power of the coalition forces to counterattack, losing its combat effectiveness, and could only be trapped in the lonely city. The Qingyou coalition army swept through Anping and Qinghe counties. The previous investment was all wasted, whether it was manpower or material resources, Yuan Shao's losses were extremely heavy.

The subsequent battle situation has also maintained a rhythm of ups and downs.

From the beginning of the bitterness. After that, it was surrounded on all sides, and then it became a decisive battle in Qingyuan. Later, it was changed to use Qingyuan as a base, protracted warfare, and finally evolved into a pursuit war, Yuan Shao's counteroffensive strategy changed again and again, and the strategic center of gravity and the place where the grain was stored naturally also changed.

However, this kind of thing can not be completed overnight, and the strategic focus of several strategies is different, and the land of grain storage is naturally different. The reason why Yuan Shao changed his strategy to a stalemate battle after he didn't find a fighter in Qingyuan was that in addition to the blow of Yan Liang's defeat, the more important thing was that there were difficulties in the supply of grain and grass.

In the era of cold weapons, few people had the will and ability to launch expeditions, and the most important reason was the loss of grain and grass during transportation. The so-called thousands of miles of food, the soldiers are hungry, which vividly illustrates this truth.

If you rely on the people's backs alone, one person carries six buckets, that is, about 60 to 80 catties of grain, and the people eat two buckets a day, and at most they can only walk for 36 days. Suppose that the grain transport team can travel 30 miles in a day, and when the grain is exhausted, it will be almost exactly 1,000 miles. Thousands of miles of food, to the end, there is only a bag left.

Of course, the loading efficiency of carts and horses will be much higher, but the loss is also indispensable, and cattle, horses and livestock can eat more than people. Considering the effects of attrition caused by illness and accidents, as well as the delay of the itinerary due to weather changes, and the fact that the people had to return after the arrival of the grain, the transportation of grain was a heavy burden for the princes.

Although Yuan Shao is very rich, he can't stand him so tossed, except for Yecheng, his strategic focus has changed again and again, and the place where the grain is stored has been exchanged for it, but the consumption of the people on the road is quite amazing.

In addition, since Zhang Yan sent troops, the security in Jizhou has become much worse, and soldiers and horses have to be sent to escort the grain, which once again increases Yuan Shao's burden.

In the end, Yuan Shao not only had many soldiers, but also a large part of them were guest troops.

Except for Liu Dai, who did not cross the river to join the Yuan army, and only brought dry food, the rest of the allied troops only came with mouths. It's not enough to eat, generally speaking, the guest army is fighting in a different place, in order to maintain morale and avoid low morale of the soldiers due to homesickness and other reasons, they have to be rewarded from time to time, and even double the military salary, this money, Yuan Shao is naturally duty-bound.

From a certain point of view, Wang Yu successively repelled Liu Dai and Cao Cao, and in addition to boosting his prestige, he also reduced part of the logistical pressure on Jizhou, with 50,000 mouths missing, which is a bottomless pit!

The strategy of the three-way army marching together, whether there is an ambush or not, Li Xiang can't say clearly, but he said in a very positive tone: "Yuan Shao will definitely not be able to hold on, when he ordered Zhang Zhijun to divide the troops and march, he said it clearly, let us try to raise money and food by ourselves, and also said an elegant word, what is it......"

"Because of the food of the enemy?" Li Shiyi continued.

"That's right! That's the word! Li Xiang clapped his hands, and the sycophants immediately followed: "It's still the eleventh brother who is knowledgeable, and he has the fairy spirit of the prince and the marquis, it's just different." ”

The sycophants were patted, but Li Shiyi's face was even worse, he raised his eyes to look at the crowd, and then looked at the town not far away. Leng Sensen asked: "So, you are burning, killing and looting in Qinghe, and harming the people?" ”

Li Xiang has no great ability, but he is a lot of cleverness, and he heard that his tone was not good, so he suddenly shuddered, and hurriedly cleared up: "This can't be complained about, I'm just a little chief, and I don't want to do whatever people tell me to do?" Again...... Again. I'm also a big girl in a sedan chair - the first time, by the way, I haven't moved my hands in the town, don't believe you ask them! ”

He was also really anxious, and he panicked. Fortunately, the last sentence is still a bit convincing.

"You didn't do it, why are people chasing you?" Li Shiyi's tone was still cold, but Sen Ran's meaning was a little less.

He understood why the people who had been held captive were so angry, and he would certainly be angry if he had been so angry about this unjustified calamity. Whoever kills the people will surely die, but if he is just an follower, he will not be guilty of this. After all, it's the brother of the family who didn't come out of the five suits. If the mistake is not big, he doesn't want to be merciful.

"At this moment, who can tell who is who? Isn't it just a matter of catching someone and beating them? Say it after you get the evil anger out of your heart? Hearing the looseness in the other party's tone, Li Xiang let out a long sigh of relief. He pointed to the chaotic crowd and said, "Look at it, it's all in chaos, who has the time to look for someone?" ”

What he said is not unreasonable, but as a reason to exonerate himself. But it was not enough, and he saw that Li Shiyi still had an uncertain look on his face. He hurriedly threw out the last reason: "Actually, few of the people who beat people and robbed women are our fellow villagers in Hanoi." ”

"Oh, what do you say?" This time, even Tai Shici moved slightly. If there are other troops mixed in the Hanoi army, it is very likely that Yuan Shao dared to divide his troops into three routes.

"Returning to the general." Li Xiang was obedient and saluted first, and then explained: "Zhang Yuanjun is from the upper party, and he, the Hanoi Taishou, was also appointed by Yuan Shao, not the imperial court, and the Taishou appointed by the imperial court is the king's envoy!" If the name is not right, it is not good, so he can only cronyism and promote all his descendants. ”

He nagged a little aggrievedly: "Take that bastard who abandoned his horse and ran away, don't look at the fact that he is leading a team of 100 people, but in fact, he is a chief, but he is from the party army, not from the Hanoi army, but he is a general, not only him, as long as he is from the party, even if he is a small soldier, he is more popular than me......"

He was already a bit talkative, and this grievance was even more gushing, and there were a lot of private goods that were entangled, but the meaning was clearly expressed.

If it is purely based on the imperial decree of the imperial court, the current Hanoi Taishou is indeed Wang Kuang, but this is not the main reason for bothering Zhang Yang. Like many foreign princes, Zhang Yang's troubles mainly came from the balance of internal factions.

This is actually a common problem in the Three Kingdoms era, and between the foreign strong dragon and the earth snake, there must always be a high and low level.

the conflict between Yuan Shao and Fu Zhu, the conflict between Tao Qian and Chen Deng father and son in Xuzhou, and Xue Li and others; the relationship between Liu Biao of Jingzhou and Cai, Kuai and other Jingzhou clans; the relationship between Liu Yan of Yizhou and the Shu sergeant clan; Even the relationship between Liu Yu and Gongsun Chan in Youzhou can be classified into this category.

In order to overwhelm the head snake, outsiders must have their own descendants, and they must closely rely on these descendants to carry out a long-term struggle. If not, it will be hollowed out by local factions and turned into puppets, the most typical example is Liu Biao.

Liu Biao's prestige is not lower than Liu Yu's, and his ability and demeanor are also among the princes, and he is also an ambitious figure, otherwise he would not have such a feat as riding into Jingzhou alone. However, after stabilizing Jingzhou's interior, he was completely unable to expand.

The east and west sides are the same sect, not to be insulted, for the sake of safety, it is okay not to provoke the side, but the Nanyang in the north is very empty. Zhang Ji fully cooperated with Dong Zhuo's main force to attack Luoyang, but encountered Zhang Liao, was beaten with a blue nose and swollen face, and relied on the death battle of his nephew Zhang Xiu to barely escape.

But as long as Liu Biao has a little bit of strategic vision, he should not let go of this opportunity to fall into the ground.

At that time, Cao Cao's main force was fighting fiercely with Wang Yu in Hebei, Yingchuan was empty, and after Liu Biao captured Nanyang, he could take Yingchuan into his pocket by taking advantage of the situation, and it was not a lie to capture Chenliu.

But he sat still and missed the fighter plane in vain.

Are there no soldiers in Jingzhou? Jingxiang soldiers, all the way to the Sui and Tang dynasties, and even the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, and even modern times, are very famous. Can defeat Sun Jian's strong army, will it have no combat effectiveness?

Lack of food? It's even more nonsense, after the war in Hebei is in full swing and the civil strife in Xuzhou continues, Jingzhou is probably already the richest state and county in the Han Dynasty, how can there be no food?

The reason why Liu Biao is not moving like a mountain is nothing more than that the local factions are hindering each other, and he can't be the master.

In view of this, the princes of all walks of life were actually trying to expand the power of their lineages and suppress the local factions. The conflict between Liu Yu and Gongsun Chan is the most obvious.

If you don't suppress it, it will be overhead, and the east wind and west wind always have to divide the winner and lose, so even if you know that the suppression process will reveal flaws and lose strength, the princes still have to do it, which is an unsolvable problem.

Zhang Yang is one of the people who is trying to suppress the enemy faction, and so far, he has done a fairly successful job, but it has some side effects. This side effect was more obvious in this looting operation.

"Before leaving, Zhang Yuanjun ordered that try not to hurt people, let alone disturb the people, and after collecting grain, we must also leave people with winter food and next year's seeds, and we will only take the rich. But as a result, that damn chapter threw the whip when he saw someone, and pulled the ...... out when he saw a woman with a little pose."

Li Xiang said angrily: "At the beginning, those two villages had not yet been robbed, but then they robbed too much food, and he was tired of carrying them, so he simply robbed the men together." "Oh," he said to the crowd, "There are a lot of people who are not from this town at all, and they are evil, but it has nothing to do with us, they are all caused by those gangs of the party." ”

He felt that he was almost exculpable, and after speaking, he put on an innocent expression, only to be choked back by his cousin's words: "Didn't you say that you were the first time?" ”

"Yes......" He opened his mouth, he had nothing to say, he hated this in his heart, he couldn't wait to pump himself in the mouth, obviously he was almost over, if he didn't talk so much nonsense, wouldn't he make himself sick?

"Captain Li, let you step down from your brother first." Tai Shi Ci spoke again, although it was Li Shiyi, but Li Xiang trembled suddenly, he was afraid, the three hundred iron horsemen were terrible, but this fierce general who captured the flag like nothing was not much worse, and it was not wrong to say that it was even more terrifying.

"Whoa." Li Shiyi knew that Tai Shici had something to discuss, so he hurriedly drove Li Xiang away and let the two cavalrymen keep an eye on him.

Li Xiang is frightened now, this is a big deal! That general has to kill himself! However, this doesn't seem reasonable, doesn't it seem like I'm such an important person?