Chapter 106: Common Sense on the March
Lu Fan's proposal to use the Wanshiwu to help with transportation was also the result of careful consideration and calculation along with the other two who joined the army. Not to mention the part of military salaries, just the part of the food consumed can save sixty percent.
At the same time, there is no need to worry about the grain and grass being hijacked in the middle of the way, and the marching speed can be slightly increased.
After all, the food and materials have been handed over to the Wanshiwu to be responsible for transportation. The sappers only need to bring their tools, and the firehead soldiers carry the pots and pans for later use. When you arrive at the designated destination, Wanshiwu will naturally deliver the things over.
There are also rules, that is, the transportation location should be ten miles away from the target camp, which seems to be a conventional rule. If this rule is followed, it means that the surprise attack will not be possible, and it is impossible for the house of all things to transport supplies without hiding from the enemy.
The problem is that on Sun Ce's side, the generals are Han Dang, Huang Gai and Zu Lang. The generals are Sun Ce, Cheng Pu and Sun He.
With this lineup, there is no need for a raid at all, and there is no problem at all with a tough front! Moreover, raids are generally only suitable for attacking enemies, not well-defended camps.
Often not yet approaching, the watchtower of the camp has seen the enemy approaching.
There is another point that Lu Fan did not say to Sun Ce, that is, they have a lot of money, food and materials on hand, and there are also a lot of parts given by the rich Qiao Gong. It's good to say that the food is not to be carried with the army, and it is not paper money. Not to mention the occupation of space, it is useless beyond deducting the payment of military salaries.
It's better to have a house of everything, and there is still an interest to be harvested. The house absorbs savings from the outside world, and it seems that there is a subordinate bank. Unlike real historical banks, not only do you not charge a storage fee, but you can also earn interest on deposits.
Zhu Xinneng didn't understand why this was the case, because Wanshiwu was absorbing deposits and lending money at the same time, and at the same time relying on a strong logistics system to do business everywhere, it made sense that others could grow to this extent.
"Let's go, let's go!" Since Sun Ce has no opinion, then take a little rest, and the army will officially start.
Sun Ce's main offensive direction was Guangling County, so the marching route was probably divided into two parts: the first part was from Shouchun, south to Hefei County, and through Junchu County to Quanjiao County; In the second part, starting from Quanjiao County and entering Guangling County, passing through Tangyi and Yuguo counties, arriving at Guangling City. The first part is four hundred miles, and the second part is two hundred and fifty miles.
Of course, if you go directly from Shouchun to Quanjiao, it will be only three hundred miles, but there is no city on the road, and there will be problems with material supply. Take 10,000 steps back and say, I went to Guangling to grind the time, so there was no need to rush so much.
On the first day, you don't even need to rush to Hefei County, you can first go to Chengde County between the two places, and the journey is up and down 100 miles.
Is it a lot? According to the calculation of 500 meters as one mile, 100 miles is 50 kilometers. Not to mention the highway, it takes an hour or two to drive an electric car and a secondary road.
For ancient times, a hundred miles was considered a very fast time, and even the princes had to worry about whether the soldiers would be overly tired. Rushing to the destination, the enemy army came over and wiped out their own army, which is the source of 'waiting for work with ease'.
The range of enemy troops, the march does not exceed fifty miles per day. Maintain sufficient physical strength to deal with the sudden attack of the enemy.
The range of his own army is generally a hundred miles a day. You don't need to worry about enemy attacks, but you can't strain your soldiers' physical strength too much.
In this world where there are professionals, relying on the 'speed of soldiers', it can be reached in only half a day for a hundred miles, and the physical strength of the soldiers will not be consumed too much. As a result, the enemy's range can advance to 100 miles, while the range of your own army can be increased to 200 miles.
You can march like that, but as long as it doesn't fall below the minimum, which is the value of not using skills, you won't be held accountable.
After all, in this world, professionals still occupy a minority, and there are more non-professionals, flooded with all walks of life. You can't ask a general from a non-professional background, such as Zu Mao, to let him march 200 miles a day, right?
"I just feel that this kind of march is too good?" Zhu Xin complained, after all, according to the current marching plan, it is basically a half-day march and a half-day rest.
It took about three or four days to arrive at Quanjiao, and when the time was calculated, it was almost May. In the fifth month of the lunar calendar, it is almost around the summer solstice...... Of course, leap months are also counted.
In short, the weather has begun to gradually become very hot, unsuitable for war, and it will not continue until at least July and August. Again, there are many cases where the truce will end before winter, or even at the end of autumn. According to this concept, in fact, it is only six months a year to fight.
Other times...... It's okay to brave the scorching heat and cold to go to war, how can you say that the climate is good these days...... Winters are colder and summers are hotter. Fighting under the scorching heat, he died of heat stroke in minutes. Winter...... Although cotton is there, the metal will become very brittle, and it will break after two hits, so isn't it pure money?
Not to mention, many women joined the army in recent years, and they never fought in summer and winter when they were the hottest and coldest in winter.
Thanks to the fact that there is already cotton in this world, and at the same time, sanitary napkins came into being, and in those days when female generals were special, there was no need to hang up the exemption card...... Otherwise, wait a few days for this one, wait a few days for that, and everyone will still be able to fight?
The existence of the monthly case promoted world peace...... It's when you think about it.
"Anyway, it's time grinding, and you're right!" Zhou Yu replied casually, "Besides, wasn't it you who originally proposed to let Bo Fu come here to grind time?" ”
"I just feel that marching like this has no atmosphere of marching at all." Zhu Xin complained, "It's just talking, it doesn't mean anything else." ”
"The scouts have been dispatched, the route has been planned, the armaments have been checked, and the supplies have been arranged. The rest is nothing more than believing in your own people, and you can't rush it. Zhou Yu replied.
As the saying goes, 'do your best to obey the destiny of heaven', calculate everything that can be calculated, and arrange everything that can be arranged.
If you can still fall into the enemy's trap or ambush circle, then it is useless to be anxious, it is better to use your wits to think of a way. By the same token, since it won't, there's no point in maintaining tension.
"Just keep your mind normal." Huang Gai said with a smile, "Jiujiang County is still Yuan Shu's territory after all, so it is impossible to meet an enemy here. ”
"yes, but if you're bored, you can think about what to eat for dinner." Sun Ce said with a smile.
I had a breakfast in the morning before leaving, and the lunch was mainly dry food, and the supplies could not be extracted until Chengde. If you want to cook, you can only do it at night.
You don't even need to take it all out, you just need to take out some of it and use it as needed.
A 'salesman' was also sent to accompany the army, mainly responsible for the deployment of materials. Zhu Xin went to pick up the materials when the time came, and he had to take this salesman with him.
Arrived in Chengde at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, which is very timely. Zhu Xin took the salesman to the warehouse outside Chengde City to pick up the goods, and provided manpower to transport the goods, without the need for Sun Ce to send people here.
It was only when Zhu Xin returned to the barracks that he found that a group of people were surrounding a strange girl, talking something......