Early the next morning, starting at five o'clock, the entire Zhoushui Walled City was busy.

The players began to mobilize and recruit troops on a large scale throughout the Zhoushui tribe, and all player tribes had the obligation to serve in the suzerain's clan. A large army of tens of thousands of troops will definitely have a large number of casualties, so each player tribe only needs to send 5 NPC warriors to participate in this battle to stop the Shanjung army. Even if all of them are killed in battle, the losses of the various tribes will not be broken, and there will still be many soldiers left. In addition, the player himself can also participate in the battle, become the commander of the army, and command the army; At present, the total number of players belonging to the Zhoushui tribe is more than 11,000, and the total number of NPC soldiers recruited exceeds 55,000. A little less than the incoming Shanjung army. But it doesn't matter, after all, this is only the first batch of troops to be recruited, and if the war is tight, a second group of troops can also be recruited to the front.

The main army is divided into four parts: the Xiaoao Army, the Wang Army, the Qianli Army, and the Bloody Army, and each legion is subdivided into seven units. In addition, there is a logistics corps, the Little White Army, which is divided into four units.

The strength of the five legions is not allocated by the Executive Yuan, but must be recruited from the players outside the city by themselves, and the full strength is 15,000 men. The full strength of the logistics corps is 10,000 people.

So early in the morning, the five legions were stationed in the eastern, southern, western, and northern suburbs outside the city to recruit soldiers from all ordinary players. The Little White Regiment camped in the south of the city.

The competition between the five legions is fierce, and they are all trying to convince players to join their troops with their NPCs. In order for the average player to be willing to trust 5 NPC pawns to their own legion, they must be able to convince the player. Let them believe that their legion is the strongest and can ensure the greatest losses and gains in wartime. If they can't convince the player of this, they'll probably have to run to other legions.

Fortunately, the strength of each legion is similar, and none of them are particularly outstanding, so there is not much difference in the degree of strength collected by each legion.

The logistics corps is the least risky, and NPC soldiers do not have to go to the front. He was only responsible for armaments, escorting grain, grass, ordnance, etc., so there was almost no danger of death. But because of the high safety factor, enjoy this great benefit at the same time. There is also a huge disadvantage, that is, it is not possible to make war achievements.

Battle merit, that is to cut off the head of the mountain to obtain. The more you cut, the greater your exploits.

The logistics corps can only share a small part of the credit after the end of the entire campaign. It is much worse than the four main combat legions, after all, the main combat corps are all rushing to the front line at the risk of death.

Be that as it may. Many players still choose to join the Logistics Legion. Because they doubt how much combat capability the four main combat legions have. A large-scale battle of more than 100,000 troops on both sides is not as easy as a fight between dozens, hundreds, or thousands. It's good to win, and everyone can get a little bit of merit, but in case they lose the battle, nbsp; Qin Xiaobai handed over the conscription to the other three Simas of the logistics corps to be responsible.

He himself was raising 55,000 soldiers and supplies for the army. The weapons and equipment used by NPC soldiers are the responsibility of the player himself, at least a stone spear, a large wooden club, or a hunting bow. and a fur suit to protect against the cold. The rest of the munitions are prepared by the logistics corps.

1 soldier consumes 6 catties of grain a day during the war. The large animal skin tent (0/20) used for sleeping in the wild at night needs to be made quickly. and spare stone arrows, little red medicine to heal wounds. The existing stone arrows and herbs are definitely not enough, and each player tribe must urgently be allowed to produce them themselves. And then the acquisition - it costs money. In addition, a large amount of wood and stone was needed to build camps and fortifications. 1 soldier is few. But more than 50,000 people add up, and the daily grain alone costs as much as 330,000 catties. I am afraid that at least 10,000 arrows are consumed every day.

To get these supplies to the front, it would require numerous transport wagons, or simply be carried by manpower, which would be wastage. Qin Xiaobai was not worried about this, because these materials had to be sent by the Zhou Shui tribe.

He was only responsible for the deployment of these supplies.

What Qin Xiaobai always wanted to know was the respective inventory of the Zhoushui Walled City: grain inventory, money inventory, ordnance inventory, and so on. These are all military aircraft in Zhoushui City, which have always been in the hands of NPC Situ, and players have no way of knowing about them.

For example, grain stocks directly affect the price of grain in the trade market in Zhoushui City. Arsenal inventory, you can see the strength of the NPC army from the side. Money inventory is the embodiment of the government's ability to dominate the market.

Now that he is shouldering the logistics of the army, he is taking this opportunity to find out about the information that he has always wanted to know, but he has not been able to know.

Qin Xiaobai came to the Executive Yuan and reported to the big chief, proposing that he needed 1 million catties of food and 500,000 copper coins. This is only the approximate consumption for the first three days, and after three days, it will be counted separately.

As soon as the Great Chief Ji Zhi heard Qin Xiaobai report such a huge logistics expenditure, his beard trembled in shock, "Do you need so much?" Let Master Situ help you raise these supplies. I'm tired and tired, so you can discuss the specific things! ”

Ji Zhi shook his head and returned directly to his bedroom, leaving only Situ and Qin Xiaobai in the hall of the Executive Yuan.

Situ saw that the big chief was hiding, leaving him as a shield, he couldn't help coughing dryly, his face was a little embarrassed, and he said to Qin Xiaobai: "Lord Junsama, the military supplies you asked for are really amazing. I think it's better to cut and cut as much as possible, if you can reduce, if you can save, you can save, otherwise the battle has not been won, and the treasury will be completely empty. ”

Qin Xiaobai said: "Lord Situ, as a logistics supply officer, the lower official must be responsible for the logistics security of the 50,000-strong army, and this is not a problem that can be solved by reducing or saving." I would like to be able to take a look at the accounts of the various warehouses in Zhoushui Walled City and see how many supplies are stored. In this way, the subordinate officials know in their hearts, so they can do what they can. If money and food are really insufficient, then the only way is to immediately reduce the number of troops to ensure that the logistics can meet the needs of the front-line soldiers. ”

Situ pondered for a moment, "Well, without the permission of the Great Chief, you can't check the inventory accounts without permission." But what about reducing the troops," Situ couldn't make a decision, and then came to the door of the chief's bedroom. Report to the Great Chief.

The big chief's serious voice came from the chamber, "It is not allowed to reduce the troops, and now our army is tens of thousands less than the number of Shanjung. Cutting it again is not good for operations. Take Master Sima to check the inventory, and do everything in your power to ensure the needs of the battle. In the future, there is no need to report this kind of thing, you two can discuss it, and it is suitable. ”

"Yes!"

Situ hurriedly retreated.

With permission, Situ took Qin Xiaobai to inspect and count the inventory of various materials in Zhou Shuicheng. Qin Xiaobai suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and followed Situ to Situ's mansion. All inventory accounts are in the Szeto House.

After checking the accounts, Qin Xiaobai finally obtained the most accurate and true data from Situ Mansion - 7.78 million catties of various foods, 5.31 million copper coins, enough for 3,000 NP of various ordnance, more than 200 horses, 500,000 units of copper, 500,000 units of wood, and 2 million units of stone.

Qin Xiaobai was secretly surprised. I quickly calculated it in my heart. This food was only enough for an army of 50,000 for 23 days. After 23 days, no matter whether the war is won or lost, there will be no food. Unless a large quantity of grain is produced in the field within these 23 days.

Qin Xiaobai asked, "Lord Situ, is there no more food?" In the unlikely event that 23 days of war have passed, what will happen to the food? ”

Situ smiled bitterly: "These grains were hoarded recently, and they were actually originally used for the needs of my three thousand city defenders for a year. It's just that I didn't expect the Shanjung to invade on a large scale, and I had to form a huge army to resist, and these hoarded grains were also consumed in a blink of an eye. If 23 days have passed since the war. The only way to do that is to collect grain and grass from various tribes and use the money to buy grain. ”

Qin Xiaobai also shook his head and said, "But it's not just a lack of food, but also a lack of money." If there were a large number of casualties in the army, the 5.31 million copper coins would only be enough for about 10,000 soldiers to receive a 500 copper coins per person for a death pension. After this number, there is no money. If the tribes do not receive adequate pensions. I'm afraid there will be big opinions. What is Lord Situ going to do? ”

Situ sighed: "This is also a matter of no choice, a considerable part of the copper coins. It's all used to stock up on all kinds of supplies. The chief was going to build a new city, and the cost of purchasing stones alone was tens of thousands of copper coins. If the number of fallen soldiers exceeds 10,000, then the only way to compensate the tribes is to use fiefs. ”

Qin Xiaobai nodded. Replacing death pensions with fiefdoms is a good idea. There is nothing else in Yan Country, and there are many wastelands that have not been reclaimed.

Situ said: "Master Jun Sima, you have also finished reading the inventory." If you know what to do, you must not spread these things, otherwise the speculative businessmen in the market will inevitably make waves, take the opportunity to hoard, buy low and sell high, and harm the people. ”

Qin Xiaobai was embarrassed, all the player merchants and NPC merchants in the market seemed to like speculation, and it was impossible to get them not to do this.

"Thank you for the scrolls you borrowed, I will temporarily withdraw 1 million catties of grain and 500,000 copper coins from Situ Mansion for the logistics of the 50,000 army for three days. I'll save as much money as I can. ”

"Well, I immediately instructed the warehouse officials to dispatch this money and grain to you, and you and the other three Xing Sima who assisted you in taking charge of logistics must go to the warehouse to claim it, and the four of them will sign and draw it together before they can be withdrawn from the warehouse. As for the use of money, food and land, it is up to you to decide. In addition, the purpose of each of their detailed accounts must be sent to our company for filing after three days. The old man will personally review it, and after the review, he will put down a batch of money and grain. If there is waste, bribery, or omission, it will be severely punished and investigated to the end. ”

"Yes, sir! The subordinate officials must be impartially in charge of the logistics support of the army and ensure that every piece of money and food is not wasted, bribed, or omitted. The lower official still has important things to deal with, farewell! ”