Chapter Eighty-Nine: Hou Zhen with a Unique Insight

As soon as everyone saw that even Marshal Zhang Jun admitted that the firearms army had weaknesses, they didn't reserve their own opinions, it wasn't that other generals were stupid enough to see the weaknesses and weaknesses of the firearms army, but no one wanted to offend Zhang Jun, a figure who was in the ascendancy. Qi Yang's courage to tell the truth is especially appreciated by Zhang Jun.

You talk about it, half an hour has passed, and there is no unanimous opinion, Zhang Jun saw that such a discussion was not a solution, stood up and said.

"Everyone, let me say a few words first"

As soon as everyone heard that Zhang Jun was going to speak, they immediately calmed down the discussion.

"Now you are in front of you is a sand table, since it is not good for us to go out of the city to meet us no matter what, we might as well defend on the spot, may I ask your generals, if we defend, how long can we supply our army with reserve resources, materials, grain and grass?"

"Marshal, I am the quartermaster Hou Zhen, and now there are about 6.3 million soldiers stationed in Chiyan Pass, the living materials can be used for about three months, the military salary expenditure is enough for about half a year, the cultivation resources for promotion are only two months, and the most reserve is grain and grass that can be used for one year, and the most difficult thing now is that there is a shortage of medicines, which is no longer enough for the wounded soldiers to recuperate,"

"In other words, this campaign can last for a year at most, and if the army's morale is unstable due to insufficient supplies, there will be turmoil in two months, right?"

"Zhang Jun's analysis is completely correct, but he is still a little optimistic?"

"Oh, isn't the morale of the army unstable now?"

"Since the big marshal asked, I will dare to say a few words. Although I am only a quartermaster, every move of the soldiers is in my heart, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers are in danger of their lives because of lack of medical treatment and medicine, how can the morale of the army be stable?"

"There are also three major problems in the army that need to be solved urgently: First, unfair distribution, which has seriously affected the unity and combat effectiveness of the army. Second, inertia has become common in the army at present, and there are many soldiers who are elite but not many, and how can they have combat effectiveness without elite soldiers. The third is the contradiction between the soldiers and the people, most of them are the problems of the soldiers, and the people have quite a lot of complaints, if they do not rectify the morale of the army in order to win the support of the people, when the people open the city gate, it will be the day when the Chiyan Pass is lost again. ”

Hou Zhen's words shocked Zhang Jun's heart, Hou Zhen pointed out the real drawbacks of the army, Zhang Jun has never been in the grassroots barracks, let alone contact with the people, where do you know Hou Zhen's unique opinions.

"Marquis Daring, are you accusing the three marshals of leading the army ineffectively, or are you resentful of taking revenge on the marshal after being stripped of military power?"

"Hou Zhen, what are you talking about? My Red Blood Country's army has always been strict in military discipline, so where are the three major problems? Alarmist. Today is to discuss the matter of fighting against the army of Yunyang Kingdom, I think you are a good heart, so I will not punish you, go down!" Chu Tian was very unhappy, Zhang Jun participated in the first meeting in the army, and some people actually had a lot of complaints about his strategy for governing the army.

Zhang Jun was silent, during this period of time, it had long been seen that the influence of the five major families of the Red Blood Country on the Red Blood Country was mixed, such as the Chu family, which is not only a resolute supporter of the royal family, but also has far-reaching influence in the army, at least half of the six million troops in the Red Flame Pass are the descendants of the Chu family, and they are suspected of coercing the princes of the Son of Heaven.

Although Zhang Jun is called a brother and sister with them, he is not a person on the same road at all, as the saying goes, different things do not conspire with each other.

In the past few days, when Zhang Jun has nothing to do, he has been thinking about a question, since he may not be able to go back to the earth, should he create a world of his own in the colorful field.

If you want to create your own world, you must first have your own base. It can only be done with a group of brothers who are like-minded with you and support you.

As the saying goes, if you want to succeed, you must have the three major elements of time, place, and people, all of which are indispensable.

According to Zhang Jun's understanding, Tianshi is current affairs and momentum.

At present, there are strong enemies in the red-blooded foreign countries, and there are inferior soldiers and traitors. The suffering of the people lies externally in the attacks and harassment of local ruffians and bullies, and internally in the mediocrity of corrupt officials and corrupt officials. It is the root cause of the chaos in the world and the harbinger of the autumn of troubled times. Current events are the time to make heroes.

It is better to understand that under the Kunyu Empire, everyone is fond of martial arts and tired of literature, and there are more ignorant people, just like the Spring and Autumn Period of China and the Warring States Period on the earth, as long as you artificially create a natural myth, you can achieve great things. For example, Liu Bang's sword swing to kill the White Emperor is to create momentum.

Geographical advantage is the easiest to achieve, there is a base of one's own, and maintaining the foundation will naturally lead to development, such as Qin Shi Huang's unification of the six countries.

People are the most difficult, not only to have talents as the auxiliary but also to conform to the will of the people, and the people's will will be unified in the world.

Today, Zhang Jun discovered two talents, one is Qi Yang, who dares to tell the truth and is not afraid of power, and the other is Hou Zhen, who has unique insights into the current situation.

When Hou Zhen was squeezed out by others, Zhang Jun did not speak for Hou Zhen, nor did he support Chu Tian, silently looking around at the performance and attitude of other generals, most of them supported Chu Tian and scolded Hou Zhen loudly, only Qi Yang supported Hou Zhen and said a few words. There were also a few generals who shook their heads and sighed, feeling unworthy of Hou Zhen's behavior.

Hou Zhen had no choice but to withdraw from the big tent, and after a while, Zhang Jun also took leave to chase out of the big tent, and ordered his firearms army henchmen to rush to Hou Zhen to pass the word.

In the middle of the night, the Dongshan Wangxing Palace set up a banquet to invite General Hou, hoping that General Hou could come. Be on time for your appointment. ”

Hou Zhen didn't expect that when he was depressed, he had just offended Generalissimo Chutian, and his days in the army would definitely not be long in the future, and he didn't expect that Zhang Jun, the king of Dongshan who was in power all over the world, would personally send someone to banquet him, and he immediately agreed excitedly.

In the end, there was no result in this discussion, Zhang Jun had already taken leave and left the barracks, and hurried all the way to the Longyuan Pavilion branch of Red Flame City. In the past few days, I have been tired of being with Guan Xiang, Brother Ling Feng didn't go to it after two appointments, and the atmosphere in the barracks today was boring, so I just went to Longyuan Pavilion to relax.

"Brother, you're too uninteresting, aren't you? Big brother, I sent someone to ask you twice, and you excused yourself twice, should you give your eldest brother an explanation" Ling Feng went out to greet him and said with a smile.

"Big brother, you wronged me, the first time I asked me, it happened that Guan Xiang's condition had not improved, and I couldn't get out,"

"And what about the second time?"

"This ...... Hehe, big brother, you should understand, when the two are happy....... Hahaha......."

"You kid, you're not old, your heart is not small, Guan Xiang is a good girl, you are not allowed to bully her, otherwise I will not spare you in the future, hehe......"

"Although the eldest brother is relieved, the love is not enough, how can he bully her?"

"That's good! Tell me about the matter, and follow me into the inner hall for a while."

On a jade round table in the inner hall of Longyuan Pavilion, the two of them sat down as guests and hosts, four light side dishes, a pot of old wine, two cups of fragrant tea, and four small snacks, Ling Feng and Zhang Jun have a great relationship, naturally there is no need to be polite, the two of them talked while drinking, and the people under them were all sent out by Ling Feng. This pair of old friends chatted very happily.

"Brother Ling, aren't you looking for me to talk about it squarely? Let's just say it, if there is a need for me, Zhang Jun will not hesitate. ”

"Okay, then I'm not welcome, big brother, you have to tell the truth and don't hide it from me, this matter is related to the future of you and me."

"Knowing Everything"

"Then I'll just say, Brother Zhang Jun, what is the biggest specialty of Chiyan Pass?

"Although I have been here for a short time, I have heard people talk about it and experienced it myself, so of course it is a blessing to the original stone. ”

"Well, my brother is right, but it's not all, the origin of the name of the Red Flame Pass is an allusion, thousands of miles away from the Red Flame Pass is the big snow mountain in the ice and snow, under the snow-capped mountain with the peak into the clouds, there are several peaks that have been mined, rich in blessing rough stones, but don't you think it's strange?"

"What's weird?"

"Thousands of miles away is the ice and snow, can you feel a chill in Red Flame City?"

"Oh, I didn't think of that, it's weird,"

"I'll give you a full map of the Red Blood Country, you can see it. The origin of the name of the Red Blood Country is in the mystery of this map, don't underestimate this map, but tens of thousands of cartographers have spent decades to draw it, and it is worth a lot. ”

After Zhang Jun took the map, he took a closer look and couldn't help but be happy.

This map is not only a geographical distribution map, but also a residential population, mineral resources, land resources, and military force distribution.

Originally, the Red Blood Country, which was a radius of millions of miles, was mostly a desolate area, surrounded by mountains and oceans. The area inhabited by humans is only a small part.

The eastern part of the Red Blood Country is bordered by endless winding mountains, and this mountain range that stretches for an unknown distance is the Spirit Beast Mountain that Zhang Jun first came to the Colorful Realm. Beyond the Spirit Beast Mountain is the vast East China Sea. The first-class city bordering the Spirit Beast Mountain is the Lingshan City, one of the five first-class cities of the Red Blood Country.

The southern frontier of the Red Blood Nation is connected to another vast expanse of the sea, referred to on maps as the South China Sea.

The East China Sea and the South China Sea are connected seas. It's just that the land bordering the South China Sea is a large plain with flat terrain. This great plain is home to more than half of the population of the Red Blood Nation. Two first-class cities stand on this great plain. They are Guiyun City and Huaiyang City, and the prosperity is not lower than that of the Red Blood City.

The western part of the Red Blood Kingdom is composed of a large desert and lofty mountain ranges, and the Ghost Gate Pass is built in the only passage between the mountains. Outside the Ghost Gate Pass is the direct jurisdiction of the Kunyu Empire.

The largest city in the northern part of the Red Blood Country is the Red Flame Pass of the first-class city. It is also the only city with war in the Red Blood Country, usually stationed about five million troops all year round, the terrain of Chiyan Pass is dangerous, the east of the city is a continuous snow mountain, the west of the city is a red Red Flame Mountain, the original Red Flame Pass is named after this.

"Hiss?......." Zhang Jun gasped.

"How so?"