Now that there is a new enemy, the Hu people, and with cavalry, a highly mobile class, the war is no longer as one-sided as it used to be. Not only do they no longer have to worry about being laid off, but it is conceivable that the future battles will not be so dull.

Of course, it's not that they all have a penchant for seeking abuse, but most of the soldiers are more enthusiastic, and most of them like to do something challenging. Specifically, they like to conquer and explore, and the stronger the object of conquest, the more difficult it is to conquer, and the more they can show their ability and merit.

"Your Majesty has indeed planned to send troops to the grassland for a long time, do you remember that before coming out to take over Cao Wei's territory this time, Your Majesty asked us to collect as many chariots and horses as possible from all over the country?" Zhang Bin said.

"Oh, yes, Ben Jiang vaguely remembers that His Majesty once said that collecting chariots and horses is for the needs of future grassland warfare, but how to use Ben Jiang is not very clear. Staff Officer Zhang, since you know, please come quickly. Zhang Bao said.

"The General Staff Department has been deducing the grassland combat plan provided by the Military Academy during this time, and now it has some experience in the vehicle formation operation method on the grassland, and I believe that at least it should be no problem to survive the march from Jinyang to Danhan Mountain.

According to the deduction of the General Staff, if the army marches in a chariot formation, it will not take more than ten days to reach Danhan Mountain from Jinyang, or even only eight or nine days. There were a large number of vehicles, and it was absolutely no problem for the troops to march with ten days of food. Using a large number of vehicles carrying sufficient food and weapons, the troops reached Danhan Mountain and launched an attack within ten days.

From going to Danhan Mountain, attacking Danhan Mountain, and then retreating, the total time for the troops may be roughly estimated to be about 20 days, and the troops no longer need logistical supplies during this period.

Since there is no longer a need for logistical supplies, that is, there is no need to worry about the cutting off of logistical channels. Our army only needs to keep its head buried in the advance, and there is no need to consider the rest of the factors. However, the general was also requested to transfer the carriages and horses that had been left in the Shangdang as soon as possible. Zhang Bin said.

For logistical problems, Zhang Bin suggested bringing ten days of food. It's not that you can't bring more, after all, there are a lot of donkeys and mule carts, and there are a lot of materials that can be carried, but because of the long cycle of combat, it can be expected that the consumption of ammunition will definitely be very large, so if there is extra space, you should bring as much ammunition as possible.

Food and ammunition are both life-saving things, both are important, comparatively speaking, ammunition is more important. If the enemy comes and runs out of ammunition, he may die immediately, and there is nowhere to replenish the ammunition for the entire combat cycle.

Relatively speaking, even if the food is gone, people will not die if they are hungry for two or three days, but it is certain that the weak hands and feet of hunger will affect the combat effectiveness, fortunately, the Hong army uses firearms against the enemy, and the requirements for physical fitness are much lower than those with cold weapons.

And most importantly, food can be replenished. Although the grassland is sparsely populated, it is not completely devoid of people, especially the places close to the Han land along the way, and it is very close to the fertile Hetao Plain, which is considered a rich land in the grassland, and the abundance of water and grass refers to here. There are definitely a lot of herders grazing in this place.

It would be easy to have herdsmen, and when necessary, you could find them to "replenish" food, and the Hong army did not commit any offense against the people, but it was against the Han people, and as for these foreign people, there were no clear regulations in military discipline. When the time comes, whether to grab or buy food is completely in the thoughts of the leading generals.

However, this is only a last resort, according to Zhang Bin's plan, in fact, there is no need to fight the ideas of those scattered herdsmen on the road. With a Hong army of chariots and horses, the march speed on the vast grassland is absolutely fast, and it usually does not take 10 days to complete this thousands of miles.

As long as you can reach Danhan Mountain, there is no suspense in occupying this place. After all, although the Xianbei royal court claimed to be a city, it did not have a city wall like the Han city. Such a city is, to put it bluntly, a larger settlement. Therefore, there is no difference between the so-called siege and field warfare.

The Xianbei people have no geography to rely on at all, at most a few fences and a few mud and stone houses. These things can fly into the sky as long as they are blown up with explosives~ medicine packs, and the tents that account for the main part of the city encounter firearms and meet nemesis. The strategy of burning the company camp is not only used by the people of Eastern Wu, Zhuge Liang also started with fire back then. The Shu army was very familiar with fire attacks.

According to Zhang Bin's estimate, such a city can be won in one day, and then the grain, cattle and sheep in the city are not just taken and demanded? At that time, the whole city belonged to the first division, so what kind of food did you have to worry about?

Zhang Bao and the generals asked Zhang Bin in detail about the methods of fighting on the grassland, and Zhang Bin answered them one by one. The generals discussed it for a while, and felt that although this battle plan sounded a bit strange at first glance, when they thought about it, it was very feasible, so they passed the plan by a large number of votes.

Naturally, then there are the details of the implementation of the plan developed by the General Staff. However, Zhang Bao needs to mobilize the carriages and horses collected some time ago to Jinyang as soon as possible. Before the departure of the five divisions, Liu Hou had already asked them to collect as many livestock and carts as possible. The soldiers were happy to do it.

Because of these carts and horses, their weapons, armor, equipment, food and other war materials can be transported on the carts, and they save a lot of effort. Even, sometimes they can take turns to take a ride, which greatly reduces the pressure on their march, and such a good thing is not happy for a fool~.

Of course, the chariots and horses mentioned here are mainly carts pulled by mules, donkeys and other livestock, and as for horses, most of them have been conscripted into the army. Even the mule and donkey carts were of great help to the Hong army.

The first division had been marching all the way until it encountered the Xianbei cavalry, and in order to prevent the enemy from destroying these supplies, Zhang Bao left these chariots, horses and logistical supplies in Shangdang, south of Jinyang, which was also a common means in ancient warfare.

In order to ensure that these vehicles, livestock, ammunition, food and other materials could be safely transported to Jinyang, Zhang Bao sent two regiments of troops to escort them. When these cars arrived in Jinyang, the General Staff Department immediately organized craftsmen to transform these cars, after all, many cars did not meet the requirements of grassland operations.

Some cars are just so-called big board cars, which are four wheels attached to a large wooden plank. It's no problem for such a car to pull people and things, but because everything on the car is exposed~ exposed, it is obviously impossible to adapt to grassland operations, because when it comes to the grassland, there may be arrows shot by Hu people in all directions, and these large board cars that are not covered and blocked will not play any role.

So, you have to add four large planks around these big boards, and add a plank on top to make a lid. In fact, to put it bluntly, it is to add a simple carriage to the big board. After this transformation, no matter from all directions or from the overhead bows and arrows, they could not hurt the people and objects on the car.