Chapter VII Mobilization for War
This administrative officer looked to be in his thirties, unlike most of the people Zheng Jun had seen before with short hair, this political officer had traditional long hair, his hair was coiled in the center of his head, wrapped in a bun with a piece of blue cloth, and he was wearing a plain long coat with a crossed collar on the right side, with long sleeves, but the cuffs were quite narrow, the front of the long coat was longer than the knee, a wide belt was tied around the waist, and a pair of pointed shoes were worn on his feet, which made Zheng Jun feel very Chinese-style. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"What's your name and what position do you hold? Don't be nervous, just report slowly. ”
As a time-traveler from modern times, even if he deliberately plays the messenger of God, he will not use a low-status official simply as a symbol or a tool, this kind of inadvertently revealed, deep into the bone marrow of the concept of equality, in modern society is quite common, in modern China, no matter how big the social status gap is, no one will think that they are inferior to anyone.
But this is not the case in this era, it is impossible for other great witches to imagine that in the society in which Zheng Jun lives, the concept that all people are born equal, fortunately, although there are classes in society, but for God, all mortals are the same. Zheng Jun's performance made the great witches more convinced of his identity.
"It's a great honor, my name is Yishu, and I am the treasurer of the Grain Treasury Division. ”
Yishu is a native of Bacheng, although the treasurer mainly manages the grain depot, but also responsible for the economic statistics of the whole city, in fact, it undertakes part of the functions of the modern finance department, the chief official of the grain depot is the treasurer, and there are a total of eight treasurers under him. Although he is only a treasurer, because of the high status of the grain treasury department, Yishu can barely be regarded as a middle-level official.
He is a very well-behaved person, weak in character, always following the rules in his actions, even if he wears clothes, he is always a look, and he never dares to make mistakes at work, and it is because of this that he can get this opportunity to report his work.
As a middle-level official, Yi Shu didn't have the opportunity to come into contact with the Great Witch before, but the ten most core Great Witches in Bacheng all gathered in one room, and there were even legendary divine envoys who listened to his work report together, this kind of thing he didn't even dare to think about before, and he couldn't even speak nervously at first.
However, the divine envoy sitting in the first place, unexpectedly kind, not only did not treat him as a dispensable little person, but also asked his name with a smile on his face, and Yi Shu relaxed immediately.
Zheng Jun's main concern is, of course, the issue of military strength.
"How much can we mobilize?"
Yi Shu, who relaxed down, recalled a little.
"According to the latest statistics, a total of 3,247 members of the Bacheng Guard were reported, plus 800 members of the Holy Guard of the Temple of the Witch God, there were a total of 4,047 soldiers in the Holy City, and at least 1,000 people needed to be left in order to maintain the minimum city defense, and a total of 3,047 soldiers could be mobilized. ”
"It's only 3,000? That's too little. ”
This person can't be used as a decisive force, what are the people of the witch cult doing, how can the force be so much? Zheng Jun glanced at the big witches on the side with a bit of reproach, but he didn't expect these guys to be very satisfied with this number, and they nodded their heads there one by one.
"What about other places, plus how many troops can there be in other places?"
Yishu is just a middle-level official in Bacheng, how can he know this, although Bacheng is the capital, but in terms of political affairs, it has no jurisdiction over other cities, and only manages Bacheng and nearby villages and towns.
"If you add the guards drawn from the subordinate villages and towns, there will be about 3,500 people, but the additional soldiers will be poorly equipped. ”
"I'm talking about other cities, so it's not like there are only 3,500 people available in the entire witch cult, right?"
Now he asked Yishu, how would he know, the closest witch sitting on the ground to Zheng Jun is Zheng Yangyun, it stands to reason that although he is old enough and old enough, his family is not too prominent, and he has stayed in Chaoge for a long time, in terms of status, he is second to the ten great witches who are resident in the Holy City, but after all, this is his home before, and the servants are still the original team, and secondly, this old guy is also thick-skinned enough, relying on his identity as a tour guide, he sits in the nearest place near Zheng Jun with a shy face.
At this time, as soon as he saw that Zheng Jun seemed to be eager to know the mobilization power of the entire Witch Sect, he immediately jumped up from his seat, he took two steps forward, and stood beside Zheng Jun with his head bowed.
"The saints don't know, the cities are directly controlled by the local witch, how many troops can be dispatched, the situation is different in different places, and it is difficult to give an accurate number, but according to the records of the church, the entire witch cult mobilized 20,000 soldiers, it is absolutely no problem"
When Zheng Jun heard this, he secretly complained in his heart, this system is also a little too feudal, and if he does this, won't the great witches in various places become de facto vassals, but he thought about it again, now is the era of the alternation of Shang and Zhou, and the whole society is actually a feudal society, and it is difficult for the witch religion, as a church that is dependent on the development of society, to surpass the entire society and implement too advanced systems.
Hmph, but as a society where theocracy is far higher than political power, it's time to pull the banner of tiger skin.
"Okay, then send orders to all places, let them mobilize as many troops as possible, the battle we are going to launch this time is personally instructed by the witch god, this is a great holy war, your efforts, the witch god will see it. ”
Without continuing to pay attention to the gossiping witches who were determined and assured, Zheng Jun turned his head to look at Yishu again.
"So how much food can Bacheng supply?"
This question happened to be the main content of Yishu's work, so he did not hesitate to answer it at all.
"There are a total of 2.41 million hus of grain in the grain depot, leaving the necessary rations, and 1.67 million hui of grain can be used. ”
Zheng Jun doesn't know how much this 1.67 million Hu is.
"How long will this food feed 10,000 people?"
"Enough for 10,000 people for 5 years"
Zheng Jun secretly calculated in his heart, don't look at these grains It looks like a lot, but there is no way to bring all the military rations at one time, and it is inevitable to organize non-stop transportation in the rear, and a large part of the grain transported will be consumed by the people who transport the grain, and the place where he agreed to meet with King Wu of Zhou is far away from the Bashu Basin, and the consumption of long-distance transportation is even greater.
Fortunately, according to historical records, the Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Shang Dynasty by taking advantage of the weakness to enter, and the march was very rapid, the purpose was to take advantage of the opportunity of the Shang Dynasty army to stay outside, capture the Chaoge in one fell swoop, occupy the political center of the Shang Dynasty, disintegrate the Shang regime, and let the remnants of the Shang Dynasty and its subordinate countries have no leader, and then break them individually.
In this case, this battle to destroy the merchants will be a quick battle, and the logistical difficulties will only be temporary, and the impact will not be too great.