Listening to Gao Xianzhi talk about this, Li Siye had already understood his logistics supply strategy, stood up and pointed to a point on the map and said: "You can extend the first node here, drink Pantuo's hometown, and guard the city in the green mountains." Guarding the city is close to many rivers, it is convenient to get water nearby, and the south of the city is a grassland basin, which is convenient for our army to rest. There are post stations along the way from Shule to the Green Ridge, and even if the carts cannot be passed, it is still possible to use the baggage yak camel team to transport grain and grass. ”

"However, there is a shortage of trees in the Green Ridge, there is also a lack of fuel, the water and soil are too soft, and even the food cannot be cooked, how can it be done to make dry food for the march in this place?"

Li Siye immediately crossed his hands and said: "The marching dry food and cured meat will naturally be made in Shule City. The 12,000 Anxi troops, with private horses as preferred, carried 200 catties of compressed dry food and cured meat per person and one horse. But these two hundred catties of dry food must not be consumed on the way to the first node. ”

He took off the map spread on the table, put the tea cup on a few sides, pointed to two points and said: "Here are Shule and Lingling Shouyu, along the way there are two state cities of Yandu Prefecture and Quancheng Prefecture, and there are six post stations including the Rice Restaurant. Starting from the capture of the Green Ridge, the food supply was interrupted, and only then did the two hundred catties of dry food carried by one man and one horse be activated, which could ensure that people and livestock could fight continuously for a month and a half in the absence of wild pastures. ”

Gao Xianzhi pursed his lips and smiled knowingly, followed his words and pointed to the map and said: "These are the two connected grain and grass supply methods that I have already envisioned, in the early stage of the march from Qiuzi to Shule, along the road to transport supplies with baggage, after arriving at Shule City, rest and recuperate, and carry out a one-time supply here, one person and one rider carry two hundred catties of dry food. If, as you mentioned, we set up the end of our supply at the Green Ridge to guard and capture, then we will have much more time for the expedition. ”

"According to my original estimate, it will take a month to go from Qiuzi to Shule City, after two breaks in between, and it will take two months from Shule to Lingling to Lianyunbao, and then to Xiaobolu City. By extending the supply points along the way to the Green Ridge Garrison City, we are expanding our time. At that time, there are also the Hidden Tribes and the Honey Protection Country to join, and you can also get some supplies, and after entering Xiao Bolu, it is not a problem to fight and war. ”

Li Siye smiled with a smile: "As long as the problem of supply is solved, there will be no worries about the battle, and this expedition to Xiaobolu can be a big event." ”

Gao Xianzhi stood up with his hands on his knees and paced cross-legged on the ground as he imagined the arrangement. Li Siye's gaze followed his movements, and even the maid who was kneeling beside Ying Ying could feel the hesitation on his body.

"In this way, there will be 130,000 grains in the next month, which will be transferred to Shule Town in three batches. You go back to Shule as soon as possible, while arranging for the whole army to rush to make dry food to make cured meat, on the other hand, Shule will go to the Green Ridge to guard the post station along the way to the state city to settle the supply points, and order the soldiers to prepare winter clothes, if possible, you can prepare to make some gloves, I am ready to start from Qiuzi in April, I must arrive at the Green Ridge in the summer and autumn, whether the trip is smooth, it depends on how you prepare in Shule. ”

"I'll send you the envoy Kang Huaishun over, and Jia Chonghuan, the envoy of the city of Transfer, will also go over to listen to your transfer."

Li Siye stood up, bowed and crossed his hands and said, "Huh." ”

Such a large-scale expeditionary combat operation requires strict planning, and if it is placed in a thousand years, it is estimated that the battle plan on the commander's desk will be as thick as a book, and the connection between various departments and the transmission of documents will pile up like a hill. But at this time, there was no such scientific and rigorous planning, let alone the amount of supplies accurate to the calculation of people, all of this was hidden in Gao Xianzhi's chest, and he had a thick book in his stomach, and this kind of seemingly hasty and even extensive war command could often create miracles.

Li Siye also has a scripture hidden in his stomach, although it is not as thick as Gao Xianzhi said. This is a rare opportunity for him to experience and a watershed moment that distinguishes him from the strikers of the past.

After he came out of the Metropolitan Protectorate, he immediately went to the post house in Qiuzi to gather his subordinates, and he had to return to Shule without stopping, and the time wasted on the way back and forth was irreparable.

At this time, Jiedu's envoy Kang Huaishun found the post house, and it seemed that he had received Gao Xianzhi's order.

Kang Huaishun looked calm and crossed his hand at Li Siye: "Deputy Li is the protector, Kang Huaishun led the Qiuzi Warrior Team to come and receive the order." ”

This person's identity is a bit peculiar, he is a distant relative of Fu Meng Lingcha, and anyone like this thinks that he has proud capital. Li Siye didn't care about this, as long as he didn't cooperate with him as a demon, everyone would be able to get by on face.

"General Kang, are all your subordinates ready?"

"Of course, you can go at any time."

"Then we will leave for Shule tomorrow morning."

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The long journey was the most physically exhausting, especially when they had just arrived in Qiuzi and had not yet rested, and they had to go back to Shule again. Yan Xiaosi and the soldiers under his command had a thick layer of eye feces on the corners of their eyes, full of exhaustion.

The servant girl Daorou impressed him, and she always gritted her teeth and endured it during the journey of more than 20 days, marching on the Gobi Desert under the scorching sun like everyone else, without weakness or disease, and without the care of others. Isn't a woman synonymous with weakness?

"Alang, please use water."

He turned his head from the horse, glanced at Dao Rou, who raised his hand to wipe his sweat, and took the water bag.

The short bun on the top of her head was covered with dust, and a layer of skin had faded on her cheeks.

Li Siye was a little reluctant, no matter what the prince sent her to do beside him, with this perseverance, she shouldn't treat her coldly.

He asked half-jokingly: "Ah Rou, maybe I'm going to set off on an expedition in May, won't you follow me to Green Ridge too?" ”

Daorou's eyes suddenly lit up, if it weren't for the wind and sand covering the blush on her face, she would definitely be shy at this moment. Ah Rou's title is a little lighter, indicating a change in Ah Lang's attitude.

"Well, yes." Dao Rou bit her lip and said, "If Ah Lang allows me to go, Dao Rou can follow in armor." ”

"How is that possible? You should stay in the mansion and rest for a few months, if Madame has any dispatch...... Well, Madame won't send you. ”

It is also good to have a woman in the team, almost no one excuses to be lazy and backward, otherwise they will be ridiculed, and a person who is not even as good as a lady will come to be a soldier, it is better to go home and nurse the child.

Kang Huaishun waved his sleeves and rubbed back and forth on his face, squinted at Li Siye, who was talking and laughing in front of him, and muttered enviously: "Li Duhu's slave is really good, she has a good look, she can relieve boredom, she can use it, she can hurry, and I don't know if he is willing to sell, so it is worth it for me to spend an extra ten taels of silver." ”

In mid-March, Li Siye finally rushed back to Shule City, and after entering the city, he began to arrange for the garrisons of various states to rush to make compressed dry food and cured meat. In order to speed up the process, the people in the city were mobilized to make fried noodles as a family unit, and the Shule army paid a part of the money to subsidize it.

He arranged for Zhao Chongyu to be responsible for the training of the soldiers who were about to depart, including the Shule cavalry battalion, the jumping battalion and the battle front team. Everyone's equipment and daily necessities are rigorously screened, broken armor is repaired and replaced, worn horseshoes are re-nailed, and emaciated sick horses are sent to the veterinarian for treatment.

Li Siye ordered Kang Huaishun to take people to be responsible for laying out the supply granary from Shule to Lingling, but he was a little worried about this person's ability, so he assigned Duan Xiushi to him.

The entire Shule region was in a state of emergency mobilization, and even the merchants and travelers could feel the tension of the war, and the post roads in the Gobi Desert were constantly coming and going, and the dust from oxen and horse-drawn carts drifted out for miles without being cut off, and from time to time officers rode big horses and carried horizontal knives to patrol in front of the granaries of the post stations.

Once the wheels of war were in motion, it was inevitable that some people would be hurt, and more than 400 camels were temporarily requisitioned for the passing merchants during these days. In order to make dry food, the soldiers and civilians cut down the branches of poplar and saxon trees to burn firewood, and the trunks were made into rafts to transport grain along the upper reaches of the Xiduo River to the Green Mountains.