Chapter 220: The Missing Caravan
Just when the Bull Demon King was annoyed, on the other side, the monkey's trade escort work had already begun.
A merchant ship sends five soldiers, five thousand soldiers, enough to ensure that every dragon merchant ship sailing within the demon kingdom has soldiers from the new army, this is just a mathematical problem. But when it really comes to fruition, it's a management problem that makes people's scalp tingle.
Do you expect every demon soldier to have enough brains?
Obviously, this is not possible. Originally, the soldiers of the Prime Minister's Mansion were slightly better, but after all, the number was too small. As for the monkeys themselves and those recruited by Huaguoshan later......
The vast majority of the little demons in this world are illiterate and have never seen much of the world. It's so simple-minded that knocking it down will give you a muffled sound. It's okay that such soldiers are centrally managed, but once they need to perform tasks alone, it's even more difficult than ascending to the sky.
Unfortunately, most of the soldiers in the hands of the monkeys are in such a state.
In this way, there is only one way to settle for the next best thing. It is not required that every soldier sent out be independent, but one of every five people must be able to read and listen to orders, and control the other four.
However, even then, it is difficult. The soldiers recruited by the monkey himself, who can read and listen to orders, and who can reassure him, are only two or three hundred. It simply doesn't meet the demand.
So what if you don't care about anything, just hastily divide it and release it out?
Heh, I don't know how much trouble I'm going to get myself out of when the time comes. It's just that there's no trouble, it's okay to say for a month, but after half a year and a year, they can forget all the rules in the barracks. By then, this army would also be completely dispersed.
The monkey suddenly felt a little pain in his brain.
"Therefore, the most appropriate solution for us should be to have a literate soldier for every merchant ship. Although the quality of the soldiers we have on hand is really not good, the gang under Yanxi lives in the demon capital all the year round, which is indeed different. In order to facilitate management, they were simply appointed as Wu Changde. In this way, the problem is solved. This is the conclusion that Big Red finally came to conclusion.
Looking at the plan spread out on the table, the monkey fell into deep thought. After a while, he asked, "Is it solved?"
"Didn't you?"
"Do you call this a solution?"
"Isn't that a good solution?"
The monkey shook his head helplessly and said, "Ten days and half a month are enough...... It would take a month or two to get back just one trip. When they come back, will these soldiers listen to Yanxi or me? All of us have been hollowed out, you know?"
"But if it weren't, there would be no way to solve the matter. Just let it out casually, even if the whole army is pulled back in the future, there will definitely be no way to fight. ”
Yes, it did solve the problem at once, but it created another bigger problem, which is not as good as the original problem was not solved.
Of course, the monkey didn't say these words directly, but just remained silent.
The demons surrounding the bull's head, fat intestines, horns, and so on all looked at each other one by one.
For a long time, the multi-eyed monsters have been really good to the new army, so much so that everyone feels that there is no need to guard against Yanxi. In this regard, the monkey seems to be ...... It's hard to say anything.
After a while, the squirrel military doctor seemed to see something, rolled his eyes, and hurriedly said: "This method will definitely not work, even if each ship can get one, that will not work." ”
"Why?" asked Dahong.
"What are we?" the squirrel medic staggered to his feet, glared at him, and exclaimed, "We are the army." Have you ever seen an army of only five men?"
All the demons present looked at him with frowns.
After a slight pause, the squirrel military doctor shook his head and continued: "In my opinion, it is better for us to change our thinking." ”
"What's the other way of thinking?" asked the monkey.
"It is said that there are five soldiers per ship, but the dragons do not transport goods one by one. Generally speaking, they should be divided by fleet. A fleet, at least ten merchant ships. We would not have enough men to count at five soldiers per ship, but if we assigned one man to ten merchant ships...... The dragons have a thousand merchant ships and caravans, but there are only a hundred at most. ”
"You mean to say that the whole of the same fleet is stationed on one ship?"
"Usually stationed on a ship, so it's training, and it can be carried out as usual. Anyway, the deck of the merchant ship in the Dragon Palace is not small. After that, they will be regularly assigned to other merchant ships to patrol every day. ”
"Can Ryugu agree to this? It's a hassle to change trains every day. Our men and horses are all ordinary soldiers, and they don't ......."
Before Da Hong could finish speaking, the monkey had already slapped the table directly, pointed at the squirrel military doctor and said, "That's it." I told them on the dragon side, you can get a plan for me as soon as possible. ”
"No!" the squirrel military doctor hurriedly bowed his hand and looked triumphantly at the demons around him.
The demons present were stunned for a while.
In the morning, before noon, the squirrel military doctor put the written plan on the monkey's table, opened it and looked at it, and it felt very different.
Generally, the sundries in the camp, the monkeys will give priority to the big red. On the one hand, Da Hong is relatively careful, and on the other hand, Da Hong recognizes more words.
However, when it comes to writing, Da Hong is far inferior to the squirrel medic.
The sentence doesn't make sense, the typos don't say, and sometimes after reading the whole story, the monkey doesn't understand what he means, so he can only call people over and ask carefully.
In contrast, what the squirrel medic wrote seemed to be neatly crafted, and although it wasn't very good, at least there were no thorns to pick out.
Looking carefully at the bamboo slips in his hand, the monkey took the brush and began to mark it carefully.
"General. ”
"Huh?"
"Are you guarding against the Prime Minister?"
The pen in the monkey's hand paused suddenly, and slowly raised his eyelids.
After coughing dryly, the squirrel military doctor stretched his neck and said in a low voice: "In terms of plan, it is actually Dahong's plan." This scheme is too cumbersome, and besides, there are loopholes to drill. ”
"Then you just told me about this plan?"
"Because...... I think you're guarding against the Prime Minister. ”
Hearing this, the monkey gently put down the bamboo slip in his hand.
The squirrel military doctor hurriedly waved his hand and said, "You, don't get me wrong, I don't mean anything else." I just want to ask. ”
The monkey was expressionless.
The squirrel military doctor hurriedly said again: "General, even if you want to guard against the Prime Minister, I am on your side." No, I even wrote the plan. ”
As he spoke, he gestured to the plan that was placed in the monkey's hand.
In the small study, the monkey is in a stalemate with the squirrel medic.
After a while, he pushed the bamboo slip over, and the monkey whispered, "Just do as you suggested." ”
"No!"
The escort mission is easier said than done. The main problem is still that the monkeys are short of manpower, while the Dragon Palace has many ships. Management alone is enough to make people's scalp tingle.
Especially in the first few days, it was a nightmare.
According to the advice of the squirrel military doctor, that is, Guang Lingsheng, it can basically work. But it's just working, not smooth.
All kinds of chaotic shipping lanes, constant traffic of merchant ships. It took thousands of years for the dragon clan to compile this system, and then it took a long time to perfect. The new army is so mixed in, can you not get dizzy?
The soldiers who were sent out were very carefree, after all, they were responsible for their safety, and the dragons were naturally good to eat and use, and occasionally they could have a little oil and water. Then a little bit of people will not pose any pressure.
The person in charge of dispatching is miserable.
Hundreds of detachments were running at the same time, and for a time, the entire core of the new army was as tired as dogs.
At first, the monkey even thought that sending a big red would be done, but in the end, the horns, the bull head, and even the black tail and the harazi, the whole team, all got into it without pulling it. Even the training of the troops who remained in the camps and mines was not taken into account.
But even so, it still bumps and often goes wrong. Sometimes you can't even figure out where your own people are.
I have to say that although the dragon clan is not good at fighting, it is indeed a good hand at management.
After some tossing, the monkey had to ask Ao Tingxin for help and send a master to each of them, which was a little better.
However, just when everyone thought they were relieved, on the tenth day of escorting the dragons, a caravan was lost.