Chapter 230: Serious logistical problems
"Yue's dog." As King Qin drew out a Qin's long sword behind him, he slashed at the corner of the case.
The corner of the case was cut off all at once.
"Wang Jian. Look at this." Then King Qin motioned to Zhao Gao to take the report from the north.
After browsing quickly, Wang Jian was taken aback.
"Look at them all." King Qin ordered.
Shangwen was still wondering what the situation was, why even Wang Jian was shocked. When I saw Li Si next. Li Si was still so calm after seeing it. Can't see any expression. Then Wei Liao. Wei Liao was also horrified.
The same is true for Feng Quji. Shang Wen didn't understand, so he took a look and was shocked. Here is planning how to raid the Yue Kingdom, in the north. Other people's Yueshi has already taken the lead.
From Meng Tian's battle report. The Yues attacked a patrol base set by the Qin army deep in the grassland. Caused extremely serious casualties. Moreover, large tracts of grassland have fallen into the hands of the Yueshi people.
Meng Tian also elaborated. If the current Yue people cannot be contained, they are likely to go further south. The first to bear the brunt is the Guyang Iron Works and the Hetao Plain. The main source of horses in Qin State.
Shang Wen took a deep breath. This month has already seriously threatened the industry that was just starting out. Especially iron production. There is only an iron factory in Guyang that has the embryonic form of modern iron smelting.
Maybe they just learned to use coke to smelt iron. Now they are facing the threat of army pressure.
Shang Wen looked at it carefully again. The battle report did not mention the specific number, but Meng Tian put forward his own guess that the military force used was about 200,000. Speculated from the attacked patrol stronghold. Most of them are elite.
Shangwen handed the battle report to Wang Ben. Wang Ben quickly handed it to Yang Duanhe after reading it. Fortunately, Yang Duanhe is a soldier and doesn't care about such small etiquette. After all, this is military affairs.
"All talk about it." King Qin quickly controlled his emotions.
"My lord, these people from the Yue family are really hateful. The land that my Daqin soldiers sacrificed in blood can really be given to others in vain. If I didn't say anything, fight." Wang Ben said bloody. Shang Wen laughed secretly. No wonder I have to take care of this kid. There is no general calmness.
Wang Jian pulled Wang Ben carefully, and stared at Wang Ben with stern eyes. It seems to be deeply reprimanded.
King Qin clearly saw such a small move. So he said: "What is the opinion of the general."
"Chen believes that the purpose of Yueshi should be investigated first. Then appropriate adjustments are being made." Wang Jian said calmly.
"Well, not bad." King Qin first approved this attitude of being calm. The reason, the specific situation has not been investigated, and troops have been sent out hastily. This is not the style of a general. It's not what the general did.
"Li Si." King Qin pointed out.
"The minister is here." Li Si replied.
"I have a good opinion." King Qin asked.
"Chen. The minister is thinking about how to use the grain and grass for the Yue family. There is also this civilian husband." Li Si said.
"En. It is reasonable." King Qin applauded.
At this time, Shangwen had to admire Li Si a little, and also expressed his appreciation for the sense of responsibility of the various officials of Qin State's civil and military officials. This is the most effective office. When a country encounters a crisis, the first thing that comes to mind is its own business. Such a government is a responsible government. This is already destined to be impossible for the Qin State to fail.
"What opinion does Mr. Qin have?" King Qin asked Shangwen.
And Shang Wen was thinking about a problem in a trance, that is, how to solve the logistics supply problem. In particular, the size of the combat area of this battle has far exceeded my imagination. The Hexi Corridor from the north to the south. The military forces to be recruited may not be much, but the large number of logistical supplies to be recruited is enough to be comparable to the destruction of the six eastern countries. Moreover, the food used by horses is much larger than that of soldiers. Especially for long-range sneak attacks.
If this concept is rather vague, then the story of Huo Qubing in the later Han Dynasty can explain it. Moreover, the State of Qin is not only going to do the raid expedition that Huo Qubing is going to do, but also to go to war with the Northern Huns like Wei Qing did.
This is how Han Wudi's Wenzhiwugong was established. But then the empire fell into a great dilemma. If this is true, Qin will have no hope of reunification. Especially, my own generation doesn't look down on the unity of Qin. This greatly damaged Qin's strength.
Then, it will take at least another generation of Qin State to condense the current national strength of Qin State. If the war drags on for a long time. The situation will be even worse.
This may be the result Li Si considered. With that, Shang Wen looked at Li Si. But the strange thing is why everyone is looking at me. Shang Wen was a little puzzled to see.
"Mr. Qin." King Qin cried.
"Oh. The minister is here." Only then did Shang Wen realize that he was thinking about the problem and was lost in thought.
"What is your opinion, sir?". King Qin asked.
Shang Wen shook his head helplessly. Shang Wen himself didn't know what to say.
King Qin was a little lost. After all, many very good ideas come from Shangwen. Now, there is no idea.
Shang Wen is also looking for a solution. The first thing that comes to mind is to issue national debt and organize a business model similar to the East India Company to conduct a war of aggression. However, that time was too long. Moreover, I don't know if it will be possible in time.
National debt. After discovering the consequences of the national debt, Shang Wen didn't know Qin's family history at all. What to use to issue treasury bonds. The family is all in Lisna. Will someone give it? Shang Wen obviously rejected this answer.
If you really want to fight according to the current model, this war is actually a battle that hurts both sides, and Qin has obtained a large area of land. But what can be done. The national strength has been severely weakened. Probably. The six eastern countries took advantage of this to rise.
Oh my God, I will be the sinner of history. Unexpectedly, when I proposed to attack the northern nomadic tribe, I stabbed such a big hornet's nest. Shangwen felt a little headache thinking about the huge logistics problems after the dispatch of troops.
On one side, Li Si described in detail the manpower and material resources needed to deploy troops. This battle is fighting in winter, and winter fighting will consume a lot of materials. And this time it provides three routes, three of which have a large number of cavalry operations. Completely unfamiliar geographical environment. The Moon Kingdom is thousands of miles away. Need to spend extremely long supply lines.
There is nothing wrong with what Li Si said. Everyone agrees very much. This is also true in history. Whether it is Huo Qubing or Li Jing of the Tang Dynasty. Long-distance raids have to pay a price, and these areas. Still an enclave. The so-called enclave. Just fight. Unoccupied land.
