Behind me is the earth

Chapter 422 420.The Emperor goes south

During the spring plowing period, Hu Chun visited many places, went deep into the fields of the people, and mastered a lot of first-hand information about southern Anhui, southern Hehe Province, and parts of Pingshan Province. It was not until late April that he took people with him. Returned to Qifeng County.

The footprints he left behind among the people have also become a legend that many people talk about and are highly praised.

Qifeng County, Qi Prince's Mansion, Yuanhe Hall.

Sunlight shines through the glass windows into the conference room of the side hall.

In addition to the original sofa, a dozen more chairs were added to the conference room.

As the war progresses, the current war leadership group has attracted more and more personnel, including the Ministry of National Defense, various departments, Night Owl, Shenjian, the garrison, as well as the senior executives responsible for execution in the Qixing Group. was absorbed.

In the conference room, there is an additional conference flat-screen TV, which lists recent data on the production and consumption of war, food, materials, etc., and forms a clear chart.

This is a piece of software designed by Ren Pingsheng from someone on earth. It is not difficult at all. It is basically an ordinary office collaboration software in a new shell.

After handing it over to the Zhongshuge Secretariat, Huang Wenguang led people to summarize and enter the statistical data from all aspects into the software. Those dizzying data were automatically generated through the system background and turned into charts with obvious logic. After correlation and comparison, it becomes clear and easy to understand.

After reading the data, Ren Pingsheng is now feeling anxious about food.

"The total manpower mobilized this time has exceeded three million so far, and the daily food consumption is an astronomical figure."

There are 200,000 regular soldiers plus 700,000 militiamen, plus a large number of logistical auxiliaries, construction workers, and laborers recruited from various parts of the newly occupied areas to build railways.

In addition, there are 50,000 recruits undergoing training at the First Army Training Base in Qingshui County. The total number of these recruits has reached the three million mark, and the amount of food transported every day is an astronomical figure.

Moreover, as the two armies moved further and further away, railway construction could not keep up with the pace of the advance. In addition to tractors transporting grain, a large number of carriages and donkey cart transport teams were also coordinated, and the losses during grain transportation would also become greater and greater. , the number of horse chews eaten by people in the transport team along the way is positively correlated with the transportation distance.

At the same time, there were over 100,000 refugees from Jingzhou.

In its propaganda, Wuzhou established the concept of the people endowed with monarchy and the political power of the Han people. It had the obligation to accept these refugees. Otherwise, the concept of governance would be doubted, not only by outsiders, but also the hearts of the people inside would be unstable.

But since these people have accepted them, they have to be resettled, which is another food consumption.

"Guangming, how long will the current food supply be enough?"

Ren Pingsheng asked the Secretary for Civil Affairs Lu Yingying.

Nowadays, all granaries in the province are under the management of the Civil Affairs Department, and the transportation of grain and grass to the front lines is also coordinated by the Civil Affairs Department at the rear.

“Based on the current consumption, it will be enough for about two months, until early July at most.

But by that time, summer grain will begin to arrive in the warehouse. As long as this war ends before October, there should be no big problem with food.

Moreover, most of the provinces we captured were the grain-producing areas of the previous dynasty, so the prince does not need to be so worried. "

Lu Yingying said consolingly.

"The situation in the world is changing rapidly. Now it may not only be the war in the south, but the problems we will face in the future may be more serious.

Food is the fundamental issue, and naturally the more the better. "

Ren Pingsheng shook his head.

He looked further and felt that this time the Southern War might not be able to rest even after it accomplished its set goals.

The Daru Dynasty is too powerful!

Claiming to "take the Central Plains in three months" and "anyone who stands in the way of the heavenly troops will massacre the city", these arrogant words caused an uproar throughout the world.

Under the direction of the barbarian soldiers, the whole world was also in panic.

The Jing Dynasty has been fighting with the Lurtes, Jins, and Hagenta people for decades. Everyone knows that the barbarians are fierce. The officers and soldiers of the Jing Dynasty even dare not go out of the city to fight with these barbarians. When in the wild, they often Hearing of the news, the barbarian soldiers collapsed.

The warlords in Yanzhao, Yuzhou, and Beiwan have long been infiltrated by Wuzhou into a sieve, and their strength cannot be understood in a lifetime.

They cannot withstand the military front of the Daru barbarians, and may even be fooled by the arrogant declaration of the Daru dynasty to "take the Central Plains in three months."

By then, they had just taken over the seven southern provinces according to the planned plan, and they would immediately have to fight the ambitious Daru Dynasty again.

Even at that time, the Daru Dynasty had not yet captured the Central Plains.

The millions of troops that Wuzhou has organized now will not be easily disbanded under the pressure of the coming war.

To maintain such an army for a long time, even with the grain tax from the newly occupied areas, it will be difficult to maintain it until the promotion of improved varieties is completed.

Moreover, in places like Baiyue and Miaozhou, it is common for chaos to occur. Especially if you take advantage of the chaos to cause chaos, you have to take precautions. A large number of permanent militia troops have to be left here for defense.

And judging from the current situation, it is necessary for Wuzhou Guard to expand its army in a new round in the short term.

After all, the current mechanized combat level of the Wuzhou army is not high.

If it were like the modern troops on earth, and carried out saturation bombing with rockets, missiles, and artillery shells, it wouldn't be necessary to maintain such a large number of troops to push through.

Nowadays, the equipment of two hundred thousand regular soldiers is acceptable, but in the past, militiamen often adopted a rotation training system. The flintlock guns used by the militiamen in each round were basically stored in the armory and used in turn. The actual number of firearms, Not that much.

This time, the militiamen recruited 700,000 people and used all the reserves. However, in fact, some people still did not receive firearms. The main weapon they carried was a steel knife, which required the ordnance factories or even the ordnance workshops in the rear to handle the firearms. The guns can only be obtained after they are produced and sent to the front line.

Now, the manufacturing bureaus, and even the factories and workshops that are commissioned to produce parts, are running out of labor and machines.

The current intensity of the frontline war is not great, and the consumption of ammunition is not great. In addition, it has been stored according to the plan in the past few years, so there is not much pressure now.

But once the intensity of the war increases, it will be difficult for the production in the rear to supply the consumption on the front line.

In the final analysis, the combat effectiveness of the army is still severely restricted by the development of productivity.

Today, Wuzhou's industrialization transformation period is still short, and its industrial foundation is relatively weak.

As for aircraft and tanks, they have not been deployed on a large scale so far. Only Qin Sheng's Third Army in the first line has a tank regiment with more than 40 tanks.

The number of aircraft is even smaller, and the aircraft manufacturing plants are at full capacity. They are hurrying up and rushing slowly. Today, there are only thirty-six propeller-driven aircraft, of which thirty-three are fighter jets and only three bombers.

Under such circumstances, we must not only ensure the stability of the newly occupied area, but also be prepared for new wars, and be prepared to deal with the barbarian front from the north heading south. It is necessary to maintain a considerable level of combat effectiveness and maintain a certain amount of militia. of.

The entire leadership of the Wuzhou regime has never fought such a comprehensive war. Nowadays, we are fighting, summarizing, and improving at the same time.

"There are a considerable proportion of soldiers among the regular soldiers who have practiced martial arts. It is very important for them to have enough food for their martial arts training. Their quota will not be reduced as long as it is reduced."

Ren Pingsheng said: “If you don’t plan for the overall situation, you can’t plan for a region; if you don’t plan for the eternity, you can’t plan for a moment.

The issue of food and grass is a basic issue and must be diversified.

Lu Junyi was responsible for informing Shaoguan Zheng and Liu Wu that food should be given top priority in overseas trade, especially trade with Yao, Yan, Lu, and Yue.

In addition, the Department of Finance and Taxation, the Department of Political and Legal Affairs, the Department of Agricultural Affairs, and local government agencies have jointly worked together to jointly manage the problem of hoarding of private grain merchants. Once discovered, they will be severely punished. "

Ren Pingsheng is also planning to go to Dome Island in Africa to buy a few more ships of food for later use.

In addition, the military manufacturing factory on Duomei Island has also been put into operation. The productivity of the factory there and the material supply capabilities from the global supply chain are not comparable to those of the factories in Wuzhou.

"Everyone, these barbarians from the Daru Dynasty are very powerful in combat. According to the information sent back, these people are indeed barbarians. The several big monsters they canonized are among the eight princes with different surnames, which is really surprising.

Like the horses that the Daru cavalry sat on, each one was covered in scales, as if they were wearing heavy armor. Arrows were shot on them and they were bounced away. The batch of flintlock guns we originally traded to Jingchao, Even if it wasn't a frontal hit, it wouldn't be able to penetrate the scales of these war horses.

Moreover, a war horse of eight hundred kilograms goes up. It is said that a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, but these horses are already heavier than camels!

Once a charge is launched, one can imagine its power!

It is said that these war horses are the descendants of the Qilin King of the Daru Dynasty who interacted with horses. "

Ren Pingsheng said.

When everyone heard this, they felt incredible. I also had some general impressions of Barbarian's behavior.

They don't care about laws, morality, or human relations. They are barbaric and powerful.

Liu Qiang nodded and said: "The Ministry of National Defense only conducted an analysis based on the limited information currently available. Whether it is the Beiwan Group, the Zhao bandits in Yuzhou, or the Zhu bandits in Yanzhao, it will be difficult for them to fight against the front of the Daru army.

A war between us and Daru's army is almost inevitable. "

"Be prepared for war. Compared with these warlords, we have certain strategic depth, but it is best not to let the war burn on our land."

Ren Pingsheng said.

"Your Majesty, the spies we sent from Hufang have just returned the news. At the beginning of the month, there was a period of turmoil and chaos in the Daru Dynasty.

According to the news, King Wucheng Tuoba Shan led an army of 150,000 people directly to Kurong City, the capital of the Daru Kingdom.

The eldest prince Tuoba Sheng, who was in the capital of Jingzhou, also led his troops northward and went straight to Kurong City.

The person currently in charge of Jingzhou is Tuoba Feng, the third prince of the Daru Dynasty. "

At this time, Wei Feng opened the door and walked in. As soon as he entered, he dropped a big news.

"Is there any further news?"

Liu Qiang asked.

Wei Feng shook his head: "The intelligence personnel of the Divine Arrow Division have just set foot in Hu Fang, and this news is really not new.

If you want to get more core information, you can't do it yet.

However, we have installed bugs in Hufang's yamen, and we may be able to get the specific reasons why these things happened later. "

"Um."

Liu Qiang nodded: "King Wu Cheng is the younger brother of the Emperor of the Daru Dynasty, and the eldest prince Tuoba Sheng. These two people coincidentally left the things on the battlefield and returned to Kurong City eagerly. It must be that something important happened. This matter Very likely······"

He said, looking at everyone in the conference room.

"Is it related to the Barbarian Emperor?"

The others immediately thought of this as well.

"Wucheng King Tuoba Shan, it is said that this man has made great contributions to the Luerte people's unification of the northern border, and has always been interested in the throne.

The two men rushed back one after another. Could it be that something happened to Emperor Manzi himself? "

Liu Shu guessed.

"But among the Lurte people, it is said that Tuoba Yuan himself is a great master of martial arts, and he is only fifty years old, which is his prime year in the Spring and Autumn Period."

Lu Yingying said with a frown.

"Wei Feng, the Divine Arrow Division should pay more attention to this matter."

Liu Qiang ordered.

Wei Feng nodded at him.

"Thinking about it, Daru's army is in Jingzhou and has not started fighting for the time being, which may be related to this matter."

As soon as Ren Pingsheng opened his mouth, the discussion in the room suddenly disappeared.

He crossed his legs and tapped his knees gently with his fingers: "No matter what happens inside the Man Dynasty, it is always good for us. It will give us more time to unify the south, and it will also allow us to prepare There’s more work to be done.”

After the meeting, Ren Pingsheng took the lead to walk out of Yuanhe Hall.

"Master, there are snow rabbits at noon today, honey snow rabbits."

Xiaowan also came out of the conference room, followed Ren Pingsheng, raised her head slightly, and spoke to him.

"There have been obviously a lot more monsters on the dining table recently. Has the unrest among folk monsters increased?"

Ren Pingsheng asked.

Xiaowan shook her head and said with a smile: "They are not monsters from Wuzhou. The two armies encountered monsters during their travels. They found monsters with a bad reputation among the people, so they hunted down rabbits and took care of them.

Many of these monsters were sent back.

With these various demon pills, we may awaken more aliens in the future. "

"Well, the more aliens we cultivate, the better."

With that said, when they returned to Jingxin Zhai, the two heard a sound of chest beating and foot beating in Le Dao Zhai outside the wall.

Apparently someone failed to challenge the black box again.

"After all this time, no one has succeeded."

Xiaowan couldn't help but sigh.

The black box is open to anyone, and as long as the challenge is successful, there will be generous rewards.

Moreover, the black box has become a very topical thing in Qifeng County and even among many warriors and strangers over time. If the challenge is successful, the reputation will be spread immediately. Time is a time of fame and fortune.

There is still an endless stream of people coming to challenge every day.

Even Eunuch Li Fugui, who had been to Qifeng County, came here specifically to challenge.

"Inside that black box, there is actually a huge valley, with mountains and water inside, and it is surrounded by a black mist. As soon as I entered it, I immediately felt as if my head was being lowered, and my head was dizzy. It’s amazing. I lost my direction in one step. Fortunately, I had a rope tied around my waist..."

Li Fugui looked for some interesting things he saw when he was in Qifeng County.

"My eldest companion has seen a lot of scenery in Wuzhou. I thought that I have seen all the good things in the world, but in Wuzhou, everything is different and amazing. That Prince Qi, Jingli It is said that he is an immortal descended from the earth. You have met him. Can you tell me whether it is true or not?"

A woman wearing a silk scarf and a rather heroic face lifted up the sedan curtain, looking at the city scene outside with her eyes, she couldn't help but marvel.

"Ahem..."

A cough came from the car.

"Your Majesty, you..."

The woman turned her head and saw the man covering his mouth with silk, and the blood had stained the silk red.

His face was very pale, the light in his eyes was dim, and his brows showed fatigue, as if he might fall down at any time.

Li Fugui knelt there and quickly reached out his hand to gently support him.

I have a stomachache and am not in good condition. I have to waste time in the past two days and try to resume updating before Wednesday.