Zhang Yue looked at everyone, but did not talk about the combat deployment, but asked: "General Xu, how many days can our army's rations last?"

"It can only last for another three days at most..." Xu Xiangru lowered his head and said, "In three days, the military rations sent by Gu Mo and other countries will be consumed..."

The Han army came out of Kucha and traveled westward. The entire army only carried three-day dry food and rushed all the way. In seven days, it spanned two thousand miles, crossed Gumo, Qiemo, Shache and other more than ten large and small countries in the Western Regions, and arrived directly here.

Along the way, military supplies were basically all donated by the local countries, their nobles and merchants.

In order to ensure speed, usually only military rations are collected on the same day, and at most military rations and forages are prepared for the next day.

It is precisely because of this that the Han army can complete this incredible advance.

Since I went out of the border on the seventh day of the lunar month, I arrived at the Shule border on the 14th.

The price is naturally that the combat endurance is weakened to the point where it is impossible to carry out long-term combat!

"Three days?" Zhang Yue thought for a while and ordered: "Please inform the country of the country. It is necessary to send at least 10,000 stones of military rations to our army within two days, regardless of milk, wheat, rice, or livestock!"

"The general went to tell the nobles of various countries that merchants: Anyone who can donate military rations will be the one who can make a case for Emperor Taizong's strategy of "losing millet and donating titles". He only needs to donate one thousand stones of military rations or one hundred cattle and sheep, and he will be awarded the titles of the five great officials of the Han Dynasty!"

Losing grain and donating titles was a policy that Emperor Taizong of Han adopted Chao Cuo's suggestion.

The specific method is to allow merchants, landlords, nobles, and civilians all over the world to transport grain independently to the Great Wall border.

Then, the state will compensate the titles of different levels according to the amount of food it transports.

Now, Zhang Yue has re-introduced the old story and used this policy to tempt nobles and merchants from all over the Western Regions.

He believed that it would be very attractive, and it should not be difficult to make up at least 10,000 stones of all kinds of food!

And ten thousand stones of food should be enough for several days of combat.

In this way, coupled with the original grain storage, the combat time of the Han army could be extended by at least ten days.

In other words, Zhang Yue had no intention of delaying the war through October.

He wants to fight quickly!

This is also the reason why he agreed to Li Ling's request. If there were regular operations, the 100,000 Xiongnu army would be scattered in Shule, Shache and even Dayuan.

The Han army may be able to defeat Li Ling, but it is difficult to win!

In the war in the age of cold weapons, defeating the enemy and defeating it is actually far from being a victory.

For details, please refer to the Battle of Chu-Han and Pengcheng.

Emperor Gao lost even his pants!

He even almost lost his life. However, after he got out of trouble, he became a hero again in just a few months.

The reason is actually very simple. The army in the era of cold weapons did not have any weapons of mass destruction.

Most of the soldiers' fighting will is weak, so if they can't beat it, they will run away.

Usually, in a battle, the beheading of the victorious side can achieve the first achievement of the enemy's total force, which is already a brilliant victory.

After all, not everyone is Bai Qi and Huo Qubing.

If you don’t fight, you will be fine. Once you fight, you will stare at destroying the opponent’s vitality, seeking a big detour and encirclement, and thinking about making dumplings for the enemy every day.

But most people do not have that ability and lack that ambition.

So, in fact, Xiang Yu won the battle in Pengcheng.

But the main forces of the Han army were almost gone.

Emperor Gao Liu Bang went back and gathered the defeated troops again, and then he pulled up another army.

And the nomadic peoples are even more exaggerated.

Last time, the Wusun people were pressed by Li Ling to rub the medicine and water, Kunmo ran away in a panic and barely saved his life.

but……

How much did the Wusun people lose?

Can it be 10%?

For nomadic peoples, if you can't beat them, you will run away, which is never embarrassing.

It is something they are born to save their lives.

In fact, after defending Qinghuo Qubing himself, the Han Dynasty fought thousands of battles with the Huns, and the Han army won at least 70% of them.

However, as Zhang Yue knew, the number of beheadings and gains in all battles did not exceed Huo Qubing's life beheading record. It was not until Zhang Yue defeated the royal court in the north of Mo last year that Huo Qubing's record was barely broken.

Nowadays, the situation is also normal.

Facing Li Ling's Corps, the Han army can defeat it, but it is whimsical to destroy it!

After seeing off Xu Xiangru, Zhang Yue ordered people to carry the made Shule sand table. Then he stood in front of the sand table, summoned the generals and said, "Next, I will discuss the battle with all the officials!"

He looked at the battlefield that appeared on the sand table, held a special baton and pointed to the upper reaches of the Honghe River, where Li Ling agreed, and said to everyone: "I have the eight characters for this battle, I will send them to you..."

"Only fight the servants, not touch the Huns!"

Everyone listened but didn't understand what Zhang Yue meant.

Who else can you choose to fight or not on the battlefield?

Zhang Yue looked at everyone and explained: "Don't worry, you are more confident than us, Li Ling loves his elites in his headquarters than anyone else!"

For Zhang Yue, the Han army was his comrade-in-arms and comrades-in-arms.

For Li Ling, his elite troops were his tools for fighting for power and profit, and the basis for realizing his ambitions.

How could he be willing to let the elite troops of his headquarters fight head-on with the Han army?

If that were the case, how could he propose a gentleman battle, not to capture Ermao and not seriously injured?

Isn't that funny?

From the moment of the proposal, Zhang Yue was sure that Li Ling's headquarters would never stand out in the front battlefield!

The ones who took the lead and died must be his servants and cannon fodders!

Unless the Han army was defeated, Li Ling's headquarters would never move.

Zhang Yue even speculated that even if his army was defeated and the servants and cannon fodders were beaten to collapse, Li Ling's main force would not be dispatched.

Because the ten thousand cavalry in Li Ling's hands are like the Beiyang Fleet in the hands of Li Hongzhang in the late Qing Dynasty.

That's not used to deal with the Han army!

It is used to suppress dissidents and attack political enemies.

Li Hongzhang can protect the ship and avoid the war, while Li Ling can also protect the troops and avoid the war!

Maybe, once there is a downturn on the battlefield, the first person to run away is Li Ling’s headquarters!

Of course, it is not ruled out that Li Ling is broken and insists on fighting with the Han army.

But that possibility is almost zero!

Zhang Yue looked at everyone and said, "My Lords, please remember that this battle has been a war in an unusual sense since Li Shaoqing made a fight..."

"This is not a war to fight for the place and destroy the enemy, or even a military activity in the usual sense!"

"This is true whether it is for our army or the Huns!"

"This is a war based on justice, not military!"

"So from the beginning, that's it!" Zhang Yue pointed to his mind and said, "So, please put aside the thinking of soldiers and change to the thinking of officials and court officials, and consider this matter!"

"The strategy of our army in this battle is not to kill many enemies, nor to seize many big swords, but to the world, the whole world, and everyone!"

"Whether he is a Hun, Shule, Dayuan, Wusun, Kangju, Yuezhi, shows the magnificent power of my Han Dynasty and the kingly style of the Han Dynasty! "

"Let the people in the world, no matter who they are, know that the world, all the sun and the moon shine, and the stars pass by are the land of the emperor and the minister of the emperor!"

"This battle is to establish this basic fact and let everyone in the world know this!"

"Simply put, the purpose of this battle is to fight a hundred years without a betrayal, dare not complain if he dares to bend his bow!"

"That is to make it known to the whole world that Han is the most expensive, and the others are second!"

"So, this is the main task of governing the country, a century-old cause, and a thousand-year foundation!" Zhang Yue asked seriously: "Do you understand?"

………………………………

Shule City.

The Han army envoy came very quickly. The envoy Li Ling had just returned and reported his life for only three hours. The Han envoy, who was holding the court, came back with the reply from General Yang.

Li Ling opened the letter and read it once, his face became quite embarrassed.

Because, he found that the words of General Ying Yang were really boring!

It can even be said that Li Shaoqing's face was torn apart.

"Han Yinghou, General Ying Yang, Governor of Liangzhou, and Zhang Zizhong, the envoy of the imperial guards, paused his head and bowed to Li Gong's head again: Fortunately! Fortunately! I heard that Ming Gong was brave and brave, and his wisdom was better than Sun Wu, and his talent was born in the world. Therefore, he abandoned the ambition of the sparrow and swans and soared high with swans. Due to the changes, he seized the power of the Xiongnu and used it for his own use, and took the Shuang clan and replaced it..."

Just this part of looking up made Li Ling blush and palpitations and guts.

Because, these words seem to be praising him alone.
To be continued...