Logically speaking, it is difficult to keep a low profile during large-scale material mobilization.
This is why the ancient art of war was always so obsessed with things like grain roads and Ji Roads. At the same time, they were also obsessed with studying "mountains and rivers shape victory", that is, geography.
This is not only because specific geographical forms do have a huge impact on the difficulty of offense and defense, but also because.
The geographical characteristics determine the output of grain and grass materials in a place, and also determine the optimal material transfer route!
Of course, in actual wars, all parties involved in the war will always use various means to hide their grain and grass transportation, but in general, because the productivity in ancient times was very low, this kind of concealment was difficult.
The operating space is very limited, so the calculation of grain routes and the competition for tactical hot spots around grain routes have always been important issues in the military field.
Although no one knows why Zhuge Liang fell in love with Ma Su, a junior, the reason why the battle at Jieting overturned was because Ma Su made a strong move and was cut off by the opponent.
If the army runs out of food, there will be a big problem. If the water is cut off immediately, it is not that there is no room for maneuver, but the power supply will be shut down in minutes!
Generally speaking, it was actually difficult to completely conceal the transportation of food, water, and baggage materials in ancient times.
As long as there is some activity, there will be some signs.
And this time, this group of ministers under Li Er's command.
After the previous restructuring and the establishment of the inner court, the current official administration of the Tang Dynasty seems to have become much better. After this group of close associates used the special power of the inner court to "join the party and defeat the dissenters" in the court, the current government of the Tang Dynasty can be said to be
The wind is clear and upright.
Before.
The undercurrent of unrest among Confucian scholars caused by the palace's renovation and style changes seemed to have little effect.
This wave of preparations was completed with rocket-like efficiency.
This is almost an incredible miracle in today’s world!
During the entire process, there was no public opinion among the people - this means that not only was the complete confidentiality kept from the people, but even during the entire process of collecting and transferring military supplies through various channels, no merchants had any clues.
This is an extremely difficult matter!
When the army was finally dispatched, the report Li Er received was exactly the same.
The entire team of emperors and ministers in the inner court were overjoyed to learn about this situation. Although this was just a "covert information dispatch as much as possible", after all, no one could guarantee that the information would not be leaked.
If it was in the past when the Tang Dynasty was fighting for hegemony, it would have been very difficult to organize a quiet military mobilization and material preparation, but it was still possible - because the Guanlong zone was a little further to the north, and that was the bitter cold in the Western Regions.
land.
In other words, the population density is low and there are few people.
The ancients were certainly not stupid. They did not know the principle of concealment when marching. Cao Cao was once stabbed in the back by Liu Da'er and gave himself two big dicks. He concluded with tears that he would never go to the toilet in the future.
The secret cannot be leaked.
But this was all conditional. Cao Cao also used troops in the north to fight Yuan Shao in Hedong.
It's still a vast area with few people, so it's not that difficult to keep it secret.
Generally speaking, the main thing is to keep the secrets from the working people, and this is actually not difficult, because the information that the people have access to is limited, and there are daily food transportation-for the people, the food transporters at hand are
Whether the work means that a war will break out next is generally not easy to tell.
But it is much more difficult to hide it from merchants. Among the merchants of the Three Kingdoms period, there was a big fish like Lu Su. It is hard to say how good the merchants of the Tang Dynasty are now, but as professional merchants, it is essential to collect intelligence vigorously.
homework, this is very certain.
What kind of businessman is he without intelligence? It is simply unbelievable for a businessman not to search for inside information everywhere.
And most importantly, the location is in the southeast of Datang.
Because of the boom in maritime trade over the past few years, the current population in the southeastern part of the Tang Dynasty has naturally increased.
The key is because of the development of industry, commerce and maritime trade, the scale of cities and towns has also expanded dramatically. Not only has the population increased - this is actually not that exaggerated, but the key is that the population density has also increased significantly.
This increase in population density far exceeds the increase in population itself.
Amidst such a vigorous and vigorous craze, it is extremely difficult to organize a silent military preparation. Even Li Er and his ministers were shocked.
Is the new generation of scholars cultivated by the academy so useful?
But it doesn't matter. After all, now that the military preparations have been completed, the next step is to take action.
Because this preparation was so perfect that no one in the world noticed it, Li Eryi's entire team was naturally very proud, and,
Although it cannot be said clearly, it is obviously a bit frivolous, but everyone in the monarch and his ministers felt a sense of relief. After all,
Do not fight unprepared battles, military means planning and preparation.
Come prepared, leave prepared, plan before taking action, to put it more bluntly, the most important military action is "murder".
Do it on purpose!
This preparation is so thorough, which of course means that the current combat effectiveness of the Forbidden Army is more powerful than the heroic army at the beginning of the founding of the country.
It’s just pirates, it’s just Rome, what’s the point!
This is not an exaggeration by Li Er and others at all. This is the fact. This is the original military logic.
The next military action,
If you are prepared and attack the unprepared, you will naturally have the power of thunder!
Li Er and others are also certain of this!
The current situation of the pirates is that the Tang Dynasty cannot capture the lairs of these guys - or in other words, because of the support of the Romans, these pirates don't need such things as lairs.
Be careful when trading with big people, and everything will be done quietly.
The place where the pirates were stationed could not be found, but the location where the pirates would attack could be traced. Of course, it was a place with dense population and wealth, so an ambush would be enough.
Of course, the southeastern coastline of the Tang Dynasty is also very long. It seems that it is still difficult to catch the traces of pirates. They are pirates. Their game is to escape with one blow and run away at the speed of light when they succeed.
How could I catch you?
But Datang really doesn’t have to worry about this now.
Because the battleship is equipped with a recently improved steam engine, it can move very fast!
No matter where the pirates show up, they can be tracked immediately and at the same time notify the army to prepare for search, encirclement and suppression.
Of course, it is impossible to thwart the Roman conspiracy by doing this. The prosperous place of maritime trade is full of heroes who are crazy about money and willing to take risks.
But they can still do it after a serious injury and a hard education to these heroes!