The main force of the army was Le Ju, the commander of four legions, and the other three marching and fighting. As for Hua Xi, because she was in charge of logistics, most of them were tribe members with weak combat power.
Merit, glory, wealth, through shortcuts to war, both low-level warriors and military officers above can quickly obtain things that others cannot hope for in their lifetime, but the benefits are large and the risks they take are proportional.
However, the desire for fame and fortune has always existed since humans began to act in group life.
The subsequent conscription work progressed smoother than before. Many aspiring people chose to join the combat legion, hoping to become famous in this war and gain rich wealth and land.
Hua Xi now has 3,000 people given by Yuwang, but it is far from enough to maintain such a large legion's daily supplies. Therefore, Hua Xi still needs to continue to recruit warriors from the Changyang people in the whole society.
Although the hope of establishing a great success in the logistics forces is a bit slim, they have the advantage of safety, and they can also obtain certain copper coins. These good conditions naturally attract some corresponding people.
Hua Xi handed over the recruitment work to his subordinates Sima to take charge, and he focused his main energy on the materials needed for the 50,000 troops to go to war.
At least, weapons and equipment must have a stone spear, a big wooden stick and a leather jacket for keeping cold. Of course, the rest of the food and grass are equipped with hunting bows, and the herbs of Sima are all prepared by the logistics forces.
In Hua Xi's opinion, this work is more troublesome than going to the front line to fight, and it is more important. History often only remembers the actors on the stage, but few people who work hard and sweat behind the scenes will think of it.
The tents needed to build a camp need to be made immediately, and spare stone arrows. The existing stone arrows for healing golden aches are definitely not enough. They must be urgently produced by various workshops and tribes before they can be purchased, but this all requires
A large number of copper coins
In addition, during the war, a soldier consumes an average of 5-6 kilograms of grain per day. Although a soldier is small, more than 50,000 people combined, the food per day alone costs 330,000 kilograms of arrows consumed every day. I am afraid that
At least tens of thousands
To deliver such huge materials to the front line, there are still many transportation tools and manpower. Hua Xi is not too worried about the materials, because these materials are provided by the Changyang tribe. If you want to raise them yourself, then
But there is nothing to do
He Hua Xi, in this battle, is only responsible for how to allocate this huge amount of materials
In fact, since he opened a shop in the city, what he wanted to know was the inventory of various materials in Changyang: money, grain, herbs, and other materials, but these are the core secrets of Changyang City, and they have always been in charge of Lord Situ.
Don't say that general chiefs like him cannot know, even some nobles of prominent backgrounds may not know one or two.
The amount of grain inventories directly affects the grain price in Changyang and indirectly affects the people's livelihood and stability of the entire Changyang. It can be seen from the side that the hard power and money of the tribe's army is a reflection of the tribe's ability to control its own market.
Now he is responsible for the heavy responsibility of the army's logistics, and he just takes this opportunity to learn about the information he has always wanted to know but cannot know.
Hua Xi calculated carefully for a few minutes and then went straight to Yuwang's palace, which was the administrative compound in Changyang, and asked Yuwang for 1 million kilograms of food and 500,000 yuan of money to maintain the long term, Hua Xi estimated that
If the battle is stalemate and lasts for a long time, I'm afraid more
When the chief Yuwang heard Hua Xi report such a huge logistics expenditure, he was shocked and shook his beards. He wiped his cold sweat and shouted: "Is it necessary to do so much? Let Lord Situ help you raise these materials.
Well...you can discuss the specific matters by yourself!"
Yuwang shook his head and returned to his bedroom, leaving only Situ and Hua Xi in the hall where he met.
The chief hid and left himself as a shield. Situ couldn't help but coughed dryly, his face a little embarrassed, and said to Hua Xi: "Hua Xi, the supplies you requested are too amazing. I think it's better to try to reduce them as much as possible.
If you reduce, you will lose, and if you can, you will save. Otherwise, the warehouse will be completely empty before the battle is won."
Hua Xi frowned and said seriously: "Mr. Situ, as a logistics supply officer, the lower official must be responsible for the logistics safety of the 50,000 army. This is not something that can solve the problem by reducing or saving. I hope I can take a look.
The accounts of each warehouse in Changyang City Village, how much materials are reserved? The officials can even have a lot of money and food within their capacity. If the money and food are really insufficient, the only way is to immediately reduce the number of troops and ensure that logistics supplies can be replenished.
Meet the needs of the warriors fighting on the front line.”
Situ pondered for a moment and said, "This is, without the permission of the chief, you cannot check the inventory accounts without authorization, but you can reduce the troops... This... This is... "
Situ was unable to make such a significant decision, so he came to Yuwang's bedroom door to report to Yuwang for inquiries.
Yuwang's serious tone soon sounded from the wing room: "No reduction in troops is allowed. Now our army is tens of thousands less than the Shanrong army. If it is reduced again, it will be detrimental to the battle. If it is not good for the war, you can take him to check the inventory.
Do everything you can to ensure that you don’t have to report such things in the future. You two will discuss it yourself and be safe.”
"yes!"
Situ hurriedly retreated
With permission, Situ took Hua Xi to inspect and count the inventory of various materials in Changyang City. Hua Xi struggled to suppress the ecstasy in his heart and followed Situ to Situ Mansion - all the inventory accounts were in Situ Mansion.
After checking the accounts, Hua Xi finally obtained the most accurate and real data from Situ Mansion--7.78 million kilograms of various food, 5.31 million copper coins, enough for all kinds of weapons used by 5,000 troops, and more than 200 horses.
, the inventory of other materials ranges from hundreds of thousands to two to three million
{The Yanhuang tribe is rich in horses because it is located in the plain area, but here it is set that people only know that horses can be used to pull goods and reconnaissance. No one has thought of this idea of training war horses to fight. However, unofficial history and some online information say that Huangdi is at the end
In a battle with Chiyou, the first use of war horses to fight shows that the combat cavalry has been born in this era. Hua Xi was secretly surprised and quickly calculated that these foods could maintain the demand of 50,000 troops for a month.
The premise is that after a month of frugality, no matter whether the war has won or not, the entire Changyang tribe has no food to eat unless within this month, the miraculous harvest of large amounts of food or Changyang
The thousands of tribes under the imperial court were able to offer some food. The former was a long-term talk, while the latter was more practical, but Hua Xi was not sure whether the implementation process would successfully collect enough food.
Hua Xi looked at the account book and asked Situ: "Mr. Situ, don't you have more food? What if the war lasts for more than a month, how can the problem of food be solved?"
Situ shook his head and smiled bitterly: "These food has only been hoarded recently. In fact, it was originally used for the city guards in Changyang City for a year. I didn't expect that Shanrong would dare to invade a big shot and had to form an army.
To resist, the hoarded food will be consumed in a blink of an eye. If the war exceeds a month, then we can only collect food and grass from each tribe."
Hua Xi believes that Situ did not commit fraud. After all, this era is not as many corrupt officials who are proficient in fraud. Another reason is the level of grain cultivation. The current average planting level of Changyang tribe is compared with the one established in the south.
China is still worse than that, and the full calculation is only 60% of China's production level
Hua Xi speculated that the agricultural level of the Yellow River and Yangtze River Basin is not only not as good as China per mu, but also the efficiency of planting and reclamation is obviously not as good as that of the final analysis. Apart from the technology of crop planting, the agricultural tools used for pioneering and reclamation are
The root cause is still at the labor level of wooden and stone ploughs and some reclamation tools. How can the productivity be comparable to that of people who use bronze ware in general?
Hua Xi flipped through the bamboo slips of wealth a few more times and continued to shake his head and said, "But not only is there a shortage of food, but also a small amount of money. If the army is killed in large numbers, not to mention the pension for the soldiers' deaths, it will last for several months.
The consumption required is not enough, Lord Situ………”
Situ wiped the sweat that kept oozing out of his forehead and sighed: "This is also impossible. A considerable part of the copper coins are used to hoard various materials. The chief is preparing to build a new city outside Changyang City.
The initial cost of purchasing wood and stone is more than tens of thousands of copper! Alas, I spend money everywhere. I am afraid that the pension and subsequent expenses can only be used to compensate for fief…………”
Hua Xi nodded, and agreed with this method in his heart that he used fiefdom instead of death pensions and purchase and pay for wartime expenses. This idea is very good. There are not many other clan alliances in this era, but there are more wastelands that have not been reclaimed.
As long as the sect leader tribe remains strong enough, no matter how well the fiefs of the clans of their ministers develop and prosper, at a certain level it is also to reclaim wasteland for the clans of their ancestors.
Situ saw Hua Xi holding a few volumes of bamboo slips that recorded the accounts for a while, and then asked, "June Sima, you have read the inventory and you know what you think. These are related to the stable rise and fall of the Changyang tribe. You can do so.
It is absolutely not to be rumored, otherwise the speculative and traitors in the market will inevitably make a fuss and take the opportunity to hoard goods, buy low and sell high, and harm the people!"
Hua Xi was ashamed when she heard this. It would be impossible for her to stop her from doing this.