Lu Bu's Ambition

Chapter 156 The Autumn Harvest is the Day to Break the Camp (Ninth Update)
The scorching heat blazed its last light in the last days of September, and the hot weather lasted for several days, which also comforted Yuan Jun. At least the Bingzhou Army would not launch a large-scale battle.

The two armies are facing each other outside of Handan, Jizhou. Yuan Shao at Jieqiao also looks anxious. Now that the Bingzhou army is marching northward on a large scale, it looks like it is going to attack the city. Fortunately, Xu You and Yan Liang have led the army to a stalemate in Handan territory.

Otherwise, Yuan Shao is really under the enemy at this moment, Yuan Shao has a headache, and Lu Bu, who is thousands of miles away, is not much worse than him.

In the handsome tent, Lu Bu frowned and stared at the map and kept checking, while Guo Jia, who was below, put down the brush gently with a sigh of relief.

"My lord, it's not a great opportunity to attack the army with seven thousand light cavalry bypassing the army."

"Feng Xiao, the detour to attack the grain road can be found out. Yan Liang's army is not far from Jizhou, and there are not one or two grain roads. I'm afraid it will be difficult to do anything."

This is the advantage of local warfare. Yuan Jun relies on his own territory, and he can recruit civilians to escort food and grass without spending too much money, and it is definitely not one or two ways.

After seeing Lu Bu's words, Guo Jia not only did not feel discouraged, but stared at his lord with bright eyes.

"My lord, I will lead the army here, hehe~" Guo Jia stared at Lu Bu with twinkling eyes when he said this.

He didn't believe that Lu Bu was so willing to spend time here, and he couldn't spend more money than Yuan Shao.

After seeing Guo Jia's appearance, Lu Bu nodded slightly, his eyes flashed with admiration, "Hasn't Feng Xiao noticed the situation in the camp these few days?"

Following Lu Bu's words, Guo Jia fell into deep thought. He knew that the lord was testing him, but what did the army do today?
Suddenly a flash of light flashed in his mind, but Guo Jia still had a suspicious expression and softly probed: "My lord, the army has been cutting down the forest for half a month, and the craftsmen are making siege equipment day and night. Is it true that we really want to attack?"

You must know that Yuan's army has a total of [-] people, and it is possible to collect [-] civilian husbands to escort food and grass during the war, but their Bingzhou army is only worth [-] people.

Seeing Guo Jia's suspicion, Lu Bu nodded slightly, with a cold look on his face, "If the gate of his stronghold is broken in the first battle, do you think Feng Xiao can win with [-] people?"

Hiss~ In an instant, Guo Jia gasped and looked at Lu Bu in shock, with a look of disbelief on his face, of course he could win the first battle.

The difficulty lies in the fact that the enemy can't get out of the stronghold, the attacking and defending sides, the attacking side will definitely consume a lot of money, if they can break through the gate of the stronghold in a battle, of course they can kill the enemy in one fell swoop.

After all, the Bingzhou Army seems to have a small number of people, but the elite in the army completely surpassed Yuan Jun. Almost all the elite troops under Yuan Shao confronted Gongsun Zan at the border bridge of Jizhou.

In Yan Liang's [-] army, there are [-] to [-] elite divisions, which is considered too many. Even so, the elites of Yuan Jun and the elites of Bingzhou are not on the same level.

He still knew this point of vision, and for a while, Guo Jia looked suspiciously at Lu Bu, who had a firm face and eyes shining with coldness, and doubts kept rising in his heart.

However, as a counselor, he had done everything for himself at this time, thinking about what Lu Bu said just now, could he win in a single battle, Guo Jia immediately responded with a firm face and nodded.

"If the gate of the stronghold is broken in one battle, and the army suffers more than ten thousand casualties, then ninety thousand of its army can be destroyed in one battle!"

This was Guo Jia's cautious consideration. The attacking side will always suffer more casualties than the defending side. If [-] troops are consumed, the remaining [-] will defeat the enemy's [-]. He is not worried at all.

But this is too ideal. The enemy's [-] army, no matter how tough the Bingzhou frontier army is, if they want to conquer it, they will have to attack the city for at least a few days, with nearly [-] to [-] casualties before they can succeed.

Looking at the cautious Guo Jia, a satisfied smile appeared on the corner of Lu Bu's mouth, "Feng Xiao, pass down the order that the autumn harvest in October will be the day to defeat Yuan Jun!"

Seeing Lv Bu with a firm and confident face, Guo Jia hesitated for a while. At this time, he was completely tied to Lv Bu's chariot, not to mention that this chariot was also quite strong. He didn't want to use his own chariot Car into ditch.

"My lord, please be cautious about this matter. The enemy army Yan Liang and Gao Lan are also famous generals in the world, and there are more than [-] people. How can our army be defeated if we stick to the camp?"

"If the casualties are heavy and the morale is low, even without Yuan Shao returning to the army, the enemy army will be able to reach the city of Handan."

The dignified Guo Jia doesn't care what tricks the lord has, but he must remind him that this is his duty as an army strategist.

"Haha~ Be filial and rest assured, I will not let my subordinate Erlang die in vain."

Seeing Guo Jia who was still about to say something, Lu Bu stretched out his hand to stop the other party's words, "If Feng Xiao is not at ease, then after handling the government affairs in the army, go to the rear army to check and you will know what the general's confidence is."

After staring at it for a long time, Guo Jia bowed deeply and stepped back slowly, but his face was covered with a heavy look.

No matter how the current Lv Bu is much stronger than Cao Cao in history, he has not the slightest idea of ​​renunciation, but he has not seen the so-called confidence of the army lord with his own eyes, and he will never give up the idea of ​​admonishing Lv Bu.

The Bingzhou army must not lose too much. This is the capital of the lord to fight for the hegemony of Jizhou. Once the casualties are too heavy, not to mention whether it can hold the occupied counties. Gongsun Zan will not be an opponent.

All this is due to the fact that Jizhou's background is too strong. Once Yuan Shao can have time to breathe, relying on Jizhou, he can train 20 soldiers in two or three years, which is different from the current situation where most of Yan Liang's soldiers are newly recruited. compared to horses.

Jizhou has a large population, and it can be regarded as one of the richest states in the Han Dynasty. The population represents a large number of soldiers, sufficient food and grass, and money and wealth.

But the difference between Bingzhou and Youzhou is this population. Yuan Shao in Jizhou can easily pull up an army of 20 to fight, and there will not be much loss to the people's livelihood in the spring and autumn harvest.

Not to mention 20 in Bingzhou, just the soldiers and horses recruited by Lu Bu, if nothing else, if Yuan Shao fights desperately, it won't take long. In the past year, the stable and absolutely fertile land in the rear began to go barren, and public complaints arose everywhere.

It doesn't mean that Lu Bu's soldiers and horses recruited too much labor from the people, but that the group of civilian men who were recruited to escort grain and grass seemed to have dispatched [-] troops, but the number of civilian men needed to escort grain and grass in the rear was definitely not a small number.

This is because Lu Bu now occupies Wei County of Jizhou, and with the source of grain and grass, the peasants of Bingzhou have returned home. If the war lasts for a long time, at least [-] to [-] peasants from Bingzhou Luyuan will be recruited to escort the grain and grass.

People's husbands represent the young and strong people. The men in the family were either conscripted into the army, or they were sent to escort food and grass. No one came for spring plowing and autumn harvest. What they ate, it would be a chaotic Bingzhou.

This is why in ancient wars, when there were large-scale and protracted battles, there would be large areas of famine and chaos in the country. One reason was that the soldiers in the army ate and drank too much.

Then the rear has to continuously transport food, grass and military equipment for these soldiers. If the local battle is fine, the front line will not be stretched too long, and the manpower and material resources will not be consumed too much.

If the battle line is long, the civilian husband will escort [-] grain and grass away, and after it is transported to the army, it will be good to have [-] to [-] grain and grass left.

People's husbands are also people, and they also consume food and grass. In history, the three conquests of Korea by the Sui Dynasty caused chaos in the world, and it was because of this.

　Hoho~ Brothers, it’s the ninth update. Thank you Momotou for your rewards. The chapters owed to the lord of 'Margok Headmaster' have been completed today. Brothers in the group are all asking, how to add a reward? Method~~ (Crying~ A lot of rewarding authors owe a lot of chapters and can't make up, and Passing Water can only sigh helplessly, the leader is five changes, two ten thousand rewards plus one change)
　　
　
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