It stands to reason that three months plus one month should be four months of food. Four months is enough to trap any army that underestimates the enemy and advances rashly.
Unfortunately, that was not how the accounts were settled during the war.
First of all, since you want to lure the enemy deep, they must launch an attack first. The transition from defense to attack will take at least a few days. After the actual attack, it is impossible to retreat in one battle. In this way, it will take at least ten days. Already gone.
Then the Qin army pressed forward and the Zhao army retreated. But since they were retreating after defeat, even if they had moved the grain, it was impossible to take away all the grain. It was normal to leave half a month to twenty days' worth of grain to confuse the Qin army in the camp. In addition, The "embarrassment" during the retreat and the consumption of food and grass for more than ten days can be regarded as due respect in the eyes of the Qin army.
As a result, four months of food and grass were left for less than two and a half months.
The most indispensable thing for the cavalry troops and the partial divisions hidden in the mountains is food and fodder. Bringing enough food and grass is the most basic requirement. Fortunately, the two partial divisions have few soldiers. Although the horses are consumed, they can only make the Zhao army's infantry weak. The food supply was slightly reduced for more than ten days.
At this time, the amount of grain that can actually follow Zhao Jun to the front lines of Changping Pass and Guguan will probably be reduced to less than one and a half months.
To be generous, you still have fifty days of food, which is basically the same as the partial army.
In other words, the Zhao army must complete the battle against the Qin army within fifty days of retreating to the front line of the Bailishi Great Wall, otherwise it will first fall into a situation without food.
However, is fifty days enough time to complete what General Lian Po said about cutting off the food road and attacking the side?
Obviously not enough.
If the Zhao army coming out of Danzhu Mountain wants to completely cut off the Qin army's food route, it will take at least ten or twenty days. During this period, even if the Qin army is unprepared, it will still send some food to the front line. Bar. Coupled with the captured grain and fodder of the Zhao army and the grain and grass they carried with them, the Qin army still had more than twenty days of grain and grass available.
In other words, even if the Qin army was careless and failed to prepare enough food and grass, with only the minimum carrying capacity and the capture of Zhao Jun, when the Qin army's food and grass were cut off, Zhao Jun's own food and grass would only be left for a few days. Even knowing that there was a danger of running out of food, the Qin army saved food rations, and even the day when the Zhao army ran out of food was almost the same.
Well, even if Zhao Jun's confidentiality measures are quite good, neither Qin Jun nor Zhao Jun himself knows the fact that Zhao Jun is short of food. Zhao Jun also strictly controls the distribution of food. Perhaps, it can be more than Qin Jun's. A few days' worth of food.
However, with the fighting power of the Qin army, would it collapse at the first touch even if it ran out of food? Even if he kills the horse and eats it, he can always hold on for a few more days. In just a few days, the Zhao army will also run out of food. In this case, with two armies that are short of food, can the Zhao army really defeat the Qin army?
Obviously not!
The lack of his own food will directly ruin Lian Po's so-called plan to lure the enemy deeper.
"Please ask my king to allocate grain and grass?" Lian Po asked reluctantly.
"This batch of grain and grass is the last grain in the national treasury." Zhao Kuo on the side continued to mercilessly cut off Lian Po's last hope: "At this moment, there are still several months before the autumn grain harvest, not to mention, even if it is the autumn harvest, On that day, Zhao's autumn grain harvest also failed due to a lack of young people, plus the transportation costs..."
There is no need for Zhao Kuo to continue talking about the following words.
The pained expression on Lian Po's face showed that he had understood the implication of Zhao Kuo and Tian Dan's words.
"How could this be?" Lian Po muttered to himself a little lonely, with a bit of disbelief in his voice.
"War is never just a battle for victory on the battlefield, but more importantly, a competition of national strength." Zhao Kuo slowly comforted Lian Po: "Qin supported the Bashu granary, the fertile fields of Guanzhong, and even operated Hanoi for many years. Although there was a loss of transshipment, it still The food they have is more than three times that of our Zhao State, not counting its losses. Although there are many soldiers, there is no shortage of food and fodder.
As for our country, Zhao, since the war three years ago, all the young men are in the army, and only women are left in the fields. Even though there are young and strong women who can maintain one or two, there are still eighty-nine fields that are barren. Three years have yielded almost nothing, and a hundred years of accumulation have been exhausted in these three years of confrontation. This is not a war crime. "
After hearing Zhao Kuo's words, Lian Po could only sigh deeply. The country's inability was not something that he, a general, could turn around. He immediately put down the baton in his hand, slightly cupped his hand, and stepped aside.
Immediately, Zhao Kuo also looked at the sand table, used his arm as a stick, and began to throw king bombs at everyone.
"It's not just a matter of food and fodder. What's more important is that we may have underestimated the Qin army." Zhao Kuo said in a non-surprising tone: "Not only the military strength of the Qin army, but also the ability of the Qin generals, we have underestimated it. .”
Zhao Kuo paused briefly, glanced at the three of them, and then said slowly: "According to reliable information, Bai Qi, Lord Wu'an of Qin State, has led an army of no less than 100,000 troops and secretly stationed at the Danshui defense line."
"Hiss..." The three people who heard the news took a breath of air.
Mr. Wu An!
One hundred thousand troops!
Any one piece of news is enough to shock the eyeballs, let alone two pieces of news appearing at the same time. If this is the case, I am afraid that the Qin army not only intends to go to the party, but also may want to take down Zhao's hundreds of thousands of troops in one go, and even go straight to Handan!
"Is this true?" Lian Po and Tian Dan asked almost at the same time.
Don't blame them for not believing it. After all, the Qin State has already assembled hundreds of thousands of troops on the Danshui line. It would be really hard to add another hundred thousand troops at once.
And Lord Wu'an is like a nuclear weapon. Once used, it will basically be an endless situation. The Qin State is also very careful about Bai Qi's use.
Upon hearing this, Zhao Kuo nodded calmly and said, "This matter is absolutely true."
Zhao Kuo's words once again put the general discussion on ice. Since Zhao Kuo confirmed this matter again and again, no one believed that Zhao Kuo would lie about such a critical matter.
The arrival of Lord Wu An made Lian Po's plan almost impossible to realize. Obviously, Bai Qi, who is known as the massacrer and likes to fight annihilation wars the most, will not give Zhao Jun any chance to surround him. It is said that Zhao Jun himself is still short of food now. Even if Zhao Jun is not short of food and grass, with the ability of Lord Wu An, he will not make the mistake of underestimating the enemy and advancing without food and grass.
At the same time, facing the Qin army with a total strength of 500,000, whether the Zhao army can defend the Bailishi Great Wall defense line after repeated divisions is also a huge challenge.
Therefore, Lian Po's strategy was destined to be impossible to implement at all.
Zhao Kuo, who teamed up with Tian Dan to deny Lian Po's plan and unleashed the King of Wu'an to explode, then turned his attention to Tian Dan.
"Old General Lian Po's tactics are no longer usable. I wonder how General Tian can teach me?" Zhao Kuo asked slowly as he picked up the baton and handed it to Tian Dan's hand.
