Sanhe County Yamen.
"The news just came from Xiazhou. Ma Yaohan's troops have already invaded. Judging by the time, they have almost reached the capital."
"Do you think Ma Yaohan and the others can take the capital?"
Ma Yaner asked Zhang Bao.
"It may not be that simple to capture the capital. Even though Ma Yaohan and the others are fighting so smoothly now, they have been fighting all the way to the outside of the capital. However, along the way, they simply took advantage of the fact that Xiazhou's troops were unable to react."
"If the people in Xiazhou had known that Ma Yaohan was going to rebel, maybe they would still be stuck in Xiazhou now."
"Although you can reach outside the capital in a short time, it will be difficult to get in."
Zhang Bao shook his head.
When they were in the capital before, Zhang Bao knew about the condition of the city walls.
Not to mention that Ma Yaohan and the others did not have weapons to attack the city. Even if they were given explosive packets, it would not be that simple to capture the capital.
"Unless he, Ma Yaohan, ignores the casualties and allows all the hundreds of thousands of troops to attack the city and spend their lives, there may be some way.
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"But for Ma Yaohan, they don't just have to face the capital."
"We still have to face Liu Xiu's army that is coming towards the capital. If all their people are dead, what can they do to resist Liu Xiu's troops?"
"In the final analysis, Ma Yaohan is a little anxious. It may be safer if he leads the hundreds of thousands of people under his command to develop in their Shaanzhou for a period of time and wait passively."
"but……"
Zhang Bao shook his head.
"but what?"
Ma Yaner asked, tilting her head.
"Who can resist such a great temptation? That is the throne!"
"Cao Kang has been secretly planning for such a long time, but he has only just taken this position. As long as he, Ma Yaohan, conquers the capital, he can take his place immediately."
"As long as there is a glimmer of hope, who wouldn't want to take a gamble?"
"What's more, Ma Yaohan is already close at hand now, there is only this one step left."
Zhang Bao said with a smile.
"Then what are we going to do?"
"You asked Fan Hanzhong to keep an eye on the capital's movements and to wait for opportunities to take over the capital?"
Ma Yaner asked Zhang Bao.
"Capture the capital?"
"It's not that simple!"
"This melee of hundreds of thousands of people is not a small battle, it is a war."
"It took a lot of effort to save such a small amount of money, and then we stole the little emperor. It's unnecessary. Who said the capital must be in Xiazhou? Don't think that the lack of movement in the surrounding states means they surrender to us."
"If our troops are gone, what do you think they will do?"
Zhang Bao said to Ma Yan'er.
"Um."
"Simply supporting 200,000 people with food and grass is very difficult for us in Hezhou."
"Not to mention starting a fight."
Ma Yaner nodded.
During this time, she also understood how costly war was.
A soldier needs two to three kilograms of food every day. If there is a war, the food consumption will even double.
Not to mention the consumption of fodder for horses.
If they fight in Hezhou, they have great advantages, but if they go to fight far away, they need to consider the transportation of grain and grass.
And food and grass are crucial to their army.
In order to ensure basic logistics supply, it is unrealistic to simply require soldiers to transport.
A large number of people also need to be mobilized for transportation.
Just like this time.
Zhang Bao and others transported grain and grass from several counties in Hezhou.
Each county hired a large number of people, and even temporarily recruited a team of soldiers to be responsible for the transportation of grain and grass.
The transportation of grain and grass along this road also requires the consumption of grain and grass.
Daxia's current transportation method can only rely on horse-drawn carriages, and the amount of grain and grass carried by horse-drawn carriages is very limited.
The journey to Xiazhou even lasted more than a month.
Not to mention that soldiers are needed to protect them along the way, otherwise the food and grass will be easily robbed.
All those responsible for escorting the transportation need to eat.
Even if a cart of grain is transported to the front, it would be good if half of it is left.
In the final analysis, war is still a competition of comprehensive strength.
Especially when the number of people is huge, the battle can often last for several months, and after the battle is over, they will basically be hollowed out.
"What we have to do now is not to follow others and set our sights on Xiazhou."
"I heard that there was a stalemate here in Jeju, but I didn't expect that they had only 10,000 or 20,000 troops, and they were able to beat back 50,000 of their troops."
"And it went all the way to Jeju, which was a bit greedy."
Zhang Bao said to Ma Yan'er with a smile.
Zhao Sunlong, who had received the order before, completely let go after gathering more than 10,000 troops who dispersed into Jeju to harass.
These people, after going through Dongzhou's training, are no longer mere recruits.
And Zhao Sunlong is a leader of the younger generation. He has strong martial arts skills and is familiar with military books.
Before entering Dongzhou, some of them were infantry, but after coming out of Dongzhou, they all became cavalry.
The advantages of cavalry were fully exploited by Zhao Sunlong in Jeju.
When they were in Hezhou before, they couldn't cause wanton destruction.
Now we have arrived in Jeju, and there are enemies everywhere. They have taken down three county houses along the way, and set them on fire. They continue to go deeper. Looking at this posture, there is a vague feeling that they are going to directly capture the governor's house.
"They are not stupid. I really don't know what you said to them before they left."
"They are all as smart as monkeys. Sometimes you can't find them even if you try to find them."
"This fighting power is even more unexpected."
Ma Yaner said helplessly.
"I didn't say anything. I just let them communicate with the people of Baowei Thirty-Six Cavalry for a few days to loosen the shackles in their hearts."
Zhang Bao smiled.
"Then you plan to take advantage of the opportunity to capture Jeju?"
Ma Yaner thought for a while and asked.
"Jeju and Xiazhou are close to each other, and Shaanzhou is now leaderless and in chaos. Both places are not peaceful."
"It's Dongzhou, I've been coveting it for a long time recently."
"After staying in Dongzhou for so long this time, I know the details of Dongzhou. It's really good."
"Moreover, when passing through Huizhou, I discovered that there was still a Japanese country. There are some things that we must take precautions for."
Zhang Bao said lightly.
"Japanese country?"
"Well, they have indeed made some moves recently."
"But what does this have to do with Dongzhou?"
Ma Yan'er was a little curious.
"You will know when we take Dongzhou."
"Come on, send an order to Beihai County Fang Fu to come see me as soon as possible."
Zhang Bao shouted outside.
