All the counties and towns contracted to her husband's clan were on the west side, so they naturally did not want to fight with Qin. After suing the temple, these people gradually proposed to negotiate peace with Qin. Unexpectedly, the Qin army fought again. Last time, they sent 400,000 troops, and this time, they sent 500,000 troops.

According to the estimate of the Ministry of Knowing the Foreigners, the 500,000 army was mobilized by the border troops, and the size of the Qin King's direct army near Xianyang was the largest. It can be said to be the army of the whole country. Moreover, it is no longer the main focus of restraint as before. They are likely to bypass the city and go deep into the hinterland of Chu.

Xiong Jing asked, Cai Wen, and Cheng Jie was dissatisfied and could only answer: "Since the Qin people have sent troops to attack me, it is indisputable."

"What do you think?" Xiong Jing remained silent. He was always trying to find a way to pull his husband's clan to the position of Qin, but it was useless to pull him. The best way was to attack Chu.

"I think I should take the initiative." Dou Zhi said. "Twenty-hundred thousand Qin troops came from Nanyang County, and after reaching Chengyang, tens of thousands of people may be left outside the city. The rest passed Yiyi and went to Xixian County, Xincai. The army on this route occupied the land west of the Rushui River. Shangcai's army went down the river and occupied the land east of the Rushui River and west of the Ying River. The army of Honggou thought that it was not to attack Chen Ying. Chen Ying was west of Honggou. This place was surrounded by Honggou. Ying River was intertwined, and there was no attack except Chen Ying. His army should go east of Honggou and attack the hinterland of our Chu State."

The judgment of Dou Yuzhi is somewhat different from the combat department, but it is not unreasonable. If the Huai River is a tree trunk from west to east, then Rushui, Yingshui, Fengshui, and Sishui are branches that grow in obliquely. Hundreds of thousands of troops have to choose waterways for hundreds of miles to fight, so Shangcai's army corresponds to Rushui, and Chenying's army corresponds to Honggu-yingshui, which just penetrates directly into Huai River. Even if you cannot capture Shouying on the south side of the Huai River, you can still sweep all the cities and towns of the branches.

If these cities are lost, the Chu State will lose at least two-fifths of Dingkou and one-third of its cultivated land. At that time, only half of the Song land and Lu land east of the Fengshui River will be left on the Huai River. If the 800,000 troops will be separated and attack Chu along the Danshui River-Si River, even the Song land west of Pengcheng will be lost, and then only Lu land will be left on the Huai River.

If this is the case, Qi may have to send troops. The army of Qin, Wei and Han has been destroyed. Once the land on the Huai River of Chu is lost, Qi cannot look at the Qin army across Muling Pass. At least he has to seize the area south of Jucheng, preferably to Xiapi, and then Tancheng, otherwise, Qi will be destroyed once Muling Pass is broken.

".........If you march like this, then use a four-wheeled carriage to transport food and fodder, you should avoid our boat commander..."

"Cough cough..." Lu Yangjun coughed, Dou Yuzhi looked at him, and then he realized why he coughed. The king invented the White Dragon Water Cart, which was used by Chu people less, and the farmers in the Three Jins and Qin countries used more, and finally used these water carts to soak Chen Ying;

Before the invention of the four-wheeled carriage, the Qin army had only two-wheeled carriages, with a daily loss of 8.8%. The transportation time was eleven days, and the transportation distance was only more than 300 miles, which was not as efficient as the three-person chasing carriages. The daily loss of four-wheeled carriages was less than one-tenth of the two-wheeled carriages, only 0.85%. The transportation time (1/0.85%) was 117 days. The transportation distance (round trip) could theoretically reach 3,500 miles (60 miles or 25 kilometers per day).

This is the data when each truck is loading 15 tons of grain and fodder. If the road conditions and horse load are fully considered, each truck can only load one ton, and the daily loss rate is 1.27%, the transportation time is 78 days, and the transportation distance is still 2,340 miles. Such a long transportation distance can be transported directly from Xianyang to Yingdu. With the annual surplus of hundreds of millions of stones of grain in Qin, I don’t care about the losses on the road at all.

The more you work, the more you die, this is the true portrayal of Xiong Jing's inventions. This is also one of the laws of innovative inventions. The largest ones always benefit the most, rather than the inventors. Although the giant iron, catapult, Jing crossbow, and large-wing warship are strictly controlled, the changes they bring are only tactical. Only the four-wheeled carriage can innovate the Qin army's later transportation system, giving the Qin army greater strategic choice redundancy.

Xiong Jing's face became ugly when he heard the four-wheeled carriage. Although the four-wheeled carriage was stolen and copied by the Qin people in the Battle of Jiangyi, this was still his fault. If he hadn't built the four-wheeled carriage, how could the Qin army use the four-wheeled carriage? After using the four-wheeled carriage on a large scale, the Qin army, which had originally relied on the river to fight, could break free from the constraints of the river and attack cities outside the river. The food and fodder transported by more people could be transported by fewer people and fewer horses.

"How many four-wheeled carriages can be used by the Qin people?" Xiong Jing asked Xiang Don't Give Me.

"About 50,000 vehicles." Four-wheeled carriages have always been the focus of the Zhibian Department. Craftsmen in the Shaofu of Qin State were already coerced and bought by them. "However, I think that the Qin people in this battle cannot stay away from the river."

"Why, don't the Qin people have 100,000 horses?" Xiong Jing asked, remembering that the four-wheeled carriage needed two horses.

"Big King Rong," E Zhuo from the Transportation Department spoke. "Fifty thousand four-wheeled carriages, one carriage and three horses, should require 150,000 horses."

"One carriage and three horses?" Xiong Jing was surprised, "Isn't one carriage and two horses?"

"No. The road is short and flat, and can be one cart and two horses; the road is long and it takes three horses, and the road is steep and needs four horses. Otherwise, many horses will die." E Zhuo was responsible for transportation, and he knew very well that boats and chariots were transported. "I know that the Qin people in this battle could not stay away from the river, which is indeed true.

Hundreds of years ago, only the chariots and soldiers were wearing armor and fought with hundreds of soldiers, and each soldier was only one military chariot and one heavy chariot. Later, infantry also wore armor, and used crossbows to attack the city and use baggage. Each soldier needed more than twenty heavy chariots. Now, four-wheeled carriages were replaced by land, and twenty people needed one chariot. The eighty military needs a total of 40,000 vehicles, and only 10,000 vehicles were left to transport food and fodder, which was insufficient."

E Zhuo's words immediately made Xiong Jing realize that transportation requires carriages, and carriages are also needed with the camp. The number of carriages required for the camp is even greater than the carriages transported.

"The 800,000 army should have tens of thousands of strong men and tens of thousands of cattle and horses, and the daily consumption is not less than that of soldiers. In this way, the 800,000 army needs nearly two thousand tons per day. A cart per ton, and the number of carts a day to arrive in Wanjun, Luoyang and Rongyang is transported. The schedule is short as ten days, and the most is twenty days. A cart of grain and fodder reaches the most is seven or eight tenths, and the fewer is only four or five tenths. Therefore, I believe that if there are no 30,000 carts, the Qin army can only travel by water.

The only thing that can be considered is that the Qin people gathered tens of thousands or more four-wheeled carriages in one place, which could support the attack of 300,000 troops on land thousands of miles away."

"Thousand Miles?" Not only Xiong Jing, but others also looked at the map on the wall, all of their eyes falling between Daliang and Shouying. If it was himself, if there were only 300,000 troops in his hands to attack far away, he would naturally aim this army at the enemy's capital.

"Therefore, I think that the 800,000 Qin troops were just a word of intimidation, so that the Qi people would attack me even." E Zhuo said. "For 50,000 four-wheeled carriages, we should send 600,000 troops, 100,000 to restrain Chengyang, and 100,000 to attack the Yingshui River. The remaining 400,000 troops were prepared to be equipped with all the carriages. We can avoid our army's boat troops, and go south along the east side of Honggou-Ying River from Daliang to the east to attack Cai. If Cai is defeated, Yingdu will be shaken. At this point, the north of Huai River and west of the waters are not my own. Our Chu State has lost nearly half of its national strength and cannot be strengthened again."

"Zi Zhuo Miao." The King of Luyang said. "It is very different from the actual situation by just transporting the Qin people's strategy. Except for the western front of Chengyang, Qin did not border me. If the Qin army attacked the city and Wei State gained land, how could the Qin people benefit? Every move of the Qin people, every move of the Qin people, all of them were profitable. The army of the whole country fought to the death, but it was not wise.

I think the Qin people will attack us with Wei and Han. The soldiers of Wei and Han died at the hands of our army or at the hands of Qin, and Qin benefited them. Therefore, this battle was not a battle to destroy Chu, but this battle was a battle to destroy Chu, Wei and Han three kingdoms. If this was not the case, the Qin people would not be able to take the land on the Huai River. I ask the king to send people to talk about Wei and Han. He may send troops, so please do not fight with our Chu army during the battle. Our Chu army will only attack Qin soldiers and not hurt Wei and Han soldiers."

Everyone whispered to each other, and then nodded frequently. Li Qi asked, "If the Qin people sent the army of Wei and Han to fight me first, and sat down and watched it, what would I do?"

"If this is the case, the Qin people's desire to destroy Wei and Han is revealed, and the soldiers of Wei and Han should turn against each other in front of the formation." said the King of Luyang. "If they do not turn against each other, they will die between the Qin and Chu armies."

"Does the generals of Han and Wei dare?" It is the best thing to turn against each other. It is a rare thing in a century, but many people are still worried.

"The generals of Han and Wei dare not, but the soldiers of Han and Wei dared." Lu Yang Jun continued: "Therefore, I asked the king to release several surrendered soldiers from Wei to return to Wei, and told them that the Chu army would not want to fight with the Wei army. If the two armies fought again, the abandoned soldiers would not be killed or captured."

"Good." Xiong Jing nodded and agreed. This is a plan to remove the firewood from the bottom of the pot.

"I also ask the king to withdraw the army of Magu." Dou Yuzhi also spoke. Magu was decided by Xiong Jing, as a bridgehead for counterattack, but this place is really useless, and instead, it has to send tens of thousands of people to guard it.

"I will ask the king to take the initiative to eliminate the Qin Dynasty's Fuxian. If the city is restored, the city will be free of worries." Dou Yuzhi said again. This is not only his proposal, but also the idea of ​​all the husband tribes. Once the Qin army loses Fuxian, it will be safe west of Rushui.

Fuyi was the place where Xiang Yan's lonely army blocked the Qin army. As long as Fuyi was controlled, the Qin army could not go east, so he could only use the route of Shangcai and Daliang of Wei. Xiong Jing asked: "How to remove Fuyi?"

"I can lead my army from the south of the mountain to the north of the mountain." Dou Yuzhi said.

"Dare you ask Mr. Tang, how did the siege equipment cross the Tongbai Mountain?" Li Qi asked. The previous year, Xiang Yan crossed the mountain and retreated to Tang County. He abandoned all the supplies for this, and the soldiers finally abandoned even their armor.
Chapter completed!