A small dark city, a Chu Palace where music and dance have stopped, and a moonlit bank of the Ru River thousands of miles away. In the central shogunate, Xiong Jing had already rested, and the law calculations, counselors, and Sima continued to calculate and argue. Tomorrow, the two generals could also face each other, but it was more likely to be a pursuit. In order to maximize the pursuit, the shogunate was trying to save every stone and corn and tap the potential of every carriage.

The Qin army faced the problem of lack of horses, and the coalition forces also faced this problem. The total number of horses that the Chu army purchased was 210,000, plus about 20,000 war horses and military horses, there were a total of 230,000 horses. There were very few Zhao people and horses moving south, and only the Wei State had horses, but the Wei State had less than 100,000 horses, and about 60,000 horses could be requisitioned.

There are many horses in Qi, and this year they purchased another 40,000 horses, and the total number of horses is no less than 200,000. The reason for this is that the Jixi defense line. If the Ji water is frozen in winter, it will require food and fodder transport from land to Jixi. If the food and fodder accumulated in Jixi are burned or seized by the Qin people, more than 300,000 Qi troops and tens of thousands of soldiers can only rely on the rear to transport food and fodder. The journey of more than 400 miles and nearly 500 miles requires so many horses. After all, the most common trick of the Qin army is to consume food and grass.

Qi was originally rich and traded with Donghu for a long time. It was not surprising that more than 200,000 horses in the country were increasing. The number of horses in Chu has been increasing since Xiong Jing ascended the throne. At first, it was only 100,000, and then more than 100,000, and now it is 230,000.

The Zhao army, regardless of the 340,000 troops south of Xiangcheng, was not counted. Compared with the configuration of the 20 people and a carriage of the Chu army, there were more than 13,000 carriages in the army, and 52,000 horses were collected, plus 15,000 war horses, about 3,000 horses, and the number of horses in the army was no less than 80,000. One horse was ten, and the roughest estimate was that the entire army needed at least 1,200 tons of supplies every day, that is, it would take 1,200 four-wheeled carriages to arrive every day.

One thousand two hundred four-wheeled carriages don’t look much, but it’s a lot to count. A five-day journey requires 12,000 carriages (48,000 horses), and a ten-day journey requires 24,000 carriages (96,000 horses).

The distance is like this, and more importantly, the consumption on the road is on the road. The five-day journey takes 42% of the materials transported, and 12,000 carriages instantly become 20,689 cars (82,756 horses); the loss of ten-day journey is almost unbearable. One ton of materials is on the bus at the starting point, and only one six tons of materials get off at the end point, and 84% of the materials are lost on the road. Including the huge losses, the number of carriages becomes an astonishing 150,000 (600,000 horses).

If the number of troops is not reduced, especially the number of horses in the army, the existing 270,000 horses (67,500 carriages) can only support the army's eight-day transportation. If the Chu army's logistics transportation regulations are strictly followed in eight days, they can only advance 480 miles (starting at Wancheng). This mileage is converted into actual location, and the north is at most Xinzheng, and the west cannot exceed Liangyi (now west of Linru Town).
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