After planting hope for a year, some people will no longer be able to bear it anymore.

He roughly drew a Yellow River on the paper, and then wrote several ferries.

Now the enemy will only send a small group of cavalry south to harass them. And they don't dare to go too deep because they don't have enough food.

In ancient military battles, before the soldiers and horses were moved, food and grass went first.

Logistics is insufficient, and any tactical actions are nonsense. This has not changed until the 21st century.

Shao Xun then wrote down the mileage between each stronghold, silently calculating the consumption of infantry and cavalry.

This is also a skill that generals must learn. From the mileage of the post road, you can calculate the farthest the enemy can move.

In addition, when marching, it is only a small scale. Large troops cannot do without water sources and often march along rivers. Through this, the enemy's advance route can be guessed.

Some roads are in disrepair and are not very wide. This also greatly limits the enemy's main force's ability to pass, forcing them to divide their forces. Everyone knows that it is best to advance together, but dividing forces is sometimes a last resort.

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As a result, Shao Xun marked several possible march routes on the paper.

The most likely ones are outlined a little thicker.

He silently calculated the troops he could mobilize.

The field army can mobilize about ten thousand people.

Xuchang has 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers.

The government soldiers and tribes can recruit up to 4,000 people.

More than a thousand people joined the army righteously.

The Yamen Army was in its early 4000s.

Six thousand Silver Spear Army.

This is an army of 40,000, which is basically enough. If it is really urgent, we can also recruit the fortress households, the villagers, and the villagers of the aristocratic families to gather tens of thousands of people.

Of course, more than 80% of them are peasant soldiers, and they don't need to be raised by you at ordinary times, but don't expect to be very strong in combat effectiveness.

Fortunately, the enemies are also ordinary people, so the eldest brother should not laugh at the second brother, just make do with it.

If you fight for a long time, even the peasants and soldiers will improve.

Shao Xun was sure that the combat effectiveness of the peasants and soldiers in the fifth year of Yongjia (311) must have been stronger than that of the year when he first came to Luoyang.

Some peasant and soldier units have been in battle so many times that they can even become proficient in fighting in formation.

"Send an order to Pei Chun to mobilize county soldiers to Hulao Pass to strictly check the people coming and going."

"Please ask King Xincai to select two good generals and lead three thousand troops each to Guancheng and garrison Xinzheng. Mr. Peifu of Xingyang will also recruit some strong men to help defend the two cities."

"Send an order to Chen Kuang in Xuchang, and ask him to recruit three thousand people from various tribes and villagers, and go north to Changshe to garrison."

"Tell King Xincai that in the important town of Xuchang, there are thousands of warriors who are brave enough to make the enemy retreat. Don't give up lightly."

After the clerk finished writing, he repeated it again. When there were no questions, Shao Xun used his seal and handed it to Tang Jian.

The messenger quickly galloped away.

The clerk continued to wait.

After writing more of these commands, he seemed to understand a little bit, so he arranged all the way? What about other ways?

Tang Jian was a little surprised.

It's just a county in Xingyang, but it has taken up so many troops, fortified and blocked at all levels, which is shocking.

The key is that the enemy may not come yet, they can take other routes.

"Let's go out first." Shao Xun waved his hand and said, "Chen Liu, let me take a look at Puyang."

This is a trip to receive Sima Yue's heritage, and it is also a staff trip.

The attractiveness of Luoyang is gradually decreasing, which is not a good thing for Shao Xun, because it means that the enemy's troops have more directions and will no longer be confined within the Luoyang Basin.

At the same time, it also means that his stall is getting bigger and bigger, reaching as far as Hongnong in the west and Dongping in the east, facing the enemy on a front of more than a thousand miles.

This requires massive military strength.
Chapter completed!