After settling down the people of Panyu, Yang Hu led his army westward without waiting for the new governor of Jiaozhou to take office.

After all, from the Central Plains to Jiaozhou, it is thousands of miles away. Even if the Ministry of Personnel selects suitable officials, it will take a long journey to arrive in Jiaozhou. Yang Hu cannot wait for such a long time, so after resettling the people, Yang Hu led his army westward and headed straight for Jiaozhi.

The remnant Wu forces rushed westward, and it was already dusk, and there was not much energy tossing. Even if they could slap a few times, there would be no waves. In short, this dying force was like burning out the remaining ashes, with only some temperature left. If you want to rekindle your life, you will try to ascend to the sky.

However, the centipede insect will die without being stiff. Based on the principle of killing weeds and eliminating evil and purifying evil, Yang Hu will not be able to give them a chance to be free. This time, Yang Hu concentrated his troops and launched a final attack on Jiaozhi County, in order to completely wipe out this remnant Wu force.

Originally, this journey that spans thousands of miles requires Yang Hu to plan carefully. The issue of logistics supply alone has already caused countless people to hang food thousands of miles away, which is almost an unsolvable knot.

However, Yang Hu had no worries now. The unblocking of sea routes could continuously transport the food and grass resources needed by the Wei army to the front line, and even transport them to the front of the Wei army's large group of troops.

For example, the main force of the Wei army was still in Panyu this time, but the sea-by-sea transport ships could send the transported grain and grass equipment to Hepu County, which truly achieved the fact that before the troops moved, the grain and grass first. After the main force of the Wei army arrived in Hepu, they could just accept this batch of grain and grass equipment, and traveled lightly along the way, with half the effort.

This time, the Wei army was not troubled by logistics supplies in Jiaozhou, which was entirely due to the developed shipping of the Wu Kingdom and the long coastline of Jiaozhou.

These large sea ships were all made by officials of the Wu Kingdom and private merchants. The Wei army really did not have the ability to build large sea ships in this regard. Yang Hu cleverly used these resources to solve the biggest difficulties on his journey.

Even if we fight Jiaozhi in the future, the Wei army will not have to worry about the transportation of food and grass. Now the Wei army's large sea ships can reach Jiaozhi County, Jiuzhen County and Rinan County, and continuously send the food and grass resources needed by the Wei army to the front line.

The cost of water transportation is quite low, even less than one-tenth of the cost of land transportation. Moreover, the longer the route, the more obvious the advantage of water transportation is. If you really want to transport grain and grass from Jianye to Rinan County, the southernmost part of Jiaozhou, it will take tens of thousands of miles by land. The consumption in the middle is simply uncalculable, and perhaps you will never be able to transport grain and grass there.

After all, land transportation requires manpower and animal power, so people and animals cannot be hungry. Therefore, no matter how advanced the transportation means are, they cannot carry too much food. The food they transport is not enough to consume halfway, so long-distance land transportation is simply a nightmare.

However, water transportation is different from sea transportation. The tools required for water transportation and sea transportation are not cars and horses but boats. The animals that pull carts need to eat grass, otherwise it will be difficult to move forward. However, the ship is different. It does not require consuming additional supplies, and only a small number of crew members can drive the ship.

And more importantly, these crew members basically do not need to consume the food loaded on the ship. If they transport by sea, there will be 10,000 hu of rice or 10,000 hu of rice. There will be basically no consumption on the road. The crew members of each ship have another ration quota, and they have no right to use these encapsulated military rations.

But even the food they carry themselves can't finish it. The waters or sea areas they pass along along the way are usually rich in fish, shrimps and seafood. While sailing, as long as they sprinkle a few nets, they will get unexpected harvests.

From Qiantang to Jiaozhou, there are delicious fish, shrimp and seafood that can be eaten along the way. Who would still like the brown rice?

Land transportation is more difficult. Whether people carry vehicles, the transportation capacity is extremely limited, and it cannot be compared with large ships with large sizes and loads. It is less transported but more people. The food and drink consumption of so many people along the way is quite amazing, so the efficiency of land transportation cannot be compared with water.

The main risk of water and sea transportation is the fear of encountering extreme and severe weather. If there is strong wind and waves, the ship will be in danger of capsizing. Once there is an accident of capsizing, not only will the food and grass transported are gone, but the ship will also be gone, and the losses will be quite large.

Fortunately, the ships requisitioned by the Wei army were all experienced crew sailors. They traveled around the southeast coast all year round and were quite familiar with the climate in this area. In addition, they were basically not too far from the shore along the way. Even if they encountered a big storm, these ships could still dock and avoid danger in time.

So since the start of sea transportation, there has been no shipwreck accident so far, and everything has been going very smoothly.

Next, Yang Hu has ordered the extension of the shipping route, and all ships will circumvent the Zhuya Peninsula and moor in the area of ​​Hepu County, so that the food and grass needed by the Wei army can reach the front line, which will have a huge impact on entering Jiaozhi.

The transportation of land grain and grass can only be transported to Dong'an at most. If the transportation line is extended forward, the grain and grass transported will basically not be able to withstand the consumption. Therefore, Yang Hu specially established a granary in Dong'an to store grain and grass transported by land in case of emergency needs.

If there is a major problem with sea transportation export, Yang Hu can urgently transport grain and grass from Dong'an or withdraw his troops to Dong'an to eat to solve the urgent problem.

Of course, judging from the current situation, sea transportation is safe and efficient, and there is no worries at the moment, so Yang Hu's backup plan is not available for the time being.

Of course it is a good thing not to use it. At least Yang Hu doesn't have to worry about the issue of logistics supply. What he needs to do now is to study how to fight the last battle in Jiaozhou. Only by taking down Jiaozhi County can the real completion of the pacification of Jiaozhou, and this southern expedition will come to an end completely.

Jiaozhou was an inalienable territory for the Central Plains dynasty during the Qin and Han dynasties. A truly unified dynasty would not abandon these wild border areas. Since the Wei Dynasty replaced the Han Dynasty, the Central Plains dynasty had not exercised power in Jiaozhou for 60 years. Now Yang Hu's royal army is to complete a career that has not been completed in 60 years and truly achieve great unification of the world.
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