Because of Xiong Jing, logistics has become the primary issue for every military operation since the establishment of the Grand Sima Mansion. Cheng Jie's plan was to launch an offensive in August. At this time, the old Ying and Nanyang County had just harvested millet, but the grain was used to the enemy. The combat officer Li Qi advanced the launch time of the battle to May - only in May, when the Danshui River was attacked westward, there would be heavy water in the Danshui River. If it was an attack in August, the Danshui River was exhausted in September and October, and the shipment volume was insufficient. Not to mention whether the boats could be opened to business towns, since they could be opened, more boats were needed.

The weather is most worrying about in recent years. Although Danshui is south of the Qinling Mountains, it is possible to be frozen. Once frozen, one thousand and two hundred miles of land transport will last for more than 40 days. With a daily loss of 2.7% of the four-wheeled carriage, it is very likely that a grain of food will not be transported to the front line, because it will be consumed halfway.

The offensive was launched in May of the following year. Including the current month of aid, there were only seventeen months. Boats and oars were built, food and fodder were transported, roads were built, and warships were transferred... The counties and towns across the country were busy, and Xiong Jing was alone, and often they could only stare at the maps of Jiuying, Nanyang County, and Wuguan Road.

To be fair, if the Chu army advanced westward and could defeat Wuguan, the Qin army attacking Zhao would inevitably return to Xianyang and Nanyang County. This is why the court officials supported Cheng Jie one-sidedly. But can this be true? The Grand Sima Mansion preserves the information on Wuguan Dao from 81 years ago. Eighty-one years have passed, and Wuguan Dao is still the same Wuguan Dao before?

Wuguan Road is not only Wuguan, but also Yiguan and Muhu Pass to the south of Xianyang. Danshui along the Wuguan parallel to the land include Zhulin Pass and Jingzi Pass. No one can guarantee whether he can really attack the city of Xianyang.

In the little bedroom, Xiong Jing, who had changed into a deep dress, sat alone in the hall and looked at the map of Wuguan Road. A essayer coughed outside the hall and came in and said, "Report to the king, the envoy of Zhao State... Lian Yu asked for a visit."

"No!" Xiong Jing sighed. The last thing he wanted to see now was Lian Yu.

"...King, Zhao Envoy's military situation is urgent. If so..." The envoy wanted to speak, but stopped, and finally said.

Lian Yu was really anxious. Li Mu was already preparing to attack Qin, but Chu State had no reply. Thinking of this, Xiong Jing felt that he would always give Li Mu a response, so he said, "Call him to his bed."

The north wind was howling, and the lead clouds were low, and it seemed that it was going to snow. Lian Yu was taken to his bedroom in a state of anxiety. He waited for a while before Xiong Jing arrived, but Xiong Jing broke all his expectations in one sentence: "The unspoken person wants you to tell Li Mu, and the Grand Sima Mansion has stopped his plan to go out to attack Qin."

"Master, this..." Lian Yu's teeth were shaking a little. After a while of grief, he returned to normal. "Don't the king want to help Zhao?"

"Assist!" Xiong Jing's answer ignited some hope. "However, it is difficult to predict when going out to attack Qin, so the Grand Sima Mansion stopped the plan to attack Qin. If Qin attacks Zhao again next year, Chu will definitely help Zhao fight against Qin."

Naturally, Lian Yu could not be informed of the situation of Chu's advance westward. Although more than 100 court officials knew about it, they all had to lead their troops to fight, which was related to their own safety and life. No one dared to disclose the success or failure of the advance westward to restore Ying. Even the shipyard, which started construction day and night, also said to the outside world that it was to transport grain and Zhao, rather than to transport grain from Danshui.

"However..." Xiong Jing could see Lian Yu breathe a sigh of relief and said again: "However, the three countries don't accumulate much grain. If the Qin people attacked Zhao next year, the Chu State would have to send troops in the next year."

If Qin attacks Zhao next year, it should be autumn. Lian Yu was not surprised that Xiong Jing said that the next year, the Chu army would only send troops. The Chu army marched with large wings and warships, and they would have to wait until after the Yellow River flood. He only said: "I will tell Wu'anbo the king's words. I will ask the king to lose grain to Zhao again. If the Qin people attack me again next year, the Zhao people will have no food."

Because of the construction of inland river boats, the construction of sea boats has stopped this year. When war starts next year, even if the last batch of cargo ships transporting the Nisama back, there will be only 66 cargo ships (in May this year, the two Taotie-classes were led by Hongmu to travel to the Americas). According to the plan, all of these sea boats are used to transport grain, and the transportation volume of Wei and Qi countries is only more than 10 million stones. Now about 18 cargo ships are traveling to Seleucid. Even if they can return in May next year, they will not be able to transport grain a few times. It is very likely that the corn transported this year will be less than 10 million stones.

If Qin attacks Zhao next year, it will be an extremely difficult year for Zhao, which has not healed his old wounds. After the next year, the Chu army attacks Qin west in May, and the situation will improve. Xiong Jing couldn't help but say: "Thousands of miles of transport of corn to Zhao, which is very costly. Qi and Wei have long complained about this. Regardless of whether Qin attacks Zhao again next year, Zhao will have to spend a lot of wheat and grow corn this year."

"I know." Lian Yu was ashamed when he heard this. "I also want to spend a lot of wheat in my hometown this year, but the wheat seeds have already been eaten up, and the people..."

Whether it is the Knowing the Foreigners and Xiang Yan, they have said that Zhao State is weak and the support will not be destroyed depends on Li Mu's two great victory. Because of the lack of transportation, the gold, silver and food support of the Three Kingdoms not only made many Zhao soldiers witness the injustice and felt resentful.

Xiong Jing's initial idea was very good: directly support Lianpo's Southern Army and Li Mu's Domestic Army, but Chu's sea boats could only transport grain and fodder to Zhongyi Port, Zhongyi Port to Handan, and Fanwu all rely on the Zhao boats to transport them. The geese plucked their hair, and the actual food and fodder to Zhao's army was less than half, so many people made a fortune because of this.

It is impossible to change this situation in a short period of time, unless the corn imported by the Three Kingdoms and the grain produced by Zhao State exceeds the actual demand, the food price can be reduced. However, because the Chu army advanced westward, this may be difficult to achieve, and at least it cannot be achieved when the Qin army attacked Zhao.

After Xiong Jing summoned him, Lian Yu rushed back to Zhao in the wind and snow. Before he entered the palace, a happy event had spread: the King of Chu wanted to marry Princess Yingnan as his young wife, and the person who was acquiring him would go to Handan after the La sacrifice.

"I have met the king." Lian Yu was a little surprised by the King of Chu marrying Princess Yingnan. Why didn't you say such an important thing in Ying?

"Lian Qing worked hard." Zhao Qian became more and more like a king. He was probably still happy with the marriage between Chu and Zhao, and actually asked: "Does Lian Qing know if there is a princess in Chu who has not reached the level of Ji?"

"Cough cough..." Zhao Liang frowned and immediately coughed a few times when he heard this. The Grand Tutor Guo Kai said, "The king said this very much. Since it is a marriage between Zhao and Chu, the Chu girl should marry into our Zhao State. Can Lianqing know if there is a princess who is similar to that of the king in Chu State?"

"This..." Lian Yu was in a hurry and came back to report to the State of Chu for helping Zhao. He had never asked about the princess of Chu in Yingdu. "I don't know if I report to the King."

"King, this matter should be asked for my aunt's grandmother." Guo Kai said in a comment. Yingnan married King Chu and Concubine Zhao originally meant that the Chu girl married Zhao Qian and also had to ask for Concubine Zhao. Zhao Chu's marriage was not for anything else, but to show it to Qin. Zhao Chu had already become a family.

"What the Grand Tutor said is very much." Zhao Qian said. At this time, Zhao Liang had to say: "Master, my chariot is a big deal..."

"Oh." Zhao Qian was shocked childishly, and finally remembered the important matter of Lian Yu going to Chu, and signaled him to report.

"Report to the King, the Prime Minister, the Grand Tutor," Lian Yu said, "The King of Chu said: The State of Chu still needs to go to Xizhou to transport horses this year, so there are only 46 sea boats that can transport grain into our country next year..."

A sea boat can transport corn four times a year, 30,000 stones at a time, and forty-six ships are only 5.76 million stones. Zhao Qian and Guo Kai did not feel anything, but Zhao Liang shook his head repeatedly. In this way, the number of river boats transported by Qi, Wei and Chu was less than nine million stones.

"...On June 18, the sea boats transported horses back, and they could transport twice, and they could transport 10 million stones of millet a month throughout the year." Lian Yu continued. "The King of Chu also said: 'It costs a lot to transport millet thousands of miles to Zhao. Qi and Wei have long complained about this. Regardless of whether Qin will attack Zhao again next year, Zhao will have to grow a variety of wheat and grow corn widely."

"How did you answer?" Zhao Liang heard some complaints from this sentence, so he intervened and asked.

"I said that my town also wanted to spend a lot of wheat in this year, but the wheat seeds had already been eaten up, and the people were in so much suffering." Lian Yu replied. "I also said: The Qin people want to attack me again next year, so I ask the king to send troops to rescue him. The King of Chu said: The Chu State does not accumulate much grain. If the Qin people attack Zhao next year, they will send troops to rescue him in the next year."

"After the year?" Zhao Qian was puzzled, and Guo Kai looked at Zhao Liang uneasyly.

"That's right." Lian Yu explained. "The Chu army all marched with boats and oars. If they want to send troops to rescue each other, they must wait for the river to thaw. The Chu State accumulated grain and recorded it with his ministers, and it would take three years to eat in the next year."

"Good!" Zhao Qian and Guo Kai breathed a sigh of relief. The most worried were that Chu, Qi, and Wei would not save Zhao.

"What else does the King of Chu say?" Zhao Liang's concerns disappeared when he heard that the King of Chu promised to send troops to rescue him in the next year.

"Nothing else said," Lian Yu replied. "I just don't know what happened to Princess Yingnan."

"Princess Yingnan married the King of Chu, and the Empress Dowager of Chu had this intention." Zhao Qiangu was happy to mention Princess Yingnan, but Guo Kai winked and refused to let him speak. "Now the King of Chu is close to his age to wear a hair, and he is also married to a daughter of Qi and a daughter of Yue. He should marry me Zhao. In his opinion, the King of Chu does not like a daughter of Qi. For the sake of time, Princess Yingnan may be the queen of Chu..."

Guo Kai said to himself that the situation of Zhao State should be stronger than Qi State no matter how hard it is. National strength determines the status of princesses in various countries in the Chu Palace. In the past, Qin and Chu were married, and Zhao could only be a young lady. Now that Qin and Chu are in trouble, it is also the turn of Zhao to be the queen.

"The King of Chu said that going out to attack Qin was difficult to predict, so the Grand Sima Mansion stopped going out to attack Qin." In the first month of the storm, Lian Yu, who had just presented King Zhao in Handan, quickly went north to Fanwu. Because of the joy of marriage, he still had a smile on his face.

"Stop?!" Li Mu and Hu Ying couldn't believe it when they heard this. "How can this matter be planned for so long?"

Qin State was about to attack Zhao, and Li Mu personally entered Yunzhong County several times to raise the plan to attack Qin. Unexpectedly, the Grand Sima Mansion of Chu State actually stopped the plan.
Chapter completed!