"Have you heard? Our girl Xiao Ruoyao, who joined the army, made a magical thing. Pour muddy water into it, and it will come out clear."
"Really? What is it?"
"I heard that it is a wonderful technique learned from the Dragon Lord. Put firewood, sand, rags, etc. into a big bucket, and the water that comes out will be clear."
"Wow? Just these things? It's really amazing."
The 20,000 elite soldiers who traveled with the team greatly appreciated Wu Zhe's wild water filtration device, and it was even mythical.
Under the arrangement of King Qi and Concubine Qi, Qi Du mobilized 20,000 elite soldiers. The remaining 30,000 elite soldiers will gather at the border. A total of 50,000 elite soldiers went to the Jin State, and it was said that there were more than 100,000 troops.
Wu Zhe has always looked down upon bluffing troops, such as the Battle of Chibi, in fact, there were not so many people at all, and there were always thousands of people fighting back and forth in frontal battles.
In fact, in ancient wars, the so-called 50,000 elite soldiers of Qi State were not actually enough. Only 35,000 people can really fight, and the rest are old, weak and disabled soldiers who can only serve as coolie servants. In this era, such a ratio is already regarded as an elite soldier.
The 30,000 cavalry of Wu Kingdom that Wu Zhe had trapped before was not enough. There are no more than 20,000 people who can actually participate in the battle, and the rest are attendants who feed the horses and take care of them. Thirty thousand war horses cannot be taken care of by the cavalry alone.
"50,000... It's too fake. In fact, only 35,000 have been trained. The rest are all accounted for as coolies. On the battlefield, they can only use guns and knives to fill up the numbers. What kind of military deployment is this?" Wu Zhe counted the roster quite sadly, and complained to the prince.
Shizi, General Yang and others are used to it.
They dined in the camp and took the opportunity to discuss military affairs at this time.
Yu Shizi is currently dressed as a woman and cannot openly enter the camp to participate in the military meeting, so he can only participate in this time.
"This is the normal state of our military arrangement, and my father also wanted to change it. It's just that many generals die hard. So there will be an explanation of the actual combat strength in the notes on the military register."
The prince pointed to the note on the military booklet.
Wu Zhe took a look, and it said that among the 20,000 rosters, there was indeed a note of "15,000 in actual combat".
In fact, it is understandable that in many ancient wars, the number of people participating in the battle was very small. The size of the army is determined by the number of people, not the actual combat strength of the actual combat troops.
Wu Zhe served as a member of the army and a military adviser. Coupled with the trust of Concubine Qi and Shizi, she gained a lot of authority. The followers of the army have been greatly reduced, the bottom coolies have been greatly strengthened, and management personnel have been reduced.
Because in the distribution of military resources, who else is more suitable than Wu Zhe's evolutionary body
Evolving the supercomputing core of the body, it is almost effortless to distribute military resources for tens of thousands of people. In a more understandable way, the cpu usage is not even more than one percent.
For example, at Chenshi every day, after Wu Zhe arranges to purchase military affairs on the way, she will issue a detailed military order: "Passing through Pingyang County, purchase 10,000 catties of carrots. When in Funing County, burn them together with the shepherd's purse in Jianning County. system."
"Obey!" The procurement officer obeyed and left.
After the procurement officer came out of the temporary tent. Some followers who accompanied him wondered: "Why do you even know that Pingyang County is rich in radishes when you join the army? If we often do procurement, it's okay to say, but who told her that she is a little girl?"
Naturally, they didn't know that before leaving Qidu, Wu Zhe spent an afternoon going through the reports, accounts, dish letters, and even the records of people's livelihood accumulated in the Qi State for several years.
Now in the storage of the evolutionary organism, an encyclopedia of everything in Qi has been formed.
"Bah! Are you worthy of calling her a little girl, Jiajia?" The procurement officer reprimanded, "Have you ever heard of what is called a genius? When Xiao Canjun did the accounting just now, you didn't know how good it is. Ordinary Nazhi officials count For the account of three days, I just drank half a cup of tea. I just read it once, and I already know it like the back of my hand."
The procurement officer talked about it. It's all sweat on the back.
Fortunately, I don't have a lot of ink, but that Xiao Canjun fully noticed it, and gave him a few understatements.
Corruption in military affairs is very common, and the accounts are not easy to check, but if it is really found out, it can be done if it is beheaded.
The second day of the uprising. Xiao Canjun dragged out a Nazhi official, directly roded him sixty, and threw it back to Qidu for trial. It is conceivable that the Nazhi official was absolutely greedy for ink, and thus ended up like this.
What are these people in charge of purchasing most afraid of
Check the accounts!
The army is not given by a few brats who can do whatever they say. In the tens of thousands of troops. Procurement accounts are often unclear, but there are records of receipt. Because there is no record, there is no money coming in or going out. Therefore, the accounting system of this era is already quite large.
When purchasing, there are usually some rebates, but the amount is relatively small, and some payment officials cannot be directly contacted, let alone lucrative, so they have embarked on the way of making money by making false accounts. Under Wu Zhe's super-computing statistical methods, there is nowhere to hide.
As for those who did bad things, Wu Zhe did not hesitate to take them out and clean them up. For the ubiquitous petty greed, she is just a proper beating. No one is perfect, and you can't push people away.
In addition, Wu Zhe also made a lot of overall arrangements.
The supply of military rations is not only transported from Qidu, but also purchased from prefectures and counties along the way by order, and a large number of special dishes are purchased in places rich in certain crops as appropriate.
Some procurement officials also wondered, why purchase so many vegetables along the way? I'm afraid the expenses are too much, right
During the war, there are statistics on the money and food spent each time troops are dispatched. Although the record is the first, but the expenditure of the march is an implicit indicator. It's not simply that you can get it for as much money as you want. Otherwise, wouldn't every army want to spend more money, become cavalry, and upgrade their ranks
In the past, the food for the army to go into battle was simple and uniform. For example, one pot of big dishes and one pot of big rice are as simple as that. But under the overall planning and arrangement of Wu Zhe, the variety of dishes has improved by leaps and bounds, changing almost every day.
Most of the soldiers in the army came from poor families, and their hearts were very simple. The change of the dishes, everyone eats it in their mouths and knows it in their hearts. When encountering an officer who cares about his subordinates so much, Qi naturally agrees.
But the money was also spent like flowing water.
Anyway, Xiao Ruoyao is a big celebrity in Qi country, so the procurement officers naturally dare not open their mouths to question, she ordered to join the army, and we will follow suit.
Several procurement officials still slandered in their hearts: The little girl doesn't know how to live. Seeing such a waste, what about the military salary? Don't let it out by then.
The son is a very careful person, when he pretended to be casually walking past the soldiers' tents, he could see the problem from some changes in diet.
Of course, his graceful and charming appearance in women's clothing also attracted the covetousness of many soldiers. Even at night, the dream is endless. Fortunately, Shizi himself doesn't know...
The prince looked through the financial records in his car tent, but was very surprised: "It's strange, it's strange. The food of the soldiers changes a lot every day, why is there less expenditure in the financial account?"
Although he has never personally led the army on long-distance expeditions, he has accumulated a lot of experience under the guidance of Foshuai. In the past, for three days, 20,000 people would have consumed at least two thousand dan of military rations, but now they only consumed a thousand dan of military rations.
"If Ruoyao joins the army, you're quite well-versed?" Zong Zhilian looked at it from the side, and couldn't help being surprised: "I don't quite understand it, but I also understand that it seems wrong."
After a few days, the two have almost become close friends. There is little taboo to discuss military affairs at this moment.
The son's female voice is quite magnetic: "Ruoyao didn't bring enough food and grass when she left Qidu. She should have brought 10,000 dan, but she only brought 5,000 dan. Although Fo Shuai woke up, she insisted on her own opinion. Now, Fo Shuai Wake me up and pay attention, so as not to make a joke about insufficient military supplies."
Zong Zhilian said with a chuckle: "What do you mean, Fo Shuai thought she was inexperienced, and when she joined the army, she made a joke about the army being cut off?"
The prince laughed at himself and said: "I thought so too at the time. That's why I took the risk of revealing my identity and quietly asked someone to take the account to look at it. But at this moment, it seems that Ruoyao is a very capable person."
"Oh? Tell me?"
The smile on the prince's face faded: "The 20,000 elite soldiers from Qidu, including 4,000 cavalry, and 5,000 horses. In the past, these horses had to take care of the food load. More food and grass. But now there are only 5,000 tans of military rations accompanying them, and the consumption of the food on the army horses is small, so the power of the cavalry to gallop will naturally be greatly accumulated."
"This means that the combat power has increased."
"That's right. And the servants accompanying the army will also be reduced accordingly. Even if it is a few thousand fewer, the burden will be greatly reduced." The prince said: "And if the free military rations received by Qidu are converted into money, even the miscellaneous grains purchased along the way The overall cost of the dishes was 30% less than originally estimated!"
"Thirty percent!" Zong Zhilian didn't understand military affairs, but he could imagine the surprising result of the thirty percent.
The prince gave an example and said: "The war is imminent, and the national treasury is tight. A certain business can reduce the cost by 10%, and many officials have sharpened their heads to get into the money. But she cut off 30% of the money all at once. Money wasted!"
Zong Zhilian carefully looked at the recent purchase records, and after thinking for a long time, he understood: "There are two important points. One is that there are fewer military rations after leaving Qidu, which reduces the consumption of animal power and manpower; the other is that the purchases along the way are all The local produce is abundant and the price is cheap."
"That's right, and she arranged the daily sergeant's menu precisely, to such an extent. What's even more unexpected is that everyone praised it, and the feedback from the soldiers was quite good."
"It seems that she is not only able to join the army, but also has reached the level of excellence." Zong Zhilian said: "Your Majesty has the wisdom to let others go, admire, admire!"
They don't understand that this is the result of applying science such as modern logistics and overall planning to the military. (To be continued..)