At the right time of Hai, Zhao Bing's team had been on duty for two hours and began to change shifts. Zhu Yu and the other three also said goodbye. They also had to patrol the night, check whether to add night grass to the horse, whether anyone left the post without permission. They also had to check the number of people to prevent some husbands from being out of their hard work and so on.

Although the degree of the Yujiu was high, it would not make the three of them drink too much. However, when Zhao Bing said goodbye to them, he still told them to rest early. This made the three of them feel a little embarrassed. He was originally thanking him, but he drank the Yujiu and ate a lot of dried fish, but he had a great impression of Huang Maizheng and thought he was a friend.

Zhao Bing did not rush to go back to his bedtime place, but performed his duties as a team leader and went to various tents to check the bed. You should know that there was no heating at this time, and there was only one brazier for heating in the tent. If you were not careful, it would cause a fire or carbon monoxide poisoning. At the same time, it would also prevent the soldiers from kicking the quilt, leaking the tent, and getting cold.

After the inspection, Zhao Bing returned to his "RV" composed of vans. After years of use, the internal structure of the vans has become increasingly perfect. The four cars are made into two bedrooms, one living room and one bathroom. As his office and rest place, there are several cars surrounded by a surrounding space, and the gap in the middle is blocked by curtains, forming a complete warning circle and a relatively independent space, which is difficult for outsiders to peek at.

This secret trip was inconvenient for the eunuch to accompany him, so Zhao Bing's daily life was taken care of by the guards and the secretary's supervisor. The brazier had already been lit in the car, and it was very warm inside. After he got on the car, Xu Hong immediately stepped forward to help His Majesty unload his equipment and take off his cloak. After he finished washing up, Chen Shishi immediately delivered the hot tea he had just cooked.

At this time, Chen Shishi, Zhang Song and Xu Wuhan also came in. They each held a stack of documents, which were memorials that the emperor needed to review and approval. They knew that the emperor was working very hard to march with ordinary soldiers in the daytime, but these were urgent matters. Although they felt sorry for him, there was no way.

"Well, Master Xu, you plan to send it to the deputy envoy of Xingyingjiang, and order the scouts of each army to expand the reconnaissance scope, especially the sparsely populated small roads and defense lines, to prevent the enemy from sending elite cavalry to attack our army's logistics transportation line!" Zhao Bing asked them to place the document on the case and told Xu Wulao, "In addition, do not store the supplies of each front line in one place, and distribute them to the division and regiment in the form of "less garrison and more replenishment"!"

Although Zhao Bing only traveled for one day, marching under heavy troops was different from participating in it himself. He had more opportunities to contact front-line personnel and learned more about the situation. Now the convoy transporting supplies continued to flow on the way, and if it was congested, it would be difficult to avoid it, and it would be impossible to organize and resist, so the losses would be extremely heavy.

This situation was not because Zhao Bing was worried about the whole world, but because he heard that the people who were back were talking about it. Although this road was calm, the stations along the way had not been perfected; and the state army that was stationed had just taken over the road protection task, and the fortress that was stationed was still under construction, and the distance was relatively long, so it was difficult to arrive in time after being attacked by the enemy. This has happened many times, causing losses of personnel and materials.

In the past, such "small things" would not be reported to Zhao Bing's desk, but he knew that the Mongolian and Yuan dynasties had an incomparable cavalry advantage that the Song Dynasty gave, and it was difficult to win in battle. The advantage of cavalry was that they had the strong tactical initiative. Excellent cavalry generals would not be stupid enough to directly attack the front of the infantry phalanx and fall into hand-to-hand combat strangulation, so the maneuverability of the cavalry was greatly lost.

However, cavalry can decide the home court of fighting with its advantage of mobility. Only a small number of elite cavalry can destroy logistics on a large scale. Operation is a logistical war. If the loss of logistics, morale will be cut in half. The soldiers recruited in this era do not have much awareness, and the troops do not have complete will construction like modern troops, so most of them are licking blood at the edge of the knife to make a living.

In the absence of logistics, only a few excellent commanders can reverse the situation in the absence of logistics. Most ordinary generals have no choice but to retreat. Even if they can raise a small number of people by hunting grass valleys, the established army cannot survive. On the day when the food is out of stock, you will be eaten by the mutiny soldiers before you are eaten by the opponent's group.

Therefore, it is difficult for the Mongolian Yuan to use large-scale cavalry to break through the Song army's defense line, but the 300,000 troops arranged by the Song army on the front line are scattered in such a large area, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is like a sieve. This leaves room for the enemy's small elite forces to penetrate.

Therefore, most of the Northern Expeditions in China failed in all dynasties. What was lacking was not cavalry combat, but the lack of means to restrict enemy cavalry from destroying their long supply lines. The Duanping and entering Luoyang is a very typical case: the Song army was several times that of the Mongolian army in this battle, and it was smooth sailing in the early stage, but when it arrived in the Yellow River swamp area, the operation was repeatedly delayed. Before we could reach Luoyang, the Mongolian army, which had already figured out the movements of the Song army, destroyed the Song army's logistics with almost no effort...

"Your Majesty, the northern prefectures and counties are far apart, and the transportation team is attacked on the way, making it difficult to arrive. Strengthening reconnaissance to fill gaps is a good way to block the infiltration of the enemy. But my subordinates do not understand what the meaning of "less garrison and more supplements" is. Please let Your Majesty make it clear!" Xu Wunan asked.

"It's very simple. Our supply is to establish a grain storage base, and then each army will receive unified dispatch based on the bills issued by the General Administration. This will lead to the fact that once the hoarded land is damaged, the army will immediately lose food." Zhao Bing explained, "What I mean is that the military supplies are only reserved for half a month, the division is reserved for ten days, the regiment must have at least five days of accumulation, and the battalion will consume at least three days. Replenish as it is used and maintain the base."

"The subordinates understand that the short-distance transport divisions and regiments can be solved, so that there is no need for the servants to send them one by one. Each division has accumulated storage, and the enemy cannot destroy the grain scattered everywhere. In this way, even if the hoarding land is destroyed, the losses can be greatly reduced. The accumulation of each division can maintain consumption in the past month, and buy time for the re-mobilization of supplies, so that there will be no chaos due to the out of food." Xu Wunan said suddenly.

"Well, let me propose to Deputy Envoy Jiang as per this intention, and he will take out a charter as soon as possible and deal with it properly." Zhao Bing nodded and ordered again.

"Yes, my subordinates drafted it. After His Majesty reviewed it, he immediately sent someone to Handan!" Xu Wunan obeyed the imperial edict.

"Master Zhang, how many officials in the imperial court have been sent to the war zone? Do you have any details?" Zhao Bing turned to Zhang Song and asked.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid I have to ask Prime Minister Lu, because as the war progressed, the court sent a large number of officials to take over the official warehouses, horse farms and official yards left by the Yuan Dynasty. In addition, the supervisors who were sent to escort materials in the rear were probably no less than 2,000 subordinates." Zhang Song was asked. Although he was in charge of civil affairs, the flow of officials was a variable and it was difficult to count for a while.

"Well, these officials are the most hard-working, and they are risking their lives. Many people die on the way because of fatigue. I plan to give them some subsidies, so how about giving them according to their multiples of their salary?" Zhao Bing nodded, knowing that what he said was true, and said his thoughts.

"Your Majesty, how to give it to you, including those people, how long it takes to pay, this is not a small amount, Your Majesty still needs to consider it carefully!" Chen Shishi was shocked.

"There is a constitution!" Zhao Bing said, "Then it is limited to the dividing line drawn during the peace talks before the war. After passing this line, it can be defined as entering the war zone. As for the time, it starts from the twelfth lunar month until the war ends. The subsidy scope is mainly for low-ranking officials entering the war zone, and the salary is doubled. The husband's servants should also be appropriately increased, and the husband's servants who are still stranded this month will be subject to three stakes of money and will be allocated by the inner treasury. In the future, the imperial court and the inner court can be half each, which is good!"

"Your Majesty's move will surely make everyone grateful and repay the emperor's kindness with death!" Zhang Song said.

"Your Majesty must be cautious. This is not a small amount of money. I am afraid that it will take at least tens of thousands of coins per month, and the court will find it difficult to read it!" Chen Shishi was still calm and quickly reminded him.

"Take it from the people and use it for the people. I want so much money to do, and it's enough to have some left in the palace." Zhao Bing waved his hand and said, "The salt tax allocated to the inner court this year should be 2 million guan. I'll use this as a fund. If the amount is insufficient, the court will accept it. I don't think they will disagree!"

"As subordinates obey the order, formulate a charter immediately, discuss with the foreign court, and distribute the money as soon as possible, so that officials and people in the world can feel the great grace of the emperor in the New Year." Zhang Song said excitedly. He started step by step from grassroots officials, and of course he knew the hard work of those officials, so he wanted to make this happen from the perspective of his heart.

"There is another thing, you have to communicate with the camp." Zhao Bing raised his hand and asked Zhang Song, who was about to go out, to stop the trail. "I learned that these transport teams should carry all the food and grass needed on the way, but the food and grass are distributed according to the prescribed time. Once there is any loss on the way, or if there is a slight delay due to emergencies, they will fall into the point where people have no food to eat and horses have no money to use, and they will be trapped on the road."

"Well, this kind of thing is often used, and they can only pay for money to raise food and grass on their own, so that some officials regard this dispatch as a difficult task." Zhang Song nodded and said.

"I have also seen that those supervisors who escort the baggage must not only worry about the safety of the materials they transport, but also carefully calculate the daily food and grass they carry. In order to be able to reach the destination, they can only reduce the amount every day just in case, so that the husband and soldiers can only rush to the road half hungry and half full, so that the husband and soldiers want to escape from the middle because they are not full of food." Zhao Bing said.

"The hoarding points we set up on the way are basically complete, and a large amount of food and supplies have been accumulated. Can some be divided into parts of the stations along the way be stored? The transport team only carries a small amount of food and grass when leaving, and replenishes at the station with tickets. This can reduce the pain of carrying a large amount of food and grass, speed up the marching speed, and be able to eat enough."
Chapter completed!