latelenovela Chapter 327
Chapter 327
Chapter 327: Since the ancient expedition, there has never been an easy one as the Great Zhou!.
“Bell!”
The ancient camel bell rings on the long yellow sand road, adding a bit of desert style to this yellow scenery. This ancient road is the Silk Road opened up by Zhang Qian, a famous minister of the Han Dynasty, when he sent an envoy to the Western Regions.
And those camel bells were issued by the camels who pulled the heavy military resources in the heavy army of the 100,000 iron horses of the Great Zhou. Because of the flattening of Western Xia, all the cattle, sheep and camels of Western Xia also belonged to the Great Zhou.
On this western expedition, Chai Hao led 100,000 iron horses to march, and the momentum was huge. But it was not just about destroying the Jeruda Stone in Western Liao.
Because if 09 is just to destroy Xiliao, you don’t need 100,000 iron horses at all, 50,000 iron horses can be used!
And the dispatch of 100,000 iron horses is because Chai Hao wants to take back all the Western Regions, which have been separated from the Han family for two hundred years since the end of the Tang Dynasty, and let the Western Regions see how powerful the Central Plains Dynasty is today!
You know, even when the Tang Dynasty was in full bloom, I had never seen a hundred thousand Tang horses in the Western Regions!
And the newly rising Great Zhou Empire, from the Western Regions, was able to dispatch 100,000 iron horses at a time, which undoubtedly demonstrated the powerful force and military prestige of the Great Zhou New Dynasty far superior to the Sheng Tang.
At the same time, it reflects the strong national strength of the Great Zhou New Dynasty! You know, the three armies have not moved, and the grain and grass go first!
Thousands of miles of grain, the road lost half of it!
100,000 iron riders eat horses and chew, and just standing still every day is a large amount of military funds! Not to mention marching every day, and marching thousands of miles away! And along the way, there are also Gobi and deserts!
If it was placed in the past, even if it was the strength of a strong man and the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, he would not dare to send a hundred thousand iron to ride into the Western Regions, because this was too risky!
A slight carelessness will cause the 100,000 iron horses to cut off the logistics, even if the logistics can always guarantee a stable supply, but thousands of miles of grain transportation, it will also cause a great burden to the imperial court!
Because the consumption of an expedition with a hundred thousand troops with horses may cost millions of people to eat and grass!
However, the Great Zhou does not have to worry about the supply of grain and grass logistics, and from this point, it can be seen that the national strength and wealth of the Great Zhou! Of course, although the Great Zhou is rich, Chai Hao, the son of the Great Zhou Tianzi, is not a loser.
In this 100,000-strong horse march to the west, Chai Hao had no other manpower and material resources except for bringing a 20,000-strong auxiliary army to watch over the escort and transport.
Because of the armor of the Great Zhou, all of them were now replaced with stronger and lighter and warmer cloth armor, and the soldiers themselves could easily wear the armor as if they were dressed, without the assistance of auxiliary soldiers and civilian husbands.
The Great Zhou first destroyed the Jin Kingdom, then the Western Xia, and finally fought the desert north, obtaining countless cattle, sheep, camels, and horses. Although this time it was an army of 100,000 people, the combined number of cattle, sheep, horses, and camels exceeded one million!
With such sufficient transportation capacity, the Great Zhou Western Expedition team basically did not need to transport grain supplies from the rear, but could directly carry enough grain and grass military supplies at one time.
Moreover, in the treatment of grain and grass, Dazhou has also improved compared to the previous generation.
For example, some necessary vegetables, Chai Hao has already made the big Zhou Hubu, made into light and easy to carry dried fruits and vegetables, when eating 727 just need to add some meat and water, seasonings boiled, it is a delicious meal.
While ensuring the nutrition of the army, it does not take up too much capacity.
And those cattle and sheep that accompany the army can be used directly as military food while marching and grazing.
Of the 20,000 auxiliary troops, more than half are herdsmen who are good at herding, grooms who can take care of war horses, veterinarians, etc. And in addition to these fresh cattle, sheep and camels, the army also carries a large number of Nai Fang jerky that has long been prepared!
With a large amount of jerky, soldiers can reduce their intake of dry food and get a more abundant supply of calories than dry food! With these as a foundation, the Great Zhou 100,000 iron horses, expeditions of thousands of miles, can be said to be stress-free!
Since ancient times, there has never been an easier expedition than the Great Zhou!.