Chapter 1574

In the Imperial Study.

As Gao Yang's voice sounded, an endless shock, as if it had turned into substance, swept through every corner of the Imperial Study.

Wu Zhao clenched her fists.

She stared straight at Gao Yang with her phoenix eyes, her mind filled with Gao Yang's words.

"Good!"

"What a Blitzkrieg, what a 'before the Xiongnu Great Chanyu's royal flag is raised, my Da Qian Black Armor has already trampled the Xiongnu's Yanzhi Mountain', what a 'before the Xiongnu scouts' news reaches the Royal Court, the beacon fires have already spread throughout the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions'!"

Wu Zhao exclaimed. She had to admit that geniuses truly exist in this world.

The strategy proposed by Gao Yang was something she had never heard of or seen before, and in her deductions, this Blitzkrieg might really have miraculous effects on the Xiongnu!

Suddenly, Wu Zhao's eyes tightened, as if she had suddenly thought of a problem.

She looked at Gao Yang and asked with concern: "Prime Minister Gao, when the army moves, grain and supplies must go first, which will greatly delay the marching speed."

"The Xiongnu scouts can transmit information quickly, and they have eagles and smoke signals for early warning. Prime Minister Gao, even if you have the Black Armor cavalry, how can you be faster than the Xiongnu scout network that transmits messages on horseback?"

When Wu Zhao said this, her brows furrowed even deeper.

If this problem is not solved, it will be a big problem.

How can one talk about Blitzkrieg?

Upon hearing this, Gao Yang laughed dumbly, "Your Majesty, you still haven't grasped the essence of this Blitzkrieg. Once this subject leaves Da Qian... I only need a few days of military rations!"

Once Gao Yang said this.

Wu Zhao and Shangguan Wan'er looked at each other.

"Only need a few days of military rations?"

Gao Yang's words somewhat overturned her cognition.

When the army moves, grain and supplies go first.

This is the first rule of military strategy for marching and fighting!

The reason why the peace faction in the court has always opposed the war, besides the Xiongnu being difficult to deal with and the inherent impression of their powerful cavalry being deeply rooted in people's hearts, the most important thing is that once the war starts, the pressure on the national treasury is immense.

Wu Zhao had calculated that for ten thousand elite cavalry, according to Da Qian's current regulations, one cavalryman's monthly ration is about two shi, so ten thousand people would be twenty thousand shi!

But what costs the most money for cavalry is not the people, but the warhorses!

A warhorse's monthly food is three times that of a person, a full six shi of grain, and warhorses are quite particular about what they eat. Although it is not all grain, it is mixed feeding.

Furthermore, there are military supplies such as arrows.

Da Qian's large carts have a load capacity of about twenty-five shi. Each large cart needs to be equipped with three civilians: one to drive the cart, one to load and unload, and one responsible for transport and some miscellaneous chores.

Calculating this, it requires nearly ten thousand civilians and more than three thousand large carts!

Last time Gao Tianlong attacked the Xuanshui Hetao, he used one hundred thousand people. Although the number of cavalry was not large, the supplies consumed were an astronomical figure.

This is also the key reason why the war situation was deadlocked and Gao Tianlong wanted to retreat.

Nothing else, it's too expensive!

The grain and grass consumed every day is an astronomical figure.

But Gao Yang... doesn't want a large number of supplies and civilians?

This point overturned Wu Zhao's cognition.

Is Blitzkrieg this overbearing?