Wang Hou had to do his old job again, before following Lao Cao, he was the logistics director, he has been a part-time general over the years, and now he has become Xiao Cao's nanny, he picked up the position of the logistics manager again, and lived in Jiaohe City for a few days, then he went back to his home to prepare for the Loudi Railway that Cao Zhang dreamed of.

If this railway is built, the goods from Chang'an will go north along the Weishui, and they can be directly transported to Loulan City, you must know that the previous caravan is horses and camels with two blankets, and the key point is only two horses and a carriage, and the carriage can carry more than 400 catties of goods in the sky, even if the carriage is also a thousand catties in the sky, and there are many places that cannot go, but if it is replaced by this big guy who eats coal, it will be different.

Goods from the Central Plains can be hoarded at the entrance of the Western Regions on a larger scale, even if the Western Regions continue to rely on horse teams to sell to Guishan, Anxi and other places, it can also save thousands of miles of travel costs, and the cost reduction can particularly enhance the competitiveness of the Central Plains goods, and provide wealth for the commercial scholars who have now become more and more large.

However, it is not so easy to build this railway, first of all, the production of rails can no longer rely on Liaodong, even if there is a railway to help transport, the cost of tens of thousands of miles is too great, and the iron ore of Liupan Mountain must be developed first.

Supporting facilities have to be invested, and the cost is like an astronomical amount, which is unrealistic to expect Wang Hou or the Guanzhong government to pay out of pocket.

He went to work on logistics, and continued to move forward to conquer the great cause, and handed over to his brother-in-law, daughter, daughter, and the new generation of three small strong groups.

After laying down Jiaohe City, Cao Zhang didn't rest for long, after all, fighting for his father is like sailing against the current, and if he doesn't advance, he will retreat.

"Dadu Protector! General Yu Ban has led the Wan army troops into Loulan City, and Zhonglang General Zhang Wei's 10,000 tunken troops are only 100 miles away from Jiaohe City, and it is estimated that they will be able to rush to Jiaohe City in three days. ”

Not to mention, Lao Cao sent Zhong Xuan, who was implicated in Wei's sarcastic case, to solve a big problem for Cao Zhang, it is easy to fight the world, but it is difficult to defend the world! Logistics arrangement, the division of the defensive area of Tuntian, personnel problems, these troubles Cao Zhangneng one head two big mess, handed over to Zhong Xuan, the long history was easily sorted into a hemp group, Jiaohe City, which was originally looted, was also under the garrison of the Han army, regained its vitality.

This old guy's role in protecting the Western Regions is probably no less than that of Xiao He in the early Han Dynasty to Han Gaozu.

However, looking at the map, Cao Zhang was still worried, it was too big to mention the big country without free shipping! Now he has marched westward for more than 3,000 miles, the straight-line distance is equivalent to the distance of three Xuchang to the stone city of Wu State, from here to march to attack the Qiuzi country that has not yet returned to the Han Dynasty, if it is marched along the Peacock River, there are still more than 1,500 miles, from the middle of the Silk Road to attack the edge of the Tarim Basin, the southern road of the Silk Road to Khotan, it will take more than 3,000 miles!

Regardless of the weaponry or the quality of the army, the combat effectiveness of the 5,000 iron cavalry of the Wangshuang Division, the 5,000 iron cavalry of the Guanzhong landlord cavalry, and the 5,000 Bafu infantry regiment of Zhang Jaw Guo Huai in his hands far exceeded the combat effectiveness of the city-state troops in the Western Regions, but just like the factors that killed and injured 90 percent of the soldiers under the command of Li Guangli, the general of the Second Division, more than 200 years ago, what could defeat the Han army was the too vast terrain and harsh natural environment of the Western Regions.

"Dadu Protector! The last general once led his troops to stationed in Luntai, if you want to ask for the advice of the last general of Qiuzi, you can use the main cavalry of the capital of the Western Regions to enter the discussion, the brigade carries fifteen days of dry food, day and night, until the capital of Qiuci Yancheng, with artillery to break through the city gate, food on the spot, most of the escort army slowly walked, along the way to collect the small countries of various states! What do most of you think? ”

Wang Shuang's momentum is heroic enough, and the desire for war is particularly strong, after all, as the old Western Regions, the first stage of the war actually did not catch the army to attack, just with Wang Hou escorting supplies along the way, now he is extremely eager to fight.

However, his strategy was too risky, fifteen days of dry food was already the maximum amount of dry food carried by a single soldier, so that it could be supported under the city of Yancheng in Qiuzi, and if there was any accident on the way, he would be gone. 180

And the city must be broken on the same day, otherwise the army will still starve to death.

The strategic conditions for achieving him are too harsh! This time, without waiting for Deng Ai to object, Cao Zhang himself had already shook his head first.

However, giving up Wang Shuang's radical plan, according to his method of fighting with a large army from Dunhuang, it will take at least three months to attack Qiuci, and 10,000 troops need at least 20,000 people in logistics, three to 40,000 horses, and four or five hundred thousand stones in food, and it will take two or three months to assemble this part of the logistics, that is, it will be at least until the end of this year to reach Qiuci, and I don't know how long it will take to end the Qiuci campaign.

If it is an old and serious veteran, such as Yu Ban, then there is nothing to say about fighting step by step, but for Cao Zhang, a newborn tiger calf and a little old man who has inherited the character of Wang Hou Scrooge, it takes so long and costs so much to fight a turtle country, it is too long and too long! It's just embarrassing for him to be a fat tiger.

"If only that old Deng guy was here!"

Staring at the long boundary on the map and pinching the stubble on his chin, Cao Zhang said depressedly.

The battle of the sneak attack on Wancheng, it can be said that he Cao Zhang's role is not the "actor", after this battle, Cao Zhang also asked for credit for him in front of Cao Cao with great interest, but Cao Ren made a big moth halfway through, and when Cao Ren remembered to find Lao Deng, he had disappeared.

Even Deng Ai, who stayed in the camp, didn't see him at all.

However, when he thought of Lao Deng, Cao Zhang's eyes suddenly appeared a cool color, glanced at Wang Shuang, who was eager to fight, and looked at Wang Changle, who was always fierce and full of cuteness and stupidity, he suddenly made up his mind and slapped the table hard.

"This seat has decided, first send someone to the capital of Qiuzi to negotiate peace!"

"And then so, so, so, so, ............"

Listening to Cao Zhang's plan, even a bold Wang Shuang, the pair of leopard head and ringed eyes couldn't help but stare roundly, and in the next second, an unprecedented frenzy emerged, Wang Changle, who was named, was also cute and stupid with big eyes that were round in surprise, and Zhong Xuan on the other side almost didn't catch his breath, shaking his head in anger.

"Never, this plan is too risky!"

It's a pity that the old guy is now also ineffective in opposition! With a straight chest, Cao Zhang is triumphant thumbs up to his nose.

"I am the protector of the Western Regions, I listen to Zhong Lao in internal affairs, and I have to listen to this seat in foreign wars!"