This is probably the first time that Li Mengxi has led a large army to fight alone. If you ask, does Li Mengxi have the ability to form an army on his own, it is probably not possible. Li Mengxi is far from being able to form an ever-changing array in a battle formation, but,

If everything cannot change in one breath, Li Mengxi can at least change in one breath.

In this situation, as long as you have ten times or a hundred times as much time as your opponent, you can fight against an enemy that is ten times or a hundred times as powerful.

Among the methods of ambush from ten sides taught to Li Mengxi by Zhang Jiao, there is an essence. The essence is that flags or other means can be used instead of command. The Yellow Turban Zhang Jiao used flags planted all over the wilderness as the Yellow Turban assembly point, which was omitted directly.

In order to assemble a large number of grassroots officers needed to assemble the defeated troops, the Yellow Turban refugees who lacked training could be repeatedly routed and regrouped, showing great resilience.

Using flags to replace organization and command, or even using flags to mark combat routes in advance, are only the most superficial things. The deeper meaning is that the command on the battlefield can be prepared in advance. Preparation before the battle is equivalent to

Our side has many times more time than our opponent, and many times more time to arrange our troops, which brings us to that issue again——

Question, can a centurion with extremely poor commanding skills fight Han Xin in a battle? The answer is, under extreme conditions, yes.

Han Xin, the Immortal of Soldiers, is the pinnacle of military strategists. Needless to say, Han Xin’s commanding ability is that Han Xin can use an army of one hundred thousand as an arm. In battle formations, Han Xin can command an army of one hundred thousand and transform into several formations at a moment.

As for ordinary centurions, how can a centurion have the ability to control a hundred thousand people, nor can he have the ability to change formations in an instant, but it doesn't matter, a centurion cannot control a hundred thousand people, but he can always control a hundred people, centurion.

You can't change the formation instantly, but it takes ten times or even a hundred times the time to change the formation, right?

Under this situation, if the centurion has enough time, he can use far more time than Han Xin. Then, even if the centurion uses the most clumsy method to only pull ten people at a time, it will be like ants gnawing on the bones.

Pull together, if this lasts long enough, a mere centurion can pull 100,000 people into a formation, and he can even pull out a formation more aligned than Han Xin.

Li Mengxi is using this method now. The Julu Army uses roller cover to march. The so-called roller cover means that during the march of the army, multiple mobile teams of two to three hundred people are dispatched. These mobile teams

Arrive at the front first and set up tight vehicle formations and combat formations at various intersections to guard against any incoming enemies.

After the army passed by, those mobile teams that were left behind immediately marched quickly from the back to the front, and set up their positions again. In this way, the defense team kept rolling forward, and at any moment, it could threaten

Any intersection of the army is blocked by the Julu Army vehicle formation. This makes it impossible for any invading enemy to catch the Julu Army off guard. Groups of mobile squads are like hard shells wrapped around the marching team.

Once the carapace is broken, there is no threat to the inside.

The number of mobile teams is small, with only about 200 people in one team. However, this mobile team of about 200 people, coupled with the formation of rifles and crossbows, and the formation of vehicles, are just blocked in the road. With this preparedness, they can deal with

Suddenly the enemy troops were attacked in an irregular formation. They used prepared troops to fight the unprepared ones, used strict formations to counter the weak troops, and used vehicle formations and barriers to counter attacks on the ground. The two hundred Julu soldiers who were relying on the vehicle formations and waiting in full formation were enough to withstand the enemy's force for a whole day.

Thousands of infantry are not left behind. Even if a large group of enemy cavalry comes to attack, two hundred infantry plus a chariot formation are enough to delay the enemy's cavalry for a considerable period of time.

With this warning period, it is impossible for the enemy to catch the main force of our army by surprise. At this point, the most fatal danger during the march no longer exists. As long as the main force can have time to react and wait for the main force of thousands of troops to prepare for battle,

At this time, with several thousand of our main troops facing a small number of enemy troops attacking quickly, it is not certain who is the fish.

Under Li Mengxi's arrangement, there is no need for Li Mengxi to take command. Each mobile team only needs to run and stop, run to the intersection ahead, put down the vehicle array, arrange the formation, wait for the army to pass, and then immediately push forward.

Just by simply repeating the same thing while driving the car and running forward, it was enough to protect the entire marching team like an iron barrel.

Just as the highest state of war is victory without fighting, the highest state of command is no need for command.

The roller defense tactics were excellent. Li Mengxi thought that he still lacked some command ability, but it didn't matter, because there was no need for command anymore. In the absence of command, the defense system automatically took effect.

Li Mengxi rode a horse and wore heavy armor and followed the marching team. He was the only commander in the army. Li Mengxi did not dare to be negligent. He did not dare to be on standby to command and respond to the enemy in times of crisis.

Summer is coming soon, the weather is getting hot, the sun is scorching, the armor is heavy, and marching is very hard. Li Mengxi raised his sleeves to wipe the sweat from his forehead. He looked up at the white sun above his head and thought, if there are popsicles

Enough.

Just when Li Mengxi was lost in his reverie about popsicles, his younger brother Xiao Zhuan called Li Mengxi.

Li Mengxi turned around and saw his younger brother's head sticking out of the opened car window. Li Mengxi was immediately unhappy and reprimanded, "Who told you to open it! Turn it off! Don't you know how dangerous it is?"

The younger brother was scolded and curled his lips, looking very unhappy.

Zhang Ning, who was helping to open the window, smiled and said to Xiao Bian, "Look, let's just say I won't let you open it and I'll scold you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Ning lowered the car window with a clang. The car window seemed very heavy and made a sound of steel clashing when it fell.

Li Mengxi's car was a reinforced version of a van. The inside and outside of the van were reinforced with cast iron plates. Even a powerful crossbow fired at close range would not be able to damage the several-inch-thick iron plates at all. It was hidden in such a tortoise shell.

Not to mention how safe it is in a railway car.

When the sun was at its hottest, the fishing team came back from fishing. The fishing team brought back a car full of fresh fish, as well as lotus roots picked from unknown sources. The soldiers of the fishing team kindly brought the lotus roots to Li Mengxi, and Li Mengxi picked up the lotus roots.

Take a bite of the white lotus root kacha. The lotus root is juicy, crisp and tender, fragrant and delicious. When you are thirsty, it is more delicious than eating fruit.

After getting the good stuff, Li Mengxi immediately thought of his younger brother. He rode back to the carriage and knocked twice on the iron window.

"Xiao Bian, open the door."

Li Mengxi shouted.

"I won't open it! I won't open it if you don't let me open it!"

Xiao Zhuan was still angry with Li Mengxi because he had been scolded by Li Mengxi just now, so he stubbornly ignored Li Mengxi.

Li Mengxi shouted several times, but Xiao Zhuan refused to open the door.

Li Mengxi was helpless. He tried to open the window from the outside, but he forgot that due to the exquisite design of the Julu military craftsmen, this bastard-like iron car could only be opened from the inside and could not be opened from the outside at all.

After punching the car window twice, Li Mengxi couldn't bear it and shouted out the car window, "Sister Ning, open the door for me!"

In the car, Xiao Bian stopped Zhang Ning willfully and prevented Zhang Ning from opening the car window. How could Zhang Ning listen to a little brat?

Xiao Zhuan was so angry that he felt even more aggrieved.

The car window opened, and there was a sudden light in the car. Li Mengxi casually threw two pieces of tender white radish in.

"Xiao Zhuan, Sister Ning, you guys have a try, it's delicious." After throwing away the things, he casually explained, and Li Mengxi rode away.

In the car, Xiao Zhuan took a bite of water lotus root. Water lotus root was delicious. It turned out that his brother just called him to give him something to eat, but he refused to pay attention to his brother. Xiao Bian regretted it a little.

Li Mengxi was rushing towards the Zichong team, but he had already run away, and Xiao Bian's shouts came from behind him.

"Brother!" Xiao Bian stretched out his little head and hands from the car window. He held up the lotus root and shouted to Li Mengxi, "Brother, this is delicious. I'll bite half of it and leave the other half for you. Do you want to eat it?"

Li Mengxi turned his head and looked back, and frowned when he saw Xiao Bian opening the car window again. As for the content of Xiao Bian's shouting, Li Mengxi didn't hear clearly what he was shouting.

Li Mengxi temporarily went to the Zizhong Brigade because of the water lotus root.

After collecting the lotus roots, Li Mengxi's first thought was to keep them for the next meal to make soup. But thinking about how delicious the fresh lotus roots are in such a hot day, the best way to deal with them is to dry them for a day and wait until they are cooked in the evening.

Yes, it would be better to divide the lotus roots immediately so that the soldiers can quench their thirst.

The problem is that if there is not enough lotus root, the fishing team will bring back less than half a truckload of lotus root. With just this amount of lotus root, thousands of people will not be able to share a bite.

When Li Mengxi was thinking about how to divide the lotus roots equally, the soldiers responsible for loading and unloading accidentally knocked over a basket of lotus roots. The lotus roots were so brittle that they broke when they fell to the ground.

Li Mengxi's eyes were immediately drawn there, and the soldiers hurriedly picked up the lotus roots from the ground. The leader, the chief, was a smart man. He saw Li Mengxi staring at the lotus roots on the ground, and thought that Li Mengxi was feeling guilty. The chief smiled at Li Mengxi.

He smiled and said without leaving a trace, "This lotus root is made of water, but it is not light."

The implication is that the lotus roots are too heavy, and it is understandable that I accidentally knocked over the basket.

When Li Mengxi heard the soldiers saying that the lotus root was heavy, and then saw the water droplets dripping down the cracks in the basket, Li Mengxi's eyes suddenly lit up, and he realized a problem, the logistics management of the Julu Army.

The consistent logistics management method of the Julu Army is to properly collect every wild vegetable dug on the roadside and every fish caught in the pond, and then store these fish and wild vegetables as reserve military rations.

There was no big problem with this approach, but now Li Mengxi suddenly realized that something seemed wrong. It seemed that eating the food into the stomach was a better way to deal with it than hoarding the food. A key issue was to bear the weight and store the food.

The transport capacity had to be occupied, and the soldiers had to expend a lot of energy to transport the food.

For example, right now, the fishing team dug up half a truckload of lotus roots and brought them back. The lotus roots are heavy and difficult to preserve. Rather than dragging them with them, it is better to eat them directly.

But thinking further from this, Li Mengxi realized the problem again. Li Mengxi thought of the Yellow Turban refugees. The Yellow Turban refugees were so hungry that they could hardly walk. At this time, assuming that the Yellow Turban refugees got more than ten kilograms of lotus roots, then, at this time, the best

The decision was whether to eat the whole lotus root in one go so as not to carry the burden, or rather to carry the burden instead of carrying the lotus root and only take one or two bites a day.

Based on Li Mengxi's understanding of survival methods, there is no doubt that carrying more than ten kilograms of lotus roots on the road will bring some burdens, but he only eats a small amount each time, and only goes there when he is almost too hungry to walk.

Eat, with these ten pounds of lotus roots, you can live for about ten days longer.

And if, in order to reduce the weight, you eat the lotus root in one day, the weight will indeed be gone, but after eating this full meal, you will have nothing to eat later, and then you will starve to death after three or five days.

For the refugees, increase the load a little and try to reduce the food consumption per unit time as much as possible, so that they can last longer.

In the same way, the army should do the same. Trying to reduce the food consumed per unit time of the army can also enable the army to last longer.

Regarding the question of whether to eat lotus root or not, the answer is, it is better not to eat it.

But there was one thing that puzzled Li Mengxi. If he ate the same dozen kilograms of lotus root in one day, he would starve to death in three days. But if he ate as sparingly as possible, he could survive for more than ten days.

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It is obvious that the energy contained in the same amount of lotus roots should be equal, but why can't it last for three days after eating it in one meal, but it can last for more than ten days after eating it in dozens of meals.

The energy of the lotus root remains unchanged, but people can survive longer. Being able to survive longer means that they have obtained more energy.

(It’s strange, if you eat more meals, the energy extraction efficiency will be higher, not just a little bit higher...) Li Mengxi seems to have realized something.

I understand, the extra burden added by hoarding food is not worth mentioning compared to the positive income of hoarding food. But not necessarily, hoarding food has the effect of increasing food. Similarly, hoarding more carts of food will mean more food.

Personal manpower consumption, under normal circumstances, the energy of a cart of food is much greater than the energy lost by several cartmen pulling the cart. But sometimes, the energy contained in the food is too little, such as Guanyin soil... There is no need to bring Guanyin soil

Okay. First of all, this thing will eat people to death. Secondly, even if this thing can really provide energy, the energy it provides is too low. If you store a cart of Guanyin soil, the energy you store is not as much as the physical exertion of the driver pulling the cart.

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This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The truth has been understood. From a rational point of view, half a carload of lotus roots should not be given out to eat. However, in war, in addition to filling the stomachs of the soldiers, it is also necessary to boost morale.

The weather is hot, and the soldiers' mouths are parched from the sun. At this time, if you send out a piece of fragrant and delicious lotus root, the morale of the soldiers will be greatly boosted.

From this, Li Mengxi realized another truth. Different foods should have different functions. Foods with high energy, such as rice and noodles, should be hoarded as military rations, while those with low energy, such as wild vegetables, mushrooms, fruits, and lotus roots.
To be continued...