This war in which the emperor personally led the expedition was so large, expected to last for a long time, and the terrifying consumption of materials were unprecedented.

Therefore, the General Staff and the Ministry of War attached great importance to it and concentrated all the elites to take charge of this matter.

The Staff Office wanted to show its skills and let the emperor win a refreshing victory, so it had considerable requirements for the speed of the combat troops' advancement.

All of this is based on the hard work of the logistics forces.

Although the logistics troops do not go directly to the battlefield to fight, in order to let the front-line troops go to the battlefield to fight, the logistics troops will also fight to the death. Otherwise, the front-line troops will not be able to eat, so what else can they fight?

Although it is the responsibility of the logistics force to ensure the issue of food, your front-line troops must also consider the limits of logistics. They cannot do whatever they want and do not treat logistics transport personnel as human beings, right?

However, in order to win faster, the General Staff also puts high demands on the logistics staff.

After learning that the staff station had set high standards for the logistics forces, Dong Zhao was so angry that he rolled his eyes and led his people to the staff station to find trouble for the staff station.

In the staff station, Dong Zhao slapped the table and sniffled, constantly scolding the staff members of the staff station for being confused for the war and not treating the logistics forces as humans.

Xi Zhong was furious and scolded Dong Zhao and other logistics personnel for being incompetent.

The so-called "raising troops for a thousand days" is a time to use troops. Jizhou Bingzhou has not mobilized a large-scale number of years, and the people have been raising their strength for a long time. Isn't this the time to use it on a large scale?

If it is not useful now, where do you spend money on food and money on food?

Is it corrupt?!

What are you guys doing?

Do you eat and don’t do things?!

Dong Zhao was furious and blushed and quarreled with Xi Zhong.

Xi Zhong had a rare opportunity to vent his anger, and he also spoke up at Dong Zhao. The more he cursed, the more he became more and more excited, and he had escalated to the point of personal attack.

Then Guo Peng came and brought Guo Jin.

After dealing with what he had, Guo Peng came to the staff station to discuss military aircraft with them, discussing tactics and tactics and key points of marching and conquest.

During this period, every time Guo Peng came to the staff, he would usually bring Guo Jin to listen, watch and learn more.

Guo Peng did not ask him to learn how to fight, but he asked him to learn how to plan in a coordinated manner and organize logistics for the front-line army.

And we must truly understand what marching and fighting are all about, so that we can ensure that we spend less money in the future and avoid being deceived from the hard-earned wealth of our hard-earned wealth.

After a period of study, Guo Jin also mastered many small skills. As soon as he came today, he saw Dong Zhao quarreling with Xi Zhong. The two of them turned red with their faces, and they were about to start a fight.

"What do you think we are? I think our bodies are all iron-clad?! Do we not want to eat or rest? Are you responsible for being exhausted?!"

Dong Zhao pointed at Xi Zhong and scolded him angrily.

"The soldiers on the front line work hard with their lives! Of course, the faster the ending, the better. The faster the ending, the less things the logistics auxiliary soldiers and civilians have to do! I am considering you! Why are you so ungrateful?"

Xi Zhongze in turn accused Dong Zhao of being ungrateful.

"I don't know what's wrong? It's you who don't know what's wrong! I tell you Xi Zhicai, if you are exhausted from the logistics, I will fight you to the death!"

When the fifty-year-old Dong Zhao started a fight, his anger was not inferior to the forty-year-old Xi Zhong.

Xun You looked hesitant and didn't know who to persuade him.

Guo Jiazuo looked at it, and didn't know where to find a handful of small pastries. While eating, they watched the two quarrel, looking at the quarrel with satisfaction.

Guo Jin didn't know how to express his emotions when he saw this scene.

A group of people were arguing. When they saw the emperor coming, they quickly ended the quarrel and bowed one after another.

"His Majesty."

"Um."

Guo Peng stepped forward a few steps and said with a stern face: "What are you quarrels? Military and national affairs are not a joke. What can you get from quarrels? As a chief official, you must pay more attention to your words and deeds. If you are not allowed to do this in the future, both of you will be fined a month!"

After ending the quarrel without any pain or itch, Guo Peng began to understand the situation.

It turned out that in order to end the war as soon as possible and reduce the consumption of national strength in this war, Xi Zhong demanded to speed up the process of the war and to speed up the army's marching.

This has higher requirements for the logistics forces.

Dong Zhao, who was in charge of logistics, felt it was difficult for him to accept this, thinking that the logistics department was basically in difficulty, and continuous acceleration would put the logistics in danger of collapse, so he came to the staff and Xi Zhong theory.

Then the two started arguing.

"Your Majesty, the auxiliary soldiers and civilians in charge of logistics are also flesh and blood. They have to eat, drink water, and rest. If they are asked to speed up too much, something will happen and will exhaust people."

Dong Zhao said: "In the past war, there were occasional cases where the army advanced too fast and the logistics could not keep up. At that time, the army and the staff station would always blame the logistics for being too slow.

But Your Majesty, logistics transportation itself cannot be faster than marching, so there is a saying that the three armies will take the lead before they move their food and grass. They think beautifully and eat wherever they go, but logistics transportation is also manpower and material resources."

Guo Peng nodded and looked at Xi Zhong.

"What Gongren said is reasonable, logistics transportation is very difficult, and it has never been easier than marching. You must not have a requirement for ambition or talent."

Xi Zhong bowed and said, "Your Majesty, this matter was also a requirement that I made after considering it. This battle is huge and consumed a lot. Hebei's accumulation in several years is likely to be consumed by this battle. It may also require the support of Qingyan Prefectures in Henan.

I think about the future inventory demand and the disaster relief measures that may be needed under natural and man-made disasters, and I hope to leave some inventory for Hebei so that when the inventory is needed, the inventory has been consumed. I have no selfish intentions, so I hope Your Majesty will clearly observe."

Guo Peng nodded again.

"There is no problem with Zhicai's words. It's right to have such an idea."

After saying that, Guo Peng looked at Guo Jin.

"Prince, what do you think?"

The ministers all turned their attention to Guo Jin who stood beside Guo Peng and never spoke.

Guo Jin was stunned and realized that this was also Guo Peng's test, so he immediately started to think and thought.

"Your Majesty, my son thinks that what Ji Lingjun and Dongbutang say make sense, but Your Majesty said long ago that if the food is gone, you can plant it again. Only one or two years of hard work can you accumulate a lot. If you lose people, you will not be able to grow without more than ten years of hard work.

Since our development, we have relied on the four words [people-oriented]. No matter when, we should stick to these four words. We cannot give up on people when it is not necessary. As long as people are still there, everything has hope of recovery. If people are gone, they will be gone."

After hearing this, the ministers felt that what the prince said was reasonable.

Guo Peng also nodded.

"Have you heard the prince's words? This is what I want to say. Today is not a chaotic world. There is stable production of food in all parts of the world. One place is insufficient, so it is not difficult to recruit another place to store grain for support.

But people are gone and you cannot grow without more than ten years of hard work. Therefore, when you think about strategies, you must be pity for the people's strength and not overuse them. You must remember."

The ministers nodded one after another.

"Abide by the order."

"Well, in this regard, we will do it according to Gong Ren's statement. The staff must cooperate with the Ministry of War, and the combat troops must cooperate with the logistics forces. The marching speed must not exceed the limit set by the Ministry of War."

Guo Peng sets a tone for this matter.

The dispute over this matter was resolved, and the Ministry of War, responsible for logistics, gained a certain degree of dominance. When the General Staff planned strategies and tactics, it should be formulated based on the limits set by the Ministry of War.

On this basis, consider other things, how to carry out wars, how to plan tactics, etc.

However, for the Wei army, it no longer needs any creative planning. The Wei army is so powerful that it is invincible in the world. Many people view it this way. The only thing that restricts the Wei army is logistics.

So Xi Zhong felt that the tactics had basically taken shape, and that's it. Everything left should depend on how the logistics troops arranged it.

It depends mainly on Dong Zhao.

Dong Zhao was very unhappy about Xi Zhong's statement, but the emperor and the prince helped him speak, so Dong Zhao couldn't say anything, so he could only honestly explain his preparations.

Dong Zhao has indeed done a lot of work and sent out all the people around him who can be sent out.

Not only were the people from the Ministry of War sent out most, but officials from the cabinet and the Ministry of War were also sent out to help. This was not enough. A group of people were temporarily seconded from the idle Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which was considered to be a barely meeting the demand.

They ran extensively among the major warehouses in Hebei, constantly comparing the warehouse data from various places to see if there were any shortages in these places, and then recorded them on the record and prepared for recruitment.

After a period of recording, they have already counted a lot of data. Basically, the storage in each warehouse was arranged by Dong Zhao, and several counties in Jizhou, Bingzhou and Youzhou also made a preview of mobilization.

"Is there any number that doesn't match?"

Guo Peng cares more about this issue.

"have."

Dong Zhao did not hesitate. In this case, the emperor would probably find it strange.

The administration of my subordinates is really so clear, and everyone under my command is law-abiding and honest?

Guo Peng nodded.

"How many?"

"Not many, about 30% of warehouses have cases where the recorded numbers and the actual numbers are not matched."

Dong Zhao told the truth.

"Well, it seems that it is necessary to conduct a comprehensive inspection before the war. If you don't check it carefully, you may be killed by that time."

Guo Peng sneered, stood up, and said to Xi Zhong and others: "Okay, these things are not something you need to manage. If you do what you have in your hands, the rest will have nothing to do with you."
Chapter completed!