Shortly after the order was issued, someone else delivered the information.
Tell Xuantian how Ye inspired the soldiers' fighting spirit and promoted talented people.
In a short period of time, the entire army was conquered.
It restored the combat effectiveness of an old, weak and disabled army.
After hearing this, Xuantian felt extremely unbelievable.
"Did my son do this? Did he have some staff helping him with this?"
"In reply to the Emperor, His Royal Highness the Prince is only accompanied by maids and guards.
No staff members were found alive.”
Xuantian's eyes suddenly lit up.
I think sending Ye to suppress bandits is indeed a way to test his ability.
"I didn't expect that he was so well hidden! If only we could really defeat the bandits in Vulture Mountain with just 5,000 remaining soldiers.
That shows that he indeed has outstanding military talent.
The way I usually behave is just an act."
"Your Majesty, I believe these five thousand old, weak, and disabled soldiers are unlikely to be able to successfully suppress the bandits.
Before this, large armies had been sent out three times to suppress bandits.
The largest army at one time was 20,000.
Still no return.
The terrain of Vulture Mountain is extremely complex, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Moreover, these bandits have opened up a lot of farmland and can achieve self-sufficiency.
As long as we hold the key points, no matter how large the army is, it will not be able to attack us.
We can only surround it, but cannot annihilate it."
Xuantian also thought so.
But he wanted to see how far Ye could go and whether he could do better than the generals in the imperial court.
The main reason was that Xuantian discovered that among all the princes, only Ye dared to target Yunlu Pavilion.
The other princes all tried to please Shi Wushuang.
This made Xuantian look at Ye with new respect, and at the same time he was extremely angry at the performance of other princes.
It is obvious that the status of the Dayuan Dynasty is higher than that of the Yunlu Pavilion, but they have completely failed to put themselves in the right position.
If other princes were allowed to inherit the throne, there would be no need to think too much, and the Dayuan Dynasty would easily be controlled by the Yunlu Pavilion.
Xuantian was afraid of the speed of Yunlu Pavilion's development in recent years.
It is imperative to weaken the influence of Yunlu Pavilion.
The only person who could make Xuantian see his shining point was the usually unpopular Prince Xu.
Only then did they decide to send Ye to suppress the bandits and test his true ability.
Ye led his troops and set off.
There was no forced march. After every hour of march, they were allowed to rest for a quarter of an hour.
When it was time to eat, she was still full and had meat to eat.
This made the generals in charge of military supplies a little overwhelmed.
Go directly to Ye and explain the situation.
He even felt that Ye didn't even have the common sense to command an army.
If we continue to eat like this, I'm afraid the food and supplies will be gone before the war even starts.
Especially since the amount of meat prepared is small, eating like this at every meal will consume it faster.
"Your Highness, if this continues, our food and supplies won't last even a month!
Although Your Highness is sympathetic to the soldiers, he must also consider the consumption of food and fodder.
The Ministry of Revenue has already allocated three months' worth of food and fodder, and will not provide us with any more supplies within the next three months."
Ye glanced at him and said, "This is not right. How did you become a quartermaster?
Three months' worth of food and fodder can't even last a month. Did someone embezzle the food and fodder?"
"Of course not! No matter how bold I am, I would never dare to commit corruption in front of Your Highness.
The Ministry of Revenue has also allocated sufficient food and fodder, and the quantities are correct," said the quartermaster.
"Then why is the gap so big?" Ye was confused.
The quartermaster sighed and explained, "It seems that Your Highness does not understand the situation of leading an army in battle.
The army's expedition consumes a lot of resources.
Therefore, before the war, soldiers were only allowed to eat until they were 50% full, with two meals a day.
When stationed on the spot, you can only eat until you are 30% to 40% full.
Eating meat is out of the question.
Only when war breaks out can the soldiers be fed and given some meat.
His Highness made sure the army had enough to eat at every meal and that there was meat at every meal.
Food and fodder cannot be supplied naturally.
Even the imperial court cannot afford such a huge consumption if we continue to eat like this."
After hearing the explanation, Ye was speechless.
How can we have the energy to fight if we don’t even have enough to eat?
No wonder the elite troops of the entire Dayuan Dynasty did not exceed 100,000.
It turns out that the food and grass consumed alone are not enough to sustain the economy.
This is also the reason why we often lose more than we win when fighting against fierce foreign tribes.
The territory is too vast and there are too many places to protect, so it is impossible to support such a large army.
Therefore, most of the army could only rely on the city defense and could not even get enough food.
Elite troops will only be sent out when there is danger.
It’s not that the soldiers are not good enough, but that the logistics cannot keep up.
"Look at these soldiers, they are so skinny and pale from hunger. If they are not fed enough rice and meat, how can they have the strength?
Don't worry about anything else, just continue to supply food according to orders."
After saying this, Ye Ye remembered something important: "Based on the current consumption, how long can the food and fodder last?"
"Twenty days at most!" the quartermaster replied.
"It will take ten days to march back and forth, and ten days left for fighting, that's enough!" Ye nodded.
"Ten days? Your Highness, do you think you can wipe out the bandits in ten days? That's not possible, is it?"
"Food and grass can only last for so long, what can you do to me?" Ye said without hesitation.
The quartermaster was speechless.
It is simply a fantasy to capture Vulture Mountain within ten days.
It's impossible.
"What if we can't take it down in ten days? Then our food and supplies will be exhausted."
"If you can't take it, just withdraw your troops and report to the emperor. I'm incompetent!
What else can I do?" Ye shrugged and said.
The quartermaster then realized that the prince in front of him did not really want to take down Vulture Mountain.
It's just acting from beginning to end.
We took the team for a walk and then went back.
"Just go back and do your job. This prince will take all the responsibility."
"yes!"
The quartermaster retreated with suspicion.
But he felt that this was not necessarily a bad thing.
At least this time we can feed everyone, and it's just a pretense.
As long as you don't fight the enemy head-on and don't get hurt, you can come back alive.
After figuring it out, he continued to follow Ye's orders and made sure all the soldiers had enough to eat.
After having a full meal, the soldiers became more energetic.
The speed of traveling has increased a lot.
It took less than five days to reach Vulture Mountain.
According to the original plan, Ye issued a series of orders.
First send troops to guard the important places, and then send people to investigate the surrounding situation.
Five thousand troops came to attack, but they could not hide from the bandits on Vulture Mountain.
They immediately made defensive preparations.
Move all the people back to the mountain and seal the mountain gate.
A large number of rolling logs and stones were prepared.
If the imperial army dares to attack, it will pay a heavy price.
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