The first poisonous scholar in Daxia, starting from the abdication of the prime minister

"Now! Watch it!"

Gu Jingzhi placed the wooden stick on the snow, and after exerting a little force, the stick sank directly into the snow. Then he placed the wooden board on the ground and stood on it, sinking only slightly!

???

Everyone was still confused. They looked at Gu Jingzhi's series of actions, but they all looked stupid.

Gu Jingzhi was too lazy to explain. He just pointed at the two and said, "Look, this stick is the size of a carriage wheel. As long as there is a little gravity, it will sink deeply. But this template is different. When I stand on it, it only sinks slightly..."

"I understand!"

Yang Heng clasped his hands together and said in surprise, "Brother Gu means that the wheels of the carriage should be made the same size as the wooden planks, so that they won't sink into the snow!"

Gu Jingzhi: “…”

Very good explanation, don’t explain it next time!

Gu Jingzhi rolled his eyes and said, "Brother Yang, do you think this is what I mean?"

"Huh? No?"

Yang Heng scratched his head.

Gu Jingzhi said angrily, "If you make the wheels of the carriage this big, let alone hauling food, you won't even be able to pull the carriage out if it gets stuck in the snow!"

"What I just showed you was only the principle of the sled. Actually..."

Gu Jingzhi explained the sled in detail, then made two simple skateboards and slid on the snow himself. Everyone looked at Gu Jingzhi running on the snow with astonishment.

After a while, Gu Jingzhi stopped, pointed at the two skateboards, and said, "We're going to use these to replace horse-drawn carriages and transport food on the snow. With just a little effort, these things will keep sliding!"

"Besides, horses are too heavy to run in the snow, and it could even lead to horse losses. Therefore, we just need to quickly build enough sleds to ensure the army's food and fodder supply!"

"That's a good idea!"

Wei Ming's face lit up with joy, but then he said with some worry, "However, as Brother Gu said, this sled can't be loaded with too much food at once, otherwise it will be difficult to travel on the snow!"

"Relying on this sled and manpower isn't a long-term solution. No one can predict how long the snow will fall. If it lasts too long, I'm afraid our grain transport team will be worn down!"

After all, he came from a military family, and he figured out many problems in just a moment.

Gu Jingzhi nodded and said, "So, what I said before was just an immature and superficial opinion! The biggest challenge for the army when the heavy snow blocks the roads is not the difficulty of traveling, but the extreme test it puts on the human body!"

"We can only use this method once, and it can provide the army with a month's supply of food! In other words, after the food arrives, the army must end the war within a month... or even less. Otherwise, such a large transport team will definitely be discovered by the enemy!"

"A month?"

Wei Ming and the other two were stunned and asked, "How is this possible?"

Gu Jingzhi said expressionlessly: "If not, then the army can only withdraw to the border. Otherwise, the food supply will be cut off and our border troops will starve to death or freeze to death outside!"

"But there is no such possibility at all!"

Wei Ming smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Gu, you don't know how harsh the climate in the northwest is. Not to mention my soldiers, even the foreign tribes in the northwest can hardly stand this kind of weather!"

"The war can be ended in one month. Unless our army withdraws, there is no possibility of it ending at all!"

"..."

Gu Jingzhi was silent.

On a snowy day like this, let alone in this era, even in the future... it would be a difficult test. After all, throughout thousands of years of history, there has only been one team called the Volunteer Army!

However, the war has reached this point. If we withdraw our troops hastily, it will not only waste national strength, but also make other countries laugh at us. Even the foreign tribes outside the Great Wall will look down on Daxia.

He thought for a moment and said, "Just give the order for the sled to be made. As for the rest, I'll figure it out."

……

That night, after Gu Jingzhi returned home, based on what Wei Ming and others had said, he began to recall similar battle examples in history books from his previous life.

It actually made him think of a few.

However, Wei Ming and others were not the leading generals on the front line after all, and they did not have a thorough understanding of the battle situation, so they could not provide much information to Gu Jingzhi.

"It seems that I have to go there myself!"

After thinking for a long time, Gu Jingzhi decided to go in person.

Although the outcome of the Northwest War had little to do with him, Gu Jingzhi did not want to see it end so hastily.

It would be fine if this battle was just related to the development of Ningzhou. After all, Ningzhou has developed to this extent, and Gu Jingzhi has made great contributions.

But it happened that he was the one who first proposed this war. If it really ended hastily, even if he could not be held responsible in the end, his reputation in the court would be greatly reduced.

After thinking for a long time, Gu Jingzhi finally decided to go there in person.

He already had the title of Northwest Tour Envoy, so it was not against the rules for him to go to the Northwest.

Gu Jingzhi did it as soon as he thought of it. He first arranged for Lin Feng to prepare some things, then persuaded his wife, and asked Qu Feiyan to make some secret arrangements.

It took almost three days for Gu Jingzhi and others to ride out of Ningzhou Prefecture!

They rode north for about three days until the snowy road became increasingly difficult to walk on, and then they stopped to change tools.

Looking at the mastiffs already harnessed to the sled, Lin Feng asked in surprise, "Cousin, can these dogs really pull the sled and take us to the front?"

"Ah!"

Gu Jingzhi chuckled and said, "I'll show you how powerful this thing is in a moment!"

As he said this, he got on a sled, but...

How to drive this thing away?

Finally, an accompanying soldier came over and said, "My Lord, I know how to drive away these beasts!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Jingzhi immediately gave up his seat and the sergeant sat in the "driving seat" in front of the sled. Soon, the sled started to move.

"Huh? It actually works! Let's go up and try it!"

Lin Feng ran happily to another sled, and the accompanying sergeant immediately helped to drive it!

……

After seven or eight days of traveling through wind and snow, they finally arrived at the border camp.

The commander-in-chief of this battle against the northwestern ethnic groups is also Earl Xue Ruhai, a founding hero of Daxia. He is currently discussing matters in the military tent with a group of officers and soldiers.

However, the current situation has been discussed several times, but there is still no solution.

Xue Ruhai looked at the silent generals and couldn't help but say, "Everyone, the grain transport officers in the rear have been reporting that it's extremely difficult to transport grain. Although they have come up with a way to supply the army with more than a month's worth of food at a time!"

"But this method can probably only be used once!"

"That is to say, if we can't find a solution in another month, or if the snow doesn't stop, we'll probably have to withdraw..."

wow...

Withdrawal?

Before the generals could react, someone outside the tent suddenly shouted, "Report..."