In ancient wars, the three armies did not move, and the grain and grass went first, which shows the importance of the latter. Food is the most basic guarantee that an army can win a battle, even if your strategy is bullish and morale is strong, there is no need to talk about food and grass, because many wars can prove that the enemy can starve the people in the city to death without mobilizing troops. Today, let's talk about the Warring States powers fighting for more than two hundred years, why is there no shortage of grain and grass, but Zhuge Liang always has a headache for grain and grass?
The reason is "people". In the Warring States period, it was stipulated that those who served as soldiers should also cultivate land. This means that when fighting, soldiers wear armor to fight with the enemy on the battlefield, and when there is no war, they must remove their armor and pick up hoes to go to the fields to farm. Because the fields were around the camp, in addition to carrying weapons, the marching army also had to carry agricultural tools. In layman's terms: a soldier is still desperate on the battlefield in the morning, and may be chatting in the field in the afternoon.
But in the Three Kingdoms, the practice changed, how to do it? The main responsibility of the soldier was to fight and to cease to engage in agricultural activities. In layman's terms: the soldiers of the Warring States are part-time soldiers, not only fighting on the battlefield, but also cultivating in the fields, while the soldiers of the Three Kingdoms are full-time soldiers, only responsible for creating smoke on the battlefield, and as for the grain and grass, others will transport them.
No matter how capable an army is, if it does not have enough to eat, its combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced. This is why the Seven Heroes of the Warring States never had a shortage of grain and grass, but Zhuge Liang was short of grain and grass as soon as he fought. Later Zhuge Liang finally realized the importance of grain and grass, so he ordered the start of tun tian, but unfortunately, before the grain was ripe, he had already died of illness. What do you think about that? Welcome to leave a message in the comment area!