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898. Battle Plan (2)

"Your plan reminds me of the plan of the former Sui Dynasty. During the former Sui Dynasty, when it was the first expedition to Goryeo, it was not far away from the Liaodong city for a long time, so it sent a team of 300,000 to attack Pyongyang, the capital of Goguryeo. Didn't you find out? Your plan is exactly the same as the one back then, and the weaknesses are the same. During the Sui Dynasty, the 300,000 army was lured into the enemy deep by the enemy, and then because of the unrestrained logistics supply, it was hungry for a few days to fight the enemy. In the end, hundreds of thousands of troops could only go back more than 2,000 people, and the rest were killed and captured, and most of them were going to die now."

"So, the biggest loophole in your plan is that once you go deep into the enemy's hinterland, the logistics of attacking Pyongyang will not be able to be supplied at all. So once the front line is short of food and there are various bows and crossbows, it is irresponsible to our front line troops!"

Jing Wen pointed out this loophole very bluntly, that is, the transportation capacity in ancient times was very poor, and it was impossible to keep up with the large troops that were raided. Although the three armies had not moved food and grass first, this also shows that the speed of logistics supply for food and grass could not keep up with the speed of combat of front-line troops. At present, the combat speed of front-line troops has always been much faster than the speed of logistics supply. There are many examples of failures in history because of the isolated army's in-depth development and the end of being unable to obtain supplies. This cannot be solved in a short period of time, unless it can be initially solved in the era when airdropping materials with aircraft.

However, airdrops are not a long-term solution. Even the United States, which is rich in later generations, will not use aircraft to transport airdrops to all the troops. Because aircraft supplies consume a lot of fuel and various losses are not small. Moreover, airdrops may also be airdropped to enemy positions, which is also a very big problem. Therefore, because the conditions for airdrop supply for aircraft airdrops are too strict and consume too much, land transportation is mainly mainly used. However, land transportation often cannot keep up with the speed of troops' advancement.

This plan completely ignored the logistics problems, which caused very serious consequences. Emperor Yang of Sui did this before, wanting to send troops to enter the hinterland of Goguryeo. Then he tried to conquer Pyongyang and forced Goguryeo to surrender. However, the ideal was full and the reality was skinny. The 300,000 troops could not keep up with the logistics supply, and after being lured by the enemy, they cut off the supply. Finally, they were hungry for a few days to fight against the Goguryeo people, and they were slaughtered one after another, and they could only run back a few thousand. The 300,000 people only went back a few thousand. This has to be said to be a heavy loss.

Now there are people who have proposed this kind of similar plan. Jing Wen was so angry that his nose was crooked. Jing Wen, a soldier who became a monk halfway, understood that it was impossible to penetrate into the enemy's hinterland and attack the capital under such logistical conditions. If a small number of troops could also be solved by using war to support the war. But this is 10,000 people! It is impossible to hide the actions of ten thousand people, so if the enemy is weak and cleared along the way and does not fight with you, you may not be able to obtain supplies, and you will starve to death if you starve to death!
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