Bohai Village was attacked by the Song army, and Gao Mioli and Kuokuo were anxious because it not only affected their retreat, but also stored 20,000 stones of food in the village, which was the thing they ate for half a month. The reason for putting the food there was not only because it was a hub connecting Dadu for easy transportation. It was also out of caution to prevent the unfavorable situation of the war, and it would not be destroyed by a hundred miles and there would be no food left.

Now that Juyongguan is lost, they can no longer get supplies from there, and it will take at least ten days to transfer grain from Dadu. As the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, Gao Mili is very clear about the grain reserve in Dadu. When the Song army was forcing the city to be under the city, it is unknown how much they can give them. Besides, the Southern Army will not let them send grain to Tanzhou in a swagger.

What Kuokuo was worried about was that they had a 50,000 army in Tanzhou, and 20,000 stones of food and grass were only enough for them to eat half a month. Even if they captured Tanzhou and returned to Liaoxi, it would take more than ten days to rush. Without food, how could they complete the nearly thousand miles of it without food?

You should know that the actions of a large army will inevitably be accompanied by a large amount of food and grass. If there is insufficient food and grass, the failure of this army will be extremely likely to be a very high probability. If an army has no food for a day, its combat effectiveness will be reduced by half. If there is no food for two days, its combat effectiveness will be exhausted. If there is no food for three days, its collapse will be close.

Some people say that it is possible to 'benefit the enemy because of food'. This idea is good. "The Art of War" mentions the strategy of "taking it for the country and raising it for the enemy because of food." According to Sun Tzu's theory, eating a portion of food from an enemy country is equivalent to transporting 30 portions of food from the country. There are many villages and towns on the way of the army, which can easily obtain food. Generally, a village with about a thousand people is enough to store food for 50,000 people for three days.

But in fact, it just sounds good, but it is very difficult to actually operate. Why do wars often start after the autumn harvest? On the one hand, because the grain has been harvested at this time, farmers can be recruited to join the army. But there is a paradox: after the autumn harvest is over, they will fight others, and they will also finish the autumn harvest. Therefore, it is normal for the invaded party to immediately strengthen the wall and clear the field.

Besides, the summer has just entered the summer, the spring famine has just passed, and the summer harvest has not yet arrived, and almost all the two bags of the people have been seen. Even if you pay to buy grain, they will not sell it to you. If you give it to you, they will starve to death. So even if you are strong, you can't grab much, because they have no food at all. Ask him how he knows that he has already searched it when he came.

It is not possible to plunder from the peasants, but as long as you defeat the enemy, you can still seize its food and grass! In fact, it is difficult to operate. Unless you are unable to cover your ears, you can win before you have time to burn the food and supplies in the local area. Or force the enemy to surrender and make them willing to serve them with both hands, otherwise it is extremely difficult. Because this operation is very simple, transport away all the food that can be transported away, and burn them together if you cannot transport it.

Logistics supply is so important and so difficult, but it is not easy to cut off the enemy's food route, and the chance of success is very low. During marching, it is difficult for infantry troops to marching more than 80 miles per day, and the speed of logistics troops is also similar. However, the number of troops who divide the troops to defend the baggage and food transportation accounts for about one-third of the total force.

Moreover, during marching and fighting, food and supplies are usually placed in the middle of the team, which is convenient for each unit to directly use when camping, and can also be located in a relatively safe place for soldiers to protect. In most cases, it is very difficult to destroy the enemy's food and supplies by sneak attacks.

Of course, in history books, a certain general led a light cavalry to raid and burn the other party’s grain warehouse. For example, the Battle of Guandu is a classic success story of raiding food and grass in the war and turning the situation around. It is precisely because of the difficulties that rarely happens in wars, which leads to the successful examples of attacking the other party’s logistics forces in history books that require a special book.

Gao Mili is one of the outstanding generals in the current Mongolian Yuan, so he naturally knows the key. Therefore, even if the rear is safe and the troops are tight, he still leaves 10,000 people to defend the Bohai Village. Although most of them are the Auru camp of each army and have poor combat effectiveness, it is not possible to break through the defending camp in a short time.

"What flag did the Southern Army attack attack attack be? How many people?" After the initial shock, Gao Mieli calmed down and asked the messenger. Although he was worried that the food and grass would be burned, he also had to find out where the army came from, which was also related to the war below.

"The Southern Army had not yet opened its flag. It was dark and it was hard to see how many of the Southern Army were. I only saw enemy troops everywhere in the mountains and fields, and the sound of guns and cannons was also very dense, probably not less than three thousand, not five thousand men and horses." The messenger said.

"Then you can see clearly what kind of military uniform they are wearing!" Gao Mieli was angry after hearing his report. He knew that some generals in the army would lie about military affairs and exaggerate the facts in order to compete for merit. On the contrary, some generals would exaggerate military affairs after being attacked so that they could get reinforcements as soon as possible. But at this time, he still suppressed his anger and tried to be as peaceful as possible.

"The last general has seen the clothes worn by the enemy. They were wearing blue uniforms, the same as the Southern Army who had been fighting in front of us for a long time!" The messenger saw that the commander's face was not good and quickly replied.

"Is it the Southern Dynasty Expeditionary Force?!" Gao Mieli said shocked after hearing this.

He knew that the military uniforms of the Southern Dynasty Navy were mainly blue, with dark blue winter clothes and light blue summer clothes; the infantry and cavalry were mainly yellow-green, with yellow-green winter clothes and grass-green summer clothes; as for the formal uniforms of the imperial guards were black, but the color of the military uniforms during the war was blue-brown.

Because the Southern Dynasties' expeditionary forces mainly fought overseas, although they were infantry, they needed to take warships and get their support, they were classified as naval forces and dressed the same as the navy. But now they had been fighting with them for more than ten days and had been severely damaged by the enemy. He estimated that the Southern Dynasties' expeditionary forces had already been tight, so they continued to retreat to the more solid city of Tanzhou and should no longer have the energy to attack their baggage camp.

"Impossible?" Kuokuocha said unbelievably, "The Southern Expeditionary Force is already at the end of his strength, and he is already unable to defend the city. If he divided his troops to attack our rear camp, wouldn't he beg for death!"

"The last general dare not deceive, the enemy troops attacking the camp were indeed wearing blue military uniforms!" Seeing that the two commanders questioned their statements, the messenger was so scared that he quickly emphasized again.

"Your Highness thinks there is a deception in it, and it is the Southern Army's deception of being mysterious?" Gao Mieli looked at Kuokuo and asked.

"It is very likely that the Southern Army was already very difficult under our attack, so we sent a small group of troops to detour from the mountains to the rear of our army to harass us, hoping to force us to return to aid, thereby reducing the pressure in front of us!" Kuokuochu analyzed, "And in the deep land of Danzhou, the Southern Dynasty navy could not let warships sail on land!"

"Your Highness, the Southern Army's naval army landed in Zhigu, Qingzhou, and transported troops from Jiangnan by sea and transferred grain. The Southern Army headquarters in front of us also landed on Yongping Road through sea, cutting off our northward journey to western Liaoning. Will the Southern Dynasty ordered the naval army stationed in Qingzhou to come for reinforcements?"

"This..." Kuokuocha was stunned for a moment and pondered for a moment, "Even if they transferred the navy to reinforce, they should only be good at boats and sails, not good at land warfare, but they are not afraid."

"Ah, Your Highness doesn't know that the Southern Dynasties are not like our dynasty, and we won the world with our bows and horses!" Gao Mili heard that he was also making a strong argument, and he still missed the Liao Dynasty. "After the Southern Dynasties were destroyed by our dynasty, the remnants fled to the sea to establish a dynasty, which was also the predecessor of the current Southern Dynasties' court."

"Under the pursuit of our army, the remnants of the Southern Dynasties occupied Qiongzhou overseas, so they started their own business in the navy. In order to resist our dynasty cross-sea clearance, they strengthened the navy and gathered elite forces into it, and formed three navy troops, and the infantry was inferior to it. Later, the Southern Dynasties invaded Jiangnan, and they also crossed the sea for thousands of miles across the sea. They invaded the Yangtze River and defeated our navy continuously. Nearly 200,000 troops sank in the river and sea. Since then, our navy has been in a slump."

"The Southern Dynastic infantry also took the Southern Dynastic naval warships to raid thousands of miles, relying on the artillery on the warships as aid, and conquered important towns in Jiangnan. Later, Yuxi Timur used a large number of troops to repeat the Jiangnan. The Southern Dynastic also relied on the navy to transport troops. In a few days, tens of thousands of troops stationed in various places were transported to the front line and defeated them. Therefore, the Southern Dynastic navy must not be underestimated. Their combat power on land is no less than that of the Southern Dynastic infantry. Moreover, the Southern Dynastic emperor was very good at using navy troops, which was a force that he should not be ignored. Now he has the opportunity to take advantage of it, how could he forget to use troops on the sea!"

"Hiss..." Kuokuochu took a deep breath after hearing this. He had also heard the saying "Southern ships and north horses", but he did not expect that the Southern Dynasties could use the navy so skillfully and terrible. He couldn't help but say, "If the enemy defending Tanzhou received reinforcements from the sea, they could continuously obtain troops and supplies, and it was impossible to break the city. And if Juyong Pass was lost, it was only a matter of time before we cut off traffic from the capital. In this way, we would become an isolated army and would be attacked by the Southern Dynasties."

"What Your Highness said is not impossible!" Gao Mioli saw that he finally woke up and understood the dangerous situation he was facing, nodded and sighed, "Now, waiting for the Khan's will to retreat, can only miss the opportunity. Once the Southern Army freed up our hands, we will fall into a Jedi and be trapped in these mountains."

"Well, the fighter's opportunity is fleeting. Since the Southern Army is now attacking Bohai Village, trying to cut off my food route and destroy my supplies, we will of course send troops to rescue us, but we have no choice but to withdraw our troops, which is not considered a violation of the order!" Kuokuo nodded, finally agreed with his statement, and also found a way to get down to the donkey.

"The Khan will naturally understand our sufferings and will not investigate this matter in depth!" Gao Mieli responded with a smile.
Chapter completed!