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Text 864 [Siam and Eight Hundred Divisions]

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    In ancient Chinese marches and wars, if the grain was transported purely by land, the army could bring 510 days of grain with it, and the troop projection distance was about 500 kilometers.  If the enemy is strong and clears the field, the projection distance will be greatly shortened, because there will be no food to grab along the way.

    At this time, a logistics supply system is needed. If there are vehicles, boats and other tools to transport grain, a large station will be set up about 60 miles away.  If it is purely transported by manpower, a small station should be set up about 10 miles away, and the peasants will carry it in batches, so as to ensure the speed of grain transportation.

    It is so troublesome to transport food, and the enemy cities encountered along the way must be taken down one by one.

    Because the army can pass around the city, but the grain transport team behind cannot.  Once the army is far away, the enemy will come out of the city, cut off our army's food roads, and even burn down our army's rear food stations.

    However, don't take the situation of ancient China and apply it to other countries in the same period!

    Take the European Middle Ages as an example, only 10% of the military rations were provided by logistics, and the remaining 90% were provided by soldiers themselves, merchant trade and on-the-spot robbery.

    It was not until the Thirty Years War that the logistics system was gradually improved.  For example, the military warehouse system in France was established during the Richelieu period.  Even with the garrison system, the logistical principle of the Louis XIV era was still: only supplies that could not be obtained abroad were transported from within the country.

    More than a hundred years ago, when the Taungoo Dynasty fought the Battle of Pyay, the military rations were all transported directly to the front line by ships provided by the Mon people.

    At that time, there was the army of the Ava Dynasty in the north, and the waterway in the south was completely blocked by Arakan warships.  Therefore, the army of the Toungoo Dynasty had no food at all, but they were still able to besiege the city for more than five months until they finally won the war.

    This time, if the Datong Army on the South Road is halved and then halved again, there is no need for supplies along the way, and only the grain transport ships accompanying the army will be enough.

    And Mang Tai's tens of thousands of pursuers had only one or two months of food when they were stationed in the city of Prome.  This guy traveled northward, collected food and grass during the march, and ordered officials from all over the country to send it quickly. The tens of thousands of troops were actually tens of thousands of civilians, and they brought their own food with the help of ships and livestock. There was no so-called logistics transportation team at all.

    When Mangtai returned to Shaobu City to defend with more than 3,000 main forces, good news came from the east.

    ?The local aristocratic troops assembled in Mautamian, Bago, Daguang Yangon and other places went north from the narrow plain in the east, and then turned west to block the back road of the Datong army. At this time, thousands of people had arrived in Kyaukpa East.  There are more troops on the way, all of them can come and join Mang Tai.  The troops in the Toungoo area received orders to go to the capital early, and they were rushing from the north to reinforce Bagan City.

    Once all the ministries arrive successfully, the army equal to two-thirds of Myanmar will encircle the troops of Ding Jiasheng and Yang Zhan.

    Whether it's whether it's a solitary army going deep, or the center is blooming, Ding Jiasheng and Yang Zhan have done too much this time.  The aggressive and crazy way of marching straight into the heart of Myanmar is like poking a hornet's nest. The Burmese army can't even care about the northern border.

    Huang Yao and Liu Xinyu's North Army only had to face one-third of the Burmese army, and the rest of the Burmese army came to fight Ding Jiasheng and Yang Zhan.

    Ding Jiasheng and Yang Zhan couldn't fight casually, because they had too few civilians, and their logistics were all on the grain transport boats, so they could only move along the line of the Yinrawaddy River.

    Just when they were about to be surrounded, fighting broke out on the other roads.

    Arakan, the sea bully in the Bay of Bengal, as a loyal subsidiary force of Myanmar, brought more than 40 large and small warships and more than 2,000 soldiers in the army, and even came to support by sea.

    They collided with the Datong Navy guarding there near the entrance of the Yinrawaddy River.

    The Datong Navy warmly greeted them and fired a "salute" as a meeting ceremony.

    The naval commander in Arakan glanced at the ships of the Datong Navy and immediately issued a very impolite order.  They didn't even say hello, and didn't fire a few "salutes", they just went back the same way, went back where they came from, and didn't get involved in the war between China and Burma.

    On the other side of Siam, King Nalai led 500 Datong troops and more than 30,000 Siamese soldiers, and went straight to Langga, a coastal city in southeastern Myanmar.

    Siam and Myanmar are enemies.

    More than a hundred years ago, the war never stopped.  I will surround your capital for a while, and you will surround my capital for a while. Even if there is no Datong army, there will be a war in ten years. The Siamese army will go straight to Bagan, which is the city that Ding Jiasheng is going to fight now.

    What is Langjiashu, what is Tuwa, it is impossible to tell whose homeland it is, anyway, as long as it is occupied by the other party, it is said to be one's own lost land.

    Due to the hurricane advance of the Datong Army, the Burmese army stationed in Langa has quickly assembled northward.

    The Siamese army took Leng Zihua and beat the Burmese army by surprise.  In just five days, Langjiashu was captured by King Nalai.;He is the consolation envoy of Eight Hundred Dadian conferred by Ming Dynasty, the leader of Jingmai conferred by Siam, and the local nobleman conferred by Burma.  So, when China, Burma, and Siam are at war, which side should he help?

    "China is strong, we cannot disobey the emperor's order."

    "China is too far away and the Burmese are too close to offend the Burmese."

    "But Siam is closer. If we don't fight for Siam, we will be punished."

    "What if the Burmese win?"

    "The Burmese can't win. This time, China and Siam joined forces to attack the Burmese."

    "Don't wait any longer and see which side wins."

    ""

    The poor and naughty Yabaisi immediately recruited troops and collected food and grass.

    They first told the Chinese and Siamese envoys that they would send troops to help, but it took time to deploy troops and collect food.  He also secretly sent envoys to Awa, the capital of Myanmar, saying that he was recruiting troops and would soon send troops to help Myanmar.

    When the 800 Division completes the gathering of troops, the situation should be clear, and whichever side has the upper hand will fall to whichever side.
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