After receiving the news that Vulture had taken the initiative to abandon Aswan City, Li Tianhao showed a satisfied smile, as Tia expected, with the loss of the Western Front, Vulture did not insist on the city's gains and losses. But when the news came that Yaji Army took the initiative to abandon Durbans, Li Tianhao fell into a tangle again.

For this reason, Li Tianhao convened all the members of the staff group and senior generals to discuss the matter, and the meeting had only one issue to study, that is, whether to enter Durbans.

Since the previous battle plan only targeted the city of Aswanda, Dbans was not in the attack plan, and it was unexpected for the Yaji army to take the initiative to abandon the big city.

On the subject of the issue, the generals led by Gurnas and Hector agreed that Durban should be occupied immediately, and that it would be a fool not to continue the pie in the sky.

Jamo first objected, his intelligence pointed out that the Vultures not only took all the garrisons with them when they retreated, but also took all the food with them, and now there is no food in Dbans, if the Dils army wants to enter here, it will undoubtedly have to feed the stomachs of nearly 100,000 people in the city, and now it is still a long time before the harvest, and most of the food in the nearby areas has been taken away, fortunately, the Yaji army has gone in a hurry, and the food supply of the local residents has not yet appeared to be in a big shortage, but it is impossible to supply Dbans. According to the supply plan of the Dils army, the limit of grain and grass transportation was Aswanda, and it was needed to supply the troops, and it was impossible to supply Durbans.

"It seems that the Vulture deliberately left a trap for us, and now that it is not beneficial to be stationed in Durbans, it will also consume a lot of food. And as long as there is a shortage of food, it will trigger a popular uprising. The army clashed with the population, and the reputation of the Dyrs army was ruined. It will be difficult to gain a foothold in this territory again. Brooks leaned back in his chair and explained why.

Eglius, who was attending the meeting for the first time, was very unaccustomed to his indifferent appearance, so he cleared his throat, stood up, and said: "But if our army does not enter and occupy Durbans, the inhabitants there will immediately fall into a food crisis, and then they will flee and starve to death in large numbers, will our army sit idly by?" ”

His master, Xenas, patted him on the back and said, "Be a savior." You also have to have this strength first, it's not that you don't want to be stationed, it's that you don't have food for them if you enter it. ”

Eglius shook his head and said, "That's better than doing nothing, transport the food over and distribute it to them, no matter how long it can last, you can't watch them starve." ”

Tia spoke on the sidelines: "Actually, transporting food is a problem, when Vulture withdrew from Aswanda and Durbans, he took all the ships with him to transport food, and now we don't have so many vehicles, cattle and horses, and after distributing the food. What do our troops eat? ”

Tia's words silenced the meeting, the Vultures' problem was indeed bothering everyone, and occupying Durbans, a city without food, would not make it easier not to occupy it. No matter how you choose, it is not a satisfactory result.

Wei Song didn't say a word from the beginning, silently tapping his fingers lightly on the tabletop. At this moment, everyone was silent, and he spoke: "It's better for us to only transport grain and not garrison troops." What do you think? ”

"What?" Everyone blurted out almost in unison. If you don't garrison troops, can you still occupy Durbans?

"Please wait a minute, Mr. Wei." Brooks sat up straight and asked with a skeptical expression, "If I'm not mistaken, you don't mean to let our army act as cattle and horses to transport food to those residents, right?" ”

Wei Song smiled and blinked, and said, "That's roughly the case, at least you can only do this before transporting the ship to Aswanda." ”

"But if you don't garrison the army, what's going on in Durbans? Is it ours or is it Yajijun's? Gernas voiced his doubts.

"If possible, I would like to garrison the army, but the army will consume more food."

Hector couldn't help but say, "Then can our army enter Durbans?" ”

"No. We are only responsible for supplying Durbans with food, and we will not send a single soldier into Durbans, so that Durbans will remain autonomous. ”

"What is this?" Alam shouted.

Wei Song waved his hand to signal him to be calm, and then said, "Vulture has put a problem for us, and we have to solve this problem." It seems to me that the Vulture is ready to gamble with the 100,000 population of Durban to bring down our food supply, so that we will not have a chance to attack Abdus before next year, and he will have time to prepare for defense. He was shrewd and we really couldn't supply Durbans until the next crop. But Vultures miscalculated, and he counted the food consumed by our army. I have just calculated that if we leave only five thousand men in Aswanda, and then withdraw our army to the line of Aftans, then our supply lines will be greatly shortened, and the surplus food should be able to support until that time, and if we can take the city of Aftans, the situation can be slightly improved by relying on the city's food reserves. ”

"Withdraw to the Affotans line? If the Yaki army leads the army to attack, and Dbans does not defend at all, then it has not fallen into the hands of the Yaki army in vain? Gurnas's words were the voice of almost all the generals.

Wei Song shrugged and said, "It doesn't matter, we also didn't get it for nothing, so it doesn't matter if we give it back to them now." ”

Gurnas was speechless for a while, Wei Song's indifferent attitude was indeed not something that a military general like him could understand, but if he thought about it carefully, it was indeed the case. Originally, he wanted to refute two sentences, but he didn't seem to be able to find the point, so Gernas could only remain silent for the time being.

At this time, Li Tianhao finally spoke: "I understand what Mr. Wei means, you mean that we can use this grain to buy the hearts of 100,000 Durban residents, right?" ”

Wei Song bowed his head slightly in agreement. Li Tianhao stood up and said to everyone: "Although we have lost a lot of food and worked hard to give it to others, the hearts of the people will fall to us because of this. Durbans is an easy city to attack and difficult to defend, so it is of no practical value to build a defensive line here, if the Yaki Army attacks, it will be difficult for us to stop the enemy army on this line, on the other hand, if we are not stationed at all, then we will not suffer losses, and the Yaki Army will not have much strategic value in its hands. One is Yaki, who takes away all the food, regardless of the lives of the inhabitants, and the other is us, who do our best to provide for the inhabitants so that their daily lives are not affected but do not rule, what do you think about the inhabitants of the city? The hearts and minds of Durbans can make it effortless for us to regain the city, so why care about the gains and losses of this city now? ”

"Sounds like a smart choice." Xenas suddenly put his feet on the table, raised the wine glass in his hand and put it towards Li Tianhao's eyes.

After listening to Li Tianhao's explanation, the generals no longer raised objections, regardless of the effect, this method is at least more promising than other options.

So the Dils army was transformed into a poor man of grain, and the long procession of grain was spread along the road to Durbans. At this time, new changes spread from the south to Li Tianhao's hands. (To be continued......)