Why were there not many soldiers transporting grain, grass and ordnance in ancient wars? How many battles were lost in hay and ambush?

Not only in ancient times, but also today.

Because the army is mainly used for combat, it is impossible to mobilize large troops to protect the trench troops.

Take the famous Pingxingguan Campaign as an example. The Japanese army has more than 654.38+10,000 trench troops and motor transport troops, among which only combat troops? Reinforce infantry 1 team? Self-defense members of the team, and then what? Gao Qiao Squad of Brandon Squadron and four or five soldiers after their illness? At most, there are only 1 team, and the total strength exceeds 100.

It was precisely because the guards of the Japanese trench troops were very weak that they were annihilated by the Eighth Route Army within a few hours.

As for the trench soldiers and autobots, many of them are not equipped with guns. Even if they have guns, they are just recruits' training. They have never participated in combat and their combat effectiveness is not strong.

Otherwise, if these 65,438+10,000 people are combat troops, it will be very difficult to eat them, because there are only 4,000 people in the Eighth Route Army.

During the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, it was generally difficult for our army to eat Japanese troops with a ratio of 1 or more. Even if we were to encircle them with absolute superiority, it would take a long time to eat them.

Why is this happening?

This is the norm.

Because the transportation of grain is very large and basically all-weather, it is impossible for you to deploy a large number of troops for long-term protection.

There is an interesting paradox in the movie warlords.

Why did the bandits in Andy Lau dare to rob the grain transported by the Taiping Army's trench troops?

However, when the Qing army entered the bandit village to grab grain, they didn't dare to resist, and Andy Lau was whipped several times.

Quite simply, there are not many guards in the Pacific trench. There are only dozens of people in the movie, and the others are the luggage of carts.

Besides, these guards are poorly equipped, and only principal officials have muskets.

The Qing army who came to grab grain was the main force. Almost everyone has a musket, and the number is at least several hundred. Where do bandits dare to resist? They are no match at all.

In ancient times, heavy troops were usually deployed for shops and warehouses to prevent the enemy from attacking.

For example, in the battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao deployed 1000 troops in Wu Chao, the granary, while Cao Jun had only 40,000 to 50,000 troops at that time.

But for transport troops, no one can deploy too many troops. To say the least, even if this transport force is destroyed by the enemy, the losses will be limited. After all, how many things can be transported in one transportation? It's only a few days' daily consumption at most. No big deal.

Once the troops transporting the trench are ambushed, the escort officers and soldiers will resist to a certain extent. If they can't stop it, light the trench and retreat.