"Just like when you, my lord, led three hundred barbarian cavalry straight into Qian State without a word."
"Perhaps."
The blind man was adept at understanding people's hearts. Zheng Fan didn't directly refute, because most of the time, people's eyes aren't focused on themselves.
"Make sure the supplies are ready this time," Zheng Fan instructed.
"Rest assured, my lord. Even with the additional hundred or so of Xue Three's men, our logistics face no pressure at all."
This scale of deployment is indeed much lower than previously anticipated.
Deploying a thousand versus fifteen thousand soldiers doesn't merely mean fifteen times the logistical pressure; also, these thousand soldiers will be fully supplied without needing subsequent replenishments.
Small troops penetrating deep into enemy territory must live off the land, no arguments there.
"Xue Three said that this time you're staying behind to guard the house."
