Kosciuszko immediately shook his head, "The Russians are advancing fiercely, we must quickly deploy defenses along the border line."
Saint-Cyr also glanced in the direction of the Dnieper River, "If I'm not mistaken, Kutuzov will prepare on the left bank for at least a month before launching an attack. Until then, there will be at most some minor harassment."
Kosciuszko was about to refute but remembered Saint-Cyr's brilliant command in counter-attacking the Bagration Army, so he humbly asked, "Can you tell me your reasoning?"
"Logistics," Saint-Cyr said, "The Russians themselves have emptied all the villages and towns hundreds of kilometers west of Dorogobuzh, while we have 'cleared' large areas from the Seversky Duchy to Lubny.
"This means that currently only a few cities like Kursk and Bryansk can provide supplies to Kutuzov nearby, and this is far from enough for his force of hundreds of thousands.
