Well, Xenophon and 10000 other Greeks found themselves deep into enemy territory, without supplies [1]. Somehow they managed to survive. They took some food by

Well, Xenophon and 10000 other Greeks found themselves deep into enemy territory, without supplies [1]. Somehow they managed to survive. They took some food by force, but mostly they used diplomacy and negotiation. Diplomacy is fairly effective when you have lots of weapons. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabasis_(Xenophon) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabasis_(Xenophon)