Chapter 1000: A Choice Without Choice
"Hey! Zhongda! Let's start training!" Li Que shouted excitedly.
"Got it!" Sima Yi opened his spiritual talent expressionlessly, and then forcibly reduced Li Que and his group of people to ordinary people.
Originally, he couldn't do this. Even if his spiritual talent took up some technical aspects, it ultimately came down to the application of mental strength.
But it would be different if Li Que and others gave up resistance on their own initiative. He could easily blockade Li Que and others.
After an hour, Sima Yi felt dizzy and lost his talent.
It is not difficult to suppress Li Que and others, but the key is that controlling the range and the enemy and ourselves is a huge burden for him.
After a short rest, Sima Yi walked towards the place where the Xiliang Cavalry trained.
"Can't you hold on a little longer, kid? A little longer, and I feel I can go further."
When Li Que saw Sima Yi coming, he reached out and patted Sima Yi on the shoulder. As a result, Sima Yi staggered and his head almost turned 180 degrees, which scared Li Que.
Although he had heard of the legend of Sima Yi, the combination of this thing's head and body was too terrifying.
"You think I don't want to!"
Sima Yi said dizzily that the idea of unilaterally blockading the enemy could be abandoned for the time being. It was so troublesome for them not to resist, and they would probably die in a matter of minutes if they really went to the battlefield. They had to study the military formation further.
"What a pity! I could have done it in one go, but now I have to do it slowly!"
Li Que sighed. Sima Yi's talent was truly amazing. He could separate the extraordinary from the reality, making it easier to break through the limits. This ability was simply incredible. However, its effectiveness was too short, and the amount of progress each time was too small.
It will take a lot of time to get back to their previous level of being able to defeat everyone.
"Damn it! If we can recover and burst out with more power, maybe we can cut through them!" Li Que's face was full of regret. He really trained with the mentality of cutting through them, but no matter how he looked at it, it seemed like a long way off.
"Is the Kushan military spirit really so troublesome?" Sima Yi, who had never seen it with his own eyes, was a little curious. It was rare for him to hear from Li Que about things that could not be done in war.
"Hey." Li Que sat down on the collapsed rocks of the cliff. "The Kushan Army Soul Corps is a big trouble. Even if there are enough guards, we can't take it down."
This was not a joke. Even Li Que did not have the confidence to guard multiple people with three talents.
Miracle is very strong, but it is not without limits . When fighting against double talents, it may be easy to chop melons and vegetables, but facing this kind of large-scale three-talent, even the Miracle Legion is in danger of being overturned.
Moreover, the terrain was really bad. With such a thick defense line, even the Divine Iron Cavalry would be dreaming of breaking through.
What's more, their current strength is still declining, even worse than when they were just promoted to Miracle, which makes it even more difficult.
"So tricky? No wonder they decided to build a city and surround the fields." Sima Yi no longer cared about his gentlemanly demeanor at this time and sat down on a rock.
"Is there really no way?"
"If it's a well-organized group of super warriors, maybe they can charge through!" Li Que thought for a moment, "Or if Guan Yu's headquarters is here, maybe they can charge through!"
For them, the problem now is that they cannot make an effective breakthrough.
Even though the Divine Iron Cavalry is powerful, it is still more defensive and somewhat lacking in offense.
Faced with the Kushan defense that was like a city wall, it was very difficult for the Divine Iron Cavalry to break through it after their speed slowed down. It was already a great achievement for the Divine Iron Cavalry that they were able to retreat safely.
"The two legions you mentioned were too severely restrained by the rain of arrows!" Sima Yi waved his hand.
The two legions that Li Que thought of did have enough killing power, but if they wanted to rely on such killing power to kill through, they really thought that the Kushans had no archers.
A rain of arrows fell without distinguishing friend or foe, and the sharp soldiers and swordmen fell in large numbers. Their defense was too poor.
In a place like a mountain pass where there is no room to dodge, charging headfirst will only result in death.
Therefore, Cao Cao had no choice but to keep his troops in place. If he really took over, the losses would be too great.
If you injure one thousand enemies, you will lose eight hundred of your own. No matter what kind of war it is, it is extremely cruel. It is really not cost-effective for the Han Dynasty.
"That's right. Such a legion is too fragile." Li Que waved his hand after hearing this.
Sima Yi looked up at the sky, what a pity, he was not the one in charge now.
Otherwise, he would definitely mobilize his troops and warriors, no matter how heavy the casualties were, as long as he could kill his way through, the Kushans would be in great trouble.
It's a pity that he is no longer in charge of the family and cannot make decisions. He can only give up this extreme idea and think about more appropriate preparations.
However, at present, only Xun Yu's plan is reliable.
When the war between Parthia and the Han Dynasty breaks out, they will not face too many problems relying on the city's defense, and they may even be able to lure the enemy out of its hole.
"The strategy may change greatly. We may occupy part of the outskirts of Kandahar and reclaim land along the Helmand River." Sima Yi took the initiative to change the subject.
"Why?" Li Que asked puzzledly.
"We didn't dare to open up wasteland here before because the threat from the five guards and the imperial scepter made it impossible for us to stabilize the front line. We could only endure the excessively long logistics to carry out such cross-regional operations. In fact, this kind of operation is very unfriendly to us." Sima Yi said with a helpless look.
What can I say about the northern part of Guizhou? It's terrible. It's a rough composition of Gobi, desert, basin desert, and mountains, so logistics and transportation become very difficult.
It would even be an exaggeration to say that if the Han Dynasty's farming technology had not been so advanced that it could have opened up an irrigation area in Herat, Cao Cao would probably still be thinking about how to survive without relying on the rear. After gaining a foothold in Herat, the first problem would be to cross the Registan Desert.
The reason why the Northern Gui gave up Herat before was that the logistical pressure was too great. They had to transport food and grass from Kandahar through the Şehtan Desert. After a wave of transportation, the Northern Gui gave up Herat. They really couldn't afford it. Now Cao Cao is also in such pain when attacking Kandahar.
It is too difficult to transport food and grass in the desert. Even with the help of geomancers who helped Cao Cao find many resting places in the desert, it was still too difficult.
That's why Xun You and others proposed the plan of crossing the Lechistan Desert to fight and demonstrate their strength, shake the foundation of Northern Gui, and pull out the sheep from Northern Gui's sphere of influence.
It's not that they are unaware of the difficulty of doing so, but Cao Cao is really not sure of gaining a foothold on the outskirts of Kandahar. Five guards plus the Imperial Scepter are equivalent to five three-talent decisive battle arms, and the food and logistics are locally available, so Cao Cao has no confidence in holding on.
Before, they had forcefully kicked down Beigui's gate, and then Nangui had won, which made Cao Cao complacent.
At least, now we are bold enough to seize things that we didn’t dare to fight for before.
They were the ones who were afraid before, but now it is the Kushans' turn to be cowards.
After Arvind was transferred away, the Kushans lacked a truly influential leader, so they could only retreat and defend, which was the responsibility on their shoulders.
If Arvind might disobey the king's order and choose to attack, then none of the remaining Kushan officers could make such a decision.
So Cheng Yu and others directly set up their stall, and even arrogantly placed the city not far in front of the mountain pass, as if to say, "What can you do to me?"
The Kushans were extremely angry, but they were wary of the Divine Cavalry. In addition, Arvind and his headquarters had been transferred away, so they were really unsure if they could really send them out for a field battle.
The Divine Iron Cavalry can be stopped, but the Golden Armor Warriors and the Vanguard are not easily defeated. Even if they are asked to defend the mountain pass, they are not sure of success, so they can only endure it.
In other words, from the moment Rahul died, passivity became the main theme of the Kushans.
However, no matter how passive they are, the two sides are still fighting, a low- intensity war.
This was also a helpless choice of the Kushans. Legions in the northern mountainous areas appeared one after another. Everyone had been trained. If they could fight with real swords and guns, they would be able to make further progress.
"What's the situation?" While the Han Dynasty was holding a night meeting, Barak was also handling military affairs. Compared to those guys like Kapil, Barak was worthy of being a professional soldier.
As the commander-in-chief of the Kushan Empire in the north, Barak now holds all the power. However, this is not good news for Barak, but extremely bad news.
That is, he has no one to rely on. Although Oswin is a good person, because of the defeat on the southern battlefield, he was sent to the north to replace Arvind.
Therefore, Oswald is not qualified to command or intervene. Even if he is qualified, others will probably not accept it.
It is difficult for a defeated general to overpower others, and he might even end up making things worse, so Barak has to take charge of the situation alone.
"After a day of fierce fighting today, our army suffered more than 1,700 casualties, of which about 1,100 are completely beyond rescue." Gambias sighed and said, "The Han army suffered much less damage than us , and their soldiers are basically double-talented."
"Give up some high-risk battle lines, shrink the defense area, and reduce the clashes with the Han army."
Barak waved his hand and said that he could still accept the damage of over a thousand. As an excellent defensive commander, he knew very well how to maximize the defensive capabilities of the soldiers and bring out the best combat effectiveness of the regular soldiers through batch defense.
Reduce the intensity of the war between the two sides as much as possible and increase the survival rate of your own soldiers. Only in this way can you gradually accumulate more defense elites.
Their biggest advantage now is that they have sufficient manpower at the grassroots level, and making low-intensity exchanges with the Han Dynasty is a very cost-effective deal.
"Hasn't the reinforcements sent by Your Majesty arrived yet?" Barak asked suddenly.
"It's on the way and will arrive in a few days!" Gambias said with a complicated expression.
Vesudeva I brought in reinforcements, which were orcs from the American continent, who had previously been allowed to kill and train on the African continent.
Originally Rahul wanted to use him as a surprise weapon, but he himself did not expect that he would be defeated so completely.
By the time the orcs were almost done with their training, Rahul was already dead.
After much consideration, Vasudeva I decided to use this group of orcs to replace part of the royal guards, allowing Arvind to accumulate more cards to deal with the danger that Zhuge Liang brought to Kushan.
After all, the southern gate has been lost and the country has entered the realm of large-scale legion warfare. Naturally, the more cards Arvind has in his hand, the better.
However, it is difficult for the orcs to be compatible with the Kushan army, so it is the most appropriate choice to throw them into a place where compatibility is not required.
After all, in a place like this, what is needed is not organization and coordination, but courage.
The quality of this group of orcs is indeed very good.
"Defana, how efficient is the military reorganization?" After calming down Celona, Barak turned to Defana and asked.
"If we judge by our previous requirements , this military reorganization is already excellent, but compared with the Han Dynasty, we lack a large number of backbones, and the military structure is also bloated." Di Fana lowered his head and said, "As for the current situation, even if we rely on the terrain, we can only stabilize the front line, and the possibility of a future counterattack is very small."
"Counterattack is not something we should consider now. As long as we hold this place, we will be successful!" Barak interrupted Difana.
Before Arvind and Mahinde left, they took him to analyze the situation of the day.
It also made Barak realize that unless news of Arvind's great victory came from the south that day, counterattack would be a dream.
The Han Dynasty attacked from both the north and the south, which did not give the Kushans much choice from the very beginning.
This is the absolute advantage brought by strength, which completely forces you to give up some better options.
The Kushans simply cannot afford to gamble now and cannot take any risk.
The Kushans have left all their tolerance to Arvind. They have no room for error, so they can only choose a low-intensity confrontation if they allow the Han Dynasty to provoke them.
This safe approach is their best and only choice.
Even though they all knew that this way was a slow death, they had to do it.
This is the most frustrating problem that the Kushans are facing now. They have the largest number of individuals with out-of-body energy in the world, but the problem is that their troops cannot be deployed.
Originally, the most suitable fighting style for them was guerrilla warfare, but the problem was that no one could give up the current capital and empire.
No one can guarantee that everyone can maintain the same idea after being broken down into smaller pieces.
Surrendering to the Han Dynasty these days does not seem to be an unacceptable thing.
Even if the Han Dynasty offered a price for palace guards, there might be some Kushan officers willing to go to the Han Dynasty to see the princess.
Due to various factors, the Kushans had no choice but to move towards the abyss step by step.
There was no wise officer who could see the situation without getting angry, but they had no choice but to drag it out.
Waiting for a miracle to happen.
They didn't know what they were waiting for, but all they could do now was wait.
