Chapter 733: Crazy Plan
Zhang Song's plan progressed quickly. After Zhang Su and others in the rear were transferred to the front, the weather became even stranger.
Thick water vapor accumulated in the air, but refused to fall.
Lidas led his believers to bypass the city of Puranas and spread the glory of the god Galan in the Kushan core area first, making sure to attract as many believers as possible before the Kushan army arrived, ensuring that the city of Puranas would be isolated as an isolated city.
This one was not difficult at all. Just like before, Lidas quickly liberated several cities and villages. Everyone was looking forward to the arrival of Master Galan, the God King, so that they could admire the greatness of God.
Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Huang Zhong took a small path and left, heading towards Peshawar from the south side of the Himalayas. What they wanted was simple, which was to block the reinforcements from the north in this place.
As for Zhang Ren, Liu Bei and others, they led the army to continue besieging the city of Purpura.
Nilanjan was fully focused on defending the city. Even when Guan Yu and others disappeared, he had no intention of leaving the city to fight.
After all, his mission is to be a nail here, and other things are not his business.
This mentality is indeed very suitable for staying, but when the general trend comes, this kind of nail house mentality becomes vain.
Under the dual banners of Lidas and Guan Yu, religious believers who spread the reputation of the god Galan began to move towards Peshawar in a grand manner, and unlike before, they also had to consider maintaining stability.
This time, Guan Yu and his men directly adopted a destructive conscription method. They didn't care what would happen to your villages and cities after the young and strong men left. They just recruited people frantically, as if they wanted to take down the capital of Kushan in one go.
Vasudeva I was furious in Peshawar. The actions of Guan Yu and his men were completely humiliating to the Kushan Empire.
If it were not for Zhu Helai 's persuasion, Vasudeva I would even have planned to lead the army himself to settle the matter with the god Kalashna.
After all, it takes time to mobilize the army in the north. The fact that the city of Purpura did not fall and the Han Dynasty simply avoided it surprised many people, because as long as the city of Purpura was there, it would be a thorn in the side.
If Guan Yu and his men were unable to advance into Peshawar, their entire army would be destroyed in an instant.
"It will take a few days for the army to assemble!" Vasudeva looked at Zhu Helai with a dark face. He was really going too far. If they continued to fight like this, the Kushan Empire would lose its reputation.
It was even a shame in itself to be forced to retreat to the capital by the enemy's small army.
Even if Guan Yu and others all died under the city of Peshawar at that time, as long as one person's blood flowed under the city wall of Peshawar, the Kushan's reputation for many years would be wiped out in an instant.
People's impression of Kushan will only remain at this.
Vasudeva I? Kushan? The useless guy who was beaten to his capital by a small army.
No one cares how powerful the Kushans are, and this matter will inevitably be engraved on the pillar of shame.
"Your Majesty, the army still has three days left. The Han army in front has not continued to advance, but has just been gathering believers, as if they are accumulating strength!" Zhu Helai said helplessly.
The Brahmins were indeed useless. They lost such a large territory of Kushan for no reason.
But now that the Brahmin class has been conquered by Vasudeva, the rest are not a problem.
"Has Arvind come back?" Vasudeva suppressed his inner anger. He was quite happy because he had dealt with the Brahmins, settled the Sethi family, and gained the support of the Yuezhi.
As a result, when I woke up today, I was blocked at the door of my house and beaten. I was so embarrassed.
Vasudeva no longer dared to trust the others, and urgently sent his priest to the north to bring back Arvind to be the commander.
The Kushans cannot afford to lose this battle. If they are really beaten to Peshawar, then everything will be over.
Zhu Helai looked at the anxious Vasudeva I and had no way to persuade him. It was indeed shameful. Unless the Han Dynasty could be destroyed, this humiliation would never be washed away.
But the strength of the Han Dynasty has been fully demonstrated, and the Brahmins have lost another god's throne. Fortunately, he has now blocked this loophole, otherwise if the Han Dynasty had used this method a few more times, the Kushans would have simply surrendered.
A quarter of the country's population is theirs, so why fight? When the time comes, we'll be attacked from both sides and just surrender the whole country?
However, Zhu Helai also knew that the Kushans had only lost face, but had regained everything they had.
Once they defeat the God Galan, they will be able to save a little bit of their face. They will not lose anything, but they will just not earn as much as originally expected.
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"This city is too difficult to conquer. How much strength did the Kushans put into this city?"
Zhang Ren felt a headache looking at the city of Purpura. After several days of testing, he realized how outrageous this city was.
In Zhang Ren’s eyes, the last time he had this feeling was at Hulao Pass.
"There are many cities like Kushan. If it weren't for Yunchang, we would never have been able to get here!" Liu Bei, wearing armor, looked solemnly at the defenses of the city of Purpura. The arrow towers, attics, catapults, and groups of patrolling guards all showed that the city was fully prepared to defend itself.
"Fortunately, we don't have to fight. As long as Yunchang's plan succeeds, this city will not escape disaster!" Liu Bei retracted his gaze as he said this.
"I don't know if it will be too late!"
There was deep worry in Liu Bei's eyes. The plan proposed by Zhang Song was too risky, but the benefits were also too great, to the extent that he would regret it for the rest of his life if he didn't take the gamble.
"Let some people do it. First, build up some dirt hills and see how the other side reacts!" Zhang Ren sighed. Even if it was difficult, they had to fight.
They did not adopt the tactic of surrounding three sides and leaving one behind, but instead surrounded the city with all their might, using trenches and traps to lock down everyone in the city.
Even several surrounding cities are doing this. They have an extremely crazy plan.
But whether this plan can succeed depends on God's will.
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Not far from Peshawar, Guan Yu was organizing his troops and constantly wiping his Green Dragon Crescent Blade.
Unlike Zhang Fei and Huang Zhong, he is the main force this time, and the pressure he faces is unprecedented.
Zhang Fei and Huang Zhong's mission this time could even be said to be very easy. They only needed to engage the enemy and then pretend to be defeated.
And he had to fight his way back to the city of Purpura after the defeat of Zhang Fei and Huang Zhong.
And all of this requires speed. Not only does he have to be defeated quickly, he also has to break through quickly.
It can even be said that every second counts. If they are a step slow, not only will their plan be greatly compromised, but they will also have to withdraw from Kushan.
At that time it was not a fake defeat, but a real failure.
It won’t be so easy to reach this place again next time.
