Chapter 933: Arms Race
"Give me a simple example. What kind of enemies do you think you will encounter when you go to the battlefield?" Bai Qi asked everyone.
"Will it be someone like Zhuge Kongming, someone like Huangfu Yizhen, or someone like me?" Bai Qi asked with a sigh.
"General Huangfu is already a great general in the world. As far as I know, it seems that not many people can match his ability." Yue Fei replied after a moment of hesitation.
"The strongest man we met on the battlefield was only comparable to General Zhu," Cao Ang added.
As people who have been to the battlefield, they all talked about their own personal experiences.
Zhu Jun's eyes twitched. Even though it was strange to be told this, there were indeed many people in this world who had similar abilities to him.
"Hahaha," Bai Qi laughed like a night owl, "Zhao Kuo thought the same at first, so he died!"
Bai Qi's sneer made everyone feel cold, but Bai Qi's words made everyone feel like they were falling into an icy cave.
Yes, did that unlucky guy Zhao Kuo know that his opponent was Bai Qi?
Maybe they found out later, but it was too late to change the situation.
"On the battlefield, there is nothing that can be predicted 100%. Even the smallest probability can happen!" Bai Qi said seriously.
"You are all newcomers and nobodies to other empires. This is an advantage, but also a disadvantage. Because you are not famous, your opponents will not plot against you, but this also means that your opponents will use you as a breakthrough point."
"You all know the truth. So when there is no reliable command from a large army, don't think about making plans or trying to turn the tide."
"You have enough abilities but lack experience. What you need to do is to make the best use of your connections and maximize your own strength!"
"Knowing yourself and the enemy will ensure victory in a hundred battles, but knowing the enemy is too difficult, so know yourself well and bring every soldier under your command to the best of his ability. This is what you should do."
Bai Qi said with a grim smile that the opponent would change, and this could not be controlled, or it was not up to a group of generals to control it. Those smart counselors would be responsible for this.
Being able to replace Lian Po with Zhao Kuo was a great victory in itself.
Although there were various logistical factors at that time, being able to make the opponent change players was a strategy in itself.
These are things that commanders and advisers should think about. Most of the young people below don’t need to think about these.
After Bai Qi finished speaking, he glanced around, nodded, and pulled all the thoughtful young people into a dream. He then threw a tool man he had made to them and asked them to fight.
Then Bai Qi looked at the people still sitting in the classroom and nodded. These were the real potential commanders. No matter what their current abilities were, at least they had the qualifications and ambition to become commanders.
The previous batch, such as Cao Zhang and Guan Ping, positioned themselves as legion commanders, so listening to things about command would be harmful rather than helpful. It would be better for them to learn how to be a legion commander.
"There are quite a lot of promising talents this year!" Bai Qi looked at those who were still awake.
He has been in the army for so many years, and at a glance he can roughly judge the level and ceiling of many people. This has nothing to do with other abilities, it's just a kind of experience.
Lu Xun, Lu Meng, Jiang Wei, Zhong Hui, Deng Ai, Chen Qianzhi... These people all had the opportunity to stand behind him, which is the level of his deputy generals.
Zhuge Liang, Guo Ziyi and Yue Fei are the three who are qualified to stand shoulder to shoulder with them.
As for surpassing him? It's impossible. Even Han Xin could only say that he was slightly stronger than Bai Qi. If they really fought, there would be too many factors involved.
After all, he is a god of killing. Not only is his fighting power off the charts, but his record alone is enough to crush a large number of people.
"Okay, let's talk about what a commander should talk about now."
"To form a formation before fighting is the norm in military tactics; the secret of using it lies in the heart. This is the explanation that I think is most appropriate for a commander."
"A general who is ignorant of astronomy, geography, yin and yang, and does not know the art of divination and the formations of military forces is a mediocre person," Bai Qi said casually, and the corners of the mouths of everyone below twitched as they listened.
What does it mean to have it in mind? What a wonderful way to use the advantages. It sounds so high-end.
But the strange thing was that Lu Xun and the others felt that they didn't understand, but they subtly seemed to understand something . This ambiguous feeling made them burst into tears.
As for the latter, astronomy, geography, Yin and Yang, they can take over these. They know a little bit about them. Although they cannot be said to be proficient in them, their skill points are indeed focused on them.
Especially Zhuge Liang, his Qimen Dunjia and other skills are almost maxed out.
"By the way, the military tactics written in books are useless and should be thrown away as soon as possible. As long as it can win the battle, it is a good military strategy."
"The military books you are studying now are all rubbish. They all infer the process based on the results. How ridiculous is this approach."
"Copying military books blindly will only lead to a dead end. Military strategists only want results, so the most important thing you have to do is to lay a solid foundation." Bai Qi said dimly.
"Teacher, how can we improve our basics?" Lu Xun asked boldly.
"Well... read military books!" Bai Qi said after thinking for a while.
Lu Xun and others were confused. Didn’t you just say that military books are rubbish?
" It's about watching, not copying. You have to understand the difference." Bai Qi shook his head, expressing his concern about their understanding.
"Forget it. Your task now is to finish reading all the military books! After finishing reading, write a new report of your experience and give it to him for review." Bai Qi signaled Zhu Jun to take these people away.
Then Bai Qi looked at the last three people who were still awake.
What he talked about was layered. The previous one was about the legion commander, followed by the content about the commander of a large army, and now he was going to talk about the content that the commander-in-chief of the three armies needed to learn.
It is also his experience of climbing up step by step from nothing.
"From the simple to the complex, the teaching just now is just an appetizer for the three of you. Now, how can the three of us win?"
"The positive is the main, the odd is the auxiliary, and the positive and the odd are combined." Guo Ziyi gave his own answer.
"Rectify military discipline, enforce orders, and make soldiers sharp and armor strong." Yue Fei pondered for a moment and gave his answer.
"Adapt to the times, adapt to local conditions, and coordinate generals." Zhuge Liang also had a different answer.
"Yes, you are all right, but not completely. But this is for me, not for you." Bai Qi nodded and shook his head.
"You have to walk your own path. Everyone's path is different, but in the final analysis, it still depends on the four routes of military situation, military skills, military yin and yang, and military strategy."
Bai Qi sighed a little. Geniuses are difficult to teach. Everyone has his own path, and it is difficult to say who is right or wrong.
After all, military strategists only care about winning or losing, not right or wrong, whoever wins is right.
As soon as the three people's answers came out, he knew that these three people were not suitable for this kind of theoretical class and they still had to go to the battlefield with real swords and guns.
It’s not that he can’t teach, but that he doesn’t want to teach.
As long as he teaches, these three people will surely grow quickly to the level of Huangfu Song, or at the very least replace Zhu Jun as the commander of a large army.
But on the other hand, the future of these three people will be very difficult. It will be too difficult for them to carve out their own path on the path he has planned.
But if he didn't teach them, these three people would be able to find their own way, or they would be already on their own way.
He couldn't bear to see such a good seedling ruined in his hands.
"Come on, let's fight. We will talk on the battlefield after all!"
After realizing this, Bai Qi gave up his useless efforts and chose to directly start an environmental battle. For these three people, his way of teaching was to beat them. As long as they were abused hard enough, they would grow up on their own.
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"Hahahaha! I, Mashind, have no regrets in this life!" Mashind laughed wildly as he looked at the large group of people in front of him.
Ever since he brought out the will of the empire, his value in the eyes of Vasudeva I has skyrocketed.
Although he is not as tall as Zhu Helai, he is definitely a top figure in the Kushan Empire.
So Masinde copied his previous operation and selected nearly fifty people with the qualifications of Oswen, Urdu, and Kenmailer from the officers in the north and south.
Any one of them can be placed in Rome after it is formed and become a mid-level Eagle Flag Legion commander without any problem. The more outstanding 1st, 2nd, or 3rd Legions can also take over.
Although when he was doing this, basically everything failed, and during the time when he was forced to step down, people were no longer interested in him, and very few people were able to stick to his instructions. But it didn't matter, because Mashind would not fall this time, and he had plenty of time to start over.
Zhu Helai's face looked a little ugly. Masinde's move was too intimidating. Oswald was a backbone figure among the Kushan officers now.
Masinde traveled across the country and picked out fifty people, saying with confidence that these people all had the potential to become Oswald.
The key is that Mahinde has the golden signboard of Arvind, and no one doubts its value.
Especially now that Arvind has overcome his own shortcomings, he has displayed terrifyingly high military strength, which even Rahul finds difficult to match.
The most important thing is that they are not all young people, there are also some middle-aged people, that is, the kind that can be transformed into combat effectiveness immediately.
Zhu Helai was a little worried. Mashind's actions were so powerful that he might have to step back. This was simply impossible for him to handle.
But he really didn't have any good solution for the time being. In the past, he was able to take advantage of the situation to defeat Mashind, but now that Mashind was taking advantage of the situation, he really had no way to compete with him for the time being.
Moreover, Vasudeva I now has the will of the empire in his hands, and he is terribly inflated. He doesn't care about your factionalism at all.
As long as you have the ability, Vasudeva I can now give you a position, which makes Masinde even more comfortable.
His spiritual talent, when not suspected by the monarch, is simply terrifying.
Although it is difficult to cultivate a monster like Arvind, Masinde can mass-produce people who have a passing score of 50 or 60.
In other words, Masinde can mass-produce tasks at the level of centurions and thousand-man commanders.
Discover this qualification, then focus on teaching it together and produce it quickly.
Even if it seems a bit watered down due to mass production, it can be truly formed in just one major war. This speed is unmatched by any other empire.
Although the Han Dynasty also had military schools, physiognomy and other methods, they were still weaker than Masinde's spiritual talent.
The most terrifying thing is their Kushan caste system. As long as Masinde trains these people, Vasudeva I will give them the status of Kshatriya.
If these people are equipped with a group of low-caste soldiers, they can immediately form combat effectiveness without the need for any so-called running-in.
Although the Brahmins had fallen and Brahma had been worshipped, the Brahmins in the hearts of the Kushans had not fallen.
Kshatriya is still a noble profession, and Brahma is still the supreme god, but all rights of interpretation now belong to Vasudeva I.
Vasudeva I is now the Brahman god on earth. No one knows what will happen in the future, but at least now, the Brahmans are toys in the hands of Vasudeva I, and he can manipulate them however he wants.
A series of surprises made Vasudeva I feel elated. He fulfilled several of the Kushans' long-cherished wishes, but there were still some regrets that were not yet fulfilled.
That is the Han princess, and this is a hurdle that cannot be avoided.
Although they, the Dayuezhi, now follow his lead, they are still a long way from devoting themselves to him until their death. It is more like they are doing their job and lack the original motivation.
And Vasudeva I knew very well how to obtain this motivation.
That is to marry a Han princess.
The last time, they had a big fight with the Han Dynasty because of this. Although they didn’t lose completely, it was still very ugly.
This time, with a strong army and powerful horses, Vasudeva I felt that he was capable again.
He wanted to compete with the Han Dynasty again.
However, he was well aware that the power of the Han Dynasty was terrifying, so he planned to find allies to cause trouble for the Han Dynasty together.
"Will the orcs be a good helper?"
Vasudeva I looked at the report written by Maudgalyayana, which included a foreshadowing specifically laid by Sar, which stated that as long as the Kushans were willing to provide them with food and material support, they were willing to send troops to be hired by the Kushans.
Moreover, they are all one-time transactions, directly buying out the Orc mercenaries.
This made Vasudeva I very excited, as the Ganges River basin was famous for its abundant food shortage.
Especially after trading with Parthia and the Han Dynasty, they learned new farming techniques and their output reached new highs.
With the emergence of the imperial will and many gods and Buddhas, the weather became a controllable object.
It would become easier for them to produce grain, which made Vasudeva I very willing to do this deal, but he didn't know much about the beastmen and it was a bit difficult to make a decision for a while.
He is willing to spend money on materials, but it is a bit frustrating to spend money on inferior products.
He wanted to test the fighting ability of the beastmen soldiers, but he couldn't find a suitable target for the time being.
