God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

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"Is it impossible?" Jia Kui looked at Vanaco with interest.

There are actually some risks in saying this, but for Jia Kui, this risk is not obvious, or rather, it can increase the benefits when he collects the cake later.

So Jia Kui himself was not afraid of whether such words would reveal something.

It is actually a good thing to let the enemy make the cake bigger by themselves and finally take the whole cake away.

"We have been stationed here for so many years, don't we know whether we can grow food..." Wanaco was full of confidence and wanted to explain the situation on the spot and give the reasons.

But as he was talking, Wanako fell silent.

As Wanako recalled his past memories, he suddenly realized that although they had been stationed here for decades, they had never studied whether this land could be used to grow food.

Previous statements and deductions were all attempted in the area north of the Khyber Pass. After spending nearly ten years and finding that there was little possibility of success, they gave absolute reasons and conclusions.

As a result, later comers who conquered more land did not take this land seriously, let alone try to cultivate it.

"Can this piece of land really be used for planting?" Knowing that Jia Kui would not say useless words, Wanako squatted down on the spot, reached his hand directly into the river beach, then picked up a handful of mud and sand, looked at it carefully in his hand, and asked with doubt.

Seeing how skilled the other party was, Jia Kui thought that he was an expert in planting, so he casually asked, "General Wanaco, do you have any research in this area?"

Wanako put down the mud and sand on the spot, coughed a few times, shook his head, and added calmly, "No, I just saw other people do this, but I really can't tell the difference. Can this really be planted?"

Hearing that Wanako didn't understand, Jia Kui became more interested. He walked directly to Wanako's side, pointed to the river in the valley with his hand, and then gestured in the general direction, passing through several peaks, and said seriously, "We just need to open up a suitable road, redirect the direction of the water flow, let the river flow into that depression, and then we can plant naturally. According to a rough estimate, as long as the harvest is normal, I think the annual grain harvest should be enough to feed more than 100,000 people."

"How can it be possible?" Wanako looked extremely shocked. He had never thought of changing the direction of the river, let alone guiding the river into the depression to replenish the water needed to grow food.

"I am just expressing my casual emotion. If we really want to do this, the material and human resources invested are really too huge, it is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the final gain is relatively small. It is not worth it." Jia Kui shook his head and directly denied the plan he had mentioned before. It seemed like a casual expression.

As for his real thoughts, only Jia Kui himself knows.

Changing the direction of the river to irrigate the depressions and grow crops are all superficial. The really important thing is to establish a buffer point on the way from the north to the south.

The biggest difficulty in advancing from the north to the south is not the troops stationed here, but the geographical environment.

Relying on the blessing brought by the geographical environment and the troops stationed there, they fought from the north to the south. There was no buffer point in the middle, so the pressure on logistics was naturally huge. They could not sustain the impact and stalemate for a long time, and naturally they could not take over this piece of land.

However, if we change part of the water environment, or even remove some mountains and turn them into buffer points, reducing the distance of a single food transportation, we can allow the attacking troops to advance step by step and reduce the difficulty of sustained attack.

Of course, this also has a negative effect, that is, the enemies encountered in a single attack will also be blessed with such an effect, and the number of stationed troops will be much larger. However, this aspect is not a problem in Jia Kui's view.

Because of the advantages and disadvantages in military terrain, the Great Yuezhi people took action and pursued more practical benefits.

And when the real attack comes, Jia Kui will let these people understand that the so-called advantages and disadvantages will be completely different from what appears on the surface.

Part of the existing geographical advantage has been eliminated, and what has been strengthened is the personnel advantage. Can this really be the same?

However, when explaining to the Dayuezhi people, Jia Kui would naturally lead them to think this was the same.

"Just a few small hills? What's the big deal?" Wanako, who had already agreed to this plan in his heart, looked at those mountains and started to think about how to kill the opponent.

There are hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of troops stationed in the north.

The amount of grain needed each year is an astronomical figure, and all of this grain has to be transported from the south.

Although they have stored a lot of food and thought of many ways to balance the South, this throat has always been controlled by the South, and the people in the North still have certain concerns in their hearts.

But it would be a good thing if we could establish some grain-growing areas in the north to reduce our dependence on grain from the south.

Of course, even if there really are grain-growing areas, the South will still provide a lot of grain to the North, but they have more room and turnover space, which makes it easier to exploit the South.

This idea and concept alone is enough to motivate people to take action.

Anyway, they have been training troops in the north all the time. Apart from training, there is not much other work to do. Even after the Parthian Empire further reduced its military forces, there were fewer wars, and there were probably even fewer wars in this regard.

How long would it take to simply dispatch soldiers to cut down trees and build a road through the mountain with the cooperation of multiple military camps?

One year or two years? Or ten or twenty years?
Anyway, they have been here for hundreds of years, so another hundred years won't make a difference.

Moreover, having such an action goal can also give soldiers who are depressed and unable to achieve their goals a space and opportunity to vent.

Wielding weapons to break mountains and rocks can also soothe people's emotions.

“Since Mr. Jia has knowledge in this area, I wonder if you could visit more places and prepare as many grain-growing areas as possible. Let’s not worry about whether we can grow grain or not. Even if it’s just to guide the river and facilitate water supply, it’s a good thing. As for the manpower issue, don’t worry, we don’t lack people…” Wanako didn’t think there was anything wrong with this plan at all, and he was confident that he could convince others.

But one planting area is not enough, the more the better...

(End of this chapter)