God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

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"We should give it a try. What if we succeed? Besides, this time is very different." Thinking about everything he had encountered in the military camp, Long Nianyi said with great interest.

“Different? That’s true. At least this time, we can achieve unity of will and there are no differences in our respective paths. Perhaps we can really succeed.” Ma Zhong nodded, confirming the difference in this matter.

In the past, even within the Princess Guard, there were many different paths and disagreements, even when facing the White Feather Soldiers.

Just by looking at each person's mindset, one can see that each person has a different opinion about the White Feather Army.

Whether it's a direct confrontation, winning through skill, or achieving victory through other means.

They have a unified goal, but different ways of carrying it out. If it weren't for this unified goal, they would have been split into many legions long ago.

The reason they are trying so hard to merge is because they can maintain this same goal.

When willpower tends to be similar, and everyone works together, they will naturally perform better.

Before the absolutely correct route emerged, they were making the most thorough and basic preparations.

Strength, speed, skill, reaction time, and even equipment—they would benchmark themselves against the White Feather Soldiers and then strive to improve and surpass them in every aspect.

“Yes, you will see a big difference.” Long Nianyi, who had walked outside the military tent, lifted the tent flap to reveal the scene outside.

Following the same movement, Ma Zhong looked outside and instantly spotted some people—people who shouldn't be there.

"Zichuan, it seems your plan has failed, and an unexpected situation has arisen." Jia Xu glanced at the intelligence in his hand. Although it was marked as urgent, he wasn't worried at all; in fact, he seemed quite interested. He spoke to Chen Xi in a teasing tone.

"My plan failed. Interesting." Although teased, Chen Xi was already familiar with these people and didn't pay much attention. Instead, he focused his attention on the intelligence in Jia Xu's hand and said, "This is intelligence submitted by the Capital Guard, which is military intelligence..."

In this era, the importance of military power is self-evident, and even Chen Xi has invested a great deal of effort and resources in this area.

Ultimately, the leverage that nations have in their dialogues is always their national strength, not the art of language.

If you want to expand your territory, you can forget about it without sufficient military strength and resources.

"The Imperial Guard has provided very important information, a decision that is completely beyond their control. In the past day, hundreds of centurions and even many platoon leaders in Chang'an have resigned, and these resignations are voluntary. Moreover, the number is still increasing, and the situation seems very abnormal..." Jia Xu spread out the contents of the intelligence report and slowly read it aloud. He understood the contents and naturally didn't care, but that didn't mean that the others present didn't care.

"Hundreds of centurions?!" Upon hearing this, Fan Qin frowned, instantly realizing just how troublesome this matter was.

As a key grassroots commander in the army, the importance of centurions is self-evident. If one or two people voluntarily retire for some reason, it is not a big deal.

After all, the world is always full of surprises, and no one can guarantee that everything will develop as expected, not even him. The voluntary retirement of hundreds of centurions means that tens of thousands of troops will be affected, and the army around the capital only has a few hundred thousand regular troops.

This means that nearly 10% of the troops have been affected, and this impact will affect their combat effectiveness. Moreover, the number of affected troops is constantly increasing, which means that the scope of the impact will gradually expand.

"If I'm not mistaken, these centurions are probably all under twenty-five years old," Chen Xi replied directly, having already realized something.

"What? A centurion who's not even twenty-five?" Even Liu Ye, who was somewhat uninterested, was surprised and shocked at this moment.

In the current military structure, a young centurion is not someone with connections, but someone with real ability.

It doesn't seem like a normal thing for such a large group of young and capable centurions to voluntarily retire.

"They're from the Princess Guard? That explains it." Based on Chen Xi's reply, Li You instantly guessed the reason for the matter and also understood the wide-ranging implications of this incident.

"In a way, it was indeed an accident, but it can't be called a failure." Chen Xi shook his head and explained the reasons to everyone.

As members of the Princess Guard, they enjoy the highest level of treatment among all legions, which includes not only food, training, and equipment, but also various command skills.

In some cases, those with talent may even receive instruction and command from renowned generals.

If you study at the right age and during the peak of your brain's memory, even if you're not particularly talented, you're more than capable of becoming a centurion.

In other words, the members of the Princess Guard, when directly divided, can naturally serve as the basic backbone of a large army.

However, for Chen Xi, directly splitting the army would be difficult to explain to Liu Tong, and there was no need for such a large army to replenish its grassroots personnel on a large scale.

If people who come from the same legion are split into a unified large legion, the requirements for the command ability of generals and ministers will be reduced, and the commander's command ability will be better utilized.

However, since they couldn't be completely dismantled at once, Chen Xi naturally chose another method: to rotate personnel out of the Princess Guard in batches, while sending talented but unopportunistic young people into the Princess Guard.

By leveraging the training and education team of the Princess Guard, these individuals can acquire military skills and knowledge, thereby expanding the strength and influence of grassroots military personnel. In the current political environment, this will establish a relatively neutral third party and further maintain political stability.

If it's just ordinary people and aristocratic families, then even if there are explicit regulations to restrain them, it's nothing but self-deception.

With the military as a third party, a platform that allows ordinary people and scions of noble families to compete on the same stage, even if the platform is not fair, as long as the path to promotion is fair, it can greatly ease the relationship between the two sides, promote the unification and utilization of power, and make the Han Empire more stable.

(End of this chapter)