God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

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The sprawling mountain range not only covers a vast area but also extends considerably in depth, making it an extremely difficult task for any army choosing to launch an attack.

This applies to both the Han Empire's army that attacked along this route in the past and the Rahul army that is attacking now.

However, in addition to its regular offensives, Rahul is now constantly widening this road to increase the ease of passage for its troops and strengthen its logistical support and supply capabilities.

This is not only for the offensive capabilities of the frontline troops, but also demonstrates Rahul's will, or rather, his inner pride and the goals he wants to achieve.

“The roads that were built before could only allow two carriages to pass at most. Now, after Rahul’s expansion, even without stabilizing and reinforcing the terrain, they can accommodate eight carriages. Such wide roads can accommodate the army and logistics…” Looking at the wide road that was clearly visible in the distance, Lu Jun could feel the pressure brought by Rahul.

It's not just about the sheer number of troops—hundreds of thousands—but also about the enemy's trust in your capabilities.

A top-tier commander of a large army, when confident enough, can unleash capabilities that are no less than normal.

This is especially true for Rahul, who is trying to prove something; it will only be more troublesome than normal.

With their military spirit as their core, Rahul's army is resolute and highly motivated. Coupled with their real-world victories, it can be said that the fighting power that the entire Rahul army can unleash from top to bottom will surpass the norm.

This means higher morale, stronger fighting will, the ability to accept greater casualties, and less likelihood of routs or camp collapses.

"I'm afraid it won't be long before Rahul, who's been clearing mountains and opening roads, completes this road. At that time, the number and quality of troops reaching the front lines will be improved, and the pressure will also be greater." Yan Yan spoke calmly about the future, a future that was about to happen.

Lu Jun glanced at Yan Yan, recalling her actions over the past few days, and felt a surge of emotions.

If Yan Yan hadn't improved in command, even with the corresponding legion talent, he probably wouldn't be able to use the terrain to his advantage to slow down the enemy's attack and movement.

It can be said that Yan Yan, who has made breakthroughs in command, can be considered a qualified commander of a large army. In fact, he is quite excellent in defense, formation changes, and other aspects.

Even with such formidable strength, all Yan Yan could do when facing Rahul's attack was to slow down his pace.

In contrast, Zhang Ren, who was clearly more adept at offensive tactics, took advantage of the terrain to seize every opportunity to attack, either weakening and harassing Rahul's main camp or attacking Rahul's army's food supplies, forcing Rahul's army to retreat.

However, how could Rahul, who possesses extremely rich war experience and command ability, not be prepared in this regard? Especially after Zhang Ren's abilities were exposed, Rahul also spent a period of time carefully studying and thinking, came up with some offensive and harassment methods, and countered these methods, while making contingency plans in advance, so as to counterattack at a faster speed and see if there was any chance to completely eliminate Zhang Ren's army.

Even with all that, these soldiers, originally belonging to the Brahmins, still suffered from fundamental problems stemming from the pantheon of gods and Buddhas. These problems manifested in their organizational and cooperative abilities, ultimately causing the plan to fail when they finally began to work together.

“There are more than one direction and route for attacking from west to east, but it seems that Rahul has no intention of attacking other routes at all. This is not what a commander should do.” Through his binoculars, Lu Jun looked at the camp gate far beyond the horizon, quite puzzled.

This north-south mountain range does indeed provide shelter and advantageous terrain, but that doesn't mean there's only one way to pass through it.

In fact, many places can be traversed by personnel, and even in more difficult areas, passage can be achieved through repairs and maintenance.

Moreover, seeing Rahul send troops to widen the roads, even crushing hills and boulders to do so, taking other roads would be even less of a problem.

Even if the road isn't wide enough, can't it be expanded?

With such a large army at his disposal, Rahul could achieve this without difficulty, in fact, with great ease.

As for Rahul, he couldn't find any other roads and could only fight his way through this one road. If it were anyone else, Lu Jun might have believed it.

But the opponent is Rahul, who at his peak was arguably the best among living people. If he really had such foolish thoughts and ideas, could he still be called Rahul?
"We have absolutely no idea what the other side is thinking, but their behavior of not transferring troops and continuing to advance along this road seems strange no matter how you look at it. However, it doesn't matter what the other side is thinking anymore. After all, the speed of their attack is getting faster and faster. We probably won't be able to hold out for as long as we expect..." Yan Yan estimated the possible time she could hold out with the most optimistic attitude possible, and tried her best to hold on.

“But we must block them in this mountain range. If we can’t do that, then the war will take place in Southeast Asia, in those fertile lands. At that time, the food that those lands can provide will be gone, and it will even end up in the enemy’s mouths…” Lu Jun looked back at the equally long mountain range, but knew that they were not far away.

If you keep going in that direction, you will enter the real plains, an agricultural area that has developed along the great river.

The terrain is flat, water resources are abundant, the environment is excellent, and the temperature is relatively high, so it is normal to be able to achieve two harvests a year, and three harvests a year when necessary.

It could even be said that with an area roughly the size of the Chengdu Plain, grain taxes alone could support the entire population of Yizhou and the southern region.

"Yes, we will definitely trap them in the mountains and not let them out. This is our last stand; there is no way out..." Although she knew this was a difficult task, Yan Yan still gave a definite answer.

According to the passes built along the route, Yan Yan still had three passes behind him, theoretically offering him room to retreat, but in reality, there was none left. (End of Chapter)