God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

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As members of the Han Empire, Guan Yu and others alike harbored considerable resentment towards the target chosen by Shan Ta Nu.

For the generals and commanders of the Han Empire, being forced to retaliate when the enemy launched an offensive was, to some extent, a disgrace.

But that was the reality, and they couldn't change it. However, Shan Ta Nu and others' choice of grain-growing areas as their target instantly unified the generals' goals and direction.

If it's just a regular skirmish or head-on collision, everyone can fight together without any problem, but when it comes to high levels of coordination and tacit understanding, that's not necessarily the case.

However, due to the unique nature of the Shantuo attack area, Guan Yu experienced an extremely rare feeling of commanding the army as easily as using his own limbs.

Generals such as Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Huang Xu, Liao Hua, Guan Ping, Zhou Cang, Sun Guan, Wu Yan, and many others cooperated from their own subjective perspectives, resulting in an effect that was naturally different from before.

As for the soldiers' mentality and morale, they had already stabilized after the previous battles.

Guan Yu, who set off with his main force, did not leave behind too many soldiers, because the terrain east of the fortress meant that the Kushan soldiers could not bypass the route to attack Guan Yu's army camp.

Even if they managed to cross mountains and ridges to attack a large army camp, it wouldn't be a fatal matter.

After the Yizhou aristocratic family reclaimed and expanded the vast Central and South Asian region, several new cities were built, and there was no shortage of stable land and territories to defend.

In these cities, the generals and soldiers who originally belonged to Yizhou also recuperated and rested, replenished their manpower and resources for training, and tried to restore their fighting strength as quickly as possible after being ashamed of their past mistakes.

To achieve this condition, Liu Zhang spent a great deal of manpower and resources, and the entire aristocratic family of Yizhou also contributed money and effort to improve the manpower and combat effectiveness of the Yizhou army.

When sunk costs are high enough, even powerful families have to invest more to try to recover the sunk costs.

As long as the Han Empire can win and hold onto what it has, then its investment in Central and South Asia will not have been in vain.

If the army can advance further and retake the Wenga region, then the costs incurred in the previous risky advance may be recouped.

Therefore, under these circumstances, both Zhang Ren and Yan Yan felt the unity and solidarity that came from all over Yizhou.

From Liu Zhang to the soldiers, everyone was working towards the same goal.

"Has the Kushan army chosen to launch a preemptive strike?" Upon learning of this situation based on relevant orders, Zhang Ren glanced at Yan Yan beside him and frowned slightly.

After this series of wars, Zhang Ren came to realize the formidable strength of the Kushan Empire.

The defeat of 200,000 troops did not shake the Kushan's resilience and belief. They simply turned around and sent out 400,000 elite soldiers to beat them half to death.

Guan Yu's army has now achieved a considerable victory in the probing battle, but both Zhang Ren and Yan Yan know that this matter is not so simple.

The enemy's troop deployment and battlefield planning are also quite capable.

An attack solely targeting the grain-growing regions of the Han Empire seems highly unusual.

This is especially strange given the significantly small number of troops. In the entire Southeast Asia region alone, besides Guan Yu's army of 100,000, the number of combat-ready soldiers in Yizhou also exceeded 100,000. This does not include the soldiers of the powerful clans or the soldiers of vassal states.

If you take them all together, and add the reserve soldiers, saying you have an army of 300,000 is not an exaggeration.

It's quite puzzling that the Kushans, with an army of 300,000, dared to launch an offensive in this relatively small region.

In the past, offensive wars were all based on the existence of fortresses, allowing for a step-by-step advance.

Capturing a fortress is equivalent to securing a stable position, which naturally requires a significant amount of manpower and resources to achieve.

But once they left the fortress and entered this vast and flat area, it was real field battle.

Given the same troop strength, even Yan Yan would be quite confident in ensuring his survival.

"What is the Kushan Empire plotting?" Yan Yan frowned, completely baffled by the reason.

It's unlikely that the Kushan Empire was confident it could sustain itself in field battles for an extended period before deciding to do this.

"I don't know. I can only hand this matter over to them for handling. Our army should strengthen its defenses and patrols to prevent small enemy units from penetrating deep into our grain-growing areas." Zhang Ren took a deep breath and explained what he would do next.

Since the battle report stated the Kushans' attack objectives and direction, this aspect should naturally be taken into account.

Given the vast distance from Chengdu in Yizhou, if the food problem could be solved locally, there would be no need to trouble the rest of the country to solve it, as the long distance and the extremely high cost of transporting food would make it unnecessary.

It can be said that protecting one shi (a unit of dry measure) of grain in Central and South Asia would save ten shi of grain from being transported from Chengdu, and the advantages are self-evident.

"We must also restore the morale of our soldiers and prepare to regroup and fight again." Yan Yan nodded, her tone serious and earnest.

Losing is losing, it's not a big deal.

However, a temporary win or loss does not determine the final outcome; we will only know who will ultimately prevail in the future.

However, the unwillingness to admit defeat and the refusal to give up kept his heart burning with passion.

"Our army will naturally recover everything we've lost when the time comes." Zhang Ren nodded slightly, his eyes revealing seriousness.

The enemy took all this advantage because of their superior numbers. Before, they simply didn't have enough men, but now the disparity in troop strength between the two sides is no longer so significant. It remains to be seen who will win.

"By the way, is that batch of grain ready yet?" Looking at Zhang Ren, who had already begun preparations, Yan Yan suddenly remembered the grain that had been prepared and abruptly asked.

"That batch of grain?" Zhang Ren recalled for a moment, then nodded and said calmly, "The grain had already been packed into boxes, and a notice had been sent out in advance. Then a large bird took the grain away. Now that I think about it, the grain should have been delivered. Otherwise, things would not have turned out this way."

"It's good that the food was delivered. I wonder what that legion was thinking." Yan Yan thought of the princess's guard from her memory, a bitter smile on her face, and shook her head. "They traveled thousands of miles to get here, crossing mountains and valleys, and now they're still stuck in the middle of towering mountains..." (End of this chapter)