God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

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What is needed for expanding territory?
Rules? Politics? Unspoken rules?
These are some of the reasons, but not the main ones. What truly determines territorial expansion is individual military strength and the command ability to lead the entire army.

Especially for large-scale army commanders, having just one is practically a guarantee of success in expanding territory.

However, within the entire Han Empire, there were several people with the ability to command large armies, and even more with the potential to command large armies.

However, the Han Empire simply could not provide enough soldiers to further strengthen the commanders of these large armies, or to allow those with the potential to command large armies to realize their talents and become qualified commanders.

Under the command of each large legion, there are basically countless skeletons. Even those with exceptional talent are just fewer skeletons.

Therefore, everyone knows very well that the people who can truly command troops on the front lines are a very specific group, one person for each position.

While some may not be willing to take this position, others are.

It's one thing to be grateful for the opportunity to grow stronger through existing warfare and lay the foundation for future strength, but instead of being grateful, they want more. Is that reasonable?
Leaving aside those who haven't become commanders of large armies but have the potential to do so, even renowned generals who have already become commanders of large armies would probably be willing to take on this role.

Putting everything else aside, the 'Martial Temple' alone has attracted the hearts of countless people.

With motivation in front and pressure behind, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, and other generals, for various reasons and ideas, demonstrated an exceptional willingness to cooperate.

Not only do the individuals themselves agree, but the powerful groups behind them also agree with this.

After Guan Yu won his first victory and gained the support and recognition of his soldiers, he essentially gained de facto command of the army.

In a sense, the resistance and wait-and-see attitude of generals is a feedback to the attitude of soldiers and a concentrated manifestation of the attitude of one side of the power.

The thoughts and attitudes of soldiers can also influence the thoughts and decisions of generals, with the collective influencing the individual.

This is why, even though everyone knew they needed to cooperate, they still allowed Guan Yu to win a battle alone before he truly took that position and began his journey to becoming a full-fledged commander of a large army.

No matter how much you learn or understand, if you haven't actually used it on the battlefield, it's all just theoretical knowledge, at most varying in degree.

Guan Yu's solid foundation, combined with his practical experience, allowed him to quickly become stronger in a short period of time.

The combination of theory and practice will also allow this part of the theory to transform and be realized, ultimately helping Guan Yu to go further.

"The Han army has left the camp. This time, the scale is larger than before, and they seem to be in a greater hurry." After receiving the information from the scouts, Leblair reported this information.

"Anxious?" Shan Tanu shook his head slightly, his words carrying a hint of satisfaction. "It's good that they're anxious. The more anxious they are, the more correct our actions are, and the less pressure Gars and the others will be under, thus increasing our chances of success."

Although the Brahmins did not have a deep concept of "eating the enemy," they were still seasoned warriors who could do simple arithmetic.

With such a large number of troops deployed on both sides, the daily food consumption was astronomical. While the Shanteng tribes might not have cared about the quality of their soldiers' daily rations, the Han Empire clearly could not. This difference in soldiers' understanding of the importance of food made the Shanteng tribes realize the crucial role of food for the Han Empire, which is why they shifted their primary focus to the Han Empire's grain-growing regions.

Under normal circumstances, completing the destruction and disposal would be considered a successful mission. As for harvesting the grain and bringing it back, that would be considered exceeding the mission target, something Shan Ta Nu would hardly even consider.

Even in the worst-case scenario, it would simply be a battle between the two armies in this area.

A war of this magnitude could cause land in a grain-growing region to lose its entire year's harvest, and could potentially result in even greater losses.

In a sense, destroying these areas was clearly more beneficial than harmful to the Brahmins.

As for those minor drawbacks, they are completely unimportant.

In any case, the land in this place is not important to the Brahmins. They already have enough land, and they can acquire more land whenever they need it.

But it wouldn't do any good anyway, so it's better to give those animals a chance to continue farming and atone for their sins.

After so many years, most Brahmins were well aware that without the labor and output of these animals, they could not have obtained all of this out of thin air.

Therefore, even though Brahmins theoretically possess everything, they still essentially provide the lower classes with the physical possibility of survival.

On the ideological level, it is absolute suppression and control. By controlling the mind, one can naturally control the body, ultimately constructing an eternal and unchanging class system.

“Everything the enemy values ​​can become a target for our calculations. The more the Han Empire cares about these things, the greater the probability of our success.” Shan Tanu glanced into the distance, then looked up at the sky, gradually calming himself before speaking earnestly, “Our main force will rest first, while the guerrillas will further disrupt the enemy's grain-growing areas. Our terrain here is advantageous, allowing for both advance and retreat. Let's wait and see if we can gain an advantage in the first battle. The Han army is fully armored, and in the current terrain and environment, their physical exertion will be much greater than ours…”

In this region, hot weather is the norm.

At such temperatures, the cost to fully armored soldiers is not only the weight of their equipment, but also the extra physical exertion caused by the high temperatures.

In contrast, the Kushan elite troops, who were mostly equipped with light armor, had a significantly better ability to dissipate heat than the Han soldiers, and their physical exertion was also less.

In this situation, the best time to fight is in the morning.

The weather was relatively cool, which the Han Empire considered a good time for battle. However, as time went on, the negative impact on the Han Empire would become more and more severe, while they would become more and more relaxed.

When the weather is at its hottest, it will be much easier to either retreat or repel the Han soldiers.

"It's a pity that the weather heating technique is still not complete, otherwise our army would have been able to gain the upper hand more easily." Lebrley nodded in agreement, his words tinged with regret.

The fully armored Han Empire was indeed difficult to deal with, but not absolutely; the temperature in their region was the Han Empire's greatest adversary. (End of Chapter)