God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

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“A favorable wind and current are indeed advantageous for an attack. After this period of exploration, I imagine the enemy won’t let this opportunity pass.” Fa Zheng’s words were filled with a smile and calm as he watched the fleet coming from the upper reaches of the Ganges.

What Gabriel considered divine intervention and smooth sailing was nothing more than the result of their mental intervention.

When choosing to attack, going downstream with the wind is indeed a great advantage, but if the situation is not right and you want to retreat...

What seems like smooth sailing is actually the most deadly enemy.

Unlike on the ocean where you can freely change direction, this boat can turn around using only its oars.

The difficulty of changing course in the Ganges River basin, whether it's turning around, turning back, or turning back against the current, varies greatly.

If the enemy were a well-trained, truly elite naval force, Fa Zheng and his men would naturally not have made such an arrangement.

Because the quality of the soldiers, that is, their elite status, can greatly reduce the difficulty of this task, and even force its completion.

However, through actual battlefield experience and confirmation, the combat qualities and discipline of the Kushan Ganges navy were characterized by the entire Brahmanical system.

While individual vessels are indeed quite capable in combat, their coordination is practically nonexistent.

However, since there had been no large-scale naval conflicts between the Kushan army and the Han army in the past, this problem had not been exposed.

However, having gained experience in land warfare, Fazheng naturally began to explore the issues related to the Kushan navy. After confirming that the soldiers of the Kushan Ganges navy were all from the Brahmanical system and had been recruited recently, even without thinking, he could realize the differences and gaps.

The lack of coordination and organization within the military under the Brahmanical system can be considered an inherent flaw and a major defect of the system itself.

Rahul has spent so many years trying to solve this problem, but no one has been able to solve it during the hundreds of years since the establishment of the Kushan Brahman system.

Because of their different beliefs in gods and Buddhas and their reliance on different oracles, the Brahmanical system was not united and had disagreements and disputes. This was also a way for the Brahmanical system to maintain class stability, and it can be considered the foundation of the Brahmanical system to some extent.

Since these are fundamental principles, how could the Brahmins be so foolish as to leave a fatal flaw in this area, allowing others to unite and form a collective force for external output?

If such a thing were to happen, the first to be impacted, or even hit, would most likely not be the enemy, but the Brahmins themselves.

The power they wielded, the means of distributing benefits, and the corresponding military force—these advantages, which outweighed those of other classes on the surface, were also important means for the Brahmins to strengthen the stability of their rule.

If they cannot gain an advantage in these areas, how long can the Brahmins maintain stability by relying solely on their words?
Just like the Untouchables, has there been no resistance or uprising over the past few centuries?

The answer is yes, and there are many of them, but the main reason why they still failed is precisely because of the absolute gap in strength and ideology.

Each failed uprising, each act of resistance, occurred within the framework of the Brahmanical system. Instead of dismantling the system, the failure of the uprisings reinforced it. Because of their class-based narratives and their interpretations of gods and Buddhas, the Brahmins formalized and stereotyped these events as caste-based systems.

We are born burdened with sin, and this sin is unforgivable. Only by accepting and acknowledging it, and then spending the rest of our lives atoneing for it, can we finally live a good life in the next life.

Those who attempt to betray or rebel against this fate will ultimately be suppressed, accumulate more sins, and suffer even worse fates in their next life.

Through ideological control, physical pressure, and control of public opinion, the Brahmins maintained the caste system from multiple directions and angles, constructing an extremely stable class system.

Even if Fazheng could see how stable this system was, there wouldn't be many ways he could think of to break it.

Of these few methods, there are practically none that can perfectly solve these problems.

Realizing the difficulty of this task, Fazheng immediately lost faith in the organizational capabilities of this Kushan navy.

If any naval commander has the ability to solve this problem, the opponent's ability is at least at the level of Rahul.

Based on what they have shown during this period of testing, they can indeed be called excellent, but not enough.

"I hope this time it will go smoothly. We've put in a lot of effort to lure the enemy into a trap, and prepared a huge amount of supplies." Zhou Cang looked at the supplies and food next to the temporary dock, a hint of heartache flashing in his eyes.

Although the Han Empire was not short of food and supplies at present, Zhou Cang, who had experienced hunger and cold, could not take this large pile of food and military supplies that might be destroyed by the enemy lightly.

"You can't catch a wolf without risking your cub. Using fake items to lure someone might lead to an unexpected discovery by the enemy. But if everything is real, even if they realize there's something wrong, they'll still come up and try." Fa Zheng, who probably understood Zhou Cang's thoughts, could only sigh softly, then gently patted Zhou Cang's broad shoulder, trying to comfort him as much as possible.

To achieve the purpose of deception, one does not necessarily need to use real items; even if they are fake, Fazheng can still accomplish eight or nine out of ten deceptions.

The simplest approach is to be outwardly genuine but inwardly deceptive, with one part truth and nine parts falsehood. This way, while achieving the original objective, the losses will be significantly reduced.

However, the current schemes and corresponding deceptions are not just aimed at deceiving the Kushan Ganges naval forces.

With the wisdom of many, how could they possibly only scheme against a single Kushan navy?

Their strategy as battlefield strategists was to completely dismantle and destroy the Kushan's deep defense system.

“That’s true.” Hearing Fa Zheng’s words, Zhou Cang put himself in Fa Zheng’s shoes and his expression changed accordingly.

Honestly, given his obvious superiority in manpower and equipment, the favorable timing and terrain, and the enemy's scattered formation due to unloading cargo, a single strike could cripple their army. Would he refuse this opportunity? (End of Chapter)