God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

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After confirming the enemy's situation, Guan Yu no longer restricted the performance of his legions, nor did he concentrate the use of cavalry. Instead, he allowed each legion commander to lead and utilize their strengths, striking more Kushan soldiers on a wider battlefront and in a larger combat area.

The aim was not to inflict the most casualties, but to create the greatest chaos, ideally forcing a large number of Kushan soldiers to jump into the Ganges to escape pursuit by cavalry on land.

In particular, many Kushan soldiers who had already completed their armed swimming preparations jumped directly into the Ganges River after confirming the situation on land.

Since there are prior preparations, even if you jump into the Ganges, you won't drown, so there's no need to worry about the consequences.

The consequences of a large number of soldiers jumping into the Ganges were quite obvious, especially for a large army in a state of chaos, certain collective actions could easily lead to herd mentality.

Especially when some armed civilian troops jumped into the Ganges, Kailash and Nakuru, who witnessed this, not only did not object, but also signaled to the troops that had completed their armed swimming preparations to do the same.

On the one hand, this would reduce the losses suffered by their own troops when attacked by the Han army. On the other hand, it would also allow the troops on land to quickly enter the Ganges River, leaving the land area untouched.

This would give the remaining troops more room to maneuver and adjust, allowing them to use this empty space to reorganize their forces and rebuild their formation to target the relatively small number of Han cavalry.

However, in the current chaotic situation, issuing such an order directly triggered a larger-scale chain reaction.

Large numbers of troops ran directly into the Ganges River, completely disregarding whether their swimming equipment was complete or not; they just wanted to get away first.

What was originally an effective and rapid troop response turned into a river-jumping retreat. Especially with the Han cavalry launching a full-scale attack, everyone felt that the land was full of traces of Han cavalry units, and the Ganges seemed to be the only safer option.

Regardless, the Ganges was their sacred river, and the fear they felt when facing it was nothing compared to the fear felt by the Han cavalry.

As a result of such expulsion and chaos, the actual number of casualties caused by the Han cavalry was not high, but a large number of Kushan soldiers still managed to squeeze into the Ganges.

The chaos in the Ganges meant that neither the generals nor the soldiers knew their generals, making it virtually impossible to regroup into legions.

Having witnessed this situation, Guan Yu informed the other legion commanders and instructed them to intensify their efforts to force more Kushan soldiers to the Ganges River.

To survive in the Ganges, one must either be an excellent swimmer, possess exceptional strength, or remove their weapons and armor.

The former goes without saying; strong people can survive anywhere, so Guan Yu naturally didn't care about these few strong people.

The latter is completely different. If one's own strength is insufficient, one can either sink into the Ganges with weapons and equipment or abandon weapons and equipment and enter the Ganges.

After observing the weapons and equipment of the Kushan army soldiers, and combining this with intelligence provided by internal personnel, we gained a thorough understanding of the Kushan army's equipment system. The Kushans certainly didn't lack manpower, nor did they lack corresponding resources to a certain extent; however, converting these resources into corresponding weapons and equipment required a considerable amount of time.

If the Kushan soldiers suffer heavy losses on the battlefield, with large-scale disarmament, their equipment supply may become insufficient, which would significantly impact their combat effectiveness.

The complete annihilation of the Kushan soldiers was possible, and now driving the enemy into the Ganges River and forcing them to abandon their weapons and equipment can also achieve this.

In some ways, what they are doing now is more terrifying than annihilating the enemy, and it is also more likely to frighten these Kushan soldiers.

Simply annihilating the enemy's manpower, besides enhancing one's reputation for deterring the enemy, will not produce too many side effects, and may even more easily incite the enemy's unity and joint resistance.

While this current behavior has not completely annihilated the enemy's manpower, it has left the enemy with a series of problems.

Soldiers subjected to this level of shock and turmoil will inevitably have their morale affected. To curb this level of morale collapse and prevent the spread of military intelligence, more investment and welfare benefits are often required.

Secondly, the loss of a large amount of equipment and armor cannot be compensated for in a short period of time. With personnel unable to be replaced, the number of equipment will inevitably decrease significantly, making it difficult to maintain the large and luxurious full armor as before.

When that happens, the problem of having more people than soldiers will become a reality, and it will not be so easy to carry out large-scale military expansion.

An army, an army, must have corresponding weapons and equipment to be called an army. Otherwise, an army that doesn't even have fire sticks in its hands is at best just a group of civilians.

Therefore, this large-scale cavalry attack and drive was essentially Guan Yu's research on the subsequent situation, and also a sign of approval of the plan.

Forcibly killing the enemy might only result in a kill of 20,000 to 30,000 at most, but if all the enemies were driven into the Ganges, that number would multiply several times over, and the impact on the enemy would be terrifying.

Therefore, after realizing this problem, everyone wanted to get an accurate and effective answer.

Guan Yu circled around the enemy to find weaknesses and commanded his troops to launch an attack. He also began preparations for a siege, so that he could better deal with the Kushan army, especially the defending troops, as he continued to advance up the Ganges.

Based on past experience within the Han Empire, the defensive strength and measures demonstrated by a city are basically determined by its decisiveness, judgment, and who reveals a weakness first.

By conducting a small-scale and controlled attack, we can assess the risks of this situation and verify our ability to defeat the opponent and acquire the corresponding spoils.

It can be said that the attack did not last long. Nakuru and Kailash finally achieved internal stability, merged their armies as much as possible to better assist Rahul, and had more time for personal autonomy.

However, in such a short time, the price they paid had left them both somewhat numb. (End of Chapter)