God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

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Although he disliked it and felt some resistance in his heart, he knew that this matter was beneficial to the Han Empire. So Chen Chi simply chose to avoid getting involved and not interfere as much as possible, so as not to be affected or do anything unwise that would affect the plan.

However, after using the labor force for a period of time, Chen Chi gained a better understanding of the difficulties and situation he was facing.

In terms of actual labor conditions, both the Kushan captives and the remaining Kushan labor force exhibited completely different emotions and responsibilities when carrying out infrastructure work.

For some Kshatriyas, engaging in this kind of labor and work is something they fundamentally resist and are unwilling to do, but are forced to do it due to reality.

Theoretically speaking, a Kshatriya with this mindset shouldn't achieve very high results, but in reality, among the crowd, the Kshatriyas' work results are among the better ones.

After careful observation, Chen Chi confirmed that the Kshatriya's work results were entirely due to its excellent physical qualities, possessing greater stamina, strength, and speed, so much so that it could still produce extremely high output even when resisted by its own subjective will.

The Vaishyas are relatively ordinary; their attitude is not particularly proactive, and they exhibit some resistance. They work at a moderate pace and their output is also average.

The situation is completely different for the Shudras. They have no thoughts or emotions of resistance, are very professional in their work, many have extremely rich experience, and their output is the highest.

Besides these people, another group that gave Chen Chi a headache was those who were untouchable.

These people are so weak that they can't possibly engage in high-intensity physical labor, let alone become a workforce.

After gaining firsthand experience and understanding of the actual results of the work, Chen Chi redistributed the basic staff involved in the work to ensure that the reassigned personnel would not face malicious discrimination elsewhere, thereby preventing greater internal divisions and delays in the construction process.

Having achieved this level of success, Chen Chi also applied for more grain and subsidies, and began to implement targeted rewards and policies.

On the one hand, it encourages those who perform well, and on the other hand, it is also for further sorting and screening to prevent the entry of irrelevant personnel.

To complete the construction of the city wall, Chen Chi spent a great deal of time and effort, completing the corresponding basic defenses as quickly as possible, enabling Zhanbo City to regain its defensive capabilities against the western and southern regions, and ensuring the retreat of his own army.

They even had time to specifically build grain storage areas and ordnance repair areas.

"After all, this isn't a city within the country, so we still need to be vigilant and cautious." Looking at the various areas he had planned, Chen Chi considered the buildings, or rather, military facilities, that should be constructed next.

Even though there was little resistance to using this labor force, and no mass disturbances occurred, Chen Chi, with his extensive experience, took preventative measures.

Food and military equipment are ultimately issues that need to be addressed. Only in this way can the transportation costs and losses of food and military equipment be significantly reduced, and can frontline soldiers be more effectively supported.

After capturing the entire city of Jambo, the Han soldiers' infantry joined in maintaining city security and constructing military fortresses, while the cavalry, centered on Jambo, cleared out the threat in the area from Jambo to Kalmanta along the Ganges River.

The straight-line distance was hundreds of miles, and even with seven cavalry legions, a complete annihilation would not be something that could be accomplished in a short time. For Guan Yu, this meant that the war, especially a large-scale one, was essentially over in the short term.

As for the next large-scale war, a lot of time will be needed to prepare, including food, weapons, battlefield terrain intelligence, enemy intelligence, weather changes, and so on.

In the short term, the task is to clear out the remaining enemy forces, maintain order, scout the terrain, and infiltrate the enemy so that the next war will not be an unprepared one.

Moreover, the area between Zhanbo City and Huashi City can already be described as scorched earth.

To resupply within this distance, food must be transported from the rear; it cannot be obtained directly within the area.

If Zhanbo City could obtain a large amount of food directly like Kalmanta City, then dealing with the scorched earth over this distance would naturally not be a problem.

The problem was that the Kushans had already emptied all the surrounding grain reserves when they were defending Zhanbo City, so Guan Yu and his men stationed in Zhanbo City had to transport grain from the rear city of Kalmanta to solve the supply problem.

This level of food pressure is already enormous. If large-scale warfare is to be waged, this level of food transportation will not be enough to solve the problem.

It can be said that, limited by the distance and pressure of supply lines, the Han army could only stop its advance and wait for the replenishment and accumulation of logistical supplies so that it would have the resources to continue fighting.

Meanwhile, Rahul, stationed in Huashi City, began a large-scale strengthening of his army after establishing an emergency defensive barrier.

The distance between Huashi City and Zhanbo City is not far, but both the Kushan Empire and the Han Empire are well aware that neither side has the ability to continue the offensive at this stage.

For both sides, the lack of offensive capability at this stage does not mean they will not be able to in the future. Whoever can recover from the current predicament first will have the initiative in the next war, or at least the initiative to start a war.

Therefore, both sides had a good understanding in this regard, and even abandoned small-scale harassment wars at one point, and did their best to prepare supplies for the next large-scale war.

Meanwhile, back in Kalmanta City, Xu Rong, after a brief rest with his troops, received urgent messages from the front lines.

Upon seeing this urgent message, Xu Rong understood that the front lines had already won, and the capture of Zhanbo City was a foregone conclusion.

With such an example before him, Xu Rong recalled his previous conversation with Guan Yu and then shook his head.

Although he talks about attacking Danmo Lidi City, Xu Rong wouldn't actually do something so reckless in reality.

Attacking a major coastal city when the navy is at a disadvantage is tantamount to suicide.

The navy's ability to deliver ultra-long-range strikes is sufficient to inflict heavy casualties on any siege force. (End of Chapter)