Not long after Jiang Gong left, Guan Yu summoned Wang Ping.
"General!" Wang Ping saluted Guan Yu respectfully. Different from the situation in history, a large part of the reason why Wang Ping became a general in this life was because of Guan Yu's promotion. Guan Yu was cold and arrogant, but he never greedy for merit. He will not be left idle because of the other party's past mistakes, so Wang Ping's ability can be revealed.
However, because of this, Wang Ping and Yizhou General had a lot of hatred. After all, it was Zhang Ren and others who captured Wang Ping's entire tribe and sold them to Guan Yu.
Who allowed Chen Xi to secretly buy people while saying not to engage in slave trade? Zhang Ren took advantage of Banzhenman's disobedience and seized the opportunity to surround Banzhenman's hometown and ship them all. Sent to Guan Yu and exchanged a batch of money, food and equipment with Chen Xi.
Unexpectedly, these seven or eight years have passed, and the guy he sold back then not only survived, but also got into Guan Yu's hands and became a general, so that Zhang Ren was also a little embarrassed about it.
After all, if you really want to say that you don’t hold grudges, who would dare to believe it after something like this happened? Fortunately, Guan Yu personally toasted Wang Ping with a glass of wine and said that he should not think about it when it comes to foreign wars. After the war is over, Wang Ping will talk about other things. This matter should also be taken down.
"How is the situation of your mountain soldiers now?" Guan Yu said with half-closed eyes. While Li You and others were busy, Guan Yu was not idle either. He was also arranging and adjusting his own army.
To the south of the Ganges River Basin is the Deccan Plateau. The terrain is quite complicated and the roads are quite complicated. Ordinary legions can only take conventional routes. However, the Banchen Barbarians under Wang Ping used to mostly hang out in the Yizhou Mountains. Guan Yu thought about how to form A mountain troop might be able to take them by surprise.
"It has been formed, just wait for the general's order." Wang Ping said solemnly.
After hearing this, Guan Yu typed a few items, and after a long time he looked at Wang Ping, "I have a military task that I need you to complete. It may be dangerous."
"General, please speak frankly. If Fan Ping can do it, he will never refuse." Wang Ping said loudly.
Guan Yu pointed to the maps spread out on the tables in front of him and motioned for Wang Ping to come over. Wang Ping walked up quickly and looked at the map that was far clearer and more detailed than what he was holding.
"Can you walk on this road?" Guan Yu said, pointing to a location that was slightly deeper into the Deccan Plateau, but where there was actually no road. "This is a mountainous area, and the road is impassable. No one has ever walked there before."
"I need to conduct on-site inspections to get an accurate answer." Wang Ping thought for a moment and then said slowly. Guan Yu nodded after hearing this.
"This is the station of Vesuthiva I in the next stage." Guan Yu pointed to the place Li You told him.
Although Li You had told Guan Yu that even if Vesudeva I was there, they might not be able to see each other when they attacked, but Guan Yu felt that if Vesudeva I was really there, he would definitely appear.
As an emperor, since you have chosen a dangerous place and everyone is already there, you might as well stand up and tell your subordinates that I am with you. At least when the conditions are completely the same, the morale of the latter is far away. more than the former.
After all, Wang Ping was the person who accompanied Guan Yu through the southern foothills of the Himalayas. He instantly understood what Guan Yu planned to ask him to do. Indeed, if Vesudeva I was at a certain entrance and exit location on the Deccan Plateau, the elite troops led by Wang Ping could Crossing the mountainous areas of the Deccan Plateau, it is no problem to seize the opportunity and use it as a sharp blade to pierce the enemy's heart.
Although it is a peripheral mountainous area, due to the fertile soil of the Ganges River Basin, India has not developed it in place from ancient times to the present. Therefore, traversing the peripheral mountainous areas of the Deccan Plateau where there are no roads is indeed a pretty good plan.
Even if Vesuthiva I would definitely guard against such actions by the Han army, what the other side would definitely do is blockade the main thoroughfares, rather than blockade all the mountainous areas. Just like Sima Yi guarded against Zhuge Liang, he only blocked the main roads. Defense will be carried out on the mountainous areas instead of all mountainous areas.
On the one hand, there are not so many troops. On the other hand, it is really difficult to pass through mountains without roads, and it is easy to die due to landslides and falling off cliffs. Another problem of getting lost in mountainous areas is very fatal. Once you lose your way, there will be May cause life crisis.
Therefore, the ancient mountain roads were the passages left by the ancients over many years and overcoming thorns. Without sufficient confidence, they generally would not try to open up new mountain roads. This is also the reason why Deng Ai's sneak crossing of Yinpingguan was recorded in the history, because it was The road can really kill you.
"I am willing to give it a try." Wang Ping said seriously. "The local natives have someone who has a close relationship with me. Under his leadership, it is impossible to touch Vesutiva I along the untrodden areas in the Deccan Mountains. station point."
"Can he be trusted?" Guan Yu trusted Wang Ping's abilities, but he had to be cautious in such important military affairs, so he asked specifically.
"He is a fanatical believer of Jialan God, and he is a native like us back then." Wang Ping thought for a while and said, while Guan Yu's eyes trembled slightly, but in the end he had no objection.
Although the Brahmin system looks bad in the Han Dynasty, it is still a very noble thing in the eyes of the Indian natives. After all, being powerful and wealthy are also the impressions of Kushan in these people's minds. Therefore, the Kushan system It is also the object of imitation by these natives.
Therefore, many natives spontaneously integrated into Kushan. After all, the Brahmin system at this time can be regarded as one of the best systems in the world. If it is bad, it is only a problem of the upper Brahmin class. The social division of labor system of the middle and lower classes is still very High-end gameplay.
In fact, the systems that could carry out fine social division of labor before the fifteenth century were all high-end systems. In addition to religious beliefs, the Brahmans constructed a relatively fine social division of labor system, which was also a manifestation of productivity. As mentioned in the third century In other words, if it is bad, it is a problem of the Brahmin upper class, not a problem of the social system itself.
The stability and prosperity of the lower class of society are higher than the average level of the same era. After all, the more refined social division of labor has greatly improved production efficiency.
The natives in India were naturally envious, so they pretended to convert to Brahma, entered the Brahmin system, and became Sudras, Vaisyas, and even Kshatriyas.
However, the natives themselves have their own primitive religion. In essence, they just envy the prosperity and wealth of Kushan. They hope to join this system and become consistent with Kushan. Naturally, they have no interest in the religious system. The core of Brahman is religion. In turn, it is natural to use some means to control - low-level visualization of gods and Buddhas.
Jialan God is one of them, which is why many native people took refuge in Guan Yu, because many of them themselves visualized Jialan God.
"It's good to be a native." Guan Yu nodded. Since he can trust it, let's give it a try. This plan is very risky, but if you are lucky, you may be able to catch a big fish. Whether it succeeds or not is still unclear. , Guan Yu treated it as a leisure chess arrangement.
After Guan Yu and Wang Ping had a detailed discussion, Wang Ping set off first with five thousand mountain soldiers. Taking advantage of the fact that Jiang Gong had just strangled the nearby enemy scouts, Wang Ping's departure did not cause the slightest disturbance, and in the original situation Under the cover of 80,000 troops, it was difficult for the subsequent Kushan scouts to determine the accurate changes in the strength of the Han army.
In the army camp, Fazheng looked at Li You expressionlessly. In fact, the three of them had now determined that Vesuthiva I was the bait. The flaw Xu Shu pointed out was indeed very fatal. This was Kuishang's solution to the current situation. A killer move.
But in this situation, if the other party can prepare a killer move, it means that the other party must have a trap. It's just whether or not to step on this trap. Three people, three opinions.
The meaning of Fa Zheng is not to trample, let the other party show off as they want, and resolutely ignore Vesuthiva I. Whoever the goal is to kill, then kill him. For other things, just do what you like, do it steadily, although He is very promiscuous, but Sun Tzu said: "Soldiers are important matters of the country, the place of life and death, and the way of survival." Fa Zheng also has this idea.
Xu Shu's intention was to give up as soon as possible. Since Guishang pretended to be defeated, they shouldn't go too deep and just start killing as many as they could kill on the spot. Thirty thousand is not a lot. Fifty thousand is not a loss, and a hundred thousand blood is earned. , if it’s cheap, make money, if not, forget it.
Of course, this idea is also somewhat dangerous. Since the opponent is faking defeat, he must be on guard against this move. After all, Guan Yu is not Bai Qi. If there is any danger, kill all the opponents first. Once they are killed, there is no need to discuss this issue. But the problem The thing is, most people can't kill them all.
However, the chief of staff is Li You. It's useless to let Fazheng and Xu Shu boast about it. Li You only has one, I want both, you two can settle it for me!
Fazheng and Xu Shu were stunned after hearing this, but Li You's arrangement was barely reasonable. While killing Rahul, he could also take care of Vesuthiva I. Although the method was a bit rough, it was still okay. Besides, who made the other party the chief of staff, and the two of them were the staff officers.
"Okay, on Rahul's side, I will try my best to disturb the minds of his soldiers and hold them back." Fazheng said helplessly to Li You, "But I can't hold on for long, you can do whatever it takes Possibly faster.”
Xu Shu had nothing to say. He had a clear understanding of Li You's ruthlessness. The other party directly told him that after seeing Vesuthiva I, he would first self-destruct the military formation, and then self-destruct his spiritual foundation. Guan Yu's blade broke through the formation and used chaos to disrupt the situation. At this time, Xu Shu, please open your eyes and look for flaws. The victory or defeat will be yours.
It was hard for Xu Shu to say anything to this kind of person. Seeing that the plan was sufficiently executable and indeed in line with the general framework, it could only mean that Li You tried his best after he jumped on the street.
