Don't look at the fact that Kuishang has been beaten so badly by the Han Dynasty, but even so, Kushan is still one of the top three overlords in the world. It is indeed beyond its power to defeat Rome and the Han Dynasty, but it has no organizational skills. African ferocious beasts, that's like mowing grass.
If this is true, the Han Dynasty is really beyond its power, but it seems to be nothing. Guishang ran away, Di stayed, and the Han Dynasty also won.
After thinking of this, Chen Xi instantly didn't care. Anyway, the purpose of the Han Dynasty was not to directly hammer Guishuang to death. To be precise, killing Guishuang was not the goal of the Han Dynasty. On the contrary, it was the Ganges and Indus river basins in Nangui. This was the purpose of the Han Dynasty to attack Guishang.
Therefore, as long as Guishang ran away, the Han Dynasty would win the final victory. As for whether this victory was achieved by killing Kushan or by running away, there was actually no difference.
As for the Kushans going to Africa or something like that, to be honest, at that level, it would be very troublesome for the Han Dynasty to fight against others, but it is not easy for the Kushans to fight against the Han Dynasties. This can be regarded as a result of a complete victory. Besides, this is not It's just a guess.
"It sounds like if this really happens, Kushan will be in trouble." Guan Yu obviously had a headache. After all, he was the commander-in-chief of the battle against Kushan. Guan Yu still had a very thorough understanding of Kushan's strength. This country looked relatively weak. , but if you really want to talk about combat effectiveness, it actually still has it.
It is even an exaggeration to say that Kushan's steel production was greater than that of Rome. The Romans were a little crazy during this period. They brought iron ore from Egypt to the mainland for smelting. However, because the iron ore in Egypt was larger than that in the Central Plains, The iron ore in Rome was even worse, and the smelting technology of Rome itself was not as good as that of the Han Dynasty, so the steel output was average.
This is also the reason why Pompianus gathered the Celtics from behind. After all, no matter whether you are happy or unhappy, you have to admit that Celtic’s casting and smelting technology is still the strongest in Europe, and it has evolved from the early crucible method. , which is close to the meaning of steel frying in the Han Dynasty.
It is precisely because of the addition of the Celts that Rome's steel production is soaring rapidly. Coupled with the open-pit high-quality iron ore origin brought by the Celts, Rome's current steel production is close to 10,000 tons, and Kuishang is a bit miserable now, but it is still at the level of 10,000 tons.
To be honest, the annual output of 10,000 tons in the Cold Weapon Age was actually very terrifying, which almost meant that it could easily arm 500,000 armored soldiers. Kushan basically relied on the legacy of the Brahmins to reach this level easily.
This is also the reason why Guan Yu felt that after learning the detailed data of Kushan, Kushan still had quite strong combat effectiveness. With this steel output, if it weren't for the organizational power of Kushan garbage? Give Rahul and his group hundreds of thousands. Soldiers, even if Guan Yu wanted to chew them, it would be difficult for him to chew them.
You must know that in the early days under the Brahmin system, some of the Kushan soldiers were not qualified to wear armor. It was not that they did not have armor, but they were not qualified. If you are not a Kshatriya, why should you wear armor? Just get a cloth armor and wear it. What's more, coupled with the chaotic management here? There are obviously enough supplies in the warehouse, but they cannot be distributed to the soldiers.
This leads to the fact that Kushan's data, which was quite a headache after Guan Yu read it, has not been fully utilized at all. But now that Vesudeva I has crushed the Brahmins? As long as Kushan's paper data can be fully utilized, then it will be another one. A good man.
"Isn't that a joke? Kushan's paper strength has always been quite strong, and the country's hematopoietic ability is outrageous." Chen Xi waved his hand and said, "But the route chosen by Vesuthiva I is fine? But all the route changes It will cause chaos, and in the next few years, steel production under the Kushan system will decline a lot."
This time, it is not because of management and system problems that the company cannot reach its upper limit, but because of a very real problem, system changes, which caused Kushan's upper limit to drop rapidly to a certain level. To put it simply, in the short term, Kushan's steel output can no longer exceed 10,000.
Although Brahmins are rubbish, under the management of Brahmins, the caste system constrains each caste very well. Vaishyas in the natural craftsman industry operate according to regulations day after day, year after year under the Brahmin system. .
These people know what to produce and what to do, just like the old Soviet Union. Even if the system is indeed a bit cheating, even if it runs to the end, the Soviet Union can actually continue to feed all the people in their country.
But after the system is reformed overnight, even if there is no external invasion and the change can be carried out smoothly, it is impossible to have enough manpower to penetrate the system's tentacles into all aspects. Naturally, various chaos will occur, which will lead to a decrease in productivity.
Kushan is currently experiencing the same situation. The direction is correct. The advantages brought by the merger of political power and religious power were very obvious during the feudal monarchy period.
Even the collapse of Byzantium was not actually caused by the influence of XX unity. To be precise, it was because there was a new XX unity force next door that defeated them, and because they were heretics, their own side could not defeat them. , so it’s over.
Theoretically speaking, although this system is bad, it was at the forefront of world history at least before the fifteenth century. However, as long as it is a system, when it changes, it will cause internal shocks, and these shocks will inevitably Loss of one's own strength.
Even if the new system bursts out with new vitality in the future and can surpass the previous limits, it will take time to verify. As for the short term, unless we pursue reform instead of revolution.
Chen Xi is a reformist who tinkers with things, but the repairs seem to be okay anyway.
"But even if the steel output is nearly 10,000 tons, it will not be too weak as long as it is used." Guan Yu shook his head, thinking of hundreds of thousands of armored soldiers, he had a headache.
"If Sima hadn't made a decisive decision and stabbed the Brahmin to death, it wouldn't have been nearly 10,000 tons. In the situation at that time, the Brahmin would have switched sides with a high probability. Even if XX unification was not adopted, the political power would have prevailed over the religious power, not before. A stalemate." Chen Xi shook his head and said.
Although the people of the Sima family caused more harm, this group of people had really good vision, because at that time, if the Brahmin was not stabbed to death, even if Vesudev I did not react in the early stage, Vesudev I would surrender sooner or later. Brahmins make deals.
If the deal involves overthrowing the Brahmin, it will definitely not succeed. The Brahmin will definitely fight with the Brahmin, but a deal of this level is impossible to happen while Zhu Helai is still alive.
Judging from the contents of Sima Zhang's suicide note before his death, Sima Zhang concluded that after Vesudeva I recovered, he would most likely follow Zhu He's instructions and ask the Brahmins to trade Vaishyas representing handicrafts and craftsmen to him.
This transaction will definitely be successful. Brahmins have absolutely no pressure to sell garbage castes when they don't have many choices. This is something that has happened countless times in history.
But the Vaishya caste in this era represents almost a high degree of division of labor among craftsmen, handicrafts, and complete upstream and downstream collaboration.
Even though Sima Zhang doesn't understand much about this, Sima Zhang is not blind. He is almost the biological father of the Shulak family. He often wants to make something by himself, and the Shulak family will quickly do it. Vaishya's Fine division of labor is enough to support a lot of things.
It can be said that the founders of the Brahmins left a hand of Tianhu cards to their descendants. As a result, the Brahmin people had to break it up and play it. But even if the cards are not directly played now, the foundation is still there. If someone is better, If you gather them together, it will be another good deck of cards.
This is also the reason why Sima Zhang made a decisive decision and risked his life to kill the Brahmin, because if the Brahmin was not stabbed to death by himself, there was a high probability that Vesudeva I would take over the complete craftsman system.
The Brahmins were unable to turn this system around because they each played their own roles. But if they were all concentrated in the hands of Vesudev I, then even if they could not perform 200%, or they could perform 90%, there would be big problems. very.
This is also the reason why Sima Zhang seized the opportunity and took the Brahmin away directly. If he didn't take away the Brahmin, when Vesudev I completely overwhelmed the Brahmin and was qualified to pick and choose the Brahmin's resources, something big would really happen.
"The Sima family probably forcibly cut the upper limit of Kuishang by 50%. It is true that Kushan will become stronger and stronger in the past five or six years, but due to management and organization, their steel output cannot be increased to Twenty thousand tons." Chen Xi said with a smile, "So it is true that it is difficult to deal with, but this is much better than the situation we may have faced before."
The output of 20,000 tons of steel means that in addition to arming all the winning soldiers, Kushan can also invest more steel in intensive farming and fighting a protracted war. Even though Kushan is in a state of embarrassment now, as long as the front line can withstand it, the food supply at the rear will be The output can keep up, and Kuishang's overall strength is not weak.
"I think we should consider the issue of large-scale migration of Kushans I mentioned." Gan Ning said again, "Although Zhou Gongjin is so powerful that he is about to take off, in fact, if you think about it, you know that the Indian Ocean is so big, and It’s not Malacca. Do we have the Indian Ocean route map? At most, we can suppress Kushan, but it is impossible to block Kushan.”
Chen Xi nodded when he heard this. It was indeed the case, but so what. "If Kushan runs away, we will win. We are not trying to destroy the Kushan regime. We are just for the Kushan territory. They are Staying and moving will save you some trouble.”
"I mean what if they counterattack? The mountains are high over there and the emperor is far away, beyond the reach of the whip." Gan Ning scratched his head, "And with a generation of people reorganizing, they can really develop."
"The Da Yueshi have already run away from the Xiongnu once. They ran away last time and never came back. This time, run away and leave as many people as possible." Chen Xi said nonchalantly, run away!
