That's what they said, but in fact there was only one reason why Cui Jun gave up going to Kandahar, because it was too far away, and the main force of the Cui family and the Yang family actually had no way to go.
From the inner side of the Caucasus Mountains to Herat, the distance is more than 1,300 kilometers because we have to avoid the Caspian Sea, and it takes several hundred kilometers to get from Herat to Kandahar. Even though Ma Chao only took a month to get there It's over, let's go if it's Cui's turn.
No matter how fast the Euphorbias marched, they could still outpace the Xiliang cavalry. If they really wanted to rush over, it might take next year. And when next year, Cui Jun thought about how to finish all the battles. He might as well be more realistic and deliver the goods from the Caspian Sea. , rowing directly to Eastern Europe.
This is the safest route, and it is also the fastest and most effective way. As for the Anping Guo Family, Cui Jun has been positioned as a white glove from the beginning. There is a high probability that even the Euphorbia warriors do not need to go through the Anping Guo Family, but Depart directly from Caucasus to Yuan's house.
To be honest, if he really wanted to hand over Euphorbia to Anping Guo, Cui Jun would have to think about Guo Zhao's situation, so he would just complete the handover directly with a voucher.
As for the so-called handover from the Cui family to the Guo family in Anping, after the handover, Guo Zhao was asked to hand over to Eastern Europe. That was nonsense. The official transaction method was that the Cui family informed Guo Zhao, and Guo Zhao handed over the Euphorbia to Yuan family, then let Cui transfer it and that would be it.
In fact, Cui didn't need to transfer. Cui shipped from the Caucasus, took the Caspian Sea, and then took the Volga River directly to Huangfu Song's Volga River camp.
Essentially speaking, this business did not surpass the Anping Guo family at all. It was just that the Anping Guo family got the corresponding benefits. It was just like the liberation of Libya. French chickens did it, but French chickens were not the only ones who really wanted this result. .
It can only be said that the Cui family just stood firm, and when it was time to take the independent path, and also did not want to have anything to do with the Yuan family, they just returned it when the Yuan family needed it most. From then on, we will not owe each other anything. The Cui family doesn’t want your Yuan family’s resources either.
On the contrary, choosing the Anping Guo family is essentially a random selection of a greedy big family, and the Anping Guo family matches everything, so it is transferred to the Anping Guo family. As for how much benefit can be obtained from it, to be honest, This time it really depends on Anping Guo's ability.
"Should this be considered a complete end with the Yuan family?" Cui Lin sighed and said, "The Euphorbia is really easy to use. If it can really complete the smelting of the burst of power, and cooperate with the heavy armor defense, in addition to the heavy guards, They are the absolute best in China.”
"Maybe there will be resurrection." Cui Jun said with a smile. Cui Lin had nothing to say. If resurrection ability is added to this, then he can only rely on will attacks to fight.
"If you return it to the Yuan family at this time, that guy will owe a favor. Although the Yuan family will not express anything, they will help when it is really in danger." Cui Jun said calmly, "As for resources and so on It’s no longer needed, we can just stabilize the country now.”
Cui Lin nodded when he heard this, "Then we will take the route of Qi's martial arts warriors next? Relatively speaking, this route is not very strong."
"Everyone is not strong now. This is the most suitable time for us to change talents." Cui Jun waved his hand and said, "It depends on you. Strength and weakness still need to be coordinated. After all, we have not developed to the next level. stage."
After all, Cui Lin has a very good mind, and he naturally understands the state of the Cui family, and even most aristocratic families. He couldn't help but sigh, "We are still far away from the next stage, and can we reach the next stage?" It’s still a problem.”
"Let's see." Cui Jun sent Cui Lin away.
The aristocratic families that are still alive and kicking now more or less have some skills. Even before the heaven changed, there were still imperial guards. However, after the collapse of the sky, the imperial guards were basically wiped out, except for the Taiyuan Wang family. He is a serious general, but other families can support hundreds of them, and at least they have zero eggs. Most of them can't guarantee full strength with dual talents.
But the same situation is basically the same for Cao Cao, Yuan Tan, and Sun Ce. Except for one or two of the top headquarters of the Imperial Guards under their command, which are still at full strength, the rest have also been downgraded due to taking shortcuts, and after being downgraded, The situation is almost the same as there used to be a full regiment of Guards, but now there are nearly a thousand Guards.
Cao Cao has relatively more troops here. Of course, these are mainly the veterans of the Central Guards who Cao Cao prostituted from Yongliang. The scale is not large, about 10,000 people, but Cao Cao did not completely integrate them into a legion. Scattered among various legions as middle and lower-level generals.
Before the heaven changes, Cao Cao was ready to retire triple-melted veterans like Li Jiong, because in terms of strength, they who were almost fifty years old, compared with those in their early twenties, relied on the overflow of talent to reach the limit. The soldiers of the Guards did not have any obvious advantages.
Although I have to admit that the skills transformed from the talent of smelting will not be lost. Even when they are close to fifty years old, the combat effectiveness of people like Li Jiong has declined, but they are still at the level of the Imperial Guard. But it was meaningless to Cao Cao at that time.
After the change, veterans like Li Jiong, who were nothing special before but were about to retire, became prominent. Even though the talent strength of the legion they joined did not reach the dual talent limit, their strength declined compared to the previous time when they were members of the Imperial Guard. .
But the foundation of the triple smelting is still there. Even if the talent strength of the entire army is not strong enough, it can still exert the strength of the Imperial Guards steadily, but it is relatively weaker.
This is what Lao Cao has to do next. He needs to select the Imperial Guards who have been restricted due to insufficient collective talent strength from ordinary soldiers and reorganize the Imperial Guards, because these people are all in the smelting industry. The route of talent skills means that they have some talents that they have mastered to a considerable level.
On the other hand, if these soldiers are gathered together and have sufficient commonality of talents, they can restore at least two full guards in a very short period of time.
If it didn't make sense to do this before, when these soldiers were normally the backbone of the middle and lower-level generals under their command, such direct transfer would affect the overall combat effectiveness of the legion.
But it's different now. Lao Cao had previously planned to retire these veterans who were nearly fifty years old, so he arranged for new middle- and lower-level generals early.
At that time, when Li Jiong taught the skills of the centurion, he actually explained the problem. He had already resigned as centurion, and he only helped the new centurion in the procession, and then retired after the Chinese New Year. Therefore, these people were removed. Doesn't affect combat effectiveness much.
This was also the first thing Cao Cao had to do after withdrawing to Kandahar. Do you really think I don’t have any imperial guards? My batch of skill-smelting Imperial Guards was sent to the legion as the backbone by me. Now that the weather has changed, those who took shortcuts have been beaten back to their original form. The subordinate soldiers are also led by middle- and lower-level backbones. A single Imperial Guard soldier is among the large army. There is no point in winning, so recall it!
In fact, Rome and the Yuan family are in the same situation, and it is much more serious than Cao Cao's. However, Rome and the Yuan family have not noticed this yet. The former is because of the prime-age soldiers, and the young soldier system has recovered with the spirit of heaven and earth. As for the Collapse, the latter was purely for internal affairs management, dividing half of the elite backbone of nearly 100,000 people back then and handing them down to the people.
The most embarrassing thing about Rome at that time was that due to the recovery of the spirit of heaven and earth, the strength of the young soldiers quickly caught up with the old soldiers, so Severus merged the legion system, and then let the middle-aged people go home to recuperate, using the impulsive hero's Young people are the main force.
Tianbeng knocked all the young people back to their original shape, but when the prime-age soldiers were first trained, the essence of heaven and earth was not as nonsense as it is now. Those people are now forty years old, and the talent for smelting is still there, but Severus Send these people out of the army.
In fact, we can still maintain the legion of the Guards. Except for the super elites who have been fighting on the front line for these years and have not stopped at all, the rest are all former veterans. Earlier, I wanted to take a shortcut, but There are no shortcuts to take.
It's just that these veterans are older. Even if they have developed muscle and physical talents, their peak period will be longer, but after the age of fifty, they will actually decline. In addition, the major forces of the Han army, They also paid more attention to the population, so they eliminated the veterans in batches.
This is also why the Han family has more imperial guards in proportion, because the Han family generally only has one or two legions, and their two legions themselves have procured the seeds of the imperial guards in vain, and these seeds cannot be retired. , changes in weather will not affect these veterans who were members of the Imperial Guard around 180 years ago.
To say something exaggerated, Qi Xuan, the commander of the old guard of the Kou family in Changsha who is more than 60 years old and almost 70 years old, no matter how old he is, he will still be at the level of the guard after the heaven changes. He will not be able to do it at all. If you drop it, the stamina bar will be even more rubbish at most, but most opponents are not qualified to greet each other's stamina bar on the battlefield.
But in essence, these people have actually retired from the army, or have even retired from the army, especially before the change of weather. They were also members of the Imperial Guard, and there was not much difference in strength between the two sides. Anyone with a normal mind would know how to use a twenty-year-old Young and strong, not old men in their fifties or sixties.
Even if the latter is experienced.
In fact, the current situation in Rome and the Han Dynasty is also the same. The new generation of the Praetorian Guards is broken. The older generation is okay, but they are too old and too old, and they are a little embarrassed to take it out.
But that was just because he was embarrassed, not because he couldn't take it out. The first thing Cao Cao did when he returned to Kandahar was to reorganize the veterans who were originally going to be ordered to retire.
