Mythic version of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 6610 It Doesn’t Matter

Of course, those who had ugly expressions were mainly the counselors headed by Jia Xu, Li You, Guo Jia and Fa Zheng. Zhuge Liang had basically no expression on his face after reading the secret letter. As for Chen Xi, Chen Xi had actually gone off work when the secret letter was delivered. It was Li You who sent someone to Chen's house to forcibly bring Chen Xi over.

However, after Chen Xi came over and read the secret letter, to be honest, he didn't feel much of it. In fact, the impact of this thing on Chen Xi was not as great as the fall of Locust Sky.

After all, Chen Xi's idea of ​​fighting the Kushans has never changed. The main force on the Ganges front is only to maintain the military momentum and delay time. If he really wants to annihilate the Kushans and rule that area, he has to wait until the southwest passage is repaired, and then millions of troops can push forward directly.

As for what tricks the Kushans could come up with during this period, Chen Xi actually didn't care much. No matter how outrageous the tricks were, they were just tactical operations for this strategic situation and would not affect the final situation. So it didn't matter. It didn't matter what the Kushans could get from Rome.

In any case, the Kushan strategic weapons cannot be used on the surface, and conventional tactics cannot go against the general trend.

"Cheer up, everyone. What's the point of that look?" Chen Xi threw the secret report aside casually. In his opinion, the secret collusion between the Kushans and Rome was inevitable.

"I'm just thinking about how much trouble the Roman Empire and the Kushan Empire will cause after allocating resources." Guo Jia said helplessly. He can now effectively control whether he has spiritual talent or not. Although it is not perfect, at least he will not be a random jinx.

"Even if this hadn't happened, Rome's support for Kushan was inevitable." Chen Xi said indifferently, "If you think about it carefully, you can even remember that to this day, the three emperors arranged by the Roman Empire in Kushan have not been transferred back."

Maxinus's group was actually quite powerful. According to Chen Xi's estimation, they should have risen to the rank of commander-in-chief of a large legion by now. After all, they were all extremely powerful men who had truly ascended to the pinnacle of Roman emperors in history. It was basically only a matter of time before they became commanders of a large legion. The fact that this had not been exposed yet was due, on the one hand, to the fact that these three had been fighting on the flanks, and on the other hand, to the fact that the Kushans had positioned the three in a very positive light.

If we really talk about the strength of support, the three things that the Roman Empire brought to Kushan were actually not much different in terms of lethality from the top legions that the Han Dynasty gave to Parthia. The only difference was that those legions of the Han Dynasty were displayed in the open, while these three things needed the support of the Kushan Empire's troops to show their value that was no less than the elite legions of the Han Dynasty.

But to be honest, there isn't much difference.

"Speaking of which, why do you always call those three Mark XXX guys the Three Emperor Maru?" Fa Zheng asked curiously.

"How should I put it? Based on my stargazing ability, those three have the qualifications to become Roman emperors as citizens." Chen Xi thought about it and made up a random excuse, "So I usually call those three guys the Three Emperor Pills. After all, they have the qualifications to be emperors."

After saying this, everyone present looked at each other in bewilderment. Even though they all knew that the emperor of the Roman Empire actually meant the military commander, it was still scary to call him that. A thing that can command three large legions? Are you kidding?

Zhuge Liang stopped reviewing the documents and looked at Chen Xi with a scrutinizing gaze. Chen Xi thought for a moment and nodded. The military ability of the Roman emperor had to be recognized. These three guys had all become emperors in history, so as commanders of large armies, at least their qualifications were no problem.

"Is Rome crazy?" Jia Xu said angrily. There weren't many commanders of their own armies, so why did they send three guys to Kushan? Did they really not take the commanders of their armies seriously? They didn't have many of them!
"I think that the Roman Empire also raised the same question when it saw the emergence of our Han Dynasty in Parthia." Zhuge Liang answered on behalf of Chen Xi. Chen Xi thought about it and nodded heavily. Seeing Chen Xi nod, Zhuge Liang had nothing to say. It turns out that you knew it back then.

"So what you mean is that Rome actually knows that these three people may have such qualifications, right?" Fa Zheng asked Chen Xi with a heavy look on his face.

"Even Severus had to pursue stability to a certain extent, so I never doubted whether Rome knew that these three people might be qualified." Chen Xi said calmly, "I was just thinking about how Rome would handle this matter."

Although blacks, barbarians, and slaves could become citizens, and even become emperors if they had enough qualifications and merits, if three of these people appeared in one generation, the foundation of the Roman Empire would be in jeopardy.

So in essence, Severus exiled these three guys to Kushan to establish their merits, in fact, he had the idea of ​​eliminating his own hidden dangers.

Judging from the fact that the Roman Empire never mentioned this expeditionary force nor counted its achievements over the years, from the very beginning, the top leaders of the Roman Empire had no intention of letting this group of people come back. It would be fine if they were absorbed by the Kushans or died in battle there, but they would never allow three non-citizens and obviously different guys to attack the foundation of the Roman Empire.

"So you don't have to worry too much. The opponents are still the same opponents. The current situation of the Roman Empire is not likely to give too much support to Kushan. The most it can do is to ask Kushan to provide more supplies and then unlock advanced applications." Chen Xi said very calmly. He was very open-minded about this kind of thing.

"Are you sure those three guys can command a large army?" Jia Xu's face looked a little ugly.

"There is a high probability that he can go up. To be honest, it is just a matter of time." Chen Xi said very seriously. In fact, Chen Xi realized this since Maximinus was able to fight with Zhang Fei and break Zhang Fei's flanking attack earlier. The only difference is that the commander of a large legion without a large enough army is no different from a normal legion commander.

Just like the joke in which Lü Bu challenged the Four Saints alone, and allowed the Four Saints to bring Sun Bin with them, but Lü Bu was still able to defeat five of them alone. Are the Four Saints weak? No, it's because the Four Saints didn't bring any soldiers...

Similarly, the three Emperor Maru were unable to exert their own combat effectiveness. To put it bluntly, it was because they only brought so many soldiers. Up to now, those who were still alive in the expeditionary force originally brought from Europe were probably elite veteran backbones.

The problem is that as the host, Vasudeva I was already giving face by replenishing the guest army normally. It would be nonsense to want to replenish the guest army in excess of the quota.

In fact, it is impossible for this concept to exist in the mind of Vasudeva I.

But if Severus had stated at the high-level meeting between the two sides that the three people he sent were qualified to command a large army, then Vasudeva I would have definitely taken a gamble with no choice, and at least give the three people to increase the size of the troops to the scale that a large army should have.

As for who to send as military supervisor after the troops are replenished to this scale, that is another matter. At least with this high-level meeting as endorsement, Vasudeva I, who would never have thought of this way, would consider it.

"But you don't have to worry about Vasudeva I replenishing the troops of the three emperors. Even if the Kushans have the troops, they will not do so." Chen Xi said calmly.

Li You glanced at Chen Xi upon hearing this and said nothing. No normal person would do this. If three foreign generals really held 70% of the country's military forces in their hands, then it would be meaningless to supervise the army or not. He would just need to consider the name of this country.

"So the only possible difficulty is that we will encounter two large legion commanders in subsequent battles." Chen Xi said calmly.

"Two?" Fa Zheng raised an eyebrow. "Oh, the other one is Kusroyi. To be honest, I really don't understand what Kusroyi is thinking. My spiritual talent is to understand the mind, but the more I think about Kusroyi's behavior, the more confused I feel."

"Well, Kusroyi is a real commander of a large army. There is nothing much to say about this." Li You said expressionlessly. He had met Kusroyi before, and he was indeed a character.

"Kusroyi should be able to be won over," Jia Xu said with a frown, "but we have sent people to test him many times, but to no avail. We don't know what he is thinking. As a Dalit, he should naturally hate the Nangui system. After gaining power, he should choose to rebel against Nangui or leave Nangui as soon as possible."

"You guys are overthinking it." Chen Xi said helplessly, "Have you ever considered that Kusroyi doesn't trust anyone except Oswin? In addition, he has read too few books and his character has matured a long time ago. He can't change his consciousness at all."

After the age of 25, many of people's consciousness has been fixed and is difficult to change. People after this age have their own way of understanding the world, and it is difficult for them to change at the consciousness level. To put it bluntly, they have lost their plasticity.

In Chen Xi's opinion, Kusroyi's situation is actually very simple. He just read too little and suffered too much. His faith was shattered when he was working hard to improve himself. In the end, he could not trust anyone. He could only put his hope in power, and let those who were willing to believe in him use the power he gave them to change their lives.

From this point of view, Chen Xi actually admires Kusroyi very much. This guy has suffered so many heavy blows, and his Taoist heart has been shattered by the Dalit-Chola Dynasty, but in the end he still walked on the right path.

Just as Khusroyi showed to his predecessor Guo Si and the new king Kou Jun, it was difficult for him to determine how to rescue the Dalits, nor did he know whether he could effectively save the Dalits, nor could he be sure whether the path he had chosen then and now was correct. But at least now he could give his power to the Dalits who needed it, and then let the Dalits make their own choices.

Right or wrong, whether the Dalits who possess this power do good or bad, at least compared to the worst and most desperate dark world where there is no choice, this power can give the Dalits a chance to choose, a chance to change their destiny.

"So Kusroyi is indeed a hero. You can say he is ignorant or stupid, but he is indeed a hero. He gave those people the opportunity to resist fate and choose their own lives, whether to become Han people, become Kshatriyas, or save other Dalits. This is the power to break the shackles. He just can't find the best answer." Chen Xi said calmly.

Chen Xi has a very high opinion of Kusroyi. Even though he is a hostile general, Chen Xi admires him very much.

The only pity is probably the Han Dynasty where Chen Xi is. Kusroyi doesn't trust it. But think about it, Kusroyi doesn't even trust himself, and even doesn't trust Dalit who follows behind him. This guy is purely using his shattered heart of Tao to maintain the signpost of moving forward as much as possible, so that Dalit, who has fallen into the mud, will not fall into hell.

For this kind of person, you can judge that he is limited by the constraints of the times and cannot do his best, but you cannot rashly think that what he does is wrong.

"It's better to read more books. If he had read more books, this wouldn't have happened." Jia Xu said with a tone that was unclear whether it was a sigh or a teasing tone. Chen Xi nodded silently when he heard it. Indeed, reading more books can solve many problems. Kusroyi's problem was largely due to the fact that he read too few books, and some of the ideas he absorbed from Rahul were out of touch with society.

"In short, if Kusroyi dies at our hands, we will bury him with military honors. It can be regarded as a kind of recognition. However, I don't think he will accept dying at our hands. He would rather die at the hands of Dalits than at our hands." Chen Xi said calmly.

"I always feel that the Kushan Empire has a lot of resources, but they are not using them correctly." Fa Zheng said with a somewhat depressed tone. It is more painful to watch a fool mess up a good hand of cards than to play with a bad hand yourself.

"It doesn't matter. Let's talk about it after we finish dealing with the Kushans." Chen Xi glanced at Fa Zheng and waved his hand, saying, "Notify Weishuo and ask him to be prepared. The next stage of annihilating the locust swarm will all depend on Weishuo. And Xinzhou..."

Chen Xi knew what Sima Lang had done, but this time Chen Xi did not send anyone to persuade him. Helping twice would be enough. This was the third time. In the matter of releasing grain in Xinzhou, there was indeed no legal flaw in what Sima Lang did. But if a bureaucrat with an official salary of 2,000 stones killed another bureaucrat with an official salary of 2,000 stones in the street and then committed suicide to apologize, there would be no legal flaw either.

At least this is the case in Han law, especially when there is a reason. Even if the reason is fabricated, at least there is no flaw in legal theory.

"The locusts should reach the central part of New South Wales at most. After all, their scale has been reduced by 90%, and it is not much different from the second round." Zhuge Liang took a look at the report from East Africa and gave his own judgment. After all, the scale is so large, no matter how outrageous it is, it will only be like this.

"Well, let Weishuo block it first. If he can block it, that's the best. If he can't..." Chen Xi looked at Li You, "Wenru, do you have any suitable governors to recommend?"

Li You glanced at Chen Xi and already knew who Chen Xi was talking about. Everyone in the inner court was aware of what Xinzhou Governor Sima Lang had done, but no one had mentioned it specifically.

The so-called reasonable and legal, in other words, completely ignores the words "adapt to circumstances in an emergency". Being flexible and adaptable is a very important core for both Confucius and Mencius. Without this thing, many of the benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness will become weapons to kill people.

As the saying goes, "Men and women should not touch each other, it is a courtesy; if a sister-in-law is drowning, it is a courtesy to save her with her hand." At this time, there is no difference between considering what is reasonable and legal and killing someone. Therefore, if Sima Lang died because of this incident, Chen Xi could only choose to handle the matter in a reasonable and legal way.

Among the large families in Central Asia, there must be a senior official who can take the blame. And when you sanction others reasonably, don't blame others for sanctioning you in the same way.

When it comes to rules, the most important thing is conscience, the second most important thing is IQ, and the third most important thing is the professional knowledge of how to make the rules. If you have a conscience but no IQ, you will at most be fooled by others. If you have no conscience but have IQ, and if you also have some professional knowledge of how to make the rules, it will be too easy for you to become a beast, and the harm you can cause will be too terrible.

"Wang Xiu." Li You said calmly.

Chen Xi glanced at Li You and said nothing. When one reaches the rank of two thousand stones, many things need to be considered. It is no longer a question of who is the person, but the people who can be ranked have their own qualifications and background, and each one is selected from the best.

"Then let's choose him. If something really happens later, he will be transferred to Xinzhou." Chen Xi said calmly.

Speaking of which, Chen Xi and the Sima family had a very good relationship in the early days, but as time went by, the friendship between Chen Xi and the Sima family gradually faded away. Although it still exists now, it is far from what it used to be.

"No longer safe?" Li You asked in front of Chen Xi.

"I've already protected him twice. It would be out of line to protect him again." Chen Xi sighed and said, "This time it depends on his luck. If he is not dead, we should transfer Wang Xiu to be the governor of Xinzhou and Sima to Youzhou as the governor."

"Is that so?" Zhuge Liang lowered his head and thought for a while. He felt that if Sima Lang had not died, it would be acceptable to transfer him to Youzhou as the governor. So he nodded, agreeing to this relatively outrageous transfer.

The current transfer of a powerful governor will have a huge impact, but considering Sima Lang's situation, it is not too outrageous. After all, since he chose to go to Xinzhou to plan for the future of the Sima family, he has completely lost the possibility of being transferred back to Chang'an.

"Do you have any objections?" Chen Xi looked at Guo Jia and Fa Zheng and asked.

"I have objections to the proposal for Media." Fa Zheng had no interest in Sima Lang's transfer, but he was very dissatisfied with the way Media was assigned.

Sigh, I haven't been on QQ recently, I don't know how to describe how miserable I am