sweeping the world

Chapter 1054: Can Ah San be saved?

Ran Min originally wanted to rush back to the mainland, but the imperial edict from the center arrived one step ahead.

Rome and Sassanid organized the anti-Chinese axis, and among their many followers were Vagādāga and Two Satrap, two countries with large territories on the Asan Continent.

Before the Han Empire sent troops to the Asan Continent, the Gupta Empire was in a state of war with Vagathaga and Liangsatrapu. The three parties fought several times in the past ten years, and the usual border conflicts never stopped at all.

In terms of territorial area, Vagādāga and the two Satraps were not much smaller than the Gupta Empire, but their scientific and technological strength and economic strength were not even two-thirds that of the Gupta Empire.

Vagathaga is a country with an army of 30 at ordinary times. Leaving aside the deployment and elite level of the army, anyone who can maintain the size of an army of 30 in non-wartimes is no matter what the current years are. It can be regarded as a small powerhouse in the region.

Once upon a time, Vagadhaga expanded its army to 60, but their 60 troops were firmly held back at the border by the [-] troops of the Gupta Empire. They suffered heavy losses and barely made any progress.

The territory of the two satraps is smaller than that of Vajathaka, and the population is also smaller than that of Vajathaga.This is a phenomenon brought about by the different regions of the two countries. It seems that the Gupta Empire controls the Ganges River Basin and the Indus River Basin.

The size of the army of the two satraps during non-war times has not been reduced to 20 horses. Their main military pressure does not come from the Gupta Empire, but from the Persian Sassan in the north.

Contrary to the fact that Vajathaka always used a huge force to get good results from the Gupta Empire, Liang Satrap was always able to use far less troops than the Gupta Empire to take advantage of it.

Not only did the two Satraps win more than they lost in the war against the Gupta Empire, they were also able to fight back and forth against the Persian Sasanians.

"So, should we fight against Gadaga or the two satraps first?"

"According to logic, it is only right to pick the weakest persimmons. But once something is done, the other country will not just watch."

"Then hit the stronger one first!"

"In fact, the best way to deal with it is to fight together."

Ran Min stood beside the mountain and river map, looking at the terrain display and city landmarks with his eyes, and listening to the discussion of the praise paintings.

They came to Asan Continent to inspect their fiefdom.I didn't have time to go to the fief for a stroll, I just went to Fahrenheit City from Cuttack to visit the scenery, and then the news of the outbreak of the war came.

There are six marquises in the group, among whom Ran Min, Fu Shou, and Zhang Shi have the highest titles. When calculating the merits of the feudal state, Ran Min leads the way. Among the 24 high-ranking people, most of them have military merits. eighteen.

Under an edict, a group of people formed the Tianzhu shogunate. Of course the lord of the shogunate was Ran Min. Fu Shou and Zhang Shi became left and right long histories. The remaining people will be assigned to military ranks, and what the shogunate lacks at this point is a sufficient number of grassroots officers.

"Use a standing army to attack Vagādāga, and use the armed Asan to block the two satraps first." Fu Shou touched the goatee on his chin and asked, "How?"

There is no organized firearms force on the Asan Continent. The two standing armies were brought over by Huan Wen to participate in the invasion last time. They were stationed in the Asan Continent after the fall of the Gupta Empire.

The last time Huan Wen brought more than 5 county soldiers and civilian warriors, but after the demise of the Gupta Empire, the organization was disbanded. The county soldiers returned to the country by boat, and the civilian warriors were really disbanded.

Most of the folk Xiaoguo were hired by nobles who had fiefs in the Asan Continent, and those who were not hired stayed in the Asan Continent to look for opportunities.

This time, Ran Min opened the shogunate, asking the Tianzhu Protectorate to post a notice to recruit Han Chinese in the Asan Continent to join the army, and at the same time, to recruit the state-owned nobles in the Asan Continent.Their joining made up for the lack of military officers at the grassroots level, which can be regarded as making up for the various functions of the shogunate.

The so-called "It is easy to get a thousand armies but hard to find a general" means that the army must have qualified commanders, but only one qualified commander is definitely not enough, and a supporting chain of command is also needed.

In view of the fact that the main composition of the army is Asan, Ran Min pinched his nose and accepted that Kshatriya should be part of the chain of command, just don't expect him to give Kshatriya any important position.

In general, Ran Min is quite satisfied with the command hub components of the Tianzhu Shogunate.The only thing he was dissatisfied with was the source of troops. The Kshatriya, which he despised before, gave him enough surprises. The Kshatriya was not as useless as he imagined. In terms of quality, it can be considered excellent.

As for the Brahmins?Ran Min can completely ignore this class.He does not participate in the governance of Asan Continent, and the Brahmins will not become his troubles. It is the Tianzhu Protectorate to communicate with the Brahmins for food and other supplies.

In just three months, the 30 troops Ran Min needed had been sent.He didn't have too many expectations for the quality of the troops from the beginning. After personally inspecting the camp, he was not disappointed because he had no expectations.

"Except for the Kshatriya Army, the rest of the untouchable teams..." Ran Min looked at Fushou: "It's too numb and too loose."

"This is a social situation unique to Ah San." Fu Shou wanted to tell Ran Min. If not for this, it would not have been easy for the Han Empire to destroy the Gupta Empire: "Ah San under the rule of the Han Dynasty was classified as a pariah by themselves. The number of this class is about seven million. Recruiting them does not cost anything, and you can even receive a large amount of income."

This is also Ah San's unique sentiment. When the untouchables are recruited, they not only have to provide their own weapons but also pay taxes. However, don't expect them to have any sophisticated equipment. You should laugh if you don't accept the recruitment with nothing.

"We have recruited 13 Asan untouchables this time, 16 from Sudra, and the rest are the Kshatriya Army." Distribution: "In Asan's caste system, Sudras are the most numerous. They were surprised when we recruited Sudras."

According to Ah San's own classification, Sudras actually belonged to the class of hybrids. The vast majority of them were conquered aborigines, composed of senior servants and craftsmen who served and cooked meals.In the caste system, the offspring of two parents from different castes are called miscellaneous castes.

This large-scale recruitment of Sudras indeed broke Asan's tradition.In the past, it was not that the Sudra class was not recruited, but only a small part was recruited, mainly the group of Sudras who were human shields.

When Qian Jiantong issued the call-up order, the Brahmins were the first to object. The reason for their objection was that the number of call-ups was too large.

Even if the Han Empire is under siege from all over the world, there will be no weakness at all. Qian Jiantong’s answer to the Brahmins is very direct. As the most noble class on the Asan continent, it is already a very benevolent act for the Han people to retain the Asan system. , making some rule changes is the right of the most noble class, don’t beep blindly.

Sudras were recruited in large numbers because the untouchables were too poor and the Tianzhu shogunate had no way of distributing weapons to them. Most of the untouchables would only step onto the battlefield with wooden sticks in hand.

Although Sudras are low caste, their situation will be better, at least they have money to arm themselves when they are recruited.

According to the recruiting traditions of the Zhuxias, it is not the Shudras and untouchables who should be recruited the most, but the Kshatriyas and Vaishyas.

The Kshatriya can be regarded as a family of military exploits. If Zhuxia mobilizes, the first to mobilize is the family of military exploits.

The Vaishyas are considered to be the merchant class. In the mobilization system of the Xia, merchants and sons-in-law are the relatively high recruitment groups.

According to Zhu Xia's conscription system, the Sudras and untouchables in the Ah San caste system would be the lower-ranked groups in the conscription sequence.

Zhu Xia has always known which type of group is most useful on the battlefield. For example, he will give priority to recruiting the good family members among the people. In addition to the good family members having a clean family background, they also have enough property to arm themselves. In addition, they have enough people to arm themselves. The desire to pursue military merit.The most important thing is that once they desert or surrender, their relatives back home will pay the price.

"We don't want to change them too much." Ran Min sneered and said mockingly, "Let them continue to rot."

The Han people are conquerors, not liberators, and they have no obligation to improve Ah San's system, that's why they don't destroy the caste system.

In fact, Ah San's caste system is very beneficial to the conquerors. Their system was originally set up for the privileges of the conquerors. The conquerors are parachuted down to become the new highest class. Whoever conquers them can immediately become a master. The above is a seamless connection structure.

"Let's go." Ran Mi turned around and stepped forward: "Let's see how the training is going."

In the past, untouchables were recruited without training at all, and they were pulled into the battlefield after they were gathered.

It is not wrong for the Han people to use Asan as cannon fodder, but the military tradition is too long, and they feel that even a short training cannon fodder can change from consuming the enemy's cannon fodder to at least killing some of the enemy's cannon fodder.

"No training is absolutely impossible." Ran Min looked at Ah San who had been numbly trained, and said with a deep frown, "If you can't even obey the most basic orders, what are you doing here?"

There have been countless examples in Zhuxia's military history, proving that the more troops the better, the army should have the most basic ability to dispatch, or it would be a waste of food and sending heads to the enemy.

The most critical thing is that the Tianzhu Shogunate has been training Asan for nearly two months, but the results are almost nonexistent.

"They are too numb." Zhang Shi commented: "They obeyed the call and set foot on the battlefield, not to kill many enemies, but to expect a better afterlife after being killed?"

"..." Ran Min's expression became a little stiff for a moment, and he remembered a very bad past: "We were under Shi Jie's wrath, and we didn't want to die."

There is still a difference, the Han people are numb but numb, but at least they still have the idea of ​​killing as many as possible.

Look at the eyes of those Ah Sans, and then look at their expressions and movements. You can't see anything positive in their eyes. The impatience on their faces coupled with the body movements that cannot be corrected after repeated corrections, is just a combination of Help the guy waiting to die.

Ran Min led everyone away from the untouchable training area, and came to the training area of ​​Sudra, and saw some positive things.

"These guys are relatively better." Zhang Shi commented again: "Compared to untouchables going to the battlefield to seek death, they still know that they are afraid of death."

Sudras are also oppressed in Asan society, but they can still bully untouchables who are worse than themselves, so they can be regarded as a class with more or less hope.

Then the Sudra class also has a special attribute. The ability they can exert is related to what kind of master they serve. The more powerful they serve, the more enthusiastic they will be.

What Ran Min and others saw was that the group of Sudras worked hard to adapt under the training of the Han soldiers, but their foundation was really poor, and they usually needed to be corrected repeatedly to look good.

Shudras are taught how to serve others. They must be able to lose their ferocity and be trained to have a relatively high degree of obedience.

If you have obedience, you will be a good soldier, but if your ferocity is worn away, you will lose the foundation of being a soldier.

If the soldiers are not aggressive, they will look soft and lack momentum, unable to overwhelm the enemy in terms of momentum, and the enemy will fight back fiercely without fear if they can easily win the battle.

"There are words in the art of war, and there is courage in fighting." Zhang Shi looked at the group of Ah San who were extremely obedient but not fierce, and sighed: "They look like this, and they are a lot weaker if they don't fight. Under the rise and fall, the enemy army may become more fierce."

In contemporary Han people's foreign wars, during the stages of recovering the Central Plains and the Northern Expedition to the Grasslands, the battle-loss ratio is usually maintained at about five to one.

A cross-sea expedition was originally a very difficult task, but the battle loss ratio between the Han people and the Gupta Empire was about fifteen to one.

Later, the Han Empire summarized the Battle of Han Ji, and drew many conclusions, including the difference in the elite of the two armies, the gap in field equipment, and especially pointed out the contrast in temperament between the soldiers of the two sides on the battlefield.

The Han people are naturally extremely fierce, which is one of the keys to overwhelm any enemy in terms of momentum. It is not because the Han people have much better equipment than the enemy that they can achieve such a battle loss ratio.

"Vagataka and Two Satraps, are they also Asan, right?" Ran Min asked uncertainly: "Is there any difference?"

What Ran Min meant was that if it was rotten, it meant that all races in the entire continent were equally rotten.

Zhang Shi and Fu Shou looked at each other in blank dismay. They had known each other before. Asan was the emperor's unified name for the people here. In fact, the people on this continent didn't think they were a nation.

……split line……

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