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Chapter 693 How to Conquer Ah San
Although Asanyang's non-system Han warships have increased again and again, they have never exceeded four hundred.Such unsystematic warships are already the limit of the Han Dynasty. It is not that more warships cannot be built, but the navy has insufficient manpower. Even if it is recruited again, it will take time for training.

"We will have more warships." Huan Wen said that a large number of system docks have been built, and warships have begun to be launched: "In terms of number, we will not be less than Ah San, and we can even have several times more!"

Li Mai's status was not as high as Huan Wen's, and he didn't know some secrets that were not secrets. He was relieved after hearing this, but had to ask: "General, when will the reinforcements arrive?"

Huan Wen would never say that the reinforcements do not need to arrive at all. There is already a fleet of more than [-] warships in the rear (Tuwei), and there will be more and more.

"For the time being, let's spend time with them." Huan Wen is still aware of his own disadvantages: "We need more experience in maritime combat."

Li Mai has already got the answer he wants, and he strongly agrees with Huan Wen's accumulation of maritime combat experience.

After the Gupta Dynasty also formed a formation to deal with the attacking formation of the Han army, Li Mai clearly reported to Huan Wen that his own side was indeed inferior to the Gupta Navy in terms of experience in naval warfare, and that the stalemate was entirely due to the fact that his warships were better than the Gupta Navy. Boat.

It must be said that the Han Kingdom actually had only one serious naval war, and the opponent was still the Gupta Dynasty that was at war.Before that, the Han Kingdom had not encountered any opponents at sea at all, and its expansion in the Pacific Ocean can basically be regarded as enclosure rather than conquest.

Before Liu Yan established the Han Kingdom, none of the previous dynasties had experience in naval warfare, and they fought inland water warfare.The experience of inland water warfare is to put it bluntly on the same level as seawater warfare. The water flow above the sea is not one-way, and the battlefield is far beyond the Hanoi water system.

The reason why the Han Navy has repeatedly avoided another sea battle with the Gupta Dynasty is that the number of warships stationed on the side of the Pingman Colonel’s Department is far less than that of the Gupta Navy. naval battle.

"We have been using sabotage warfare to accumulate experience in naval warfare, and we are also training more qualified and even excellent sailors through warfare." Li Mai explained the reason why the Han Kingdom has been maintaining sabotage warfare since it did not want to fight economic warfare. : "Recently, Ah San has formed a large formation to deal with it. Our three-ship attack formation has been difficult to play a role, and even appears to be surrounded and wiped out."

In the final analysis, no one is stupid. Knowing mistakes and continuing to make mistakes is difficult to appear at the national level. It must be revised according to the situation. The Gupta Dynasty found that the Han State had repeatedly avoided sea battles. It must have found that the Han State had insufficient warships, or Han did not have the confidence to win in a large sea battle.

After the Gupta Dynasty discovered that the Han State did not want to fight a sea battle, their internal voice was that a large number of ships were concentrated on it, and it should be replaced by them blocking the Han State warships along the coast.However, this opinion was not agreed. The reason was that even if they pushed up and blocked the Han warships along the coast, the Gupta Dynasty would not be able to land before they were ready.

That's right, the Gupta dynasty would not give up because of a failed landing operation. They knew and understood that even a victory at sea would not be considered a success unless they occupied or destroyed the Han army base entrenched on the coast of Pyo.

On the other hand, isn't the Gupta Dynasty not blocked on the coast?Their understanding of Asanyang far exceeds that of the Han people. There have been ships detoured to the Malacca area to spy, and they found that the Han country is running Malacca.This discovery shocked the Gupta Dynasty greatly, and they knew that this war was no longer a small fight, and they should be prepared for a long-term battle.

"It is inevitable." Huan Wen was talking about the fact that the Gupta Dynasty discovered that the Han Kingdom was running Malacca: "The news sent back by Xi Zuo has repeatedly shown that Ah San is already mobilizing the southern part of the country."

The Han Dynasty and the Gupta Dynasty entered a state of war, but the two sides established communication channels. The reason was that the Han Dynasty captured a large number of Asan nobles, and the Han Dynasty also captured soldiers. Both sides wanted to redeem their captives. People must have communication channels.

Speaking of prisoners of war, Huan Wen did not treat the captured nobles too harshly. He gave those captured nobles relative preferential treatment, but he would not completely indulge those nobles. There are beauties waiting for you and so on.However, he learned that the captured soldiers of his side received exaggerated preferential treatment as long as they had titles, and even one of them lived in Ah San's palace. He felt dumbfounded and incomprehensible.

For the Zhuxia civilization, being captured is an unacceptable thing. No matter what the reason is, being captured is a shame. After being captured, even if you are released, you will be unable to hold your head up for the rest of your life.Quite a few civilizations don't think there's anything wrong with surrendering after trying your best. If you are captured and come back alive, you can still be regarded as a hero.

Ah San had a lot of exchanges with many European civilizations and was influenced by many European and Roman civilizations, such as the fact that nobles could pay ransom for redemption after being captured.The reason why they arranged the nobles of the Han State in the palace was that they did not want to go to war with the Han State at the beginning, but wanted to rely on the captured nobles of the Han State to find peaceful channels.After he really made up his mind to fight, although Ah San still guaranteed the treatment of Han nobles, he really couldn't expect more.

"They are indeed laying out defense lines along the coast." Yuan Qiaoyou has done intelligence sorting and said: "Except for Cuttak, some areas are stationed with heavy troops while building fortifications. It is known that the number of troops has reached 20."

At the current stage, it is not that the generals of the expeditionary army, including Huan Wen, are ignorant of the Gupta Dynasty. During the battle, they found that the Gupta Navy is indeed experienced in combat, and they also know that the Gupta Dynasty is the hegemony of the region. For Gupta There is no doubt that the dynasty can arm millions of people.

"Their untouchables have the same status as livestock." Yuan Qiao meant that Gupta's high-level officials did not treat the untouchables in the country as human beings: "Ah San's untouchables have not undergone any military training, they are only armed in large numbers."

I don't mean to be joking, Ah San's untouchables are really not regarded as human beings, and their social structure determines that only a very small number of untouchables can own their own land, and the vast majority of untouchables do not have their own land.

The state of Han has not figured out for the time being how the untouchables of Asan can obtain living supplies since they don’t have their own land, but it is enough to know that the untouchables of Asan are not regarded as human beings. It means that the Gupta Dynasty really doesn’t care how many untouchables die. What to face is an endless number of armed pariahs.

"Ah San's elite is the Kshatriya Legion." Yuan Qiao has studied Ah San's caste system to some extent, and has already figured out what's going on: "The so-called Kshatriyas are warriors, which are equivalent to our professional warriors in the pre-Qin period .”

In that case, there is nothing wrong with that. In the ancient pre-Qin period of Zhuxia, there existed such a class, that is, warriors who did not work all their lives and only practiced killing skills.They themselves or their ancestors gained land rewards for their military exploits, and they would have varying numbers of slaves as their labor force. They trained repeatedly at ordinary times, and when they were called, they prepared their own weapons to join the national army. This not only completed military service, but also established new military exploits to continue the prosperity of the family.

The rest of the people did not know what happened to the professional warriors in the pre-Qin period because of limited knowledge, but people from big families like Huan Wenwen and Li Mai knew that after they learned that there was such a class in the Gupta Dynasty, they were actually No less worry.

People who started training martial arts at a young age, did not participate in labor all their lives, only practiced killing skills, and had enough resources to learn the knowledge of "the enemy of ten thousand people". People who know what's going on will definitely feel afraid of this class.

Having said that, the Zhuxia civilization started from conscripting civilians to the battlefield to make the warrior class disappear, but the so-called family of generals appeared again, which means that this class has never really disappeared, but just moved towards a more high-end route.

The warrior class became a general system in the Zhuxia civilization. The Persian civilization actually evolved into a general system similar to the Zhuxia civilization. However, the warrior class in many other civilizations has always existed and continued, such as the Kshatriyas of the Asan civilization. , another example is the citizens of Rome, as for the Japanese warrior class, it has also continued.

According to Huan Wen's knowledge, the Gupta Dynasty had a very large number of Kshatriyas. The last time the Gupta Dynasty dispatched [-] troops, there were thousands of Kshatriyas.He had seen the performance of Gupta's Kshatriyas on the battlefield, and saw with his own eyes that those Kshatriyas were at least good at killing people. However, for the time being, he had not seen any achievements of Kshatriyas in commanding operations.

"Except for the royal family, each of their castes has its own status and rights." Yuan Qiao explained the four major grades in the caste system, and said with certainty: "Every grade has its own status and rights. It has its own duties and responsibilities.”

The first-level Brahmins are mainly monks and nobles, who have the privilege of interpreting religious scriptures and offering sacrifices to gods, as well as the right to enjoy offerings.

The second level of Kshatriya is military aristocrats and administrative aristocrats, the audience of Brahmanism. They have the privilege of collecting various taxes, governing the political army, and are responsible for protecting the Brahmin class from generation to generation.

The third caste Vaishyas are ordinary Aryans who have no political privileges and must support the first two castes, the main business, in the form of charity and taxes.

The vast majority of the fourth-level Sudras are conquered indigenous residents, belonging to non-Aryans, composed of senior servants and craftsmen who serve meals and cook meals, and are the most populous caste.Considered a lowly occupation.In the caste system, offspring born to parents of different castes are called mixed castes.

A group of generals and schools sounded very "tall, big, and superior", and a group of people devoted their entire lives to studying those things. As long as they are not stupid like pigs, they must be successful.

Today's Zhuxia civilization does not have a system of "scholars, farmers, industry, and merchants". After listening to Yuan Qiao's narration, many people think that Ah San's system is very advanced.

Even Huan Wen, after understanding Ah San's caste system, he came to many conclusions. For example, Ah San under the caste system must have a very stable country. It's hard to be strong.

In fact, all joking aside, if Asan's caste system had not become "crooked" and each class was committed to its own responsibilities and obligations, and the rulers who led the country were talented and strategic, Asan's caste system would really be It has considerable advantages (not saying the opposite), but the system is wonderful, but the people who implement it are not so good.

There is no absolutely perfect system in the world. The system is established by people and implemented by people. The same system will produce different results when used by different people.

In fact, Zhuxia civilization did not have a caste system similar to Asan. The scholars, farmers, industry, and merchants who appeared later were like that. Even craftsmen and merchants were restricted from changing jobs. The "scholar" with the smallest number and the greatest power controlled everything. However, it gave the largest number of "farmers" room to improve, proving that the people who came up with this system were at least rational and knew that they should draw a cake for the largest number of "farmers".

"If Ah San allows room for improvement, it will almost be a system of strengthening the country." Huan Wen pointed out the fatal flaw of the caste system, he said: "Now I know why Ah San has a stable country. Apart from caste, it is religion. "

The reason why they talk about this is not because they are already discussing the details after landing, they have to figure out the target of the conquest first, and they can't just bump into it without knowing anything.

"I have already tried to instigate a rebellion..." Yuan Qiao paused with a wry smile: "There is almost no effect."

At least until the secret history of the court of "My Great Qing Dynasty", the history of Zhuxia is actually a history of wars, and they are not unfamiliar with the use of tricks, on the contrary, they have too many means.

Yuan Qiao was in charge of buying the nobles who instigated the rebellion against the Gupta Dynasty, but as he said, it didn't know if the method was wrong or what, it really didn't work.

"Huh?" Huan Wen couldn't believe it: "How could this happen?"

If Yuan Qiao knew the reason, there would be no effect. He continued to smile wryly, not knowing what to say.

Han’s rebellion against the captured Gupta nobles was nothing more than coercion and lure. Yuan Qiao, who could implement it, really didn’t understand a key point. Of course, not all of Ah San’s nobles were loyal to the emperor and patriotic. It was the Han army that did not really invade Gupta. Homeland, according to Ah San's thinking, any promise not to come to their homeland is false.

It’s actually not that difficult to get Ah San to serve him. Attacking their homeland and implementing occupation shows that they are absolutely capable of overthrowing them. At this stage, they don’t need to promise any benefits, as long as they are willing to continue to enforce the caste The system, to a certain extent, abide by Ah San's customs, and then retain the original privileges of each class, just wait for Ah San to rush to be the first to be willing to serve.

(End of this chapter)