Three Kingdoms

In the evening, news came that the troops from the Western Regions who went to ambush the Han people were indeed defeated.

It is said that the Han people suddenly appeared on their flanks and rear, and everyone thought that the Han troops were their own and came to support them. Then when the Han people got closer, they realized something was wrong. They were beaten by the Han people, and they were all defeated. .

When the news came, even the previous joy of "defeating" the Han army was reduced by most.

Taksa ordered a general meeting to be held and invited the commanders of various Western Region states to discuss matters.

Every step is slow, every step is slow.

This is already a practical problem faced by the Western Region Allied Forces.

It was a good fight, and now it has turned into a bear like this...

What is the main problem? Isn’t Taksa clear? In fact, he knew it, at least during the first attack on the military stronghold, otherwise he would not have intentionally expanded the battlefield and let some people attack the military stronghold while others went to set up an ambush.

On the surface, it seems that Taksa is stupid, but in fact it is his helplessness.

The war has reached this point, and Taksa still doesn't know how many people he has under his command. Others may find this ridiculous, or they may not believe it, but this is the actual situation, which is helpless.

Most of the Han people in China are illiterate. Anyone who can add and subtract within ten is already considered a middle-class person. And what about the herdsmen in the Western Regions? Maybe it can be a little better. For example, if four sheep plus four sheep are included, the herdsman can know that there are eight sheep. But if you ask the same herdsman what four plus four equals, then the herdsman will be blind.

Because herdsmen cannot distill concrete things into conceptual numbers.

Even in later generations, in modern times, if it hadn’t been for the great men who used their majestic efforts to eliminate illiteracy across the country, there would probably not have been so many keyboard warriors.

Therefore, Taksa maintained a skeptical attitude towards the numbers reported by various states. He even sent people to count the numbers himself and found that most of the generals of the Western Region states were false. For example, the person from Ruoqiang obviously made a false report. There were originally only a thousand people but he reported three thousand!

This is still easy to check. Those things like eight thousand are said to be ten thousand, and then there are scattered bits here and there. Can it be sorted out? Therefore, Taksa could only squint his eyes and recognize it completely.

At the beginning, Taksa thought this was not a big problem, but after attacking the military stronghold for the first time, he discovered that too many soldiers were concentrated together and could not be used completely effectively. Instead, because of the small area, , it cannot be deployed at all, resulting in a lot of power being wasted.

Those who go into battle need to eat, so can the guy in the back shouting "come on" go without eating for a day?

If ten thousand people line up in a column and start a march, how long will it generally be? Many people have no idea, and Taksa didn't have any before, because he used to bring cavalry, but now most of them are herders with cattle and sheep. In fact, they are equivalent to cavalry who have horses but don't usually ride them. Death.

To put it simply, if there are 10,000 people marching in a column of infantry, the spread length is about ten miles, because there must be gaps in the queue.

Thirty thousand people spread out over a distance equivalent to three days of infantry marching.

With 100,000 people, it basically takes ten days to spread out.

For example, when Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty attacked Goguryeo, with a million-strong army, the troops in the front were defeated and lost. The troops in the rear may have just set off and then walked for a few days. Oh, the front team changed to the back team, turned around and went home, and then stayed. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was beating his chest and gnashing his teeth. I clearly...

Therefore, the reason why Taksa divided its troops was not only to gain better control of power, but also to use these troops as soon as possible, instead of just shouting for help and having a meal from behind, which was of no use except shitting all over the floor.

We know where the problem is, but can we say it can be solved now?

Let the herdsmen know how to count, or let the herdsmen become elites immediately?

Obviously neither is possible.

So when it comes to the current situation, we can't say that it's all the herdsmen's fault, and then turn around and punish the herdsmen?

The law doesn't hold everyone accountable, doesn't it?

So, who will take the blame?

Facing this heavy, big, black and thick pot, everyone in the big tent was silent.

Taxa broke the silence.

"You have all seen..." Taksa summoned the generals of the Western Region countries, with a serious face and a calm voice, just like Zhang Liao's previous attack, but it was just as he expected, "There are many people, but we are advantage, but if our people cannot gather together, we will not be able to exert our due strength when facing the Han soldiers! 』

"Disorganized!" 』

"Disorder!" 』

"Keep giving orders!" 』

"Sluggish reaction!" 』

Taksa waved his arms, "I have arranged everything. We can clearly annihilate the Han people here. Whether it is the Han people in the military camp or the Han people who come to help, they are all in the palm of our hands!" But because we clenched our fists too slowly, those Han people missed out! Buddha is above! How ridiculous! 』

"first! ” Taksa stared at Shanshan’s Tong Geluojia, “King Shanshan! Why did you dare to retreat without orders when the Han people came? Let the Han people run rampant and destroy the arrays of other countries? ! 』

A pot crashed down in front of Shanshan boy Grojia.

Without thinking, Tong Geluojia kicked the pot away and said, "Nonsense!" I followed the general's order and retreated! 』

Taksa narrowed his eyes, "What is my order?" Why don't I remember? 』

Tong Geluojia chuckled, "I knew that the general might have too many things to remember, so I kept the general's messengers. Don't worry, there are good food and drinks... At that time, the general also had to concentrate his strength to face the battle. Han Chinese, if I disobey orders and fight without permission, then I will be messing up the general’s arrangements! 』

Taksa was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "No wonder everyone in Shanshan Kingdom is so hospitable!" good! 』

It was empty talk, and the Western Region Allied Forces had only been established for a short period of time. There was no so-called complete set of command flag systems, and they relied more on messengers to convey the message. Therefore, Taksa said that he did not issue the order to retreat, but Tong Geluojia from Shanshan said that there was, so the only evidence was the messengers under Taksa.

Although Tong Geluojia of Shanshan may not know what trace management is for future generations, the guy who can reach out and snatch the throne of the little prince of Shanshan still has two brushes. The people Taksa ordered to summon were obviously not everyone in Shanshan. There was no doubt about this, but the problem was that Tong Geluojia must have claimed that what he heard was "the whole army gathered".

So can the messenger be allowed to confront him?

This is not advisable. If the messenger were to confront him, Taksa would be an idiot.

Because the only way for Taksa to convey orders to the various states in the Western Region is through messengers, he must maintain the "correctness" of the messengers. Otherwise, even if it proves that Shanshan heard wrongly, what will happen? Shanshan was punished, but did the people from the Western Regions still want to take command? Next, does every instruction need to be reiterated and confirmed, and then what kind of token should be attached and what words should be written?

If the countries in the Western Region were once unified and had a unified language and writing, then it would be easy to say.

Without a unified language, there would be no unified writing, there would be no unified inheritance, and there would be no way to ignite the fire of civilization. Therefore, when later generations invade other countries and destroy civilizations, they first start by confusing the other party's writing and weakening the effectiveness of the writing.

The writing of the Western Regions was initially influenced by some Akkadian language, which is a language similar to cuneiform. It may have been introduced to the Western Regions from Central Asia. Later, the Western Regions were also influenced by Chinese hieroglyphics, resulting in the Western Regions. They are unable to form their own words at all, and are always wandering among various languages.

Archeology has found that there are about ten major language families in the world, and there are four here in the Western Regions. The only one that has been handed down for a long time is Chinese.

Of course, there are also seven language families or nine language families. No matter how many languages ​​are divided into, only Chinese has settled down in the Western Regions over the course of thousands of years of history.

As for some people in later generations who said that the Western Regions should be separated because their language and customs were different from those of the Central Plains, they were probably either stupid or bad, or both. The Western Regions are very closely related to the Central Plains, both geographically and culturally. Anyone who deliberately destroys and separates the relationship is like a public intellectual who preaches that "explaining" and "emphasis on" are Errors in Chinese writing are the same. They are all deceptions with ulterior motives and no regard for historical roots. If you can deceive one more fool, it will count.

The characters currently used by Kushan are different from those of the Western Regions. There are also some characters passed down from ancient India. Therefore, it is almost impossible to form a unified written order. The only way to pass the order is through interpretation. …

The problem of commanding soldiers can only be like this for the time being, and that's all.

If there were high-level counselors around Taksa, it might be possible to build a temporary command system that would be recognized by the Western Region Allied Forces. But now there are only bald heads around Taksa. We can't let the bald heads line up and shine in the sun. Does it represent changes in the array?

Unable to pass the blame to Shanshan, Taksa followed Shanshan's words without saying a word and threw the blame on Qiuci's head.

The Kucha people immediately became angry!

When the Han people came, they were the first to rush. When the Han people ran away, they were the first to chase. Among the countries in the Western Region, they were the ones who suffered the most damage. Well, now it has become a mistake. If you don't do it emotionally, it is good. If you do it less, you will make more mistakes. , if you do too much, it would be too wrong?

The Kucha people jumped up and cursed, danced and beat their chests, but the rest of the people in the Western Regions acted as if they didn't see or hear, and didn't pay any attention to it.

It’s not that the people in the Western Regions and others don’t understand what it means to be close to each other, or to help each other, but in this area of ​​the Western Region, there are too many grievances and resentments between each other. Qiuci was very powerful during the Western Han Dynasty. Was Qiuci a great benefactor in the Western Regions at that time? Are they friendly and helpful to the weaker neighboring countries, and are they dependent on each other?

Therefore, the various states in the Western Region have now shown great restraint without adding insult to injury.

Qiuci clamored for a while, and then he grasped an important point. He asked Taksa, if Taksa puts this crime on Qiuci, then who will dare to move forward the next time the Han people come?

Only then did Taksa change his expression, and said with a smile that he had no intention of blaming Kucha. It was just a summary after the war. After all, in war, whoever wins will lose, and who can guarantee that he will never Will lose? Then Taksa took advantage of the situation and set a tone, saying that no one could continue to hold the responsibility for the victory or defeat of this war, otherwise it would violate the nature of war and betray the Buddha's will to unite.

It was only at this moment that some clear-minded generals of the Western Region countries, such as Tong Grojia and others, finally understood that in fact, Taksa may not have wanted it at all... Well, it may not be that he really didn't want it. Guilty, but Taksa wants to take this opportunity to see if he can blame one or two people for beating. If he can blame someone, then Taksa will first be free of guilt, and secondly, he can naturally eat He was so fat that he fed some bones and soup to other people, and naturally the others laughed.

If the blame is thrown out and the dunk is missed, then it doesn't matter. The blame has been thrown out anyway. Now Taksa seems to be magnanimous and says that he will not hold everyone responsible for their crimes, but in fact it means that the same is true for other people. This cannot be used to hold Taxa responsible.

Sure enough, he is worthy of being a Kushan veteran!

The blame-shifting is over, but things still need to be resolved.

Taksa, on the other hand, can only be regarded as "no" among "no more than that", because in fact, he can't even command an army of ten thousand people, and he can't coordinate with each other, work together, and transmit orders, etc. There are deficiencies, and these problems have become more and more prominent as the war has become more intense, forcing Taksa to focus on how to make changes.

Then, Taksa did think of a strategy to deal with it.

At the moment, he first beat the various countries by passing the blame, and after setting the tone, he revealed the ultimate purpose of convening the various countries in the Western Regions. He wanted to directly recruit the elite warriors from the Western Regions countries and return them to Taksa Under the direct command of the army, it was formed into a force composed entirely of elite warriors, so that it could compete with the Han people and form an effective force on the battlefield.

As soon as Taksa's words fell, the commanders of the Western Region countries made an uproar!

Suddenly, almost everyone was against it!

Taksa squinted his eyes and watched with a half-smile, neither getting angry nor speaking.

Is this wrong?

From a military perspective, it is not wrong.

Taksa's ability has only reached this limit. Maybe he is also aware that there are some problems, but he can only make this response now, or he only thinks of this method and can still give it a try.

He didn't want to be beaten in the face by the Han army for the third time, and he didn't want the huge army he finally gathered to be driven around like a herd of cattle and sheep, bleating and being driven around as soon as they entered the battle.

It is obvious that no country in the Western Regions, no matter which part it is, can fight against the Han cavalry alone.

Originally, Taksa thought that under his command, an encirclement would be formed. However, judging from the ins and outs of the attack on the military stronghold, it was necessary to cooperate, but not to cooperate. The Han people were allowed to come and go at will, and they were almost sprayed in the face...

Therefore, the only way Taksa can think of now is to mobilize elite soldiers and generals to form a central core force, so that the original problem of different subordinates and inconsistent orders can be completely changed!

Busen, who had always been silent, finally sighed and stopped the unnecessary quarrel. He even lost his composure, with red eyes, and told what happened between him and the ordinary herdsmen. He told the leaders of the Western Region countries how many people had died now, and asked them how many more people would continue to die.

In the end, although the leaders of the Western Region states were reluctant, they reluctantly reached an agreement.

Because this is indeed a practical problem before us. Without unified command, the countries in the Western Regions are basically unable to form an effective joint force, allowing the Han cavalry to come and go at will and trample on them at will. Therefore, the countries in the Western Region finally agreed in principle to the proposal to mobilize some elite warriors to form Taksa's elite central army, but they immediately started to quarrel over how many people each country would recruit.

Because many people in the Western Region countries made false reports before, and now they suddenly have to be punished according to the false reports...

As for why I had to make a false report, part of it is really unclear, and part of it is of course free money. Anyway, I have so many people's money, even if I deduct 30%, I will still be rich. And now Taksa's intention is to spit out the extra food, hold his nose and admit it, or return the extra food and take back. Obviously, the Western Region countries are not happy with either option, so they It was the second round of quarrel that broke out.

Because the questions in the second round were deeply related to specific numerical values, they were not comparable to the in-principle agreement in the first round. The various commanders of the Western Region countries cursed, blamed, and put the blame on each other, which can be seen in the entire big account. Black pots were flying in the air and being tossed around.

The discussion lasted from dusk to dawn, and from dawn to dusk again. If Taksa hadn't forcibly issued an order, saying that no one would be allowed to leave the tent if the discussion could not produce any results, it is impossible to say that the discussion for several days may not have any definite results. .

The next night, the final results came out.

Each state transferred personnel to be directly under Taksa, but accordingly, Taksa will now become the backbone of the battlefield and face the threat of the Han people.

The noise dissipated.

Taksa happily praised Busen and said that what Busen said at that time was just right. Whether it was the words or the expression, it was simply wonderful...

Busen stared at Taksa indifferently, and after waiting for the smile on Taksa's face to fade away, he slowly said: "I'm not saying this for you, General... I hope you can do well." Don’t let Buddha continue to be disappointed in your affairs..."

After saying that, Busen walked out without even waiting for Taksa to say a few perfunctory words.

"Let go..." Taksa swallowed what he was about to say, then stared at Busen's back with cold eyes, clicked his tongue, and turned his head away.