The difficulty of passing through the Karakoram Corridor is there, and considering the blockade and pursuit by the Han Dynasty, going down this road will not only lead to ten deaths, but also almost to the extent of nine deaths, and this situation is not challenging.
This was clearly informed to the soldiers who were willing to follow. On the one hand, it was to feel sorry for these people's pursuit of Fulward, and on the other hand, it was also to prevent the army from directly collapsing when difficulties finally encountered.
There is no way, such difficulty is in front of us. If we don't say it, people's hearts will collapse, and they will drag Fulward to death together. After all, if you want to retreat alone, just take the direction of the Himalayas and fly back.
But since you have chosen to return to Kushan with your soldiers, you must be mentally prepared to lead your headquarters to be blocked. The battlefield is different from others. After the army is covered with clouds, even Fulward has no possibility of leaving alone.
So realistically speaking, choosing to lead the army back would be a life-threatening move for Fulward.
"It was only informed to the middle-level generals and colonels, but not to ordinary soldiers." Sidney told the truth. He knew the importance of this matter, but whether to inform ordinary soldiers, Sidney thought for a long time.
Still gave up.
"Gather everyone together, I'll inform them." Fulward was silent for a while, looked at Sidney and said, and then when Sidney left, Fulward spoke again, "Sidney, lead
If the army comes with me, even you will have to risk your life. With the strength of inner energy leaving the body, if you are surrounded by the army, you will only die."
"But General, aren't you the same?" Sidney said sideways.
"I led them to the Tibetan area, so of course I have an obligation to take them back. Even if this road leads to a narrow escape, I have this obligation as a general who leads them, but you didn't. You found a road specifically to inform
My, there is no need to take this risk." Fulward looked forward with his eyes, as if he had seen the blood and death along the way.
"Go back to the Himalayas. You are still young and have a greater future." Fulward warned Sidney, and Sidney smiled happily. The secret skills on his body naturally dissipated and transformed into
For the real look.
"Actually, there is really no need to think about me." Sidney said softly, "If you go northwest and end up here, you also know that I may not be willing to continue to follow Kushan."
As one of the four divisional commanders under Fulward, Sidney's status is similar to that of those under Barak. They are all pillars in the true sense. It's just that these pillars carry a certain belief and work day after day.
After the training on the day, facing the situation in the Kushan Essence Area, it was actually difficult to maintain the mentality of defending the homeland and the country.
"Isn't Oswin a very good general?" Fulward said, looking at Sidney.
"Yes, General Oswin is very good." Sidney nodded, "But I cannot accept the changes in Kushan, and I cannot accept this degeneration from top to bottom. If you are alive, I will follow you for you.
Kushan, go and realize that slim hope, but if you die on the road, then I will surrender to the Han Dynasty, general, please let me go with you."
Fulward looked at Sidney and said nothing. As a general who came from the Northern Guishan Mountains, he has an amazing will to a certain extent, but he is also extremely easy to be destroyed to a certain extent. Their beliefs,
Their long-cherished wishes are too clear and extreme, and they can no longer keep up with the times.
Signaling Sidney to leave, Fulward sat quietly on the throne. He could feel Sidney's self-destructive thoughts, but it was normal to think about it. The Great Yueshi moved southward into the Ganges River, completing the north-south merger.
For most Da Yuezhi people, this is a good thing, but for some people, it is basically equivalent to Da Yuezhi betraying their ideals.
And the Da Yuezhi who can realize this are all elites who truly cherish that unattainable long-cherished wish and have truly tempered it for decades, because only from their ancestors to themselves have always cherished this unchanging long-cherished wish, and have continued to do so.
Only by striving for it will you feel a sense of destruction when your beliefs collapse at the moment when they merge, and this is the case with Sidney.
"Where is the future of Kushan?" Fulward said with a bit of bitterness.
It only took a short time for the camel riders under Fulward to gather together. Although there were no camels because they were in the plateau area, these people were still considered elite.
Looking at the five or six thousand people standing in front of him, Fulward felt much better. Even though Masinde had done so many tricks, there were still so many people willing to follow him.
"Everyone, we need to evacuate the Tibetan areas next, just like when we risked death in battle to come to the Tibetan areas to buy time for Kushan." Fulward looked at the soldiers who were obviously a little black and red due to the plateau climate.
face, said seriously.
"In the past few years in Tibetan areas, we have successfully contained a large number of Han soldiers for the Kushan Empire. But now, as the situation changes, we need to return to the country to use our power more effectively." Fu Wo.
De simply informed all the soldiers of what was happening now, and after hearing these things, the Kushan soldiers standing there were basically unmoved.
"When we first ascended to Tibetan areas, we relied on the deployment of manpower from Khotan and Shule and caught the Han army by surprise, so we were able to successfully enter Zhangzhong with very little loss and become entrenched in Tibetan areas.
But this time we retreat, we need to face the Han Dynasty's pursuit and interception. This journey may be a narrow escape!" Fulward's deep and solemn voice reached everyone's ears, without any concealment.
"Masinde has chosen to join the Han Dynasty. I don't blame him. Even I, from a neutral perspective, have to admit that it is indeed our Kushans who have failed Masinde. What he did is not only for Kushans, but also for Kushans."
As far as we are concerned, we have done our utmost to be benevolent and righteous." Fulward calmly told his soldiers the secret that should not have been told.
This time, unlike the previous news, Masinde defected to the Han Dynasty, which was a shock to the Kushan soldiers. The originally quiet school grounds became noisy.
After all, even if they were not familiar with Masinde before, these people are still very clear about how much Masinde has done as a military advisor in recent years. To put it bluntly, without Masinde, the Kushan soldiers would not have to eat.
He was thinking about whether he could eat enough, but the military advisor actually surrendered to the Han Dynasty.
"You are all brothers who are willing to follow me back to Kushan. I won't hide it from you. Masinde has also arranged a way out for the soldiers who are willing to join the Han Dynasty." Fulward said calmly, "Don't tell me.
This is a good way out, but at least I can guarantee that I won’t starve to death and live like an ordinary person.”
The noise in the school grounds became louder. What is the purpose of being a soldier? Isn't it just to have enough food? It is true that as a subordinate of Fulward, you have a brighter future. In addition, Fulward himself has also done a good job. The soldiers
They are also willing to trust and follow Fulward, but Masinde's performance in recent years is also a real influence. Masinde has already joined the Han Dynasty, so what do they mean?
"I'll give you a stick of incense. Those who want to follow me back to Kushan stand on the left. Those who want to follow Masinde and join the Han Dynasty stand on the right. The road back to Kushan is very difficult. You will really escape death. So you
I don't blame you for choosing to follow Masinde. In fact, except for you guys, the other soldiers have basically chosen to follow Masinde." Fulward said sincerely as he looked at the elite troops under his command.
As soon as these words came out, I was still thinking about whether to join the soldiers of Masinde. After hesitating for a moment, I walked towards the right side of the school field. Soon, one, two, ten hundred, even the elite of Fulward headquarters are now
In this situation, many people did not want to return to Kushan and chose to follow Masinde and join the Han Dynasty.
"What about you?" Fulward looked at the army that was divided into two parts at a ratio of almost 2:1, and he was somewhat relieved. At least in his own headquarters, most of the people were still willing to follow him. As a general, he didn't do too much.
It was too disappointing, and then my eyes fell on the few people in the middle.
"General, can't we stay in the Tibetan area and continue to struggle with the Han Dynasty? The Tibetan area is so vast, even if it is not as good as our Kushan Empire, there are still many places where we can move around. With some mountainous areas at our back, we can continue to fight with the Han Dynasty.
Unless the Han Dynasty has the ability to conduct a dragnet search of the Tibetan areas." The leading general looked at Fulward and asked.
The entire Qinghai-Tibet region is larger than many countries, and the terrain is complex, and there are many terrains to rely on. In this case, if they choose to hide and seek and fight guerrillas, it will actually be difficult for the Han Dynasty to solve it. After all, as long as Fulward does not
In a head-to-head confrontation with the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty actually had no good solution. If millions of troops were spread into this territory, they could only maintain a density of one square kilometer or one person. So from a purely logical point of view, this idea
no problem.
"It's unlikely. Our rule in the Shang Shung dynasty is being disintegrated. Without Masinde's help, it will be difficult for us to obtain enough supplies from Shang Shung, and the maintenance of the war requires a lot of logistics. Without
Without the Shang Shung dynasty and Masinde, there is no basis for continued maintenance just by relying on us." Fulward said with a sigh.
At this moment, Fulward figured out what Masinde had been doing in the past few years. I am afraid that guy had been considering joining the Han Dynasty since the Shangzang District.
Originally, Masinde did not have the political structure and organizational power to reorganize the Shang Shung dynasty. Although Fulward and others would have great difficulties in the early days, in the past few years, they had almost completely controlled Shang Shung, and by then they would be regarded as Han Dynasties.
Launching a general offensive, Fuwode can continue to hold on relying on the complex terrain of Tibetan areas.
But now, Masinde has defected to the Han Dynasty, which is almost a drain on Fulward. It seems that there is still enough food, and Masinde is also willing to provide logistics to Fulward, but when the change ends at a certain moment,
Fulward was directly cut off from logistics.
As a result, if Ward doesn't choose to leave before that moment comes, when things happen, it will be impossible to leave even if he wants to.
As for relying on the Shang Shung dynasty to continue to struggle in Tibetan areas and entangle with the Han Dynasty, it is even more impossible. Since Masinde chose to join the Han Dynasty, this matter has been impossible to happen. For Shang Shung
The mastery level of the dynasty is several levels higher than that of Masinde.
To put it a bit too much, for Masinde, the Fulward is just a clay and wooden sculpture on the table. He was willing to worship it before, so the flowers were all over the place, but now he is not willing to worship it. It is not a real god, but a clay and wooden sculpture.
do what?
Nothing could be done, the roots were already poked by Masinde.
Although he did not deliberately harm Fulward, and even to some extent he had done everything he could, but if he recalled it carefully, it became clear that Masinde had really done everything he could to do the best he could and was promoted to the top.
All the materials were prepared in advance, and they were prepared in front of Fulward.
"That's it." The general who was promoted from a veteran looked at Fulward bitterly. The nearly 100 middle- and lower-level generals standing in the center felt the most uncomfortable about this matter, because they followed Fulward.
De has faced the Three Idiots and fought against the elites of the Han army for many years. It is only right for them to continue to follow Fulward. However, Masinde's convenient guidance in recent years has allowed them to quickly transform from ordinary soldiers to
He climbed up to the middle and lower ranks of generals, and did very well.
Therefore, whether you choose Masinde or Fulward, it is very unfriendly to these people, because no matter which one you choose, it is equivalent to betrayal.
"You go and follow Masinde." Fulward was silent for a while and said with a smile.
As soon as these words came out, the middle and lower-level generals who were still in the middle were quickly divided into two groups. The same words would have different meanings to different people, and Fulward's free and easy farewell words sounded to some of the generals.
It is a threat, but to some people, it is the kindness of Fulward.
Therefore, the generals in the middle quickly integrated into the team they chose.
"Okay, if you are willing to follow Masinde's soldiers, you can leave." Fulward greeted the soldiers on the right. The soldiers bowed to Fulard and left quickly.
When these people left the school grounds, Masinde stood outside the school grounds and asked Assam to help receive these soldiers while also sending another part of the soldiers in.
To be continued...