Chapter 3381
There's not that much time left.
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Cao He's departure did not affect Sima Zhang, who remained in the same place.
Sima Zhang understood that he needed to know the outcome of Wu Heyan's attack on the city as soon as possible in order to make calculations accordingly.
In the event of the most dangerous situation, one must have a backup plan or at least contain the consequences to a manageable level.
If the time comes, I'm willing to sacrifice myself.
However, before making the sacrifice, one must do everything possible to plan for more benefits and possibilities for the family.
As a typical scion of a prominent family, Sima Zhang was not afraid of death, but rather of dying in a meaningless way.
So even if he stayed in this place, there were still considerable risks. Sima Zhang did not choose to hide or avoid it, but waited very steadily for the final result.
When the shouts of battle ceased in the city, Sima Zhang, who had been waiting for the final outcome, filled with anticipation, eagerly awaited the result.
After a long time, the clouds inside Wu Heyan's city gradually disappeared. Without the power to suppress the experts, the city gates, which had been closed long ago, slowly opened.
Before the city gates were fully opened, several cavalrymen surged out from them and headed in different directions.
Seeing this, Sima Zhang breathed a sigh of relief.
I felt shocked and surprised, but also grateful for the reality that was unfolding before me.
"Faced with an army several times larger, Kusroy led the Untouchable Legion and actually won." It was clearly the best possible outcome, but upon confirming this result, Sima Zhang, after calming down, felt a sense of apprehension.
Kusroy's talent and ability are too strong. If I remember correctly, how many years has he been in the military?
In such a short period of time, people who were completely unfit to be soldiers were trained into an elite legion with an extremely brilliant will and the courage to challenge the strong.
Such talent and ability, if they were in our hands, would naturally be a treasure, and we would devote all our resources to cultivating them.
However, if it falls into the hands of an enemy country, it must be given the utmost respect.
"Do everything in your power to gather information about Kusroy and understand everything about him." After confirming the other party's abilities, Sima Zhang, with the mindset of "better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free," began to plan subsequent measures.
If the other party's talent were slightly inferior or their abilities slightly weaker, Sima Zhang might still choose to contact them to see if it was possible to bring them under his control and further strengthen the Sima family's power.
Although the Sima family has a genius like Sima Yi, Sima Yi's current focus is on Central Asia, and he invests very little in the Kushan Empire.
If Sima Zhang wants to make further progress within the Kushan Empire, he must at least demonstrate a promising future.
Only after the future is revealed will the family invest more resources.
At this stage, Sima Zhang, who was already short of manpower, had no choice but to abandon the idea of recruitment and instead use the current situation to devise a plan to eliminate the other party.
Their hero is my enemy!
Even if the other party's purpose is so pure, even if the other party's ideal is so brilliant, even if from a moral point of view, the other party has absolutely no problem.
However, different countries and different ethnic groups naturally have different stances.
After the war ended, Kusroy, who had given the information to his soldiers and instructed them to relay it to all sides, looked at the now-silent Wuheyan, pondered for a moment, and then regrouped his legions. The deed was done, and the outcome was irreversible; there was no way to deny it.
The question we should be thinking about now is how to deal with the crisis that is about to unfold.
It is not just his crisis, but a crisis for the entire Untouchable class.
The deaths of so many Brahmins, the complete annihilation of several core families, and the resulting political impact and power turmoil were enough to kill most people.
As the instigator of this upheaval, regardless of whether there was any scheming involved, Kusroy is inevitably at the forefront, bearing the brunt of the storm.
If we want to change this unacceptable class, then the Dawn Legion must continue to exist.
The previous battle in Wu Heyan's city had already demonstrated the combat power of the Dawn Legion, thus giving it value.
However, whether such combat power and value are worthwhile for His Majesty the Emperor to forcibly confront Brahma remains to be seen.
If things are not going to work out, and Vasudeva I is unwilling to offend the entire Brahmin class for the sake of the Dawn Legion, or to make the Brahmin class concede so that he can better control the power of the entire country, then he will make the so-called deal and sacrifice.
Can the values they demonstrate truly balance this aspect of the equation?
Besides these, Kusroy was even more aware that his forces were no longer a fully-staffed elite legion.
The Brahman guards around Wuheyan's city, in terms of strength, might not be as good as the elite dual-talent troops fighting on the front lines.
But in terms of warrior spirit and legion resilience, they are absolutely the most terrifying existence that Kusroy has ever seen.
After the two armies clashed, the war between them became more than just a war of force; it also became a clash of wills.
The Brahman Guard, fearless and resolute in their beliefs and faith, did not retreat despite heavy casualties, and was almost completely wiped out in Ughyakarna.
The Dawn Legion, which forcibly wiped out several times its own strength, also paid a price in the process, with more than 70% of its troops dying in the city of Wuheyan.
The Dawn Legion soldiers who did not die were all wounded, and many of them were seriously injured. They survived only by maintaining their wounds through their strong willpower.
Even so, many soldiers fell on the spot after the battle and never got up again.
As a result, in the end, the number of soldiers actually standing could not even reach a thousand.
Even an elite legion would not be able to withstand such a significant loss.
However, the Dawn Legion is different. This level of loss is within the acceptable range for the Dawn Legion, and also within the acceptable range for Kusroy.
If the time and place hadn't been inconvenient, Kusroy wouldn't have felt so conflicted.
There are too many people in the Untouchables class, so there is no shortage of recruits if there are no special requirements.
However, it takes time, a lot of time, to train such a useless person into a soldier.
Kusroy was afraid he wouldn't have that much time. (End of Chapter)