Chapter 3415
We Need Wisdom!
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The Seghdi here is different from the generals of the past who fought and killed each other and relied purely on military force to compete.
Being able to stand here and have a place among the crowd is entirely due to personal wisdom.
As one of the few wise men in the Brahmanical system, Seghdi's abilities can be described as quite formidable.
By observing the appearances of all living beings, one can understand the human heart.
Relying on the wisdom feedback from visualizing deities and Buddhas, coupled with his exceptional intelligence, Seghdi was qualified to enter this room entirely based on his outstanding personal abilities.
As a wise man within the Brahmanical system, Seghdi was willing to come out and work, and to help everyone present, all because of Durga.
It took some time and a lot of persuasion to finally persuade the wise man Seghdi, who was staying in the temple, to come out.
After personally experiencing numerous clashes and battles with the Han army, Durga also came to understand many things.
Although Durga's command ability was no less than that of some Han army commanders, there was a significant difference in the performance and professionalism of the two armies on the battlefield.
It would be extremely difficult to close such a gap in a short period of time, but they are making progress.
To bridge this gap, it's impossible to focus all efforts on one method, especially on strengthening and training the military.
Consuming large amounts of food and logistical supplies, and then conducting high-intensity, highly organized training and resupply for the relevant soldiers, ultimately produced an elite force without sharpened blades.
At that time, with a suitable battlefield, a single battle could be fought, and all the elite troops could be deployed. This is indeed a very good idea.
However, completing training in this area and achieving remarkable results is not something that can be accomplished in a day or two.
Throughout the entire Southern Brahmanical system, there have only been two armies that truly met this requirement.
One of them is the pride of the Brahmins, the pride of the class system—the Kshatriya warrior legion.
The other force was the Peacock Legion, an elite legion built by Rahul after discovering the flaws in the system and being unwilling to use it for training.
With these two legions as examples, Durga knew just how difficult it was to train qualified elite troops.
Legions like the Kshatriya warrior legions were truly the pride of their class, the culmination of Kshatriya tradition.
In the past, it would have been no problem for the Kshatriya class to assemble several legions of Kshatriya warriors.
However, as time went by, the rule became more stable, and the class system became more rigid, the number of Kshatriya warriors dwindled.
Many warriors in this class have almost forgotten the glory they possessed and the spirit of martial prowess.
As the Kshatriya who is Brahma's arm, and the Kshatriya who wields the power of the Martial Emperor, he is becoming more and more like the identity he claims to have.
The main reason why there is only one legion of Kshatriya warriors right now is that there are no corresponding supply personnel, right?
If the Kshatriya class were still willing to provide corresponding warriors, in the current environment, let alone a legion, even if they gave ten or twenty, what difference would it make?
Unfortunately, it doesn't exist at all! Nowadays, the Kshatriya warrior legion fights by counting the battles on their fingers. Every battle is fought with extreme caution, for fear of heavy casualties that would lead to the annihilation of this last Kshatriya warrior legion.
The special nature of this legion lies not only in its overwhelming strength, but also in its status as the face of the Kshatriya class. Its destruction would have a tremendous political impact.
The Kshatriya warrior class is a symbol of the Kshatriya warrior legion, which itself is a manifestation of the power of the great god Brahma.
Without this legion, how would the Kshatriyas maintain their status as a military class?
As for forcibly drawing personnel from the Kshatriya class to rebuild the Kshatriya warrior legion, that's another troublesome matter.
Thinking of this, Durga couldn't help but sigh, his heart filled with complaints.
As members of the Kshatriya class, almost all Kshatriyas take pride in and are honored by the Kshatriya warrior legion.
But when it comes to actually joining this legion, very few smart people are willing to go.
They take pride in it when asked, regarding it as a symbol of class honor, but if asked whether they would go, very few Kshatriyas are willing to go.
If this trend continues, it may not be long before the Kshatriya warrior legions can no longer sustain themselves.
Or rather, the Kshatriya warrior legions that were to remain would not possess the formidable martial prowess, exceptional skills, and the power and glory that truly symbolize the Kshatriya class, as they do now; instead, they would become merely a facade.
As for the Peacock Legion's training methods, they are very simple: training, high-intensity training, the kind that pushes you to the limit.
If nine out of ten people die during practice, the remaining one will basically meet the standard.
It's simple, direct, and effective, but it's destined to be impossible to popularize on a large scale.
Training 100,000 elite soldiers using this method would require investing millions of laborers, with the intention and result of killing 90% of them. How could this be acceptable?
No matter how much you treat your subordinates like dirt, you can't possibly treat them like this.
Even if there are many heads, we must at least avoid killing all the fish in the pond, rather than cutting them all off in a short period of time.
Moreover, the Han army's elite force numbered well over 100,000. If they sent an equal number of troops, they would suffer ten times the losses. It would be better to use the Brahmins' most effective human wave tactics, which might result in fewer casualties.
Therefore, they could only try to learn from the training methods of the Yuezhi people in the north while trying to buy time.
By delaying the inevitable and allowing this window of opportunity when elite soldiers are scarce, the empire can transform its war potential into actual war power, and then confront the Han Empire on the main battlefield to determine who prevails.
In terms of stalling for time, they cannot rely solely on pure force; such a direct confrontation would be far too risky for them.
In theory, the strength of soldiers in an army that survives on the front lines will increase significantly, and many legions will become elite legions. But all of this is based on one premise: survival.
The Han Empire's overly brutal combat methods and strategies were basically aimed at annihilating enemy forces. If they were not careful, their elite legions, which they had painstakingly cultivated, might be wiped out.
Given this difficult reality, Durga realized that they also needed the help of wise men. With their assistance, the possibility of being outmaneuvered by the Han army could be greatly reduced, as could the probability of their own soldiers being annihilated. (End of Chapter)