Chapter 3631
Heresy
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"Given the height and thickness of the city wall, it's not particularly troublesome." Following Sun Guan's gaze, Zhang Fei also looked over and nodded in satisfaction after seeing the text information marked on it.
The cities built by the Kushan Empire in this region were significantly inferior to those within the Han Empire.
This difference is reflected in the defense of the city walls; they are two completely different forms of defense.
The city walls within the Han Empire were not only high but also thick, with coordinated internal defenses, comprehensive measures, and a large population that could assist in defense when necessary, further strengthening the city's internal strength.
The cities of the Kushan Empire served more as landmarks, maintaining regional rule, missionary work, and the nobility of the Brahmins.
Therefore, the cities of the Kushan Empire were not particularly outstanding in terms of either defense or height.
"After all, it's not the core area of the Brahmans, so it wasn't built too outrageously..." Sun Guan recalled the basic rules for building cities in the Brahmans, and was speechless.
Since the city is not located in the core area of the Brahmans, there is no need to build it to be particularly grand or to make its defenses particularly strong.
If the city walls are built to an unassailable level of defense, what will happen if the people in these areas rebel and take the city? How will you defend the city?
However, if the city walls only serve a certain defensive purpose, they will not be very effective in preventing resistance in the region. Once the Brahmin army arrives, all resistance will be annihilated.
Therefore, in non-core areas, the construction of Brahman cities was perfunctory and riddled with all sorts of traps.
In the most central and fertile regions, the Brahmins did not build cities at all, but instead built various temples.
The reason is quite simple: as the core and most stable region of Brahman rule, the words of the gods are deeply ingrained in people's hearts, and the commands of the gods are above all else.
The Brahmins, who control the mouth of Brahma, possess the power to determine life and death with a single word, and to rewrite the destiny of a person with a single word.
Therefore, in such areas, there isn't really a level of defense that's particularly strong.
The real problem was the several cities built under the influence of the Yuezhi in the north, which were the main obstacles for the Han army in attacking the core area of the Kushan Empire.
Aside from Huashi City, which they are currently attacking, there are no more than a handful of other fortified cities left.
Therefore, Huashi City is extremely important. If it cannot be crossed, the core area of the Kushan Empire, which is also the area most capable of severely damaging the enemy, will be completely exposed.
"This level of wall seems like it can be directly attacked..." Zhang Fei estimated the thickness of the wall, then weighed his own strength, and began to judge in his mind whether his strength, with the support of the legion, could destroy the wall in one blow.
"Since the general has decided to launch a direct attack, then let's choose to launch a direct attack as well." Seeing Zhang Fei's attitude, Sun Guan, who knew what was going on, directly expressed his agreement.
Rajagaha did have city walls, but the defense they provided was insufficient to create an absolute geographical advantage. Given the right opportunity, destroying such walls would not have been difficult.
"By the way, I remember that the Kushan army that came this time seemed to have a lot of new recruits?" Thinking about the intelligence he had received, Zhang Fei looked at Sun Guan with some uncertainty, and asked further questions to confirm his suspicions.
"Yes, although they've undergone several months of training, many legions are seeing combat for the first time. However, there are a few elite legions with considerable combat strength. The one leading them seems to be Gars, a former frontline commander under Rahul. His battlefield adaptability and frontline command abilities are quite impressive." Sun Guan further elaborated and explained based on the known intelligence. Knowing yourself and your enemy is the key to victory.
The Han Empire also spent a considerable amount of time and resources gathering intelligence on the Kushan generals, and ultimately achieved significant results.
The Kushan Empire remains the same, but not everyone will go to great lengths to protect it, even at the cost of their lives.
For most Kushan Brahmins, if they could accept being ruled by the Yuezhi, they could also accept being ruled by the Han Empire. If the Han Empire had not explicitly expressed its support for and recognition of the Brahman caste system, the Brahmins would not have had such a strong sense of resistance.
If the Brahman caste system had been accepted, the Brahmanic pronouncements of Brahma had been recognized, and people had believed in deities, the entire southern Kushan region would not be in its current state, resisting wherever it goes.
However, like the vast majority of people in the Han Empire, Sun Guan held an opposing view on this matter, especially among military officers, where this opposition was even more pronounced.
Having mastered both literary and martial arts, they were sold to the emperor.
If one's caste at birth determines everything, then what's the point of learning skills? What's the point of hard work?
How many of those who have worked their way up to the ranks of legion commanders and generals are truly born with a silver spoon in their mouths?
As for the fact that his descendants were not capable enough to maintain the family business, Sun Guan was quite optimistic about it.
If your descendants are not ambitious, then perhaps their descendants will be. As long as there is still a chance, there is a possibility of success.
But if there are no opportunities, no possibilities, that's truly terrifying.
Therefore, in attacking the Kushan Brahmins, many people knew there were shortcuts and efficient methods, but they all tacitly chose not to implement them and made no promises to the Brahmin class.
Whether in the name of the Han Empire or in an individual's name, no one did this.
No individual can represent the Han Empire, nor can they utter such insincere words.
Therefore, in the war against the Kushan Brahmins, many legion commanders who rose from the bottom also performed quite well.
On one side is the caste, born into nobility; on the other is the ability to rise through the ranks. These two different mindsets and ways of thinking are one of the reasons why the two sides can continue fighting.
Divides and differences in thought can sometimes be more dangerous than purely self-interested ones.
At least when there are differences in interests, there is still room for discussion, but when there are differences in mindset, there is largely no room for discussion.
Brahmins, who rely on the Brahman caste system, cannot abandon this system, which is inherently superior and capable of oppressing other castes.
Even if it means using the name of the gods, we will achieve all of this. (End of Chapter)