The Three Kingdoms began with island farming

Chapter 627 Having both sides
As the biggest beneficiary of the stalemate for such a long time, Liu Fan really wants to keep it this way.

Strong soldiers are built through training and even more so through fighting.

Although the soldiers under his command had begun to be trained according to the standards of the Great Qi Dynasty, they had not experienced many major battles after all, and were still far behind the elite soldiers under Liu Bei and Sun Ce.

In the battle against the Kushans, the gap between the two sides was quite obvious.

Given the same order, the execution speed of Liu Bei's and Sun Ce's armies was slightly faster than that of Liu Fan's army.

Moreover, in terms of details such as attack, defense, retreat, and formation, Liu Fan's army was always a little bit behind the other two.

On the surface, it seems like just a small difference, but in a real battle, this is enough to decide victory or defeat, life or death.

Copying homework is always the easiest.

It took Da Qi more than a decade to build up its management system, but the seven kings copied it successfully in less than two years.

Similarly, when comparing Liu Bei's army and Sun Ce's army, the generals under Liu Fan's command have also been copying homework.

Even if Zhou Yu, Huang Zhong and others held back, the level they displayed was enough for them to learn from.

It's not a pleasant feeling to watch Liu Fan take advantage and be overtaken.

Although Liu Bei and Sun Ce were open-minded and didn't mind, they couldn't help but sigh at Liu Fan's good luck.

Just win by doing nothing!

Moreover, as he lay down, his strength gradually improved.

Judging from the progress, I am afraid that once the Kushan Empire is destroyed, Liu Fan will be able to keep pace with them.

After realizing that something was wrong, Kumar began to reassess the current situation.

The Han army strangely maintained a certain level of morale, so the original plan of destruction had to be abandoned. Kumar naturally could only focus on the powerful Kushans in the south.

He smashed the gilded wine cup in his hand into pieces, and the agate fragments splashed on the Persian carpet like bloodstains.

"Kumar, you bastard!" Deva roared angrily.

"Yesterday, they asked my tribesmen to fill the Han army's crossbow array. It was clearly an attempt to kill someone with a borrowed knife!"

The guards in the tent were so frightened that they dared not even breathe, and just let Deva continue to vent his anger by throwing things around.

Tian Gui stepped out from the darkness, his footsteps passing over the mess on the ground: "Calm down, Chief. Kumar's move is just a desperate move."

"Kumar has commended you for your great victory in the past few days."

"Reward?" Deva sneered.

"Without giving any soldiers or rewarding any money, you just give me credit for my achievements verbally?"

"I'm afraid that all these achievements will not be worth my life in the future."

At this point in the situation, Deva has completely seen through it.

As long as Kumar is around, his head will fall to the ground sooner or later.

No matter how well he performed, his status as the leader of the southern powers meant that the two sides were doomed to be incompatible.

"Today, the patriarchs of three more families were killed on charges of deserting the battlefield and colluding with the Han army." Deva said hatefully.

"Thanks to our previous contact with other troops, the Han army acted on their own and we did not take action ourselves. Otherwise, I would have been the first to die."

"This is not a solution. The knife is already on our necks. It just depends on when Kumar will strike."

"Today, I am ordered to attack the left wing of the Han army. Tomorrow, I will be asked to take Liu Fan's head! If the strong men of the southern tribes continue to waste time like this, they will all die in the Tapti River!"

Even if it is a "fake war", we have to make some noise.

And Kumar is not someone who can be easily fooled.

It would have been fine if they were not the target before, but when the target was set on them, there would be ways to find all kinds of evidence. How can we prove that we killed the enemy without seeing their heads and bodies?

In a battle, only a few people on our side were killed or injured. Is this a war? Village fighting is no more than this.

Faced with Kumar's threats, the southern warlords had no choice but to fight the Han army.

The price they paid was that their casualties in every battle reached triple digits.

Moreover, fighting like this would easily anger the Han army.

After all, it was a fake battle. When the real fighting started and some injuries occurred, both sides would naturally get angry.

They are no match for the Han army.

Some greedy and powerful people have previously proved this at a bloody cost.

So they could only swallow the bitter fruit and watch their own soldiers being killed one after another.

You can't defeat them by fighting, and you can't not fight either. This is like trying to force them to death!
"Hasn't there been any response from the Han army yet?" Deva asked.

Tian Gui shook his head slightly and smiled bitterly: "The Han army does not seem to have any intention of attacking Kushan, but is only concerned with self-preservation."

"After all, a place as big as Sindhu is enough for them to digest for a while."

Upon hearing this, Deva cursed angrily, "What a bunch of short-sighted people! No wonder they were driven out of the Central Plains by Da Qi. They don't even have this little vision and courage!"

Listening to Deva's angry curse, Tian Gui showed an expression of agreement, but he couldn't help but sneer in his heart.

If Liu Bei and his men really showed their intention to covet the southern Kushan Empire, I am afraid Deva would not behave like this and would instead become worried.

Although the relationship between Kumar and the southern Kushan warlords was tense, the Han army still could not take the initiative to intervene and had to remain calm.

At times like this, the more patient Liu Bei and others are, the more likely they are to take the initiative.

Otherwise, Deva and others would definitely have other ideas and would be full of concerns.

Now Deva seems to be angry at their lack of fighting spirit, but in fact it proves that the scale in his heart is more inclined towards the Han army.

Deva was tired of scolding, so he slumped down on the couch, staring blankly at the swaying cowhide wrinkles on the ceiling of the tent.

Seeing this, Tian Gui took out the wine bag from his waist and handed it over: "Patriarch, drink some mare's milk to moisten your throat."

Deva took two sips of the wine, and the sweet and fishy liquid flowed down his mouth into his collar. He suddenly grabbed Tian Gui's wrist and said, "What do you think...if our tribe leads its people to surrender to the Han, can the southern part of Kushan still belong to us?"

Tian Gui's pupils shrank slightly, but he quickly recovered as normal. He frowned and said, "I can't say for sure about this matter. No one can figure out the Han people's thoughts."

Deva nodded.

Then a light bulb suddenly lit up in his mind. He stood up suddenly, ran to the map beside him, and stared at the northern part of the Kushan map.

"Khorezm... Kangju..."

Deva's fingers were tightly gripping the "Khwarezm" mark on the map, and the parchment made a slight tearing sound in his palm.

"Tian Gui! Look!" His voice trembled.

"Khwarezm was just a city-state back then, but it was able to become independent from the Kushan Empire. What did it rely on?"

Tian Gui's eyes flashed, and he calmed down by force. He walked to the map, looked at it for a few breaths, and said, "It depends on... having the best of both worlds?"

"That's right!" Deva said excitedly.

It’s like discovering a new world.

"Before that, the Northern Huns were in a standoff with the Kushans, so Khwarezm became independent and the Kushans were unable to conquer it."

"And now, our situation is the same!"

(End of this chapter)