Mythical Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2405: Chapter 2122: Exemplifying the Beauty of China

“Military Advisor Xuu.” When Xuu You arrived, Jiangh Qi was studying military strategy. Upon seeing Xuu You enter, Jiangh Qi put down the military books and stood up to greet him.

“No need for that, I just have some matters to discuss with you, concerning the grand future plans of my lord.” Xuu You said calmly, looking at Jiangh Qi. Back when Tian Feng was alive, he mentioned that Jiangh Qi was quick-witted, observant, and adept at capturing achievements in battle, making him effective as a strategic force.

Xuu You still agrees with this evaluation. Jiangh Qi shouldn’t be wasted on such meaningless soldier training. His natural observational ability can be used to create miracles, and Xuu You currently has a miraculous task that requires Jiangh Qi’s assistance.

“Please speak directly, Military Advisor Xuu.” Jiangh Qi, hearing these words, closed the military books on the table and looked at Xuu You with a composed expression.

“I have a method that can train specific elite talents. According to my estimation, it is flawless, but I need your help.” Xuu You said, smiling.

Jiangh Qi was startled, looking at Xuu You in shock. Such words were inexplicably frightening. Can you really train specific elite talents? Are you sure you know what you’re talking about?

“You don’t need to look at me like that. In fact, the method is quite simple. In my view, surviving ten battles without dying can awaken the potential for elite talent. However, since everyone experiences different wars and situations, the talents they initially awaken are also different. The elite talents that soldiers consolidate after surviving a hundred battles are mostly an integration of their original elite talents.” Xuu You said gravely, raising his index finger.

Jiangh Qi frowned. He truly was unaware of this, but with his years of experience, this odd hypothesis, upon deeper reflection, seemed quite reasonable.

“In my opinion, elite talents originate from individuals, and then, as people integrate into different corps and are baptized by different corps, they consolidate a unified elite talent.” Xuu You said seriously, “I don’t know if my hypothesis is correct, but it’s a possibility.”

After indulging in an entire gold mine, Xuu You’s intellect nearly exploded, illuminating many things he had previously overlooked, leading to the insightful and analytical Xuu You of today.

“We have a large number of barbarians. We can use them to test our hypothesis. I need you to observe with your eyes and gather soldiers with similar elite talents together. Let’s first produce visible elite talents.” Xuu You looked at Jiangh Qi and said, and Jiangh Qi nodded silently.

“Use warfare to select the strongest among them, and from those who survive, group those with similar talents to form a core, finally forming elite talents based on this foundation?” Jiangh Qi frowned and said, “This task, if considered carefully, is not impossible; on the contrary, it is quite possible, but it requires extremely high observational ability.”

“You can do it.” Xuu You didn’t explain further, only looked calmly at Jiangh Qi. Jiangh Qi was silent for a while before nodding. Although this task was difficult, he had ways to achieve it, albeit barely, by observing on the battlefield.

“However, if it’s this way, Military Advisor Xuu, be prepared for the deaths of tens of thousands.” Jiangh Qi said gravely.

Jiangh Qi was very confident in his observational ability. If there were fewer numbers, this task would be challenging but manageable.

But to elevate observational ability to distinguish slight traits of individuals among a massive army and identify similar elite talents reflected among them, to select soldiers with similar ones, is an extremely difficult task.

If relying purely on observation, reaching this level is extremely difficult due to the sheer quantity that needs to be observed and the vast scope of analysis required. Thus, to achieve this level, Jiangh Qi believed there was only one method.

That is, to make the observation method as practiced as a kind of intuitive instinct, no longer relying on brain analysis but on a feeling, directly ignoring the observation process and directly reaching a conclusion based on what is seen, based on experience.

Only by using this method can the necessary signs be screened out among tens of thousands of troops, and through these signs, identify the required elite talents. But this is an extremely difficult process, requiring the sacrifice of at least tens of thousands of people to achieve.

This was Jiangh Qi’s self-confidence in his strong observational abilities, enabling him to transform his observation method into something almost intuitive in the shortest time possible.

“Tens of thousands dead?” Xuu You laughed dismissively, “Yihan, the war we face will not be ended by mere tens or hundreds of thousands. This war provides us many pawns to expend, and with the coming year, we shall cross the Ural Mountains. If tens of thousands can establish the foundation of a nation, it is worthwhile.”

Jiangh Qi stared intently at Xuu You, disdainful of treating soldiers as mere expendables.

“Don’t worry, they are just barbarians, and the elite talent I need is the Chaos Formation Talent we faced at Qiu Linbei against the Northern Huns.” Xuu You said to Jiangh Qi, “Barbarians are a useful asset, especially with the Chaos Formation Talent, these hundreds of thousands of barbarians will be all soldiers!”

Jiangh Qi slowly nodded, understanding Xuu You’s mindset. Indeed, if the barbarians could awaken the Chaos Formation Talent, these hundreds of thousands of barbarians could soon be trained to the level of any elite talent.

More importantly, having this talent, even without coordination, as long as they don’t encounter the Elite of Danyang, who are naturally gifted with coordination talents, they could utilize chaos against elite troops. Given their naturally enhanced physical quality, the combat power they could unleash would rank among the elite troops.

As for easily being crushed by the Elite of Danyang, that can’t be helped. Barbarians with no coordination abilities are naturally defeated by large-scale, coherently coordinated regular soldiers, but Xuu You didn’t think he would be so unlucky.

By the time they have tens of thousands with Chaos Formation Talent, they can completely disguise themselves as a nation. Without needing to act, they could maintain a deterrent force just by standing there.

During the time Xuu You squatted in the gold mine, he thought a lot. The Yuan Family had already lost, irretrievably unable to regain the momentum from when Yuan Shao was alive. With Yuan Shao’s death, the Yuan Family’s hopes essentially vanished. Subsequent calculations only turned them into puppets manipulated by the Central Plains.

Xuu You despised this feeling, this sense of being manipulated at every turn. Yuan Shao may fail, but his pride would never allow himself to be controlled.

But to sever this control, one must have power, and the Yuan Family’s current strength isn’t enough. The Yuan Family, stepping outside the nation’s borders, can’t yet be self-sufficient, even with Xun Shen’s great capabilities and Yekaterinburg’s fertile lands, the Yuan Family would struggle to resolve the food issue.

Apart from the food problem, there is also the military issue. Yuan Shao’s legacy was not weak, but those willing to follow Yuan Tan here were only tens of thousands of soldiers, far too weak.

To sever the strings controlling oneself, solutions must be found not only for power but also for logistics and other matters. In terms of logistics, Xuu You believed that given one more year, Xun Shen could resolve it, leaving only the military issue.

How to lead 30,000 men to conquer tens of thousands in a short time, and then expand to hundreds of thousands.

Xuu You recalled a statement from Chanyu Lao Shang back then, “Under the heavens, it is either the Han or the Hu.” Although this declaration failed, it was indeed the closest time the Huns came to being invincible. This statement made Xuu You think of many things.

What is Huaxia Civilization exactly? Bloodline? No, as explained during the Spring and Autumn Period, it is the rites, the core moral standards. Whosoever’s words and actions adhere to the core moral standards of Huaxia’s “rites” can be regarded as China, and conversely, China can be regarded as barbarians if they fail.

Understanding this, Xuu You found no more hindrances. Integrating the barbarians into Huaxia, glorifying Huaxia’s splendor. What matters isn’t the means by which the Zhongy Clan of the Yuan Family conquers the world, but that they continue using Huaxia’s moral standards. As long as these standards govern from top to bottom, they remain the legitimate Huaxia!

Removing the biggest obstacle to legitimacy, the next step is to sweep the world, to bring all the barbarians west of the Ural Mountains under the Yuan Family’s banner.

This is challenging, but now is the opportune time. Xuu You, estimating the panicked eastward movement of the barbarians north of Rome, knew this was their best chance. Barbarians capable of contending with the Roman Empire, even in defeat, still hold power comparable to a great power.

By absorbing this power, the Yuan Family, mired in mud, could rise again, becoming the rulers atop the sky dome, looking down upon the mortal world.

In reality, the historical record reflects Xuu You’s estimation. In 200 AD, the Romans completely defeated the European barbarians represented by the Celts, Germans, and Slavs. Severus even forced his way into Britannia to eliminate the Germans.

By Severus’s death, European barbarians, except those who submitted to the Romans, had been forced to migrate eastward to Eastern Europe. Slavs, during this period, entered Eastern Europe and the Balkans, becoming ancestors of Russian, Ukrainian, and other peoples.

The Eastern European Plain, boundlessly vast, allowed the Three Great Barbarians to live excellently after their migration. Then Attila emerged from the southern Ural Mountains and advanced westward, flattening everything to the Atlantic Ocean. Though stopped at the Danube River, too many barbarians were pushed back into Europe by Attila, and combined with those who once submitted to Rome, they eventually crushed Western Rome.

Such terrifying military might, enough to show the power the barbarians possessed back then, also highlights the fearsome combat effectiveness of the Huns.

Xuu You aims to achieve something even more frightening: integrating barbarians into Huaxia, glorifying Huaxia’s splendor, balancing cultural and military achievements!