Mythical Three Kingdoms-Chapter 1700 - 1624: The Empire Must Not Be Underestimated (Part 3)

For Kushan, this is indeed a good choice, one might say that without the prior interference of Zixu, and the desire created after the strengthening of the Kushan Empire, Kushan wouldn't have ended up in that situation.

However, speaking of the present, the Great Han Dynasty is in the throes of internal chaos, with warlords fighting among themselves for more than ten years, it is a juicy piece of meat in the eyes of any empire.

Unfortunately, when Kushan bit into the Great Han Dynasty, they realized that some things are not as they seem, and the rise and fall of an empire can only be verified by the victors and history.

Of course, these events are still far off, especially since Li Jue has already eradicated the first wave of the diplomatic mission, leaving Vasu Deva I without any accurate news from within the Han Dynasty for the entire year.

In this aspect, Li Jue indeed did a good deed, at least successfully stalling nearly three years for the Central Plains, otherwise under the current situation within the Han Empire, there was a real risk that after conquering India, Kushan would enter Sichuan and Shu from Myanmar.

If that time comes, even if Liu Bei manages to secure the Central Plains within half a year, and there's nobody in the Central Plains acting as a traitor to Han, using the power of a complete empire, half a year is enough for the rear advances to possibly reach Chengdu, and at that point, even if Liu Zhang sacrifices himself to Xuanyuan holding Chengdu, it wouldn't change the fact that Sichuan and Shu would be captured.

But is it possible? Not mentioning Sichuan and Shu under such a powerful force without any traitor to Han, if an empire attacked with full force, not starting from the north in Hanzhong, but from Northern Myanmar to cut off the rear, it wouldn't be contemptuous of Liu Zhang's caliber, not to mention sacrificing to Xuanyuan, the mere fact to stand firm means heaven's mercy.

The combat power of any empire is something that Cao and Sunx cannot withstand, even for a super powerful feudal lord like Liu Bei, defeating Kushan isn't something that can be settled in ten years, without fully integrating the strength of the entire Han Dynasty, thinking of conquering beyond its borders is absolutely laughable.

Take for example, the situation Gan Ning faces now, a stark reality, the Kushan Empire's wealth allows them to recklessly lose a thousand ships if they wish!

No matter how high Gan Ning's skills are in commanding the navy, what's the use against Kushan's thousand warships? Although most are fourth or fifth generation ships, but with twenty thousand marines and one hundred thousand infantry, they can crush the opposition!

The Great Han Dynasty could produce such a large fleet of marines, but due to national division, Liu Bei's side has advanced technology but lacks the foundation to scale industrial production, while Sunx Ce holds the industrial scale but lacks core technology.

If they were still a complete empire, with sufficient execution capability, they wouldn't have managed to produce five or six hundred ships like Kushan in half a year, but truthfully create three or four hundred ships, gathering and modifying the hull from various places, seven or eight hundred ships from the Great Han Dynasty wouldn't be unattainable.

As for the marines, considering strong conscription from the north with southern ships, to assume the Great Han Dynasty couldn't create tens of thousands of marines in half a year? The potential of a complete empire is something to never underestimate!

Yet regrettably, division is division, no matter the attempt to suppress, this fact cannot be changed, so upon seeing that fleet stretching to the horizon, Gan Ning disgracefully abandoned the water village and fled.

However, the opponent was already ten miles away, by the time Gan Ning activated the water village, pulling out all naval fleet, the opponent's fleet was already close to ten miles, this distance essentially meant escape was impossible.

Still had to flee despite impossibility, Gan Ning activated all speed apparatuses, desperately fleeing ahead, yet the greatest advantage of fourth and fifth generation boats is their small and light build, exceedingly quick, even with many speed devices on Gan Ning's ships, it was hard to shake off the Kushan Fleet.

Initially the Kushan Fleet hadn't taken the water village at Malacca seriously, though it began thinking it was theirs, upon discovering a long line of non-local ships emerging, assumed they abandoned the previously dispatched fleet.

Regarding annihilation, the Kushan Empire's commander never considered it, yet with Gan Ning fleeing, the Kushan Empire naturally had to intercept him, not necessarily to annihilate but at least to inquire about the status of the prior Kushan Fleet, thereby giving chase.