540: Chapter 540 The Aryans

After this interruption by Zhao Fusu, Fan Zeng did not dwell on Zhao Fusu's identity anymore.

Although Zhao Fusu's identity still seemed somewhat suspicious, in Fan Zeng's eyes, even if Zhao Fusu was from the Great Qin government, so what? As long as he could help them, that was enough.

Zhao Fusu returned to the conference room with the others to continue discussing the issue of dealing with the Mauryan Empire's elephant troops.

"Although the elephant troops move fast, there is still a gap compared to warhorses."

Zhao Fusu scanned the crowd and said.

Xiang Liang frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and said: "That may be so, but it is easier said than done to leverage the speed advantage of warhorses. If we are not careful, we could be caught by the elephant troops and fall into danger instead."

Zhao Fusu smiled slightly and responded confidently: "That is why we must fully utilize the speed advantage of our warhorses and not give the elephant troops any chance for close-quarters combat."

"In other words, we must always maintain a certain distance from the elephant troops, use a kite-flying tactic, and use composite bows to deal with them."

Hearing this tactic described by Zhao Fusu, both Xiang Liang and Fan Zeng nodded slowly.

Fan Zeng stroked his beard and exclaimed in admiration: "This is a wonderful tactic. Utilizing the range advantage of the composite bows, combined with the mobility of the warhorses, can indeed suppress the elephant troops. However, this places high demands on the cavalry's mounted archery skills."

Zhao Xuan, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but interject: "As long as we train diligently, we can definitely help our brothers master this mounted archery technique."

Everyone nodded in agreement. With a method to deal with the elephant troops, the atmosphere in the room immediately became much more relaxed.

"Let us each train a cavalry unit."

Zhao Fusu continued: "We have traveled all the way from the Thirty-Six Kingdoms of the Western Regions and purchased over ten thousand horses. We have enough to form two cavalry units of five thousand men each!"

"Agreed!"

Xiang Liang agreed without hesitation, his eyes filled with boldness and confidence.

"Let us talk about the social structure of the Mauryan Empire."

Zhao Fusu's expression turned serious, and he said in a deep voice: "The people of the current Mauryan Empire are not the indigenous inhabitants!"

Unlike the Huaxia People who have always lived in East Asia, the Mauryan subcontinent has been invaded many times, resulting in a complex racial composition with black, white, and yellow people all present.

Everyone listened with curiosity and gathered around.

Zhao Fusu began to explain to them: "The Aryans were originally an ancient nomadic tribe active in West Asia and Central Asia. Around the Shang and Zhou Dynasty era, they migrated south as a whole."

"One branch entered our Zhou Dynasty and was defeated by Fu Hao; another branch entered the northwest of the South Asian subcontinent and successfully defeated the locals."

"The Aryans called the local indigenous people with darker skin and shorter stature 'Negritos' and conquered them. Some of these Negritos were driven to the south of the Mauryan Empire, while others became slaves to the Aryans."

"Is that so!"

Xiang Liang said in surprise: "In that case, the ethnic tensions in the Mauryan Empire must be quite significant."

"Exactly."

Zhao Fusu nodded in response: "Furthermore, the Aryans invented the caste system, dividing people into four levels. From highest to lowest, they are the Brahmins, Kshatriyas, Vaishyas, and Shudras. The Shudras and the untouchables at the lowest level live in an oppressed state."

Zhao Xuan said indignantly: "With such a rigid hierarchy, the common people at the bottom must be suffering immensely."

"Yes."

Zhao Fusu continued: "This caste system has caused sharp social class conflicts within the Mauryan Empire. We can exploit this to divide their forces."

Upon hearing this, everyone nodded thoughtfully, as they now saw more possibilities for defeating the Mauryan Empire.