Chapter 1155 The troops were divided into five routes and swept Central Asia
When Liu Bei's army besieged Shattered Leaf City, the main force of the commander of Chutian had already bypassed Broken Leaf City and attacked the Sailzhu Province controlled by the Golden Family.
The territory of the province of Serzhu is quite exaggerated, but the population is only 10 million, and Chutian's battle objectives are only two citiesβthe royal city of Serzhu and the city of Felt located in the north of the Syr Darya; The city of Sadara, south of the Syr Darya River, was the border fortress of the Seljuk Empire, defending the royal city in the north and amassing heavy troops.
"If you want to attack the royal city of Serju, then there are only two options, one is to forcibly capture the city of Sadara, and then attack the royal city; The second is to besiege the city of Sara with a partial division, cut off its teleportation array, and then the main force bypasses Dhara, sweeps across the Syr Darya River, and directly attacks the royal city. β
Chu Tian held a topographic map of Central Asia in his hand.
Because the population of the Seljuk Empire was small, and the large cities, in general, had a population of 500,000.
Therefore, the nomadic Seljuk Empire has only two cities with teleportation arrays, one is a royal city, and the other is a fortress used to defend troops and grain-Zara City.
Chu Tian's troops are abundant, so he can naturally use all the soldiers and horses to besiege the city of Retara, and then the other soldiers and horses can bypass this fortress.
"With a detachment of soldiers and horses, they besieged the fortress of Tara, and with a detachment of soldiers and horses, they marched along the north of the Syr Darya, swept across both sides of the Syr Darya, and captured the royal city. All the way, attack the country of Dawan. All the way, along the Tianshan Mountains, attacked Samarkand, an important town in the eastern part of Khorezm Province. All the way, the troops crossed the Kizilkum desert and attacked the city of Bukhara, an important town in the central part of Khorezm Province. β
Chu Tian's soldiers divided into five routes and completely swept through Central Asia.
Khorezm was not an area that Chutian had to occupy on this expedition, but sending two lines of troops and horses to attack Khorezm Province could contain the Golden Family's forces in Khorezm Province.
Even, after besieging the two big cities in the Selju Province and making the teleportation array ineffective, the Golden Family can only support the Selju Province by taking the two routes of Samarkand and Bukhara, and will be blocked by the Xia army of the two routes.
In the huge Central Asian battlefield and the Golden Family, the offensive must be opened and closed, and sieges, sieges, annihilations, detours, raids, and blockades are all used.
If you can take the kingdom of Khorezm, you can also take advantage of the trend.
"Huo An, the task of attacking the Great Wan Kingdom is entrusted to you. After the capture of Dawan, he cooperated with the Monan Army and the Tubo Army to capture Samarkand, an important eastern town in Khorezm. β
Chutian summoned Huo An and sent Huo An to recover the Great Wan Kingdom.
The defender of the Dawan Kingdom claimed to be a descendant of the Golden Family, the Uzbek Khan Xibani, with a strength of about 80,000, and even if Ogedai sent reinforcements to support the Dawan Kingdom, Chutian believed that with the strength of Huo An's Western Regions Army, he could take the Dawan Kingdom with a population of less than two million.
Huo An's Western Regions Army, because it guarded the border, had 400,000 troops, which was quite exaggerated, of which 100,000 guarded Yili, 100,000 guarded Luntai, and Huo An brought 200,000 troops to the west.
The main generals of the Western Regions Army currently include Wang Zhongsi (Tang), Wang Xuance (Tang), Ashina Sheer (Tang), Gao Xianzhi (Tang), Li Siye (Tang), Ban Chao (Western Han), Chen Tang (Western Han), and King Wusun, who shared the hardships with Huo An.
Although Chutian was going to leave Huo Quai, the first general of the Western Regions Army, he compensated Huo An's famous general Ashina Sheer, and Huo An's 200,000 Western Regions Army was not weak at all.
Gao Xianzhi and Li Siye are the combination of the Tang Dynasty Anxi Protectorate, Wang Xuance and Ban Chao are good at enslaving the servant army, Chen Tang and Ashina Sheer are good at driving straight in, and Wang Zhongsi is the talent of the main commander and coordinates the overall situation.
Such a lineup, placed in any civilization, is a dream lineup.
Huo An said: "This is the third time to conquer the Dawan Kingdom, if it doesn't work out, I'm afraid the Dawan Kingdom will become a ruin......
The country of Dawan is indeed miserable, ravaged and fought for back and forth by several great civilizations, and the population is getting smaller and smaller.
"The Monan Army and the Tibetan Army attacked Samarkand. The Tibetan army was good at highland warfare, so on the western side of the Pamirs, it held back the reinforcements arriving from the Kushan Empire. β
"The Mobei Army is dominated by Mongolian cavalry, and is good at long-distance raids, responsible for crossing the Kizilkum Desert and attacking the city of Bukhara, an important town in the central part of Khorezm Province."
"The Central Plains Army, besiege the fortress of False Answer. Take the fortress as soon as possible and remove the threat. β
"The Praetorian Guard, the Xiliang Army, the Guanzhong Army, the Hebei Army, and the Youzhou Army bypassed the fortress, swept away the enemy cavalry in the Syr Darya Valley, and captured the royal city of Serju. The Xiliang Army and the Youzhou Army served as the vanguard, and the Guanzhong Army and the Hebei Army followed, and the Praetorian Guard Army responded to the soldiers and horses from all walks of life. β
Chutian summoned the main generals from all walks of life to deploy offensive tasks respectively.
"Yes!"
After each commander accepts the mission, he immediately leads each legion to attack his own target.
"This time it's still the Dawan Kingdom, Chen Tang, Ashina Sheer, you serve as the vanguard, lead 30,000 light cavalry, and enter the Dawan Kingdom!"
Huo An waved the dragon flag of the Great Xia Dynasty and the military flag of the Western Regions Army, broke away from the main force and marched in the direction of Dawan Kingdom!
Chen Tang and Ashina Sheer, two generals, with 30,000 light cavalry, rolled up the dust.
"The goal of our Tibetan army is to assist the Monan army in capturing Samarkand, and for this reason, the main thing is to prevent reinforcements from the Kushan Empire. On Qinling, it's up to you to play this time. β
Tashi, the chief general of the Tibetan Protectorate, was ordered to block the Kushan Empire's army on the west side of the Pamir Plateau to reinforce from the north.
The team of the Tubo Protectorate is almost from the Tubo Empire, which was at war with the Tang Empire in history, and in the plateau area, it will be the home of the Tubo Protectorate, which is equivalent to the Arab Empire in the desert and the Dayue Kingdom in the jungle.
The soldiers and horses of Tubo are still quite strong.
The famous Tibetan general replied, "The last general will do his best to block the soldiers and horses of the Kushan Empire. If possible, wipe them out. β
"The Kushan Empire has a population of tens of millions, and at its limit, it can have millions of soldiers, which cannot be underestimated. It is said that Batu, who is now the Golden Horde, was in charge of the Kushan Empire, and that he had an army of firstborns. β
Tashi and Non Qinling led 100,000 soldiers and horses from the Tibetan Protectorate to the south.
The population of the Tubo Protectorate is not large, and it is not the territory of the Tubo Empire, so it is very difficult to piece together 100,000 soldiers and horses.
Li Mu, Lian Po, and Zhao Hao of the Monan Army were the main forces attacking Samarkand City.
In addition, among the Mo Nan army, there are also Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Yinshuke's kidnapping horses.
"It's not easy for our Mobei Army to cross the desert and carry out a surprise attack, which of you can be the vanguard?"
Prince Yan, the chief general of the Mobei Army, summoned Di Qing, Han Baohu, He Ruobi, and Shi Wansui generals.
Shi Wansui replied loudly: "The last general can quickly cross the desert and surprise the city of Bukhara!" β
"Then you will be the vanguard and take the central town of Khorezm, and you can ask the imperial court for credit, and it will be easier to be a marquis."
"Yes!"
Shi Wansui heard that he could be made a marquis, so his courage was even stronger.
Han Baohu, He Ruobi, and Shi Wanzai were the three generals of the Sui Dynasty, because in the unification war of the Han Empire, they were enemies with Chutian, so they did not have a marquis after surrendering, and they had to make great achievements in the first western expedition of the Great Xia Dynasty to have a chance to be a marquis.
Shi Wansui only led 10,000 Mongol cavalry as the vanguard of the desert.
"The Mongolian cavalry deserves to be a first-class cavalry."
Prince Yan was in charge of the Mobei Army, and most of the troops of the Mobei Army were Mongol cavalry.
The Mongolian cavalry also often ran rampant in the desert and the Gobi and other terrains, and could drive thousands of miles.
The 300,000 Central Plains Army led by Wu Qi, together with the generals Wei Wuji, Pang Juan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, and Niu Jin, besieged the strongest fortress of the Serju Empire, the city of Randara, and the extremely tragic siege battle of Sadhara began.
This city not only hoards heavy soldiers, grain and grass, but also the city is strong, full of arrow towers and towers.
All the soldiers and horses went to attack their respective targets, and the ten soldiers and horses of the western expedition, there were five soldiers and horses, followed Chutian, bypassed the headache-inducing city of Sadara, and attacked both sides along the Syr Darya River to annihilate the enemy troops encountered along the way.
The Great Khan of the Golden Family, Wo Kotai, sat in the Sailzhu King City, commanded the soldiers and horses, and dealt with Chutian's offensive.
The pioneers sent by Tuolei, Meng Ge and Kublai Khan, were in the tent of Ogedai at this time.
Kublai Khan said to Γgedei: "Our father Khan destroyed the Persian Empire, and it will take some time to recuperate in order to restore morale, as well as replenish food, grass, and weapons. Half of the captured Persian army will also participate in the crusade and half will remain in Persia. β
"It took so much time to destroy a Persian civilization."
"Great Khan, Persia has elite Holy Fall cavalry and undead army, not a weak civilization, and we spent a lot of time dividing its generals and gradually encroaching on them, which is why they will be destroyed."
"The Seljuk Empire has been reduced to a battlefield, and if the royal city is besieged, the teleportation array will be ineffective, and reinforcements from Persia will have to be teleported to Khorezm. Before the royal city was besieged, let Tuo Lei teleport some of the elite soldiers and horses, and in addition, Subutai must come, otherwise, it will be difficult to resist the imperial shuangbi of the Great Xia Dynasty, Wei Qing and Huo Quai. β
"Yes, Great Khan. Subutai and the Eight Banners Cavalry will all arrive. β
"The two of you are temporarily serving under my command, and Chu Zimou wants to annex the Hezhong region so that he will not return. This is our territory. It's time for us to set out and meet the enemy. β
Wokotai did not wait for the main force of Tuo Lei to come to converge, and had to fight Chutian.
Chutian had already divided his troops into five routes, attacking the Serju Empire and the Khorezm Kingdom on a large scale, and the war had spread to the central region of Central Asia.
Compared with the battlefield of the conquest of the four islands of Dongying and the Great Yue Kingdom, the battlefield in Central Asia was incomparably grand, and Chutian's troops swept through the three civilizations of the Serju Empire, the Khorezm Kingdom, and the Dawan Kingdom, with a population of 20 million.
"There is now a group of heroes and rebels in Central Asia, and it may be the most difficult battle ......"
Chu Tian felt the pressure, the scale of the war was too large, once the war was defeated and three million soldiers and horses were lost in Central Asia, then the Central Plains would be greatly damaged.
The heroes on the steppe, the rebels of various civilizations, are not so easy to provoke, and the difficulty of the battle in Central Asia is still above the unification of the Han Empire.
Even Sulu, who is a turbulent horseman, is not so easy to provoke, and is already trying to swallow Liu Bei's army.