October 2, Gaia 7, Chengdu, Northwest Theater Command.

In the fierce battle in January, the Great Xia army lost more than 500,000 troops, killed more than 600,000 enemies, captured nearly 200,000 prisoners, and consumed countless grains and grass materials. Among the prisoners of war, they were basically the original Tibetan army.

Such a result also confirms Jia Xu's "meat grinder plan" from the side, which is worthy of its name.

For the besieging side, such a result is already very remarkable, after all, the two warring sides are dominated by the royal city forbidden army, and there is no obvious difference in combat power.

The Great Xia army is strong, and there are a number of famous generals, which is incomparable to Tianzhu, which lacks historical background.

Although Tianzhu is also one of the ancient civilizations, the only one that can be used is the period of the Mauryan Dynasty, which has been conquered by foreign nations and even colonized for a long time, until the birth of modern civilization.

The British colonial rule in Tianzhu alone lasted for two centuries.

With the meeting of the Left Wing Army, the Central Guard Army and the Central Route Army outside the city of Luo, the Battle of Tubo officially turned into the second echelon, and Li Jing, commander of the Northwest Theater, issued a series of military orders.

The Central Protector Army cooperated with the Central Route Army to officially attack the city of Luo.

The left and right flanks continued to march westward, flying in unison with both wings, and smashing into the rear of the city of Raksha, cutting off the Ashoka support for the city of Raksha, and making sure to conquer the city within a month.

As the original Tibetan royal city, the city is the only strong city on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the city is strong, covers an extremely wide area, and is also the center of the Ashoka army's land and grain and grass base.

Once the city of Luo was breached, it was basically announced that Daxia had won half of the battle.

Needless to say, both sides knew that they had to focus on the city of Ralis and start a decisive battle.

For this reason, Li Jing personally urged the logistics department to use a large number of artillery and siege equipment to break through the difficulties and obstacles, and to arrive at the front line in the shortest possible time to assist the army in attacking the city.

Just as Li Jing was thinking about the battle situation on the front line, the military advisor Xun Yu walked in again.

The previous Xun Yu suggested a detour to the Ogedai Khanate, detour back to the rear of the enemy army, and attack the enemy's grain route, but Li Jing refused. As the war progressed, Xun Yu proposed it twice, but both were rejected.

As the saying goes, there are no more than three things.

Xun Yu is an extremely smart person, and he knows that the commander Li Jing is by no means a stupid person, since he is determined to be head-on, there must be other intentions in it, and the court did not ask, which confirmed Xun Yu's guess.

In this way, Xun Yu no longer mentioned this matter.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Xun Yu walked into the room this time, Li Jing said with a smile: "Strategist, the plan you mentioned earlier to attack the enemy's grain route can be implemented." ”

"But the time has come?" Xun Yu asked.

Li Jing nodded, "Exactly." Nearly half of the enemy army has been wiped out, and now our army is besieging the city of Luo, and once the enemy's food route is cut off, the enemy's million-strong army will be like a turtle in an urn. ”

Xun Yu nodded.

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Tibet, Amdo City.

This was the first city captured by the Right Wing Army, and it was also the location of the headquarters of the Right Wing Army.

Because of the convenience of communication, the military order of the theater command soon reached Wang Qian, the commander of the right-wing army, and asked the right-wing army to allocate a regiment of elite cavalry to make a detour through the Ögedai Khanate and attack the enemy's grain route.

Considering that the Qin army was not familiar with this place, through the coordination of the high command, in the territory of the Ögedai Khanate, guides would be sent by the Mongol Empire; When they enter Tibet again, they will be led by Shanhaiwei's secret agents.

In addition to this, there are some operational details.

After Wang Jian saw it, he had a clear understanding of the planning ability of the theater headquarters and even Li Jing himself, and the Qin army was indeed inferior to the Qin army in terms of the detailed division of labor in the army and the scientific arrangement of operations.

"It is no accident that we can unify the Central Plains."

Wang Jian sighed with emotion, and for the first time, he had a certain recognition of Daxia and the imperial court.

"Someone!"

"In!"

"Call Wang Ben."

"No!"

With such a difficult task, Wang Jian naturally thought of letting his son Wang Ben go on the expedition. Changing to other generals, Wang Jian is really not at ease, this time he has to go deep behind the enemy, but he has to adapt to the situation.

It also happened that Wang Ben had just led his troops to withdraw from the front line yesterday to rest and recuperate.

Soon, Wang Ben rushed to the camp and saluted: "Father! After days of fighting, Wang Ben's skin has become a lot darker, but he has more masculinity of the Qin people.

Because of taking the lead several times, Wang Ben has two scars on his face, which makes him even more manly.

"Look at this."

Wang Jian handed over the military order he had just received.

Wang Ben took a look, his face was happy, and he said, "Father, let me go!" ”

"Rest for another day, set off the day after tomorrow, and be careful on the road." Wang Jian didn't talk nonsense, only the last sentence slightly exposed the veteran's feelings for his son's safety.

Wang Ben is a famous general trained by Wang Qian, and the father and son are very similar. It's just that Wang Ben, who appeared in the wilderness, was young, and inevitably had a trace of young man's edge and sharpness.

Historically, both father and son retired successfully, and after the establishment of the Great Qin Empire, they withdrew from the political arena and completely disappeared from the court's field of vision, allowing Meng Tian to dominate.

It was not until the end of the Qin Dynasty that Wang Ben's son Wang Li reappeared.

"Father, rest assured!"

Wang Ben's heart warmed.

The father and son were in the tent, and they discussed the route of the march in detail with the map.

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Tianzhu, Ashoka, Delhi City.

During this time, Ashoka was in a very bad mood, he didn't expect that he would not be able to stop the advance of the Great Xia army after investing 1.5 million troops in the Tubo battlefield and consuming countless grains, grass and materials.

Every time a city was lost on the front line, Ashoka's mood became gloomy.

In the face of such a bad war situation, Emperor Ashoka even planned to march in person, but only under the death of the ministers of the court and the central government, Ashoka gave up.

In the words of the ministers, "It's not that the front-line soldiers don't work hard, it's that the enemy army is too strong." ”

It was only at this time that Ashoka truly realized that the strength of Great Xia was indeed beyond the reach of the Ashoka dynasty. Not to mention anything else, only in the supply of grain and grass materials, the Ashoka Dynasty took advantage of the time and place, and still couldn't catch up with Great Xia. Emperor Ashoka could not have imagined how the soldiers and civilians of Bactria crossed the mountains and mountains to transport grain to the front line.

After the Bactrian army besieged the city of Raksha, Ashoka retreated a little.

Emperor Ashoka was not a fool, nor was he a pure warrior, and he would not really disregard the future and fate of the dynasty in order to defend his honor, and waste his living power on the battlefield of Tibet.

At present, after a series of battles, not to mention whether it can be defended, even if it is held, it is still a ruin. Apart from honor, for the Ashoka Dynasty, Tibet no longer had any practical value.

But at this moment, a "rumor" suddenly circulated among the people of Tianzhu, saying: "Ashoka was scared by Great Xia and was so frightened that he couldn't sleep at night. Within a week, they will withdraw in disarray, discarding their armor. ”

There are many versions of the rumors, all of which mock Ashoka.

What is even more shocking is that these rumors seem to have spread throughout the territory of the Ashoka Dynasty overnight, from the princes and ministers to the common people.

Obviously, behind the spread of rumors, there are people with ulterior motives who are pushing it.

It is even said that the rumors themselves were concocted by them, and the purpose was very simple, that is, they did not want the Ashoka Dynasty to withdraw its troops from Tibet.

Although Ashoka saw through the enemy's conspiracy, he had to fall for it.

Because the rumors spread so quickly and so commonly, they have successfully aroused the common hatred of the people of the Ashoka Dynasty, and if the dynasty withdraws its troops from Tibet at this time, it will definitely lose the hearts of the people.