The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the wind and the sun are beautiful.

Under the blue sky and white clouds, a life-and-death struggle was going on, and it had been two hours since Wang Ben's troops attacked Amdo City, and both sides had suffered heavy casualties, and blood stained the earth red.

In the highland climate, the two-hour continuous fight is a severe test of physical fitness.

Wang Ben looked up at the sky, seeing that it was not early, and Amdo City was still standing, his face was a little ugly, "Pass the order, leave no reserves, and all the staff will go up with me." ”

"No!"

As soon as the military order was given, the 20,000 reserves were pressed on all fronts.

Wang Ben's decision was right, in fact, the Ashoka army was on the verge of collapse, and as soon as the 20,000 living forces rushed up, they immediately dealt a fatal blow.

With Wang Ben taking the lead, the morale of the Qin army is high, and it is even more unstoppable.

Only half an hour passed, the city head was opened, Wang Ben took the lead, led his troops to rush up the city wall, and fought with the enemy, the corpses were like dumplings, constantly falling from the city, a thick layer on the base.

The Ashoka army is also powerful, and would rather die than retreat.

The two sides engaged in rounds of tug-of-war around the city walls, fighting to the death and death in every inch of the city, without giving in, and the casualties increased at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The walls were already filled with corpses, and the warriors could only fight on them.

Seeing this, Wang Ben admired the enemy army a little, and at the same time, he aroused anger in his heart, if he couldn't take Amdo City in this way, then he would be too embarrassed.

"Kill!"

Perhaps due to the influence of Wu Anjun Bai Qi, the Qin army was dominated by heavy swordsmen rather than sword and shield soldiers.

Heavy swordsman, heavy offense, light defense, once attacked, I am invincible, and I must fall down. Under Wang Ben's encouragement, the soldiers of the Qin army completely let go and gave up their lives.

At this moment, the Ashoka army was finally frightened, and watched his companions fall down in rows like wheat, and the positions were lost one after another, and the army no longer had the fighting spirit.

"Withdraw!"

The defending officer gave the order to retreat, preparing to retreat to the city to fight.

Seeing this, Wang Ben shouted: "The whole army is in pursuit, and don't leave the enemy a chance to set up a formation in the city." ”

In this way, the Qin army was like a maggot on the tarsal bone, chasing the enemy army, killing from the head of the city to the city, from this street to the next street, just like the ghost in the palace of Hades.

Until night, when the lights were lit, sporadic fighting could still be heard throughout the city.

At this point in the war, the armies of both sides were scattered, and battalions and even teams fought in the streets, houses, and other places, turning the entire city of Amdo upside down.

The aborigines could only tremble.

At nightfall, Wang Ben, surrounded by his personal guards, walked into the city lord's mansion, no longer going into battle in person, but commanding the whole army to carry out a planned strangulation of the remnants of the enemy army.

It was a fight without prisoners of war, and the loser died.

Seeing that the fighting in various parts of the city gradually subsided, and all the 40,000 enemy troops were slaughtered except for a few who fled or hid in the hidden places in the city, Wang Ben did not care about resting, and directly dialed his father's communication compass to report the results of the battle of Amdo City.

Wang Jian in the video didn't have any words of appreciation, just nodded and ordered: "Early tomorrow morning, send troops to clear the surrounding villages and welcome the arrival of the main force of the army." ”

"No!"

Wang Ben is accustomed to it.

In the eyes of the father and son, taking the city of Amdo is really nothing to boast about.

Even so, through this battle, Wang Ben still had a clear understanding of the strength of the enemy army, and in this battle, the 70,000 Qin army lost nearly 30,000 people, which was almost equal to the enemy's casualties.

Such a result is actually ugly.

The root cause of this is that in addition to the objective fact that the Ashoka army is relatively strong, what is more important is that the 500,000 Qin army lacks actual combat experience, strictly speaking, this is their first battle.

"I haven't seen blood, so it's useless after all." Wang Ben was very dissatisfied.

…………

The next day, the news that the Right Wing Army had captured the city of Amdo in only half a day quickly spread throughout the Fourth Route Army.

This time, the other three-way army can be ashamed of the five bodies to the ground. There was a very tacit understanding, and the vanguard officer of the three-way army issued the same military order, "At all costs, take the target city as soon as possible." ”

The Qin army won the championship, they can't be at the bottom.

The secret contest of the four-way army can be regarded as truly ushering in the peak at this moment.

Unexpectedly, it was the left wing army, that is, the Zhou army led by Tian Dan, who conquered the city on the second road. Not for anything else, just because the Zhou army has the most experience in actual combat among the four-way army.

followed by the Zhonghu Army, which also had some actual combat experience, that is, the Song Army; The Tang Army, which acted as the middle route army, was very faceless at the bottom, and it was not until September 5 that the target city was taken.

As soon as the news came out, Tang Jun was humiliated.

It is reported that the commander of the Central Route Army, Li Tao, such a calm veteran, was so angry that he directly demoted the vanguard officer responsible for attacking the city to the lowest level of small soldiers, so as to set an example.

"Even Song Jun can't compare, it's really embarrassing old man!" Li Tao almost scolded his mother.

Cheng Yanjin and Wei Chi Jingde, the two fierce generals, also complained, complaining that the main general Li Tao did not send them to fight, otherwise, they would definitely not let the Qin army specialize in the front.

………

Chengdu, the headquarters of the Northwest Theater of Operations

The Tang Army was at the bottom, and even Li Jing felt quite faceless, when the Tang Army was arranged to act as the main force of the Chinese army, Li Jing also cared about the old feelings, where did he think that it would be such a result.

"It's ......"

Li Jing shook his head, he really didn't know what to say.

At this moment, the military advisor Xun Yu walked in, "Marshal, the battle losses of the first battle of the Fourth Route Army have been counted, please take a look." ”

Li Jing packed up his emotions, took a closer look, and spit out a sentence after a long time: "Accident, it's not an accident!" ”

The Qin army attacked Amdo City and lost nearly 30,000 people, which was quite good among the four-way army. The worst was the Song army, I don't know whether it was because of the gas or what, it lost nearly 50,000 people, which was greater than the enemy's casualties.

Li Jing, who had fought with the Ashoka army, naturally knew the strength of the enemy army, especially the garrisons arranged by the Ashoka Dynasty on the border, which were all elite troops with rich experience in actual combat.

can play like this, Li Jing is already quite satisfied.

Xun Yu suggested: "Marshal, the first battle is so difficult, do you want to change your tactics?" ”

In the initial plan, the four armies echoed left and right, forming a long battle line, from east to west, all the way through until the Ashoka army was driven out of the Tibetan territory.

can be the current battle damage, so just frontal, I am afraid that there will be heavy losses.

"Is there a good plan for the military advisor?" Li Jing asked quietly.

Xun Yu replied: "I suggest that the right wing army be ordered to send a cavalry unit to raid the rear of Tubo and harass the enemy's grain route by taking advantage of the Ogedai Khanate, so as to reduce the pressure on the front army." ”

Li Jing listened to it and said, "This matter, let's discuss it later!" ”

"Dashuai!" Xun Yu was anxious.

"Military division, the current casualties are heavy, all because of the lack of actual combat in the army. This is precisely the best time for military training, and as long as we fight a few more battles, the situation is bound to improve. It is not too late to wait for that time, according to the strategy of the military division. ”

Xun Yu listened, glanced at Li Jing suspiciously, and finally did not refute, turned around and left.

Li Jing saw it and sighed quietly in his heart. The "meat grinder plan" formulated by Jia Xu is not only unknown to the four-way army, but even Xun Yu is not known, and only Li Jing is qualified to know.

If you only consider it from the perspective of conventional warfare, Xun Yu's strategy is naturally good, but unfortunately, this epic war, from the very beginning, was destined to be an unconventional war.

Different ends naturally lead to different means.

Sending troops to harass the enemy's grain route at this time is very likely to make the Ashoka Dynasty retreat and abandon Tibet, which will be completely contrary to the strategy of the imperial court.

Some people may ask, even if the Ashoka Dynasty withdraws its troops, Bactria can take advantage of the victory to pursue and directly attack the Ashoka Dynasty itself, which can also achieve the purpose of consuming the enemy.

Of course, it's not that simple.

The Ashoka Dynasty's war against Bactria in Tibet was a foreign war, and the Mauryan Dynasty and the Gupta Dynasty could watch from the sidelines, and no one could blame anything.

But once the Great Xia army entered the territory of the Ashoka Dynasty, it would be a civil war, and the two major dynasties, and even the tens of millions of adventure players in Tianzhu, would rush forward and fight to the death against Great Xia.

When that time comes, what can a mere army of two million people do against the enemy?

In addition, before taking over Tibet and resuming normal production, if the expedition to the Ashoka Dynasty was to be carried out, the grain transportation route would have to be more than doubled, and the difficulty and consumption on the road would increase exponentially.

Even if Great Xia has a deep foundation, it can't withstand such consumption, maybe this battle alone can wipe out the family wealth that Great Xia has accumulated so hard.

How could Your Majesty do such a stupid thing.

Therefore, a decisive battle with the Ashoka dynasty in Tibet is the most ideal state.

"Wen Ruo, I'm sorry!" Li Jing shook his head.