Chapter 1257 Can't Afford to Lose

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On July 25, Daxia announced the appointment and removal of generals.

General Li Jing, commander of the Northwest Theater, resigned from his concurrent post as commander of the Feixiong Army, and Zuo Zongtang, commander of the Hedong Army, took over. Hou Junji, a descendant of the Tang Dynasty, took over the post of commander of the Hedong Army.

The upcoming battle of Tubo was under the unified command and dispatch of the Northwest Theater. In order to reduce Li Jing's burden and make him devote himself to this great battle, the imperial court dismissed Li Jing's position as the commander of the Flying Bear Army in due course.

The commander-in-chief of the theater no longer concurrently serves as the commander of the group army, which is the general trend.

Zuo Zongtang is familiar with Xijiang, he is a first-rate famous general, and he is also good at firearms combat. Everything makes him stand out when he is competing for the position of commander of the Flying Bear Army.

There is an unwritten rule in the Great Xia Army. Under normal circumstances, if there is a vacancy in the command sequence of the field army, they will probably be promoted from the commander of the frontier army. Unless the new generals are talented and irreplaceable, they can only serve as the commander of the frontier army first, just like Hou Junji who took over as the commander of the Hedong Army this time.

Hou Junji was a famous general in the Tang Dynasty, an official to the Minister of the Ministry of War.

In the early days, he was ignorant and ignorant, but he claimed to be brave. Later, he entered the Qin Palace to fight with Li Shimin, made military exploits, and was gradually appreciated by Li Shimin. He and Yu Chigong urged Li Shimin to launch the Xuanwu Gate Incident.

After the unification of the Tang Dynasty, Hou Junji's official position became higher and higher, and he began to study and participate in the selection of talents. He once studied the art of war with Li Jing, but falsely accused Li Jing of having the heart of rebellion.

During the Zhenguan period, he followed Li Jing to pacify the Turks, and then led an army to destroy Gaochang.

Hou Junji, who has made great achievements, began to take credit for his pride. He was imprisoned for stealing treasures during the destruction of Gaochang. After he was released, he began to feel resentful.

In the seventeenth year of Zhenguan, Hou Junji was implicated in Prince Li Chengqian's rebellion and was executed.

It can be seen from this that Hou Junji has the ability to lead troops to fight, but he lacks in personal character and personal morality, so he is not considered a general with both ability and political integrity.

Ouyang Shuo only hoped that, with the lessons of history in mind, Hou Junji could restrain himself a bit.

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It was not until mid-August that the abnormality of Daxia was finally noticed by the Ashoka Dynasty.

As an NPC dynasty, the annexation of Tubo was the first time the Ashoka dynasty set foot in a foreign battlefield. It was also at that time that they used the local people of Tubo to form an intelligence agency for China and began to infiltrate Daxia.

One can imagine how immature such an intelligence agency is.

Especially under the encirclement and suppression of Shanhaiwei, it is basically impossible to move an inch in China. The grain and grass transportation in such a big battle in the Great Xia, the spies of the Ashoka Dynasty only found out the news after nearly a month. It was a failure.

By this time, the first batch of grain and grass materials in Daxia had been delivered. This also means that Daxia already has the conditions to go to war, and the follow-up food and grass materials can be continuously transported during the war.

Tianzhu District, Ashoka Dynasty, Delhi City.

King Ashoka was the third king of the Mauryan Dynasty in Magadha, ancient India. His reign was an unprecedentedly powerful era in the history of ancient India, and he was also the greatest king in the history of India. If there must be an inaccurate comparison, Ashoka's status in Tianzhu is basically similar to that of Emperor Qin and Han Wu in Huaxia.

At the age of eighteen, Ashoka was appointed Governor of Abanti Province.

About 273 BC, Bintou Sara was seriously ill, and there was no prince in the court. In order to seize the throne, King Ashoka, with the help of his minister Chenghu, joined the struggle for the throne.

Legend has it that King Ashoka had murdered ninety-nine brothers and sisters. In the end, King Ashoka won the victory, and a formal enthronement ceremony was held in about 269 BC.

In his early years, Ashoka was warlike and slaughtered, and unified the entire South Asian subcontinent and part of today's Afghanistan. In his later years, he believed in Buddhism and put down the butcher knife. He was also known as the "Worry King".

King Ashoka, who appeared in the wilderness, was just over forty, with both the warlike bloodthirsty in his prime and the wisdom in his later years, he was really an emperor not to be underestimated.

It's no wonder that the charming sons of Tianzhu like Peacock King and Gupta King have to give them three points of courtesy.

Such an Ashoka, of course, does not have the word "retire without fighting" in the dictionary.

Therefore, upon hearing the news that Daxia was actively preparing for war, King Ashoka did not hesitate, and directly issued a war mobilization order, intending to defend the newly conquered Tubo Dynasty.

You know, the moment Ashoka took down Tubo and set foot on the land of China, Ashoka's prestige in Tianzhu rose to a new level, and the scenery was so beautiful that even the always active Mauryan Dynasty and Gupta Dynasty temporarily lost their voice.

Because this is what the two dynasties once wanted to do, but failed to do.

Based on this alone, Ashoka must defend this hard-won glory at all costs, otherwise, what is the significance of his rebirth in the wilderness? !

Following Ashoka's order, another 500,000 banned troops assembled on the border of Tubo.

Counting the millions of forbidden troops already stationed in Tubo, and the 300,000 Tubo army that had been devoured and transformed, King Ashoka suppressed an army of 1.8 million, which was extraordinary.

With this large army, Ashoka even had the confidence to switch from defense to offense and attack the provinces of Daxia and Shu.

After all, according to the intelligence from the front-line spies, Daxia was only transporting food and supplies to the front line at this time, and there was no sign of army mobilization. Even the news about grain shipments detected was limited to the province of Shu.

The intelligence capabilities between the two are really not on the same order of magnitude.

Compared with the dullness of Ashoka's secret agents, the Black Snake Guard's secret agents active in Tianzhu District are more formidable. As soon as Ashoka issued the war mobilization order, the relevant information was immediately detected and reported to the court.

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On August 18th, the capital.

The scholar of the Miwen Pavilion is peerless and does not wear makeup. He is dressed in a black dress, which looks calm and capable. He deliberately hides his peerless appearance. He takes the information just presented by the Black Snake Guard and sends it to the imperial study.

Having just entered the Miwen Pavilion, and in charge of confidential information, Peerless Fenghua is naturally low-key and low-key.

She is well aware that although the decoration of the Summer Palace is almost the same as that of the former Great Zhou Palace, the two are completely unequal. This palace is not only the center of the Great Xia, but also the center of the world.

Every move has attracted the attention of all parties.

It is impossible for His Majesty to trust her like Dichen did. All she can do is to say less and do more. She dare not have any outrageous words or deeds, let alone dress flamboyantly, so as not to be accused of seducing His Majesty.

It takes a long time to see people's hearts.

Naturally, Ouyang Shuo had no time to pay attention to Jue Dai Fenghua's thoughts, so he took over the intelligence document. Ouyang Shuo faced a lot of invisible pressure because of preparations for the Tubo war, laboring people and wasting money, the government and the opposition.

Although no one dared to stand up to oppose it, once this battle was defeated, Ouyang Shuo's prestige in the government and the opposition would definitely be affected to a certain extent.

According to the historical bridge, Jia Xu, the instigator, will lose his official position and become a scapegoat.

Therefore, this battle is only allowed to win, not to lose.

After reading the information, Ouyang Shuo smiled reassuringly. He was worried that King Ashoka would not dare to press him down. In that case, it would only consume millions of Ashoka's army, and it would be far from achieving the goal of weakening Ashoka.

King Ashoka did not disappoint Ouyang Shuo.

"Copy this information to the Military Aircraft Division, the Privy Council, the Northwest War Zone and the Southwest War Zone, and say, it's time to move." Ouyang Shuo put down the information and ordered.

"promise!"

Jue Dai Fenghua nodded in response, feeling a lot of emotion in his heart, compared with Di Chen who was either anxious or ruthless every time, the man in front of him was really light.

This kind of demeanor can't be learned.