Chapter 1261 Shame on This Old Man!

The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is sunny and sunny.

Under the blue sky and white clouds, a life-and-death fight was going on. It had been two hours since Wang Ben attacked Anduo City. Both sides suffered heavy casualties, and the ground was stained red with blood.

In the plateau climate, two hours of continuous fighting is a severe test of physical fitness.

Wang Ben looked up at the sky, seeing that it was getting late, and Ando City was still standing tall, his face was a little ugly, "The order will go on, no reserve team will be left, and all members will follow me to kill."

"promise!"

With the order of the military, the 20,000 reserve team pressed forward across the board.

Wang Ben's decision was correct. In fact, the army of the Ashoka Dynasty was on the verge of collapse. As soon as the 20,000 fresh troops rushed up, they immediately dealt a fatal blow.

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

Only half an hour later, the top of the city was opened. Wang Ben took the lead and led his troops to rush up the city wall and fought with the enemy. The corpses kept falling from the top of the city like dumplings, forming a thick layer.

The army of the Ashoka Dynasty was also powerful, and they would rather die than retreat.

The two sides surrounded the city wall and started a round of tug-of-war. Every inch of the place was a life-and-death struggle without giving in. Casualties expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The city wall has been filled with corpses, and the soldiers can only step on the corpses to fight.

Seeing this, Wang Ben felt a little admiration for the enemy army, but at the same time, he was even more angry. If he still can't win Anduo City, then he will be too ashamed.

"kill!"

Perhaps due to the influence of Lord Wu'an Baiqi, the Qin army mainly consisted of epee fighters rather than sword and shield soldiers.

Heavy swordsman, heavy attack, light defense, once attack, I am invincible, must fall one. Encouraged by Wang Ben, the officers and men of the Qin Army went all out and risked their lives.

At this moment, the army of the Ashoka Dynasty was finally frightened. They watched their companions fall down row by row like wheat, and their positions were lost one after another.

"withdraw!"

The guarding officer issued an order to retreat, preparing to retreat into the city to fight.

Seeing this, Wang Ben shouted: "The whole army pursues, don't give the enemy a chance to deploy in the city."

In this way, the Qin army is like tarsal maggots, chasing the enemy from the top of the city to the inside of the city, from one street to the next, just like the ghosts in the palace of Hades.

Until night, when the lights were turned on, there were still sporadic sounds of fighting from all over the city.

At this point in the war, the armies of both sides were dispersed, battalions and even teams fought in the streets, houses and other places, which turned the whole city of Anduo 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 went into battle in person, but commanded the whole army, and carried out a planned strangulation of the remnants of the enemy army.

This is a fight without prisoners of war, and the loser dies.

Seeing that the fighting in various parts of the city gradually subsided, and the 40,000 enemy troops were all killed except for a few who fled or hid in secret places in the city, Wang Ben didn't care about rest, so he directly dialed his father's compass and reported The result of the Battle of Andor.

Wang Jian in the video had no words of appreciation, just nodded and ordered: "Tomorrow morning, send out troops to wipe out the surrounding villages and welcome the arrival of the main force of the army."

"promise!"

Wang Ben is used to it.

In the eyes of the father and son, taking Andor City was really nothing to brag about.

Even so, through this battle, Wang Ben still had a clear understanding of the enemy's strength. In this battle, nearly 30,000 of the 70,000 Qin army died, almost equivalent to the enemy's casualties.

Such a result is actually already ugly.

The root cause, apart from the objective fact that the Ashoka army is relatively strong, is more important that the 500,000 Qin army lacked actual combat experience. Strictly speaking, this was their first battle.

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

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The next day, the news that the right-wing army captured Anduo City in only half a day quickly spread throughout the four armies.

This time, the other three-way army can be thrown to the ground in embarrassment. With a tacit understanding, the vanguard officers of the three armies issued the same military order, "At all costs, take the target city as soon as possible."

Qin Jun won the first prize, so they can't be at the bottom.

The secret contest between the four armies really ushered in the peak at this moment.

Not surprisingly, it was the left-wing army, that is, the Zhou army led by Tian Dan, who took the city in the second route. Not for anything else, just because Zhou Jun has the most combat experience among the four armies.

Followed by the Central Guard Army, who also had a certain amount of actual combat experience, that is, the Song Army; Tang Army, who served as the Central Route Army, was shamelessly at the bottom, and did not take down the target city until September 5th.

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

It is reported that Li Ji, the commander of the Central Route Army, was so calm and furious that he directly demoted the vanguard officer in charge of attacking the city to the lowest level of soldiers, as a warning to everyone else.

"Even Song Jun can't compare, what a shame!" Li Ji almost scolded his mother.

The fierce generals Cheng Yaojin and Yuchi Jingde also complained, complaining that the general Li Ji didn't send them to fight, otherwise, the Qin army would definitely not let the Qin army be superior.

………

Chengdu, Northwest Theater Command

Tang Jun was at the bottom, and even Li Jing felt ashamed. When Tang Jun was arranged to be the main force of the Chinese army, Li Jing was also concerned about old feelings, so he never expected such a result.

"It's really..."

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

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

Li Jing collected his emotions, took it for a closer look, and after a long time said, "It's not surprising, it's not surprising!"

The Qin army attacked Anduo City and lost nearly 30,000 people, which is not bad among the four armies. The worst was the Song army, who lost nearly 50,000 people, which was more casualties than the enemy army.

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

Li Jing is quite satisfied with being able to make it like this.

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

In the initial plan, the armies of the four routes echoed from left to right, forming a long battle line, pushing across from east to west, until the army of the Ashoka Dynasty was driven out of the border of Tubo.

Considering the current battle damage, if you go straight to the front like this, you may suffer heavy losses.

"Does the military advisor have a good strategy?" Li Jing asked calmly.

Xun Yu replied: "I suggest that the right-wing army be ordered to send a cavalry unit to raid the rear of Tubo through the Wokuotai Khanate and harass the enemy's food roads to reduce the pressure on the front army."

After hearing this, Li Jing said, "We will discuss this matter later!"

"Master!" Xun Yu was anxious.

"Military division, right now there are heavy casualties, all due to the lack of actual combat in the army. This is the best time to train troops. As long as we fight a few more battles, the situation will definitely improve. Wait until then, and it will not be too late to follow the military division's plan."

After hearing this, Xun Yu gave Li Jing a puzzled look, but after all he didn't refute, turned around and left.

Seeing this, Li Jing 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 aware of it. Only Li Jing is qualified to know.

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

The purpose is different, and the means are naturally different.

So at this time, sending troops to harass the enemy's food roads is very likely to make the Ashoka Dynasty retreat and give up Tubo. In that case, it will completely run counter to the court's strategy.

Some people may ask, even if the Ashoka Dynasty withdraws its troops, Daxia can take advantage of the victory and pursue it, directly attacking the Ashoka Dynasty's mainland, which can also achieve the purpose of exhausting the enemy.

Of course things are not that simple.

Ashoka fought against Daxia in Tubo, which was a foreign war. The Mauryan Dynasty and the Gupta Dynasty could stand by and watch from the sidelines, and no one could blame them.

But once the Great Xia army entered the territory of the Ashoka Dynasty, it would be a civil war. The two major dynasties, and even tens of millions of adventurers from Tianzhu, would swarm up and fight the Great Xia to the end.

By then, what can a mere two million troops do to the enemy?

Moreover, before Tubo was taken over and normal production resumed, the grain transportation route would have to be more than doubled in order to conquer the Ashoka Dynasty, and the difficulty would increase exponentially with the consumption on the road.

Even if Daxia's foundation is deep, it can't afford such consumption. Maybe just this one battle can wipe out the family fortune that Daxia has accumulated so hard.

How could His Majesty do such a stupid thing.

Therefore, a decisive battle with the Ashoka Dynasty in Tubo is the most ideal state.

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