Chapter 1266 Rumors Can Kill

October 2nd, Gaia Seventh Year, Chengdu, Northwest Theater Command.

In the fierce battle in January, the Daxia Army lost more than 500,000 people, killed more than 600,000 enemies, took nearly 200,000 prisoners, and consumed countless food and supplies. Among the prisoners of war, they were basically the original Tubo army.

Such victories also confirmed Jia Xu's "meat grinder plan" from the side, which is worthy of the name.

For the siege side, such a result is already very remarkable. After all, both sides in the war are dominated by the royal city's imperial army, and there is no obvious difference in combat power.

The Great Xia army is strong because it has a group of famous generals, which is beyond comparison with Tianzhu, which lacks historical background.

Although Tianzhu is also one of the ancient civilizations, the only one that can be obtained is the period of the Mauryan Dynasty. After that, it was conquered by foreigners and even colonized for a long time, until the birth of modern civilization.

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

As the Left Wing Army, Central Guard Army, and Central Route Army joined forces outside Luoxie City, the battle of Tubo officially entered the second tier, and Li Jing, the commander of the Northwest Theater Command, issued a series of military orders.

The Central Guard Army cooperated with the Central Route Army to formally attack Luoxie City.

The left-wing army and the right-wing army continued to advance westward, and the two wings flew together to enter the rear of Luoxi City, cut off the support of the Ashoka Dynasty to Luoxi City, and must conquer Luoxi City within a month.

As the original Tubo royal city, Luoxie City is the only fortified city on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The city is strong and covers a very large area. It is also the center and food and grass base of the Ashoka army.

Once some cities are breached, it will basically be declared that Da Xia has won half of this battle.

There is no need to describe too much, both sides are well aware that a decisive battle must be launched with Luoxie City as the focus.

For this reason, Li Jing personally urged the logistics to transport a large number of artillery and siege equipment to the front line in the shortest possible time to help the army attack the city.

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

Former Fan Xunyu suggested to detour to the Wokuotai Khanate, go back to the enemy's rear, and attack the enemy's grain road, but Li Jing refused. As the war progressed, Xun Yu proposed it twice, but was rejected.

As the saying goes, there are only three things.

Xun Yu is a very smart person, and he knows that the commander-in-chief Li Jing is definitely not a fool. Since he is determined to be straight, there must be other intentions in it, and the court did not ask, which further confirms 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: "Military Master, the plan you mentioned earlier to attack the enemy's grain road in a roundabout way can be carried out."

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

Li Jing nodded, "Exactly. Nearly half of the enemy's army has been wiped out. Now our army is besieging some cities. Once the enemy's food supply is cut off, the enemy's million-strong army will be like a turtle in a urn."

Xun Yu nodded.

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Tubo, Amdo city.

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

Because of the convenience of communication, the military order of the theater command was quickly passed on to Wang Jian, the commander of the right-wing army, asking the right-wing army to dispatch a regiment of fine cavalry to detour through the Wokuotai Khanate and attack the enemy's food road.

Considering that the Qin army is not familiar with this place, after the coordination of the headquarters, the Mongol Empire will send guides in the territory of the Wokuotai Khanate;

In addition, there are some operational details.

After Wang Jian saw it, he had a clear understanding of the planning ability of the theater command, and even Li Jing himself. In terms of the detailed division of labor in the army and the scientific combat arrangements, the Qin army really couldn't match it.

"Being able to unify the Central Plains is no accident."

Wang Jian was a little emotional, and for the first time, he had a certain recognition of Da Xia and the imperial court.

"Come on!"

"exist!"

"Call Wang Ben."

"promise!"

With such a difficult task, Wang Jian naturally thought of sending his son Wang Ben to the expedition. For other generals, Wang Jian was really worried. This time, he had to go deep into the enemy's rear, but he had to adapt accordingly.

It just so happened that Wang Ben led his troops to withdraw from the front line yesterday to rest.

Soon, Wang Ben rushed to the camp and saluted: "Father commander!" After days of fighting, Wang Ben's skin became much darker, but he was more masculine like a Qin person.

Because he took the lead several times, Wang Ben had two scars on his face, which made him more masculine.

"Look at this."

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

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

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

Wang Ben is a famous general trained by Wang Jian. The father and son have very similar temperaments. It's just that Wang Ben, who appeared in the wilderness, was young, and he inevitably carried a trace of the edge and vigor of a young man.

Historically, both father and son retired after their accomplishments. After the establishment of the Great Qin Empire, they withdrew from the political arena and completely disappeared from the court's sight, leaving Meng Tian to dominate.

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

"Father, don't worry!"

Wang Ben's heart warmed.

In the tent, the father and son discussed the marching route in detail with the help of the map.

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Tianzhu, Ashoka Dynasty, Delhi city.

During this time, King Ashoka was in a bad mood. He had no idea that he had invested 1.5 million troops in the Tubo battlefield, consuming countless food and supplies, but he still couldn't stop the advance of the Great Xia Army.

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

Faced with such a bad battle situation, King Ashoka even planned to conquest himself, but he gave up only when the ministers in the court stubbornly blocked him.

In the words of the ministers, "It's not that the frontline soldiers are not desperate, but that the enemy army is too strong."

It wasn't until this time that Ashoka really realized that the power of Daxia was indeed beyond the reach of Ashoka. Among other things, only in terms of the supply of grain and grass materials, the Ashoka dynasty had the best time and place, and still couldn't keep up with Daxia. King Ashoka couldn't imagine how the soldiers and civilians of Daxia crossed mountains and mountains to transport food to the front line.

After the Great Xia Army besieged Luoxie City, Ashoka retreated a bit.

King Ashoka was not a fool, nor was he a pure warrior. He would not really disregard the future and fate of the dynasty in order to defend his honor, and waste his vitality in vain on the Tubo battlefield.

The current Tubo, after repeated battles, let alone whether it can be defended, even if it is defended, it is still a ruin. Apart from honor, for the Ashoka Dynasty, Tubo no longer had any real value.

But at this time, a "rumor" suddenly spread among the people of Tianzhu, saying: "King Ashoka was so scared by Daxia that he couldn't sleep at night. Within a week, he must withdraw in embarrassment and throw away his helmet and armor."

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

What is even more shocking is that these rumors spread throughout the entire Ashoka Dynasty seemingly overnight, from the princes and ministers to the common people.

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

They 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 Tubo.

Although Ashoka saw through the enemy's conspiracy, he had to fall into the trap.

Because the rumors spread too fast and too common, it has successfully aroused the common hatred of the people of the Ashoka Dynasty. If the dynasty withdraws from Tubo at this time, it will definitely lose the hearts of the people.