Chapter 1269 Who Wins and Who Loses

Wokuotai Khanate, Loulan City.

After the fall of the Western Turks, the capital Loulan became the capital of the Wokuotai Khanate.

Wo Kuotai, the hero of the generation who laid the foundation of the Yuan Dynasty in history, had a very ugly face at this time, and asked: "Father Khan has really decided to pass the position of Khan to the fourth brother?"

"Khan, it's absolutely true!"

"Why?" Wo Kuotai still couldn't believe it.

"It is reported that it is because you, Khan, once ascended the throne as the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, and the Great Khan was afraid that Daxia would have concerns, so he chose to let Prince Tuolei inherit the Khan throne." A close minister said secretly.

"Summer!"

Wo Kuotai gritted his teeth, with a fierce look in his eyes. Previously, Wo Kuotai was dissatisfied with accepting the order of his father Khan and giving excuses to the Daxia Army, but now this incident has caused Wo Kuotai to hate Daxia.

"Khan, what should we do?" Jinchen asked.

Once Tuolei inherits the position of Khan, the Wokuotai Khanate may not be able to keep it at all.

Wo Kuotai was also a decisive master, and murmured: "Father Khan, since you abandoned me, don't blame me for being cruel." Then, Wo Kuotai secretly ordered.

The near minister was startled, and said in surprise, "Khan, is this okay?"

"At this point, it's okay." Wo Kuotai is the true character of a hero. Once a decision is made, he is fearless. "It's a big deal. Let's retreat to Persia."

The Ogodei Khanate was the absolute main force in the Mongolian expedition to the west. Mongolia has always pursued rewards for meritorious service. More than half of the Persian cities captured by the Western Expedition were rewarded to Okuotai by Genghis Khan.

That is their escape route.

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On October 13th, in the western border of Tubo.

Wang Ben's caution saved the entire army's life.

In the morning, when Wang Ben's troops were about to meet the army of the Ashoka Dynasty, the scouts sent out found a clue from the abnormality of the enemy's grain transportation team.

In ancient times, in order to ensure the safety of grain and grass during grain transportation, it was customary to send a troop to guard along the way. Even so, the whole team was still mainly labor labor, pushing grain carts, meandering forward on the mountain road.

In particular, this place is in the hinterland of Tubo, not far from the Ashoka Dynasty. Naturally, Ashoka was not worried that someone would attack them here, so there should be only a few guards.

However, the food transport team that appeared in the eyes of the scouts of the Qin Army was quite different. Almost every hundred meters, there was a guard accompanying them, which was abnormal.

In addition, there are also problems with the laborers who push the grain carts.

In the eyes of the scouts, more than half of the laborers are physically strong, vigorous, and have piercing eyes.

The problem is that those who are responsible for transporting food and grass for the Ashoka Dynasty are basically Tubo people who have been forcibly recruited. It is conceivable that although they are obedient, they will never have any look.

And being abused by the Ashoka Dynasty, the food must be very bad, and the body cannot be so strong.

All indications indicated that the so-called food transportation team that appeared in front of them must be the Ashoka army in disguise.

Temporary camp, camp of the Chinese army.

Wang Ben got the report, and said with a smile: "The enemy is really cunning, even pretending to be a food transport team. No wonder we can't find it anyway. It turns out that it has been under our noses all along."

After entering Tubo, Wang Ben sent out a large number of scouts, just to find the traces of the enemy and avoid them quietly. After all, their task was to attack the enemy's food roads, not to fight the main force of the enemy.

Right now, the enemy army is mixed in the food transportation team, even if they don't fight, they have to fight.

"Young commander, this may be an opportunity to make great contributions." The deputy general said if he got something.

Wang Ben smiled and nodded, "That's right. The enemy army was mixed in with the grain transport team. The spy reported that the sergeant's armor and weapons were hidden on the grain truck. As long as our army is caught by surprise, we will surely win the battle."

"Order the whole army to rest overnight and go to battle tomorrow!" Wang Ben ordered.

"promise!"

The deputy general said goodbye excitedly and left.

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Early the next morning, after breakfast, Wang Ben's troops got on their horses and marched at full speed, lurking in the shade of a mountain. At the foot of the Shanyang side, it is the only way for the enemy to transport food.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, the Ashoka grain transportation team appeared at the end of the road.

Because they were marching in the rear, and there were 500,000 imperial guards guarding them, the food transportation team was fearless, and they didn't even bother to set up outposts, so they marched in like this.

"Young commander, the enemy has arrived!" the deputy general reported.

But Wang Ben could hold his breath and said, "Wait a little longer."

This place is not a dead valley, and Wang Ben's troops can't blow up the mountain to break the road. If they want to attack the enemy's 500,000 troops with 70,000 troops, they must not kill the middle road, so that they can't take care of both ends.

If you really want to do that, it is more likely that you will be killed by the enemy's back and forth attack.

Even so, Wang Ben didn't want to stop at nothing, just eat the enemy's vanguard. His plan was to eat the enemy's 200,000 troops in one go, and then retreat immediately.

After evacuating, choose an opportunity to carry out continuous harassment.

It's just that, because it has been exposed, the enemy is prepared, and the effect of harassment in the future will be greatly reduced. This is the case, the first battle is a rare opportunity, we must expand the results as much as possible.

Two hours later, the deputy general came to remind again: "Young commander, it's almost time!"

Wang Ben looked up at the sky, it was almost noon, nodded and said, "Get on the horse!"

"promise!"

With a "swipe", all the soldiers on standby got on their horses.

After getting on their horses, the army did not shout and kill with great fanfare, but quickly climbed to the top of the mountain, condescending, and it could be seen that on the other side of the mountain road, the enemy was marching.

"Let the arrow!"

With one order, the vast rain of arrows weaves a large net, which stretches for several miles, and acts as a hood.

The arrows are condescending, and under the action of gravity, they are like deadly meteors, flying down at high speed, "噗嗤", "噗嗤", making a dull sound, and the arrows penetrate the flesh.

There were screams one after another, and in a blink of an eye, a large number of soldiers were about to fall to the ground, moaning endlessly.

"Enemy attack! There is an enemy attack!"

The food transportation team was like a frightened bird. The first thing to react was the fully armed guards, who immediately went down, or formed an formation, or squatted on the ground, bowed their bows and set arrows, and responded.

Sergeants pretending to be laborers were busy taking out weapons from the grain carts. As for the armor, because time is urgent, it is impossible to have time to wear it.

Ancient armor is extremely cumbersome, and it cannot be put on in a short time.

There were also real laborers in the grain transportation team. They were all Tubo people. When the battle started, they immediately hid under the grain trucks in fright, trembling, praying for escape.

The unattended livestock neighed endlessly, and some even broke their reins and ran rampant in the team. A large number of grain trucks were knocked down, and bags of grain fell to the ground.

Some grain bags were scattered, and white rice flowed out, spilling all over the ground.

The whole scene was chaotic.

Wang Ben's troops occupy a convenient location and are condescending. After three rounds of arrow rain, the enemy has already suffered heavy losses, especially those sergeants who pretended to be laborers, without armor protection, and died instantly after being hit by arrows.

The blood all over the ground was mixed with rice and soil, and they could no longer be distinguished from each other.

Under such circumstances, the troops under attack could only flee forward, hoping to escape the enemy's attack. Soldiers, laborers, and livestock were mixed in the fleeing team, which was extremely lively.

"Moo~~~"

An old scalper was hit by an arrow and fell to the ground, whining endlessly.

"Untouchable, get out of the way!"

The soldiers of the Ashoka army who were fleeing, saw that they were blocked by laborers, without any hesitation, they raised their knives and slashed, killing the opponent on the spot, and then stepped on the opponent's body and fled forward.

"Killed, the sergeant killed~~~"

Most of the conscripted laborers were from the same village, and some even came from the same village. Seeing that their companions were killed and enslaved, they had long been full of resentment, and it completely broke out at the critical moment of life and death.

"Fight with them!"

As he spoke, the labor servants picked up the weapons on the ground and stepped forward.

"Untouchable, dare to rebel!"

The army of the Ashoka Dynasty became even more angry, and they became more and more merciless in killing laborers.

This time it became lively, and the "inside" of the enemy army fled and started fighting each other at the same time.

Wang Benbu, who was standing on a high place, was completely unmoved, and continued to shoot arrows expressionlessly, constantly harvesting the lives of the enemy. Anyway, there are a lot of enemy troops, and after a wave of walking ahead, someone will make up for it from behind.

Such a kill, don't be too comfortable.

The army of the Ashoka Dynasty was not a fool either. After experiencing the initial panic, they quickly calmed down, especially the troops in the rear that had not been attacked had already put on their armor, formed a battle formation, and climbed to the top of the mountain.

Their idea was, of course, to take the route of the Great Xia Army after reaching the top of the mountain.

In any case, the Ashoka Dynasty has an absolute numerical advantage and is not afraid at all. Once the large troops climbed the hillside, it was not certain who would win.

"Young commander, the enemy's rear is about to rush up the hillside." The lieutenant general reported.

Wang Ben nodded and ordered: "Stop shooting arrows and prepare to meet the enemy!"

Because the hillside is steep, it is not suitable for cavalry to charge down. If they really want to charge down, they may be able to kill the enemy, but they will also crash into the opposite cliff with their horses, which is really not worth it.

"promise!"

Soon, Wang Ben changed his formation, turned his horse's head, and charged towards the rear. At this moment, the army of the Ashoka Dynasty had already rushed up the hillside, and before they could gain a firm foothold, they were greeted by rumbling horseshoes.

"kill!"

Unscathed, the soldiers of the Qin army raised their spears and rushed to kill them.

Faced with such a torrent of steel, the army of the Ashoka Dynasty was powerless to parry. The soldiers only had time to let out a cry of despair before they were trampled into pulp by the cavalry.

Wang Ben's troops rushed all the way on the top of the mountain, like a bulldozer, and the Ashoka army who rushed up along the way were killed one by one, or rolled down the hillside after being collided, life or death is unknown.

This time, it was really frightening.

The army of Ashoka, who was climbing to the top of the mountain, couldn't help but stagnate for a moment. Then, they rushed to the top of the mountain at a faster speed.

Meet on a narrow road, the brave wins.

The enemy cavalry had already rushed past, they rushed to the top of the mountain now, and if they formed an formation, they would definitely block it. As long as the first wave of attacks is blocked, there will be a steady stream of companions rushing up later.

It is too early to say whether the war will be won or lost.