Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

The three officers at this gate held another meeting. This time, each of them had excited expressions on their faces, and their tone of voice was quite excited when they spoke.

"Do you think we should take the initiative to go after those guys?

I have a hunch that if we chase, we should be able to get a victory. "

Such a radical combat strategy, without even thinking about it, is the military chief who is disposed of at this gate.

The other two officers hesitated a little after hearing these words, and then expressed their opposition in unison.

"It's too risky to do this. After all, we only have more than 3000 troops at the pass. If all of them are pulled out, then our internal defenses will be very empty. The enemy only needs a small army to attack them." I can kill a carbine and occupy this place."

"They went north because of the arrival of His Majesty's army. Your Majesty has already said in the previous order that our most important task at present is to ensure that this pass will not fall into the hands of the enemy. If we attack rashly, it will be bad. His Majesty's important business."

As the so-called minority obeys the majority, under the unanimous opposition of the two other chiefs, although the military chief really wanted to win this wave of military exploits, he had no choice but to continue to guard in the end.

The next thing actually has nothing to do with Zhennan Pass. Even though this small pass is one of the sources of the war between the two major powers in the world, in fact, he will be forgotten soon. , because the real war has begun in the north.

Zhao Kuo led his large troops across the Hindu Kush Mountains.

On the north side of the New Capital Kusi Mountains, the Maurya Dynasty established several cities. However, these cities basically belonged to the nature of a frontier outpost. For the powerful Han Dynasty, this small fortress city is not at all. opponent.

It only takes a wave of gunpowder to throw it over, and then you can watch these solid things that should be blessed by the Buddha in the eyes of the people of the Mauryan Dynasty collapse instantly.

I have to say that this method of warfare is really very simple and direct, and it also caused a serious misjudgment on the part of the Maurya Dynasty, because in the original imagination of the Maurya Dynasty, these fortress cities should be able to stop Zhao Kuo's army It's been a long time.

When Ashoka's army had just set off from his capital, it was true that Zhao Kuo's army was about to reach the Kaibor Pass.

This is undoubtedly very bad news for Ashoka, so after hearing the news, Lord Ashoka immediately issued an order to let the third prince who is closest to the Khyber Pass immediately lead all the troops to Khyber Ershan Pass to be stationed to guard against the offensive of the Great Khanate army.

This also led to the third prince becoming the first high-ranking official of the Peacock Dynasty who really saw the army of the Han Dynasty.

Looking at the army of the Great Han Dynasty, which was like a tidal wave, the expression on the third prince's face gradually became serious.

"With such a powerful army, it's no wonder that this country has been able to sweep the world and defeat the Seleucid Empire for so many years."

As the neighbors of the Seleucid Empire, the Mauryan Dynasty is of course very clear, and they have inquired about the failure of the Seleucid Empire.

It's just that for the senior leaders of the Maurya Dynasty, the experience of the failure of the Seleucid Empire seemed a bit too fantasy, and it didn't seem like something that could happen in the real world.

It wasn't until after the third prince went to Zhennan Pass to launch an attack that he realized that the fantasy stories in the legends were really possible to be staged in reality.

"Could it be that these so-called big Koreans really have a legendary weapon that can easily defeat us?"

Thinking of this, the third prince suddenly became less calm, because in his opinion, the Peacock Dynasty should have been able to easily defeat the Han Kingdom.

In any case, the third prince really couldn't be a little arrogant this time, he immediately asked his army to start building the defense line as quickly as possible, and for this reason, he even didn't hesitate to put all the slaves and soldiers into the construction of the defense line to go.

This will lead to one thing, that is, when building the defense line, the soldiers' physical strength is limited, and they may not be able to take into account the frontal line of defense against the soldiers of the Han Dynasty. , the third prince is a little hard to resist.

But the third prince was relieved, until he spent 7 days to build this line of defense, and the Han army on the opposite side did not launch any attack.

Perhaps the Buddha is still blessing the Maurya Dynasty, this is the only thought in the mind of the third prince.

But he didn't know that, in fact, this was not a blessing, but just because Zhao Kuo had his own considerations.

"We will fight them here, otherwise, if we let them escape into the plain, it will not be so easy to hunt them down."

Care is very clear, what kind of situation is this Khyber Pass? Behind the Khyber Pass is an endless plain. In other words, if you want to wipe out all the troops of the Maurya Dynasty, then start Burr Pass is the best place to be.

Regarding Zhao Kuo's judgment, the other generals of the Great Han Kingdom present would naturally not have any opinions. After all, for them, His Majesty's judgment has never been wrong. Why should we question it?

So even if Zhao Kuo led the army, he waited patiently here for half a month.

Until one day half a month later, the scouts from the Han Kingdom finally observed that there were a lot of densely packed flags and soldiers and horses on the opposite line of defense.

Obviously, this can only show one thing, that is, the army led by the emperor Ashoka of the Maurya Dynasty has finally arrived.

This is indeed the case. Although the movement was relatively slow, when Ashoka found that the Khyber Pass was still in his hands, he still let out a sigh of relief.

Therefore, it is natural that Ashoka recorded the credit for this incident on the third prince, and very mercifully forgave the failure that the third prince encountered when he attacked Zhennan Pass.

This is because Ashoka's current mentality has actually changed. He began to feel that forgiveness is the real way out, and killing alone cannot make all the people in the world surrender.

However, after listening to all the details about the army of the Han Dynasty described by the third prince, King Ashoka couldn't help but frowned.

There is no other reason, just from the details of the third prince, it means that the army of the Peacock Dynasty has no chance of winning in the face of the Han Dynasty.

Is this really the case?

At least for those courtiers and generals under Ashoka, they definitely don't think so.

Regarding the words of the third prince, these courtiers immediately refuted very resolutely.

"His Royal Highness may have said that the enemy is too strong. If this is the case, I think we don't need to fight this battle. Just surrender to these foreigners."

"I don't believe it. After all, no matter what, we are the ones who are truly blessed by the Buddha. If we can't win even with the blessing of the Buddha, then their gods will be stronger than our Buddha. ?”

"Third Prince, you failed when you attacked that pass, but didn't our Majesty forgive you?

You don't have to use this method to make excuses for your failure. "

After hearing these words, the third prince was also furious, and said angrily: "I am willing to swear to the Buddha that what I said is completely true, and there is absolutely no falsehood!"

The two sides quarreled for a while, and the situation in the big tent also reached a deadlock.

After Ashoka saw this scene, he also fell into deep thought.

In fact, to be honest, Ashoka believed the words of the third prince. After all, the third prince was the candidate that Ashoka had always been optimistic about, and he was very hopeful that he would inherit the next throne.

But the problem is also here, that is, as these ministers said when they questioned, will the third prince deliberately say that the soldiers and horses of the Han Kingdom are too powerful in order to satirize his own failure?

In the end, Ashoka made a decision.

"Send out a small group of troops to test it first, and see what kind of situation the legendary soldiers and horses of the Han Dynasty are like, and then make a follow-up judgment."

Ashoka's judgment is a comprehensive opinion of both sides, so no matter which side it is, there is nothing wrong with it, so everyone agrees to use this method to test a wave of Han.

After resting for two days, Ashoka sent envoys to Zhao Kuo's camp to declare war.

Zhao Kuo stared at the envoy of King Ashoka in front of him, trying to find out if he had the facial features of the Aryans.

According to legend, the Aryans should have invaded India in 2000 BC, which is about 1800 years before Zhao Kuo.

To Zhao Kuo's surprise, even after so many years, the facial features of these Aryans still seem to be very obvious. In other words, they probably did not interact with the conquered natives of India mixed race.

After listening to the translation of the letter of credence put up by the envoy, Zhao Kuo said very calmly: "So this is your King Ashoka who wants to test my military strength, right?"

The emissary obviously didn't expect that Zhao Kuo would call out their intentions, and stood there in embarrassment, speechless for a while.

But it soon proved that the envoy reacted. She used a language that Zhao Kuo could not understand at all, and then kept gesticulating with her fingers, but in the end it was his meaning translated by others.

"Your Majesty, our king thinks that our contest this time is very glorious. Of course, this kind of glorious contest requires a scouting between the two sides, so that we can know ourselves and the enemy, and finally have a glorious battle."

Zhao Kuo was also happy after hearing these words.

Although it may sound a little sophistry, frankly speaking, this way of thinking is actually very similar to the legendary aristocratic demeanor of China's Spring and Autumn Period.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the Chinese vassal states fought in such a civilized manner.

Not only do everyone have to fight, but they also need to find a wide area to set up a battle to hedge, and the victors often have to salute the losers.

So from this point of view, it seems that these guys from the Maurya Dynasty really haven't gotten rid of this relatively old-fashioned aristocratic thinking.

So Zhao Kuo laughed very readily, and said to the messenger in front of him: "Since your emperor has already made a request, as the emperor of Chongzhen, I can agree to his conditions. We will go out separately at noon tomorrow. 5000 troops, a battle between the two sides on the battlefield."

Looking at the back of the envoy who left happily, Li Mu couldn't help but said curiously: "Does Your Majesty really want to exclude our musketeers to fight them?

I felt like it was a massacre. "

Zhao Kuo laughed and said, "It's not impossible to use Musketeers, but this will bring about a problem, that is, once these guys find out that they have been defeated by us, they should shrink back here. Behind the first line of defense, I don’t want to come out for a real decisive battle.”

After Li Mu heard this, he already understood Zhao Kuo's meaning: "So Your Majesty intends to use our servants to fight, right?"

The so-called servant army, that is, the soldiers and horses recruited from the land that Zhao Kuo reconquered, they came from the original Seleucus, Ptolemy, and Antigonus and other empires.

Zhao Kuo nodded with a smile. This is Zhao Kuo's idea, because what Zhao Kuo wants is not the line of defense in front of him, but what he wants is to take all the main forces of Ashoka directly in a big battle. All are wiped out.

Therefore, Zhao Kuo doesn't mind showing weakness first, only showing weakness can reassure these guys, and it won't be wasted. Zhao Kuo has been waiting here for more than half a month.

So everything is ready now, only Dongfeng Zhao Kuo is owed. I believe that after tomorrow's small-scale battle, the opponent should easily fall into the trap.

Chapter 1270 Ashoka who started to be confident

Now that Zhao Kuo has already given a reply, for King Ashoka, of course, they are also ready immediately, and they will come to Zhao Kuo's side for a knight's glory on the second day battle.

Of course, for this battle of glory, Ashoka also put some thought into it.

After discussing with his courtiers, Ashoka made the decision to send his most elite elephant soldiers to join tomorrow's confrontation.

Elephant soldiers, but a very remarkable unit.

You must know that decades ago, the countries on the four continents of South Asia relied on elephant soldiers to defeat the invasion from Alexander the Great, so the elephant soldiers are equivalent to the existence of ace weapons for them.

With such a trump card weapon, everyone felt that this time it should be a sure victory. Only the third prince, who had seen the power of the Musketeers, was worried. Although he was also looking forward to winning, his intuition told him that the Han people would definitely not So easily defeated by an elephant.

But no matter what, no matter whether the third prince is happy or unhappy, this time will pass by every minute, and the second day will come soon.

At noon on the second day, the armies of both sides gathered together.

There is a plain in the center of the entire battlefield, which is also designated as the area where the two sides are fighting.

According to the matters agreed in advance between the two parties, as long as one of them starts to retreat completely, the other party should stop pursuing and win automatically.

Zhao Kuo watched the Maurya army in the distance, and he found that this Maurya army was actually quite different from the traditional decorations of the Three Kingdoms in his impression.

This is actually understandable, because the Maurya Dynasty belongs to a Buddhist country, but among the three kingdoms of later generations, Hinduism is the main belief.

Since even the religion is different, of course the clothing, the style of combat weapons and other aspects are completely different.

Zhao Kuo gave an order with a calm expression.

"Let our five thousand warriors go out and tell them that they need to fight bravely. No matter they win or lose, I will give them enough rewards."

Although it is said that Zhao Kuo does not intend to use Musketeers to confuse the opponent this time, this does not mean that Zhao Kuo will definitely lose in this cold weapon confrontation.

In Zhao Kuo's view, since the Han Kingdom has already swept the Seleucid Empire, it is of course a very powerful country. It is impossible to say that it will collapse at the touch of a cold weapon. If this is the case, it is a bit of a suspicion of poor acting skills.

So, Zhao Kuo just didn't send musketeers, but he also strived for excellence in other aspects. He sent one of the servants, which is said to be the most powerful soldier, that is, the royal army from before the Seleucid Empire. The guards, plus some other warriors formed the Han Kingdom No.17 Legion.

Today's Han Dynasty has begun to adopt a new military organization, that is, the legion system. Each legion now has about 2 to 3 people.

There are currently 25 standing legions in the entire Han Kingdom, and there are no other legion numbers for the time being. Anyway, if you need to continue to set up when there is a war.

The head of the Seventeenth Legion was the head of the bodyguard of Antiochus II, the former emperor of the Seleucid Empire. He was also very brave and good at fighting after he surrendered to the Han Dynasty. Great merit, that's why he was promoted to the head of the No.17 Legion.

This time, the head of the 5000th Legion was in charge of commanding [-] soldiers and horses to deal with the Maurya Army on the other side.

After seeing these warriors from the Great Han Kingdom go out to battle, Zhao Kuo also showed an expression of expectation on his face.

In fact, Zhao Kuo also wanted to know how powerful the team that originally belonged to the Seleucid Empire's army could explode after being tempered by the Han Dynasty.

On the other side, Ashoka also made a decision, but this decision of Ashoka seems a bit unbelievable to others.

Ashoka's eyes fell on the third prince, and he said very calmly: "Go, take our five thousand warriors and set off to see if the army of the Han Dynasty is as good as you said. powerful."

The third prince was stunned for a moment, and then a strange feeling suddenly surged in his heart, as if this Ashoka was deliberately sending him to die.

But no matter how things are now, the current third prince has no way to delay, he can only accept the order, and then walk to the battlefield that belongs to him.

Since this is an agreed war, both sides are quite civilized, and will not start until both sides have completed their formation.

The third prince was sitting on an elephant. He watched the soldiers and horses of the Han Dynasty in front of him, and a strange emotion suddenly surged in his heart.

No matter how you looked at it, the third prince didn't see any soldiers who seemed to have that kind of musket.

What kind of situation is this?

The third prince immediately fell into doubt.

Could it be said that only that army in the entire Han Dynasty is equipped with muskets?

Or is it that His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Han Kingdom has other plans?

It's just that the third prince didn't have any more time to think at this time, because just across from it, the army commander of the Great Han Kingdom had already issued an order.

"Let the whole army go out, let these southern barbarians see how powerful we are!"

You must know that during the period of the Seleucid Empire, wars with the Mauryan Dynasty often broke out, and the two countries were out-and-out enemies. From this perspective, the legion commander is actually quite happy to be able to fight this battle.

Seeing the soldiers of the Han Kingdom on the opposite side swarming up with giant shields and spears, the third prince also completely dropped all other thoughts in his mind. Right now, he only thinks about how to fight this battle well. Things can only be said after the fight is over.

So the third prince immediately issued an order for all the soldiers of the Maurya Dynasty to charge forward.

Unlike the Han army on the opposite side, the Maurya Dynasty dispatched not only soldiers, but also 20 very large elephants.

There are special seats on the back of the elephant, and the person sitting in front is responsible for controlling the direction of the elephant, and the person next to him is responsible for shooting bows and arrows.