Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

But it is a pity that the prayers of the third prince did not work. The Buddhas he believed in obviously did not intend to contribute their supernatural powers in this war. loss.

Suddenly, a general of the Maurya Dynasty beside the Third Prince shouted.

"The troops on the front line have begun to break up, Your Royal Highness."

The third prince was taken aback, and looked up subconsciously, and found that the soldiers of the Maurya Dynasty troops at the front began to flee in all directions.

This is actually a very normal situation, because these soldiers witnessed how a group of other soldiers in front of them were harvested by the monster-like Musketeer in front of them. Perhaps in such a situation where he knew that he was doomed, he still had to continue to charge.

So this is the so-called morale. When the morale is still there, knowing that it is death, everyone may follow with enthusiasm, and the other soldiers charge together, but when the morale is not there, looking at the death in front of you Hell, everyone is flabbergasted, and they all choose to escape and retreat.

After discovering the Maurya Dynasty in front of him and the soldiers began to flee, Li Mu also had a triumphant smile on his face.

"Do you want to escape? How can there be such an easy thing to pass on to me, and all the musketeers will immediately attack."

Originally under Li Mu's order, the musketeers stood in place and fired bullets continuously, but after hearing Li Mu's order now, the musketeers began to attack row after row.

The all-out pressure of the Musketeers immediately put even greater pressure on the soldiers of the Maurya Dynasty on the front line. They began to be forced to retreat continuously, and their collapse became more and more severe.

Several generals around the third prince also noticed that at this moment in the army, they no longer cared about the soldiers who broke up and fled, but directly surrounded the third prince, wanting to leave the battlefield with the third prince.

The third prince was a little angry and helpless. He wanted to shake off the hands of these generals, but he found that he couldn't do it because he still wanted to live on.

So the third prince chose to run away.

After the third prince escaped, the real emperor of the Maurya Dynasty, Ashoka, also changed his face.

Ashoka witnessed all this and he could see clearly that in fact, the left and right wings of the Maurya Dynasty did not suffer much, because they were facing ordinary soldiers with cold weapons, from Central Asia or West Asia of the Han Kingdom .

But the middle route army led by the third prince was facing the last musketeers in South Korea, and the fighting methods of these musketeers were completely beyond Ashoka's expectations.

"Bless the great Buddha, this is simply an army from hell."

Although Ashoka was said to be a very great emperor, he was still a little at a loss at this moment.

Because he also didn't know what kind of style of play to win when facing the Musketeers.

So under the watchful eye of King Ashoka, many musketeers and other brother troops began to outflank, intending to surround and annihilate all the Mauryan troops.

It wasn't until this time that Ashoka woke up like a dream and issued a new order.

"Retreat, let everyone retreat!"

Chapter 1273 Meeting Ashoka

Frankly speaking, before this decisive battle, Ashoka was actually mentally prepared that he might lose this war.

However, at that time, King Ashoka envisioned the failure scene. Although the Maurya Dynasty lost its troops, it still preserved its vitality. The main force retreated to the Khyber Pass and continued to confront the soldiers and horses of the Han Dynasty.

He never expected that the current situation would turn into less than half an hour after the battle started, and the Central Route Army would have collapsed in such an avalanche-like manner.

Especially when the left and right sides were actually fighting fiercely and had a slight upper hand, the collapse of the central route army was equivalent to a death sentence for the other two routes.

Why do you say that?

In fact, the reason is very simple. The two armies on the left and right are fighting fiercely with the cold weapon troops of the Han Dynasty. It is basically impossible to get out of the battle at this time.

If they couldn't break away from the battle, the left and right armies could only watch helplessly as the soldiers and horses of the Han Dynasty surrounded them from the middle, completely cutting off their retreat.

Of course, the inability to separate from the battle mentioned here mainly refers to the separation that cannot be organized in an orderly manner. Like King Ashoka who directly announces the retreat of the entire army and everyone flees together, it is naturally different.

This is why Ashoka still did this even though he knew the consequences would be serious.

It is to preserve as many soldiers and horses of the Maurya Dynasty as possible, so that some hope can be preserved in possible counterattacks in the future.

The third prince also appeared at this time, with a shameful expression on his face, kneeling in front of King Ashoka, unable to say anything.

Ashoka sighed, he didn't blame the third prince, but said quite calmly: "This is the ordeal given to us by the Buddha, now we must find a way to get through this ordeal, my child.

We must immediately return to Fahrenheit City, strive for all the strength we can, and see if we can hold it. "

Ashoka took the third prince and many personal guards around him, and retreated at a very fast speed.

But even so, there were still a large number of Maurya troops who had no time to retreat and were blocked by the soldiers of the Han Dynasty.

You must know that the Maurya army attacked from the relatively narrow Khyber Pass, which caused a problem. When they retreated, a large number of soldiers and horses were blocked in the narrow Khyber Pass, and they could not retreat in time. .

In this way, the soldiers and horses interspersed by the Han Kingdom will be given a shorter time and a more generous record.

Zhao Kuo also smiled when he looked at the Maurya Dynasty army that was intercepted in the entire encirclement all over the mountains and plains.

According to the estimation of Zhao Kuo's many years of battlefield experience, at least more than 10 Maurya troops were surrounded by the soldiers and horses of the Han Dynasty this time.

These troops are the main forces of the Maurya Dynasty. Once they are all wiped out here, all the main forces of the Maurya Dynasty will be completely finished.

Coupled with the unfavorable engineering gunpowder technology of the Han Dynasty, it can basically be said that the fate of the Maurya Dynasty's demise has been doomed at this moment.

Things are just as Zhao Kuo expected.

At the beginning, some of the generals of the surrounded left and right armies still had fighting spirit. They reluctantly assembled part of the army and wanted to break out of the encirclement together.

However, the musketeers of the Great Han Kingdom have proved with actual actions that these guys are purely wishful thinking.

Under Li Mu's command, the 3000 musketeers of the Great Han Kingdom formed 10 different square formations as a square formation, and launched assaults on the densely packed Maurya soldiers and horse positions.

In this way, the Maurya Dynasty troops that had just assembled would be dispersed.

After these troops were dispersed, all the soldiers of the Maurya Dynasty realized that the Musketeers of the Han Kingdom would only attack places with a large number of people, so they completely lost their confidence in assembly and fled in all directions.

Although the war will go on for a long time until here, in fact, everyone who participated in this war knows that the ending is completely doomed.

When night fell, the captives of the Mauryan Dynasty all over the mountains, under the escort of the soldiers and horses of the Han Dynasty, entered their own camp not long ago, dejectedly.

This large camp abandoned by the Maurya army is now being used as a new prisoner-of-war camp for the Han Dynasty.

The capture of prisoners of war lasted for three full days. During these three days, Zhao Kuo did not rush to march immediately, but stood still. statistics.

After statistics, the entire Warring States has been initially released. In this war, the Han Kingdom killed more than 3 soldiers of the Maurya Dynasty and captured 11 soldiers, and less than 6 people left the battlefield.

According to the previous data, only about half of the 6 people were able to return to the mainland of the Maurya Dynasty and continue to fight in the army.

Many people will be scared out of their wits after failure. They will choose to hide in the wild or sneak back to their hometown secretly, and will not continue to fight.

In other words, there are at most 3 soldiers left by Ashoka's side now.

Zhao Kuo was standing at the southeast of the Khyber Pass, and in front of him was the extremely rich and fertile South Asian Subcontinent Plain.

Historically the Aryans conquered and ruled here, and even after a long period of disturbance, their descendants still occupy the mainstream of this place in modern society.

But now with the arrival of Zhao Kuo, everything has changed.

The Aryans will be conquered, and the Chinese nation represented by the Han Kingdom will become the new master of this place, and Zhao Kuo is very confident that the Han Kingdom will rule here for a long time.

There are two plains in Asia, and their topography is very good. One of them is the Central Plains that has been occupied by the Han Dynasty, and the other is the South Asian subcontinent in front of us.

Even if you look at the whole world and can compare with these two plains, there are actually only two other plains.

The other two are the European Great Plains spanning the entire Western and Central Europe, and the Eastern Great Plains occupied by the modern American Empire territory in North America.

Today's European Great Plains are still densely covered with forests, and the Germanic people are staring at them, living a life like hair drinking blood. As for the Great Plains of North America, it should be dominated by many nomadic peoples.

All in all, only the Central Plains of the Great Han Kingdom and the South Asian subcontinent plain in front of it are actually occupied by civilization. In other words, among all the earth countries with advanced civilizations, the Great Han Kingdom occupies the best two. piece of land.

Is there anything happier in the world than this?

Zhao Kuo thought about it, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth unconsciously.

After laughing, Zhao Kuo also issued an order very decisively.

"Let the whole army attack."

Zhao Kuo gave an order, and many of his Korean soldiers and horses began to move continuously. They passed through the Khyber Pass and entered this endless plain on the ten continents of South Asia.

There is a small city in the distance, about tens of miles away from the Kaibor Pass. Can see clearly.

This small city will become the Han Kingdom, the first stop to conquer the four continents of South Asia.

Since Fahrenheit City, the capital of the Maurya Dynasty, is not too far away, it is said that the Han Kingdom will take the lead in conquering Fahrenheit City, and then continue to advance south until the entire Indian Peninsula is conquered.

The news of the dispatch of troops from the Great Han Kingdom quickly spread to Fahrenheit City.

In the imperial palace of Fahrenheit City, although it is very magnificent, all the people living here are panicked, and many people can't even sleep well at night.

The answer to why you can't sleep well is of course very simple. It is because of the disastrous defeat at the Khyber Pass not long ago. Many people have actually started to transfer their family property quietly. There are many horse-drawn carriages leaving the city gates of Fahrenheit City these days. It left quietly in the middle of the night.

The third prince had a solemn expression, and walked quickly through the palace, his goal was the study.

There, Ashoka was already waiting for him.

After a while, the third prince walked into the study room. The guards here had already been waiting for him. After seeing him, they immediately opened the door and let him in.

The third prince walked into the study, where Ashoka was already waiting for him.

Ashoka's spirit actually looked pretty good, but in just a few days, his whole person looked haggard.

The third prince said hastily: "I just got the news that the Han army has already started going south, and their target should be our Huashi City."

For this news, Ashoka did not seem surprised.

It's just that the emperor didn't answer all of a sudden, but fell into a bit of thinking.

After a while, Ashoka said slowly, "Do you think we can hold this city?"

The third prince opened his mouth, unable to speak.

Although he really wanted to say that he could defend it, who would dare to say such a thing after seeing the destructive power of the musketeers of the Han Dynasty that day?

King Ashoka obviously understood what the third prince was thinking, he smiled and said, "Actually, this number is more redundant, isn't it?

Everyone knows we can't hold it. "

The third prince didn't know what to say, so he could only respond in silence.

Ashoka sat in his place and said nothing.

There are obviously two people in the study, but the frozen atmosphere makes people extremely uncomfortable.

Finally the third prince said: "I think we should retreat immediately, to the south, where the plateau is, and those invaders may not adapt to the climate of the plateau, this is our chance."

After hearing this sentence, Ashoka laughed out loud, and asked the third prince a question.

"Did you forget, just a few months ago, where was the checkpoint you attacked?"

The third prince was taken aback for a moment, but soon came back to his senses.

In the months from last year to the beginning of this year, the third prince has been attacking Zhennan Pass, which happens to be the westernmost pass on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

In other words, the Han Dynasty has already controlled the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, so how could they know nothing about fighting on the plateau for so many years?

But even so, the third prince still insisted on his own judgment.

"Father, you can't hesitate any longer. If we hesitate any longer, I'm afraid it will be very difficult to retreat and leave here."

You must know that the subcontinent of South Asia is a plain, so it is not easy to escape on the plain, and you will be overtaken by others in minutes.

Ashoka smiled and said: "Take all the troops and as much wealth as possible to retreat. From today onwards, you are the new king of our country."

After the third prince heard these words, he was startled at first, and then he seemed to understand something, showing an expression of disbelief.

"Father, do you mean..." Ashoka nodded with a smile, and said, "Yes, I have been a king for decades, and I am old now, and I don't want to leave this place." It is a city that I have been running for a long time.

I will stay here and obey the Buddha's arrangement for my fate. If I die, then you remember not to think about revenge for me. You can surrender or fight, but if you can, I hope you can live, live getting better and better. "

The third prince looked at Ashoka in front of him with an extremely complicated expression.

He understood very well what Ashoka's words meant. If there were no accidents, the father and son would never see each other again.

The third prince didn't say anything, but knelt down and bowed to King Ashoka.

Ashoka smiled and waved to the third prince.

"The Buddha said that everything in this world is illusory, and only the life enjoyed in the Land of Ultimate Bliss is real.

In the first half of my life, I never took Buddha's words seriously. At that time, all I thought about was expanding and expanding.

Perhaps this is the retribution given to me by the Buddha. I hope you will not make my mistakes again. You must strictly follow the will of the Buddha in the future. Do you understand? "

The third prince nodded solemnly, almost swearing, and said to King Ashoka in front of him: "Please rest assured, father, I will definitely disperse until the last moment according to your will."

The third prince just left, taking most of the army and people with him.

After hearing that the soldiers and horses of the Han Dynasty were getting closer and closer, most of the people in the city fled, leaving only a few loyal servants who were still willing to follow King Ashoka.

In the remaining few days, Ashoka lived a very relaxed life. He spent most of his time studying Buddhist scriptures. Whenever he went to see her, as long as he didn't sleep, he must be tapping the wooden fish lightly. , holding a rosary and reciting Buddhist scriptures.

After another three days, an army arrived in the city.