Chapter 1248 Tianzhu Ghost

With the return of the Great Zhou, the so-called Four Nations Alliance has existed in name only.

While rushing to Handan City, Ouyang Shuo sent an order to Honglu Temple to send another envoy to Qin, Tang and Song to ask the three countries to seriously consider joining Daxia.

"The trend of Great Xia's unification of China is irresistible, and it cannot be reversed by manpower. I don't want to increase the killings in vain, and I don't want the Chinese people to face wars and man-made disasters after fighting against natural disasters. King Qin (King Tang, King Song) will return as he wishes, and I will definitely Treat each other with the courtesy of princes, please consider carefully and give an answer." Ouyang Shuo confessed.

On June 1st, when Ouyang Shuo returned to the capital, the envoys also returned.

By June 5th, a week had passed since the mission, and the three countries still had no reply. Ouyang Shuo realized that the Three Kingdoms would not shed tears when they saw the coffin, and they were ready to die.

The emperor's attachment to power was far deeper than Ouyang Shuo imagined, and he would rather die than surrender. That being the case, the only way to see the truth is on the battlefield.

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On June 10th, after a short rest, the Hedong Army returned to Hedong Province, where it was stationed, and together with the Yingyang Army, carried out an east-west attack on the Great Qin Dynasty.

Han Xin still leads the Baotao Army and monitors the Tang Dynasty.

To be on the safe side, Ouyang Shuo ordered the Red Eagle to lead the second army of the Huben army, march westward from the eastern Shandong province, and station in the Central Plains province to assist the Baotao army and form a deterrent to the Tang dynasty.

Needless to say, Ouyang Shuo chose Da Song as his target.

In order to reduce casualties, persimmons are of course picked. Among the Three Kingdoms, although the Song Dynasty has the largest territory, it is the weakest among the Three Kingdoms in terms of overall national strength.

It is said that when Lord Chunshen withdrew from Jingchu Province, he brought half of the essence of the province to Eastern Shandong Province, leaving only a half shell.

In addition, it has only been half a year since the Song Dynasty took over Ludong Province, during which time it encountered rare natural disasters, suffered heavy losses, and had a weak foundation. Unlike the Qin and Tang countries, although they only occupy half of the province, they have been deeply cultivated for two or three years.

Second, compared with the Qin and Tang Dynasties, the Song Dynasty lacked both famous generals and soldiers.

Daqin had Wang Jian, Wang Ben and his sons, and Datang was even more terrible. Even without the military god Li Jing, there were still generals such as Li Ji, Hou Junji, Yuchi Jingde, and Cheng Yaojin.

In contrast, the general that the Song Dynasty can handle may be the emperor Zhao Kuangyin.

In order to defeat the Great Song Dynasty, Daxia plans to dispatch the first, second and third armies of the Habayashi Army, the first, second, third and fourth armies of the Xiangjiang Army, and the first, third and fourth armies of the Huben Army. .

A total of ten legions, 700,000 troops.

Throughout mid-June, Great Xia was making final preparations for the Battle of Misong, and the possible outbreak of the Battle of Qin and Tang. By June 25, all the legions had been in place one by one.

The food and supplies have also been transferred in place, and the war is about to break out!

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On June 26, Xu Da commanded three regiments of the Habayashi Army and marched into Jingchu Province from the border of Hunan Province. At the same time, Zhang Xutuo commanded the Xiangjiang Army to advance from Jiangchuan Province to Jingchu Province.

The Huben army commanded by Sun Bin entered from the border of southern Anhui Province.

The three-way army completely blocked the south and east of the Song Dynasty, and planned to advance steadily from south to north, from east to west, and adopted a cannibalization strategy to force the Song Dynasty to surrender.

Ouyang Shuo had plenty of patience.

At the same time, Dichen and Chun Shenjun, including [Difeng] who was being reorganized, used their respective influences in Jingchu Province to instigate and create opportunities for the army.

Zhao Kuangyin, who was unwilling to lead the way, dispatched 500,000 Great Song Forbidden Army to stop them along the way.

Depending on the situation, even if this is not a close battle, it will be a protracted battle. Even if Daxia has the advantage in troops, it will not be able to easily conquer Jingchu Province.

Once the war is delayed, it is tantamount to losing both sides.

At this time, Li Jing, who led his troops to attack Tubo, finally found out that the ghost hidden behind the Tubo Dynasty was the Ashoka Dynasty in Tianzhu District, which lived next to Tubo.

When mentioning the Ashoka Dynasty, Ouyang Shuo had a headache.

The number of players in Tianzhu District is comparable to that of Huaxia District, but there is only one royal city instead of nine royal cities like Huaxia District. Such a setting created a dynasty of freaks.

What is the concept of five million forbidden troops concentrated in one city?

Even in the seventh year of Gaia, the number of forbidden troops of the Ashoka Dynasty still reached 4.5 million.

Therefore, as early as last year, Ouyang Shuo realized that the biggest obstacle for the Great Xia to conquer Tianzhu in the future was not the Mauryan Dynasty or the Gupta Dynasty, but the Ashoka Dynasty, which had always been silent.

After several years of expansion, the Ashoka Dynasty took the royal city of Delhi as the core, and expanded strongly to the surrounding areas. Today, it has occupied more than one-third of the territory of Tianzhu District.

Not only is it a trouble for the future of the Great Xia, but it has also become a serious trouble for the Maurya Dynasty and the Gupta Dynasty.

According to the intelligence obtained by the Black Snake Guard, after the destruction of all the large territories, the Maurya Dynasty and the Gupta Dynasty tended to join forces, with the purpose of dealing with their common enemy - the Ashoka Dynasty.

With the Ashoka Dynasty in one day, the two great dynasties would not have the right to speak in Tianzhu District.

I never thought that King Ashoka's ambitions would be so great. In the face of the Maurya Dynasty and the Gupta Dynasty joining forces in the local area, he could still spare his energy and extend his tentacles into the Huaxia region.

This is something Ouyang Shuo absolutely cannot tolerate.

After reading the battle report presented by Li Jing, Ouyang Shuo was silent for a long time, and said coldly, "King Ashoka, since you joined the war, don't even think about retreating completely. Do you really think that with four or five million troops, you can be unscrupulous?"

"Come on!"

"exist!"

"Order the front line, at all costs, to end the battle to destroy Song within half a month."

"promise!"

Ashoka's involvement in the Tubo war made Ouyang Shuo realize that the Three Kingdoms War must be ended quickly, even if some casualties were incurred.

Only in this way can the army be rectified and fully deal with the threat of the Ashoka Dynasty.

Ouyang Shuo was really not sure whether the Ashoka Dynasty would take advantage of the opportunity of Great Xia being mired in war to continuously increase troops in Tubo, posing a direct threat to the Flying Bear Army led by Li Jing, and even to the western border of the dynasty.

Ouyang Shuo couldn't take this risk.

"Tell Zhang Yi, Minister of Honghe Temple!" Ouyang Shuo followed.

"yes!"

After a little leaning, Zhang Yi hurried over.

The former Panhonglu Temple sent envoys to the Three Kingdoms, but all of them returned without success, which made Zhang Yi very ashamed. As soon as he had an audience, he pleaded guilty to His Majesty, "Honghe Temple is not doing well, please punish it!"

Ouyang Shuo waved his hand, not wanting to pursue the matter, just stared at Zhang Yi, and said in a deep voice, "Send another envoy to Xiangyang, and tell Zhao Kuangyin that Song Dynasty will surrender within ten days; otherwise, once Xiangyang is conquered, , I will destroy the Zhao Manchu clan!"

"promise!"

Zhang Yi's heart trembled, and his back was wet. He had never seen His Majesty so angry.