Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2317 The Western Regions War, Wang Ben VS Yang Su
Chapter 2313: The Battle of the Western Regions, Wang Ben VS Yang Su
Is it possible for Daqin to send troops to help the Western Regions?

Naturally it is impossible.

Ji Xiaolan knew this very well, so she resolutely rejected the request of all countries to send troops, but then said that the Western Regions' tactics were too backward, and the commander's ability level was not enough, which was the main reason for the defeat, and suggested that the generals of Daqin should help the countries in the Western Regions to command army.

As soon as Ji Xiaolan said this, it naturally caused dissatisfaction among the generals of the Western Regions, especially Ling Xiao, who was known as the No. 1 general of the Western Regions.

Let Han generals command the troops in the Western Regions?This is not the first case, it has happened before.

The second emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, during the period of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, Ban Chao followed Dou Gu to attack the Northern Huns, and was later ordered to go to the Western Regions.

In the next 31 years, Ban Chao subdued more than 50 countries in the Western Regions almost by himself, established the Western Regions Protectorate for the Han, and proposed the strategy of using the barbarians to control the barbarians, personally commanding the Western Regions Allied Forces, defeated Guishuang , Wusun and other countries.

In order to commend Ban Chao's meritorious service, the imperial court issued an imperial edict to confer the title of Marquis of Dingyuan, with thousands of households in the city, and later generations also called Ban Chao "Ban Dingyuan".

In addition, Ban Chao sent Gan Ying as an envoy to Rome, and Gan Ying returned to the West Sea (Persian Gulf). This was also the earliest exchange between the East and the West.

Ban Chao is not only a hero of the Han people, but also deeply respected by the people of the Western Regions, but the greater the achievements of Ban Chao, the more incompetent the people of the Western Regions appear.

The army of the Western Regions could not defeat Guishuang and Wusun, but they had to rely on outsiders to command them to win. Doesn't this mean that the generals of the Western Regions are incompetent?
This is an indelible shame for soldiers of any country.

Now, more than 100 years later, the Western Regions once again encountered an invincible opponent, that is, Yang Su, the great general of the Sui Dynasty.

Even Ling Xiao, known as the No. 1 general in the Western Regions, commanding an army of [-] troops, with an absolute superiority in strength, still lost to Yang Su's [-] Xiliang iron cavalry.

The envoy of the Great Qin proposed to let the generals of the Great Qin command the army of the Western Regions to resist the Sui army?
Regardless of whether Da Qin is kind or not, in the eyes of the generals of the Western Regions, it is a shame in itself to let a general of another country command their own army.

It's enough to have such a shame once, if it happens again, how can the generals of the Western Regions accept it?Naturally, he tried his best to oppose Ji Xiaolan's proposal.

As for Ling Xiao, who is known as the No.1 General of the Western Regions, although he was dissatisfied with Ji Xiaolan's contempt for the generals of the Western Regions, and he was unwilling to let his command power go outside, but after he lost to Yang Su and returned in a disastrous defeat, no one in the entire Western Regions was This is also true for Yang Su's opponent.

The Allied Forces of the Western Regions have already experienced two major defeats. If they are experiencing a major defeat, then they are really hopeless. Maybe they will be completely annexed by the Sui Kingdom in a short time. This is what Ling Xiao can't accept even more thing.

Compared with the subjugation of the country and the extermination of the species, it seems that there is nothing unacceptable to be commanded by an outsider.

Although Ling Xiao no longer objected, it was impossible to hand over the command of the Western Regions army without knowing it at all, so he proposed to Ji Xiaolan to exchange his military experience with General Qin.

Naturally, Ji Xiaolan would not refuse, so he asked the general guard Wang Ben, his son Wang Li, and his nephew Wang Xuance to exchange tactics with Ling Xiao.

Wang Ben, Wang Li, Wang Xuance, and Ling Xiao talked for a whole night. No one knew what they talked about. They only knew that after that night, Ling Xiao was full of praise for Wang Ben. Not only did he support Wang Ben to command the army, He even said something like 'the one who defeats Yang Su must be Wang Ben'.

After all, Ling Xiao is the No. 1 general in the Western Regions. His firm support attitude has changed many opponents' attitudes, but there are still many people who oppose it.

However, the generals who opposed this time put forward the request to compete with the generals of Daqin, claiming that only by defeating them can they be qualified to command them.

Naturally, Ji Xiaolan would not refuse this kind of request for a beating, so he sent Meng Ben and Ruan Wengzhong.

After this fight, not only were all the generals in the Western Regions defeated by Meng Ruan, they were even beaten so badly that they almost doubted their lives.

The strength of Meng Ben and Ruan Wengzhong is too strong, and has reached the level of being able to rival the Sui army's fierce general Gao Gao.

Gao Gao, this is a name that people in the Western Regions hate and gnash their teeth. No fewer than [-] generals of the Western Regions have died under his gun, including the first, second and third most powerful generals in the Western Regions, and they are still fighting against the enemy together. died in battle.

Can you imagine the scene where Li Cunxiao + Sun Lingming + Jiang Song, the three of them joined forces to fight against the enemy, but died in the hands of one person?

Almost by himself, Gao Ang broke the backbone of all the generals in the Western Regions after only two battles, and no one from the Western Regions dared to dare to challenge him again.

Now, among the Great Qin Mission, there are actually two people who can match the existence of Gao Gao. How can the countries in the Western Regions not be shocked.

Such a peerless general can only act as a guard?

Has Daqin's fierce generals flooded to this extent?

As soon as this idea appeared, the countries in the Western Regions became even more in awe of the Great Qin. It can only be said that it is worthy of being the Kingdom of Heaven.

None of the countries in the Western Regions wanted to be annexed by the Sui Kingdom, but their own commanders were too disappointing. None of them were Yang Su's opponents, and the generals were even more disappointing.

Now that Daqin is helping them provide commanders and generals, the countries in the Western Regions will naturally not let go of this last chance, so they have elected Ji Xiaolan as the commander of the Western Regions Allied Forces.

Although it is shameful to let outsiders command your own army, it is better than subjugating the country and genocide.

Moreover, this is not the first time that countries in the Western Regions have experienced this kind of thing.

The first time is raw, the second time is familiar, just get used to it.

Don't the monarchs of the Western Regions know that Ji Xiaolan is a civil servant and doesn't know how to command the army?
Naturally knows.

But since he knew it, why should Ji Xiaolan be the commander in chief of the coalition forces?

Naturally, it was because Ji Xiaolan was the official envoy of the Qin Dynasty, and Wang Ben, Wang Li, Wang Xuance, Meng Ben, and Ruan Wengzhong were all his subordinates.

It is naturally not advisable to let Wang Ben, an officer like Ji Xiaolan, be the commander of the coalition forces.

Besides, Ji Xiaolan's commander in chief of the coalition forces is destined to be only in name only.

Ji Xiaolan and his party only consisted of 300 people, and they were useless against the Sui army. The main force fighting against the Sui army was destined to be the local army in the Western Regions. It's the day he resigns.

Since he is destined to be the commander in name, it doesn't matter whether Ji Xiaolan knows how to command the army, as long as his subordinates understand, there will be people under him to help him command the army.

Ji Xiaolan naturally knew this too, so she took the post of commander of the coalition forces calmly, and then asked Wang Ben to command the army instead of herself, while Wang Li and Wang Xuance were responsible for assisting Wang Ben.

With the support of the kings of the Western Regions, Wang Ben did not have any accidents when he took over the command. The handover was completed very smoothly, and there was no case of disobedience to military orders after that.

In this way, Ji Xiaolan became the nominal commander of the Allied Forces of the Western Regions, but the actual commander was Wang Ben.

Wang Jian is still only the prefect of a county. Although he commanded an army of no more than [-] to [-] troops, Wang Ben, as a son, was one step ahead of his father and had the experience of commanding an army of more than [-] troops in advance.

After Wang Ben took over the command of the coalition forces, the situation of the Western Regions War completely changed.

The main generals who were active in the war have all become the generals of the Great Qin, while the former local generals in the Western Regions have instead become the helpers, taking orders from the Qin generals.

However, even with the support of Qin generals such as Wang Ben, the battle in the Western Regions has not achieved a major reversal. After all, their opponent Yang Su is not easy.

When Yang Su was born, the commander-in-chief was 98 points, but after so many years of fighting and winning so many battles, it is naturally impossible for Yang Su to have no progress at all.

In addition, not long ago, the two victories against the Allied Forces of the Western Regions improved Yang Su's foundation a bit.

当前杨素五维：统帅100（+2），武力90（+5），智力90（+1），政治96，魅力85（+4）；
Wang Ben and Yang Su's commander attributes are both 100. In the case of not counting the commander of the skill increase, the command ability of the two troops is almost the same. The competition is naturally the support of the generals, the bravery of the generals, and the combat effectiveness of the army. up.

In terms of generals, although Wang Ben has Wang Li and Wang Xuance to assist in command, Yang Su's lineup is not bad, with Gao Huan and Gao Changgong assisting in command.

When Gao Changgong was born, the commander-in-chief was not considered high, only 89 points, obviously the system was low, but he had an extremely eye-catching performance in many battles such as the Battle of Exterminating Qiang, the Battle of Hetao, and the Battle of Liangzhou , made great contributions, so all five dimensions are also growing rapidly.

当前高长恭五维：统帅95（+6），武力102（+6），智力84（+3），政治69，魅力97（+2）；
Commander 100 Wang Ben + 95 Wang Li + 97 Wang Xuance

VS
Commander 100 Yang Su + 96 Gao Huan + 95 Gao Changgong

In terms of the commanding ability of the army, the levels of the two sides are actually not much different, and Wang Ben only has the upper hand.

In terms of fierce generals, although Wang Ben has 105 Meng Ben + 105 Ruan Wengzhong + 101 Ling Xiao, as well as many generals from the Western Regions to help.

But Yang Su has 106 high spirits, 104 Wu Yunzhao and Shi Wansui, as well as Li Huanzhang, Yao Gonglin and many other great generals.

After beating more than 50 generals in the Western Regions in succession, Gao Ang's reputation spread throughout the Western Regions, and he also broke his own bottleneck, with his force reaching 106 points.

So in general, Wang Ben's side is at a disadvantage in terms of fierce generals.

As for the combat effectiveness of the army, although the Western Region coalition forces have a large number of troops, but because they belong to different countries and their equipment is poor, their overall combat effectiveness is really not to be praised.

On the other hand, although the number of Sui troops was small, they were united as one, well-trained and well-equipped, and the combat effectiveness of a [-]-strong army could even overwhelm a [-] Western Region coalition army.

After comparing the gaps between the two armies, Wang Ben found that his western allied forces were too disadvantaged. Even if he commanded [-] western allied forces, he was not absolutely sure that he could defeat Yang Su head-on.

Since you can't win a head-on duel, you can only hit the sidelines.

Wang Ben learned Ling Xiao's lesson, and he was not going to rely on his superior strength to defeat Yang Su on the frontal battlefield. Instead, he and his son Wang Li each led an army, restraining Yang Su's main force, and at the same time sent his nephew Wang Xuance to lead the army. Constantly harassing the food road of the Sui army.

The strength of the Sui army was small, but they couldn't ignore the grain roads in the rear, so they would definitely divide their troops to protect the grain roads, so Wang Ben's pressure would be less.

But even so, Wang Ben still did not fight Yang Su decisively, but used methods such as fighting generals, night attacks, poisoning, and drumming to continuously wear down the spirit of the Sui army.

As the strongest fighters in the coalition forces, Meng Ben and Ruan Weng Zhong have fought against Gao Ang successively, but because they are all powerful generals, their attack speed is relatively slow. Facing the skill and speed Gao Gao, It is really not an advantage.

Meng Ben and Gao Ang lost after three rounds at 220. Ruan Wengzhong and Gao Ang lost after two rounds at 250. Neither of them could defeat Gao Ang in a single fight.

Gao Ang also started to become arrogant after two consecutive defeats. He even dared to [-]v[-], but in the end he was severely abused.

With Meng Ben and Ruan Wengzhong joining forces, Gao Ang only lasted for [-] rounds before being defeated. If Wu Yunzhao and Shi Wansui hadn't rescued him in time, Gao Ang would have almost died by their hands.

After the two sides confronted each other for a month, Wang Ben obviously felt that the morale of the Sui army was declining, and the combat effectiveness was also declining, so he decisively led [-] carefully selected elites to attack, and with Meng Ben and Ruan Wengzhong as the vanguard, the Sui army was defeated in the first battle. , Beheaded more than [-] Sui troops.

This was the first defeat of the Sui Army after it invaded the Western Regions. The Western Regions Allied Forces' morale and self-confidence increased sharply after hearing the news, and they had a disagreement with Wang Ben on whether to pursue or not.

Wang Ben felt that Yang Su's main force was not damaged, so he decided not to pursue it out of prudence, but the generals of the Western Regions did not obey the military order and pursued without authorization.

This big defeat once again wiped out the advantage Wang Ben had gained.

However, after this defeat, none of the generals in the Western Regions dared to disobey Wang Ben's orders, and the Allied Forces in the Western Regions also truly unified their command.

In the ensuing confrontation, Wang Ben and Yang Su used their own means to confront each other continuously, and fought for three months in a row before drawing the curtain for this battle.

In the end, the Sui army paid the price of more than half of the casualties of the regular army and the annihilation of the entire servant army.

The first year of Shenwu, October [-]th.

Yang Su officially returned to Liangzhou from the Western Regions with the rest of the army and the looted wealth.

Under Wang Ben's command, although the Allied Forces of the Western Regions repelled the Sui Army, it was only a miserable victory.

The Allied Forces of the Western Regions killed 12 Sui troops and [-] servants in total, but the combined casualties of all countries reached a staggering [-].

Two-thirds of the soldiers were killed under the command of the generals of the Western Regions, but three-quarters of the battle results were completed under the command of Wang Ben.

In addition, among the 36 countries in the Western Regions, nine other countries were destroyed by Yang Su, and now there are only 25 countries left.

　The process of the Great War in the Western Regions is abbreviated. If it is described in detail, there are still more than ten chapters.

　　This July is really a wonderful month,

　　Celebrate all day.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)