Ashoka's eyes were dull and he was in a daze.

He looked around, feeling as if he hadn't woken up from the terrible nightmare he had had in the morning.

In that nightmare, he saw countless ferocious black figures rushing towards him, holding sharp blades and waving fire sticks, trying to cut him into pieces.

That's why after waking up, he was so frightened, broke into cold sweats, and even tortured his personal maid to death.

I thought that everything would be over when I woke up from the dream, but now I realized that I had not escaped from the nightmare at all, and it was even getting worse.

Obviously not long ago, he was still putting pressure on the Brahmins, asking them to submit to him and admit that he was the emperor. He was at the most proud moment in his life.

As a result, how many hours have passed now? The whole morning has not even passed!

The Black Dragon Banner of Great Qin actually came to Nalanda! ? Approaching Fahrenheit City!

You must know that Nalanda, an important town to the east of Fahrenheit City, has been guarding against the Dian Kingdom to the east and those small countries conquered by the Mauryan Dynasty to prevent them from rebelling against the kingdom.

But now, it actually has to face the Qin army coming from the east!

It's better to hold on, but if he can't hold on, Ashoka shudders just thinking about the consequences.

Once Nalanda is breached, Huasheng City will be like a woman who has taken off all her clothes and is lying on the bed, only at the mercy of others.

Don't talk about proclaiming yourself emperor. I'm afraid whether you can survive or not is a matter of two opinions.

But the battle report clearly arrived just now, as did the battle report from the front line. Why can the Qin army be so fast? It’s like having a clone!

"Is it harassment by a small group of Qin troops?"

Ashoka could only think of this possibility.

"No, it's not."

The person who reported the report had a sad face and quickly denied it. He also complained again and again.

His colleagues had just reported to King Asoka that the Qin army had conquered seven cities in ten days, and now they asked him to continue telling the bad news.

"The information from Nalanda is the highest request for help from several horses that have been killed."

"The Kshatriyas who guarded Nalanda said that Nalanda is surrounded by the Qin army's camps and black dragon flags. There are so many people standing on the city wall that even if you have an extremely wide field of vision, you can't see the end of it!"

"And they also have many weird weapons that we have never seen before. They are all various forms of black iron pipes that can be picked up with one hand and equipped by the soldiers."

"Although the Qin army has not yet attacked the city, the Kshatriyas of Nalanda feel that this battle is already very dangerous."

"If there are no reinforcements, then this may be his final act."

Ashoka's face suddenly turned miserable.

The Kshatriya of Nalanda was his confidant and the famous war god of the Maurya Dynasty. He once helped him conquer several small countries.

Logically speaking, he is a general who has been baptized by the flames of war and can survive the collapse of mountains without any chaos. Even if the enemy's army is several times his own, he will not have any fear.

But now, such a general just saw the Qin army, and the two sides were fighting without a formal battle. He sent someone to ask for help, and only said that the battle was very dangerous.

what is this?

This is naked despair!

"Wei Bao, did you lie at all? Great Qin was really in turmoil?" Ashoka was extremely angry!

King Ashoka really couldn't understand how the food and grass for the Qin army came from.

This is a journey of thousands of miles. If Daqin is really in turmoil, where will they get so much money and food?

Wei Bao and the other three were also stunned.

In fact, they did deceive King Asoka on this point. Not only was Great Qin not in turmoil, but it was in a stage of rebirth.

It’s just that so many years of natural disasters and conquests have long since exhausted Great Qin’s food supply. How did Great Qin start this war?

Wei Bao really couldn't figure it out even if he thought about it.

At this time, he no longer dared to mention the joke of leading an army of 30,000 to defeat the Qin army.

If you still go out to meet the enemy when others are attacking you at the door of your home, wouldn't it be like throwing an egg against a rock and simply overestimating your own capabilities?

And with the mobilization speed of the Maurya Dynasty, even if the Great Qin army here mobilized Fahrenheit City three or four times, they might not have enough 20,000 troops there.

The suppressed Brahmins and the Kshatriyas who supported King Ashoka were equally horrified at this moment. They felt that these Qin troops were simply divine soldiers descending from the sky, completely unreasonable!

"King...Your Majesty, everything we said before is true and there is nothing false."

"And...and there's actually no need to worry."

Wei Bao wiped the sweat from his forehead, his mind was working rapidly, and he pretended to be calm: "Those Qin troops have been running for thousands of miles, and now... They are definitely exhausted now, and they are at the end of their battle. He... Their supplies must be extremely long, and the consumption is ridiculous. and difficulties.”

"As long as...as long as we strengthen the walls and clear the country, gather all the food, people and resources around Hua Clan in the city, and then rely on the strong city walls to hold on, leaving them helpless, then...then they will definitely come in joy and return in despair! "

Han Xin and Tian Dan nodded repeatedly. At this time, they could only use Wei Bao's method.

Normally, what they say is correct.

However, what they would not have expected is that behind Da Qin, there is also Da Ming.

Ashoka's face turned livid: "So you mean to ask me to give up rescuing Nalanda?"

"..."

Wei Bao and the others were silent, and after a long time they admitted in extreme fear: "Yes... yes."

"What the Qin army is planning now is definitely to encircle the point and bring reinforcements!"

"They want to tempt us to send out the defenders of Fahrenheit City, and then sneak attack halfway and annihilate our defense force in the wild."

"I...we can't be fooled by those Qin troops, otherwise, Huashi City will be in danger."

It has to be said that although Wei Bao and others were crushed everywhere by the First Emperor and Cui Yuan, as remnants of the Six Kingdoms, their military literacy was still extremely high.

When Asoka heard this, blood started to flow from his teeth.

He stared at Wei Bao and the others, then turned to look at the dragon robe on one side. In the end, he still did not give the order to ask for help.

The other Brahmins and Kshatriyas could only silently pray in their hearts that Nalanda could be preserved.

Of course, if prayer worked, there would be no need for saviors and heroes in the world.

Although Nalanda has not yet been conquered, the Qin army has already begun to take action.

In fact, when Nalanda's request for help arrived at Huashi City, Da Qin's army had already begun preparing to attack the city.

The coach of this battle is the leader of the First Army's vanguard—champion Hou Xiangyu!

Yes!

In fact, the main force of the Qin Army is still behind, and now only the vanguard of the First Army is surrounding Nalanda - a total of no more than 5,000 people.

Ashoka would receive two battle reports in one day because of this. One is for the main force of the Qin army, and the other is for the vanguard army.

As for the reason why the Kshatriyas guarding Nalanda thought that the Qin army was endless, it was just that Xiang Yu specifically ordered the troops to carry more tents before setting off.

Then, taking advantage of the darkness, they were all built around Nalanda. This is what Sun Tzu said in the Art of War: "Soldiers use deceit and deception. I know the enemy's true nature, and the enemy knows my weakness."

The reason why Xiang Yu did this was so that Nalanda could release a request for help and let Huashi City know the situation.

In fact, Wei Bao was only half right about Xiang Yu's plan, if Huashi City really sent troops to assist.

Then Xiang Yu will indeed immediately mount a charge with five thousand vanguard troops, smash them directly, and completely disintegrate the effective strength of Huashi City.

After all, these are all living military achievements, and if you can grab a little bit, it's a little bit.

But what if someone over there in Fahrenheit City sees through the first level of the plan and chooses not to send troops.

Then Xiang Yu doesn't care, but will mourn for Huashi City.

They were just the vanguard. In order to move faster, they only carried matchlocks and no heavy equipment such as red cannons.

So if they were surrounded and annihilated by themselves, they could at least surrender.

Once the main force of Great Qin arrives, within the range of the red cannon, the so-called solid wall of Huashi City will be nothing more than a joke.

Not only will it not provide any help, but it will also become a coffin that imprisons many dignitaries of the Maurya Dynasty.

Once the artillery fire starts, no one cares whether you are shouting for surrender!

When that time comes, they will have no choice but to die.

"Marquis Champion, the catapults have been assembled!"

A descendant of the Xiang family came to report that the catapult is also a catapult, which is a very light siege equipment.

You only need to bring the core, then cut down the wood on the spot, quickly create a catapult, and carry out siege.

Over the years, since the advent of muskets, Great Qin has established four musket armies, each with 5,000 men, all equipped with muskets.

As the first musketry army, the First Army has been trained as sharp knives since its birth. Almost all soldiers ride horses and assemble catapults, and have skilled wild survival abilities.

"very good!"

Xiang Yu nodded, exuding an aura of confidence, and then waved ruthlessly towards Nalanda not far away: "In that case, let's start attacking the city!"

"There is no need to attack the city directly, just start bombarding them with rocks! If they don't come out, we will keep bombarding them."

"If they come out, we will shoot!"

"Yes!"

The messenger soldier quickly took off his clothes, and then hundreds of stones hit the city of Nalanda like a meteor shower.

……

On the other side, the main force of the Qin Army has penetrated hundreds of miles into the hinterland of the Maurya Dynasty.

They marched steadily, and every time they used red cannons to conquer a city, they would send people to count the city's population and register everyone in the yellow population list, ready to be mobilized at any time.

After all, Ying Zheng's intention was to turn this place into a colony, harvest the spice resources here, and then sell them to Europe to earn the wealth of those Europeans.

Now in the world, the people who are most familiar with growing and harvesting spices are undoubtedly the people of the Mauryan Dynasty, so Da Qin is not willing to waste any of these precious resources.

But the Maurya Dynasty was a slave dynasty after all, and unlike the Three Kingdoms on the Grassland, it could support Modun Shanyu as a puppet.

As the mastermind of the locust plague in Handan County, King Ashoka must definitely be executed. In this way, it would be difficult for anyone in the Mauryan Dynasty to take charge of the overall situation and become the puppet of Qin.

Although Da Qin could forcibly support a puppet king, Da Qin also had to station troops in the Maurya Dynasty for a long time, and even learn from the Tang Dynasty to establish a protective palace to maintain Da Qin's rule here.

This move will undoubtedly consume a lot of resources and food.

It's okay for a short period of time, but if it is provided for a long time, even the current Great Qin will be unable to withstand it.

Therefore, Great Qin must abolish slavery in the Mauryan Dynasty and change it to a centralized feudal system, making the Mauryan Dynasty a vassal state of Great Qin.

Only in this way could the officials of Qin Dynasty directly rule the cities of the Maurya Dynasty and collect taxes to support the army.

It was also a reform of the feudal system. King Asoka was also worried that excessive actions would lead to resistance from Brahmins and slave owners, but Great Qin was not so worried.

Regarding slavery and Brahmins, the Qin army's approach is simple, that is stupid!

Every time they conquered a city, they arrested all the slave owners there, tried them publicly, and then executed them. During the process, the Qin army also asked the slaves who had been persecuted to do it themselves.

At the beginning, most slaves did not dare to take action. After all, the slave owner was their master.

Their people, including their lives, were the private property of the slave owners.

Even though these soldiers with the Black Dragon flag were like gods descending from the earth, able to control thunder (cannons) and possess incredible power, they did not dare to step beyond the limits.

However, as time went by, as the Qin soldiers told the crimes committed by these slave owners one by one, and kept demanding, soon the first slave killed his master, then the second, and the third three...

This seemed to be a chain reaction, and soon all the slaves swarmed up, regardless of whether they were their own masters, they cried and killed all the slave owners.

Since they can be called slaves, how many of these slave owners regard them as human beings?

Even if some of the slave owners had good intentions, they were just out of pity for the ants.

For a moment, screams, cries and blood flew everywhere. No one except the fully armed Daqin soldiers dared to approach, and now the entire execution platform was in chaos.

Wang Ben, Ye Teng, Wang Li and Zhang Liang looked at all this and nodded silently in their hearts.

Although letting slaves kill slave owners is not enough to completely collapse the slavery system, it can completely shake it.

And the next transformation only needs time and the system to slowly reform.

After a few decades, when this generation of servile people completely dies, their next generation can become the feudal people of the new era.

Slavery and caste system will cease to exist.

What remains is the Confucian idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor and love for the suzerain country, and endless surrender to the Central Plains Dynasty, which has always provided spices to the Central Plains Dynasty!

No one in this land would have dreamed that their wretched caste system, which had been passed down for thousands of years, would completely disappear due to the invasion of Great Qin. (End of chapter)

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