"Your Majesty, the reason I suggest this is because although the Qin army in the west is large in number, most of them are not Qin people at all. The Flying Tiger Army, with the strongest combat power, is not much stronger than our regular army! We can use our current strength to recast the Western defense line! The Qin army in the north is different. The Fifth Army is the main elite of the Qin army. Although the Ninth and Tenth Army have not long been formed, according to the previous battle situation, its combat power is also quite amazing. In addition to these, there are the invincible Iron Cavalry of the Tiger Roar Camp, and the Qin emperor personally took charge of command. The overall combat power is extremely terrifying. If they are allowed to break through to the Tancha Envoy Luo, then we will be completely finished! Therefore, the Tancha Envoy Luo's defenders must not move!"

Yue Duo nodded thinking, "So how do you think we should recast the Western defense line?"

Erletai replied: "There are more than 60,000 troops withdrawn from the Western Front (the 60,000 people who escaped from the eyelid of Taishici and more than 10,000 troops who escaped from the fortress). There are 30,000 defenders in the eastern provinces, and all of them can be transferred back; in addition, nearly 50,000 troops have been recruited near the royal capital and the eastern provinces! We can defend the capital with the newly recruited 50,000 troops, and build a defensive front near the Indus River to the west of the royal capital with the 60,000 troops who retreated from the western front and 30,000 defenders in the eastern provinces! If the command is properly, we should be able to resist the Qin army in the west! After all, the Qin army in the west has limited combat power!"

Yue Duo's depressed mood couldn't help but get much better, "Eleta, if I send you as the commander-in-chief of the Western Front, are you sure?"

Erletai was stunned and said confidently: "I swear to defend the Western Front for Your Majesty!"

"Okay! It seems that there are still talents in the court who can take on major responsibilities in times of crisis! I accept you as the General of Xizhen. The 60,000 troops on the Western Front and the 30,000 defenders in the Eastern Provinces are all under your command. This army is the new Xizhen Army! Go to the Western Front immediately!"

"yes!"

Let us turn our attention to Sun Ce's side.

Sun Ce divided the 180,000 troops under his command into two groups, one led by Taishi Ci to attack eastward along the northern line, and the other led by himself to attack eastward along the southern line.

The two armies were unstoppable, and in just half a month they successively captured more than a dozen cities and arrived at the west bank of the Indus River almost at the same time. At this time, there were a joint camp on the east bank of the Indus River. Judging from the scale, there were at least 200,000 Kushan troops. They were ready to fight and were ready to fight.

The Qin army set up camps on the west bank of the Indus River.

"I didn't expect that the Kushans would build a line of defense in the Indus River so quickly!" Sun Ce looked at the sand table in front of him and said in surprise.

Taishici frowned, "From the size of the camp, there are at least 200,000!"

Sun Ce laughed, "Ziyi, don't be deceived by the scene in front of you! How could the Kushans gather 200,000 people? Unless they transferred Tancha's troops down, if this is true, it would be even better!"

Taishici nodded, "General, no matter what, we should first figure out the other party's reality!"

"This is natural! By the way, has Li Pojun's army arrived?"

"It should be coming soon!"

After Li Pojun quelled the rebellion within Western Kushan, he followed Sun Ce's order and asked his cousin Li Yuantong to lead a 70,000 army to support him. He and Li Tao led 30,000 troops to take charge of Western Kushan. After all, Western Kushan had just been quelled and the situation was not very stable.

Turn your eyes to the North Line.

Chen Chu looked at the sand table in front of him and thought that although the current situation was very beneficial to the Qin army, the Qin army did not achieve a decisive victory.

"Brother, it's time to have a meal!" Zhang Rui said softly.

Chen Chu retracted his thoughts and turned around. He saw the three girls standing with a tray of food, smiling.

Chen Chu laughed, "Okay! Let's have a meal!"

At the dinner table, the three girls kept picking up dishes for Chen Chu. Chen Chu laughed and said, "Don't be alone in me!"

The three girls smiled pursed their lips and looked very happy.

"Brother, I heard that my brother and the others are making progress very smoothly?" Sun Ren couldn't help asking.

Chen Chu nodded, picked up a peanut and threw it into his mouth. "Bo Fu swept across the entire eastern Kushan area in just half a month and arrived at the west bank of the Indus River!"

Sun Ren couldn't help but look proud.

Chen Chu frowned and said, "But the current situation is a bit strange! I originally thought that Yue Duo could not help but send troops from Tancha, but there was no sign of this! If they gathered domestic forces to build a defensive front in the Indus River, this battle would be difficult to fight!"

The three girls were also female heroes who were well versed in military tactics, and immediately understood what Chen Chu meant. Wen Yuan said with some concern: "If this is the case, we can only attack Tancha and Luo!"

Chen Chu nodded and smiled bitterly: "It's not a good thing to attack Tancha and Luo!" He threw a piece of beef into his mouth, chewed it hard, and swallowed it.

After dinner, Chen Chu summoned all the generals.

Chen Chu asked about the situation of each battalion and said to the generals: "Bo Fu and the others are afraid that it will be difficult to break through the Indus River defense line! We can only attack Tancha and the envoy Luo!"

When all the generals heard this, their eyes lit up, looking eager to try.

Chen Chu couldn't help but smile, "What? I'm so impatient?"

The generals laughed.

Chen Chu said seriously: "Tancha made Luo's terrain extremely dangerous. Our army's heavy equipment cannot be used at all. We can only rely on people to attack with cloud ladders and sky-blasting thunder! Even if we attack, we will suffer heavy casualties!" Then he condensed his eyes and said resolutely: "But such a bloody battle is also good for the army! All armies are ready to attack!" "Yes!"

Chen Chu came to a hill near the military camp and looked at Tancha Luo not far away. Tancha Luo was located between two mountains, like a huge city gate. The entire fortress was built of granite craters everywhere in the area, with two city walls. The core building in the inner wall is a fortress similar to a medieval European castle. Both walls are nearly four meters high, but the inner wall is far higher than the outer city wall because it is built on a higher hillside. The front of the fortress is a rugged rock, and only a small path leads to the main gate of the fortress, with a steep slope. Because of this, the Qin army could not use heavy siege equipment at all.

Chen Chu couldn't help but take a deep breath. Zhang Rui, who was standing beside him, murmured: "It's really something that people can't imagine when attacking such a place!"

The next morning, a Kushan lookout soldier stretched his waist and stood up, looking out of the city habitually. He was stunned, and then his face turned pale. He hurriedly rushed to the alarm bell and rang the alarm bell.

The Kushan soldiers hurriedly gathered on the city wall. Yue Kefeng looked outside the city and saw a black wave surging. Yue Kefeng frowned and murmured: "It's finally started!"

The Qin army stopped more than 300 steps in front of the city wall. The overall situation seemed a little chaotic and could not form a formation. There was no way to set up a formation in such a place.

"Your Majesty, you are ready!" Guan Yu clasped his fists at Chen Chu.

Chen Chu frowned and nodded slightly at Guan Yu.

Guan Yu understood and immediately ordered the 9th Legion's vanguard battalion to attack.

Twenty thousand soldiers shouted violently, carrying the simple cloud ladder towards the city wall, not fast, because they could not get up at all on such terrain, and carrying the cloud ladder seemed very difficult.

Chen Chu frowned. The generals also frowned.

A moment later, the Kushan Army crossbowmen began to shoot, and the raindrop-like arrows rushed towards the 9th Legion's vanguard battalion with a scream. Many soldiers were shot to the ground one after another. The tower shield and sword shield soldiers, which were originally used as protection, did not play a good role at all. The Qin Army crossbowmen did not fight back. Due to the terrain, the Qin Army crossbowmen could not reach the opponent at this time.

The Qin army advanced with difficulty in bearing the opponent's rain of arrows. Finally, the powerful crossbowmen began to fight back. A rain of arrows roared up. Many Kushan crossbowmen who were about to shoot arrows fell down immediately.

The Qin army's powerful crossbowmen sniped the Kushan army's crossbowmen on the city wall, while the other soldiers carried cloud ladders and rushed towards the city wall.

The Qin army rushed under the city wall, and ladders mounted on the city wall one after another. A rumbling sound came from the city wall, and the rolling stones and the woods rushed down like a waterfall. The scene was very amazing.

A ladder was broken by a rolling stone, and blood and flesh flew across the city wall. The Qin army bit the weapons and rushed towards the city wall. One by one, soldiers fell from the ladder. A Qin soldier rushed up the city wall. Before he could stand firm, he was picked up by several spears. A Qin soldier rushed up the city wall and slashed a Kushan army officer in front of him to the ground with a knife. Then a spear penetrated his body from the side. He held the other party and jumped off the city wall with his last breath.

The fierce battle lasted for about two hours, and the Qin army suffered huge casualties, but failed to make a breakthrough.

Seeing this, Chen Chu ordered a suspension of the attack.

Seeing that the Qin army retreated like a tide of ebbing, all the Kushan soldiers were stunned at first, and then a shocking cheer burst out. They were so excited that they actually withstood the attack of the main force of the Qin army! In fact, their losses in this battle were also very large, and the number of casualties was not inferior to that of the Qin army, but no matter what, they still resisted the attack of the main force of the Qin army. This was a very difficult first time!

"General, we have defended it! We have defended it!" A general shouted at Yue Kefeng with great disobedience.

Yue Kefeng nodded, glanced at the excited soldiers, and breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that the army that had recovered confidence was more likely to resist the Qin army's attack.

The Qin army's tent.

"Your Majesty, this fortress is really unfavorable for attack!" Lu Bu frowned. He felt very breathless, as if he couldn't use it with force.

The generals nodded.
Chapter completed!