September 2nd, the capital, the imperial palace.

Just as the Daxia army attacked from all directions, Ouyang Shuo also received a memorial submitted by Li Jing.

In the memorial, Li Jing did not blame the governors, but only made an objective point of view that with the current logistical support capabilities, the army could not be completely relaxed.

If the war is delayed, it will in turn force the logistics, which will only lead to a vicious cycle.

In response to this situation, Ouyang Shuo specially summoned Zeng Guofan, the second assistant to the cabinet in charge of local government affairs, and Du Ruhui, the Minister of the Privy Council, who was in charge of logistics support, to discuss solutions.

"Both of you talk about how to solve the logistics problems?"

Ouyang Shuo asked directly, his face was gloomy. The battle of Tubo was the most unbearable battle in the empire. He could not stand any minister who was lying to disobey and dragged the war.

Seeing this, Zeng Guofan took the lead and said with a thorn in his mouth: "Weicheng will urge eleven provincial governors to make this matter the top priority and not to slack off. At the same time, we suggest that a batch of labor and ox carts can be collected from nearby provinces to transport grain and grass on the front line."

Ouyang Shuo then looked a little slowed down and said, "Thank you for your hard work, I love you."

Sometimes Ouyang Shuo could understand the difficulties of his subordinates. Since the empire expanded to this day, he has been blinded by thirty-one provinces, one Jingzhao Prefecture and five Zhili counties. His family is great and his management is difficult.

When the territory is large, the interests are naturally complicated.

The court has its own strategies, and local provinces have their own difficulties. Just like this, the eleven provinces involved in the transportation of food and grass for the front line will inevitably be affected, and the governors can understand that they are a little unbalanced.

After all, the court's annual assessment indicators are placed there, and there is no room for slack.

Of course, no matter how understanding is, Ouyang Shuo will never allow it. Any governor will be insignificant and discounted the tasks assigned by the court because of a little difficulty. This is a matter of principle.

Ouyang Shuo must be clear about this point.

After Zeng Guofan finished his statement, it was Du Ruhui's turn and said, "I suggest that the Yingyang Army, Feixiong Army and Longxiang Army, including the Hedong Army and the Hanoi Army, should be allocated a portion of the troops to assist in the transportation of food, grass and materials."

"This is a good idea!"

Ouyang Shuo nodded in praise. The Daxia Army system was complete, not only engineers, but also grain transport soldiers. The efficiency of grain transport is more efficient than labor service. It is a very good way to draw some of them out.

It is also considered a rational use of resources.

After exploiting the two ministers, Ouyang Shuo followed: "I often say that crisis is an opportunity, and this time is no exception. Shu, Tubo, and even Yunnan have high mountains and dangerous obstacles, and difficult roads, which is very unfavorable to the governance of the court. Especially in Tubo, if there is no smooth official road connected to the center of the empire, even if it is captured in the future, it will be half an enclave, wandering outside the imperial system and full of hidden dangers."

"Since this is the case, it is better to take advantage of this war to use existing labor and resources to build an official road connecting Shu and Tubo, and completely open up Tubo's external channels."

As soon as these words were spoken, both ministers lit up.

Zeng Guofan even suggested, "One can be done in two ways, one can travel from Chengdu to Luisicheng in Shu province, and the other can travel from Xingqing Prefecture to Luisicheng in Xihai province, and the two tracks run in parallel."

"Can!"

Ouyang Shuo nodded in praise.

Historically, because the Tubo borders were high and dangerous, trade exchanges with the Central Plains were very difficult. In modern society, the situation was completely reversed.

What Daxia has to do now is to copy these two legendary official paths.

Given that the empire's journey to the west was far more than Tubo, and the Persian Empire further west, the significance of building these two official roads was even more extraordinary, and it would surely become a main road connecting the imperial court to West Asia.

"After coming down, the cabinet will take the lead and jointly with the Construction Office to hire the best designers and survey engineers to determine the routes of the two official roads. After the plan is decided, start construction immediately." Ouyang Shuo instructed.

"I understand!"

In fact, with the real world Sichuan-Tibet Line and Qinghai-Tibet Line as references, the Construction Bureau has many first-class engineers hired from players, so it is not difficult to determine the road construction plan.

The difficulty is construction. Under such harsh conditions, two official roads must be built. I don’t know how many soldiers and laborers will be buried forever on the way to build the road.

But no matter how difficult it is, this matter must be carried out.

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The sight returns to the battlefield.

At around 11:00 am on September 2, Wang Ben led 70,000 Great Qin soldiers to travel day and night to his destination, the outskirts of Ando City.

The vanguard troops arrived early in the morning.

During the march, Wang Ben's army had two fights with the enemy troops wandering on the border, and the result was imagined. The Ashoka Army, who did not know the depth of the enemy, was killed in front of the Qin army and fled in a panic.

If it weren't for the rush to attack the city, Wang Ben wouldn't have let them go easily.

"Send the order, the entire army rested for three hours, had a full meal, and attacked the city on time at 2 pm." Wang Ben was very resolute and issued an order for the entire army as soon as he got off the horse.

"promise!"

With a command, the soldiers unloaded the tent from the horse's back, and under the command of the general, they supported the temporary tent at the designated location according to certain rules.

The baggage soldiers and cooks skillfully set up cooking utensils, used soil and stones to set up temporary stoves, took out various vegetables and processed meat from their luggage, and began to bury the pot to make rice.

In less than an hour, a white tent was set up.

Although there are only 70,000 troops, the spread tents are rolling up and down, occupying a large area, densely packed, and can't see at a glance. It's very bright against the blue sky and white clouds.

Accompanied by the curling smoke, the fragrance of the food was already floating in the camp, arousing the appetite of the soldiers.

With the hot meals, the well-trained Qin soldiers, except for those who were responsible for the periphery of guarding and patrol, all the rest seized time to enter the camp to rest and regain their energy for the afternoon battle.

Every extra point of physical energy reserved often means an extra point of survival on the battlefield.

Soon, the camp that was still lively just now returned to peace, leaving only snoring one after another. In the army, the soldiers had long learned the ability to fall asleep when they fell to the ground, and did not waste a minute or a second of time.

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At the city of Ando not far from the camp, 40,000 Ashoka troops were already ready for battle.

Yesterday, the situation of his vanguard troops fighting with the enemy had already spread to Ando City, which shocked the entire city. The current Ashoka army did not dare to underestimate the enemy outside the city at all.

The arrogance of the earlier also quietly restrained.

Of course, they are not afraid. One is a relatively small-scale confrontation yesterday, and it cannot prove too much; the other is that they gathered in the city and guarded it, so they naturally had no fear of fear.

The morale of both sides has been maintained very well.

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At 1:30 p.m., the sound of horns sounded at the Qin army camp, which was the wake-up call.

In this empty and sparsely populated Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the sound of trumpets seems particularly distant and has a different smell. Accompanied by the distant sound of trumpets, the Qin army camp, which was still silent just now, came alive instantly.

After half an hour, the entire army had already assembled.

The efficiency and discipline are so high that people look at each other. It can be seen that after appearing in the wilderness, Wang Jian and his group of Qin generals trained a large army many times. Although they had no practical experience, they should not be underestimated.

I believe that after the Battle of Tubo, those who survived will be first-class elite soldiers and powerful generals.

Jia Xu's plan was indeed brilliant. While consuming the Ashoka Dynasty, Daxia could also achieve the goal of training troops and select real elites from two million surrendered troops.

"attack!"

Wang Ben rode on the black war horse and pointed his sword in front of him.

"kill!"

Ten thousand vanguard troops carried the siege ladder and rushed towards the city wall like a tide.

On the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, due to the willingness of the environment, the city walls are generally made up of simple mixing of stones and soil. They are neither solid nor too high. The city walls of the capital city are only six meters high.

This is the case with the city of Lu, let alone the small Ando City, which is only four meters high.

In addition, the Tubo Dynasty's smelting technology, city building technology and forging technology were all behind the Central Plains dynasty, and the city defense system was generally weak.

However, the Tubo Dynasty was vast and sparsely populated, and it was difficult to build it. Except for Luoshe City, there were no more than thirty cities in the territory. In this way, the Ashoka Dynasty had to station 40,000 troops in such a small city in the Central Plains, which was no different from towns. It was a forced force.

The moment they saw Anduo City, Wang Ben felt very at ease. If everything went well, as long as they worked hard, they could move into Anduo City at night without having to endure the pain of wind and cold in the suburbs.
Chapter completed!