Chapter 2313: Battle of the Western Regions, Wang Ben VS Yang Su
Chapter 2313: War in the Western Regions, Wang Ben vs. Yang Su
Is it possible for Da Qin to send troops to help the Western Regions?
Naturally it's impossible.
Ji Xiaolan was well aware of this, so he resolutely refused the requests of various countries to send troops. However, he later said that the Western Region's warfare methods were too backward and the commanders were not capable enough, which were the main reasons for the defeat, and proposed that the generals of Great Qin be used to help the Western Region countries command their armies.
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As soon as Ji Xiaolan said this, he naturally aroused dissatisfaction among the generals in the Western Regions, especially Ling Xiao, who was known as the number one general in the Western Regions.
Let Han generals command the troops in the Western Regions? This is not the first time, it has happened before.
During the reign of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, the second emperor of the Han Dynasty, Ban Chao followed Dou Gu to attack the Northern Huns, and was later ordered to go on an envoy to the Western Regions.
In the next thirty-one years, Ban Chao almost single-handedly conquered more than fifty countries in the Western Regions, established a Western Region Protectorate for the Han Dynasty, proposed the strategy of using barbarians to control barbarians, and personally commanded the Western Regions Allied Forces.
Defeat Guishang, Wusun and other countries.
In order to commend Ban Chao's meritorious service, the imperial court issued an edict to confer him the title of Marquis of Dingyuan, with a settlement of thousands of households. Later generations also called Ban Chao "Ban Dingyuan".
In addition, Banchao sent Gan Ying as 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 highly respected by the people of the Western Regions. However, the greater Ban Chao's achievements, the more incompetent he appears to the people of the Western Regions.
The armies of the Western Regions cannot defeat Guishang and Wusun. Instead, they have to rely on the command of outsiders to win. Doesn't this mean that the generals of the Western Regions are incompetent?
This is a shame that is difficult to wash away for soldiers of any country.
Now, more than a hundred years later, the Western Regions once again encountered an opponent that was difficult to defeat, and that was Sui State General Yang Su.
Even though Ling Xiao, who was known as the best general in the Western Regions, commanded an army of one hundred thousand, and had a decisive military advantage, he was still defeated by Yang Su's thirty thousand Xiliang cavalry.
The envoy of the Qin Dynasty proposed to let the generals of the Qin Dynasty command the army of the Western Regions to resist the Sui army?
Regardless of whether Da Qin had good intentions or not, in the eyes of the generals of the Western Regions, letting generals from other countries command their own armies was a shame in itself.
It was enough to suffer such a humiliation once. How could the generals of the Western Regions accept it if it happened again? Naturally, they tried their best to oppose Ji Xiaolan's proposal.
As for Ling Xiao, who was known as the number one general in the Western Regions, although he was dissatisfied with Ji Xiaolan's contempt for the generals in the Western Regions, and he was unwilling to let his command go out, but after he lost to Yang Su and returned with a disastrous defeat, no one in the entire Western Regions was Yang Su.
This is also true for Su's opponents.
The Western Region Allied Forces have already experienced two defeats. If they experience another major defeat, they will be completely hopeless. The Sui Kingdom may be completely annexed soon. This is something Ling Xiao cannot accept even more.
Compared with the subjugation of the country and the annihilation of the species, it seems that there is nothing unacceptable if the army is just commanded by outsiders.
Although Ling Xiao did not object, it was impossible for him to hand over the command of the Western Region Army without completely understanding the situation, so he proposed to Ji Xiaolan to exchange military experience with Qin General.
Ji Xiaolan naturally would not refuse, so he asked the guard general Wang Bi, his son Wang Li, and his nephew Wang Xuance to go and exchange military techniques with Ling Xiao.
Wang Ben, Wang Li, Wang Xuance, and Ling Xiao communicated 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 also
He even said something like, 'Whoever defeats Yang Su will be defeated by Wang Ben'.
After all, Ling Xiao is the number one general in the Western Region. His resolute support attitude has made many opponents change their attitudes, but there are still many people who oppose it.
However, this time the opposing generals made a request to compete with the Qin generals, claiming that only by defeating them could he be qualified to command them.
Naturally, Ji Xiaolan would not refuse such a request for a beating, so he sent Meng Ben and Ruan Wengzhong. After this battle, not only were all the generals in the Western Regions defeated at the hands of Meng and Ruan, they even
I almost doubted my life.
The strength of Meng Bi and Ruan Wengzhong was too tyrannical, and they had reached a level that could match the strength of the Sui army's fierce generals.
Gao Gao, this is a name that the people of the Western Regions hate with gritted teeth. No less than fifty 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 joining forces to fight against the enemy.
Died in battle under circumstances.
Can you imagine the scene where Li Cunxiao, Sun Lingming, and Jiang Song joined forces to fight against the enemy, but died at the hands of one person?
Almost by himself, Gao Gao broke the backbones of all the generals in the Western Regions in just two battles, and no one in the Western Regions dared to challenge him anymore.
Now among the Great Qin envoys, there are actually two people who can rival Gao Gao. This makes the countries in the Western Regions not shocked.
Such a peerless warrior can only serve as a bodyguard?
Have Great Qin's powerful generals become so prolific?
As soon as this thought came to mind, the countries in the Western Regions were even more in awe of Great Qin. It can only be said that it was worthy of being a great country in heaven.
None of the countries in the Western Region wanted to be annexed by the Sui State, but their commanders were too unsatisfactory. None of them was a match for Yang Su, and the generals were even more unsatisfactory. The top three generals joined forces but died at the hands of Gao Gao.
Now that Da Qin is helping them provide commanders and strong generals, the countries in the Western Regions will naturally not miss this last opportunity, so they all elect Ji Xiaolan as the commander-in-chief of the Western Regions Allied Forces.
Although it is embarrassing to let outsiders command your own army, it is better than the destruction of the country and the annihilation of the species.
Moreover, this is not the first time that countries in the Western Region have experienced this kind of thing.
Once you get used to it, you will get used to it.
Don’t the kings of the countries in the Western Regions know that Ji Xiaolan is a civil servant and does not know how to command an army?
Nature knows it.
But since you know this, why do you still want Ji Xiaolan to serve as 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 bypass the commander Ji Xiaolan and let his subordinate Wang Ben serve as the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces.
Moreover, Ji Xiaolan's position as commander-in-chief of the coalition forces is destined to be in name only.
Ji Xiaolan and his party only had 300 people. They could not play much role against the Sui army. The main force to fight against the Sui army was destined to be the local army in the Western Regions. Therefore, Ji Xiaolan, the commander-in-chief of the Western Region coalition forces, was destined to be only a nominal commander. After the Sui army retreated,
That is the day he leaves office.
Since he is destined to be the nominal commander-in-chief, 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, so he calmly took up the position of commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, and then asked Wang Ben to command the army on his behalf, while Wang Li and Wang Xuance were responsible for assisting Wang Ben.
With the support of the kings of the Western Regions, there were no accidents when Wang Ben 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-in-chief of the Western Region Allied Forces, but the actual commander was Wang Bi.
Wang Jian is still just a prefect of a county, and although he can only command an army of 20,000 to 30,000 at most, as his son, Wang Ben is one step ahead of his father and has the experience of commanding an army of more than 100,000 in advance.
After Wang Ben took over the command of the coalition forces, the situation of the Western Region War also completely changed.
The main generals active in the war have all become generals of the Qin Dynasty, while the former local generals of the Western Regions have become subordinates, taking orders from the Qin generals.
However, even with the support of Qin generals such as Wang Ben, the situation in the Western Regions did not achieve a major turnaround. After all, their opponent Yang Su was not simple either.
The commander-in-chief of Yang Su when he was born was 98 points, but after so many years of fighting and winning so many battles, it is naturally impossible for Yang Su to make no progress at all.
In addition to the two major victories against the Western Region Alliance not long ago, Yang Su's foundation has improved a little.
The current five dimensions of Yang Su are: Commander 100 (2), Force 90 (5), Intelligence 90 (1), Politics 96, Charisma 85 (4);
Both Wang Ben and Yang Su's commander attributes are 100. Not counting the skill increase of commander, their army command abilities are almost the same. The competition is naturally about the assistance of their generals, the bravery of the fierce generals, and the combat effectiveness of the army.
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In terms of generals, although Wang Ben has Wang Li and Wang Xuance as assistant commanders, Yang Su's lineup is not bad either, with Gao Huan and Gao Changgong as assistant commanders.
When Gao Changgong was born, his commander-in-chief was not very high, only 89 points. Obviously the system was low, but he had extremely eye-catching performances in many battles such as the Battle of Qiang, the Battle of Hetao, and the Battle of Liangzhou.
, has made great achievements, so all five dimensions are also growing rapidly.
Currently, Gao Changgong has five dimensions: Commander 95 (6), Force 102 (6), Intelligence 84 (3), Politics 69, Charisma 97 (2);
Commander 100 Wang Ben 95 Wang Li 97 Wang Xuance
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Commander 100 Yang Su 96 Gao Huan 95 Gao Changgong
In terms of military command ability, the level of both sides is actually not much different, Wang Ben only has a slight upper hand.
In terms of powerful generals, Wang Ben had the help of 105 Meng Ben, 105 Ruan Wengzhong, 101 Ling Xiao, and many generals from the Western Regions.
But Yang Su has 106 Gao Gao, 104 Wu Yunzhao and Shi Wansui, as well as Li Huanzhang, Yao Gonglin and many other great generals.
Gao Gao killed a general of more than fifty yuan in the Western Region in a row. After his reputation spread throughout the Western Region, he also broke his own bottleneck and reached 106 points of force.
So overall, Wang Ben's side is at a disadvantage in terms of strong generals.
As for the combat effectiveness of the army, although the Western Region Allied Forces have a large number of troops, due to the fact that they belong to various countries and have poor equipment, their overall combat effectiveness cannot be complimented.
On the other hand, although the Sui army was small in number, it was united, well-trained, and well-equipped. The combat strength of the 30,000-strong army could even defeat the 100,000-strong Western Region Allied Forces.
After comparing the differences between the two armies in all aspects, Wang Ben found that his Western Region Allied Forces were at a huge disadvantage. Even if he commanded 100,000 Western Regions Allied Forces, he was not absolutely sure that he could defeat Yang Su head-on.
Since we can't beat him in a head-on confrontation, we can only resort to side attacks.
Wang Ben learned Ling Xiao's lesson and did not plan to defeat Yang Su on the frontal battlefield by relying on his superior strength. Instead, he and his son Wang Li each led an army to contain Yang Su's main force, and at the same time sent his nephew Wang Xuance to lead the army.
Constantly harassing the Sui army's food routes.
The Sui army's troops were originally small, but they could not ignore the grain roads at the rear, so they would definitely divide their troops to protect the grain roads. This would reduce the pressure on Wang Ben.
But even so, Wang Ben still did not engage in a decisive battle with Yang Su. Instead, he used fighting generals, night attacks, poisoning, and beating drums to constantly wear down the vigor of the Sui army.
As the strongest combatants in the coalition, Meng Ben and Ruan Wengzhong have all fought against Gao Gao one after another. However, because they are all powerful generals, their attack speeds are relatively slow. Facing Gao Gao who is skilled and fast,
It's really not an advantage.
Meng Bi and Gao Gao fought for 223 rounds and were defeated, and Ruan Wengzhong and Gao Gao were defeated after 252 rounds. Neither of them could defeat Gao Gao in a single fight.
After losing to two people in a row, Gao Gao began to become arrogant and even dared to challenge two people, only to be brutally beaten.
With Meng Bi and Ruan Wengzhong teaming up, Gao Gao only lasted twenty rounds before being defeated. If Wu Yunzhao and Shi Wansui had not been in time, Gao Gao would have almost died at the hands of the two of them.
After a month of confrontation between the two sides, Wang Ben clearly felt that the morale of the Sui army was declining and its combat effectiveness was also declining, so he decisively led a carefully selected 30,000 elite troops to attack, with Meng Bi and Ruan Wengzhong as the vanguard. As a result, the Sui army was defeated in one battle.
, killed more than 8,000 Sui troops.
This was the first defeat for the Sui army after they invaded the Western Regions. Upon hearing the news, the Western Regions Allied Forces' morale soared, their self-confidence soared, and they disagreed with Wang Bi on whether to pursue the attack.
Wang Ben felt that Yang Su's main force was not lost, so he decided not to pursue for the sake of caution. However, the generals of the Western Regions did not obey military orders and pursued without permission. As a result, they fell into Yang Su's ambush plan and lost 20,000 troops. They returned in a disastrous defeat.
This defeat once again wiped out the advantage Wang Ben had gained.
However, after this defeat, no one in the Western Regions generals dared to disobey Wang Ben's orders, and the Western Regions Allied Forces truly unified command.
In the subsequent confrontations, Wang Ben and Yang Su used their own methods and continued to fight. They fought for three consecutive months before the war came to an end.
In the end, the Sui army paid the price of more than half of the regular army's casualties and the entire servant army being annihilated.
In the first year of Shenwu, October 4th.
Yang Su officially returned to Liangzhou from the Western Regions with the remaining troops and the looted wealth.
Under the command of Wang Ben, although the Western Region Allied Forces repelled the Sui Army, it was only a miserable victory.
The Western Region Allied Forces killed a total of 15,000 Sui troops and 20,000 servants, but the total number of casualties among the troops from various countries reached an astonishing 120,000.
Two-thirds of the soldiers died in battle under the command of their own generals in the Western Regions, but three-quarters of the battle results were achieved under the command of Wang Ben.
In addition, among the thirty-six countries in the Western Region, nine countries were destroyed by Yang Su, and now there are only twenty-five countries left.