(PS: Uh, add another update.)
On the 19th of August, the Great Xia army began to move according to plan.
From nine in the morning, the 650,000 Zhou soldiers stationed in the barracks outside the city were teleported from Handan City to Bidu City in the Hetao Province in batches. They were prepared to attack Tubo from Hetao Province as the left wing of the army.
The person commanding this army was the former commander of the Dan Yang Army, Tian Dan.
At the same time, the 380,000 Song soldiers were teleported from Xiangyang City to Dali City in batches. They planned to attack Tubo from Yunnan Province as the center of the army.
Due to the fact that the Great Song had no good generals, the imperial court specially appointed the commander of the Northern Frontier Army, Yue Fei, to temporarily command this Song army. Since the Northern Frontier Army still had a deputy commander, Chen Yucheng, Yue Fei would be fine if he left temporarily.
Under the command of the famous general Li Ji, 500,000 Tang soldiers were teleported from Chang 'an City to Chengdu in batches. They would attack Tubo from Shu Province as the main force of the army.
Similarly, under the command of Divine General Wang Jian, 500,000 Qin soldiers set off from Xianyang City and headed west into Xihai Province before attacking Tubo. They would be the right wing of the army.
The two field armies commanded by Li Jing were the reserve forces of the army.
In order to make the two million soldiers willingly rush to the frontline, Ouyang Shuo said that whether the soldiers could be incorporated into the Great Xia army in the future and whether the generals could be placed in important positions would depend on their performance in the battle.
The families of those who died in the battle would receive the standard pension of the Great Xia army.
Ouyang Shuo even personally went to the various barracks and said frankly, "The four countries have surrendered. It is the will of the people and the general trend. It is not your fault. All of you might be unconvinced or indignant and wish that you could avenge yourself on the battlefield. In that case, the battle with Tubo is your chance to prove yourself. Whether you are a dragon or a worm, it all depends on this battle. "
The moment he said that, all the soldiers were moved.
In the past month, there had been rumors about how the imperial court would settle the surrendered troops. The most popular one was that the imperial court wanted to disband them.
The soldiers were naturally unconvinced.
Especially the surrendered troops of the Qin and Tang Kingdoms. They thought that they were not inferior to the Great Xia army, but they did not have the chance to fight on the battlefield. To be honest, the soldiers were not without resentment.
Now, the Imperial Court had given them a chance to prove themselves.
"This time, it's not a civil war in China, but a war against a foreign army. I hope that you can bravely kill your enemies on the battlefield and spread the might of China. This is also to fight for your country's last bit of glory." Ouyang Shuo said.
This time, there were soldiers whose eyes were moist.
It was the duty of the army to defend their territory. As the last barrier of the dynasty, they were ashamed that they could not do this. It was reported that when the news of Qin Shihuang's death reached the army, the five hundred thousand Qin soldiers ran away in tears, their cries shaking the heavens.
Such a scene was enough to move anyone.
Therefore, when they got the news that the imperial court had ordered them to go on an expedition to Tufan, the five hundred thousand Qin soldiers did not hesitate at all. Their morale was high and they were determined to defend the glory of Great Qin's army in the Tufan battlefield.
A large portion of the soldiers were even prepared to face death with equanimity.
Ouyang Shuo remembered clearly that a veteran soldier of the Qin army had said this, "Not being able to accompany His Majesty, the King of Qin, to die is the greatest regret of our lives. Now, we can only scatter our broken bodies on the battlefield so that we can live up to the name of the Qin army."
Great Qin was like a tiger and a wolf. Even though it had not been long since they appeared in the wilderness, they still had unyielding pride and unyielding bones.
"Magnificent, Great Qin!" Ouyang Shuo personally raised his cup and sent off the soldiers of Great Qin. He sighed and said, "We do not want all of you to die on the battlefield. We only hope that all of you can continue to pass down the strength of Great Qin and integrate it into the bloodline of Great Xia. Don't forget that we are one and have a common home. Its name is China. "
"Cheers!"
Ouyang Shuo drained the cup in one gulp and smashed it on the ground.
"Cheers, Your Majesty!"
The soldiers of Great Qin had tears in their eyes as they drained the cup in one gulp and smashed it on the ground. Even Wang Jian and Wang Ben who were present at the scene were moved.
This' Your Majesty 'was both Qin Shihuang and Ouyang Shuo. Ouyang Shuo used his extraordinary charisma to conquer this group of iron-blooded men in an instant, making them willingly rush to the battlefield.
The scene that day was too shocking and Ouyang Shuo would never be able to forget it for the rest of his life.
The majestic China, five thousand years of glory, such bones of steel, such unyielding blood, had always been flowing in the blood of every Chinese. As long as the country was in trouble, they would burst forth with power that could make their enemies tremble in fear.
As a Chinese, Ouyang Shuo was proud of his entire life.
… …
There were more than two million soldiers from four countries, and there were good and bad mixed together. There were soldiers who sang sorrowful songs, but naturally, there was no lack of cowards who were afraid of war and even those who held grudges against Great Xia.
The imperial court had made two preparations for such a group of people.
Firstly, it was the Flying Bear Army and Soaring Eagle Army from the northwest war zone. On the surface, they were the reserve troops, but in reality, they were the enforcement team and supervision team of the army.
Those who refused to fight to the death would be executed without mercy.
Secondly, it was their families.
Two million soldiers were going to war, but their families were still in the Central Plains. If they dared to act recklessly or disobey orders, they couldn't blame the imperial court for implicating their families.
With such a bargaining chip, there was no need to worry that the soldiers wouldn't fight.
Taking ten thousand steps back, after surrendering to Great Xia, they were already considered soldiers of Great Xia. Since they were soldiers, it was only right and proper for them to go to war for the country, so there shouldn't be any complaints.
The war with Tubo was an upright war, and it wasn't as if they were purely throwing their lives away.
The imperial court had already stated that this war would be the same as other wars. Killing enemies on the battlefield would be considered as merits, and they would be rewarded accordingly.
The only difference was that this war was probably crueler.
However, cruelty was the norm on the battlefield, and they should have a clear understanding of this on the day they joined the army. Therefore, in essence, the soldiers really had nothing to complain about.
The imperial court had done so much work in the hope that the two million soldiers who were going to war would fight this war with the vigor they should have and lay the foundation for the empire's domination of the Asian continent.
It wasn't that they hoped that the soldiers who were going to war would be a group of weaklings with low morale. If that was the case, they wouldn't be wasting the Ashoka Dynasty's energy, but would be giving experience to the enemy.
For this war, the imperial court could be considered to have suffered a great loss.
Not to mention the teleportation fee of nearly two million gold coins, it was considered a small amount compared to other expenses. The biggest expense was the transportation of such a large amount of rations and supplies.
Moreover, the cost of sending the rations to a dangerous place like Tubo was extremely high.
Then there was the predictable, astronomical compensation for those who died in the war. From the attitude of the Ashoka Dynasty, one could vaguely foresee the intensity of the war with Tubo, and the number of people who died in the war was definitely not small.
If there was no war, the imperial court would only need to pay them a sum of retirement money. Moreover, after they retired, they could still contribute to the construction of the empire.
With this in and out of the accounts, the accounts were getting a little messy.
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