1267 TWO Chapter 1267-Who wins and who loses (1/2)

Chapter 1267 – Who Wins and Who Loses

House of Ogedai, Loulan City.

After the Turkish Khanate was destroyed, its Capital City Luolan City became the Capital City of the House of Ogedai.

Ogedai, the mighty Lord that set the foundations of the Yuan Dynasty, had a really ugly expression as he asked, ”Has Father really decided to pass the throne to 4th Brother?”

”Yes, Ogedai!”

”Why?” Ogedai was in disbelief.

”I heard that it's because you have ascended to the position of the Mongol Khan before. Genghis Khan worries about Great Xia, which is why he chose Tolei.” The official replied.

”Great Xia!”

Ogedai gritted his teeth as his eyes shone with a vicious light. Before this, when he received his Father's order to make way for the Great Xia Army, Ogedai had already been really unhappy. Now, with such a matter happening, Ogedai hated Great Xia to the bone.

”Ogedai, what should we do?” The official asked.

Once Tolei obtained the throne, they probably could not keep the House of Ogedai.

Ogedai was a really decisive ruler, and he muttered, ”Father since, you have abandoned me, do not blame me for this.” As he said this, Ogedai gave a series of instructions.

The official was astonished and asked with uncertainty, ”Ogedai, will that work?”

”At this stage, even if it does not work, it has to work.” Ogedai was a mighty character. Once he made up his mind, there was nothing that he feared, ”At most, we will flee toward Persia.”

During the Mongol west conquering expedition, the House of Ogedai had sent their absolute main force. The Mongol army always gave rewards base on one's contributions, so a large half of the cities obtained in the west conquering expedition were given to Ogedai.

That would be their backup plan.

...

10th month, 13th day, West of Tibet.

The carefulness of Wang Ben saved the life of the entire army.

Morning, just as Wang Ben's forces were about to bump into the Ashoka Dynasty army, the scouts sent noticed the abnormally in the enemy grain transport squad.

In ancient times, to ensure the safety of the grain line, they would usually send an army to accompany the laborers to act as a bodyguard. Even then, the entire group would mainly consist of laborers that pushed the grain carts slowly up the mountain paths.

Especially since this was the core Tibetan land and was not far away from the Ashoka dynasty. Naturally, Ashoka would not be worried about sneak attacks, so there should only be a small number of bodyguards.

However, the Qin scouts discovered that this grain group was different. They basically had a guards squad every few hundred meters.

Apart from that, there was something up with the laborers pushing the grain carts.

According to the report of the scouts, more than half of the laborers were muscular. They emitted a menacing aura, and their eyes shone with energy.

The problem was that the ones in charge of transporting the grain were Tibetan civilians that were forced into labor. One could imagine that although they would be respectful, they would not be eager and filled with energy.

Furthermore, after being tortured by the Ashoka Dynasty troops, the food that they receive would surely be terrible. There was no way that their bodies would be so healthy and strong.

All signs pointed toward the fact that the so-called grain transport group in front of them were disguised Ashoka Dynasty soldiers.

Temporary camp, commander tent.

When Wang Ben received the report, he smiled and said, ”The enemy is so crafty, actually disguising as a grain transport force. No wonder we couldn't find them; they had been hiding under our eyes all this time.”

After entering Tibet, Wang Ben had sent out many scouts to find traces of the enemy to try to avoid them. After all, their mission was to siege the enemy's grain transport line and not engage their main force.

Now that the enemy was mixed into the grain transport troops, they had no choice but to fight them.

”Commander, this is a good chance to obtain merits.” the deputy general pondered.

Wang Ben smiled and nodded before saying, ”That's right. The enemy hiding amongst the grain force means their weapons and armor are hidden on the grain carts. As long as we catch them by surprise, we can win right away.”

”Order the troops to rest up; we will go to war tomorrow!” Wang Ben ordered.

”Yes, commander!”

The deputy left excitedly.

...

The next morning, after Wang Ben had his breakfast, the entire army mounted their horses and quickly proceeded to hide behind one of the hills. At the foot of the mountain was a route that the enemy grain line would have to pass.

At 9am, the Ashoka grain transporting force appeared at the start of the path.

Since they were travelling from the backlines and had 500 thousand imperial city guards defending them, the transporting force had nothing to fear. They were even too lazy to send sentries and simply waltzed over.

”Commander, the enemy is here!” the deputy reported.

Wang Ben was really calm, ”Wait a while more.”

This place was not a valley, and Wang Ben's forces were unable to blow the mountain up to block the enemy's path. If they wanted to use 70 thousand troops to defeat 500 thousand, they could not attack the middle; they had to try to separate the front and the back instead.

If they did that, it was possible that the front and back of the enemy forces would be able to pincer them in.

Even so, Wang Ben did not want to take a small victory and only eat up the enemy's vanguard. His plan was to kill 200 thousand enemies before immediately retreating.

After that, they would find more chances to disturb the enemy.

However, at that time, the enemy would be prepared and the disturbances would be a lot less effective because Wang Ben's forces would already be exposed. As a result, the first battle was the best chance for them, and they had to try to utilize it to its best effect.

Two hours later, the deputy reminded him, ”Commander, it's more or less time!”