This time the army's marching speed suddenly increased.
After carefully studying the map of the Peacock Kingdom, Fu Xiaoguan gave He Sandao an order: the entire army would only bring three days' worth of food and fodder, and the advance team would not stay in the small town unless they were attacked.
They attacked a town every three days, collected food and supplies, and then the army left.
This behavior is very strange.
Asoka in the Huayue City Palace frowned as he looked at the intelligence that the scouts continuously sent in.
The Great Xia Army did not attack Kantil. Shouldn't their original target be Huayue City?
Why did they suddenly change direction... this direction... Asoka took two steps to the wall, looked at the huge map on the wall and took a breath!
His 500,000-strong Maurya Army, led by Laxman's personal guards, is heading west towards the city of Hoz. According to the report, Prince Laxman will arrive in five days.
Alexander's troops coming from the west will arrive in seven days.
Laxman's guards had two days to prepare. In the original strategic plan, it was not a battle to defend the city, but a head-on battle with the enemy on the Holz Plain outside the city of Holz!
The Peacock Army needs a quick victory so that they can withdraw and return to support Huayue City.
But now, the direction that the Great Xia Army was heading towards was surprisingly also Holtz City!
They actually planted a lot of spies in my kingdom!
They want to annihilate my 500,000-strong Peacock Army on the Holtz Plains!
This is absolutely not possible!
"Someone come..."
"Quickly inform Prince Laxman that the Daxia army is heading towards Hoz City. Order him to lead the army to garrison Hoz City. I will lead the new army there immediately!"
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Prince Sangjiayi of Kantil City did not order a pursuit.
The Daxia army advanced rapidly, covering a thousand miles in a few days and getting closer and closer to the city of Holtz.
That night the army camped on a plain to rest.
Ji Yungui walked into Fu Xiaoguan's tent with some intelligence in his hand, looking worried.
"News just came back. 500,000 Peacock Army soldiers are stationed in Hoz City. Alexander's 400,000-man army will arrive at the Hoz Plain in about three days. Also... Asoka, the Peacock King of Huayue City, is also heading to Hoz City with 300,000 new soldiers!"
"Your Majesty, including our Great Xia army... there are a full 1.6 million troops facing each other on the Holtz Plain!"
Fu Xiaoguan took the information and took a look. This scene was indeed quite grand!
The Maurya Kingdom has 800,000 people, Alexander has 400,000 people, and we have 400,000 people on our side.
The three parties are on the battlefield together, and there are no friendly forces among them, they are all enemies.
That is to say, each side has to guard against attacks from the other two sides... We didn't bring any artillery with us, but we have enough ammunition. The air force suffered some losses in the battle in the Taier Mountains, but we can still launch an air strike.
How should we fight this battle in order to achieve the greatest victory with the least casualties?
In fact, the best way is to ignore the Battle of Holtz Plain. If your army turns north at this time... the king of Peacock Kingdom has fled to Holtz Plain, Huayue City must be empty, and it is the best time to take Huayue City directly.
Thinking of this, Fu Xiaoguan ordered Liu Jin to call Guan Xiaoxi and the other three in.
"Change of war plan!"
Guan Xiaoxi and the other three were immediately stunned. One guy ran so far, and His Majesty said he wanted to change the war plan?
"Your Majesty, how do we fight?"
"Abandon the attack on Holtz Plains. Disband the army immediately and march towards Huayue City!"
Fu Xiaoguan did not explain, and Guan Xiaoxi and the other three did not ask any further questions. The 400,000-strong army turned around and headed north on this starry night.
From here, we bypass the Gansoya Mountains and no longer pass through the city of Cantil.
He Sandao received the emperor's handwritten letter from Tianji Pavilion in the middle of the night. After reading it, he looked up to the sky and sighed, then turned around and ran north with 10,000 marines.
This time the army marched faster!
Asoka's troops had traveled less than halfway to the Plain of Hoz when he received this shocking news!
"This damned Daxia man, I've been tricked by him. Retreat..."
"Order Laxman's personal guards to eliminate Alexander and then rush back to aid Huayue City!"
However, before Asoka's order reached the city of Hodes, the city had already been surrounded by Alexander's troops.
Fierce artillery fire rang out, and the city of Hodz trembled in the deafening sound of artillery fire.
The broad city wall held out under the artillery fire for a whole day, and the next morning, it collapsed with a loud bang.
Prince Laxman rushed out with 500,000 Maurya Army, and the Battle of Khoz Plain broke out completely.
This is a war of equal strength.
Alexander had 100,000 fewer men than Laxman, but he had the advantage of artillery. Laxman stood firmly in front of the city of Hodz, with Hodz as his rear supply base. If he insisted on this war strategy, Alexander would have no way to deal with him.
But……
Asoka's royal decree was delivered to him.
The Great Xia Army is actually heading towards Huayue City!
If the Great Xia Army occupied Huayue City, the 300,000 new recruits in the King's hands, even with the million new recruits of Prince Sang Jiayi, would definitely not be a match for the Great Xia Army!
Because a new recruit is just a new recruit, his combat effectiveness is far inferior to that of an old soldier.
What should I do about this?
In the city guard's mansion of Hoz City, Laxman issued a battle order to his generals:
Tonight, we will raid Alexander's camp and destroy this enemy in one battle! Then, we will return to Huayue City to fight the Great Xia Army in Huayue City!
The Battle of the Plains of Khoze, which was supposed to last for a long time, reached its climax that night. Alexander the Great had never seen such a reckless army in his hundreds of battles!
At this time, he showed great command ability. Relying on the fierce artillery fire, his soldiers were divided into three groups. Two of them fought with the enemy, and the other group went around the battlefield and launched a surprise attack on the city of Hoz.
Laxman deployed all his troops on the front battlefield, and the city of Hoz became an empty city.
The more than a thousand guards around him could not withstand the attack of 20,000 Macedonian soldiers, and Laxman was beheaded.
The Macedonian soldiers hung Laxman's head on the city wall and lit many torches. The Maurya Army, which was attacking desperately in the front, got the news.
At dawn, the Peacock Army was defeated!
The Battle of Holtz Plain ended in just one day and one night.
The vast Khoz Plain was still filled with the smoke of war, and there were people and dead bodies everywhere!
Alexander the Great stood on the plain and watched for a long, long time, until sunrise and then until noon.
This was the most brutal battle he had encountered in his expedition so far. He still didn't understand why the enemy was so eager to fight him - they had a rear!
If the enemy commander was a little smarter, we would have no choice but to retreat!
The enemy only needs to follow behind him and can devour his army bit by bit.
In the original strategic conception, such a proactive attack should have been initiated by ourselves, so what exactly happened on the enemy side?
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