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Chapter 1323 – Ground Situation
The European battlefield was the strangest part of the 9th year wars.
By the middle of the 4th month, the entirety of Europe was still peaceful. There were no signs of war starting once more, which made no sense.
Ouyang Shuo even suspected that the European dynasties wanted to end the war and have peace.
Of course, that was impossible.
Based on the intel the Black Snake Guards collected, the European dynasties were not fighting because they were busy farming. The successive wars last year had used up all their grain, so they naturally placed a lot of focus on this year’s harvest.
The six dynasties came to a rarely seen understanding.
When Ouyang Shuo received the news, he shook his head in amusement. Europeans were truly chivalrous.
He wanted to see what direction the European battlefield would head toward.
warzone warzone …
4th month, 20th day, Imperial Capital.
The India war had lasted for close to a month, yet the intensity had not decreased. Both sides were going all out, and the frontlines became meat grinders. People were dying at every moment.
The end result was that the India Region was becoming weaker by the day.
Be it the Peacock King or the Gupta King, they both realized this point. However, the war had proceeded till now, so there was no way that they could withdraw from it. They had to win.
Otherwise, they would not be able to explain things to their officials and the people.
Furthermore, they were confident about the overall strength of India. Even if they consumed it internally, they would remain unafraid of outside provocation, including from Great Xia.
Unfortunately, they were overconfident.
Great Xia, this fierce tiger, had always been staring at India.
Emperor palace, 1st meeting room.
Ouyang Shuo personally chaired the empire committee meeting to discuss the war against India.
The development of the India war had proceeded exactly as they had predicted.
Attending the meeting was Grand Council advisor Jia Xu, military affairs minister Du Ruhui, Indian Ocean Squadron Fleet Admiral Yanhuo Yaonie, Guards legion corps marshal Huo Qubing, West Asia warzone warzone commander Wang Jian, South Asia warzone commander Li Jing, and Nanyang warzone commander Baiqi. This matter involved three warzones, what a star-studded lineup.
This meeting was in preparation for the war; they were not planning to immediately declare war on India.
Along with the huge increase in teleportation costs, it was impossible to directly teleport troops to the frontlines. Moving the soldiers of the warzones would require at least a month.
After the Grand Council deliberated, they decided to split the troops attacking India into three groups.
The north front would start from Xikang Province, heading right for the Ashoka Dynasty. The attacking troops would include the two legion corps from the South Asia warzone and the four legions of the West Asia legion corps in Xihai Province.
A total of 14 legions, numbering at 700 thousand troops.
South Asia warzone commander Li Jing would be the commander of the north front. Eagle legion corps marshal Zuo Zongtang would act as the left general, West Asia legion corps marshal Hou Junji would act as the right general, and South Asia legion corps marshal Ran Min would act as the vanguard general.
Hence, the north front would be further split into three armies.
The logistics of the north army would be handled by the South Asia warzone logistics hub. When needed, the West Asia warzone hub could also provide assistance.
The west front would launch their attack from Hetao Province and head right for the Peacock Dynasty.
The attacking troops included the three legions of the Dragon legion corps, four from the Guards legion corps for a total of seven legions and 350 thousand troops, half of the north front.
Nanyang warzone commander Wuqi would be the west front commander. Huo Qubing would take up the role of left general and Dragon legion corps marshal Zhang Han would take up the role of right general.
The logistics of the west front would be handled by the Nanyang warzone logistical hub.
The south front would attack from the Nanyang ocean and head right for the Gupta Dynasty.
The attacking troops included the three legions of the Nanjiang legion corps and three divisions of the Indian Ocean Squadron for a total of 210 thousand troops. They had the least amount of troops out of the three fronts.
Nanjiang legion corps marshal Fan Lihua and Indian Ocean Squadron Fleet Admiral Yanhuo Yaonie would each manage a portion and would not interfere with one another. The logistics would be managed by the Nanyang warzone logistical hub too.
For the three fronts, they would mobilize a total of 1.25 million troops, including 24 Warfighting legions.
This was the largest scale mobilization of Great Xia since they adjusted the military organization. Hence, one could see how much importance Ouyang Shuo had placed on this matter.
On the surface, it looked like Great Xia was planning to go all out to crush the three dynasties of India.
However, that was not the case.
Even if India was wasting a lot of troops, their overall numbers were over three million and close to four million.
Along with the India territory being huge and the presence of a large number of players, it was not easy to bully them.
If that was not the case, the Peacock and Gupta dynasties would not be so fearless.
The plans of the Grand Council were made after heavy consideration and were also based on specific intel. The main planner was Jia Xu.
After a few massive successes, Jia Xu had established his fame throughout the army, gaining the position of Grand Council advisor. After representing the Grand Council to announce the makeup of the three fronts, he started to describe the strategy.
Jia Xu first introduced the geographical environment of India, “After a few rounds of expansion, the India Region owns the entire South Asia. The north is the Himalayas and the Tibet plateau, connected to Xikang Province. The northwest is the Iran plateau, connected to Persian Empire. The east side is separated by a mountain range with Hetao and Heluo Province, and the south is surrounded by ocean. This forms a relatively independent and locked up piece of land with a good geographical position.”
“Furthermore, India is located between the Himalayas and the Indian Ocean, so they have a lot of ocean resources. This piece of land has water sources from the Indian Sea and the Ganges river.”
“Specifically speaking, the Ashoka Dynasty enjoyed the Indian Sea region and the Ganges plains, having the richest land, which is why it was the strongest presence out of the three.”
“The Peacock Dynasty occupies the Ganges river delta, so its strength ranked second, slightly higher than the Gupta Dynasty.”
“In comparison, although the Gupta Dynasty has the south region of India, this area mainly consists of hills in the Deccan Plateau, which stretches south into the Indian Ocean.”
“Their geography decided their fates to a certain extent.” Jia Xu concluded.
When the generals heard this, they fell deep into thought.
“The plan of the Grand Council was made due to such geographical considerations.” Jia Xu started to describe their plan, “The Gupta Dynasty is the weakest of the three, and their territory mainly consists of mountains, so it is easy to defend and tough to attack, which is why they are our final target.”
“So the south front is only a hoax?” Yanhuo Yaonie asked.
“That’s right!” Jia Xu nodded, “The role of the south front is to use up as much energy of the Gupta dynasty as possible so that they will be unable to assist the Peacock Dynasty.”
