Chapter 1135: Tibet

"Your Majesty, these two plans truly strike at the enemy's vital points." After reading them, Chang Wei could not help but exclaim in admiration.

Using Persia, a traditional major power in Zhongtu, as a springboard, and coordinating with the Western Regions Protectorate, one could naturally deal a fatal blow to the Tusman Empire's hegemony in Zhongtu.

In this way, the subsequent order would make it convenient for Great Song to obtain a steady stream of petroleum from Zhongtu to develop Great Song's petrochemical industry.

As for North America, just like Nanzhan Continent, the Angsa must absolutely not be allowed to multiply, thrive, and grow strong there.

Otherwise, in a hundred years, these places would become bridgeheads for Westerners to keep Great Song in check.

Therefore, Emperor Zhao Xu's plan is undoubtedly for the sake of long-term considerations.

"Actually, there is a third plan. The current plan is already being implemented by the Foreign Affairs Department, with the Black Tortoise Army cooperating. If it goes smoothly, the region east of the Ural Mountains will be our Great Song's. In this way, even without Zhongtu in the future, our petroleum will be self-sufficient," Zhao Xu laughed.

The entire area of Siberia is as much as 13 million square kilometers.

It is almost equal to the area of the complete Great Song.

If the plan goes smoothly, Great Song's area will reach more than 20 million square kilometers.

Most importantly, the resources under the far northern snowfields are abundant, and there are oil fields with huge reserves.

With these oil fields, Great Song will no longer be an oil-poor country from now on.

Of course, with Great Song's current technology, it is not yet possible to explore these oil fields.

But decades or a hundred years later, the value here will be reflected.

And for now, the best way for Great Song to obtain petroleum is still through Zhongtu.

After all, the petroleum there does not even need to be mined; it can bubble up from the ground, and the technical difficulty of extraction is quite low.

"As expected of the Emperor, you think of everything ahead of us. Since that is the case, we will resolutely execute it next." Zhou Yi exchanged glances with Chang Wei and Qin Shan.

In their hearts, they could not help but admire this monarch's foresight.

Zhao Xu nodded. "Then next, Chang Wei, you focus mainly on the Western Regions direction and the Tianzhu direction, provide all necessary support to Chen Hu, and together with Guan Tong, establish contact with the Persians from the Tianzhu direction. For the navy, let Gong Ying cooperate with Guan Tong."

He paused, then continued: "Zhou Yi, you and Qin Shan will be responsible for the second plan: invading North America."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The three of them replied in unison upon hearing this.

After the three left, Zhao Xu sent another order to Ma Han.

He ordered him to lead troops into Tibet and wipe out the Ashuer Tribe.

The White Tiger Army had already conducted long-term adaptive training for this.

With Tianzhu taken, the possibility of Ashuer fleeing south was also cut off; it was time to close the gate and beat the dog.

Once Tianzhu is taken, the territory of Great Song will be truly complete.

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Xian City.

This was once the place where the Ma Family rose to prominence.

Today, the General's Mansion of the White Tiger Army is also here.

After receiving the telegraph from Emperor Zhao Xu, Ma Han immediately reorganized his troops and headed toward Songyang Pass.

After six days of trekking, Ma Han joined up with Dian Zhang, who was guarding Songyang Pass.

"Finally, we have received this order from the Emperor. Having taken Tibet, our White Tiger Army's jurisdiction has grown by another large chunk." Upon learning that they were to attack Tibet, Dian Zhang became excited.

During this period, whether it was Chen Hu's Western Regions Protectorate, Qin Shan's Azure Dragon Army, or Guan Tong's White Tiger Army, all had been in the limelight.

The generals of their White Tiger Army had long been itching for action.

Ma Han smiled and looked toward Tibet. "This Tibet might be the last battle within the scope of Dongtu. Although the Ashuer Tribe is far inferior to the Western Lands Allied Forces,

we must not underestimate the enemy. We must complete this mission beautifully, so that in the future, if there are any combat missions, the Emperor will still think of our White Tiger Army."

Among the Five Armies of Great Song, their White Tiger Army could be said to have been the most comfortable during this period.

But for the soldiers of the White Tiger Army, they did not like this comfort.

They also wanted to expand the territory.

To them, taking Tibet this time was only the first step.

There were still many countries to the west of Tibet.

They hoped that one day, like the Vermilion Bird Army stationed in the Southeast Five Nations and Tianzhu, they could also station troops in countries further west and act as a protector of the region.

"That's true, we must never let the Emperor look down on us." Dian Zhang clenched his fists.

The two talked for a while longer, then went to the Sand Table Room at Songyang Pass.

Here, there was a complete sand table of Tibet, as well as the positions where the Ashuer Tribe was entrenched.

After formulating the combat plan with the generals, Ma Han and Dian Zhang led their troops out of Songyang Pass three days later.

Because the White Tiger Army was currently still managing the Grassland for the Western Regions Protectorate,

this time Ma Han and Dian Zhang only brought 30,000 troops.

Among them were 14,000 Gun Cavalry and 8,000 Infantry.

To the two of them, this number of White Tiger Army troops was enough to defeat the Ashuer Tribe.

Because during the last Battle of Yongzhou, the Ashuer Tribe had also suffered heavy losses and currently only had 100,000 troops.

As soon as the White Tiger Army left Songyang Pass, they were discovered by the Ashuer Tribe scouts watching the pass.

Six days later, Ashuer, located in Sa City, received the news.

At this moment, Ashuer was dead drunk. He smashed the wine cup in his hand heavily onto the ground, his eyes red as he roared, "I knew that after Tianzhu, it would be our turn. Zhao Xu, you are ruthless, you have the ability, but to take Tianzhu, even if I, Ashuer, die, I will make you pay a bloody price."

Having said that, he pointed at the generals in the room and said, "What are you all still standing there for? Go and reorganize for battle! We are going to make them bleed rivers!"

Upon hearing this, the generals looked at each other and turned to leave one after another.

As the figures of the generals disappeared, Ashuer closed his eyes and laughed bitterly.

When he learned that the Coalition had been defeated, he felt as if he had drunk a bowl of ice water, and his whole body was trembling.

And the Tusman Empire's withdrawal of troops from Tianshan made him even more desperate.

Because he knew clearly that he was finished soon.

The road to flee to Tianzhu had been cut off, and the Northern Di people on the northern Grassland had all submitted to Great Song; their Northern Di lands were filled with Great Song soldiers everywhere.

This meant his Tibet was surrounded on all four sides.

All he could do was wait for the day the Great Song army arrived.

Yet even so, he was unwilling to surrender to the Emperor of Great Song, Zhao Xu.

Therefore, he had already decided to fight to the death against the Great Song army in Tibet.

It was just that his idea was destined to be wishful thinking.

When the Gun Cavalry of the White Tiger Army appeared near Sa City, Sa City immediately fell into a panic.

The population of Tibet was sparse, and the entire Tibet had only a million people.

On this vast land, there were only two cities: Sa City and Rikaze.

Among them, Sa City was equivalent to a prefecture seat of Great Song, and Rikaze was equivalent to a county seat.

This situation meant the army of the Ashuer Tribe could only entrench itself in Sa City.

Only here could they be provided with sufficient provisions by the Ashuer Tribe.

If they lost this city and their provisions were cut off, they would only destroy themselves.

However, now that the Great Song army had truly arrived, how could they hold this city?