1344 TWO Chapter 1344-The day Persia was in trouble (1/2)
Chapter 1344 – The Day Persia was in Trouble
Gaia 10th year, 3rd month, 5th day.
Unexpectedly, the first war of the 10th year did not happen in Europe but in Asia.
On this day, Great Xia officially declared war on the Persian Empire.
The Persian Empire had a massive territory with around 30 million players. Even after suffering from the Mongol Empire's western expedition, the empire's army still remained at two million.
Along with its position close to the Persian Gulf, it was seen as Asia's rising empire.
Moreover, apart from their war with the Mongol Empire, the Persian Empire had rarely participated in outside battles. It was stable internally, its trade was prosperous, and its industrialization process was relatively developed. It was Great Xia's final and strongest opponent in Asia.
Before taking down India, Ouyang Shuo had not decided on whether they were going to declare war on the Persian Empire or not.
The smoothness of the war of India not only helped Great Xia obtain another Governor-General region, but it also allowed them to gain a million elite troops, giving Ouyang Shuo the confidence to go to war with Persia.
Their status as Overlord of Asia also had an positive effect on this war.
In order to take down the Persian Empire quickly, Ouyang Shuo treated the matter seriously. He sent three armies for a total of 31 legions and 1.55 million troops.
The top front came from Phoenix legion corps' four legions in the North Asia warzone; they would enter from Xijiang Province. Phoenix legion corps commander Guo Ziyi would be the north front commander.
The middle front included the four legions of the Bear legion corps and the three from the West Asia legion corps for a total of 350 thousand troops; they would enter from Xijiang Province.
God General Wang Jian would take up the role of middle front commander.
The bottom front would consist of the 1st to 4th legion corps of the South Asia warzone, a total of a million troops. They were the main force of this attack and would attack from Ashoka Province.
God General Li Jing would personally lead these troops.
Apart from that, the Indian Ocean Squadron would also launch attacks on the shorelines of the Persian Empire.
Taking down one enemy and using their soldiers to attack the next target.
This method was similar to the meatgrinder operation Jia Xu made for the Tibet battlefield. It had set up a type of Great Xia model.
If things proceeded smooth, they could continue to use this model.
The foundations for this came from the rewards Great Xia obtained from the India battlefield. They had utilized the unorthodox method of the emperor instant death talisman to allow the Great Xia Army to obtain an easy victory.
If they had gone head-to-head with the Ashoka Dynasty, it would ended with a hard fought victory.
Great Xia's sudden declaration of war was a hard to accept disaster for the Persian Empire. Although the Persian Empire had two million troops, it was difficult for them to win against the Great Xia Army coming from three fronts.
The Persian Empire's internal stability was an advantage but also a massive disadvantage.
Out of the two million troops, more than half were imperial city guards that had basically never experienced war; their actual combat ability was terrible.
If that were not the case, the Mongol Empire would not have beaten the Persian Empire to the point where their face swelled up during their west conquering.
Compared to the Mongol iron cavalry, the Great Xia Army was more than a level higher.
Based on combat strength, the 1.5 million Great Xia troops were equal to or greater than the two million Persian Empire troops.
How could the Persian Empire win?
They could only seek help from their allies.