攻城略地

Explanation: Brief: predatory. Attack the city, land grabbing. 　　Usage: Joint type; as predicate; that expedition 　　Source: Han Liu, "Huainanzi Binglue training": "to lose ground, everyone down." 　　Examples: British and French invasion of China in those years, with the French Navy in Vietnam ~. (High-Yang "Qing Unofficial History" the book) Thesaurus:  Accuse City (said of troops) to conquer land