Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 906 City of Misfortune and New Journey (End)

King Anxi woke up from his sleep, opened his eyes, and saw two servants standing in front of him.

These two are the confidantes of King Anxi, one is his court minister, and the other is his personal bodyguard.

"Your Majesty!!"

The court minister is a round, bald, fat man. At this moment, his clothes are disheveled, his eyes are full of panic, his face is pale, and he is uneasy. Standing on the other side is a tall head of the guards. Compared with the court minister, he is much calmer. But his forehead was also covered with fine sweat.

King Anxi sat up abruptly, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes, he subconsciously wanted to fumble for the knife under his pillow, but he held back, "What happened?"

The court minister said in panic: "It is the Han Chinese who launched the attack!"

Hearing this sentence, King Anxi breathed a sigh of relief. He sat on the bed and said calmly: "Why are you so panicked? There are enemies coming, just repel them. Is it Ariel from the country of Ba or the one from the north?" cavalry?"

"No, they landed from the shore. The scouts reported that the cities along the way have been breached. There is no way to stop them. The enemy's vanguard army is not far from the royal city."

The Parthian King's eyes widened. The Parthian Empire has no official capital so far. Hekkapelos, Seleucia, Ecbatana, Tesiphon, and the newly established city of Mithridat Kelt are all There is a royal palace, and these places can be regarded as the capital city of the Parthian Empire. Who is the emperor depends on where the emperor is.In the past, King Anxi often stayed in Hekatompelos (northern Iran today) in order to deal with enemies from the west and control the borders of the east and west. Later, in order to demonstrate his dominion over the west, he went to the city of Seleucia ( Today’s Baghdad), where many forces including the Ptolemaic dynasty (Egypt) were deterred.

More than ten years ago, because he was thinking about the land of Pakistan and wanted to open up the situation in the east, King Anxi built a royal palace in the rebuilt Persepolis (now Takht Jamshid, Iran) and lived here , to deal with enemies from the east.

Although the new capital is not far from the coast, it is definitely not too close. When the palace was first built, they considered enemies from overseas.

King Anxi couldn't believe that the enemy could kill him in his royal city.

For a moment, he also panicked, and was no longer as calm as before.

He struggled to get up, and hastily pulled out his saber from under the pillow.

"Quickly summon many ministers!! This Han army must not be allowed to approach the royal city!!!"

Before dawn, the ministers of Anxi had already gathered in the palace. King Anxi had already put on his armor and sat on the top seat. The officials stood on both sides of him. Just now, the scouts came again to report that several armies going for reinforcements encountered the Han army and lost all contact.

"Ministers, the Han Chinese are here"

As soon as King Anxi spoke, the entire temple fell silent, and the officials looked at their king in astonishment.

"They landed from the coast and came straight to the royal city. Our troops have already been deployed at the frontier fortress. There are no troops around the royal city. However, I absolutely cannot tolerate the enemy coming to our royal city! Unbearable humiliation!! I need a warrior to defeat these hateful enemies!!"

King Anxi said angrily, and he patted his seat, "I will never leave here, I will live and die with Wangcheng!!"

The ministers looked at each other, and immediately a general walked up to King Anxi, "I am willing to fight for you and defeat these enemies!"

As the general came out, several other generals came out one after another, expressing their willingness to fight.

Anxi's military system is very special. In addition to the country's standing army, the nobles also have their own private soldiers, and there are not many of them. After the emperor can start a war, the domestic nobles will also go to war, and even fight internally. It is common to see two nobles fighting to the death, and then the emperor issued an order, and the two hurriedly stopped fighting together. This is absolutely unforgivable in the eyes of the big man. How can the minister go to war privately?But resting in rest is a matter of habit.

At this moment, King Anxi said that there was no army stationed nearby, and of course he hoped that the nobles would lead their private soldiers to stop it.

After more and more nobles expressed their willingness to fight, King Anxi's complexion finally improved a lot.

He sat on the top seat seriously, and looked at the people in front of him with relief, "With warriors like you, I have nothing to worry about. You can go out to deal with these enemies now. I will stay here and set up a banquet." , drink together after you succeed!!"

The nobles walked out of here one after another. After they all left, King Anxi hurriedly looked at the court ministers together, motioned him to come forward, and ordered in a low voice.

"Solibriukas, you should make preparations now and we will head to Ctesiphon immediately."

"what??"

The court ministers were all dumbfounded, but they quickly came to their senses. He frowned and expressed his worries, "If the Han people retreat, or the nobles win."

King Anxi is obviously going to run away now. He wants to go to another royal city and abandon it. This is not a big deal for King Anxi. Unlike the big man, Anxi has no fixed royal city. It is understandable that King Anxi wants to leave, but the court ministers are worried that if the big man suddenly retreats, or the nobles win, when they come back, they will find Anxi The king has already fled here, which will deal a huge blow to King Anxi's personal prestige.

It may even lose the right to rule the nobles.

King Anxi's face was very calm.

He said slowly: "Impossible, the Han people expended so much energy, feigned attack, and looting, just to attract our army and leave the surrounding area of ​​the king's city well prepared. The goal is the king's city." , if they want to win here, they will not retreat easily, otherwise the previous expenditure will be useless. In addition, whether the nobles can repel these Han troops, these nobles are not local nobles, they do not have their own here The fiefs have no interests of their own and are hostile to each other, there is no possibility of a deadly battle at all."

King Anxi knew very well that he wanted the nobles under his command to fight to the death. Usually, there were two situations. Either the victory would have huge benefits, and the wealth and land could be divided up, or the enemy had hit their interests and divided the land. They worked hard to kill the enemy and protect their own interests.

But the current situation does not belong to any kind of situation. There is no benefit in winning the battle, and nothing can be won, and it is impossible for King Anxi to use this matter to reward them. With no army around, if Tempting them to fight with rewards will make them have unnecessary thoughts.

Therefore, King Anxi has only one idea now, to withdraw.

The court minister probably also saw that King Anxi had made up his mind, stopped dissuading him, and immediately began to prepare manpower.

Beyond the Great Wall, fifty miles away from Persepolis, the armies of the two countries confronted each other here.

The flags of both sides are flying, and the sound of various drums is symphonic with each other. With the sound of horns, the formations of both sides are constantly changing.

Liu Chang was riding a fine horse, staring into the distance with a sneer.

The soldiers of the big man stood behind him, lined up neatly, with solemn faces, staring straight ahead without moving.

And General Anxi stood in front of the army, observing the big Han army in front of him. The Han army in front of him gave them an indescribable sense of oppression. The Anxi people who were wearing them suddenly suffocated. The leather armor rate of the Anxi people is not high. Only generals can wear heavy armor. On the other hand, even the horses are wearing armor. The heavy armor alone makes the Anxi people Feel quite powerless.

Not only the armor, but thousands of people on the other side stood there, motionless, in an extremely neat formation. General Anxi had never seen such a neat formation in his life. His expression was a little hesitant, and the fear in his heart could not be concealed.

"General. This is not our fiefdom. It is surrounded by the emperor's land. If our army dies here, who will protect our fiefdom?"

The lieutenant whispered in the general's ear, and the fear in the lieutenant's eyes became more obvious.

General Anxi pursed his lips, and said seriously: "It cannot be said that although we have our own fief, if we do not find a way to repel these Han troops, the empire will be destroyed, and our fief cannot be preserved."

He slowly clenched the weapon in his hand, pointed at the Han army in the distance, "Kill!!!"

In an instant, the Parthians charged.

Seeing the Anxi people charging towards him, Liu Chang didn't panic at all. He grinned and slowly got out of the way.

They saw black cannons placed behind them, all pulled by carriages.

When these things were aimed at the Parthians, the Parthians didn't realize what they were going to encounter next.

"Boom~~~~"

With a burst of thunder, the artillery spewed out tongues of flame, and the shells flew out and smashed towards the enemy cavalry. At that moment, the shells directly smashed into the cavalry, smashing the men and horses together, and the roar of the artillery made people Those fine horses were incomparably terrified, but in an instant, the Parthians' cavalry became chaotic, the artillery fired continuously, and began to baptize the enemies in the distance. For the price, the Anxi people were completely dumbfounded.

The general who had just given the order to charge was stunned when he heard the thunderous voice and saw his cavalry keep falling down.

"What sound?? What? What is that!?"

This is also about thousands of years later, when the local people encountered the Mongolian cavalry, many people mistakenly thought that China's hot weapons were backward and out of date with the world. In fact, China's hot weapons were in the world before the late Ming and early Qing In the leading position, many people think that the Mongol Empire relies entirely on light cavalry. In fact, their artillery tactics are also very powerful. I learned a hard lesson. The Mongol Empire in history attached great importance to craftsmen, and its military technology was also very advanced. It was not just horseback riding and archery.

This was the first time artillery appeared on the world stage, and the Parthians were the first victims.

They don't know anything about this unknown weapon, and they only have fear in their hearts.

Suddenly there was a problem of fleeing among the soldiers. They couldn't understand the situation in front of them at all, and they didn't dare to continue to charge.

And Liu Chang continued to order the artillery to attack the Anxi people in the distance.

With the continuous roar of the artillery, the Parthians' first round of charge ended in vain, with heavy casualties.

Liu Chang saw the right moment, and suddenly raised the horse in his hand!

"kill!!!"

The heavy cavalry followed behind Liu Chang, and the whole army launched a charge. Liu Chang hadn't been on the battlefield for a long time. The feeling of charging filled him with strength, and the strong wind blowing on his face made him feel like that. Refreshingly, Liu Chang roared angrily, and slammed into the enemy. Facing the distraught and overwhelmed enemies in front of him, Liu Chang waved the horse in his hand. At that moment, Liu Chang was like a gust of wind, blowing The enemy swept away like fallen leaves. The charge of the heavy cavalry was unstoppable. There was almost nothing that could slow Liu Chang down.

And his purpose is naturally the opponent's chief general.

General An'xi didn't even react at this moment. He didn't wake up until the roar of the heavy cavalry reached his ears. The enemy's speed was very fast. He watched the soldiers in the distance fly out one after another. They screamed and smashed On his colleagues, there seemed to be some ferocious beasts rushing towards him. General Anxi took a deep breath, and rushed forward surrounded by soldiers.

Finally, as the last few soldiers flew out, General Anxi saw the beast.

That really was a monster.

He is very tall, General Anxi has never seen such a tall person, not only him, but even the white steed under his command is a lap bigger than ordinary war horses, a head taller, and the owner of the steed, that is simply He is a little giant. He is wearing heavy armor, and there are several arrows stuck in the heavy armor. It can be seen that the arrows cannot penetrate his heavy armor at all. Because of the helmet, his face cannot be seen clearly, and he can only feel it. He saw a pair of tyrannical eyes staring at him, even his weapon was so huge and suffocating.

The treasured sword in General Anxi's hand suddenly froze.

He raised his head with difficulty, trying to see the appearance of the person in front of him clearly.

But when he raised his head, all he could see was that huge weapon, which was smashing towards him at this moment.

General Anxi stared at the weapon in a daze, only to feel that his vision went dark and he lost all consciousness.

After Liu Chang knocked down the general in front of him, he knocked down the flag behind him.

All Parthian tribes fled and could no longer fight.

Liu Chang didn't stop, and continued to charge.

The battle didn't last long, the cannons fired several rounds, and then a charge broke out, and the Parthians' army was defeated. They fled in all directions, but Liu Chang didn't organize his men to pursue them. Instead, he gathered his team and charged at the Parthians again The royal city rushed quickly.

Xia Houzao excitedly followed behind Liu Chang, galloping on his horse.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! I killed dozens of people! Did you see that?!"

Liu Dachang laughed, "What is that? I want to kill King Anxi!"

"I have to cut off that old dog's head myself!!"

The two were talking loudly.

They led the cavalry to quickly rush to Persepolis, and when they came to the city, the gate was closed tightly, and the enemies on the city wall were running back and forth, terrified. Liu Chang immediately ordered to attack the city. The current Han army , not afraid of siege battles at all. When the artillery was placed under the city, there was no suspense in the battle. With the firing of the artillery, the shells hit the city wall fiercely, and the city wall was immediately smashed into pieces, and the gravel continued to fall. Flying out, cracks appeared on all parts of the city wall, and after the third volley, the location near the city gate collapsed.

The defenders in the city screamed again and again, they didn't understand what happened at all.

But Liu Chang didn't care, and continued to order, and the artillery roared again.

Seeing the continuous collapse of the city in front of him, Xia Houzao narrowed his eyes, eager to try.

Following Liu Chang's order, Xia Houzao rushed into the city first, and the defenders in the city had lost their resistance ceremony and surrendered one after another. The Han army took the royal city without even paying any price.

Liu Chang rode a tall horse and walked slowly in the city.

The generals came to the palace, Liu Chang walked in swaggeringly, then sat on the seat of King Anxi, patted the seat under him, and looked into the distance.

Xia Houzao said helplessly: "The restless king ran away. He ran really fast. This can make him run away. I really don't accept it. Your Majesty, shall we continue to chase?"

Liu Chang laughed, not surprised at all.

"It's normal for him to run away. I've already called to the door. Can he not run away?"

Xia Houzao suddenly realized something was wrong, he squinted his eyes, "Why is Your Majesty not in a hurry??"

"Stove. King Anxi has a large army in three places, two are on the front line, and one is in Taixifeng. If you say he wants to withdraw now, where will he withdraw?"

"It should be that Tessie or something."

"yes."

Xia Houzao woke up suddenly, and he patted his thigh, "I understand! No wonder Yafu left early in the morning! He took the army to Taixifeng!!"

Liu Chang looked at him expectantly, but when he heard what he said, he immediately cursed.

"Fart! King Anxi still has tens of thousands of troops in Ctesiphon, and Yafu brought 1000 people there. Isn't that a death sentence?!"

"Where did that go?"

"Harax, this is the only way to go to Ctesiphon. It's right by the sea. Yave has already gone there in advance. We have already guessed that the enemy will run there. Hahaha, I want to run so easily ?impossible"

Liu Chang sneered.

Xia Houzao couldn't help clapping his hands, "As expected of His Majesty! You are cunning and cunning! You are so scheming! The mere King of Rest is easy to catch!"

Zhang Buyi stroked his chin and stood aside with a smile. This was of course Zhang Buyi's scheme.

At this time, an old man in a white robe came in, and there was a soldier behind him. He came to surrender on behalf of the people in the city. The translator said that this person was a highly respected scholar in the city.

The scholar stood aside anxiously at the moment, full of worries in his heart, he just hoped that Liu Chang would not slaughter the city.

And Liu Chang had never slaughtered a city, not even when he was fighting the Huns most fiercely.

"Your Majesty, please spare this poor city."

The scholar said with a sad face: "Many years ago, Alexander the Great came here and encountered fierce resistance. The young emperor was very angry. After getting this city, he demolished all the buildings. , set fire here, and then let the cavalry kill all the residents, he destroyed this place, and let the city disappear completely. It took us many years to rebuild this city. This The city has suffered a lot of bad luck, I hope you will forgive our crimes and stop treating this city like this."

The translator next to Liu Chang hurriedly told him what the old man said.

Liu Chang looked at the city in front of him and suddenly laughed.

"Alexander"

"You tell this old man."

"I'm not Alexander. I'm not here to destroy."

"I'm not going to tear down your home, I'm not going to kill your family."

"I am the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and also your future ruler. Take out the food in the city, distribute it to the poor and hungry, arrest all the thieves who take the opportunity to commit crimes, and appease the elderly and children."

The scholar was stunned for a long time, and looked at the emperor in front of him again.

He has already taken off the helmet, and the light shines on his face. The sharp-edged face is full of determination, and the eyes are extremely sharp, but with a hint of kindness. He looks into the distance, as if he is watching this city of doom. sentient beings.

He suddenly realized that this city of doom had ushered in a different ruler.

The scholar slowly put his hands on his chest, and walked towards Liu Chang with the highest standard of etiquette.

"Praise be to His Majesty the Emperor."

The horse shook its head, carried its owner, and walked on the road carelessly. Along the path, one could vaguely see the port in the distance.

Xia Houzao yawned and couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, don't you want to rest for a few more days? It's rare to win the Royal City, why don't you rest for a few more days?"

Liu Chang rode a steed, just like the steed under his crotch, with a leisurely look.

"What are you doing in the city? Mrs. Fan has sent someone to take over. We should continue to fight. Where are we going? We are going to Rome. If you want to rest, you can rest in Rome."

"Did you say that Zhou Yafu captured King Anxi?"

"It doesn't matter, no matter whether King Anxi is caught or not, he will be tied up and sent to me sooner or later."

Xia Houzao suddenly lowered his head and laughed.

"Your Majesty, when we were sitting in the Tang Palace, taking milk and pretending it was fine wine, and talking about major events in the world, I really didn't expect that one day I would be able to follow Your Majesty and do such a big event to rest in peace. It's so easy, they didn't even pay much price, as soon as the artillery fired, they voted."

"It seems that my big man is really going to dominate the universe, and no one can beat him."

Past memories flashed in Liu Chang's eyes, and he also laughed.

"Sooner or later, the big man was invincible in the past, he is invincible now, and he will be invincible in the future. I just took a few more steps."

"Let's go, let the whole world listen to the roar of our big man!!"

Liu Chang waved his whip, and the horse immediately raised its front hooves and neighed for a while. Then, the horse galloped out, like a flash of lightning, rolling up dust, and flashed by. When he realized it, Zhang Buji quickly swung his whip and flew out together.

"Wait for me!!"

The white steed was getting faster and faster, and the knights behind them also accelerated.

A group of people quickly turned over the distant mountains and disappeared without a trace.

Only the loud sound of horseshoes can still be heard clearly.

The whole book is finished.

ps: I am very reluctant, I had the idea of ​​ending at the end of May, when people asked me, I said it would be ten days later, the ending after these ten days has been dragged on until today, the ten days that will never pass, I feel empty in my heart, but don’t worry, everyone, There are still many wonderful side stories in the follow-up, and there are about ten chapters of side stories. There are future lines, and I have to finish writing this testimonial for the past lines.

(End of this chapter)