Three Kingdoms Eschatology

Hassar was still able to hold on at first, but his toes kept flexing.But after a few breaths, he laughed wildly, but this laughter was worse than crying.Then, his whole body trembled, and the sound of maniacal laughter became half a smile, not a cry, or a cry.Tears also poured down like a gate.

After the goat had licked all the honey off Hassar's feet, the centurion grabbed his hair and asked, "Are you recruiting or not?" Hassar still didn't answer, just howling, and then panting heavily. Get angry.

The centurion snorted coldly and said, "Give this old guy a different dish." Several shirtless men immediately untied Hassar from the bench.Then he was turned over and tied to the bench, but his arms were fixed on the long sticks alone, so that the arms could not be bent.Finally dipped each of his hands in a wooden bucket.

Two soldiers with buckets walked over and poured something from their respective buckets into the wooden bucket that soaked Hassar's hands.Everyone at the scene vaguely saw that what was poured out of the bucket seemed to be fish.A commander behind Alexander said to himself: "Could it be that some fish with teeth is going to bite this old guy? It's better to prick his fingertips with a bamboo stick."

At this moment, Hassar had howled like a pig being killed, and every muscle in his body seemed to be trembling violently.Not long after, he became incontinent, and his pants were stretched all over.The stench at the scene was unpleasant, and everyone couldn't help covering their noses.

Obviously, it is impossible to achieve such an effect only by the pain in the fingers.In fact, these two big fish are electric eels from the Red Sea. Although the electricity they emit is not lethal, it can give people a strong electric shock.Of course, these Romans now had no concept of electricity, but they knew what effects these electric eels would have on the human body, so they used them for torture.

After the electric eel discharged all the electricity in its body, the centurion of the scout battalion grabbed Hassar's hair again, lifted his head up and asked, "Do you want to talk now?"

With snot and saliva all over his face, Hassar groaned and yelled, but he still didn't want to confess, he just shook his head like a rattle.The centurion patted his head and said, "Old guy, it's still quite hard, so I'll give you another dish."

Several big men turned Hasal over again, this time binding his hands and feet tightly again.Then a woolen towel was folded into a thick pile and placed on Hassar's face, and the last Roman soldier poured a whole bucket of water on the towel.Hassar couldn't make a sound this time, but the violent shaking and twisting of his body showed that he was struggling violently.

This kind of waterboarding seems to be the mildest, but in fact it is the cruelest. When it is close to suffocation, it makes people feel that life is worse than death.After pouring out the second bucket of water, the centurion lifted the towel and asked, "To recruit or not to recruit."

Hassar, who had completely collapsed, couldn't hold on any longer, he straightened his neck and nodded upwards.Only then did the centurion untie him, and then asked and answered each sentence, honestly repeating everything he knew.After his confession is recorded.Alexander ordered: "Keep these important prisoners under strict surveillance, but give them food and sleep well, don't let them die, and they may be used as witnesses in the future."

Several legion generals asked Alexander: "Legion commander, what should we do now."

Alexander said coldly: "What else can we do? Of course, it is to publicly announce the crimes of Macrinus to the empire and raise the flag to attack him. Of course, we don't have the strength to attack the city of Rome for the time being, so we have to garrison here first, and then contact various square power."

Another general said: "However, this Macrinus has publicly proclaimed himself the acting emperor. We are going to attack him like this, and the name is not right, so this subordinate begs the general to take over as the emperor of the empire."

Chapter 900

Beirut City, inside the Governor's Palace.When the generals saw that someone took the lead in supporting Alexander as emperor, they also joined in one after another.

Some people in the chatter said: "This is the only way. If the general does not do this, our crusade against Macrinus is tantamount to treason!"

Someone else said: "Although the head of the legion took his mother's surname, it still belongs to the surname of Severus. He is related to the two previous emperors by blood. It’s much more legitimate.”

At the end of the development, more than a dozen people in the courtyard persuaded in unison: "Please take over the post of emperor of the empire! Please take over the post of emperor of the empire!"

At this point in the matter, Alexander was not polite, and readily accepted the generals' persuasion.That afternoon, he declared himself the new emperor of Rome under the salute and cheers of the generals and [-] Roman soldiers.Subsequently, Alexander sent a large number of messengers to various provinces of Rome and the capital city of Rome to send messages and proclamations.

On this day, two emperors who did not recognize each other appeared in the huge Roman Empire at the same time, which meant that the Roman Civil War was inevitable.Shortly afterwards, Tai Xifeng, who was more than 2000 miles away, also got the news.

At that time, the Sasanian emperor Ardashir was still celebrating that the Sasanian army could retreat the Roman army without a single soldier.However, the news of Alexander's capture of Beirut came one after another. The Sassanid Empire not only lost all the territory along the Mediterranean Sea, but also exhausted all the [-] elite stationed in Beirut.A group of generals including Mushir and Hassar were either killed or captured.

In the Taixifeng palace, all the officials were in panic.Ardashir also hurriedly paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, and kept saying: "In this way, if Mesopotamia is attacked by the Roman army and the Liang army at the same time, the consequences will be unimaginable. But now we have to dispatch The army has conquered Beirut and Syria, but the king does not have enough troops. Recruits are still being recruited, and troops will be sent to the rear of the Liang army to relieve the pressure on Sulehar. This is what to do."

In the hall, among the ministers, only the Deputy Prime Minister Rud Shaba looked calm and leisurely.He took Ardasil's words and said: "Your Majesty, don't be anxious. We should do whatever we want. Because I believe that the head of the Roman legion named Alexander will never invade my land of two rivers. Because as far as I know, he is Kara The nephew of Carla Severus. After he captured Beirut, he must have known the truth about Caracalla's assassination. But he will not settle accounts with us first, but will first remove Macrinus. That is to say, Rome must first A civil war. And this time will not be short, enough for us to move around."

After hearing these words, Ardasil finally felt at ease, and said happily: "If it is true as what the Deputy Prime Minister said, it would be great. Then the king will wait for a day or two. After confirming the news, we will We still proceed according to the plan. In addition, you must pay close attention to the task of enlistment assigned to you!"

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In Bosis City, the sound of fighting came from the two hundred hills on the left and right under the slope of the east gate.Every other week, the Liang army would dig tunnels to advance towards the Sasanian camp on the top of the mountain for more than ten battles, and then dig defensive trenches to build up barriers to consolidate the new camp position.In the next week, we will continue to dig the tunnel forward, and we will remove the Sasanian stronghold or the forward barrier and trench when we encounter it.Going back and forth like this, Liang Jun continued to advance to the top of the mountain for a distance of fifty or sixty battles.

Dozens and hundreds of Liang Jun rushed to the end of the tunnel.A rock blocked the way here, and the tunnel could no longer be dug forward.Liang Jun could only turn over this rock and build a new camp ahead.However, this is not the first time Liang Jun has encountered such a situation, and it has happened three times before.

At that moment, these Liang Jun climbed out of the tunnel at an extremely fast speed, climbed over the huge rock, and touched the ground with the soil layer behind.

The Sasanian army on the mountain responded immediately, and arrows and stone bullets flew through the sky.Unfortunately, several Liang Jun fell to the ground after being hit by an arrow, and another Liang Jun happened to be hit on the forehead by a ballista stone, smashing his head to pieces on the spot.The rest of Liang Jun still didn't panic in this situation, and the corpse was quickly dragged back to the tunnel.

The rest of the people held up their large shields and built a shield wall. At the same time, several Liangjun ballistas in the tunnel behind and the archers acting as Qingqi Feiyu also fought back.Hundreds of arrows and stone bullets flew towards the approximate location of the Sasanian ballista.

There are also a large number of heavy soldiers wielding portable picks and shovels and digging quickly on the ground behind the shield wall.Before they dug a foot deep, there was a chorus of shouts from the hillside, and a large group of Sassanian troops charged forward.

It turned out that the Sasanians saw that long-range attacks had no effect, and they couldn't tolerate Liang Jun's building a new camp, so they jumped out of the forefront of the fortifications and launched an attack.

But before they rushed to the shield wall, a hundred Liang soldiers behind the shield wall fired crossbow guns at them at close range with individual ballistas in their hands.The spearmen in the Sasanian army were killed and injured more than [-] people in the blink of an eye, and the sword and shield soldiers with shields also suffered more than ten casualties. There is an unlucky guy who was hit in the face by a crossbow gun.

At the same time, more than a dozen portable ballistas erected behind the shield wall fired a dozen fireballs in salvo. These fireballs exploded after landing. Amid the huge roar, more than a dozen people from the Sasanian army fell to the ground, and Seven or eight people covered their bloody faces and screamed.These fireballs are naturally Liang Jun's latest weapon blasting bombs.

Among the Sassanian soldiers, except for two who managed to rush to the shield wall, but were immediately stabbed to the ground by Liang Jun behind the shield with a spear, the rest fled backwards.Liang Jun didn't care about them, he was still digging trenches and building barriers with full concentration.

At the foot of the mountain, Feng Yu, who was watching the battle in the basket of the hot air balloon, nodded in satisfaction.Zhao Yun, who was beside him, suddenly said a word: "Your Majesty, we have been fighting the Sassanian army here for a long time, but the Sassanian army is estimated to be only tens of thousands of people. I am worried that if time drags on, the enemy will be defeated." The army may organize a large-scale attack on our weak position. After all, the Persian plateau is two thousand miles wide from the south coast of the Caspian Sea to the north shore of the Persian Gulf. Even if we allocate half of our [-] troops to spread out to the two wings, it is impossible to defend the entire line. "

Zhao Yun thought about this for many days, and always wanted to say it at the military meeting, but Feng Yu didn't hold a pre-battle meeting for many days.He couldn't hold back in the end, so he found a chance to speak out today.

Feng Yu chuckled and said, "Zilong is right, but the Sassanians will not send a large army, and it is even unlikely that they will send a small army to surround me from the south. Because now our army is going to their Mesopotamia. Damia province, go and harass them."

Chapter 901 Great Swamp

On the sea outside Shirov Port in the northern part of the Persian Gulf, there are many sails and flags.The horns of sirens on Sirov City sounded one after another.The defenders crouched behind the wall in panic, hid in the tower, and secretly peeked out at the sea.When they saw the black mass and the fleet extending to the horizon seemed to cover the entire sea surface, they were all shocked from ear to ear.

This is a huge fleet composed of Lin Tao's Western Fleet and some ships of Gan Ning's Nanyang Fleet.There are more than 1000 ships of various types in total.

Their mission this time is to capture Shirov Port first, and then use this port as the center to obtain sea dominance over the entire Persian Gulf. support.

When the sun rose to a height of three poles above the sea, the Daliang Navy finally launched a fierce attack.The stone ball crossbow guns flew towards the port of Shirov, covering the sky and the sun, and there were also a few explosive bombs mixed in.Because of the overwhelming superiority of troops, Lin Tao, who commanded this battle, believed that there was no need to use explosive bombs.In a short time, thick smoke was billowing in Sirov Harbor, the city wall covered with stone bricks was battered and mottled, and the entire city was shrouded in stone dust.

Then, several battleships with sealed and half-full naphtha tanks rushed towards the water gate of Sirov Port like arrows from the string. Amidst the continuous huge fireballs and deflagration sounds, the water gate of Sirov Port was blown away. It exploded alive.Before Liang Jun's battleship rushed into the harbor, several white flags were flying over the city.

When Nejart retreated to Shirov Port, he felt that it was still not safe, so he continued to retreat to the northwest. Not only did he not leave any troops behind, but he took half of the previous defenders and warships away.As a result, there were only more than a thousand defenders and more than [-] warships left in the city.

The generals defending the city knew that they could only die if they continued to defend the city. When Liang Jun started to attack, he fled outside the city with his family, gold and silver.How could the remaining defenders work hard, so they raised the white flag early.

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Another day dawned.Located in the port of Usir at the mouth of the Euphrates River, more than [-] warships of the Sassanian army are neatly moored in the inner port and the channel of the Euphrates River.The sun was streaming across their decks, making the accumulated dust visible.

In the entire Wuci City, the water gates connecting the inner and outer waterways and the gates connecting the land roads are all closed.Not to mention warships on the sea outside the port, even a Sasanian fishing boat and merchant ship could not be seen.

Different from the port of Sirov, which is weak in military strength, Ura Port is guarded by nearly [-] soldiers of the Sassanid Army.But it is still so trembling, as if facing an abyss.All because Liang Jun has completely controlled the sea dominance in the northwest waters of the Persian Gulf.

Earlier, after receiving the news of the fall of Sirov Port, the defenders of Ustad Port had become vigilant, but they had not yet reached the point of panic.At that time, the Sasanian warships not only patrolled out of the port regularly and at fixed points as usual, but also increased the number and frequency of patrols in order to prevent the Liang army from raiding.

But after these patrol fleets leave the port, no matter what direction they are heading on the sea, no matter what route they take, as long as they leave Wuci port a little bit farther and patrol longer, they will definitely encounter a certain Liang army Patrol fleet.Sometimes even Sassan's patrol fleet was discovered by the opponent's semi-submersible ship before they found each other, and the result can be imagined.

After the patrol fleets of the two sides encounter each other, they will often engage in battle immediately when their strength is similar.If the number of Liang Army ships is at a disadvantage or the Sasanian fleet escapes from the battle, Liang Army will release loud arrows with screaming and colorful trails, calling for nearby Liang Army fleets to come to support or intercept them.The final result is often that the patrol fleet of the Sasanian army suffers heavy losses or even annihilation of the entire army.

In just one week, nearly a hundred Sassanid warships in Wucai Port lost nearly a hundred of them. They no longer dared to go out for patrols, so they could only hide in the inner port like this, shutting their doors.

However, what surprised the defender of Wuci Port was that Liang Jun, who had completely controlled the sea in the Persian Gulf, did not come to attack Wuci Port for a long time. He only used small warships to make a few intimidating small-scale raids.

In fact, this is because almost all of Daliang's [-] land battle main forces are concentrated on the Persis battlefield.Although Liang Jun had many ships, he did not bring many troops to land and fight.The armies of Simmons and Meng Huo were preparing to harass the Mesopotamia, so naturally they could not be used to gnaw at this important Sasanian town with [-] heavily guarded troops.

At this time, the guard of Wuci Port was patrolling the city as usual, and he specially ordered the soldiers around him to carefully observe with him whether there was Liang Jun's mysterious semi-submersible ship in the sea.Everyone squinted their eyes, scanned the sea repeatedly, and finally confirmed that there were no Liang Jun ships near Wuci Port.

The general of Wuci Port was in a good mood. For him, it was good news that he didn't see Liang Jun's warship.Looks like today is another peaceful day.

However, at this time, hundreds of warships of the Liang Army were gathering on the sea more than a hundred miles northeast of the calm Wuci Port.Naturally, such a large fleet was not used for patrolling. They were escorting the Simmons Army and the Menghuo Army to land.

The strange thing is that the place where they landed is not a beach or a highland near the sea, but a large swamp that is uninhabited, and such a swamp army cannot pass through at all.

When the news of the fall of Shirov Port and Liang Jun's control of the Persian Gulf reached Ctesiphon.Ardashir responded immediately, dispatching troops to try to block the coast.

In this era, the Euphrates and Tigris did not join downstream to form one river.Instead, together with the Karun River from the Persian Plateau, it converged into a huge swamp on the alluvial plain, and then flowed endlessly to the southeast into the Persian Gulf.Only the Euphrates River has an obvious channel to enter the sea, and the mouth of the sea is the port of Urza.The other two rivers, the Tigris and the Karun, completely melted into this large swamp with a radius of hundreds of miles.

It is precisely because of this terrain that the Sasanian army's blockade of the coast has brought great advantages to the terrain.This kind of large swamp can neither sail large ships nor march, and it is a natural barrier.As long as the Sassanid army set up camps and fortifications at key points and dispatched rangers to patrol, it would be able to prevent the larger troops of the Liang army from penetrating into the hinterland of Mesopotamia.As for the infiltration of small groups, Ardashir believes that it will take a long time to eliminate them by relying on daily patrol cavalry.

But now, Liang Jun chose to pass through the great swamp and launch a raid on Sassanid heartland.This swamp not only became the thoroughfare of the Liang army now, but also became a shelter for the raiding troops to avoid the encirclement and suppression of the Sasanian army in the future.

A raging fire has already ignited on the coast. The mangroves growing on the edge of the swamp and the sea are being set ablaze by Liang Jun to clear the way from the sea to the big swamp.

Chapter 902

On the deck of Liang Jun's flagship.Gan Ning looked at the blazing mangrove forest with billowing smoke, and asked Lin Tao worriedly: "Brother Lin, will such a big fire alarm the nearby Sasanian army?"

Lin Tao said with a hearty smile: "Brother Xingba, don't worry. The nearest Sasanian stronghold is twenty miles away, and they won't see fireworks. In addition, this mangrove forest is also often visited by Sassanids who make a living due to lightning or fishing. People set fires to cook and burned a large area. Presumably the Sasanian soldiers would not take it seriously even if they found out."

Only then did Gan Ning feel relieved, and cast his eyes into the distance.The soldiers and equipment of the Simmons Legion were transferred from the large ship to a medium-sized Viking ship more than [-] feet long, and then they went to the big swamp one after another.

The war elephants and personnel of the Menghuo Legion were sent to the edge of the swamp and ocean to unload by larger Viking ships and small warships.

Viking ships and war elephants full of soldiers crossed the seaside mangroves that had been burned to ashes by Liang Jun, and entered the big swamp...

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The city of Balas is located in the heart of the Mesopotamian Swamp.It is a rare piece of elevated dry land in the Everglades.It is surrounded by water, and there is a road leading to the middle reaches of the Tigris River in the west, and a road leading to Wuca Port in the east.

It stands to reason that the Sassanids should gather heavy troops and build strongholds for defense at such a critical throat.But because there are still several similar throats to the east of it, where key defenses have been carried out, the Sasanian army only deployed a patrol cavalry and more than a hundred infantry here.

The city of Barras is said to be a city, but in fact it has no walls.Its center is just a small castle with a radius of dozens of squares. Many houses and shops are gathered around this castle, thus forming the prototype of a town.

In the early morning of this day, there was the sound of horse whistling and neighing in the town, but the residents who had already got up early and were busy with their livelihood did not take it seriously.They knew that the cavalry was out on patrol again.

Sure enough, within a short while, more than a hundred Sasanian warriors filed out from the stables in the town, formed two columns and marched along the road to the east.Every day they have to cruise back and forth for nearly a hundred miles.

But the centurion who led the cavalry today felt a little strange.The team had only traveled seven or eight miles when his eyelids suddenly jumped twice.Then his fine hair exploded, because dozens of warships with strange styles appeared in his sight.He has lived in this big swamp since he was a child, and he has never seen such a big ship that can pass on the swamp water.

The sails of those strange ships were full, and the oarsmen on both sides rowed vigorously behind the two rows of shields, drawing white waves on the water surface, and some reeds and water plants blocking the bow were also crushed by the hull.If you look closely, there are still a large number of soldiers and horses squatting in the open cabin, and these soldiers and horses are not Sassanian's army at first glance.

As soon as the centurion opened his mouth and exclaimed: "Liang Jun!", a javelin roared in the reeds by the roadside, and then pierced his chest.The rest of the Sassanid cavalry were already shouting, and the javelins in the reeds continued to attack them one after another.In just over ten breaths, thirty or forty cavalrymen fell off their horses. Of course, some of them were not injured themselves, and fell off because of the casualties of their mounts.

The cavalry finally came to their senses, and turned their lances to stab the reeds.At this moment, forty or fifty Liang Jun armed with large shields and daggers jumped out of the reeds and rushed into the cavalry in the blink of an eye.

It was only then that the Sasanian cavalry discovered that these Liang Juns were not the oriental faces they had imagined, but looked similar to them.Of course they didn't know that Liang Jun was Simmons' mercenary group.But panicked, they didn't have time to think about it, they just wanted to save their lives.

Some cavalry threw away their lances, which were unusable in hand-to-hand combat, and reached out to touch the waist knives hanging around the horses' necks. Before they could touch their hands, the opponent's short swords pierced into their bodies one after another.Some cavalrymen were directly dragged off their mounts, and their necks were cut off with a knife.Only a small number of cavalry at the front and rear of the cavalry escaped.These Liang Jun didn't chase after them, they jumped back into the reeds, pushed out two Viking ships from inside, boarded the boats and chased after their own fleet...

Eight cavalry galloped towards Balas along the roads covered with reeds and water grass on both sides. There were dozens of battles away from Balas, and the Sasanian cavalry on the horse shouted: "Attention, Liang Jun is coming! Liang Jun entered the swamp ..."

Before shouting twice, they stopped shouting, because they had already seen men, women, old and children in the city of Balas running towards the castle in panic, and a copper bell for warning on the castle also rang. .On the swamp water in the distance, more than a dozen Liang Army Viking warships lined up in geese and rushed towards Balas. A young general stood majesticly at the bow with a spear. This man was Simmons.In addition, there are more than a hundred warships parked behind dozens of battles.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the eight cavalrymen who escaped by chance turned their horses around and fled back the same way. However, they had only traveled less than three miles before they found huge monsters emerging from the reeds. They were men sent by Meng Huo. To cooperate with the reinforcements of Simmons' war elephants.

Dozens of Liang soldiers on the elephants threw javelins and arrows at the eight Sasanian cavalry.In the blink of an eye, there were eight more corpses on the road.

Simmons' infantry, meanwhile, had landed at Barras, approaching the castle.They bombarded the wooden door of the castle continuously with ballistas, but they didn't expect that the old wooden door was much stronger than they imagined, and even after bombarding a dozen stone bullets, they couldn't completely blast them open.At this moment, the elephant team sent by Meng Huo to reinforce him had arrived.

Simmons ordered the crossbowman to shoot six special crossbow guns with ropes. These crossbow guns had barbs on their heads, pierced through the thick wooden door, and pulled the rope back to pull the wooden door outward.Six ropes were tied to the three war elephants, and then the war elephants walked backwards. With a crisp sound of wood breaking, the wooden door was pulled open.

The Simmons mercenaries who had been waiting outside the door rushed in holding their javelin shields. At first, dozens of Sasanian soldiers tried to block them at the door, but they were immediately knocked down by a burst of javelins.Seeing that the master had gone, the Sasanian soldiers behind immediately knelt down and begged for surrender.

After Simmons entered the castle, he glanced at the trembling captives in the lobby and said: "Order to collect all the food in this city, and then use this as a base to divide our troops to raid the nearby Sasanian settlements. We are here Stay for a maximum of three days. As for the captives, keep them and release them after we leave to consume the food of the Sasanians."

Someone immediately asked: "Don't you kill the strong men?"

"Well, don't kill. This is His Majesty's order"

Chapter 903

In the south of Taisifeng City, on a piece of flattened land on the bank of the middle reaches of the Euphrates River, there were fully armed Sasanian soldiers and horses.This is an army that is about to go out, waiting for Ardashir to review.

Sasanian has a population of almost 2000 million after all.Even in the process of Sasanian replacement of Anxi, there were no large-scale natural disasters and military disasters like the late Han Dynasty and early Liang Dynasty, and the population did not drop much.The three provinces of upper, middle and lower Mesopotamia located in the two river basins are also the most densely populated areas of Sassanid, accounting for more than half of the country's population.

So Ardashir recruited 15 soldiers in just one and a half months.And his ultimate goal is to raise millions of soldiers and horses to compete with the main force of the Liang army.

But it will take several months.Ardashir was worried that the Persis defenders, who had restrained the main force of the [-] Liang army, would not be able to hold out for such a long time. Seeing that his troops had increased again, he planned to launch a long-distance raid on the Liang army, in order to relieve the pressure of Persis. Sulehar pressure.He mobilized [-] veterans as this expeditionary force, intending to let them drive straight into the Liang army's rear along the northern shore of the Persian Gulf, sweeping Shirov, Gwadar, Pangbo and other cities along the way, with the ultimate goal of conquering Suguan. Cut off the supply line of Liang Jun's South Road.Of course, this is likely to attract Liang Jun to intercept, but this is exactly what Ardashir hopes.

It is these [-] elite infantry who are waiting for Ardashir to review at this moment.The sound of military drums and horns sounded, and Ardashir rode slowly in front of the army formation on a tall horse, and the Sasanian soldiers roared with thunder.

Ardashir finally rode his horse along the springboard to the general platform, and was about to deliver a speech to boost morale before the expedition.But a general ran over in a panic and whispered a few words in Ardashir's ear, and Ardashir's expression changed drastically.It turned out that the general reported to him that thousands of Liang troops broke through the Sasanian coast defense line from the great swamp and entered the hinterland of the Mesopotamian plain.

Rud Shaba, the deputy prime minister beside him, also knew about this and started talking with him in a low voice.Rud Shaba said: "Your Majesty, although Liang Jun has entered our heartland right now. But the number is not large, so it does not pose a big threat. I guess the intention of Liang Jun is just to contain our army, and we cannot deal with them. We will launch an attack where the defense line is weak. We cannot allow their intention to succeed, so we should stick to the established action."

Aldashir blinked his eyes and pondered for a moment, then nodded to express his agreement with Rudshaba's opinion.Then he regained his composure and went on to finish his speech.Then with a wave of his hand, the [-] army marched towards the northeast.

The day passed quickly, and the night once again shrouded the giant city of Tessiphon.Although there are countless military camps with heavy troops around the city, all its gates are closed after dark as a precaution.

Under the bright moonlight, a row of patrolling soldiers holding torches and walking back and forth along the corridors of the city wall could be seen on the head of the city and the streets in the city.Even in the fields outside the city, there are teams of rangers holding torches and patrolling at night.If you stand on the top of the city tower and look down, you can see the brightly lit camps dotted around the city of Taixifeng.The total strength of these camps is as many as 20, of course, [-]% of them are newly recruited recruits.

The entire Taixi Fengcheng can be described as impenetrable, and it is no wonder that Ardashir was able to sit safely in the palace at this time, feasting with the officials and watching singing and dancing.

It's just that there is a "road" dark area next to Taixifeng City, which is the Euphrates River that surrounds the city.There was not even a single patrolling sampan on the river.This was not caused by the negligence of the Sasanian army, but completely unnecessary.Because in the lower reaches of the Euphrates River, there are several strongholds with heavy troops along the river, and iron chains are also set up to block the river.Even Liang Jun's elusive semi-submersible boat could not have quietly touched Taixifeng City along the waterway.

However, the facts are often contrary to expectations. At this time, seven or eight Liang Jun semi-submersible boats floated leisurely in the section of the Euphrates River near the Taisifeng City Wall.Of course, they did not come here along the waterway of the Euphrates River, otherwise the Sassanid army in Wusi Port would have buried them in the belly of fish, let alone the army town with heavy troops that they would encounter if they went further upstream .

These semi-submersible boats also came through the big swamp, but they didn't sail through the big swamp by themselves. With their draft, even if they fully floated, they would run aground in the big swamp.They were carried in groups of Viking ships to several river branches at the edge of the swamp.

In these river branches, semi-submersible boats are fully afloat and barely able to pass.Fortunately, the luxuriant aquatic plants and reeds in these river branches provide good concealment for semi-submersible boats.The most important thing is that these river branches communicate with the waterway of the Euphrates.When these semi-submersible boats go to the area where the water plants and reeds are not so lush, they are already very close to the Euphrates River, and they can already sneak in these river branches in a semi-submersible state.

There are countless river branches like this in the lower reaches of the two rivers, and it is naturally impossible for the Sasanian army to send people to guard every branch.There are only a small number of ranger patrols cruising among them, and they naturally cannot spot these semi-submersible ships immediately.

At this time, on the deck of the semi-submersible ship that surfaced, Liang Jun soldiers were busy setting up ballistas.When the fireballs fired by the ballista shot into the air, the Sasanian soldiers patrolling the city hadn't noticed the few open flames lit up on the river.It was placed in front of the ballista and used to light the projectile torch.

A Sasanian general who was leading soldiers walking along the corridor at the head of the city suddenly found that his shadow was shaking, and the surrounding environment was obviously much brighter.Before he could be surprised, a fiery bomb landed on the ground less than four feet away from him.With the sound of deflagration, Zhan Yugao's flame rose into the air, immediately enveloping the Sasanian officer in the raging flames.Turned into a Pyroman, he staggered and ran for two steps on the corridor, bent down to roll, but the flames were too fierce.Even if it rolls, it cannot be extinguished. After two rolls, there is no sound.

The reason why Liang Jun's ballista projectiles landed so accurately on the top of Taisifeng's city wall was that these ballista players had repeatedly simulated training against the height of Taixifeng's city wall for this operation.The shooting parameters of various ballistas are clear.

Seven or eight bullets fell on the top of the city, and flames rose, one of which was an explosive bullet.Five or six Sasanian soldiers who were two battles away were injured on the spot, and they yelled heart-piercingly while covering their faces.

The top of the city suddenly became chaotic, some soldiers yelled and issued warning sounds, and some hurriedly looked for where the enemy came from...