Chapter 247: Monsoon
The warm and moist air from the Indian Ocean, blocked by the Himalayas, turns westward, and when the currents meet, the wind direction changes to the northwest. For a few days, the south wind became stronger, Liu Zezou raised his brows and looked at the sky, if the south wind blew for a few more days, such sufficient humidity, maybe it would rain heavily. Zhuge Ke's fire oil has been refined into more than 100,000 jars, and Liu Ze has put all of them into sheepskin bags in order to make it easy for the soldiers to carry.
Cao Cao walked to Liu Ze's side worriedly, and said softly: "If it rains heavily, it will not be a good opportunity to break the enemy." ”
Liu Ze said: "The north wind can't fight the south wind. The south wind is so strong, and the north wind is not to be outdone. If the north wind rises in the middle of winter today, it will inevitably be snowy and rainy, which is really unfavorable to our army. ”
Cao Cao smiled: "The weather is so bad, I'm afraid the coalition forces are not much better." ”
"Brother Meng De, what do you think of breaking the enemy on a snowy night?"
Cao Cao said with a smile: "The weather is cold, the road is freezing, the snowflakes are falling, it is difficult to hide the tracks, and the timing still needs to be grasped." ”
Liu Ze said: "Only by surprise, suddenly launching, and catching him off guard, can he win a big victory." ”
"Mm-hmm, I'll see it. Your Majesty, can you gather the generals and start preparing? ”
Liu Ze said: "Yes." ”
One and a half million young men were like locusts in Persia, and the Parthian region was soon plundered, and when Ardar heard the news, he did not dare to divide his troops to attack again, and only hoped that his eldest brother Ardashir could free his hands to eliminate these young men.
The auxiliaries who transported grain and grass for the front line fell into bad luck, and they didn't know when they would encounter a sudden attack by these young men.
After entering Persia from Minnagara and sweeping through Arakhia and Gedrosia, the young men of Tianzhu flocked into the Iranian plateau, echoing the young men in the north, and entering the Persian region, where Ardashir had started.
Ardashir was no longer in high spirits, and the men and horses of Vologis VI on the Western Front were in a hurry, although he had 400,000 horses in his hands, and they were divided into various points and cities, it was a bit insufficient, and some of the former warlords at both ends of the head and rat were already ready to move. Ardashir's eyes were red, and he stared nervously at the map every day, waiting in horror for the arrival of the military information.
The western front is unstable, the situation on the eastern front is unclear, and there is another disturbance in the country, more than a million young men are burning, killing and looting, and the people of Persia are already desperate. Calls for Ardashir's resignation are growing. Ardashir stepped down, who will be the emperor of Persia, the answer is that he knows, naturally it is the former emperor Vologis VI.
After tossing for so long, it is finally possible to get today's results and let Ardashir step down? Just kidding, who wants to give up the right to get it easily? Ardashir gritted his teeth and secretly ordered his special organization to kill those who spread dissent. Bloody killings were happening everywhere and everywhere throughout Persia.
Although Mashar suffered a big defeat, after all, he was Ardashir's own brother, and the army was still in the hands of his own family. Maskha was anxious to make meritorious service and looked for the main battle of Vologis. Under the command of Jiang Wei, the rest of the soldiers and horses adopted the tactics of avoiding its edge and attacking its lazy return, and slipped away from the circle with Masha's men and horses. Ma Siha was taken by Jiang Wei, and he went around in a daze, and Jiang Wei seized the opportunity and wiped out more than 30,000 horses in one fell swoop. Mashar stole chickens and rice, so he had to change his tactics and stick to a few fortified cities.
It rained heavily for two days, and the south wind suddenly turned into a north wind, and the cold air invaded south, first turning into sleet, and then the north wind became stronger and stronger, and the rain disappeared, and palm-sized snowflakes fluttered in the sky.
The temperature dropped sharply, and the unprepared Roman army had to huddle in the barracks and rely on fires to keep warm. Geeta finds Aldar and asks for a cotton coat. Aldar did his best to urgently transfer money from the city he occupied. It's just that the total number of Roman legions is 500,000, and after half a day, half of the number has not been reached.
As a prince, Gaita also has his own old friends and relatives, and if he wants to come, he will first collect the cotton clothes from the generals who are close to him, and as for the other legions, I'm sorry, just wait.
Gaita's behavior naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of the legions who couldn't get cotton clothes to wear, if you don't give cotton clothes, I can't let my subordinates get frozen, right? The various corps commanders began to figure out a way. The Persian people near the garrison were immediately greeted by the Roman soldiers, who were shivering with cold.
Liu Ze looked at the surrounding generals and said loudly: "Tomorrow, the whole army will be dispatched to burn the camp with fire oil, and the enemy army must be annihilated." ”
Deng Ai said: "Your Majesty, the walls of the barracks are soaked with rain and burned with fire, I'm afraid it may not be." ”
Liu Ze smiled and said: "The fire attack is intended to cause the enemy to panic, and then our army will enter, which can get twice the result with half the effort." ”
Deng Ai said: "I see, the last general has said more. ”
Liu Ze took a deep look at Deng Ai, this is a famous general in the world, he has to train well, and said: "Shizai has anything to add to the arrangement of our army?" ”
Deng Ai looked at the generals around him, which one is not a person with outstanding merits, compared with others, he is a small character, the existence of a big-headed soldier, but the emperor is not inferior because of his status, he asks me, this glory is rare through the ages. Deng Ai was excited in his heart, and hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, if you wait for the weather to clear, it will be even colder." The Roman legions came from afar, and the cotton clothes and quilts were not well prepared, and the soldiers were cold, which must be unbearable. The Roman generals and the Persian generals will definitely provoke, the two armies are not in harmony, our army chooses one army to attack it, and the coalition forces may not help each other, so that the contradiction will gradually deepen, and the enemy army will be broken without attacking. ”
Cao Cao applauded and shouted: "Shi Zai is also knowledgeable." ”
Liu Ze looked at Cao Cao and said, "The military order has been issued, how can it be changed?" ”
Cao Cao said: "Although the order is out, fortunately, the generals are here, why not postpone the attack again?" ”
Liu Ze also felt that he was a little impatient, and said with a smile: "Good, just follow Shizai's words, postpone it again." ”
After this incident, Deng Ai's prestige in the army has increased, and the leading generals dare not underestimate it.
The Roman legions' disturbing actions caused Ardar a headache, so he had to come to Gaita and ask him to strictly enforce military discipline and forbid his soldiers to go out and plunder. Gaita rolled her eyes and said, "Your Royal Highness, we, the Roman legions, have traveled thousands of miles for, for what?" You know this, I know it, if the weather is cold today, you let my soldiers suffer from the cold? They plundered the people to better defend your Persian Empire, not for our Roman Empire. ”
Aldar said: "We soldiers, food, clothing, shelter and transportation, all come from the people, and the people are harmed, how can I bear it? ”
And Getha said unto himself, "It is your people of Persia, and not of us in Rome, what has it to do with me?" Thinking so in his heart, he couldn't say that, and said with a grin: "As long as His Royal Highness the Prince can guarantee the supply of cotton clothes for our army, I will give an order immediately." ”
Ardar knew that it was useless to continue, and said hatefully: "I will do everything possible to ensure that your army is clothed." ”
Gaita stretched and said lazily: "Your Royal Highness, our army's food is almost finished, and in addition to cotton clothes, food must be sent as soon as possible." ”
"I have prepared three months' worth of food and grass for your army, why is it running out so soon?" ”
"Haha..., these rabbit cubs, secretly take the grain out and give it to your beautiful Persian woman."
Ardar smiled and cried and said: "Your Highness, the heavy snow has closed the roads, and it is difficult to transport grain and grass, so please restrain the soldiers under your command." ”
Gaita said, "Okay, I'll order it as soon as possible." Your Royal Highness, you are really bored when you look at the cold weather, do you want to help me get a few Persian women for recreation? ”
Aldar really hated this Gaita to the core, gritted his teeth and said, "Your Highness, wait a minute. ”
Seeing Aldar's back disappear outside the tent, Gaita laughed.
The north wind blew away the dark clouds in the sky, and the sun finally showed its long-lost face, but the slightest warmth sent by the sun could not offset the cold after the snow. The allied army's food and grass were about to run out because of the harassment of the young and the intemperate Romans. Aldar couldn't get any cotton clothes with all his might, and Geta was furious, as were the Roman legions. Many Roman soldiers took advantage of the noon day to wander around outside the Persian camp, and when they saw the Persian soldiers passing by, they rushed forward, stripped their clothes, and ran. As a result, the Persians no longer dared to go out of the camp.
The situation of the coalition army, the Han army scouts looked at it one by one, and after Liu Ze learned about it, he said to Cao Cao with a smile: "The contradictions of the coalition forces are not deep enough." ”
Cao Cao said: "The emperor has a plan? ”
Liu Ze smiled: "Not bad." In this case, does Brother Meng De think it is feasible? ”
Cao Cao laughed: "Clever plan." ”
In the middle of the night, the special forces attacked. Dressed in white coats, they did their best to hide their tracks, and quietly approached the Roman camp. In the Roman military camp, the soldiers on night held spears and snuggled up to the bonfire, for fear of leaking a little heat, as for observing the enemy's situation, forget it, let the Persians do it, as long as the Roman military camp does not let the enemy approach.
When the special forces came to the outside of the wall, they saw that the soldiers on the wall were listless, and they couldn't wait to hold the brazier in their arms to be comfortable, and the captain made a few gestures. The two soldiers stretched out their hands, crossed their fingers and clasped each other, and one by one the soldiers jumped up lightly and landed on the wrists of the two.
The Roman soldier who was roasting the fire heard the sound of footsteps, and when he hurriedly looked back, under the reflection of the snow, several people in white surrounded him, and just about to open his mouth to shout, a man in white covered his mouth with a front hand, and then raised his palm, and the edge of his palm hit him the back of the neck. A few white-clothed men did the same, knocked the Roman soldiers unconscious, quickly stripped off their coats, jumped off the wall, and disappeared into the vast snowfield.