Chapter 271: Wine for Vologis
The spy room mixed in the crowd, with the soldiers on the city, took advantage of the melee between the two armies, and quietly entered the city of Babylon. Jiang Wei saw that the old troops encountered strong resistance and ordered the withdrawal of troops.
Five days later, the night guards picked up letters outside the city one after another, which were full of twisted tadpole writing, which even Jiang Wei did not recognize, but fortunately, Vologis VI assigned Jiang Wei several staff, these people were familiar with Persian scriptures, and they could be regarded as knowledgeable.
Jiang Wei handed the letter to them, and after reading it, one of his staff members said loudly: "Your Excellency, Your Excellency General of the Han Kingdom, this is a letter of surrender written by a middle-level general in the city of Babylon, and he is willing to lead his three thousand men and horses to cooperate with our army and seize the city of Babylon." ”
Jiang Wei nodded, looked at the others, and these staff members said nonsense: "The letters in our hands have similar meanings. ”
Jiang Weidao: "Did you write their names in the letter?" ”
Staff A said: "The letter I have seen is only written on the letter of loyalty to His Majesty the great Emperor Vologis VI. In my opinion, it must be our old resting department, and we will never forget our Emperor Majesty. ”
Staff member B said: "I didn't leave my name on the letter. ”
Jiang Wei said: "Find a way to notify the spy room in the city and make an appointment with these generals to facilitate our army to attack the city." ”
Staff A said: "Your Excellency General, this matter is not easy to handle, the people of Woolworths are extremely tightly guarded at the head of the city, and we cannot contact the people in the city. ”
Jiang Wei smiled: "You just have to write letters in hidden language, as for how to send letters into the city, I'll figure out a way." ”
Staff B said: "Your Excellency, General, I have an idea, I don't know if it will work? ”
Jiang Wei said: "Hurry up and listen to it." ”
Staff member B touched his beard and said slowly: "The city of Babylon is under siege, and the soldiers have no fighting spirit and no fighting spirit, why don't we write a large number of surrender letters, promising them high-ranking officials and generous gifts to disintegrate the enemy army?" ”
Jiang Wei laughed and said: "Mr. B is such a clever strategy, this trick will be handed over to Mr. You to prepare." ”
Staff member B was overjoyed, got out of the big tent, recruited a group of younger brothers, and began to work.
In less than three days, all the letters were written, and Jiang Wei had already ordered the craftsmen in the army to set up thousands of Kong Ming lanterns, wait for the northwest wind to rise, and send them into the city.
In the evening of this day, the north wind gradually rose, and a small box was hung under the Kong Ming lantern, and a stack of letters was placed in the box, and the box was upside down, tied with a string, and in the gap between the string and the box, incense sticks of different lengths were inserted, and after the incense sticks and Kong Ming lanterns were lit, they slowly rose into the air, and floated to the city of Babylon along the direction of the wind.
The soldiers at the head of the city saw that the air was full of large lanterns, which were magnificent, and they stretched their necks one by one and looked up. The incense sticks on the small box under the Kong Ming lantern burned to the string, the string broke, and the letters in the box fell like snowflakes. Because of the varying lengths of incense, letters were sprinkled throughout the city of Babylon, starting from the city. The city of Babylon suddenly became lively, and the people and soldiers were talking about the battle situation, and in the face of the wish of resting the old army, their hearts were both eager and a little hesitant.
The guards picked up the letter in the city and handed it to Jiang Wei, and after reading it, the staff told Jiang Wei that the people in the city said that in the middle of the night three days later, the general would change the defense of the city, and he would take the opportunity to open the city gate, and the location was the west gate where our army was stationed.
Jiang Wei was overjoyed, and after the arrangements were completed, he hurriedly came to find Liu Ze. Liu Ze listened and said: "Boyo, if the city of Babylon is under the control, Persia is under the control of our army except for the west, it is time to think about how to get rid of Vologis." ”
Jiang Wei said: "Your Majesty, Vologis VI has thousands of elite people around him, and he is inseparable from him, and it is very difficult to find opportunities. ”
Liu Ze smiled mysteriously and said: "Don't worry, Boyo, I have prepared a thousand jars of fine wine, and you can send someone to send it to Vologis." ”
Jiang Wei hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, is it...?" ”
Liu Ze said with a smile: "Don't hide it, a small amount of medicinal materials are added to the wine, and if you don't match it according to the monarch and ministers, after drinking it for a long time, you will definitely die." ”
Jiang Wei said: "I'll arrange people and horses and give them to Vologis." ”
The time of three days was soon coming, outside the west gate of Babylon, Jiang Wei commanded an army of 200,000 to approach quietly, at midnight, the torches on the head of the city shook, Jiang Wei saw it, and ordered the rest of the general to lead the troops forward, the city gate creaked open, this rest of the general led the troops into the city, and the defenders on the head of the city did not have a trace of movement. Jiang Wei also thought that if the enemy army used a trick to surrender, he would sacrifice a small number of men and horses, but now it seems that the general at the head of the city is really surrendering, put his mind at ease, urge the army, and quickly enter the city.
It took half a day for 200,000 horses to enter the city, and Jiang Wei personally led an elite army to the north gate. At this time, in the city of Babylon, Woolworths had already received the news, and in despair, he still arranged for his soldiers to resist.
Jiang Wei led the men and horses, all the way to the north gate, the defenders of the city gate were attacked on both sides, Jiang Wei successfully seized control, opened the north gate, and the Han cavalry outside the north gate roared into the city.
When Vorworths heard that his side was retreating, and that a large number of men and Han troops had entered the city, and that the two gates had been opened, he knew that the city of Babylon could not be saved. The so-called trapped beast is still fighting, and Woolworths led his personal guards to also enter the battle circle.
How could the thousands of Woolworths people change the tide of the battle, Woolworths who was fighting did not notice that one of the generals who fought with him looked at him with a hint of treachery and a hint of pride. This general, who is typical of his work, quietly gestures to his cronies, and a group of people slowly approach Woolworths. It was all a family, and Woolworths' personal guards didn't think much about it, and the general approached Woolworths smoothly, and suddenly swung his knife and slashed him in the back. Woolworths was in pain, and when he looked back hurriedly, he was not only furious, but was about to open his mouth to scold, when the general's second knife arrived, and Woolworth was stabbed in the neck and knocked off the horse. When the guards saw it, they surrounded the general. The generals and cronies who were originally thinking of opportunism were killed in an instant.
The death of Vorworth caused great confusion in the hearts of the Persian army, and the city of Babylon was broken by the coalition army after a day of fighting.
Vologis VI looked at the wine sent by the Emperor of the Han State in front of him, and his heart was very happy, what a good omen, the Emperor of the Han State is deliberately showing favor to me, and when Jiang Wei helps me capture the city of Babylon, Ardashir's last army will disappear, and Persia will soon be all mine. Wait until I control the entire territory of Persia, I'm sorry, General Jiang Wei, your ability is too prominent, and it is impossible for you to occupy military power for a long time, if you know the current affairs, you will obediently return to your Han Kingdom, if you refuse to hand over the military power, hehehe, don't blame Lao Tzu for being unkind to you.
Vologis VI while imagining the future, while tasting the wine, well, this Han wine tastes really good, thinking of the old subordinates who worked hard for themselves, Vologis VI shouted: "Come on!" ”