Overnight, the Persian and Roman coalition camps were wiped out, with countless soldiers killed and wounded, and more than 200,000 people surrendered. How to deal with the more than 200,000 descendants, Liu Ze has already made up his mind.

Xun You's proposal to build a military port in Minaga hit Liu Ze's arms, so the more than 200,000 soldiers were escorted to Minagalla and handed over to Xun You. After discussing with Zhang Liao, Xun You decided to leave Cao Hong, take care of the soldiers with an army of 80,000, and carry out basic civil construction in advance.

Cao Hong's unyielding temperament made Xun You spend a lot of words before he reluctantly agreed.

Liu Jian and Liu Qianshule City got the news of their father's imperial expedition, so they naturally wanted to rush to Guishuang, but Zhuge Liang couldn't stop them, so they had to send five thousand elites to escort the two. Zhuge Liang repeatedly told Zhang Hu that there should be no mistakes on the road, and Zhang Hu was taught one by one. Five thousand elites, Zhuge Liang equipped them with repeating crossbows, gunpowder, pedal crossbows, and even bed crossbows were disassembled and transported by hundreds of camels.

Seeing Liu Jian and Liu Qian leave, Zhuge Liang immediately sent a message to Liu Ye and Liu Ze, and Liu Ye learned the news and immediately sent troops to greet him.

In the high attached city, the results of the battle were counted, Liu Ze was overjoyed, the Han army almost annihilated the Persian and Roman coalition forces at the cost of less than 100,000 people, and the son of the Roman Emperor Severus and Ardashir's own brother Aldar died in this battle.

After discussion, Liu Ze decided to leave the wounded soldiers to recuperate in Gaofu, Mulu, Lanshi City, and Frusha, and 100,000 Tianzhu soldiers cleaned up the battlefield, and the peak of the army pointed directly at Nisa City, and then waved his army westward to seize the entire territory of Persia.

The army has not yet moved, and the news has come that the Xiongnu and Xianbei are nearly a million young and strong, and they have arrived at Huathorn Zimo; Zhang Hong organized a million Qiang people and young people to the city of Maracanda. Now that the coalition army is gone, there is no need for these two million young men to make a detour, and they enter Persia directly from between Mulu and Nisa.

Cao Cao said to Liu Ze: "Your Majesty, two million young and strong, a huge number, if it is aimless and has little effect, why not send the general to command?" to reap the miraculous effect. ”

Liu Ze nodded, pondered and said: "Ma Mengqi is brave and martial, Deng Shizai is both wise and strategic, Brother Meng De, how about letting the two go?" ”

Cao Cao said with a smile: "It is possible to temper the second son, and in the future, it will become a great tool." ”

Liu Ze said: "Young and strong re-enter Persia, try their best to consume Persian strategic reserves, and the destruction of Persia is not far away." ”

Cao Cao said: "Raise the oven to burn the hair, and make a quick decision." ”

Liu Ze smiled: "That's exactly how it should be." ”

Due to the plundering of three million young men in Persia, the people's livelihood withered, and the people suffered unspeakably, and countless young men were killed, so that the farmland could not be cultivated. The cities were empty, the soldiers were complaining, the morale was low, and many soldiers deserted and joined the plundering army. Ardashir regretted that he should not have taken the initiative to provoke the Han army, if the army stuck to the fortress and city, it would be impossible for the Han army to send so many young and strong. It's just that there is no regret medicine to sell in the world, Vologis VI's men and horses have turned the west of the empire upside down, the eastern front coalition army has been destroyed, and the Han army is ready to move, and there is a great tendency to take advantage of the fire to rob.

Ardashir's flame of hope was dying, and as a last resort, he transferred all the surrounding forces to the vicinity of Ctesiphon, and when the young men did not plunder, he first sent troops to loot within a range of more than 100 miles around Ctesiphon, ignoring the bitter pleads of the people, hoarding all the plundered materials, and making a stubborn resistance.

Outside the city of Nisa, Li Dian and Zhou Taizheng commanded a large army to attack the city. As a hoarding point for the allied army's supplies, the city was exceptionally tall, and the defenders in the city were no more than 30,000 people, mostly old and weak soldiers with low combat effectiveness. Li Dian and Zhou Tai attacked the east gate, gunpowder packs, and oil stormed, and the city gate was opened, but unfortunately the city gate was filled with stones, and the Persians seemed to have prepared for the worst. Li Dian. After Zhou Tai deliberated, he decided to attack.

At the same time, the two cities of Baijiaomen and Apaanya were also attacked by the Han army, and in the direction of the southern front, Wen Ping, Cao Zhen, and Ling Tong's soldiers surrounded Talmena.

Liu Ze was worried about the lack of troops on the southern front, so he ordered Zhang He to lead 50,000 horses south, accompanied by the barbarian kings of the southern central tribes and 200,000 Tianzhu soldiers.

Outside the city of Nisa, the stone-throwing carts were erected high, and the boulders and fire oil bombs were smashed at all costs, and the entire eastern city wall was ablaze, and the city head was already empty. When the fire was extinguished, ladders were set up at the head of the city, and the soldiers who had been prepared for a long time launched an ant-attached siege to the city. 10,000 archers in the rear drew their bows and were ready to fire.

In the city of Nisa, the soldiers hiding under the base of the city wall heard the sound of the ladder on the city wall, and the general yelled, and ordered the soldiers to quickly climb to the top of the city. As soon as the Persian soldiers showed their heads, their arrows were like flying locusts, and they came towards them, so frightened that the soldiers hurriedly bent down. The general shouted: "A group of stupid pigs, raise their shields, rush up, the Han army is about to kill." ”

The Persian soldiers quickly covered the city with shields like prawns at the waist, and at this time the Han army that was attacking the city had already climbed more than halfway. When the Persian generals saw it, they ordered it to be stopped. The Persian soldiers, shields in one hand and spears in the other, tried to push the ladder away from the city. Li Dian saw it and ordered the bed crossbow to be launched to protect the robe on the ladder.

The bed crossbow quickly corrected the angle, and the strong iron arrow roared out and slammed straight into the city. Where did the Persian soldiers think that the power of the bed crossbow is so great that it cannot be resisted by ordinary shields. The thick iron arrows pierced directly through the shield, and the soldiers were taken out all the way, and if it were not for the battlements of the city wall, they would have fallen to the city one by one.

The power of the bed crossbow frightened the Persian soldiers, and the Han army on the cloud ladder took advantage of the situation to jump onto the city and immediately launched a frantic battle. The combat strength of the Persian soldiers is average, how can they be the opponents of these veterans of a hundred battles, in less than an hour, the Han army climbed more and more to the top of the city. The Persian generals were anxious and beckoned the soldiers on the north and south walls to come to their aid, but the Han army had already thought of this, and the stone-throwing cart threw huge boulders and fire oil, blocking the way.

The ground at the head of the city is narrow, and it is impossible to put too many men and horses, so the Persian generals have to arrange the men and horses under the city, as long as the Han army does not leave the city, the city of Nissa is still Persian.

Zhou Tai went up the ladder to the top of the city, saw the Persians huddled together, roared, picked up the big knife, and swept away, with a huge explosive force, shocking countless soldiers. Zhou Tai shouted: "Rear repeater attack." ”

The Han army in front fought hard, and the Han army in the rear took out the repeater crossbow and attacked by feints. The Persian soldiers were huddled together, and the arrows were thrown, and it was difficult to dodge, so that there were countless casualties, and the formation suddenly loosened.

Zhou Tai saw that the enemy army was decreasing, and with an arrow step, he jumped into the enemy group, and the big knife flew over, slashing left and right, and there was a frenzy, and the Persian soldiers suddenly flew flesh and blood. Seeing Zhou Tai's bravery, the Han army broke out together, roared and fought, and the Persians were defeated and retreated, so they had to run down the city.

Zhou Tai let out a long breath, and saw the Persians densely lined up under the city, who were stretching their bows and arrows, and didn't care, and turned around to see that the Han army had gone up to the city with more than 3,000 people, and said loudly: "Repeating crossbows, gunpowder bags, no matter the cost, let me kill these Persian grandsons." ”

The Persians rained down on the city, and the Han army raised their shields to block the arrows, and fired their crossbows condescendingly; After the gunpowder bag was ignited, it was thrown out casually, and the Persians under the city could withstand such a fierce attack.

Zhou Tai had already been optimistic about the war horse of a Persian general, flew down from the city, kicked the general away, turned over and stepped on the war horse, and chased the defeated army alone. Seeing that Zhou Tai was as brave as this, the Han army at the head of the city burst into earth-shattering cheers, ran down the city, and pursued the Persian soldiers.

Li Dian saw that Zhou Tai had already gone down the city, and commanded more people to go to the city immediately, and an hour later, the stones in the city gate cave were cleared, and the Han army outside the city entered the city. The Persians were so bold that they threw ropes out of the city, slipped down the walls, and hastened to hide; The vast majority of the soldiers were either killed or surrendered.

Nisa City was captured, the good news reached Mulu City, Liu Ye learned about it, personally raised the army, rushed to the hundred prison gates, the siege of the hundred prison gates also came to an end, Zhang Yan, Zhang Xiu smoothly entered the city. Liu Ye saw that the siege was going well, and he came to Apa Anya in a hurry, full of favor and wisdom, and won the city.

As a result, the major cities in northeastern Persia were taken into hand, and Liu Ye wrote to Liu Ze to ask for a decision. After consulting with Cao Cao, Liu Ze decided to transfer the command center to Ecbatana. Ecbatana was not far from Ctesiphon and Babylon, and was in good command of the next battle against Ctesiphon.

Born in the Euphrates Valley, the Kingdom of Babylon is one of the four famous ancient civilizations, and the famous hanging gardens of Babylon City are not only beautiful, but also ingeniously designed, which is even more breathtaking. Ctesiphon and the city of Babylon across the river, as the capital of the Sassanid Empire, Ctesiphon was quite distinctive. Unlike ordinary cities, the walls of Ctesiphon are in a huge circle, and the arches of Ardashir's palace are unimaginably high. The 100-foot-high arch was built using bricks and clever physics, and it is still preserved today. If you are interested, if you go to Iraq, you can take a look at this ancient building that has experienced 2,000 years of wind and rain.

Liu Ye received Liu Ze's edict and immediately moved his army westward to attack Ekbatana. Liu Ze and Cao Cao, under the escort of Xu Chu and Dian Wei, left the high annex city and slowly marched towards Ecbatana.

Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Xiahoudun led their troops through the Iranian plateau, one step ahead of Liu Ye, and suddenly surrounded Ekbatana. As the gateway to the capital, Ardashir placed heavy troops within the city of Ecbatana. Before Guan Yu and others set up a camp, the Persians in the city were killed, ready to fight the Han army by surprise.