Guan Yu was startled when he saw Liu Ze, and hurriedly asked, "Your Majesty, why are you so panicked?" ”

Liu Ze said: "Half a year ago, I ordered Gong Jin to lead a naval army to come, and let him enter the Mediterranean Sea from the Red Sea, with the intention of disturbing the heart of Rome. Today, I remembered that there is no passage to the Mediterranean Sea in the Red Sea. ”

Guan Yu said: "What can I do? ”

Liu Ze looked at Guan Yu and said: "The eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea is still under the control of the Persians, and Jiang Wei has led Vologis VI to win it. Yun Chang, I have something to ask for, this matter is not trivial, I hope Yun Chang agrees. ”

Guan Yu said: "Could it be that the emperor wants to dig the river? ”

Liu Ze said: "Not bad. The foreign young people plundered a lot of wealth, and I intended to order Ma Chao and Deng Ai to divide some of the goods, recruit young people in Persia, and add Persian prisoners, rush to Gaza City, and preside over the excavation of the river. ”

Guan Yu said: "I don't know what is the width, depth, and distance of the river? ”

Liu Ze said: "The distance is about 400 miles, and it needs to be surveyed and understood, and it is carried out in sections. As for the width and depth, it is enough for our naval warships to pass smoothly. ”

Guan Yu said: "It stretches for four hundred miles, and it is not a day's work. ”

Liu Ze said: "From the Red Sea to the Mediterranean, there is still an Egyptian state, which has submitted to Rome, the inhabitants of the Arabian Peninsula, living in groups in the form of tribes, and submitting to Persia. Yun Chang can go with a large army and recruit young people from Egypt and Arabia for my use. If the Egyptians did not agree, they would have entangled the Romans to stop them, and when the clouds grew, they could see the opportunity. In Persia, I ordered Ma Chao, Jiang Wei, and Deng Ai to lead millions of young men to harass Rome, making it unable to aid Egypt. ”

Guan Yu said: "Without further ado, please give the emperor an order, and I will go immediately." ”

Liu Ze said: "If you are alone, the supply of grain and grass materials may be slow, and Yun Chang can advocate it on his own." I'll do my best to back you up. ”

Guan Yu agreed, received the edict, and went to order troops.

In the city of Ecbatana, the Han army stood at the head of the city on three sides and confronted the Persian army. Seeing that the Persian cavalry was about to rush to the city, Man Zhong waved the command flag, the crossbow, and the bed crossbow were aimed at the horse road. The Persian cavalry was still relatively fierce, and despite the high temperature after the fire burned, under the command of the defenders, they launched a charge. Before they could get close to the horse road, a rain of arrows suddenly struck, and the Persian cavalry fell in pieces.

The Persian cavalry was not frightened by the arrows, and the horses leaped over the fallen corpses, and the soldiers raised their shields one by one, and still rushed forward. Unhurried, he ordered his soldiers to push down the boulders, and the huge boulders rolled down with terrifying momentum, and the Persian cavalry was immediately driven out of the horse path.

When the Persian garrison saw the cobblestone rolling away, he immediately sent another wave of cavalry to charge. Man Pet understood that the Persians were going to exhaust the cobblestones on the city's head. With a sneer in his heart, he said loudly: "Fire oil attack, block the horse road." ”

The Han sergeant quickly threw out the oil bag and threw it under the road, and a rocket flew out, and the fire rose into the sky. When the Persians saw the fire, they slowly retreated, and the iron arrows of the bed crossbow passed through the fire and pursued it.

Seeing that the Persians had retreated into the distance, Man Chong hurriedly ordered his soldiers to line up along the horse path based on the prism, and then slowly rolled the cobblestones and piled them up into a stone wall. There are a lot of cobblestones at the head of the city, and there are almost four or five ridges lined up on the horse road, so that the Persians can attack and delay for a lot of time.

Prince Daoyaer saw that the Han army was holding the head of the city steadily, and he couldn't help scratching his head, the head of the city was occupied by others, which meant that the most reliable barrier had lost its effect, and there was a large army in the city, and he couldn't use his strength.

The guard said cautiously: "Your Royal Highness, are we sacrificing some soldiers and tearing down the stone wall?" ”

"No need, when the fire is extinguished, just take the rope and pull down the prism with a hook," said Daoyar. ”

The guards will bow to him, or the prince's way is better.

Since the Persians could not come for a while, they were full of favor and distributed their manpower, and sprinkled the periphery of the city gate and cave with fire oil, and the Persians saw that they were about to come and clean up, and the rockets were fired, and the Persian soldiers hurriedly retreated. There was not much combustible thing left on the city, and the full favor was helpless, so he ordered the soldiers to drag up a dozen ladders from the tree on the city wall and throw them into the fire. Man Pet waved the order flag and sent a message to the outside of the city, and some of the Han soldiers outside the city came to the city gate through the cut down suspension bridge and began to move the stones blocking the city gate hole.

The Persian garrison saw that the Han army was on fire in the area of the city gate, thinking that the Han army's head was rusty, why did they light the fire here for no reason? But soon he understood, and there was a noisy sound in the cave of the city gate, and the guard hurried to report to Daoyar. Dao Yaer was anxious, if the city gate hole was cleared, the army outside the city could enter the city, and at that time, although a bloody battle could not be avoided, but the sharpness of the Han army's weapons, how much could their 150,000 horses resist?

Thinking of this, Dao Yaer called the captain of the pro-soldier and quietly gave a few orders, and the pro-soldier captain left in a hurry. It turned out that Daoyaer instructed the captain of his own soldiers to lead his own soldiers to guard the west gate, and once the Han army attacked the city, leave a way to retreat. If you don't think about victory, you should think about defeat first, Prince Daoyaer really has a set of soldiers.

The guards were still waiting for the prince to speak, and Dao Yar pondered and said, "Whatever the cost, attack the city." In the cave of the city gate, through the gap between the stones to throw fire oil, I don't believe it, can the Han army carry stones in the fire? ”

Daoyar gave an order, and the Persian soldiers desperately launched an operation. The stones on the road are only the last stone wall that has not been cleared. The Persians paid a heavy price for this, and the roads were covered with the corpses of Persian soldiers. In the direction of the city gate cave, one by one Persian soldiers wore robes soaked in water, wore shields, carried fire oil, burst into flames and smoke, and ran to the city gate cave. Of course, the fire oil of the Persians and the fire oil of the Han army are not on the same level.

Although the Persians did not attack the city in the end, but in the city gate hole, billowing smoke came out from both sides, and the Han soldiers could not bear the smoke and fire, and withdrew from the city gate hole and took refuge in the open space. At the head of the city, the soldiers under the city wall no longer cared about life and death, and threw arrows at the head of the city, and the Han soldiers had already suffered casualties.

As the sun set, the soldiers at the head of the city were already exhausted, and the full favor was also exhausted, so as a last resort, Zhang Xiu led the army to the city to replace the full pet and others. Zhang Xiu came to the city, in order to prevent the Persians from sneaking up or attacking at night, he got a large amount of wood from outside the city, piled it up on the horse road and lit it. As for the city, a shelter has already been erected, and even if the Persians suddenly fire arrows at night, they will not cause losses to the Han army.

The night of stalemate passed, and at dawn the Persians ran to the gate and lit a fire. The Han army coughed continuously, and hurriedly got up, and saw that the Persian soldiers had used iron hooks to pick up the remaining timber under the horse road, spread the sand, and some of the soldiers had already run halfway up the road with their shields. Suddenly the arrows and the oil beckoned up.

Liu Ze saw that the Persians were not afraid of life and death, frowned and said: "With such a stalemate, when is it a situation?" I ordered the soldiers to pile up sandbags under the wall, pave them into a ramp, and let the men and horses kill me into the city. ”

The emperor has an order, who dares to disobey, 20,000 soldiers came out when he arrived, dug soil and bags, and paved a wide ramp along the city wall for half a day. Liu Ze looked at the sky and said loudly: "Xiahoudun, Xu Huang, and Zhang Fei listened to the order, and ordered the three of you to lead 10,000 elite horsemen, and after you were full, kill the head of the city." Ordered Zhang Xiu to kill and disperse the soldiers in the city and clear the place for the army. ”

Xiahoudun, Xu Huang, and Zhang Fei hurriedly went to arrange. Liu Ye said: "The rest of the generals should also be ready to support at any time. ”

Liu Ze nodded and said, "Have you arranged the ambush?" ”

Liu Ye said: "Zhou Tai has gone to ambush outside the West City Gate. ”

Liu Ze said: "After the army is full, it will immediately attack the city. ”

Liu Ye said worriedly: "It's past noon, I'm afraid that I will take the city, it's too late." ”

Liu Ze said with a smile: "Our army is familiar with night battles, wouldn't it be more beneficial to our army when it's dark?" ”

Liu Ye smiled and said, "I hope our army will take this city tonight." ”

After the whole army finished eating, Zhang Xiu took the lead in attacking the city, and the crossbows, bed crossbows, oil and gunpowder were all left behind, and they were poured into the city. The Persians were taken by surprise by the Han army, and soon a large area was vacated under the city walls.

Xiahoudun, Xu Huang, and Zhang Fei saw Zhang Xiu's message, Xiahoudun took the lead, and 10,000 cavalry rushed to the head of the city and followed the horse road into the city. The condescending charge, the Persians could not resist and retreated. After Xiahoudun's 10,000 horses passed, Xu Huang then rushed to the city. In less than an hour, 30,000 cavalry rushed into the city.

Dao Yaer saw the cavalry of the Han army entering the city, and immediately hurried, and hurriedly dispatched tens of thousands of cavalry to intercept it.

Zhang Xiu saw the Han army entering the city, and he was not idle, leading the soldiers at the head of the city to go down the city wall, fetch water, and splash at the city gate hole. The fire oil of the Persians is generally rapeseed oil or something, burning, thick smoke billing, the Han army splashed water, and then threw sand, the fire in the city gate cave gradually extinguished, and the temperature of the stone soon dropped. Zhang Xiu took the lead and moved out a boulder, and the soldiers saw the general doing it, and they also worked hard.

The Han army outside the city saw that the fire in the city gate cave was getting smaller, and they also hurried over. With the exertion of both sides, the stones in the city gate cave were quickly cleared. At this time, the battle in the city was already in a white-hot state. Seventy or eighty thousand people fought around a place the size of a palm, almost one by one, and all by their own force.

Liu Ze, accompanied by Liu Ye, Xu Chu, and Dian Wei, went to the city, frowning and watching the battle on both sides. Liu Ze can be said to have experienced a hundred battles, looked at it for a moment, and said loudly: "Order Zhang Xiu's men and horses to supply crossbow arrows, get close to the back of our army, and shoot at the enemy." Xu Chu and Dian Wei led their troops down the city, killed the enemy troops on both sides, and tried to attack the rear of the enemy army. ”