Upstairs, Cambyses looked at the Daqin camp in the distance, his eyebrows were hidden, and now he was intercepted by a large army in front and behind, and one bad thing was to die and be defeated. He died alone, but he had the lives of 230,000 Persian soldiers on his shoulders, "The state is difficult!" With a long sigh, Cambyses looked back in the direction of the royal capital with a desolate expression.

"My lord, the people of the auxiliary battalion are almost overwhelmed." The adjutant general walked up to the tower, with a worried face, Cambyses ordered to loot all the grain and grass in the vicinity, which made the people recruited from the local area very dissatisfied, if they continued to deal with it, I am afraid that it would provoke a mutiny, and then they would be in a desperate situation without the Great Qin attacking.

"Banish them from the camp." After pondering for a long time, Cambyses looked at the adjutant general, and almost word for word gritted his teeth and said, he decided to give up those auxiliaries, and the immediate priority is to build the battalion into a solid one, and there must be no mistakes, the 30,000 auxiliaries staying in the battalion are just a burden, and the less 30,000 mouths to eat, the food and grass can be more generous. Cambyses's face turned blue, he looked at the somewhat stunned lieutenant general, and said again, "Expelle them from the camp." ”

"My lord, I'm afraid this will force them to take risks immediately!" The adjutant general came back to his senses, and he advised, 30,000 auxiliary soldiers, although they are just some people, but they are all strong people, and if they really want to mutiny, it is also quite tricky.

"There is a saying in Daqin, which is called when the judgment is continuous, but it is chaotic." Cambyses stared at the lieutenant general, and his voice suddenly raised, "If you don't solve it now before they are fully connected, do you have to wait until they really mutiny, and then kill them all." Cambyses turned to look at the Great Qin camp in front of him. That's when our enemies will take advantage of it. Cut off our heads, and laugh at our stupidity. ”

"My lord, I was wrong." The lieutenant bowed his head. He knew what kind of mistake he had made, and he was not in charge of the army, which was a necessary character for a general, and he actually forgot it.

"If I could, I wouldn't want to give up these 30,000 people!" Looking at the lieutenant who had walked down the tower gloomily, Cambyses sighed lowly. He shouldn't have recruited people from the local area as auxiliaries, and now he had robbed their relatives of food and livestock for the winter, and the rift was already there, and they were left with nothing but a volcano that could erupt at any moment, and he had to do that for the sake of his 230,000 soldiers.

The wilderness was full of homeless Persian herdsmen, and it was ironic that it was no one else who stole their food and livestock. It was their own soldiers, who had come from the king's capital, and who had come to protect them. These dispossessed Persian herders dragged their families and migrated to the interior. But once again they despaired, and Pargodes' army not only stopped Cambyses and his soldiers. It also discourages these herders who want to go to the interior to beg for food.

The army of Pargodes did not hesitate to light the butcher's knife against these herdsmen, and finally nearly 20,000 people fell into the field, the blood stained the earth red, and the remaining 80,000 herdsmen had to turn back and wait for death.

In the Cambyses camp, the heavily armed soldiers drove the people out of the auxiliary barracks, and they did not even give them any rations, and since it was decided to sacrifice the 30,000 men, Cambyses simply did it thoroughly. In front of the heavily armed soldiers, these conscripted local soldiers had no power to resist, and after killing dozens of tough men in succession, these people were driven out of the camp before they could be linked.

Leon soon learned what had happened in the Persian camp, but he was not too surprised, for he would do the same if he had changed his position in Cambyses. "It seems that this Cambyses is indeed a great general, and he is decisive and decisive." In the tent, Li Ang held a wine glass and said lightly, at this time, he had been immobile for more than half a month, except for a few people, most of the generals in the tent did not understand what the boss wanted to do.

"Cambyses was born in a famous family, and he is a distant branch of the royal family in his country, and it is feasible for the marshal to support this person as king." Cui Hao stood up from the banquet and said, his words made the generals present all refreshed, and it was not pleasant to be kept in the dark all the time, it seemed that the marshal was going to have a showdown with them through this dinner.

"You all think that Great Qin has concluded an alliance with Lower Persia, so there is no need to fight with Lower Persia, right?" Seeing that the generals with full tents were staring at himself and Cui Hao, Li Ang put down his wine glass, looked around at everyone and said, "You are all wrong, what Ben Shuai really wants to deal with is Lower Persia, and our alliance with them will only end this winter." ”

Listening to Li Ang's cold words, all the generals in the tent gasped, this Marshal Li on his side was really ruthless, and his heart was ruthless, so he knocked down the Persians' 30 million gold baht, and he was already thinking about how to deal with them, which was really clever. "Lower Persia is strong, and it is unprepared to attack it, and the fall of Upper Persia is only a matter of time

You think that a mere 30 million gold baht can make Ben Shuai sit and watch them all look at the generals in the tent, and smile coldly, "If so, then you are too underestimate Ben Shuai!" ”

There was nothing to say in the tent for a while, and Li Ang didn't care about the thoughts of the generals of the Anxi Protectorate, but continued, "Cambyses and his 230,000 army, Ben Shuai is determined to win, but Ben Shuai wants to capture them alive, do you understand? ”

All the generals were silent, at this time they all knew that Li Ang was planning to sit and watch the fall of Persia, recruit the current 230,000 Persian soldiers, and then let them go back to restore the country and fight to the death in Persia, it was a clever calculation, but whether this thing could succeed or not, they didn't dare to make a conclusion, after all, Cambyses in front of him put on a stubborn posture, and it was probably not easy to recruit him, and the time involved was extremely difficult to grasp. Although there are still doubts in their hearts, all the generals still respond in unison, Li Ang's strategy can be described as vicious, if it can be achieved, it will be a great miracle, and they will also have a share of it.

After everyone dispersed, Li Ang looked at Wang Meng, who was hurrying from Hedong, and said, "It seems that they all have scruples, what do you think of Jingluo?" This plan was originally proposed by Wang Meng, but Li Ang has been implementing it.

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"By blocking the back road of Cambyses and not allowing our army to take over the place and encircle him on both sides, he would have prevented us from doing so." After Wang Meng got up and bowed, he walked to the hanging map, "Cambyses has built his camp to be impregnable, and if our army attacks it before it runs out of food, even if it can break through its camp, I am afraid it will suffer heavy casualties, and it will not be enough!" ”

"Pargodes repeatedly sent people to urge our army, in order to make our army fight to the death with Cambyses." Cui Hao nodded, storming Cambyses' camp was exactly what the Persians were looking forward to, as long as they were both defeated, no one could prevent them from unifying Persia.

"If the 30 million gold baht is less than a day, I will not send troops, and they will be in a hurry." Li Ang didn't care, Cui Hao and Wang Meng were both first-class strategists, but this battlefield was the first time they had been encountered, and it was inevitable that some strategists would go too far.

"What the lord said is very true, but the top priority is to try to find a way to take over the important land in the hands of Pargodes, and our army will reach a two-sided encirclement of Cambyses." Wang Meng's feather fan slapped on the map on the important place guarded by Pargodes, which was blocking the way back to the army of Cambyses.

"Pargoders is an old man, and it may not be feasible to ask him to let him out, but you can give it a try." Cui Hao, who was in charge of intelligence, already had a lot of information about the Persian generals and ministers at this time, among which Cambyses and Pargodes were the two people he was most concerned about.

"Bo Yuan, tell me about Pargodes!" Li Ang heard Cui Hao's words of 'you can give it a try', but his eyes lit up at the same time as Wang Meng and looked at Cui Hao.

"Yes, my lord." Cui Hao got up and handed the file that had already been prepared to Li Cunxiao, and everyone in the account at this time was Li Ang's shogunate Note: The word shogunate originated from the pre-Qin and Warring States periods, when the generals had their own staff to counsel military affairs, and outsiders called it the shogunate, not created by the Japanese. The members are all confidants.

"Persia was originally ruled by nobles, and it was difficult for civilians to get ahead, but since my Emperor Taizu of Great Qin went west, Sinology has gradually spread to the west, and the Persians have also learned from our Kaike, and some people from poor backgrounds have also been reused, and this Pargodes is a general from a civilian background in the Persian army." Cui Hao saw Li Ang looking at the file, so he explained, "Pargodes can now become the three giants in the Lower Persian army, all by his accumulation of military exploits, Upper Persia has been suppressed by Lower Persia for many years, except for the weakening of the national strength, it is thanks to this person, looking around the generals of Upper Persia, only Cambyses, who is now fighting against our army, can fight with him." ”

"The greatest long-cherished wish of Pargodes in this life is to unify Persia and win the position of prince for future generations, so as long as he starts from this aspect, he can be driven to Persia to grab merit." Cui Hao said the most important point, and at this time, Li Ang had also finished reading the file of Pargodes and gave it to Wang Meng to circulate.

It wasn't until everyone had looked at it that Li Ang looked at Cui Hao and asked, "If you are asked to be a lobbyist, how sure are you?" For a while, everyone's eyes fell on Cui Hao.

"Fifty percent." Cui Hao replied without hesitation, "Although Pargodes is keen on fame, he is extremely loyal to the Lower Persian royal family, and it is difficult to be sure. ”

"Fifty percent, that's enough." Li Ang stood up, "He always sends people to urge us to send troops, we should also pay tribute, Bo Yuan, let you go, tell him that Ben Shuai will never send troops if he doesn't see the gold baht in his hands, if he grinds again, it will make Ben Shuai feel that they are not sincere, and when the time comes, Ben Shuai will not say that he wants to go to their royal capital, and he will go in person." ”