"Sister, don't you miss the governor who is far away in the far west?"

The strings made the last sound, and they were still holding down by the slender and white fingers in the trembling, and the woman holding the hairpin withdrew her hand, wearing a black dress that seemed unapproachable, and when she heard the words, a smile was rarely drawn on her face, Cai Yan turned her head to look at her sister who was sitting by the window.

"Naturally, I want to, but the man's family and country are all over the world, and the wife should guard the house and wait for the return of her husband with peace of mind." Cai Yan got up and walked to the woman's side, looking at the early morning of March, the bright sun was rising from the clouds, and the color of the golden glow shone on her face, with warmth.

After the New Year's pass, it has been seven years since Jian'an, she has gone from a girl to almost thirty now, thinking of the Wei family Zhuangzi outside Luoyang City more than ten years ago, it was the first time they met, in the blink of an eye, Zheng'er was almost taller than her, but the relationship between husband and wife is usually less and more separated, Cai Yan has never complained about anything, but occasionally looks at the years reflected in the bronze mirror.

will think: When the husband returns from the battle, the concubine is probably ...... I'm old.

“.…… So my sister is not as alive as that Ren Hongchang, although I don't know if she has reached the extreme west, but she is happier than us. Zhen Ji sat there, looking at the outline of her sister in Jinli, covering her mouth and chuckling: "If I arrive, maybe when I come back, I will add Ding to the family." ”

Cai Yan knocked on the top of her sister's head, "I haven't married yet, how can I open my mouth and talk nonsense, now Zhongda is ...... It's been more than a year since the incident, and it's time for my sister to let go of her heart, right? Haosheng found someone to marry him, if there is no one you like, my sister will find it for you. ”

After she finished speaking, Zhenji over there was silent for a while, and her smile turned into a smile: "It's better not to worry about my sister, it's good to read poetry and books in front of the green lantern case, let's not think about it......"

"But you're not young anymore, and your father is not here, so as a sister, I naturally have to worry about you." Cai Yan squatted down in front of the woman and held her hand: "Actually, I can feel the bitterness in your heart......."

"Sister, don't think too much, I'm fine." Zhen Ji smiled lightly, broke free, and then got up, dragging her white long skirt and walking out, "One day my heart is really let go, Zhen Ji will find a wishful husband to live a good life." She walked to the door, turned around and slowly saluted Cai Yanfu: "Right now, I only hope that the governor will triumph, and in the future, I can't say that my sister can be the queen, and my sister can still follow the light." ”

After Cai Zhenji saluted, Shi Bu left. Cai Yan looked at his sister's emaciated back, there were still many words in his heart that he couldn't say after all, sighed softly, turned around and went back to the house, at this time there was a sound of footsteps behind him, it was Gongsun Zheng who came to say goodbye, he followed his mother back to the house: "Mother, when Zheng'er came, I saw that my aunt's eyes were a little red..... as if she had cried." ”

"Don't ask, she's just thinking of someone."

"Oh." Zheng'er took out a scroll of bamboo slips on the bookshelf, sat down where the woman had done before, and asked while looking at the annotations on it: "Mother, where did you say that my father led the army to?" Listening to Li Changshi, it may have come to rest in peace, what is it like over there? ”

Cai Yan knelt down next to him, touched his son's head, and said with a smile: "How does my mother know, I haven't been there again." But it shouldn't be a wild place, and there are a lot of people living in their own country, but it's just ......"

"Just what?" Gongsun is tilting his head.

“…… When you grow up and understand things, you will naturally know. ”

In the early morning, when the mother and son were talking, the other side of the sky, still in the dark, crossed the desert Gobi, over the towering green mountains, this map belonging to Central Asia, the sky was blue, and the two armies from Dawan and Kushan did not stay at this moment through the Parthian capital - Hekadong Biru.

At the top of the city, Ardaban looked at the silhouettes running in the darkness, took a breath, and clenched the scepter in his hand, which symbolizes the emperor, "When will I be like this, wielding thousands of warriors to follow me one after another." After a while, he waved his hand to the Parthian general Saksh behind him: "You also go, take the Parthian brave warriors, together with the Celeus, to break through Rome and break the wings of the eagle." ”

In the distance, the horns of the Han people sounded in the barracks.

Woo woo –

The sound of the army assembly woke up the early night, the torches stretched like a long dragon winding and turning, and the soldiers who had spent a winter walked out of the tent with spears and knives and guns, and gathered on the huge school field.

The wind blew up the cloak and the white wolf flag hunting, and the tall Gongsun Zhi walked to the front, slowly raised his arm, and clenched his fist in the firelight.

"Ladies and gentlemen...... The war began. ”

The voice opened in a low voice.

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To the west of the Parthian province of Harax, Ctesiphon, formerly belonging to the Parthians, had entered intense military alert.

It is rare to see a single figure on the roads and in the fields.

The Parthians belonging to Ctesiphon were receiving strong fortifications, and since the Roman Emperor Severus's edict, the commander of the army stationed here, Gaiusus, forcibly recruited a large number of Parthians in and outside the city to repair and strengthen the walls and expand the moat, vowing to intercept all the troops coming from the east.

Parthia is already multi-ethnic, and there are many nomadic tribes, the people are fierce, in the process of forcibly conscripting the people, young and strong, there are people who resist one after another, but they are all sent by Gaieuus to slaughter the tribes behind the rebel man, and the local nobles come to persuade him, and he beat them out: "The Cylius slaughtered your two cities, hundreds of thousands of dead and wounded, and I didn't see you retaliate, the blood of the Parthians has long been gone, then be a dog and lie on the ground, don't get up, this is a war between people." ”

The slaughter of chickens and monkeys really shocked most of the tribes, and it was in this atmosphere that the construction of fortifications began in such an atmosphere that the busy laborers whipped the dead bodies everywhere.

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"Stop—"

A high-pitched cry came from the mouths of the galloping horsemen. The black torrent stopped with a bang at the end of the footsteps, the dust on the ground was permeated in the gradually brightening sky, the wind blew, the dust particles twisted and drifted away, in front of each phalanx, the figure of the general covered in armor rode forward, looking at the tall and majestic body on the high platform, more than ten voices gathered together.

"The last general will meet the governor (lord)"

The wind blew through the high platform, the fur on the big hat stroked, and Gongsun Zhi stood on the edge and spread his hands: "Everyone, the time has come for war, do you know what kind of enemy you are facing?" I tell you, that is a country that is also capable of fighting, and that they have the will to be worthy of us, but it is such an enemy that you and I can be excited, you listen! Is there a cheer in the wind? ”

He closed his eyes, and the majestic voice continued.

"During the Han Wu period, General Li Guangli only conquered Dawan, and it was difficult to take a step forward, and you look at the land under your feet, this is the longest road and the longest conquest since Zhuxia, and the foreign countries are broken under the iron hooves and swords and spears, this feeling of conquest is not enjoyable?"

The first rays of sunlight in the east pierced the clouds and shone on his face, Gongsun Zhi suddenly opened his eyes, clenched his hands into fists, and roared like thunder: "A few years ago, the Great Qin soldiers and horses that entered the territory of my Great Han were also so enjoyable, they pointed their butcher knives at the people of Jiuyuan, burned and plundered, and corpses were everywhere, and what are we still doing?!" ”

The tall wolf king, walking on the high platform, Jia Ye also rattled in the tremor of walking, his eyes were bloodshot, he pulled out the seven-star treasure knife at his waist, and pointed at the former princes below, or the generals under the command of those princes.

"I'm thinking about how to get more land—"

"I'm thinking that there are more troops than others—"

"They are all thinking about how to exploit the people under their rule—"

"It's all thinking...... When will you be the emperor! ”

"Many people with backbone have become spineless in front of that throne, but there is such a person in my Han Dynasty, in the face of the abuse of the Great Qin people, he firmly nailed them to the outskirts of Wuyuan for a hundred miles, even if only one soldier is killed, he will never let the enemy take a step closer to the city!"

The blade swept through the air, and a cold glow bloomed in the morning light, reflecting an icy gold.

"This is the bone of my Han people—"

"Along the way, what you get, what you see, how many times more than you get in the states and people of the Han Dynasty, rushing into the cities of foreign countries, making them tremble under your blades, and worshiping my Han people as gods, more than the honor and rights obtained by the Han people, as long as our Han people get together, no one in this world can beat us, and all the land we have walked through will eventually be ours——"

The blade whistled, making a slight sound in the air, and the majestic and tall body stood there, bathed in the golden morning light: "The whole army and soldiers listen to the order, the real western expedition has begun, let the Great Qin people wash their necks and hide behind their city walls, and tremble in the face of you and my butcher's knife!" ”

The moment the seven-star knife slashed through the morning light, a huge voice roared in the wind: "The power of the Han people, no one wants to descend!! ”

"Fight!"

"Fight!"

On the school field, the weapons shook and hit the ground like a forest, and countless hysterical shouts converged together and rushed into the sky. Thousands of horsemen rushed out of the fence to the field.

The spring thunder spread across the sky and exploded with a bang.

On this day, the banner that covered the sky and the sun stretched over the vision of the Parthian soldiers at the head of the city, and more than 100,000 men and horses rose up to the west, without the slightest hesitation, and rushed to the westernmost Rome, in order to block Ctesiphon in front of him, like a lonely reef in the vast sea, to meet the blow of this great wave.

On March 20, the cavalry of 50,000 steppes, 5,000 Kushan, and 8,000 Dawan cavalry rushed through the province of Harax, blockaded Ctesiphon, and cleared the entire field for the final steps of the siege.

On the first day of the fourth month, Gongsun Zhi led the Chinese army to unite the troops and horses, slowly walked through Harax, built siege equipment along the way, and arrived on April 12, a hundred miles away from the city and camped.

When the Roman general Gaius saw the wolf flag fluttering in the air, his scalp tingled and he saw that the fields, roads, and fields outside were full of cavalry figures galloping, cutting off almost all possible paths. originally wanted to rely on the city to defend it, but the current situation was a little unexpected to him, and he felt that the other party's belongings had moved over together.

"...... doesn't follow the routine......."