"What?!"

The walking horse's hooves stopped, Gongsun Zhi pulled the reins, and the expressions on his faces were stunned for a moment, Dian Wei and Li Ke were also surprised, and stepped forward to ask: "Where is the old general?" ”

The knight replied to the Chinese army: "Just wait for the lord to return in the handsome tent." ”

Without waiting for the herald cavalry to finish speaking, Gongsun stopped "driving-" and shouted, slammed a whip, and galloped up, hundreds of guards behind him rode horses to follow, a series of horse hooves roared and vibrate, along the way, the checkpoints, patrols saw that it was the lord, they put away their weapons and moved away to avoid the horse, and when they reached the middle of the big tent a few zhang away, the curtain was opened, and an old man greeted him, and there were several familiar generals around, such as Zhang Fei, Cao Chun, Huang Zhong and others, and they bowed their hands to Gongsun Zhiqi, who came down from the horse: "The last general, I have seen the governor." ”

He waved at them in a big figure, and then stood still in front of the old man for a long time before saying, "Uncle, it's good to come back." ”

"Then did my Lao Zhang catch up with the banquet tonight? People with cold weather in this bird have cold urine, and it is also appropriate to drink a few jars of wine to warm up. ”

Gongsun Zhi glanced at the black man who was babbling next to him: "There will be a war in the near future, no drinking, this banquet will be recorded for the time being, and you will be able to drink enough to capture Fandou City another day, it is not early today, and the generals will go back first." ”

“…… That's not going to be pleasant. ”

"Haha, General Zhang should not be annoyed, when the war is over, the old man personally invites the general to drink alone."

"Then I'll take it to heart."

As everyone said goodbye and left, Gongsun Yue walked into the big tent with his nephew, looked at Gongsun Zhi who poured wine in front of him, took out the blood-stained letter of rest from his arms, and told all the experiences of the envoy to rest in peace and then to the attack and rescue, and also said about the infighting between the two princes.

"I have already guessed that in the case of such a foreign invasion, there will be a rebellion, and it seems that Prince Aldaban is not coveting the throne for a day or two." Gongsun Zhi took a long spoon and scooped warm wine for the old man: "...... but since he saved his uncle, it is not impossible for my Gongsun Zhi to let him be the emperor." ”

"Then what conditions do I need for the Western Expeditionary Army?"

The old man asked softly, and there was a sound of footsteps outside the curtain behind him, and Utti reported outside: "Dudu, the Parthian messenger has come again during the day, without a gift. ”

Kill him, and the head has their men take it back. Gongsun Zhi poured himself wine, then put down the copper spoon, and continued the topic just now: "Rest in name must surrender, after all, their land and people still need their own governance, I will not interfere in political and military affairs, the other two conditions, the heavy grain needs them to supply the consumption of our whole army this winter and even spring, second, send an auxiliary army to fight with the army, they and Daqin are also feuding, at this point, I am not worried about any problems." ”

"Assistant?"

The wine rippled in the glass cup, Gongsun Zhi looked at the slightly precipitated wine inside, and said with a smile: "The replenishment of the Western Expeditionary Army is a big problem, at least until the second half of next year, there may be a second army of soldiers and horses to come to reinforce, it is only possible, but the conquest cannot be stopped, so foreign soldiers and horses are needed to consume the Great Qin people, before my uncle came back, I have sent someone back to Dawan to let the troops come over..... Guishan I also asked people to bring gifts and some valuable things, and hire Guishan An army that is not too big, By the beginning of spring next year, when the weather warms up, a combined army will probably be formed in this area. ”

Outside the tent, a soldier came in with a wooden plate with a bloody human head on it.

"After all, this is a war for the pastry...... Once such a lucrative situation is seen, no one can withstand such greed. Gongsun stopped looking at the human head, and his lips curled into a smile in front of the cup: "Uncle, are you right?" ”

The uncle and nephew talked freely in the middle of the night, and when the day was a little clearer, the old man with dozens of Harax horsemen and a hundred wolf horsemen passed the original words of Gongsun Zhi to Ardaban, who was anxiously waiting at noon that day, and the latter thought for a while, and agreed to this request, which was not too much.

Soon after, at the urging of Gongsun Yue, he wrote a long letter to all the people of Parthia, including the commoners, citizens, nobles, and officials, and asked his scribes to copy hundreds of copies, and shot them up the city walls.

To all inhabitants living in Parthia:

You are a magnificent and great people, who have never succumbed to the spears and swords of the enemy after long wars, because we have a spirit of freedom, fairness, and light, driving away all the evil and injustice that come near, and making the fierce and ferocious enemies tremble under the wrath of the Parthian people......

On the city walls, Sakshhk knew that the matter would get worse when he saw this letter to all the people of Parthia, but when he sent his soldiers to collect these suspicious letters, the contents had already spread among the soldiers, even in the cities and the streets of the bazaars.

Inside the palace, the voice of the chanting had already read the rest of the content in the empty hall.

“.…… The fair and righteous Parthians never took the initiative to provoke any war, and the invasion of the Serians shocked and angered me, and I was even willing to give my life to die generously with the suffering people, but I know the truth, not angry at the cruelty and blood of the Serians, there is an old man by my side, he is full of wisdom and mercy, he is the relative of the supreme commander of the Serius army, he was rescued by me outside the city of Hekadonbiru, when I saw the bloodstained by the Parthian Emperor, When my father personally wrote his letter to the Supreme Commander of Cylius, I understood that this calamity was not brought to the Parthians by the Cylius, but that my brother, the current Parthian Emperor Vologis, placed the fault of killing the Eastern Cyrius on his father's head, and also attracted the crazy revenge of the Cylius, such a person, such a character, could not convince all the Parthians who had fairness and justice, but only disgusted and spurned, and Vologis defiled the throne, a symbol of holiness and power......."

"Enough!" Vologis roared angrily on the throne.

"..... I will remove him from the throne, clear my father's grievances, and avenge the innocent death of the Parthian people and soldiers." The sound of chanting echoed through the temple, and the last words fell: "Ardaban swears." ”

"Ardaban...... I never thought that one day you would make me feel so hateful as a brother. Vologis clenched his fists and gritted his teeth to squeeze out this sentence, but it was only like this, the other party sent such a letter, which has already indicated that he will stand on the side of the Cylius, plus the content of the other party's letter, it will also make the nobles and officials who originally supported him have a position problem, after all, there are some things that can be thought of without presenting evidence. Moreover, the army of the Celelius is outside the city, and it will attack the city at any time, and if there is a problem inside, it is very likely that he Vologis will be captured by his own people and sent to the other party to calm his anger.

Stroking the triple crown in his hand, the gems passed under his fingertips. When Vologis thought of giving up the throne that he had won so hard, he was unwilling after all, and he hoped that it would snow soon that day.

"Stupid brother..... you don't want me to have a good time."

He was in the throne, looking at the empty hall and muttering softly. To say that he was not afraid of his heart was false, he was more afraid of death than anyone else, and soon after, a guard outside the palace came in and reported: "Your Majesty, the envoy team that went outside the city has returned." ”

On the throne, the crown didn't have time to be put on, Vologis stood up in a panic, and took two steps excitedly: "What do the Celeusians say?" ”

"They killed our messengers."

The crown in his hand fell on the white tiles with a clatter, and the Parthian emperor staggered back, retreated to the throne, and sat down dejectedly, as if all his strength had been drained at this moment, and he leaned weakly on the back of the chair, and waved his hand to let the guards retreat, falling into a dead silence.

"Call the High Priest."

After a long time, he looked at the crown on the ground and made a decision to give way to Ardaban.

A day later, when Gongsun Zhi, who was preparing to attack the city again, received the news, the attacking army stopped for a while, and Ardaban, who was more than a hundred miles to the west, was in astonishment, and then after learning of the news of Vologis' abdication, he fled from the south to Sassanid Persia.

Originally, he planned to use force to drive down Vologis, and then make peace with the Cylius as the Parthian Emperor, he would be the hero of the entire Parthian Empire, however, his brother suddenly abdicated the throne with him, and the effect was different, that is, as a successor, it became a symbol of compromise and cowardice.

"That's how everything changes."

Ardaban looked at the gate of Hekadong Biru in front of him, and a slight coolness fell on his face from the sky, and it was snowing.

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"It's only snowing now...... Uh......."

Vologis, who had fled to Sassanid Persia, looked at the heavy snow, suddenly clutched his chest, his face flushed, he let out a cry of "ah-", spurted out a mouthful of blood, and fell to the ground.