"After this battle, there will be no king in Parthia."

Standing on the lookout and watching the walls of Susa soaked in mud and sewage, Appis thought with emotion.

If the city were broken, it would be the first time in Roman history that it had entered the Parthian summer capital of Susa. Apis recalled that, in the original historical trajectory known to him, the summer capital of Parthia, Susa, was not first broken by the Roman legions a hundred years later, when Trajan the Great came to power. It was also the last breach. Since then, Rome did not touch the eastern part of Parthia, and Hadrian, the successor of Trajan, fixed the empire in Syria.

But now, none of this has happened, and Apis does not know whether there will be such a majestic emperor as Trajan and Hadrian in this Rome in the hundred years after his death.

"yes, it's really going to be over this time. As soon as Parthia was divided, Rome had no rivals. ”

The Grand Legion Commander Publius stood aside and sighed.

"No, you're wrong, Legion Commander Publius. You see, Rome will always have a great enemy, and that is Rome itself. The empire will be glorious for a while, but the internal social contradictions will never be resolved. In times of peace, there will also be wars, wars within the Romans. It's not that I'm alarmist, it's a fact. ”

When Publius finished speaking, Apis turned to him. An elusive smile rose into the corners of his mouth.

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"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Something's wrong, there's something big! ”

The city of Susa, the capital of Parthia, was full of people. People were talking about the seepage of water on the southwest side of the wall. The vizier Ghassani hurried into the city, while King Orodes was enjoying himself with several court ladies.

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

Seeing his most heartfelt minister break into the palace, he was in a hurry to be like this. Aurodes immediately dispersed the palace maids on the left and right, and listened carefully to Ghassani's account of the situation.

"The walls of the southwestern part of Susa were crumbling, and the Romans did not know what to do to make the city completely open to the outside of the city. I suspect that the Didsfur River was dammed, causing the water level to rise and the walls to be submerged in water, and over time it would fall apart. The wetness of the grass outside the city that we saw two days ago is a sign! ”

The old minister, Ghassani, gasped and reported loudly.

"What?! That's impossible! Truncating the river? No, that's outrageous. I don't believe it! ”

Orodes jumped from his throne in surprise. He grabbed Ghassani's collar with one hand, as if to question him if he was lying. But that's what happened, Ghassani wasn't lying. The Roman legions, under the orders of Appis, dammed the Didsfur River and built a dam to control the water level. This huge project seemed unthinkable to the Parthians, but his opponent was the Roman legions, a professional team of construction engineers......

"Come and see, the city wall on the southwest side has begun to seep water today, and it is in danger of collapsing at any time!"

Ghassani shouted anxiously.

However, before Orodes arrived, the walls on the southwest side of Susa had already crumbled with a loud bang. For weeks, the water continued to erode the walls, and on the surface there were no flaws, but in fact the roots were already rotten. Like a river carrying away mud and sand, half of the walls collapsed with a loud bang. The water poured into the city, but it was not so turbulent that it almost drowned the ankles of the people.

"Nope! Everyone, defend the city! ”

Orodes shouted at the gap in the wall, his fat body retreating. The city guards and tribal coalition forces around him kept squeezing forward.

……

The water level receded by night, leaving the ground in the city with filth. All the Parthian defenders guarded the collapse of the city wall in fear at night, for fear that in the next second, a large number of Roman soldiers would jump out of the darkness.

However, after waiting all night, the Roman legions did not appear. The next morning, just as the Parthians were preparing scaffolding to repair the wall, a loud trumpet resounded across the land.

In the rising morning mist, countless Roman soldiers armed with heavy shields and short swords lined up in a thick "tortoiseshell array" and marched towards the city.

"Stop them!"

Anukis, the commander of the Susa garrison, shouted loudly.

In the next second, countless arrows crossed the sky and attacked overwhelmingly.

The red Roman phalanx moved even more slowly, and all the legionary heavy infantry raised their large shields above their heads, and the dense tortoiseshell array blocked most of the arrow rain, which fell on the shield wall with a tinkling sound.

"Steady! Keep moving! ”

"You are the pride of Rome!"

"We are about to conquer a city of gold! Hold on, brothers. ”

Beneath the tortoiseshell array, the centurions continued to speak inspiringly, indeed, this was their last battle to conquer Parthia. Apis had already devised a plan to divide Parthia. As soon as Orodus died, the kingdom would fall apart, and it would fall into endless secession and conquest. This Hundred Years War will also come to an end.

Fighting soon broke out, and heavily armed Roman soldiers stormed the city and fought the Parthian defenders armed with spears and swords.

The blood mist was flying, and Appis stood outside the city, watching the tens of thousands of Roman legion heavy infantry attack the city like a red tide. The mood is heroic. This is the great feats that countless emperors have aspired to......

Inside the city, fierce battles broke out.

Crane led the charge, severing the head of one of the Parthian infantrymen with a sword, and the man's blood gushed out like a fountain. The headless corpse lay to the side, trampled under the feet of the Roman veterans who followed behind him. However, the red-eyed soldiers had completely forgotten their fears.

The ancient Greek writer Herodotus once said that whoever possesses the wealth of Susa can compete with Zeus. Now, this rich city is in front of them, and the Roman soldiers, who regard wealth as their fate, are naturally boiling with blood, and they chop all the Parthian defenders who came to stop them into meat sauce......

Publius had just stabbed a Parthian veteran to death, and then the Roman legionnaire stepped on the dead veteran and drew his short sword from the corpse until blood was splattered. He then wiped the blood from his face and continued to look for the next target to slaughter.

Lives are devastated, so to speak. To achieve hegemony in the belt is to become a tyrant...... Appis suddenly sighed with heartfelt emotion. All those who resisted, old and children, were chopped into mince by the Roman soldiers who entered the city...... Everywhere there was the wailing of women, who were dragged into the alleys and in the dark......