"No matter how many times I look at it, this seven-story fortress is still so beautiful." Dressed in casual clothes and carrying a single-lens reflex in his hand, Gao Yang stopped outside the city composed of seven castles of different colors and said with emotion.

"This is the place where the wealth of the Persians gathered." "Although that Vologis V took everything he could with him when he fled. But the sergeants can still unearth endless riches here. Your army's will to fight is now rapidly declining, as their purses are full. It's not easy to get these rich guys to continue fighting to the death for you in this day and age. ”

"Huh." Gao Yang shook his head and chuckled, raised the sheet in his hand and took a few photos of the beautiful scenery in front of him. Looking at the magnificent castle in front of him, he said with a smile, "I should also thank them for not scraping off all the gold and silver painted on the outside of these castles." Otherwise, such a beautiful picture would not have been captured. ”

I took a deep look at the beautiful castle again. Gao Yang sighed lightly, turned around and walked out of the city. "Sergeants are also people, and it's a good thing that they're rich. As for things like a decline in the will to fight, it's the same for everyone. This kind of thing can't be forced. Since you don't want to continue the war, and you want to go home and enjoy it, it's better to go back. In addition to civilization, the biggest advantage of the Chinese nation is the massive population. ”

"That's right." Yuan Dian smiled and said, "The population of Huaxia has always been the largest among the entire nation in the world. In the era of cold weapons, this advantage is almost invincible. You've already arranged it? ”

"You and I stayed here just to recuperate?" Gao Yang smiled and came to the side of his war horse, and rode up with a vigorous turn. "Alright, now the holiday is over. Continue our expedition. ”

......

Ctesiphon, an ancient name. This glorious city of the past is long gone in modern time and space.

In the midst of this era, Ctesiphon was the winter capital of the Resting Empire. It is located on the left bank of the Tigris River, at the mouth of the Diarra River. It was originally a military city built by the Greeks to defend against the attacks of the Seleucid dynasty. After the rise of the Parthians, it became the national capital.

Ctesiphon's location was about forty kilometers southwest of the city of Baghdad. This is the most important city of the Rest Empire. It was burned by the Roman legions on an expedition decades ago. The Sabbatarians spent a great deal of time and materials rebuilding the city. Decades have passed, and the city is once again threatened by an alien army!

When Gao Yang led the main force of the Han army here, the young emperor of the Rest Empire, Vologis V, fled again. Just like he did in the summer capital of Ecbatana. Once again, the emperor abandoned his winter capital.

"The land here is so fertile." Cao Cao looked at the incomparably rich Tigris River, and said with extremely hot eyes.

"From now on. Everything here is ours. Gao Yang raised his chin slightly and said with a smile.

"What the Captain said is very true." A group of Han generals immediately responded. For these generals who lack nothing, the only thing they want to pursue at this time is the fame of celebrities through the ages.

What could be more exciting than this epic expedition at this moment? More so that everyone can be famous? Ordinary soldiers may lose motivation because of the wealth and military exploits they have gained, but these generals will not. At least not until they follow Gao Yang all the way to the end of the sky, the corner of the sea!

"The barbarian chief Vologis V ran away again, and the barbarian nobles said that they had fled to the northern city of Hatra. Will our army go after it immediately? Cao Cao, who had been basking in the sun for a long time in Central Asia, had turned dark, stepped forward and asked.

Gao Yang shook his head with a smile and said, "That's just a scared person, what's the point of running after him?" Our first task now is to restore the combat effectiveness of the army. At least to regain the strength that it had when it had just left the Western Regions. The current sergeants have all filled their bags with countless riches, and their will to fight to the death has begun to decline rapidly. ”

"What the Captain said is very true." As the first general to follow Gao Yang, Zhang Liao is very aware of this. He could clearly feel that the will of the cavalry under his command was constantly weakening with the extension of the army's westward expedition.

"Exactly." A group of generals responded.

"But what can we do to reinvigorate the sergeants? Not a small number of sergeants, but almost all of them. This one is too hard. Jia Xu, who had a frosty face, looked at the vast army beside him slowly entering the capital of the resting people, and asked helplessly.

"That's right." Gao Yang raised his hand and waved the horsewhip in his hand. He said in a deep voice, "If you want to arouse the will of most of the sergeants, it seems impossible at present. So I had already thought about it, and I would replace another batch of troops directly from the mainland. ”

"Ahh All these generals were dumbfounded.

"Lord Tai Wei!" Zhao Yun, who had a calm personality, said with some anxiety: "How far away is it to go to the mainland here?" Even if it's all cavalry, it will take more than a year to talk about it back and forth! If we leave, this good situation will be gone. ”

"Not bad. Not bad. Everyone echoed. Don't look at the barbarians everywhere now who have surrendered. That's because the main force of the Han army is deterring here! If the main force of the Han army was to retreat, these barbarians would inevitably rebel immediately.

Why did His Majesty Vologis V endure the ridicule of countless people and run away again and again? Isn't it so that it can last until the day when the Han army voluntarily retreats? These barbarians, who have been fighting on the Silk Road all year round, naturally know how far away it is to go to the Han land. As long as the Han army retreats, in this era, they want to trek thousands of miles again to launch an expedition of this scale on this side. To say the least, it takes at least ten years of preparation. This time is enough to change the world here.

"Who said that if you rotate the army, you have to retire?" Gao Yang raised his chin slightly, looking at the group of generals under him with a smile. smiled and said, "Can't you think about the problem differently?" Don't always keep your eyes on land. ”

"On land?" As a smart person, Guo Jia instantly thought of a possibility, and hurriedly shouted loudly, "Lord Taiwei, is it the sailor of Governor Sun who is here?" ”

A word to wake up the dreamer.

Here are the most elite people in the entire Han Empire. As soon as they had a hint, they immediately thought of this possibility. I can still walk by water.

In fact, as a continental nation that has been inherited for thousands of years, it is normal to not think of this. After all, there wasn't anything to refer to before.

"That's right." Gao Yang said with a smile: "Sun Wentai's fleet is almost at the southern seaport. His fleet was full of sergeants who came to rotate. It's a bunch of young lads who have never seen much of the world, and they have poor jingles in their pockets. They didn't bring anything with them, only their own people. ”

After a pause, Gao Yang looked around at the seemingly endless huge Han army. said with a smile: "These troops who have lost their will to fight and have been fed have left their equipment and war horses. With their wealth, they can follow the fleet back to their homeland. Don't underestimate the sailors, their big ships can hold thousands of people! And the sailing speed is extremely fast. It will only take two months to return to the mainland from here. The rotating sergeants put on their armor, mounted their horses, took up their weapons and were ready to fight! They didn't get rich, they were hungry for victory! ”

"Lord Taiwei is clever, we might as well wait." With Cao Cao's summary, all the generals were deeply convinced of Gao Yang.

......

Located at the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, Harax is the port of Basra in modern time and space. At this time, it was only a small fishing village, but its location was extremely important.

When Gao Yang came here with the main force of the Han army to urgently build a wharf a few days later, a huge cloud sail covering the sky and the sun was exposed on the sea level in the distance. That's hundreds, if not thousands, of the finest sailboats.

According to Gao Yang's order before the expedition, Sun Jian and his fleet found out the route to Harax early according to the nautical chart handed over to him by Gao Yang, and established a large transit base in Cam Ranh Bay, the Lion City, Ceylon Island and other places along the way.

Subsequently, according to the order given to him by Gao Yang, nearly 200,000 unarmed sergeants in the Yangzhou area were loaded onto the fleet of sailors and set sail all the way to the distant sea.

Along the way, the fleet made constant stops at various large bases to recuperate. It took months for the stop-and-go to get to Harax.

There's no way around it. The fleet was full of sergeants from the north. It was impossible for them to sail directly over the vast sea for two months in a row, so they had to use this stop-and-go way.

"Hahaha~~~" Looking at Sun Jian, who jumped from the boat and came all the way to him, Gao Yang laughed and shouted, "Wentai, you have made history!" A voyage of this magnitude and this distance will surely go down in history! ”

"Oh~~~"

The surrounding generals made envious voices in unison. It's gone down in history. Who wouldn't want to do that now? However, Sun Wentai was able to transport hundreds of thousands of troops all the way here from a distant homeland, and this great feat definitely deserves to be remembered in history.

"Thank you, Captain, for your kindness!" The perennial life at sea did not detract from Sun Jian's heroic spirit. After saluting respectfully, Sun Jian replied loudly.

"Okay, don't say anything else, drink and drink. Be sure not to get drunk today! Gao Yang laughed and pulled Sun Jian towards the Chinese army's tent in the distance.

After a long expedition, I met so many of my own people, how could it be possible not to drink the old age! (To be continued)