The origin is really not wrong this time.

When Cao Cao led tens of thousands of morale-boosting troops into the territory of the Anxi Empire, and along the Silk Road entered Mulu City, an important city of the Anxi Empire. Because of the rapid collapse of the Kushan Empire, the rest of the Han army who had been wary of it early soon made Cao Cao suffer a loss.

When Cao Cao confidently sent an envoy to demand the surrender of Mulu City, the governor of Margiana directly killed Cao Cao's envoy. And hung the head of the envoy on the head of the city, and laughed at the Han army. The messenger was Cao Cao's clansman. Cao Cao, who was furious, suddenly became angry, and personally urged the army to attack the city.

The vanguard regiments were basically cavalry. Although the combat effectiveness of the Han army after dismounting was not weak at all, they lacked siege equipment and heavy weapons. Moreover, the soldiers and civilians in Mulu City have already cleared all the wood and stones around the city, and even if they want to build simple siege equipment, they need to travel dozens of miles to pull wood back.

The Han army of the vanguard army only relied on the chain crossbow to suppress the city, and the elite cavalry who dismounted rushed to the city wall with improvised ladders.

The current people of Anshu are not nomadic people who live in pursuit of water and grass, but they have a long civilization and culture. For thousands of years, he fought bloody battles against the Greeks who came to colonize Central Asia and the expeditionary forces of the Roman Empire during its heyday. The technology of urban defense has long been perfected.

The soldiers of the Rest Empire hid behind the thick walls and threw rolling stones, sasswoods, and gold ash bottles out of the city. A large number of brave Han soldiers screamed and fell under the city walls.

No matter how powerful the chain crossbow is, it can't penetrate the thick stone walls. And the bolts could not turn and hit the defenders who were hiding behind the walls. Two desperate attacks in quick succession resulted in the damage of more than 2,000 sergeants.

In the face of huge casualties, Cao Cao, who was furious, finally quieted down. Ignore the provocations of the defenders on the city walls who cheered and urinated on the Han army. After snatching back the bodies of the wounded and the dead soldiers, Cao Cao sent a large army to surround Mulu City. At the same time, Kuaima ordered the siege troops in the rear to rush over.

The Sabbaths have done well. They bravely guarded their homes, all kinds of facilities were prepared, and their morale was very high. Even when the city is besieged, it is not afraid.

The city of Mulu City is well defended. Moreover, there was enough food in the city to feed the whole city for a year. On top of that, the Rest Empire is very large and extremely powerful. They have a huge land area. The population is as high as 10 million!

The military power of the Rest Empire is also very brilliant. In the Battle of Carré more than 200 years ago, they completely annihilated seven Roman legions led by Crassus, one of the three Roman giants, and more than 40,000 vassals!

Among them were the ancestors of the Romans who fled all the way west to the Han Empire. It was one of the most tragic battles in the history of the Roman Empire.

Crassus may not be very familiar, but Caesar and Pompey, who were the first three giants of the Roman Empire, can be used to understand his position in Rome at that time. He led the most powerful and elite legions in the Roman Empire.

The Sabbatarians are adept at using the "Rest in Peace" tactic. This is a kind of cavalry feigned retreat. Then turn around and shoot the enemy's tactics. This tactic, combined with the compound bow, was so powerful that even the most advanced Roman legions could not stop it.

This time, the rest of the people were guarding Mulu City in order to leave time for the assembly of the emperor's ** team. When the army of the Rest Empire is assembled, it will come to the rescue of Mulu City. When the time comes, these invaders can be defeated.

It's just that, at most, the rest of the Han army and the Roman Empire expeditionary force on the same level will not know how powerful the Han army is in this era.

After thwarting Cao Cao's first siege, the confident defenders of Mulu City even took advantage of the darkness to sneak out of the city to launch an overnight attack on the Han army. It wasn't until more than a thousand heads were cut off by the Han army that it was quiet.

It didn't take long for the siege troops requested by Cao Cao to come to Mulu City. Cao Cao, who had been holding back his anger, ordered a large-scale siege battle without saying a word. Hundreds of trebuchets threw deadly incendiary bombs into the city of Mulu. Even if the buildings in the city were made of stone, it was useless. Incendiary bombs that can't be extinguished can even burn stones!

By the time Gao Yang came here with the Chinese army, Mulu City was already hopeless.

The Sabbatarians are unusually brave. After realizing that the fire in the city could not be extinguished, they once opened the gates and launched a desperate charge against the heavily guarded trebuchets outside the city. Those extremely brave Sabbatical cavalry even rushed all the way to the trebuchet, only a hundred paces away, before being shot into hedgehogs!

"These people are so brave." After hearing about this, the origin said with some emotion.

"Hmm." Gao Yang squinted his eyes slightly, looking at Mulu City in the distance, which was surrounded by thick smoke and fire. Nodding his head, he replied, "The Sabbatarians are also called Parthians." Hundreds of years ago, they were important nomads in Central Asia. At first fought with the Greeks. Later, he fought against the Romans. The strength is not bad. They inherited territory in Central Asia after the fall of the Persian Empire. Through continuous development and endless struggle with the Roman Empire, it was in the midst of war that the current Resting Empire was forged. ”

"It's a pity that no matter how powerful the empire is, it will be given in vain when it meets you." Origin whispered.

"Huh." Gao Yang smiled and said, "Even without me, they won't be able to resist for long." Ardashir I, the king of kings to the south, should have now united the remnants of Persia and was about to launch a major assault on the Sabbatarian Empire. In twenty or thirty years at most, he will replace the Sabbatical Empire with the last pre-Islamic Persian Empire, the Sassanid Empire. ”

"Will you give that Ardashir I this chance?" Origin asked curiously.

"How is that possible?" Gao Yang laughed.

Looking up at the dense black clouds that covered the sky and the sun, Gao Yang raised his chin slightly, felt a trace of hot breeze in the air, and said softly, "All forces that dare to stand in front of me will be destroyed." No one can stop me until I enter the city of Rome! ”

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Mulu City is finished. This important city on the Silk Road has been completely burned down at this moment. Except for a very small number of lucky ones who escaped from the city and were captured by the Han army. Nearly 50,000 defenders and citizens were burned along with the governor of Margiana.

"This unquenchable fire is too powerful." Yuan Dian said with some palpitations: "In this era, there are no means of prevention and confrontation at all. If the secret of the incendiary bomb is known to the enemy, it will be dangerous. ”

"The level of science and technology in this era is not up to it." Gao Yang responded with a smile: "Don't talk about those additives. They didn't even have the rubber to seal the clay pots. This dangerous object can even do more damage to its own people than the enemy when it lacks protection! I've never been worried about these things. Breakthroughs in science and technology require continuous accumulation and a seamless supporting foundation. A flash of inspiration breakthrough is absolutely impossible to change the balance of strength and weakness. Therefore, in any era, climbing the technology tree is the most important thing. ”

After the capture of Mulu City, the action was swift. The Han army, which had no logistical drag, made a rapid assault, and it only took less than ten days to settle under the city of Nisa, the old capital of the resting people!

"This is where the Sabbatians made their fortunes, and indeed the land is fertile." The horses came to a hill and looked at the magnificent city at the foot of the mountain in the distance beside the clear turquoise river, and the lush farmland outside the city. Gao Yang couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"There are many such fertile lands on this planet. If you take the army to occupy it piece by piece, you won't be able to run it all for 180 years. What's the point of you doing this now? The origin asked out loud in confusion.

"Don't you understand?" Gao Yang hooked the corners of his mouth and watched the huge Han army surging out at the foot of the mountain, like a gray dragon rushing towards Nisa City in the distance. He replied with a smile: "I attack all places with civilization. At least it is out of the primitive tribal stage. Entered the place of slavery. My intention was not to occupy territory. After all, the population of the Han Empire and the transportation and communication conditions of this era are not enough to support too vast a territory. My aim is to conquer civilization and defeat all forces that can pose a threat to the Han Empire. Strangling all possible threats in the cradle. This is the theme of this western crusade. ”

"I see." The origin suddenly responded.

"Well, the war begins. Let's continue this magnificent conquest. Gao Yang smiled and pulled down the mask on his helmet, clamped the horse's belly hard, and rushed down from the hill first!

The Han army's assault was so fast that when it was so fast that the people didn't have time to react at all. Although we have received warnings, we have also responded. But the people of Anxi never thought that the Han army was marching so fast, and it was actually in such a short period of time that the troops had already arrived in the city!

In this case, the governor of Nissa had no choice but to close the gates and defend the city. At the same time, a messenger for help was sent to Ctesiphon, expecting the Emperor's army to come and relieve the siege.

The reason why it is said is to expect the emperor to relieve the siege. That's because the governor saw the huge Han army outside the city from the walls of the city of Nissa and could not see it at a glance. If you want to repel such an extremely large invader army, it is only possible to gather the strength of the whole country. And such a huge army is capable of being commanded by no one except the Emperor!

In distant Ctesiphon, the young Sabbatarian Emperor Vologis V had just taken over the Emperor's scepter from his brother Osroes II, who had died of a sudden illness, just last year.

Before the young emperor could get his spirits up, he was ready to retaliate against the Roman Empire, which had captured and burned Seleucia and Ctesiphon decades earlier. An urgent military briefing was received. An incomparably powerful army was killed from the far east, and the name of this army was the Great Han Army! (To be continued)