In the Battle of Hot Springs, the Greeks witnessed the army of Xerxes and once exclaimed with amazement.

O Zeus! Why did you take on the form of a Persian and change your name to Xerxes, leading all mankind to the destruction of Greece?

Now Marwan is expected to have the same emotion as the Greeks, the earth that had just been shaken was all jumping up and the army was now completely revealing its hideous face, on the horizon, the black army that could not be seen at a glance covered the empty fields outside the city of Susa little by little, and the marching battle flags seemed to be like the teeth of the dragon that were about to tear the small city of Susa to pieces at any time, and the most chilling thing was the left and right wings of this army.

The sound of the hussar's rumbling hooves was like a hundred thousand snare drums, and the walls of the city shook with the sound of the huge horses' hooves.

There are not a few cavalry in the Fujian army, but it is like this, in the last Arab war, the Fujian people still suffered from the Arab light cavalry, so this time, almost all the cavalry that can be taken out by Li Jie has been mobilized.

Learn from his father Li Shimin, Li Jie canonized the local leader as Khan on the Central Asian steppe, and gathered under the rule of the Hezhong Protectorate, usually with trade and rewards, once in wartime, a large number of cavalry can be recruited in a short time, this expedition, Li Jie almost hollowed out the Central Asian steppe.

In addition to the cavalry from Tibet and the Indian cavalry, the number of light cavalry in the Great Min was no less than 200,000.

He had never seen such a majestic army, standing on the low wall of Susa, Marwan was stunned, and he was also stunned by the patriarch of the tribe not far away, Nehabande, who seemed to be blackened by the reflection of the Min army in disbelief, this old fellow who had come all the way from Oman to plunder knelt on the head of the city in despair, screaming in disbelief.

"Didn't you say that the Min people wouldn't attack?"

It seems that such a small city is not in the eyes at all, under the gaze of the Marwan tribe with bated breath, the Fujian army infantry on both wings did not even stop for a moment, and went directly to the two sides, and the middle was blocked by Susa City, and a Fujian army general arrogantly rode a horse to the front, holding a horse lance and pointing at the head of the city and shouting loudly.

"Arabs, lay down your weapons and surrender Kaesong, or else they will all be put to death!"

This attitude is absolutely arrogant, before the war started, he wanted the Marwan tribe to surrender unconditionally, but unfortunately the Marwan tribe was not a Spartan, and the wealth had corrupted the fighting spirit of the old Arab patriarch, and he did not have the courage to take out his bow and arrow and shoot the provocative generals like King Leonidas kicked the Persian envoy into the well.

After hesitating for a long time, the old tribal chief Nehawandai waved his hand tiredly, and said to the tribal nobles beside him: "Come here, go out of the city and negotiate with the Min people, as long as our property is guaranteed, we will surrender, and tell the Min people that we are also willing to pay the poll tax and tribute." ”

In just a few minutes, an Arab tribe negotiated the surrender of the Great Min, which would have been unthinkable in the era of great expansion, even if it was the last time the Min army attacked Arabia during the reign of Muawiyah, the various tribes either fought to the end like the city of Kufa, or retreated to the vicinity of Ctesiphon, and did not hesitate to abandon the large military camp where they lived.

But now, with the property tie up, the Arabs can't run.

It was also Hou Jie's grace left behind, and he was not surprised at all, the soldiers of the Great Min army rushed into the small city that was not too big and took over the city defense, and when Li Jie's mobile palace passed by here, he didn't even have the interest to stop and take a look, and continued to move forward directly.

Historically, the Euphrates and Tigris rivers once flowed into the Persian Gulf separately, just when Alexander the Great led the Macedonian army to conquer the world, the ends of the two rivers underwent drastic course changes, and some of them merged together to become the Shatt al-Arab, which flowed into the Persian Gulf, and the middle of the two rivers also formed a long and narrow fertile territory like a trumpet.

After rushing out of the Shatt al-Arab, passing through the small city of Susa, and traveling for about a few dozen miles, the entire Mesopotamian plain suddenly became open.

Changing the appearance of the last time the whole army was synthesized into a fist and cautious, the huge 600,000 Fujian army was divided into five assault groups, the former army Guanning Iron Cavalry Crossbow lost Bi Yao Geluo as the commander, plus the 100,000 cavalry of the Arab mercenaries who took refuge in advance and attacked the cities between Susa and Kufa to eliminate the enemy's living forces in the countryside, Li Jie in the middle led 200,000 by himself, left and right Jinwuwei, the forbidden army and a large number of government soldiers formed a strong army group, and gnawed the Persian cities blocked along the way.

The commanders on the left and right are somewhat unexpected, not the old generals of the Fujian army, the left marching general Fang Yiai, leading the left and right leading guards and local government soldiers, steppe cavalry composed of 120,000 troops, from the edge of the desert south of Kufa, isolated Mecca's support for Mesopotamia through the desert, and on the right is the left and right Xiaowei led by Su Dingfang, the general of the left and right leading guards, with 70,000 Turkic, Tiele and Tibetan cavalry, advancing along the banks of the Tigris River, outflanking behind the Kufa Sultan Ziyad, Isolated from the Syrian side of the Arab imperial reinforcements.

The last rear army was led by Xue Ne, the general of Zuojin Wuwei, guarding the supply of the whole army, but there was nothing new about it.

On the plain between the Euphrates River and the Tigris River, the 600,000 army is distinct, magnificent, occupying a huge horizon, dozens of miles are hunting with banners, men and horses neighing, in this era, except for the Mecca army of Gu and the army of Emperor Yang of Sui to conquer Goguryeo, there is almost no army comparable to it.

Leading such a huge army, as many as hundreds of generals, the general was also full of pride, respectfully and excitedly knelt on one knee in front of Li Jie's mobile palace, waiting for Li Jie's lecture.

One of the most nervous is the general manager of the marching army on the left road, Liang Gongfang is beloved, although Su Dingfang has never commanded an army alone, but he is an old general who has been in charge since the time when Tang Taizong destroyed the Turks, so it is beyond reproach for Li Jie to let him come out, and he is much worse in terms of experience and qualifications.

There are even a lot of rumors in the army, he, the head of the left march, was begged by Princess Gaoyang to King Min, and what makes Fang Yi's love head even more uncomfortable is that part of this rumor is true, at least for this matter, Princess Gaoyang has not run to the mobile palace.

Although Li Jie also talked to him before and affirmed his talent, but in a high position, Fang Yiai still has a feeling of being roasted on the fire.

"Ministers, see His Majesty King Min!"

Just when Fang Yiai was full of thoughts, a large group of generals suddenly bowed their heads, and Fang Yiai was so panicked that they hurriedly followed the kowtow to the ground, and in the direction of bowing, the eunuch Sboratita opened the entrance of the outermost tent of the mobile palace, and Li Jie, Wu Meiniang, Changsun Zhi and Li Chenxi all walked out slowly in full costume.

What made Fang Yiai's hair even more blocked was that his face was full of joy and with a victorious smile, Gaoyang Princess Li Ling also followed behind, and Fang Yiai's long eyelashes flashed twice with a smile, but Fang Yiai's head trembled heavily, and he quickly lowered his head lower.

For the commanders of the various armies, the responsibilities of the deputy marshal have been discussed many times before the expedition, facing the winter sun of West Asia that is already noon, and then looking at the endless army of Damin, as well as the generals kneeling in front of him, Li Jie's heart is surging, and there is a feeling of extra peace of mind, full of pride, Li Jie threw off the emperor's sleeves, and said loudly and proudly.

"It's not too long to say that Lonely, this battle is not only for Lone, but also for the sake of Great Min to establish a century-old hegemony in West Asia, for the descendants of Min to not be harassed and plundered by desert Hulu, and for the sake of wishing the monarch fame and fortune in the future, the descendants are blessed, and Lone is willing to encourage you and go all out!"

"Come on, serve the wine!"

Hundreds of palace maids brought a bronze wine lord and distributed it to the general who knelt on the ground, and took the lead in holding a wine in the center of his hands, Li Jie roared: "Drink this cup, you will hunt the world!" As he spoke, he raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.

"For my Damin, although I die, I will not regret it!" Seeing Li Jie finish drinking, more than 100 generals also raised their wine glasses and poured them down, and immediately threw the wine on the ground to show their determination not to break Loulan and never return it.

Finally, nodding with satisfaction, Li Jie raised his arms and shouted.

"Expedition!"

This time, the slogan of the Great Min was set to break the beard, the cavalry beat the shield, the foot soldiers hammered the guns on the hard earth, and with one step at a time, the whole army shouted wildly to break the beard, like five fingers of a huge palm open, hatefully grasping at the heart of the Arabs in the heart of the desert.

Left Army.

More than 100 faces are waving in the wind, the general manager of the march on Kufa South Road, a few blood-red characters in Liang Gongfang are extraordinarily dazzling, as if a flame is burning in the heart, standing on the famous horse, holding the heavy jujube yang lance, Fang Yiai's legs are heavily sandwiched between the horse's belly, solemnly inspecting the army like a rolling iron stream.

"Haha, Brother Fang, this time it's our brothers who want to work together to kill the enemy side by side!" At this serious moment, a hearty laugh suddenly came, diluting a little nervousness, and under the sun, a handsome and dazzling member of the silver armor rushed to Fang Yiai's side with a smile, and patted him on the shoulder.

It's Qin Huaiyang.

When he was in Beijing, Fang Yiai and Qin Huaiyang were close friends, of course, it was also related to the same problem of "strict wife management" between them, looking at the arrival of his friends, the corners of Fang Yiai's generous mouth also opened a rich smile, and he arched his hand with a smile and said: "Little brother is stupid, and I want Brother Qin to support him more." ”

"There, there, Brother Fang is the general manager, brother, I want Brother Fang to carry me more." Waving his hand modestly, Qin Huaiyang smiled enviously and said, "Of course, Brother Fang also has to work hard, otherwise Princess Gaoyang's efforts will be in vain!" Ha ha. ”

The two brothers are strict wives, and such jokes are usually not less, but this time Qin Huaiyang's unintentional words made Fang Yiai's smile stiffen there.

A hint of gloom appeared in his pupils......