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Sun Bong wrote a letter to Ardashir, ordered several hundred copies to be copied in Chinese and Lulu, and shot arrows into the city. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info He said to Ardashir that my father had come to Axum for the sake of the people of the world, and had signed an alliance with the king of the Four Kingdoms to protect the peace of the world. My father and son couldn't bear it anymore, and for the sake of the world, they set out to fight against Sasanar. Now the army is like a bamboo, the cities are descending, and the ancient Seleucid city that the king has prepared for a long time has been captured in only ten days, leaving only Tessie to defend the lonely city. It's not that our father and son can't capture the city of Tessie, it's just that our father and son don't want to cause innocent casualties among the soldiers. In order to prevent the soldiers from using the Sassanid surname to compensate for the loss after the city is broken, I hope you will accept our kindness, lay down your arms, and go out of the city to surrender, or we will cut off your head as if we cut off the heads of your sons Alpha, Shapur, and brother Awad, and hang them on the head of the Sassanid city, and it will be too late to regret it.

Ardashir was dismissive of the previous words, and when he saw Awad's name, he was taken aback, got up and walked to the window, staring intently at the battlefield in the distance, listening intently to the sounds of the battlefield.

In the distance, it was pitch black, only a few lights and shadows, like stars in the night sky, the battlefield had fallen silent, and the sound of fighting could no longer be heard, and it was so quiet that it was suffocating.

Ardashir's heart jumped violently, he turned around and looked at the eunuch who had been with him, he opened his mouth, but he didn't make a sound, he felt an inexplicable fear, and the night wind became even colder, making him involuntarily wrap his clothes tightly.

Could it be that Awad's army of 30,000 has been eaten by Sun Shao? No, even if their strength is not bad, they will not completely annihilate 30,000 cavalry in one battle. A few hours ago, Awad also sent news that he would attack overnight to try to break Sun Shao's blocking position.

"Yes...... Any news coming? Ardashir's voice was hoarse, and it sounded like a rat gnawing on wood.

The eunuch looked at Ardashir's face in surprise and shook his head.

Ardashir's expression was a little frozen, as if he didn't know what to do, and after a while, until he saw the uneasy interpretation, he remembered that he hadn't finished the letter, and hurried back to the lamp to continue reading.

After the persuasion, Sun Feng finally said, although I am young, but with the protection of Ahula, I have a stable victory, I can break Ctesiphon at any time, if you are still stubborn, you just wait to accept Ahula's wrath, I will defeat you in front of hundreds of thousands of people under the protection of Ahura, and become the new king of Persia.

Ardashir laughed wildly, almost madly laughing through the hall, he turned over the letter, lifted his pen, and wrote a few words on the back of the letter: "Waiting for you to fight!" Then he commanded his bow to be taken, and he went out of the palace, and strode to the gate tower, drew his bow, and shot out the letter.

The long arrow flew nearly a hundred paces, and fell to the ground like a demonstration, and the camp outside the city soon found that there was a knight who came on horseback, and did not dismount, but bent down from his horse, picked up the arrow, and flew away.

Sun Feng, Lu Xun and others sat around the big tent, drinking tea while arranging tomorrow's war. The news that Awad's army had been wiped out had arrived, and they had no worries and could deal with Ardashir in the city of Ctesifeng, and they were in a much lighter mood, drinking tea and laughing loudly, and the atmosphere was very warm.

After receiving Ardashir's reply, Sun Feng smiled faintly and showed Ardashir's handwriting to Quintus and Bo Tiao and others.

"Ardashir doesn't know what to do, and it seems that the only way to solve this battle is to kill him." Lu Xun said quietly.

"Do you have faith?" Sun Bong put away the letter and glanced at Quintus and Bo Tuo.

Quintus didn't say anything, as if he didn't hear it and continued to drink tea, but Bo Tuo was a little impatient, he looked at Quintus uneasily, he just heard that Sun Shao had promised Quintus what bank would be built in Damascus after the war, although he didn't know what this bank was for, but it was not a bad thing for them to join forces after all, Quintus got the benefits, and naturally he would fully support Sun Feng, if he didn't show it again, he might suffer a loss in the distribution of the spoils after the war.

"We, the Guishan people, naturally take the crown prince as the leader." Bo Tuo patted his chest and said loudly: "As long as the prince gives an order, although I am old, I can still use the knife and am willing to be the first to rush to the city wall." ”

Quintus looked up at him, the corners of his mouth furrowed, and he seemed to be smiling.

Sun Feng arched his hand gratefully: "Thank you, King." However, how dare I work for the king's majesty. In the past few days, you have been working hard to attack the city and have suffered a lot of losses, but I, a young man, have been hiding behind, and I really can't help it. Tomorrow I'm going to go into battle myself, and I'll meet this Ardashir to see how fierce his immortal army really is. ”

"The prince wants to go into battle himself?" Quintus frowned, and said with some worry: "I know that the prince is skilled in martial arts, but the battlefield is dangerous, and the sword and arrow have no eyes, in case ......"

"Ardashir has gone against the grain, the heavens are angry, and I have the protection of Ahura, the grandeur of your fists, and the protection of countless warriors, and I will be fine." Sun Feng couldn't help but say, interrupted the worries of Quintus and the others, and decided to fight in person tomorrow, and he even designated Lu Xun as tomorrow's commander-in-chief on the spot, responsible for the coordination of the entire battlefield.

Lu Xun bowed down and accepted the order.

The losses of the Romans and the Kushans are not small these days, whether it is Quintus or Botuo, in fact, they don't want to rush to the front anymore and lose their men and horses in vain. Now I heard that Sun Feng was going to attack the city in person, and it didn't look like it was pretentious, but I was relieved, and in turn I was a little worried about Sun Feng, so I persuaded a few more words, but Sun Feng was full of confidence, and he must go into battle to fight, and said with a smile, you go back and get ready, I will definitely open the city gate, and you will enter the city immediately and control the situation in the city. It's just that Ctesiphon will be my ruler of the city, and I ask your subordinates to be merciful, don't be too ruthless, otherwise I will spend money to repair it.

Quintus and Bo Tiao were happy to see that he was full of confidence, and they smiled and agreed.

Lu Xun then explained the order of the siege, and what situations might arise, how to deal with them, and how to coordinate between the armies of the three kingdoms.

The next day, as soon as the sky was dark, the camp outside the city began to be busy, the smoke rose in the camp, the soldiers were busy cooking, after breakfast, a group of soldiers came out of the camp, in front of the city, after a few days of fighting still intact thirty siege vehicles lined up neatly in front of the formation, the slaves of the carts, the soldiers with weapons were all in place, and the atmosphere of slaughter was forced to the city of Taixi.

Ardashir didn't dare to slack off, he saw Sun Feng's battle flag appear in front of the battle array, and the corners of his mouth showed a smile. He had long estimated that Sun Feng had reached the end of the crossbow, the Romans and the Kushan people had suffered a lot of losses these days, and it was already a little powerless to attack alone, although the losses of the Han army were not very large, but their grain and grass should have been almost consumed, if they could not capture Ctesiphon as soon as possible, they would only have one way to retreat. Sun Feng's ultimatum seemed to Ardashir, but the bluff trick seemed arrogant, but in fact, it revealed his inner uneasiness.

It's just that Awad's death made him feel very lost, brotherhood is on the one hand, and on the other hand, he is worried about affecting morale, Sun Feng shot hundreds of the same letters in one go, nothing more than to spread the news to the city to dissipate the morale of the army, it is conceivable that today he will definitely hang out Awad's head, and maybe he may also kill a group of prisoners in front of the battle.

He used to do this kind of thing a lot.

Sun Feng sent the main force into battle, which was something he had expected, and he also thought of a possibility, that is, the tunnels under the city.

The authentic thing is the thing he has always been most worried about, in contrast, he is not afraid of Sun Feng attacking the city, as long as there are heavy armored warriors of the Immortal Army, he believes that no one can break through the city gate, but the tunnel that has not made progress is a question hanging in his heart, just like the sword hanging above Dacmos's head, he can't even sleep, for fear that the sword will suddenly fall.

Now that it was the last moment, he believed that Sun Feng would definitely take advantage of this tunnel, the reason why there was no movement for so long was maybe Sun Feng wanted him to be careless, but how could he be careless.

What he was curious about was whether Sun Bong wanted to use the tunnel to attack during the day? Or use the fierce battles of the day to cover the excavation of the last section of the tunnel, and then launch a surprise attack at night? If this is the case, then Sun Feng's death time has come, how could he forget such an important matter. When he thought that Sun Feng had hidden a secret for a long time, and the last reliance was a very clear thing for him, he couldn't help but want to laugh. He really wanted to see what Sun Bong looked like when he knew the result, and he wanted to know what Sun Shao's expression would be like when he captured Sun Bong.

He had been looking forward to this day for a long time, and he was even a little impatient.

Maybe you don't have to wait until the tunnel, as long as Sun Feng dares to attack the city in person, he will use the unstoppable power of a heavily armored samurai to kill Sun Feng on the city wall and destroy the enemy's morale.

Ardashir ordered all the heavily armored warriors to be placed at the city gate, and at the same time ordered people to quietly change the obstacles behind the two side gates, so that the light cavalry was ready to attack.

Outside the city, a majestic war drum sounded, and the huge siege vehicle began to move slowly, with a solemn murderous aura, slowly approaching the direction of the city gate, and on a siege vehicle facing the city gate, he carried a spear, and the spear was tied with a person's head, and below the head, there was a broken battle flag.

Ardashir couldn't hold back his tears. He didn't have to look at it to know that this was Awad's head, Awad's battle flag.

The city was silent, and none of the soldiers spoke, but the tension in their hearts was revealed in the eyes passed to each other, and the rumors that had been quietly spreading since the night had now become a living fact, Awad and his 30,000 cavalry were wiped out by the Han Chinese, Ctesiphon no longer had any reinforcements to rely on, and Ahura may have really abandoned the Sassanid family.

"Fight—" Ardashir suppressed the anger in his heart and gave the order to fight.

The low sound of the horn awakened the soldiers of the city from the low morale, and whether they wanted to or not, they clenched their weapons and watched the siege engines getting closer and closer. These huge siege engines are so resistant to blows that one or two cannons are useless to hit them, and they pose a great threat to the city. Ardashir has now invented a weapon against this siege vehicle, which is to use poles made of wood longer than the bridge ladder to support the siege vehicle and prevent it from approaching the city walls. This tactic seemed simple, but it was very effective, and the Romans and Kushans suffered a lot from it, and finally had to give up the siege.

With the sound of the horn, the city head began to get busy, moving the huge poles to the city head, adjusting the direction, preparing to resist the approaching siege vehicles.

The sound of war drums and trumpets became more and more urgent, echoing each other, making the atmosphere on the battlefield more and more tense.

The ballistas on both sides began to roar, and sporadic canister shells were sandwiched among more bricks, dragging long flames that made a heart-stopping whistling sound in the air, falling to the ground and turning into a mass of fire. It's just that in the offensive and defensive battles, the tank bombs on both sides have been almost consumed, and they can no longer be as dense as when they were used for the first time, and the effect is that the deterrence is greater than the actual killing.

Sun Feng took the helmet from Du Yu's hand, put it on his head upright, pulled down his mask, took the Lingqi from Yanghu's hand, and then saluted Lu Xun respectfully, and handed the Lingqi over with both hands. Lu Xun took the order flag with both hands, bowed back, and said softly: "Prince be careful!" ”

Sun Feng nodded: "There is General Lao." He turned around and stepped down from the podium. The Thirteen Teutonic Knights, fully armed, stood there quietly, looking at Sun Bong intently. Nikolai was holding a snow-white high-headed horse in his hand, and when he saw Sun Feng coming down, he knelt down on one leg: "Please get on the horse." ”

Sun Feng stepped on Nikolai's back and jumped on his horse, shook the reins, and shouted: "Warriors, follow me on patrol!" ”

"Whoa." Yanghu, Du Pre and the thirteen knights responded violently, turned over and got on the horse, Yanghu held the Han army Daxu, Du Pre held Sun Feng's battle flag, followed closely behind Sun Feng, Nikolai and others sat straight on the war horse, pointed the halberd in their hands to the sky, and rushed out with Sun Feng's horse.

Sun Feng rode in front of the battle, everywhere he went, the roar was thunderous, whether it was the Han army, the Romans, or the Kushan people, they were all attracted by the heroic Sun Feng, they vigorously paused the weapons in their hands, made a neat sound, and saluted Sun Feng.

"Soldiers-" Sun Feng reined in his horse in front of the battle, raised his right hand, and the big array that was roaring like thunder just now suddenly fell silent, and everyone looked at Sun Feng.

Sun Feng raised his dantian qi and shouted: "We are all people with homes and relatives, and we all want to live a stable and happy life, but why are we now thousands of miles away and come to Taixi Closed City?" Because Ardashir didn't want us to live in peace, the handwriting of the Quadruple Alliance had not yet dried, so he provoked a war and dragged countless people into the flames of war and blood. We desire peace, but we are not afraid of any enemy, we have the courage to defeat any enemy, and we will tell them with the weapons in our hands that the cruel will die of brutality, and the greedy will die of greed. ”

He glanced at it majestically, and everyone held their breath, as if Sun Bong was looking at each of them.

"We are the righteous army, we have the protection of the true God, we will be invincible, no matter how cunning the enemy may be, there is no way for them to escape. Even the strongest walls will not be able to resist our wrath, let our anger burn all enemies and reduce all obstacles to ashes. ”

With his hands to heaven and with all his strength, he roared: "Great Ahura, open your eyes and punish the wicked who blaspheme the gods and bring disaster and death to us." ”

"Kill Ardashir—" Nikolai shouted with his arms raised.

"Kill Ardashir—" The crowd was excited, and the roar was earth-shattering, like a monstrous wave rushing towards the city.

Ardashir at the head of the city was pale, and he was very angry that Sun Feng pointed the finger at him alone, he didn't look back, he knew that even if someone would rebel, it wouldn't be these people around him.

Lu Xun waved the command flag in time, Sun Feng led the Teutons to rush to the siege vehicle facing the city gate, Chen Hai followed, Cao Zhang was on the left, Li Yan was on the right, and the three people were like three dragons, braving the rain of Sassanid artillery and arrows, rushing into the siege vehicle, and speeding up along the escalator of the siege vehicle. It didn't take long for Sun Feng to stand on top of the siege engine.

Ardashir sneered, and immediately ordered the ballista to aim at Sun Feng, who was hiding behind the giant shield, and shoot him as soon as he showed his head. With the poles in hand, he was not afraid of these siege vehicles at all, and before cutting them, the siege vehicles were at most just shooting platforms.

Under the cover of the guard battalion, Sun Feng saw the situation at the head of the city clearly, and he not only saw Ardashir, but also saw the Immortal Army clustered around Ardashir, and the elites covered with heavy armor looked too conspicuous. He made a rough estimate, a sinister smile on the handsome face hidden behind his visor.

"Send a signal to General Lu that you can attack!"

Yang Hu responded, turned around and waved the command flag in the direction of the big array. Lu Xun in the command car had been observing the situation here through clairvoyance, and when he saw the swinging of the order flag, he breathed a sigh of relief, put away his thousand eyes, and waved his hand gently.

Luo Tong raised his hand and slammed everything down.

Ardashir looked at Sun Bong on the siege vehicle and gritted his teeth tightly. Time seemed to have stopped, and I don't know if Sun Feng was thinking about the way to attack or what he was thinking, the siege vehicle stopped fifty paces away and didn't move, without any intention of pushing forward. Ardashir was a little impatient to wait, and he wanted to order the ballista to kill Sun Bong right now, so that the battle could be resolved as quickly as possible.

The siege vehicles finally started again, and more than a dozen siege vehicles slowly approached the city gate, and Ardashir was overjoyed and ordered the Immortals to prepare for battle.

Fifty steps, forty steps, thirty steps, just as Ardashir was waiting anxiously, he suddenly felt the wall under his feet seem to move, the earth seemed to tremble, and he withdrew his fierce gaze in surprise and looked at the wall under his feet.

Before he could understand, an earth-shattering loud noise, like a thunderbolt in the sky, shocked the entire battlefield, and almost everyone was frightened by this loud noise, and they all covered their ears and focused their eyes in the direction where the loud noise came.

What unfolded in front of their eyes was a scene that they couldn't believe, the sturdy north gate of Ctesiphon suddenly rose, a third higher than the original, and became very abrupt, as if a giant beast had suddenly burrowed under the city gate and arched the city gate abruptly.

The huge wall arched for a moment, then suddenly sank downward, and a puff of smoke rose into the sky, enveloping the entire city gate, like a giant beast rushing out of the ground, shaking off the dust from its body, and flying into the sky.

The loud noise lingered for a long time, but many people's ears had been temporarily deaf by the initial sound, they could not hear these sounds, nor could they hear the screams hidden in the sound, they just stupidly watched the incredible scene in front of them.

The smoke and dust gradually dissipated, the originally tall and strong city wall was a lot shorter, and it had collapsed into a mound of earth, countless people rolled and struggled in the mound, they cried and cried, desperately trying to climb out of the mound, but these mounds were no longer strong city walls, and when they stepped on it, they could not find a stable force point.

Countless Immortal Army soldiers struggled in this mass of soil, letting out a desperate howl, like pieces of meat tumbling in boiling soup, and the Sassanid soldiers on the city walls on both sides looked at all this in front of them, and they were all stunned, and many of their weapons fell to the ground.

Sun Feng was also stunned for a moment, although he knew that the power of these gunpowder was not small, but he did not expect that the power would be so great, he only hoped that the city gate could be collapsed, but he never expected that these gunpowder would completely turn a section of the city wall into broken soil.

"Prince, attack the city immediately!" Yanghu pushed Sun Feng and yelled loudly. Although he was prepared and covered his ears in advance, he was still shaken and his ears were buzzing, and he didn't know how loud he was at all. Fortunately, Sun Feng was also a little deaf at this time, and he couldn't hear it clearly if he didn't yell so loudly.

"Attack!" Sun Feng raised his knife and roared.

The soldiers of the Han army woke up in shock, and they were suddenly murderous.

…… Ten miles away, Sun Shao sat by the river, held the fishing rod in his hand, and turned his head to look at Wei Boyang: "How much gunpowder have you buried?" Why is it so loud? ”

Wei Boyang smiled proudly: "Of the ten boatloads of gunpowder transported, not a single grain remained, and all of them were buried under the city gate." The minister estimated that even if he didn't blow the city gate into powder, it would definitely be more than enough to blow it down. ”

"Sizzle-" Sun Shao gasped as if he had a toothache, "Have you spent money all these years, and all ten boats of gunpowder have been buried?" Nothing left? ”

"Not at all."

"Then it's impossible for me to blow it up again?"

"Where do you need to blow it up again?" Wei Boyang pouted proudly: "The minister dares to guarantee that no one will dare to go against me Dayue in thirty years." Not to mention Ctesiphon, even if the king wants to enter the city of Rome, Quintus doesn't dare to squeak his teeth now. ”

"And, technocracy!" Sun Shao shook his head and tapped the triumphant Wei Boyang with his finger: "You probably really think of yourself as an immortal." ”

(To be continued)