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Sun Feng led more than 10,000 barbarian cavalry led by the Teutons and collided with the Sassanids head-on, five hundred paces away the two sides began to accelerate, Sun Feng took the lead, thirteen knights surrounded his left and right, raised their spears and shouted, more than a thousand Donians with red eyes, roaring wildly, whipping the war horse hard, the four hooves of the war horse soared into the air, and the force ran wildly, like a giant dragon, the first to rush into the battle formation of the Sassanids. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 The Elmans, Gauls, and Goths followed, like an eagle with its wings outstretched, and pounced on its prey.

Awad secretly complained to himself, but he also knew that he could not retreat at this time, and only by rushing forward to make a bloody path could he have any hope of escaping. He raised his sword and shouted, giving the order to speed up.

With a "boom", the two sides collided together, and there was not even time to shoot arrows, so a fierce battle began. Sun Feng held a halberd in his left hand, a sword in his right hand, a halberd stabbing in the distance, and a knife slashing in the near, and as soon as he made contact, he beheaded the two Sassanid cavalrymen under his horse, and the thirteen knights followed closely behind, killing the Sassanids one by one in front of him.

In a moment, they went deep into the battle formation of the Sassanians for more than 100 steps, Sun Feng killed twelve Sassanid knights one after another, and the war horse was finally hit by the Sassanids, the two war horses collided together, and the huge body made a loud noise, and flew out sideways, and when it landed, the war horse had already spat blood from its mouth and fell to the ground and convulsed.

Sun Feng got out of his horse in time and threw his sword in mid-air. The sword swung in circles and made a buzzing sound, and flew out a few steps, rushing head-on in the middle of the line, trying to kill one of Sun Feng's Sassanid centurions in the chest. The centurion screamed and fell from his horse, Sun Bong took a few steps in the air, Nikolai stretched out his hand from his horse, pulled him onto the horse, and then threw him onto an empty saddle horse, raised his spear himself, and rushed to the front.

The Sassanids did not dare to fight, and at the touch of a button, they fled in confusion. By the time Sun Feng and the others turned their horses, the Sassanids had already run away with only one back left. Behind them, thousands of corpses fell to the ground, wailing and screaming, corpses strewn across the previously clean riverbank, blood stained the land, and the still-flowing waters of the Tigris River turned red.

"Your Highness, shall we chase?" Nikolai wiped the blood from his face and shouted excitedly. Since the war with the Sassanids, it has never been so easy.

"No need, our mission has been completed, and General Xiahou and General Cao will do the rest." Sun Feng smiled, pointed to the smoke and dust in the distance, and then circled it with his hand: "The old rule, count the casualties, clean up the battlefield, hurry up, don't clean up too clean, leave some for others." ”

Nikolai and the others understood it, and they didn't need to say anything, they immediately went their separate ways. The Teutons were the vanguard, and they should have given priority to the selection of the battle edges. More than a thousand Teutonic warriors rushed into the battlefield and collected most of the horses, prisoners, and armor before letting the other barbarian cavalry go in and pick them up.

It didn't take long for the results of the battle to come out, and in this short charge, they killed nearly 3,000 Sasanians, lost more than 100 of themselves, wounded more than 300, plus other tribes and losses, a total of less than 1,000 casualties.

It didn't take long for Cao Zhang to rush over from the side of the battlefield with more than 10,000 horsemen.

The Sassanids were unlucky, first stopped by Sun Feng for a burst of killing, just rushed over, they didn't even have time to regroup, and then ran into the Bedouins led by Xiahou Rong, one wanted to take advantage of the fire to rob, the other wanted to take the road and flee for his life, the two sides fought together, killing flesh and blood. It was easy to break out of the Bedouin interception, and before he had time to catch his breath, Cao Zhang chased after him with more than 10,000 horsemen, looking at the overwhelming billowing smoke and dust, and looking at the Han cavalry that rushed out of the smoke and dust like the devil, the Sassanids were so frightened that they didn't even have the courage to fight, and they fled. No matter how much Awad shouted, he couldn't stop the rout, and finally had to merge into the tide of rout under the escort of the pro-guard battalion.

Cao Chang ordered to chase twenty miles, and then stopped, and in the end only more than 3,000 of the 20,000 Sassanids were left to escape, and the army was almost wiped out. The banks of the Tigris River, which are more than 30 miles long, are full of blood and corpses, and they are terrible.

When Cao Zhang packed up the spoils and returned to Seleuc, Xiahou Rong and Sun Feng had already returned, and they were all smiling, only Cao Zhi drooped his eyebrows, and his face was unhappy - everyone had merit, but he had not made an inch, which was really frustrating. He had just asked Sun Shao to take his soldiers to participate in the siege, but Sun Shao refused. Sun Shao said, the Kushan and Roman people are booming, and they are about to take the Seleucus, what do you want to do?

Cao Zhi was so angry that he had nothing to say, so he had to lose his temper with Cao Zhang, asking Cao Zhang to arrange some cavalry for him anyway. Cao Zhang knew that he was unhappy, so he comforted him again and again, but the cavalry didn't give any of them.

Sun Shao ordered that the skulls and battle flags of dozens of Sassanid centurions and thousand-necks cut down were sent to the front of the battle and handed over to Quintus. When Quintus saw this, he was overjoyed, and immediately had him carried on a siege engine with a wooden pole and showed it to the Sassanids at the head of the city. Although the Sassanids could not see the human head clearly, they still recognized the battle flag, and they recognized it as the reinforcement that had prepared to support them, but they were defeated, and it was a great defeat, and even the battle flag was taken.

The morale of the city plummeted, and no matter how much Ibrahim tried to boost their morale, they could not resist it. As soon as he saw this, the four corps commanders who were besieging the city gave the order for a full-scale attack without Quintus giving the order. The sound of the drums in the sky inspired the warriors to move forward bravely and set off wave after wave of offensives, and the people in the south heard the rousing drums and knew that the destruction of the city was imminent, and not to be outdone, the waves themselves led the most elite Janissaries to rush forward and launch a final assault on the Seleucid.

Ibrahim was dying, but his defeat was overwhelming, and the defeat of the reinforcements brought a devastating blow to morale, and the Sassanid soldiers could no longer resist the enemy's attack and retreated. The Janissaries of the Wave of Temps came into battle and dealt them a fatal blow, and after a brief moment of support, the defenders at the head of the city began to waver, and finally collapsed.

Almost at the same time, the Romans also attacked the city and opened the gates, and Quintus threw in two reserve legions in time to pour into the Seleucid city like a tidal wave.

With the Praetorian Guard, he finally surrounded Ibrahim, who had withdrawn from the north gate, and after a brutal fight, he beheaded Ibrahim with his own hands.

After a day of bloody fighting, the Seleucid city was destroyed. The Romans and Kushans who rushed to the city cheered and slew together to slay the remnants of the city, and at the head of the city they celebrated the victory, whether they were Romans, Kushans, or barbarian mercenaries, all of whom were overjoyed by the hard-won victory. Ten days of training have greatly improved their siege skills, but no one expected to be able to take Seleucid in one day, which is simply a miracle, whether it is the Romans or the Kushans, whether it is Quintus or Botuo, they are overjoyed, and they feel full of confidence in the next capture of Ctesiphon.

I don't know who was the first to shout the slogan at the head of the city, and then tens of thousands of soldiers all shouted excitedly.

"Long live His Majesty the Emperor—"

"Long live the Kushan King—"

"Long live King Yue—"

Slowly, the different voices all converged into "Long live the king of Yue-", and the shouts shook the blood-stained Seleucid head and trembled, crossed the wide Tigris River, and reached the city of Ctesiphon.

Ardashir was stunned, knowing that Awad had failed and that Seleucid had fallen. After only half a month, Seleucid was lost, which would also be a fatal blow to Ctesiphon's morale. Compared to this, the outcome of Awad's 20,000 cavalry is less important, after all, not many people know.

Ctesiphon's defenders did not know the exact situation, only that Seleucid had been breached by the enemy, and that the enemy would soon cross the river to attack Ctesiphon with the power of victory, and they felt a chill, and the atmosphere in the whole city became very depressing, as if the end of the world was coming.

On the contrary, the ancient Seleucid city was full of jubilation, Sun Shao, Lu Xun, Li Yan and others entered the city like heroes in the cheers of the Romans and Kushans, whether they were standing at the head of the city, or the Romans and Kushans on both sides of the street, they all saluted them respectfully, and even the Huns, Teutons, and Bedouins who followed them into the city were stained, as the main force of the Sassanid reinforcements to defeat this time, they were also greeted by the Romans and Kushans.

Sun Shao walked into the City Lord's Mansion that had just been cleaned up, still exuding the smell of blood and fireworks, and the courtyard walls had fallen in several places, and he said to Quintus and Bo Tune with a smile on his face: "The two of you have shown their might this time, and it only took one day to take the ancient Seleucus, which is enough to scare the old thief of Ardashir. We're here today to celebrate the two of you, right? ”

Quintus was overjoyed, and though he tried his best to be reserved, he couldn't help but be happy when he saw little Gordian's face, which was about to drip, and he had to put on a smiling face. This time, with the help of the Yue people, he cooperated with Bo Diao, and several of his cronies and legionaries all went into battle, and took the Seleucid city in one fell swoop, not only proved his command ability, but also several cronies and legionnaires have made meritorious contributions, and the strength against Gordian will be stronger in the future, and the balance of power has tilted towards him, how can he not be happy? He raised his hands in favor of Sun Shao's proposal, but he still said to Bo Tuo: "King Kushan personally killed Ibrahim, and it is really admirable that he should be old and strong, and I also hope to give him a few more glasses of wine to show my admiration." ”

Bo was in a good mood, stroking his beard and laughing, although he was not as strong as the Romans, and he was a step late in opening the city gates, but he killed Ibrahim, which was enough to cover the difference. As soon as he was in a good mood, he spoke beautifully, and he joked with Quintus: "I am really old, I have fought for so many years, but this is the case, His Majesty the Emperor can win such a great victory for the first time on the battlefield, it is really stronger than Trajan, and he will definitely be a great Caesar in the future." ”

Quintus laughed, everyone was happy, the matter was settled, after a nervous clean-up, a banquet was set up in the city lord's mansion, and all the generals of the three kingdoms attended, during the banquet, everyone pushed the cup and changed the lamp, the atmosphere was harmonious, and the unhappy only little Gordian was left alone.

When the wine was half-drunk, the depressed little Gordian held the wine glass, came to Sun Shao with the wine, and smirked without smiling: "I salute the king with a glass." ”

Sun Shao wanted to laugh when he looked at him like that, maybe the old Gordian was too shrewd, and he lived a ridiculously long life, so his son didn't have many opportunities to exercise, these are all people in their fifties, and there is a reckless atmosphere, when he looks like this, he knows that he is not happy to come to find him. He didn't say a word, raised his glass and gestured, took a shallow sip, and put the glass down.

Little Gordian was a little unhappy: "Doesn't the king look down on me, why don't you finish drinking?" ”

Sun Shao frowned, and smiled: "I said general, today is to celebrate the honor of His Majesty the Roman Emperor and the brave King of Kushan, but not for me, if you want to toast, you should also toast them, right?" ”

Little Gordian pursed his lips and shook his head: "Otherwise, I think this is still the credit of the king, without you helping us train siege techniques and transform siege equipment, we would not have been able to take Seleucus so quickly." He paused and said, "If you had not repelled the Sassanid reinforcements, the city would have been bled by now." I admire the king, who thinks about everything very well and does not give the enemy a chance. If you change to an inexperienced person, I'm afraid that like an ostrich, you only have Seleucus in your eyes, and as for the back of you, you can't take care of it. ”

Quintuston's face sank, and Mennoluphes got up and shouted, "Goldian, what do you mean by that?" You want to save your strength and don't dare to go into battle, but now what are you talking about? ”

Little Gordian turned his face and looked Mennolufis up and down, as if he had just discovered it, and said with a fussful smile: "Who am I, it turns out that I am the first person who has contributed to the destruction of the city today, Councilor Mennoluphes." Congratulations, you have done a great job this time, and you will be a hero of Rome in the future. However, am I wrong, without the help of the Yue people, you can take Seleucid today? Don't forget, you were beaten more than half by the Sassanids, and thousands of Romans died under the city. ”

Speaking of the back, he was already a little loud, and he had a great posture of seeking justice for those soldiers who died in battle. When Menoluffis heard this, his face immediately turned red, but he refused to put down his shelf, and quarreled with little Gordian in public. He sneered and waved his hand: "Yes, without the help of these allies, we would not be able to take Seleucus." It's no wonder that we are all first-time soldiers, how can we be compared with the battle-hardened General Gordian, but General Gordian refuses to make a move, preferring to watch the Sassanids arrogant, and we have to reluctantly make it difficult. The next time we go to Ctesiphon, let's not be ugly, let's ask General Gordian to show his might, and let us see how the world-famous General Gordian fights. ”

Gordian patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, as long as the army arrives under the city of Ctesiphon, I will definitely go into battle myself." I just don't know if His Royal Highness King Yue still has this plan? ”

Sun Shao raised his eyebrows, and seemed to glance at Quintus with some hesitation, Quintus was stunned for a moment, and glanced at Balbinus with his eyes. Balbinus hurriedly stepped forward and dragged little Gordian out half-pulled. Sun Shao glanced at the somewhat embarrassed crowd, laughed, raised his glass and said, "Everyone, General Gordian was happy for a while, and he drank too much, don't mind." Come, let's drink. ”

Everyone echoed it, and several people deliberately laughed loudly, and the atmosphere was restored to the original state. It's just that Quintus and Bo Tiao felt Sun Shao's abnormality, and their expressions were a little uneasy, and after the banquet was over and most of the people had retreated, Quintus found a reason to delay it at the end. Sun Shao didn't say much, ordered someone to prepare tea, and invited him to sit down and speak.

The tea came up, and the fragrance of tea made the drunken Quintus feel refreshed, he took a sip of tea, his eyes passed through the ethereal tea, looked at Sun Shao's calm face, and was silent for a moment and said: "Old friend, don't you want to fight Ctesiphon?" ”

Sun Shao sighed and asked rhetorically, "Do you think you can still fight?" ”

Quintus frowned slightly, gently put down the cup, sipped a piece of tea, and nodded slowly: "Yes, although we have taken the ancient Seleucus, the casualties are not small. I don't know what happened to the Kushans, but I lost at least more than 10,000 men, plus the wounded, a total of nearly 30,000. Ctesiphon is stronger than Seleucus, has more defenders, is much more difficult, and our casualties will be greater. ”

"Quintus, you're making rapid progress." Sun Shao praised it and didn't say any more, but the meaning was obvious. Although Seleucid was taken, the damage was too great to immediately attack Ctesiphon. And if they want to wait for a while, they may not be able to afford to delay, and the only way to do it is to get to the end at the moment.

"You want to negotiate with Ardashir?" This is Quintus's old business, and he immediately guessed Sun Shao's thoughts.

Sun Shao nodded: "It only took us half a month to take the Seleucid, Ardashir must be very nervous, he still can't figure out our details, at this time, if we are willing to negotiate with him, we may be able to get a good profit." Sun Shao said lightly: "Isn't it just the interests of the plan to fight?" Now that our troops are coming to the city and forcing him to sign an alliance under the city, we can not only take revenge, but also obtain satisfactory benefits, why do we have to take the risk and fight again? If we are trapped under the fortified city and cannot take Ctesiphon, will we not have lost all our efforts and gained nothing? If the time comes, it will not be worth it if they are pursued by the Sassanid cavalry. Quintus, if you think about it carefully, isn't that the truth? ”

Quintus's brows are tightened more and more, what Sun Shao said makes sense, if you only consider it from the perspective of interests, it is indeed the most reasonable to negotiate with Ardashir now, and the possibility of obtaining the ideal benefits is not small, but in this way, it always makes people a little unwilling, they have already hit the city of Taixi, but they do not attack the city, is it not a bit of evil to be eliminated?

(To be continued)