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Ardashir pondered for a long time, a sarcastic smile tugging at the corners of his mouth, and waved his hand to order the commander to go down. The pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info commander answered, turned around and left. Ardashir looked at his back, raised the corners of his mouth and slowly collapsed, his face became very grim.

Are they planning to use this tunnel to enter the city one last time, or do they already know that I have discovered this tunnel, so they simply give up? Ardashir wiped the beard from the corner of his mouth and was silent in thought. He regretted it a little now, and it was a bit risky to pin his hopes on those ten fine works in the battle a few days ago. Although these meticulous works are loyal, and nothing has been leaked from beginning to end, but because of this, Sun Feng has captured many prisoners, so many people, who can guarantee that they are all as loyal as the fine works of the ten temples?

Alas, if this is the case, it will be worth the loss, not only the loss of a large amount of property, but also the loss of a great opportunity to catch turtles in the urn. If the enemy who sneaks into the city is blocked, it will be several times better than the current situation.

As soon as the thought came to him, Ardashir sat up straight in alarm. When did you become so indecisive, and when did you start to have thoughts of regret? He has always been proud of his courage and resourcefulness, how can he be so unconfident now? Could it be that he was scared by the father and son of the Sun family?

Losing confidence is more dangerous than losing a battle. Ardashir was dripping with cold sweat, and it took a long time for him to come to his senses, and he sat down on the chair in a gloomy manner, his face blue and white for a while.

There was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and a guard with a spear in his hand knelt down on one leg outside the door and touched his chest with his hand: "King, come to the city to report that the envoy of the prince of Yue Guo has asked to enter the city." ”

Ardashir didn't say anything, he felt that Sun Feng's messenger should also come, the ransom had been given, and the prisoners would be released tomorrow, and it was time for the other party to make another move. Ardashir was silent for a moment, then waved his hand and ordered the messenger to proceed.

After about a meal, Jiang Gan, who was wearing a long robe, came to Ardashir unhurriedly, and bowed slightly: "Jiang Gan, the envoy of the allies, has seen the king. ”

"When you see this king, why don't you kneel?" Ardashir regained his usual majesty, snorted softly, and burst out with a murderous aura.

Jiang Gan smiled, turned his head to look at the guards who were rushing over to knock him down, the two soldiers were glanced at by him, and involuntarily stopped. Ardashir was furious, sat up straight, slapped the armrest, and was about to get angry, Jiang Gan put away his smile, frowned and said, "King, haven't you recognized the situation in front of you?" ”

"What's the situation?" Ardashir was furious: "You think Ctesiphon is the place where you can come and go? ”

"Not yet, but soon." Jiang Gan waved his sleeves like chasing flies, and the two guards who knew that they had made a mistake were not advancing or retreating, and stood there nervously. Ardashir didn't care about punishing them now, he heard another meaning from Jiang Gan's words, it seemed that Sun Feng was bound to conquer Tessie, and he relied on it, he immediately thought of those tunnels, which means that the other party may not know that he has discovered these tunnels, and is still counting on these tunnels to work. For him, this is undoubtedly the best news.

"Don't be ashamed." Ardashir snorted disdainfully, relaxed his body again, and sat down on the chair, but his eyes were a little unnaturally nervous, and he stared at Jiang Gan's every move: "If you have anything to say, you say it quickly, and leave after speaking, lest this king get angry and take your surname, and then there will be no way to regret it." ”

"Hahaha......" Jiang Gan laughed loudly: "You kill me?" I'm here to give you a chance to live, and you're going to kill me? It's ridiculous. ”

Ardashir was secretly happy in his heart, but asked quietly: "I am living well, what chance do I need you to live?" It's you, last time you burned the camp of the Romans, to give you a small lesson, I hoped that you would retreat in the face of difficulties, but I didn't expect you to die without repentance, and still rely on not leaving, next time I'm afraid it will burn your Han camp. At that point, see if you can talk like that again. ”

Jiang Gan smiled silently, and looked at Ardashir relaxedly, which seemed to say, blow, continue to blow, see how you can blow, and I'll talk about it when you're done.

Ardashir was enraged by his demeanor, his body straightened, his face sank, and he was about to shake a little majesty, but then he woke up again, the other party may be trying to stimulate himself to lose his mind, but he couldn't fall for his tricks, he relaxed his body again, and sneered: "Hugh wants to take advantage of his tongue, if you have anything to say, just say it, I see what tricks your prince can use." ”

"My prince is kind-hearted and doesn't want to drag on the war for too long, so that the soldiers on both sides can't reunite with their families, so he sent me to negotiate with the king about a way to end this war." Jiang Gan said slowly: "The king has been fighting for many years, and he must also know that Tai Xifeng has become a lonely city, I heard that the king is familiar with the art of war of my Han people, and he must also know the old saying 'the city without aid is not defended', Tai Xifeng is now a lonely city without reinforcements, and it is only a matter of time before it falls." However, the prince of my family, King Nian, is also a hero, and the Sassanid family is also a family that has been inherited for hundreds of years. ”

"Really?" Ardashir forced a smile and said calmly, "What kind of opportunity is it?" ”

"If the king knows the current affairs, then Kaecheng will surrender, and my crown prince can be the master, let the king keep Tessie to seal the city, and be your king of Sasani."

Ardashir stretched out his hand, rubbed his beard back and forth, and sneered: "Keep Tessie to seal the city, then the rest of the country belongs to you?" ”

Jiang Gan didn't seem to understand the irony, and nodded: "Not exactly, I have to give some to the Romans and the Kushans." ”

"Phew!" Ardashir spat out, "Don't mention this again, if nothing else, you can go and tell you the prince that I will thank him for his kindness." However, if I do, I am afraid that the ancestors of the Sassanid family will spit on me. ”

Jiang Gan didn't think it was angry, and after a pause, he said: "Since the king is obsessed, then retreat to the second." As soon as he stretched out his hand, he took out a piece of paper from his bosom, and one of the eunuchs beside Ardashir hurriedly walked over, took the paper, and handed it to Ardashir. Ardashir glanced at it, "What?" ”

"War Book." Jiang Gan said: "My prince is willing to fight a fair battle with the king to determine the victory, if you win, we will immediately withdraw from the Sassanid land, if the king loses, then please ask the king to withdraw from Tessifon, end this war, and return the people of the world to peace." ”

"Ridiculous!" Ardashir was dismissive: "I'm here, you can come to fight at any time, what's unfair?" Do you expect me to come out and fight you? I'd like to, but unfortunately, I can't trust you untrustworthy people. ”

"Alas, if you do evil in the sky, you can still live, but you can't live if you do it yourself, the ancients didn't deceive me." Jiang Gan sighed and arched his hand: "Since the king doesn't think about the people of Taixi Sealed City at all, then we have no choice but to act on the wrath of Vajra, uphold the will of Ahura, punish the evil and punish the evil, so as to save the world from fire and water." The king is good for himself. ”

"Hahaha......" Ardashir laughed, "said Ahura, the true god, the more vicious it is, the more it will pretend to be merciful, and what kind of merciful person will you pretend to be when you invade my Sasanians, and when I am Sassanid Persia, are all deceitful people?" Go, and tell your kings and princes, that if you want to fight, you will fight, and do not say anything against your will. Although I, Ardashir, have not seen much of the world, I can still distinguish between a true gentleman and a hypocrite. ”

Jiang Gan put away his smile, sneered, and turned to leave.

Seeing his angry appearance, Ardashir was in a good mood, raised his hand and shouted again: "Stop." ”

Jiang Gan stopped his steps, turned around and looked at him angrily: "The king doesn't regret it?" ”

"I have nothing to regret." Ardashir slowly stepped down from the throne, came to Jiang Gan's face, stared into his eyes and said, "I also have a word to tell. The New Year is coming soon, Ctesiphon is not Troy, you are not Achilles, not to mention that heroes such as Achilles are not immortal, if you don't have the ability to attack the city, it's better to go back as soon as possible, otherwise, hehe, it's not me who regrets it, but you. ”

Jiang Gan's eyes tightened, he arched his hand, and turned his head to leave without saying a word. Ardashir laughed heartily as he looked at his hurried back, he walked to the throne, looked at the paper on the case, pursed his lips, stretched out his hand and tore it to pieces, and then with a wave of his hand, ordered the two guards to be pushed out and beheaded.

The two guards cried and pleaded to no avail, and were soon beheaded and beheaded.

…… Sun Feng received the report and didn't say anything, just politely said to Jiang Gan: "Mr. Wronged." ”

Although Jiang Gan didn't understand why Sun Feng would arrange it this way, he still said respectfully: "Fortunately, the mission is not dishonored, and the minister retires." ”

Sun Feng nodded, watched Jiang Gan retreat, and then turned to Lu Xun and said, "The prisoners will be released tomorrow, should we attack?" ”

"There's no hurry." Lu Xun shook his head confidently: "Put the captives back, it will take a while to spread the news, Ardashir is not a stupid person, he will definitely control the mouths of these people." In the opinion of the ministers, it is better to let the Romans shout a few more times, and let all the people of Cessiphon know that it was Ardashir who resisted to the end and forced us to kill the killer. ”

Sun Feng understood and nodded again and again.

"Prince." Lu Xun moved his body and leaned forward: "The big war is coming, it's better for you to report the situation here to the king." ”

Sun Feng thought for a while, and replied with his jaw: "I will immediately rush to my father's camp to explain to him." ”

"That's right." Lu Xun smiled with great satisfaction.

Sun Feng invited Quintus to discuss the matter, and asked the Romans to be a propaganda team for a few more days. Quintus didn't say a word, he answered it all, shouted a few times and wouldn't die, besides, those who could shout in Persian were the most Romans, and he was the one who deserved it. After Sun Feng arranged the relevant affairs, Lu Xun guarded the camp, made preparations for the final general attack, and rushed to Sun Shao's camp with the personal guard battalion.

Sun Shao was drinking tea in the camp, accompanied by Emily and Diana, one pinching his shoulders and the other reading to him the former Roman Emperor Mark. Aurello's posthumous work, Meditations. Aurelius was a rare philosopher-emperor, not only a wise monarch, but also a learned Stoic philosopher, who read and meditated even when he went out on war. He was an obedient to Greek culture and proficient in Greek, and this "Meditations" is a philosophical work written in Greek in the style of memorization, which was never mentioned to anyone else during his lifetime, and was not discovered until after his death by those who sorted out his belongings. His son, Commodus, was of mediocre intellect, and had no interest in this Greek philosophical work, and threw it in a corner, and then the Roman Rebellion, and successive monarchs were of military origin, and had little interest in this philosophy, until Alexander succeeded to the throne, rediscovered the book, and greatly appreciated it, and once carried it with him, Sun Shao and he had seen it at the first meeting of Axum. Now that Alexander was killed in battle, Momia was sad when she saw this book, and when she heard that Sun Shao liked this book, she gave it to Sun Shao. Sun Shao couldn't read Greek, but Emily and Diana, who were from noble backgrounds, had been taught Greek and happened to be his interpreters.

As soon as he heard that Sun Bong was coming, Sun Shao didn't feel any surprise, but just asked Emily to put away the book and pour Sun Bong a cup of tea.

"Father has worked hard." Sun Feng smiled and saluted, and sat opposite Sun Shao.

"What do I have to work hard for?" Sun Shao laughed, raised the teacup and took a sip: "Suddenly came to see me, is the war not going well?" ”

Sun Feng recounted the battle in the past few days, and finally said: "The burning of the Romans' camp has made our already not very abundant supplies even more stretched, and we cannot be allowed to arrange them calmly, so we have to settle the battle as soon as possible." It's just that in this way, when you enter the city, I'm afraid that a bloody battle will still be inevitable. He said ashamedly: "In the past, the eldest mother often said that if you don't carry the burden, you don't know how heavy it is, and the son has been the chief general for a few days, so I know that it is not easy for my father to plan." ”

The corners of Sun Shao's mouth crooked: "Feng'er, you have done a good job, I am very satisfied." In war, there are always accidents, how can everything be as you wish? When the Romans were attacked, you didn't mess up, which is already commendable. ”

"That's all thanks to my uncle, if it weren't for him by my side, I'm afraid I would have panicked. In addition, the generals worked hard, whether it was Chen Hai and Li Yan, or the two generals Cao and Tianzhu's mercenaries, they all kept calm when the enemy was attacking from both sides, which also made me feel a lot more at ease, and what made me even more grateful was that Yang Dezu saw the slight knowledge and had captured the ten fine works before I reacted, which was the key to our final victory. Now that I think about it, I'm still scared. ”

"Yang Xiu is a talent, but unfortunately, he can't be used by me after all." Sun Shao sighed: "But it's okay, this is the family style of the Yang family." ”

"Hmm." Sun Feng thought for a moment, and then said, "Father, do you think it's still too late?" ”

"Just in time." Sun Shaoman said nonchalantly: "You can fight with peace of mind, don't worry about these things, with me guarding the back road for you, you can rest assured and boldly do it." ”

Sun Feng nodded gratefully, and said: "Ardashir knows that we can't support it for too long, and will definitely order Awad to attack again, without the help of the Romans, is the Father's army here too thin?" I think it's better to transfer the cavalry under Cao Chang and Bo Diao. ”

Sun Shao thought for a moment, and said with some worry: "Transfer them over, are your troops enough?" ”

Sun Feng said without thinking: "Anyway, these cavalry won't play a role when attacking the city, let them come here to ensure that my father is worry-free, and I can rest assured." ”

"Hehehe......" Sun Shao smiled and raised his hand to pat Sun Feng on the back of the head: "Little vertical, your mouth is quite sweet." But you don't have to sell your mouth in front of me, and when this battle is over, take that Teutonic woman of yours back to lie to your mother and grandmother, and I'll see how you explain it to them. Also, how are you going to arrange the two girls of the Zhang family and the Yang family? ”

Sun Feng smiled embarrassedly, raised his hand and touched his head: "The marriage event is naturally the order of the parents, and the words of the matchmaker are all up to the father and the queen mother." ”

"You don't want to blame me for this problem." Sun Shao pursed his lips: "If you cause trouble, deal with it yourself." He paused, and then said: "In terms of the strength of the siege, the strength of my 10,000-strong front battalion is still countable, if you need it, take them with you." ”

Sun Feng shook his head resolutely: "Father, you have done so much for me, if I can't conquer Ctesiphon, where will I still have the face to take charge of the big things here?" The Bladebreaker Battalion is my father's Praetorian Guard, how can I use it easily. If it must be used, it must be commanded by the father. He smiled, "I still want to use this war to form my own Praetorian Guard, and I can use it in future battles, I wonder if my father thinks so?" ”

"It's time for you to form your own Praetorian Guard." Sun Shao also insisted: "However, you have to remember that at any time, you can't entrust your surname to a foreigner." The Teutons are still available, but the other barbarians may not be trusted, they are profit-seeking, and they have little loyalty to speak of, so don't be blinded by them. In my opinion, it is better to form a Praetorian Guard, mainly composed of Vietnamese people, and not to let the Teutonic Knights dominate the family, so as not to lose the tail. ”

"Whoa." Sun Feng was overjoyed, he had always wanted to form a Praetorian Guard of his own, and he was afraid of causing Sun Shao's taboo, so he took this opportunity to bring it up, but he didn't expect Sun Shao not only not to object, but to give him ideas, which made a stone in his heart fall to the ground. He was a little ashamed, he felt that he really shouldn't have been defensive against his father, and was thinking about how to explain it, Sun Shao continued: "Your uncle is a civil and military all-rounder, and he is deeply impregnated with Confucianism, and he is a credible loyal minister, you should listen to his advice more." ”

Sun Feng didn't understand what this meant for a while, and glanced at Sun Shao, Sun Shao didn't look at him, just lowered his head and drank tea. Sun Feng pondered for a while, and let him test Sun Shao's mind was Lu Xun's idea, but now Sun Shao praised Lu Xun, could it be that he had seen what was behind this and affirmed his own practice of asking for instructions in disguise?

"Whoa." Sun Feng replied vaguely, "Take Tai Xifeng, we have a lot of land to divide, all meritorious people can get a piece of land, but how to distribute, not only consider the present, but also consider the future, this is a very testing thing, you not only have to listen to other people's suggestions, you also have to have ideas." Sun Shao took a sip of tea, took the book of "Meditations" from the case, and gently put it in front of Sun Feng: "This is the reflection of the Romans themselves, there are a lot of insights, but there are also a lot of one-sided words, after all, doctors can't heal themselves, you can take a look at it when you have time, and you can get some lessons from it." There is so much to learn from the fact that the Romans went from a small city-state to an imperial empire across Europe, Asia and Africa, and now they have fallen into such a field. You don't want to leave such a treasure mountain empty, in that case, it would be a pity. ”

"Wow. The sons must remember the teachings of their father. Sun Feng bowed in response.

(To be continued)