Chapter 0652. The desert buries you
The sunset seems to sprinkle a golden brilliance on the great plain, the golden plain, the golden road, the golden city wall, but unfortunately, there is always a strong red in this gold. [This site has a new URL,Shorthand method:,.]
Ctesiphon, who has gone through the ancient capitals of Parthia, Persia and Arabia, has now ushered in its fourth master, with bows and arrows on the dyed red city walls, spears and lances set up horizontally and vertically on a corpse, a gorgeous armor, inlaid with cat's eye green under the helmet, half of the middle-aged handsome Arab general leaned out of the female wall, his blue eyes were shriveled and staring into the distance, and a long lance pierced his body from behind.
Not far behind the godless guards, the green Arab flag of the star, moon and sun was cut down with a knife, and it was replaced by the Fujian country with its teeth and claws, and the majestic black dragon flag fluttered in the air.
In order to deal with the Fujian State, the defenders of Ctesiphon were swept away by Muawiyah, so empty that they did not even have enough manpower to control several city gates, who would have thought that in such a tense confrontation, suddenly a Fujian ** team could enter the hinterland of the empire from the north, almost half an hour of effort, the huge ancient city was captured, and the baggage of more than 300,000 Arab troops fell into the hands of Fujian.
This army is Xi Junmai's Punjabi coalition army, which was the first to break into the Arab Empire as a vanguard, and supplemented a large number of Tang soldiers after a little trauma in Khorasan.
It was also Xi Junmai's one-sided general, so that he refused Li Jie's summons to close with the excuse that the general would not be subject to the life of the foreign monarch, and continued to sweep the army like the north, where he received an unexpectedly large amount of support, as soon as he heard that the free belief of the Min State called, the local Armenians from nobles to commoners immediately enthusiastically joined the army, and provided food and supplies, so that the army bought by Xi Jun skyrocketed from 40,000 to 80,000.
In fact, it is no wonder that although Christianity arose in the Middle East and flourished more than Rome in Eastern Europe, the region with the most sincere and strong faith is this cold and barren land, as early as more than two hundred years ago, in order to protect their faith from being annexed by Zoroaster, the Armenian king still listed Christianity as the state religion in the Sassanid invasion and stormy situation, and later in the centuries-old struggle between Byzantium and the Persian Empire, Armenia changed hands several times, and each time it was a catastrophe for Armenia.
Each hardship deepened the piety of the Armenians, and under the cover of the green banner of Islam, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem, the birthplaces of Christianity, were rapidly converted, and the all-powerful Islam was rejected for the first time, preferring to pay a harsh poll tax rather than convert to Armenians, and as soon as the army of Fujian arrived, these Armenians welcomed the army of Sijunmai as if they were liberators.
At the city gate, a large number of banners are displayed in the wind, there are the handsome flags of the dragon flag of the Fujian country, and there are also various badge flags of the Armenian nobles, wearing the heavy armor of the black bright light, leading the Hu and Han generals to hundreds, and Xi Junmai majestically came out of the south gate of Taixifeng.
"Report!"
The team was still assembling, and suddenly, a large cloud of smoke and dust was raised on the road in the distance, and the red flag tied behind it was swaggering, and the seven or eight cavalry of the Fujian State ordered the cavalry to run into the camp tiredly, and knelt down on one knee in front of Xi Jun to buy a horse with the support of the guards, and held the bamboo tube military order high above his head.
"The Arab armies are defeated! His Royal Highness the King of Min ordered all the armies to intercept it with all their might! ”
After opening the military order of the wax seal, Xi Junmai also nodded emphatically: "Punjab Governor, General Xi Junmai of the Left Military Guard listens to the order!"
Every time the army occupies the city, it is an opportunity for revelry, even if it is not plundered, the treasury is also a rich spoil, but under the order of Xi Junmai, the 80,000 army left Ctesiphon behind without mercy, and the rolling iron horses were scattered on the plain like a net.
At the other end, the camp of the Fujian State in the Paris grassland.
The former camp that had been cleared out had now become a hell on earth, full of broken bones and flesh covering the ground, rich blood moistened the thirsty earth, and thousands of incense sticks bloomed and fell into the crowd of tens of thousands of people, which was a disaster.
Even when retreating, the Arab army maintained its structure and command, but under such a terrifying blow, the army of more than 200,000 collapsed almost instantly, and one by one the Bedouin cavalry cried out and fled like a headless fly, during which countless people fell off their horses and were trampled to death.
When the last horse disappeared into the horizon in the afterglow of the sunset, the rumbling sound of horses' hooves shook the earth again, and brought the mount from the back camp, carrying dried meat and water in his arms, and the Fujian **** soldiers who had fought hard for a day also forgot their fatigue and embarked on the journey of chasing the enemy excitedly.
Finally overcome! With full of passion, Li Jie himself rode on horseback excitedly, roaring with a sharp horizontal knife.
"To Lonely, kill!"
Night began to fall on this fiery land, and the darkness covered it with more bright red spreads......
Starting from Ctesiphon, the armies of Armenia and Punjab formed the left flank in the west, and the main army under Li Jie constituted the right flank.
Because most of them were cavalry, most of the Bedouins still escaped, more than 200,000 people were divided into countless units and fled on this great plain, there was no time to stay under the pursuit of Fujian, the whole team, in a panic and ignorance followed the current, where others ran, they ran wherever they went, and encountered tribes and villages along the way, many people simply took off their armor and threw down their swords and guns, hid on the spot, and never disappeared again.
After two days and two nights of pursuit, the encirclement of Fujian was also shrunk to the extreme, and more than 200,000 people poured over from the east, south, and north.
The pursuit finally stopped here, the boundary is so clearly defined here, on this side, the most border moistened by the Tigris River, you can still see sparse trees and grasslands, but to the south is the vast yellow sand, the sand dunes are unpredictable, and only the remaining 100,000 or so chaotic Arab armies are now being forced to the edge of the desert by all the Fujian countries.
In just two days, Mu'awiyah was more than twenty years old, his hair was gray, his beard was messy, his luxurious caliphate clothes were also broken with several holes, his lips were chapped and chapped, his eyes were full of bloodshots, and he fled day and night, many times Mu'aviya even thought that he was the only one left, but he didn't expect so many subordinates to gather in front of him now.
It's a pity that this wheezing old man doesn't have a trace of joy, so what about so many people? Every Arab warrior had a look of trepidation in their eyes, and more than half of them had abandoned their swords, guns, and armor in order to flee, and all their command had been lost, and it was a dead end.
"Caliph, you can't go back! Now that the Min Kingdom has driven us together, it is giving us a chance to lead the soldiers to charge against the Min State in the name of the Caliphate, if you are lucky enough to win, there is still a chance of survival, if you die in battle, you are also a hero of the Arabs! Can't go back anymore! ”
With bloodshot eyes and chapped lips to the extreme, the Egyptian governor Amr persuaded him with red eyes beside Mu'awiyah's camel.
It is true that there are no Fujian chasing soldiers on that side, and the endless desert is known as the homeland of the Arabs, but because of this, Amur knows too well the cruelty of this homeland.
Thousands of miles south from here is an endless desert, no flow area, not a single drop of water or grass can be seen in a river, even if the Arab herdsmen tribe with water and supplies on weekdays is extremely difficult to get through here, not to mention that now, most of the sergeants ate their last meal two days ago, water? The empty kettle was flowing with sand, and in this state fled into the desert, dying for the rest of his life.
A caliph who died heroically in battle has a better reputation than a caliph who fled to the desert and died of thirst, right?
However, listening to Amur's persuasion, Muawiya always hesitated, not only him, but the rest of the Arabs were full of entanglement, and now they are facing a huge psychological trap set by Fujian, is it to give it a go? Fight to the death? Or do you retreat and seek to live a little longer?
"Drink! Ha! ”
Suddenly, a huge shocking sound sounded in the north again, under the frightened gaze of the Arabs, the Tang people on the opposite side suddenly dismounted quickly, a huge military formation was formed in an instant with the naked eye, and the palpitating lance was placed into a hedgehog in the outermost extension, and the neat round shield shook forward as far as the eye could see, and the sergeants in the rear were holding the steel crossbows of the Fujian State, which made the Bedouins extremely frightened by the weapons!
"Drink! Drink! Drink! Drink! ”
Every time he took a step, the Fujian great array had to roar, and the neat roar, like a wall, forced over the military formation, instantly brought huge psychological pressure to the Arabs, and many people directly turned their horses and fled into the desert.
"Caliph! If you don't rush again, it's too late! Amur was so anxious that the corners of his mouth broke, but unfortunately, Muawiya still hesitated, and finally, a familiar and unfamiliar light flashed in Muawiyah's eyes, and he turned his camel with his head down, and Muawiya also plunged headlong into the vast desert.
Amur shook in disappointment, he had only seen this light in Mu'awiyah once, that year, when the Prophet Muhammad approached Mecca with an army of Islamists, and now, Mu'awiyah had the same expression as before Islamization, fear!
Shaking his head in disappointment, Amur also pulled the camel and turned over.
Although defeated, Muawiyah's caliphate status is not recognized by many schools, but he is a caliph after all, at this time countless people are still waiting for him to set an example, seeing that Muawiyah's head does not return to the desert, hundreds of thousands of Arabs are immediately like an avalanche, and most of them are also desperate and numb into the desert embrace, under the pressure of the Fujian State step by step, fewer and fewer people stay in place......