The assault group of more than 300 war elephants was in chaos, and the war elephants did not listen to their master's orders, and fled in all directions with their screams. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At the same time, the thunderous noise in the Wei army camp appeared again, and then the barbarian army's Chinese army array was swept by the barrage, only to see a cluster of barbarian troops was hit by a stone bullet, several barbarian soldiers were immediately thrown out, a war elephant next to the leader of the barbarian army was hit in the thigh by a stone bullet, the thigh was suddenly broken, the war elephant screamed and fell, and the leader's face turned white with horror.

After a round of artillery bombardment, the barbarian army was in chaos, nearly 2,000 war elephants did not obey the orders of their masters, scattered their hooves and rammed, and the barbarian soldiers fled in all directions like headless flies.

At this time, the Wei army's gate was wide open, and five thousand Wei light cavalry roared out, like a surging mountain torrent.

The Wei army's iron cavalry slaughtered into the middle of the barbarian army, running and killing with hooves, and the heads flew up where they started, and the iron hooves ruthlessly trampled the fleeing barbarian soldiers under their feet. The barbarian soldiers were even more frightened, and they rushed to run and trample on each other.

Half an hour later, the rain stopped and the sun came out.

The battlefield also quieted down, and the grass in front of the Wei army camp was densely covered with the corpses of barbarian soldiers and hundreds of war elephants.

According to post-war statistics, more than 20,000 people died in the barbarian army, nearly 10,000 were captured, more than 400 war elephants died, and hundreds of war elephants ran away. This time, the Southern Barbarian Alliance suffered heavy losses.

Two days later, the Wei envoys were led by the captives into several tribes that were second only to the chieftain tribes, and the next day they simultaneously announced their independence from the alliance and submission to the Great Wei Empire.

The actions of these tribes immediately set off a chain reaction in the tribal alliance, and in the days that followed, all but two of the chieftain's hardcore allies declared their independence from the alliance and submitted to the Great Wei Empire.

It was also at this time that the Northern Desert Alliance launched an onslaught on the territory of the chieftains.

After resisting for several days, the leader tribe had to lay down what little dignity he had, personally go to the Wei army camp to swear allegiance to the Wei army, and ask the Wei army for help.

Gan Ning left the leader as a hostage, and personally led 15,000 soldiers of the Seventh Legion, including 5,000 cavalry, to defeat the desert tribal alliance five days later on the outskirts of the leader's tribe 100 miles from the Wei army's camp.

He then fought three battles in a row, defeating the Desert Tribal Alliance. The combined forces of the desert tribes did not dare to fight the Wei army anymore, and the main force retreated into the desert oasis, while sending envoys to contact the Wei army.

A few days later, an agreement was reached that the Wei army would not invade the desert region (which the Wei army had not intended to do), and the desert tribes would recognize the Wei Empire as their suzerainty and become vassals of the Wei Empire.

Five days later, Gan Ning returned to the camp with his army, accompanied by 10,000 desert tribesmen. At this point, the obstacle here has been basically solved.

The Wei army began to build bases and batteries in full force. The labor force was made up entirely of natives and Assyrian laborers.

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The main basilica of the Roman Royal Palace.

Caracalla raised the heirloom in his hand and said to the crowd: "This is the heirloom that General Lielund has just sent!" The Wei army is now building naval bases and batteries at the mouth of the Red Sea! ”

The crowd could not help but turn their heads and ears; Executive Thomas frowned and said, "In this way, the water passage between the empire and the outside world will be strangled by them!" This naval base must be unplugged! The crowd agreed.

Caracalla sighed, "How did I not know this! But will the assault achieve its goal? Although the overall strength of our navy is slightly superior, the other side can completely compete with our army by relying on batteries! Do you have any better ideas? ”

There was silence in the hall.

Caracalla frowned, "Let's settle the Jerusalem issue first!" ”

"Your Majesty, should General Batra be urged? He hasn't made much progress in all this time! "There is a minister.

Caracalla shook his head, "Don't rush him!" Now is the critical moment, let's not put pressure on him! ”

Turning his head, he asked Thomas, the administrator, "Administrator, has the grain and grass collected to support Batra completed?" ”

Thomas replied, "It's been raised!" Now on the way to Jerusalem! ”

Caracalla muttered, "Now we'll wait quietly!" Wait for the news of General Batra's victory! ”

Caracalla glanced at the ministers and raised his voice, "If there is nothing to do, go down!" ”

Thomas hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, what about expanding trade with the people of the Jin Kingdom?" ”

Caracalla said: "There is no problem in expanding trade! The specific matters are up to you to discuss, but remember that although we want to support the people of Jinguo, our own interests are the most important! ”

In the middle of the mountains of Assyria in the Roman Empire.

The sky is completely dark, nearly a thousand people are waiting in a canyon in the deep mountains, everyone looks a little nervous, the leader is the smuggling merchant who was arrested by the Ministry of Commerce before, named Zhang Tie, but his current name is Zhang Zhen, Zhang Tie has been corrected, Zhang Zhen is no longer a smuggler businessman, but an official under the Ministry of Commerce, the rank is nine products, some of these people around him are personnel of the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce, and the other part is a soldier of the Seventh Army in disguise.

"Will the other party not come?" A small leader of the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce asked with some concern.

Zhang Zhen said calmly: "No!" ”

Glancing at the little leader, "Don't worry! That's what it is! Besides, it's not like we're without countermeasures! ”

Hearing Zhang Zhen's words, the little leader was a little relieved.

At this moment, three very regular night owl-like cries were heard from the northwest direction.

Zhang Zhen's expression moved, "It's here!" Everyone, prepare! ”

The guards immediately stood by in battle, looking like the current appearance of the enemy.

A moment later, thousands of black shadows descended from the mountain ridge in the northwest and came into the valley. The other party stood dozens of steps away, among which there were dozens of large boxes, and the leader was a burly bearded man, with a very vicious appearance.

"Denett, don't come unharmed!" Zhang Zhen smiled.

Denette said in a deep voice: "Less nonsense! Let's trade! ”

Pointing to the dozens of large boxes behind him, "This is six million taels of silver!" What do I want? ”

Zhang Zhen motioned for a team of guards behind him to get out of the way, and more than 100 large boxes appeared in front of Denet and the others.

Zhang Zhen said: "This is the goods you want!" All of them are the finest of the best! ”

Denet nodded and glanced at a crony beside him, who immediately walked towards Zhang Zhen. At the same time, one of Zhang Zhen's cronies also walked towards the other party.

Denett's cronies inspected the goods, and Zhang Zhen's cronies also inspected the silver.

Zhang Zhen smiled and hugged his fists and said, "Denet, there will be a period later!" ”

Denet also followed Zhang Zhen's example and hugged his fists.

Then both sides left with what they needed.

During this period of time, the total amount of transactions completed by other smugglers on both sides was no less than that of Zhang Zhen and Denett.

A considerable number of them were tacitly approved or even directly involved by both governments.

It's an interesting phenomenon that, on the surface, the two sides have stopped almost all normal trade because of the state of war between the two countries, while the smuggling trade has skyrocketed!

A few days later, Zhang Zhen returned to Ekbatana with six million taels of money, and then handed over two million taels of silver to Ekbatana's tax inspection department, and the other silver taels were transported back to Chang'an by the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce.

Qianqing Palace in Chang'an.

"Lele, don't be naughty! Go to the mother's to play! Cao Cao lifted up Lele, who was lying on his lap and was coquettish, and said angrily.

Lele kept her little ass and coquettishly said: "No! I want to see how my father handles state affairs! ”

Cao Cao smiled and pinched Lele's face, and let her be.

Cao Cao looked at the fold in his hand and couldn't help but smile slightly.

At this time, Lele's head fell to the fold.

Cao Cao closed the fold and said with a smile: "Little girl, what are you doing?" ”

Lele pouted, "People don't have it!" Father, you don't play with anyone! ”

Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but feel a little guilty, put down the fold in his hand, and hugged Lele, "Father will take you to the top of the hall for a spin, okay?" ”

Lele's big eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands and said, "Okay, good!" No one has ever seen it in the main hall! ”

pouted, and said aggrievedly: "Last time, people begged their mothers, and the mothers scolded them!" ”

Cao Cao couldn't laugh so much, and when he saw Cao Le's aggrieved look, he laughed and hurriedly coaxed.

Cao Cao came out of the Qianqing Palace with Lele in his arms and walked straight towards the Fengtian Palace.

When he came to the Fengtian Palace, Lele looked around curiously.

"Father, father, is that the dragon chair?" Lele asked excitedly, pointing to the dragon chair on the steps of the main hall.

Cao Cao smiled and nodded.

Lele pointed to his nose and said with a wistful expression: "Father, can Lele sit?" ”

Cao Cao smiled, of course you can.

If it were anyone else, Cao Cao would definitely not allow it, but if it was Cao Le, a person who was naturally not qualified to be an emperor, Cao Cao would still be happy to show his fatherly love.

Cao Cao came to the dragon chair with Lele in his arms and put Lele on it.

The little girl crawled around on the dragon chair, excitedly groping around, looking like she had found a favorite toy.

After a while, Lele's freshness passed and he jumped off the dragon chair.

Cao Cao smiled: "What? Enough fun? ”

Lele said: "It's just pretty!" It's not much fun! No one else's Trojan horse is fun! ”

At this moment, Xun Yu hurriedly rushed into the main hall.

Seeing this, Le Le pouted, "Hmph! Something is going on again! ”

Cao Cao smiled, "Father will play with Lele after finishing his business!" ”

Lele's big eyes lit up, stretched out a little finger, and said seriously: "Let's pull the hook!" ”

Cui Yingying on the side pursed her lips and smiled.

Cao Cao smiled, "Okay! Tong Lele pulled the hook.

Cao Cao turned his head to Cui Yingying, who was standing aside, and said, "Yingying, take Lele down!" ”

Cui Yingying gently agreed, and took Lele's little hand down, Lele's girl jumped up and down, and she looked very happy.

Cao Cao looked at Lele's back and couldn't help but smile lovingly.

"The princess is innocent, and she will definitely be an admirable princess when she grows up!" Xun Yu is sincere.

Cao Cao thought of Lele's mischievous actions, and couldn't help but laugh dumbly, "Chengwen Ruojiyan, I hope so!" But Lele's dream is not to be a princess, but to be a general! Ay! What a headache! (To be continued.) )