Chapter 0510. The Three Kings are falling
West Willow City, the temporary residence of Zoroastrianism. [Mobile phone, tablet to read novels, please visit m. directly, update faster, more data-saving]
I have to say that these Persians can't fight and govern the country, but the technology of escaping is first-class, originally not far from the temple of the Brahmins, somehow this night to the lord of the country, Isiai III, down to the priest apprentices, a group of more than 200 people suddenly went to the south of the city to collectively look at the stars, so the first wave escaped from the city of Qunu.
The doctrine of the Jacket Religion is to worship the good gods, but the best thing is astrology, it is the bad omen they observed that affected the hearts of Darius's army, the millions of troops were defeated in the Battle of Seramisson, the death of classical Persia, and they observed the arrival of the Christmas star, and traveled thousands of miles to Jerusalem and Bethlehem to make a special trip to offer gifts to the birth of Jesus Christ.
At this time, more than fifty priests stood in the courtyard of Xiliu City, and a dozen or so double-ringed stargazing equipment were placed there, and even the high priest and the old lord of Persia, Isiai III, stayed there nervously. With cold sweat on their faces, the fifty or so priests looked at the sky with all their bodies, and as time passed, the rolling sweat continued to flow down their heads.
Finally, when the sky turned white, the first astrologer hung his head weakly, and then the second, and the third, all the way to the fifty-third, with a trill, Isia III timidly asked, "Is it really sure?" ”
"That's right, Apollo (Uranus) retrograde, entangled with Poseidon (Neptune) and Hades (Pluto) in Pisces, the three stars are dim, a great omen that has not been encountered in hundreds of years!"
As soon as his legs were weak, Yi Si Ai sat directly on the ground, and at the other end, the face of the high priest of the Jacket Sect was also white and terrible.
Not only them, but also the Qin Tianjian of the Fujian State not far away, Li Chunfeng and Sun Simiao, who were poached and dug up, also turned pale.
"The Celestial Fierce Star and Sirius rushed to the Vermilion Bird, and went to Zichen, darkened with the Emperor Star, and kept the stars away, a great omen!"
At dawn, as soon as the city gate opened, several fast horses rushed out of Xiliu City and galloped straight to the front line.
After three days of fierce fighting, after paying thousands of casualties, the Fujian army finally broke through the Ganges, built a pontoon bridge and forced it over, on the other hand, the Qinwang army organized by the Taiyuan Wang clan also broke through the defense line, and there were still more than a dozen Tang families watching, what is surprising is that on the contrary, the Tianzhu people, the Tubo people, and the Persians served as the commander of the Zhichong almost all came, and a total of 130,000 troops surrounded the city of Qunu.
This result made Wu Meiniang and other left-behind ministers really embarrassed, the herdsmen and Tubo people, the low-level Tianzhu people, and the Persians who died were favored by the Fujian State.
Even under the city of Qunu, the battle situation is still not optimistic, the 130,000 Tang army soldiers are facing 250,000 rebels, almost all the fanatical believers near North Tianzhu are gathered together, the Monsata family who has lost their privileges, the Kshatriya class as the backbone, one by one Brahmin desperately preaches the lower level, seeing the original high caste condescending to enlighten themselves, and also advocating the reincarnation of the upper caste, the ignorant Tianzhu people who are bewitched by faith are red with excitement one by one.
Moreover, at the moment of crisis, the Kshatriyas also had to endure the pain of parting their love, and sent down the gold, silver and jewels that had just been taken from the city of Qunu, and the elite Punjabi mercenaries who had received several times their salaries, and their morale was also restored.
The 130,000 Tang Army fought against the 250,000 rebels, and the situation was not optimistic.
In terms of longevity, although it contains Jiacang mixed with butter, so that the fanatical Brahmins spurned it, and burned more than two million stone of the grain output of Northern Tianzhu for more than a year, but relying on the stock of Qunucheng nearby, the rebels can still support it for a few months, on the contrary, the supply line of the Tang army has been extended to Bengal, although there is grain on the border of Punjab, Wu Meiniang does not dare to move, it is the lifeline of the main expeditionary force of Fujian.
The army of Fujian, which has always been known for its affluence, has a tight life for the first time, and needs to tighten its belts to get by.
In this case, Wu Meiniang is annoyed enough, and this morning, when she meets two nervous Taoist priests to teach her about the stars, Wu Meiniang's mood can be imagined.
"The two Taoist chiefs, the son is silent and the power is confused, the advice of the two of you has been recorded in the palace, the military affairs are busy, please go back."
Although impatient, Wu Meiniang can't be impatient with the two Taoist priests, who let the Taoist take charge of medicine, the eight layers of the Fujian high-level believe in Taoism, not to mention the three hundred years of Qingxuan tradition in the Southern Dynasty, but no one can guarantee that they have three disasters and nine diseases, which makes the status of these Taoist priests more lofty.
However, even if they heard Wu Meiniang's impatience, Li Chunfeng and Sun Simiao were still full of nervousness and said: "Niangniang should not be underestimated, such a bad omen was only experienced when Dong Zhuo of the first Han Dynasty entered Beijing and the rebellion of the Eight Kings of the Western Jin Dynasty, and the dangers in the vicinity still need to be carefully investigated." ”
"This palace knows, Xie two Dao Chiefs."
Finally sent the two enthusiastic Taoist priests away, and Wu Meiniang was in a troubled mood and opened a headache report, but she was upset and threw it aside.
After Persia was officially destroyed, Damascus, Mulu City, Khorasan, hundreds of thousands of Persians fled into Tianzhu, recently many Persians were conscripted into the army, and poured their families to help the Tang Army. ”
"Niangniang, the big thing is not good, the three stars are retrograde, Apollo is dim, when the three kings fall, we are in trouble!" As soon as he entered the door, Yi Si Ai's face was full of misery and he shouted in the newly learned Tang language.
I can't help but not despair, for astrology, Persia is like a god, and in the historical record, such a celestial phenomenon destroyed the millions of male soldiers of Darius of the Cyrus Dynasty, Attila, the king of the Huns, invaded Europe, and the Western Roman Empire appeared when it fell, and now it appears again, and three kings will be destroyed at a time, isn't it him, the king of Min, and I don't know which unlucky ghost it is.
However, Yi Si Ai was full of despair, but Wu Meiniang was furious when she heard it, a mourning in the morning was enough to affect the mood, and another one, it was not enough, the phoenix eyes were cold, Wu Meiniang directly stretched out her white and tender fingers and roared: "Come on, beat out this person who affects the morale of the army!" ”
The forbidden army of Fujian ate a big stick, holding the poor head of the country lord and the high priest in embarrassment and fled, out of the barracks two but did not have the heart to go back, feeling that the catastrophe was coming, to inform it is just to do their duty, anyway, they are going to die, what if people believe it or not.
"Let me in, this prince really brought an emergency military intelligence, father?"
At this time, a few dusty Persians happened to be entangled at the gate of the barracks, and when they saw the lost soul of Yi Si Ai, the Persians led by him couldn't help shouting in surprise, and turned their heads in confusion, and Yi Si Ai immediately looked like ashes.
"Belus, why are you here?"
The three kings fell in the astrology, and when he died, Belus was the king of Persia, and the king of Min didn't just respond to the fall of the three kings?
"Father, I don't have time to chat, I brought the emergency military situation in the south, let me in and meet the commander of the Fujian Kingdom!" Wielding a bamboo tube, Belus roared anxiously.
Early in the morning, there was a lot of noise in the barracks, Dugu Zheng advocated a direct decisive battle with the rebels and bombarded the enemy into Qunu City, Xiao Lou still stubbornly believed that the other 180,000 government soldiers should be shaken in a form to participate in the battle, forcing the rebel army to return to the city to defend, this time even the soldier Cao sentenced Li Jingye to join the discussion, and the two sides quarreled with their arms and feet on the stool.
is used to quarrels, Wu Meiniang sat on the main seat casually and dealt with miscellaneous matters, the allocation of money and grain in New Suzhou, the conscription order, and all kinds of information processing, all of which needed her to be stamped by the head of the Min Palace, this kung fu, but a herald suddenly came in at the door, bowed his head and whispered something in Wu Meiniang's ear.
Although the accident was boring anyway, Wu Meiniang nodded.
At the door, Belus handed the things in with apprehension, and he couldn't help but feel worried, the Persian country was ruined, and it was a certainty that the Tang Dynasty could not send troops to help, and along the way he saw the prosperity of Quanzhou, the grandeur of the arena, and the prosperity of commerce and trade in Southeast Asia, and Fujian was already his only hope for revenge.
After several twists and turns, this military situation carrying hope was finally conveyed to Wu Meiniang, who unscrewed the latest battle report sent by the Persians in confusion, and looked at it only twice, Wu Meiniang had become stunned, and her face was like ashes.
With a thud, the bamboo tube slid down her bare hand and fell to the ground, and after a while, the whole tent suddenly became quiet, and all the generals looked at their general's surprised expressions in amazement.
"Mother?" Stunned to ask twice, I couldn't help but be curious Li Jingye picked up the love newspaper note on the ground by himself, but he also gasped, took a step back in amazement, full of curiosity, Dugu took the note again, and after a while, the huge tent, more than fifty generals became silent.
There are only two sentences in the brief military situation, covering the country and attacking the country, and the army of more than 1,000 elephant soldiers and 430,000 has broken through the building pass.
Louguan is the southern border of Fujian, and on it is the black seal of Uncle Li, the general blood seal of the commander of the border folding, and the Fujian country has been embarrassed, which is tantamount to a life talisman.
"Mother, withdraw the troops."
"At this time, the army is withdrawn, the enemy ranks and tails are chasing and killing, and the army has been destroyed in an instant, please give the last general 10,000 horses, the last general will die here, and keep the way for the army!"
At this time, Dr. Huaxia's character was finally revealed, and he slapped the table impassionedly, and Dugu Yu, who was already in his early fifties, was the first to stand up, and then more than 20 generals came out together, arching their hands and shouting: "The last general is willing to fight to the death!" ”
"The last general should defend Xiliucheng, and ask the princess to lead the Chinese immigrants, and the Min Wangfu will retreat to Bengal." Xiao Lou actually thought a little more, and also said in an astringent voice, looking at Wu Meiniang's hesitation, Lao Xiao beat his chest and persuaded sadly: "Princess, my Fujian country still has a huge eastern land, backed by the Tang Dynasty, there is no time for a comeback." ”
"Then, what about Your Highness?"
Wu Meiniang's stupid question once again made all the generals stunned, to be honest, most of the mistakes in decision-making this time were due to Li Jie, the king of Fujian, but the king had no fault, and he had to hold back his complaints, and he was stunned for a long time, Xiao Lou lowered his head helplessly and said: "The navy of the governor Liu Renliang is cruising in the Persian Gulf, and the princess can quickly inform the king of Fujian, abandon the army, and return to China by sea." ”
Finally came up with a way out for Li Jie, her eyes lit up, Wu Meiniang finally recovered, and once again turned into a decisive iron lady, and raised the Min Fish Talisman with one hand and commanded.
"In the name of the queen of Fujian, this palace ordered the evacuation of my Tang people, the whole country retreated, Dugu lost the general, this palace ordered you to lead an army of 30,000, hold the north bank of the Ganges, and do not evacuate until the last soldier, Doctor Xiao, this palace orders you to ......"
"The last general is against it!"
Suddenly, Wu Meiniang's words were interrupted, and all the generals turned their heads in amazement, staring at the door, Wang Xiaojie, the general of the Taiyuan Wang clan who was absent from the military meeting, broke in with sweat and panting, and saw Wu Meiniang's puzzled eyes shouting again.
"The last general is against it!".