Ma Dan never imagined that he would one day be crowned prince.

That day, he was riding a fast horse, and a scream suddenly sounded in his ears, and at the same time, a white shadow swept out in front of him, and he hurriedly pulled the reins, but he didn't know that the front hooves of the two-domain fierce horse immediately rose into the air, and he and Xiao Min behind him fell off the horse.

Ma Dan, who was humming and getting up from the miserable appearance of "", saw that the little white rabbit who had just gotten away was looking at him with a strange face on the side of the road, so he sighed, but then he became angry, turned his head and said loudly to Xiao Min, who was kneeling on the ground: "Are you going to die?" It's so loud and scared to death! ”

Chubby and chubby, with big eyes, but the pitiful and delicate and lovely little sister Xiao Min was also panicking, she was stunned for a moment, and when she looked at Ma Dan with wide eyes, she was full of tears in the blink of an eye, and then cried loudly: "I... I... The little white rabbit... You want... Stampede him to death... You... Name-calling... Whining! ”

Looking at Xiao Min who had been wronged, Ma Dan didn't know why his heart was sour, he felt that Xiao Min had stabbed himself just now, and he was reluctant to be angry with her, so he couldn't help but sigh and said, "Okay! All right! I didn't fall to death, come! I'll see if you have fallen? ”

However, the carefree life of a seventeen-year-old boy and a thirteen-year-old girl was ruthlessly cut off on this day.

Just as Ma Dan, who was dark and sturdy and had big eyes, was about to help Mu Xiaomin and Mu Xiaomin was still humming and crying, two fast horses galloped from the road.

On horseback, the two of them were dressed in gorgeous costumes that they had never seen before.

The colorful embroidered robes of the two unfurled in the wind on the galloping horses, like two giant wings constantly flapping the air, and Xiao Min forgot to continue to withdraw from the Jiao.

Ma Dan was about to pick up Xiao Min to avoid the two horses, but the two horses stopped in front of them, and immediately two men in rich clothes, one fat and one thin, turned over and dismounted in front of them.

The tall and thin man stood closer, looking in the sun, this person was neither old nor young, but his face was a little cold, he unfolded a scroll, looked up, and looked at Ma Dan for a while, before he said coldly: "You are Sima Dan?" ”

Ma Dan sighed, and before he could react, Mu Xiaomin shouted: "Dead Ma Dan? Why are they scolding you like that? Hum! You should be called a dead egg! ”

Ma Dan heard what the man said clearly, and his face darkened.

Master Mu told himself since he was a child that his real name would not be known.

The tall and thin man saw that Ma Dan was still squatting on the ground, but from his expression, he could tell that he was not looking for the wrong person, so he nodded to the short and fat man.

The short and fat man seemed to be very afraid of the heat, and the brocade robe was originally unbuttoned, but at this time he hurriedly straightened the placket, and he didn't know where he felt another scroll, and read it aloud: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor summoned and said..." ”

Until the short and fat man finished reading, Sima Dan and Mu Xiaomin still sat there, looking at the two of them with two pairs of eyes open, and their open mouths could no longer be closed.

The tall and short men glanced at each other again, and the tall and thin man frowned and said, "Although I didn't let you put the incense case, but when you two heard that it was a holy decree, you didn't even kneel down to accept the decree, don't you understand what we said?" ”

Sima Dan and the others exclaimed, and hurriedly turned over and knelt down: "Grass... Damn the grass people! ”

The tall and thin man sneered: "Still grass people? You are now His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the King of Han, and the Hussar General gave Shang Fang the sword, why are you still a grass people? ”

Mu Xiaomin screamed, and looked at Sima Dan with his hands in his face: "You... Are you a prince now? ”

Sima Dan was confused: "Yes... Is it? Did they go to the bazaar and invite two jumping gods to play tricks on us? ”

The fat and thin man looked at each other again, and the tall and thin man shouted angrily: "Bastard! How dare you babble in front of a decree? ”

The fat man smiled: "We didn't pass the official yamen of Guò County to let you receive the order because you have to be in a hurry to obey the power, but this is really not in line with the etiquette law, please forgive the prince, His Royal Highness the prince, the saint said, we must hide people's eyes and ears along the way, in order to ensure that there are no extraneous branches, the establishment of the prince is a big deal, I hope His Royal Highness the prince can understand the hard work of the saint."

******

The imperial capital is Chang'an.

Since the return of the Three Kingdoms to the Jin Dynasty at the end of the Han Dynasty, the Sima clan won the unification, but they did not know that they soon experienced the most fierce fratricide: the "Rebellion of the Eight Kings", fortunately Emperor Guang of Jin turned the sky and reorganized Liuhe, and reunified the empire from the invasion of foreign races and the division of the heroes.

The son of Emperor Guang, that is, the emperor Sima Tong of the current dynasty, the era name "enlightened".

The enlightened dynasty inherited the hard work of Emperor Guang, but it was also stable, there was no turmoil inside, and there was no strong enemy outside, but after a few decades, the political situation was also confusing.

Enlightened for thirty-three years, changed to Longding.

Today, the sun is shining, and Shengli Palace stands like a jewel mountain shining with colorful brilliance in the north of Chang'an City.

The once-battered "capital of the world" is now shining brighter than ever.

Shengli Palace is the place where all the noble concubines in the imperial city live.

The place where Sima Tong of Longding Emperor lived was called Qianyuan Palace, and the place where Empress Chen lived was Kunning Palace, in addition to these two places, Shengli Palace was the most magnificent place in the imperial city.

On this day, in the courtyard in the northeast corner of here, there was not a single palace maid in sight, only the summer insects in the afternoon were squeaking.

Two women in high-haired dresses appeared, they did not take a sedan chair, but only walked to this garden with a few servants, and when they arrived in this garden, they stood in the shade of a thick tree, looking at a golden gate carved with a phoenix in the hollow.

The woman on the left is dressed in a golden dragon robe, she is forty or fifty years old, her face is slightly fat, but there is a domineering spirit between her eyebrows, it is the current Empress Chen.

The forty or fifty-year-old thin woman beside Empress Chen is Sima Tong's sister-in-law, the current county lord of Ziyang.

The Ziyang County Lord looked at the golden gate coldly, and muttered, "When did you dare to use the near golden phoenix gate of Kunning Palace in Shengli Palace?" It seems that this Jing Concubine has already flown up the branches, and it is too late to wait! ”

Empress Chen knew that the county lord of Ziyang was provoking her anger, but the situation in front of her still made her unbelievable, and her blood rushed straight to her head.

Empress Chen said coldly: "That old dog is indeed carried away and carried away!" ”

Guan String is the head of the eunuchs, known as the "Great Eunuch", and is now deeply favored by Sima Tong, and can call the wind and rain in the imperial city......

Sima Yan, the lord of Ziyang County, was also dissatisfied with the pipe string, but she didn't show it: "If it weren't for the fact that this slut claimed to be pregnant with a dragon fetus, he wouldn't dare to do such a thing, hum!" It's important that we get down to business. ”

Empress Chen's face swelled with a burst of red tide, and her eyes showed a fierce light: "I really don't know how long I have to worry about it, those ministers outside are forcing the emperor to establish a prince all the time, but these sluts dare to ** the palace and do such a thing to bully the king, if it is not for the sake of maintaining the prestige of the heavenly family everywhere, this slut Yijiu clan will not be able to withstand their crimes!" ”

The Ziyang County Lord smiled and didn't smile: "Go in now, I want to go back to see Chen'er as soon as possible." He glanced at Queen Chen, and said: "We will definitely be as filial to the queen as we are to me, as for these sluts, they are all ** who can eat people, and they must not be allowed to grow up." ”

Empress Chen sneered in her heart: "Really? However, compared to those cheap children, at least you are not eyeing my man, so we still have a chance to get along, and whether your child has the emperor's life depends on whether I like it or not? ”

Seeing that Empress Chen was silent, Sima Yan also secretly sneered in her heart: "Who told you that you can't give birth to a dog?" My third brother hasn't been abolished yet, so don't you have me to help you speak? If it weren't for Chen'er, I wouldn't have time to pay attention to you! ”

The two of them had their own thoughts, and slowly walked towards the golden phoenix gate.

The two men looked at each other again, and the attendants pushed the door open, and the steel door was no longer closed after everyone entered.

The summer bug squeaked.

The sun slowly moved in the sky, and the shadows of the trees in the courtyard became longer and longer.

Finally, the Golden Gate opened again, and Empress Chen and the others led the crowd out, and the cruelty on their faces lingered.

Behind them came a terrible howl: "Old and immortal! I won't let you go! The emperor has set up another crown prince, and he personally told me that he would never make Wang Chen, who has a different surname, the crown prince, even if it is his nephew! Bah! You stinky **! ”

When the sound continued, Sima Yan couldn't help but rush back into the room, took out the guard's short knife, and slashed at the neck of the screaming woman.

Blood sprayed on Sima Yan's face, in a blood red, Sima Yan saw Queen Chen's face surprised and unbearable, and she couldn't help but murmur with hatred in her heart: "Stinky **...!" ”

******

About forty years ago.

Outside Ctesiphon, the capital of the Sassanid Empire of Persia.

A group of black-armored guards surrounded two horsemen like a wind swept up a hill, and the Persian soldiers stationed on the hill hurriedly went out to meet them, but the first two horsemen of the black-armored guards did not stop for a moment, went straight to the top of the hill, turned over and dismounted.

The first person on the left is wearing a golden battle helmet, a jeweled crown on his head, he is about sixty years old, his white hair has withered, but his green eyes are bright, and his tall body is still tall, it is Shapur II, the Sassanid Emperor of Persia.

The first person on the right is dressed in Hanfu, with a giant python crane rusted with gold silk on the dark green robe, and a fur armor, but he does not carry weapons, and he looks like a civil servant.

This envoy from the Great Jin Dynasty is only twenty miles away, but his handsome face has been weathered, his body is half a head shorter than that of the Persian emperor, and he is also immortal, but at this time, standing in the center of this battlefield, he does not look weak at all.

The envoy of the Great Jin Dynasty walked to the edge of the hill before Shapur and looked down, only to see that there was an open area under the hill, and in the distance was the tall city wall of Ctesiphon, and under the city wall, teams of endless armies were marching in full gear.

The armies outside the city did not besiege the city, but formed outside the city like a multinational coalition army.

In the center is the heavily armored hoplites, they are dressed in iron armor, holding spears in their hands, and short swords at their waists, according to a group of ten people, every ten groups are a small team, every ten small teams are a large team of neatly arranged, about five or six brigades are equipped with a military flag, and each military flag has a silver eagle on the top, with its wings spread out, and its face is fierce.

When the envoys of the Great Jin Dynasty saw the silver vulture military flag, there was a burst of heat in their hearts: "It is the Roman military flag, the strongest male division in the world, and only they are worthy of competing with our Great Jin Dynasty for hegemony." ”

However, in addition to the central hoplite, the left flank was a dense array of robed soldiers, carrying long bows and quivers, with scimitars at their waists, and the silver vulture banner could be seen in the middle of the formation.

The army on the right flank is also infantry, but it is only equipped with light armor and heavy swords, most of them are some blonde and blue-eyed brutes, they ** upper body, showing horizontal muscles, weapons are messy, but they are also holding the Roman silver vulture flag.

King Shapur walked up to the envoy of the Great Jin Dynasty, "It's the auxiliaries, these auxiliaries are from different provinces or autonomous regions in Rome, they fight bravely, many of their ancestors have Roman blood, so they are also very loyal, and there are also Roman cavalry and African cavalry behind the palace, I can't imagine that Julian is dead, but their retreat is still as powerful as ever, isn't it?" Lord Banwu? ”

The heart of Ban Wu, the envoy of the Great Jin Dynasty, darkened, thinking that the current Roman Empire is far inferior to the national situation when the ancestor Ban Chao sent Gan Ying to the envoy, and Rome at that time was less than a hundred years away from the most famous "god monarch" Julius Caesar the Great to establish an empire from Great Britain in the west to the Persian border in the east.

Gan Ying recounted the heroic deeds of the Roman Empire to Ban Chao, the ancestor of Ban Wu, and Ban Wu read from the notes of his ancestors that what shocked him the most was a sentence from Julius Caesar:

I come, I see, I conquer

"It's all over again!" Shapur seemed to understand what Ban Wu was thinking, "The strength of the ancient Roman Empire is like a meteor in the sky, and I don't know how long it will be chaotic after Julian's death."

Julian, the current Emperor of the Roman Empire, had ascended the throne two years earlier and had invaded Persia beyond the capital city of Ctesiphon, but not long ago, Julian was assassinated, causing the Romans to withdraw immediately.

With Banwu's understanding of the Roman Empire, he sneered: "Like a meteor in the sky? In the past thousand years, although this country has been ruined, it has always been able to produce people in large numbers, and it has risen again and again, which can be called overwhelming. Julian is a once-in-a-century hero, and his army is still invincible, so I have come to your aid, and now that we have a plan, we must not take them lightly. ‘

"Since they adopted Christianity as the state religion, dissidents in the country have been persecuted, and over the decades they have become more and more like us, and they are no longer as terrible as they used to be," Shapur said. ”

Shapur had just finished speaking when suddenly a trumpet came from inside Ctesiphon's city.

With a bang, Ctesiphon's gate slowly opened, and the movable bridge outside the gate fell down and covered the moat.

The midday sun suddenly dimmed, and a gust of wind swept up the hill.

A strong murderous aura filled the city gates, and waves of heavily armored cavalry rushed out like a tide, quickly assembled outside the city, and lined up in a phalanx of about 200 cavalry.

The assembly of the black-armored cavalry with heavy armor fully shows its elite, they are all left shields and right spears, and the tall sweaty horses are neatly aligned under the skillful control, and when the phalanx is gradually formed, the cold sword light condenses all the cavalry, exuding a suffocating murderous aura.

The retreating Roman army suddenly calmed down, but their movements did not slow down, the original retreat plan had already calculated the pursuit of the other party, but when they found the enemy, they were unconsciously silent, and everyone became a volcano that could erupt at any time, just waiting for the enemy to strike.

Silence and anger pervaded the Roman army.

What was supposed to be a battle of victory turned into a humiliating retreat.

The cavalry behind the palace all turned their horses' heads, and although the spears in their hands were still leaning on the ground, they were constantly adjusting their arrangement to form two huge phalanxes.

The hoplites on the left were Roman warriors.

The cavalry on the right, clad in animal skins and holding scimitars, is the Numidian cavalry from Africa, their horses are smaller, and the phalanx is more disheveled, but history has proved that they are the best cavalry, and these natural knights are now eager to stare at the Persian cavalry.

In addition to the cavalry, the hoplites in the center also stopped, ready to meet the battle, while the left and right flanks continued to retreat slowly.

All the important battles in history were fought by Roman hoplites, which showed both the auxiliaries and the allies the true strength of Rome.

The Germanic barbarians were a little noisy, and many warlike Chibo men raised their weapons and shouted, but they still slowly moved forward, away from the place where the cavalry of the two armies confronted.

When the arrangement of the Persian cavalry accumulated from a square to a long shape, the sound of the horn suddenly became terrible, and the Emperor Shapur (II) on the hill cheered and slapped Ban Wu on the shoulder.

Sure enough, the first half of the Persian cavalry phalanx suddenly launched in a roar, and the sound of hooves turned into a thunderous roar in an instant, and the cavalry with their spears flat under their armpits quickly pushed their horses to extreme speed.

In the face of the enemy's frontal attack, neither side chose to resist the enemy with long arrows first, but planned to use the strongest attack to trample the opponent under their feet.

At this time, the Persian cavalry pouring out from the other gates also slowly advanced towards the Roman hoplites.

Ban Wu could already see their dense banners and feel the strong vibrations of the iron hooves as they collided with the ground.

The phalanx of Persian cavalry vanity suddenly changed direction as it was about to make contact, and swooped down like a dark cloud towards the hoplites in the center of the Roman formation.

It was too late for the Roman hoplites to change direction, and instead they met the charge of the enemy's second cavalry phalanx.

The cavalry charges of the two sides were about to collide, and only then did an earth-shattering shout of killing erupt.

As if the shouts that erupted from all the anger in his heart had just risen, the piercing sound of metal and the sound of limb collision drowned out the shouts of killing, and with a bang, the forwards of both sides had been strangled together.

Even if Mount Tai collapsed in front of him, Ban Wu, who was not afraid, also changed color at this time.

Countless rows of cavalry collided with each other and instantly embraced a wall of flesh and blood, and the shells and limbs of the horses flew sideways, and the broken weapons and torn armor were mixed, only some of the Roman cavalry finally broke through the bonds of flesh and blood and continued to rush bravely towards the rows of Persian cavalry that were flooded behind.

The phalanx of hundreds of cavalry on both sides rushed forward in groups of three or four rows, and the Roman cavalry that penetrated the first group of the enemy charge was covered in blood, and some of them still carried flames that might have been splashed with sparks when the weapons collided, but these people ignored the injuries on their bodies, screamed and raised their horsepower to the maximum, adjusted into a single horizontal platoon in a few steps, and rushed towards the Persian cavalry in a few steps, and then collided with the enemy's second group of cavalry.

This time, the shouts of killing drowned out the sounds of other battlefields, and shook the hearts of the soldiers in the hills.

The second group of Roman hoplites arrived in time to support the desperate assault of the forwards.

The Persian cavalry god was instantly defeated, and the cavalry of the second group was already in a panic, and had already given the vanguard of Rome to the battle before forming a full-speed charge.

At this moment, the sound of trumpets sounded from all directions, and the Persian cavalry, who dared to charge at the central hoplite, were knocked on their backs by a burst of javelin fire.

The throwing guns of the Roman hoplites were all trained for a long time, and the throwing guns were uniform, like a wall of spears falling from the sky, and no one had room to dodge, let alone the cavalry in the gallop? The power of the spear is far greater than that of the bow and arrow, and the general shield is pierced lightly, and the war horses running in front are fallen down in rows, and the war horses behind can't escape, and throw the knight on their back into the gun.

But the Persian cavalry from all sides also flocked to it.

In the blink of an eye, this large area in front of Ban Wu has become a Shura field, the slaughter of life and death has caused a river of blood to flow on the earth, and the sound of fighting shook the earth, although everyone is far away on the hill, but when they touched their faces, they all felt that their hands were stained with blood, as if a slight blood rain had fallen in the sky, and it was like a wind blowing from the bottom of the mountain, all with bloodshot that could not be seen by the eyes.