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The competition of civilizations, under the baptism of blood and fire, is particularly eye-catching.

The Indians were not willing to be lonely, and tried to make a big hole in the main artery of the Qin state, and the descendants of the Persians, like the Zagros Mountains on the Iranian plateau near the Indian Ocean, launched a restoration campaign with the goal of capturing the old capital of Persepolis.

Persepolis was the capital of the illustrious Persian Empire, the first monarchy in ancient Persia to expand its territory to most of Central Asia and West Asia, and the first monarchy to span Europe, Asia and Africa. During the Taleus dynasty, the wars fought between Persia and Greece were enshrined in the Odyssey, and at its height the Persian Empire stretched from the Indus Plain in the east, Asia Minor in the west, Thrace in the Balkans in Europe, and Egypt, Libya, Nubia, and Abyssinia in the southwest.

In 330 BC, under the attack of Alexander the Great of Macedon, the capital of the Persian Empire, Persepolis fell, Darius III was killed in flight, and the empire was destroyed.

In early November, the Persian nobleman Rustam colluded with a group of fugitive outlaws to raise the banner on the ruins of the Gate of Nations in Persepolis and set himself up as king, and in just over 20 days, Rustam's rebels numbered more than 30,000 people, and they attacked the village pavilion and burned down the post station, and their behavior was no different from that of the terrorists of later generations.

In order to deter the rebels and curb the wave of resistance in the Middle East, Li Yuan swore to the East in Xin'an City, although the 60,000 soldiers he led were not the elite at the very front, but with the participation of Li Yuan's personal troops, plus the participation of young generals such as Yang Ping, Zhou Ping, Feng Tang, and Han Anguo, the strength of this Eastern Expeditionary Army can be imagined.

In addition to the generals, among Li Yuan's entourage, Jia Yi and Zhang Shizhi accompanied each other. These two rising stars have now become Li Yuan's right-hand men in governing the vast territory, and their exuberant energy and enthusiasm for work make Li Yuan seem to have returned to more than ten years ago.

The former white horse boys, the former green years, are gradually passing away in the years like flowing water, and the people who have walked all the way! Some continue to follow each other and move to the Quartet. Some have buried the drums of war, willing to be an old man in the fisherman, while others are buried in the unknown wasteland and deep valleys, leaving only their names for remembrance.

Li Yuan did not know if his name would still be mentioned years later. But at this moment, at this moment, he is willing to work with thousands of soldiers of Daqin, throw his head, spill blood, and fight bloodily for the hegemony of Daqin and the survival of the Chinese nation.

November 26.

Qin's eastern crusade forces reached Susa, an important city on the border between ancient Persia and ancient Babylon. Feng Tang, the Qin general who served as the vanguard, led 3,000 foot soldiers, while Rustam's side gathered a team of about nearly 10,000 troops.

The city of Susa.

For a time, it was the temporary capital of the Persian Empire, with most of its inhabitants of Persian descent and some Assyrians, and during the Qin occupation, the mountainous city between the plains of the two rivers and the Iranian plateau was the subject of repeated riots. The officials sent by the Qin State would be assassinated or injured every few days.

Inside a spacious stone house left behind by a nobleman in the city.

Rustam, who looked like a dwarven warrior, summoned his subordinates to discuss countermeasures, and the Qin army reacted quickly, which made Rustam feel a little surprised, especially when he heard that this time it was the Shenwu Emperor Li Yuan who personally led the troops to come, when did he Rustam's reputation become so loud, can His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Qin State also pay attention to it. Whenever they thought of this, the Persians couldn't help but laugh.

"General, if we can defeat the Qin people this time, we will be lucky. If you kill the emperor of Qin, the Great Persian Empire will be revived in the hands of the generals, and when the time comes, you will be Rustam I. ”

"Haha, this time the Qin people came to attack, but only 3,000 people, they are underestimating our big Persians, brothers are working hard, tomorrow, we will give the Qin people a little bit of power."

It has to be said that the Persians are arrogant enough, and Rustam, a descendant of the former Persian aristocracy, has a brain as strong as his body but stupid, and the repeated praise of his subordinates makes him gradually hot-headed.

Twenty-seventh, morning.

Feng Tang's vanguard was blocked by the enemy outside the city of Susa, after hearing that the leader of the troops was just a little-known young Qin general, the arrogant Rustam did not look down on this Qin army at all, he quickly gathered the rebels out of the city to meet the battle, in Rustam's meaning, they now have people, if they don't take advantage of the crowd to snatch the weapons and armor of the Qin people, when will they wait.

The two armies lined up.

The black banner, the spear and halberd like a forest, and the expressionless armor soldiers, the three thousand Qin soldiers were like a terracotta warrior, looking coldly at the chaotic enemy formation opposite, Feng Tang rode on the pitch-black healthy horse, and the leather whip in his hand gently pointed at the gap in the Persian formation, thinking about how to kill with one blow.

"General, the enemy army is out of the city to invite battle, are we meeting the enemy?" Feng Tang bowed his head, and a Qin military captain asked. For Feng Tang, a young general from the Kanto region who was appreciated by Li Yuan for suppressing Confucian troubles, the generals of the Qin army did not dare to slack off in the slightest, this is because Feng Tang does not look handsome, but he is also quite strict in governing the army, and he cannot tolerate half a grain of sand.

"Naturally, there is a war. Behold, the Persians are scattered, and the front is full of brave men, and the back is full of cunning men. Feng Tang nodded arrogantly and said. If the Great Qin soldiers had to retreat from fighting against a rebel army like Persia that only held wooden sticks and bone spears, then there was no need to have the idea of conquering the world.

Knock knock!

The war drums sounded one after another, and the morale of the soldiers of the Qin army was suddenly raised, compared to the Persians, there was really no weapon to handle, and in desperation, Rustam and his companions could only use all their strength to shout loudly, but in the sound of war drums, this chaotic shout seemed so pale and powerful.

"Attack!"

"Penetrate the enemy formation!"

Feng Tang did not wait for the Persians to stabilize the formation, that is, he issued an order to attack on the whole line, and the Qin soldiers who pressed up like a black wall, although the total number was less than that of the Persians, but the formations between them were quite closely connected, and there were captains in command between each phalanx, which was much stronger than the Persians who were at a loss.

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The Persians are in the array.

Rustam, armed with a large axe, had sweat on his forehead. Although he kept clamoring to show the color of the Qin people, it was the first time after all, and the generals of the Qin army on the opposite side obviously belonged to the kind of guy who did not show weakness, whether this could beat the opponent, Rustam actually did not have a bottom in his heart.

"Great Persians, fight!"

"For the sake of the Achaemenid gods! For Cyrus the Great, Darius the Great. "In order to boost morale, Rustam moved one after another great kings in the history of the Persian Empire. He hoped that the heavenly spirits of these kings would bless him and his men from defeating the Qin army.

Sou!

Whoosh!

The Qin army's array was constantly approaching, the Persians lacked javelins and other long-range weapons, and the Qin army could effortlessly approach and shoot with crossbow machines, in order to enhance the long-range strike ability of Feng Tang's vanguard troops, Li Yuan directly called 200 repeating machine crossbows and delivered them to Feng Tang.

The Persian warriors, who were on the front line, did not expect. The Persians, who lacked battlefield experience, thought that in this situation of two armies, one side would wait for the other side to line up according to the gentleman's agreement, and then the generals of both sides would step forward to say a few words, and then the other side would catch and tear each other's soldiers apart.

The naïve Persians were fooled!

The Qin army couldn't help but say a fierce attack, so that they hadn't really faced the Qin army soldiers. was wiped out by crossbow arrows, lacking metal armor protection, and not even a wooden shield in his hand, how to win this battle.

Rustam watched his warriors fall one by one, nervously speechless, although he fought bravely and ruthlessly, and killed no less than twenty people, but like in front of him. Wave after wave of soldiers fell in pools of blood, and the black wall of people on the opposite side stepped on the corpses and rushed towards him without hesitation, but it made him feel helpless in his heart.

"General, we can't stand it, let's retreat!" While Rustam was stunned, one of his subordinates who had fled back from the front was crying. Leapfrogging past him.

"What are you talking about, Kachin Mir, you coward, you dare to run away." Rustam shook his fist angrily. Shout at the subordinate who had kindly reminded him. And his shout did not stop Kachenmir, on the contrary, the Persian soldiers who heard it around scrambled to turn around and fled in the direction of the gate of Susa.

Rustam was in the front with warriors and cowards in the rear, and the weakness of this arrangement was undoubtedly exposed at this time, because the warriors in front were beaten miserably by the shock wave of the Qin army, and the hesitant watchers in the rear were all frightened, and they could not afford to have the courage to fight the Qin army again. Therefore, even if Rustam screamed in his throat, it would be impossible to pull back the fleeing Persian deserters.

The mighty Persian rebels were wiped out in a battle.

Rustam was lucky to escape under the city of Susa, and nearly 6,000 of his 10,000 rabble eventually became prisoners of Feng Tang's army, and more than 3,600 people died directly under the city. For the surrender of the Qin army, the Persian captives did not have any pressure, they were originally living under the rule of the Qin State, this time, it was just a failure, and the Qin side would not want their lives.

December 1.

The Qin army did not spend a single soldier to occupy Persepolis, which had been burned to ruins by Alexander, the symbol city of the Persian Empire, after being occupied by Alexander the King of Macedon, once again suffered shame, and Rustam, who had promised to protect the sacred city of Persia, was also seen clearly by the Persians, this guy who looked very fierce was actually an opportunist without the slightest responsibility.

Feng Tang became famous in one fight!

Although there are still more than 20,000 rebels in Rustam's army, this rebel army that has lost face is obviously no longer in the climate, what they can do is to flee east without stopping before the Qin army arrives, and strive to reach the Indus Valley as soon as possible, to entrust the Mauryan Empire to protect themselves.

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The gaze turned back to the city of Bamiyan in the northeastern part of the Iranian plateau.

The Indians had been besieging this lonely city for half a month, and the situation in the city was much worse than at the beginning of the siege, and the Mauryan war elephants had great damage to the rammed earth walls and wooden gates, despite the arrival of winter. Groups of war elephants, accustomed to the hot climate, fell ill or were in poor health, but at the urging of the Sunga people, the elephant soldiers broke through the outer city's defenses.

Due to the lack of troops, Ma Jin had to relinquish control of the outer city and instead focus his defense on the inner city, which was built with solid bluestone.

The stone is extremely hard.

Even the elephant herd could not break open the gap for a while, and with the advantage of the terrain, Ma Jin and the last two hundred Qin troops continued to hold on.

Inside the inner city.

Can be used as a weapon against the enemy. Only the messy stones remained, these grains of stone were dug out of the Bamiyan Valley by the Qin soldiers before the war, and were originally only used to pile up houses, but now that the city is about to fall, the houses naturally do not need to be built, and they are just used as tools to defend against the enemy.

Ma Jin was seriously wounded. Lying on a slightly clean carpet, his breath was weak, and the blood stain on his head was caused by being trampled on a three-man tall war elephant during the battle in the outer city.

The situation of the remaining 200 or so soldiers of the Qin army is also not optimistic. However, from the faces of these besieged Qin soldiers. But there was not much frustration in sight, they held each other and leaned on their shoulders as if they were twin brothers.

"Brethren, we have been holding out here for a month and three days, and our opponents, numbering tens of thousands of enemy troops, have been in the middle of these days. Didn't be able to beat us, for that, I Makin thank you, thank you! After Ma Jin woke up from his coma again, he gathered the soldiers around him and said word by word.

"Captain, you don't have to thank us. We are honored to be able to fight with you. If it weren't for your command, we, the baggage soldiers, would not have been able to participate in such a war that will go down in history in our lives. Even if we die, we are worth it. Among the soldiers, an old soldier about forty years old choked up and said.

"It's worth it, of course, we are the soldiers of Daqin, Your Majesty once said that our journey is a sea of stars, a vast desert, and a place that no one has ever set foot in before, and then, plant the flag of our Daqin, let it flutter in the wind, and let it never fall!" Ma Jin said, his eyes flashing with a strange look.

At this moment, in front of his eyes, Li Yuan's oath during the first western expedition appeared, and the faces of familiar and unfamiliar generals appeared, Bamiyan City couldn't hold it, so what? One day, Great Qin's army will counterattack and annihilate the opponents who dare to offend the majesty of Great Qin one by one, Ma Jin is convinced of this.

"Come here, write your names on this blanket, and then, you—break through the gap in the valley, and give it to General Jib, and tell him that I, Makin, and the four thousand men who guarded the city, have successfully completed their mission." Ma Jin pulled the felt blanket from under him with difficulty, pointed to the old pawn just now, and said.

The battlefield is brutal.

Not to mention the baggage soldiers, even the most elite soldiers in front of them, in a cruel battle, they may not be able to leave their names, and what Ma Jin has to do now is to let the last two hundred dead soldiers rest their hearts and use their last strength to fight and fight.

"Why me?" The old man muttered to himself, and some of them took the blanket.

"Why not you, from your eyes, I know that you don't want to die yet, there must be someone you care about in your family, so, wait until after dark and set off, remember, you have a heavy responsibility on your shoulders, you must bring it back, if you can't do it, then, our brothers will definitely not forgive you." Ma Jin let out a long sigh, an abnormal flush on his pale face.

people, who have no concerns.

In the familiar village on the bank of Weishui, the familiar figure is still at the entrance of the village, fortunately, a pair of children have grown up and can take care of their relatives instead of him.

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December 9th.

Shattered Leaf City.

Ji Bu silently stroked the felt carpet stained with blood in his hand, and was speechless for a long time.

The four thousand Qin soldiers guarding the city of Bamiyan were all wiped out, the captain Ma Jin died on the battlefield, and the only lucky old soldier who escaped finally returned to the broken leaf after a lot of hardships, and the silk he brought back was full of blankets with the names of the last soldiers, witnessing the history of the Qin soldiers fighting desperately and fighting bloodily until the last moment when the city fell.

The army of the Mauryan Empire, due to the stagnation in Bamiyan City for too long, coupled with the arrival of the cold winter season, although the King of the Giant Wheel and others had the heart to occupy the broken leaves in one go, their low morale was no longer possible, and more importantly, in their rear, the Eastern Expeditionary Army led by Li Yuan was like a dagger, penetrating the Persian plateau and piercing the hearts of the Indians.

Return to the army to save themselves and keep the Indus Valley mainland.

It was the only option for the Indians, and the gap between what was gained and what was paid for was too great for the huge and cost-intensive Northern Expedition, which only captured an inconsequential small city. Faced with the Qin army's counterattack from the west and the north, the monarchs and ministers of the Mauryan Dynasty suddenly found themselves suddenly changed from beaters to the ones who were beaten. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to m.. Read. )