At the end of March of the second year of Tang Chenghe, a good news that was not good news made the little Persian emperor more or less have some expectations, the 100,000 troops of the Persian border army on the Baltic border defeated the resistance of more than a dozen rebel armies, broke through the blockade line set up by the rebel army, and marched rapidly in the direction of the imperial city. As long as the foundation is kept, you can start all over again.

The rebel army faced the real elite, and the border guards who had fought with the Roman legions for a long time were indeed inferior, whether it was the elite equipment or the soldiers, or the commander's experience and bravery, you know, the old general and the army under his command have repeatedly defeated the elite division of the Roman legions, and the rebels are just a group of rabble in the end, except for a few relatively large ones that still have the strength to fight, the others are really not ranked.

The border guards marched quickly, killed countless rebels along the way, left no room for survival, all those who surrendered were killed, the leaders of the uprising were all trampled to death by war horses, the cruel actions made many weak rebels flee, and the stronger ones did not dare to fight with them, they finally had no more obstacles on the way forward, in the middle of April of the second year of Chenghe, they defeated the last rebel army that was on the way to the imperial city, killed them all, and stepped on the flesh and blood to advance to the imperial city.

On this day, it was also the day when the Tang army broke through the last line of defense of Persia on all five routes, and the 150,000 Tang army plus about 170,000 rebel troops broke through the defense line temporarily set up by the Persian army and occupied the main area of the entire eastern Persia, and only the last one was left in more than a dozen provinces in the east, and half of the Persian Empire was completely occupied by the Tang army in more than a month. There is no return.

And at this time, the little emperor's last straw rushed to the imperial city, killed thousands of rebel troops who tried to attack the imperial city, caused several rebel armies to collapse, and then calmly entered the imperial city under the leadership of the old general, leaving behind the corpses of the rebels. The leaders of the rebel army gritted their teeth and looked at this swaggering army, but no one dared to come forward to fight them, and those who dared to do so were dead.

Only by waiting for the arrival of the powerful Tang army, when the Tang army comes, can we watch the Tang army completely destroy the imperial city of the Persian government with that terrible artillery, and kill those terrible border guards, only in this way is the last and only way out, on their own. It is not the opponent of the 100,000 border army at all, and the defeats along the way have fully reflected this.

However, in fact, even if the 100,000 border troops entered the imperial city, it was only a drop in the bucket for the Persian Empire, which changed the number of troops that could be mobilized from less than 80,000 to 180,000, and there was an old general to rely on. However, the collapse of the Persian Empire as a whole was inevitable, and they were reduced to only three provinces in the west and one province in the east. With the imperial city, it was less than one-fifth of the original territory, and the rest of the territory was either occupied by the Tang army or by the insurgents. ‘

The former emperor is now in jeopardy, and he wants to keep his position, but he will inevitably fail.

After the old general met the little emperor. Crying bitterly and saying that he was ashamed of the instructions of the first emperor, the little emperor also hugged the old general and cried incessantly, tearfully begging the old general to save him and save the entire Persian Sassanid Dynasty, no matter what. must save this country, otherwise he will die and will not have the face to face his father and ancestors, the old general promised on his lips, but he was bitter in his heart, what is the current situation of the empire, no one knows better than him.

But he can't say anything discouraged, he can't tell the truth, he came all the way, just to complete the old emperor's last entrustment, and the whole country to live and die, for this at any cost, even if it is to burn the whole city, but also to do it, and only the 100,000 border troops and 80,000 Beijing troops in the imperial city are not enough to deal with the millions of rebel troops and the 150,000 elite Tang army, or in other words, if there are only one million rebel troops, the old general is still sure to fight a war of attrition and protracted war with them, but with the Tang army......

Unless the Tang army is eliminated, or the Tang army is withdrawn, otherwise, it is unrealistic to deal with the rebel army and the Tang army on two roads, and all his 180,000 soldiers and horses can only deal with the enemy all the way, if they deal with the enemy army on two roads together, it will be too terrible for him, he can't imagine what the fate of dealing with two enemy troops at the same time and dividing the troops into two ways will be.

The current Persian Empire has reached the point of life and death, the only four remaining provinces are not enough for the empire to have the power to come back to life, the biggest threat to the empire is not the rabble of the rebel army, but the most elite and warlike Tang army and their artillery, just over a month, the entire eastern territory has fallen, for them, it seems to be just a trivial thing.

If this qiē is like this, then this war is meaningless, the reason why the old general led the army over, is just to repay the old emperor's kindness, otherwise, he can also be like other border generals either unload their armor and return to the field, or surrender to Rome, or wait to surrender to the Tang Dynasty or the rebel army, or no longer fall into the grass, gather in the mountains and forests, the border army is 280,000, seven main generals, only he is willing to lead the army to the king, fortunately his prestige is good, 100,000 troops follow him.

If the guess is right, Rome should have known that there was a civil uprising within the Persian Empire, perhaps the Roman intervention army had already set off, the elite and powerful Roman legions, the enduring combat effectiveness, the Romans were very lucky, put down the internal rebellion, recuperated for more than a year, and seemed to have the ability to wage war again, strong heritage, strong war potential, so that the old general was envious and jealous.

It's all that group of traitors, they ruined the war potential of Persia, which was just as powerful, regardless of the oppressive potential of a qiē, and squeezed the potential, he couldn't even catch the strong men, all the strong men either hid or joined the rebel army, and who else wanted to join the imperial army? Anyone with a bit of discerning knows that the fall of the dynasty may only be a matter of time, and there is no need to sacrifice one's life for such a dynasty, it is not worth it.

Roman. The rebels, the Tang people, each with their own strengths, but they all had the same goal - to destroy the Persian Empire, and the Persian state withstood the rapid attacks of the Arabs and the fanatical religion. If there was no internal uprising, neither the Tang nor the Romans would have intervened to send a large army to attack Persia, this is for sure.

The current situation, as long as it is not a fool or a little emperor who is unwilling to face reality, everyone else can see it, it is just a matter of time.

But now, what else can the old general do? The little emperor regarded himself as the last straw. Hold on to it and make yourself a general in command of the entire army, but what's the point? The country is gone, what is the point of the general? The old general still did not refuse the little emperor, and served as the great general, commanding the nominal national army, but compared with the strength of the Persian Empire at its peak ten years ago, the current army of 200,000. It's just a fraction.

The 180,000 in the imperial city, plus the scattered four provinces, were still under the orders of the imperial army. It was about 200,000, and the first thing the old general did after taking office was to order all the troops from all over the country to gather in the imperial city, which had strong city defenses, sufficient food and money, and enough drinking water. There were still enough troops to accommodate so many troops as never before, and all the people in the city, men, women, and children, as long as they could stand up and run, were all recruited into the army, without exception.

Who can imagine what it would be like for an eight-year-old child to stand in a large crowd with a wooden stick with a puzzled expression? Who can imagine what an old man in his fifties looks like standing inside the army with a wooden stick? Who could have imagined what it would be like for a group of women to be forced to put on military uniforms and line up with weapons? No one can imagine. But this kind of thing did happen in the Persian imperial city during this period.

The old general decided to shrink the defensive line, instead of making meaningless resistance, it was better to shrink his forces and hide in the imperial city, there were so many rebel troops outside the city, they always had to eat, what did the million rebel army eat? The empire has failed to harvest year after year, and not many people will grow crops and raise livestock, what will the millions of rebels eat? It's just a rabble, as long as there is no food, how long can they hold on?

And Isam, the last trump card, as long as the war goes on to the point where it can't be carried out, they can push Issam out, put a knife on Issam's neck, and threaten the rebels and the Don army not to get close, what will happen to them? Did the rebels, who had come to the rescue of Issam, dare to attack the imperial city in disregard of Issam's life?

In this way, the food in the city is enough for 200,000 troops and people to eat for a year, as long as it lasts until winter, when the weather is cold, the rebel army will inevitably collapse, and the Tang army will have difficulty in logistics and supply, and it will definitely retreat.

The old general who had decided the strategy had a little more hope in his heart, a little more expectation, he was looking forward to seeing such a scene, he was looking forward to seeing the Persian army counterattack, the rebel army and the Tang army and the Roman army were defeated one after another...... By the way, will the rebels accept the Roman army's request for cooperation? I heard that the Eastern Rebel Army and the Don Army fought side by side, so will the Western Rebel Army accept the Romans? Or will they fight?

The old general decided to sit and watch the show, in the past, he always didn't play the group of others, but this time, it seems that he also has the capital to play others, don't look at the only one imperial city left, but as long as there is food, weapons and water, it can be supported, a large amount of food was hoarded inside the imperial city, which was originally used to make a lot of money in the disaster year, but at this time, inadvertently saved the life of the Persian Empire, and those private grain merchants also suffered, those who did not hand over the grain were all executed, the grain merchants died seven or eight, and everyone succumbed.

The old general vigorously rectified the order, killed the moths inside, softened the anger of the people, rewarded the soldiers with money, food and even official positions, and told them that as long as the people from outside came in, they would definitely slaughter the city, and he saw less along the way? The continuous demonization of the rebel army outside the city made the hearts of the people in the city gradually change, and they really gathered around the old general, forming a large resistance force, and the little emperor couldn't open his eyes when he saw this.

He is really a blessed man, there was an Isam before, and now there is an old general, and sure enough, it is the heavens and the gods who are protecting me and my country! So I can enjoy it with peace of mind, and wait for my power to come back into my hands, well, that's it, that's it.

He really thought so, he forgot the pain of the scar, and as soon as he saw that the situation had improved, he continued to hide in the inner palace and play with his own woman, and handed everything over to the old general to deal with, the old general saw this, and sighed in his heart, he just fought for the old emperor's knowledge, but this emperor's character and his su zhì doomed the Persian Empire to no good results, is there really no problem in doing it himself?

The old general began to doubt himself, began to question himself, began to disgust himself with his unscrupulous means, is it really worth it to let so many people sacrifice their lives for such an emperor? Did you really do nothing wrong? (To be continued......)