Chapter 41: Moved
In the midst of the chaos, no one really saw how Xerxes died. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Only Ling Zifeng himself understood what an incredible scene he had just experienced.
But by some mysterious moment, he decided to keep this secret deep in his heart.
However, as far as the king of Sparta himself was concerned, the spear was perfect.
Although it deviated slightly, it hit Xerxes's earring.
In his eyes, the spear exploded in Xerxes's ear, and the metal fragments accompanied by the shock wave of the explosion could naturally blow Xerxes's head into a crumbling watermelon.
This development made Ling Zifeng feel extremely strange and a little confused, as if the scene where Xerxes was blown up and climbed on the king's belt had never happened at all.
However, when the situation was such a thing, he pretended not to know anything and never mentioned it again.
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Looking at Xerxes, who was suddenly shattered, the Persians were stunned for a while, and stood in place one by one.
They couldn't believe that the "Holy King", whom they regarded as gods, had died like this!
It was still Ling Zifeng who roared: "Xerxes is dead!" Everyone, rush! β
This sentence was raised by his magic, and it resounded in the valley in front of the hot spring pass, so that everyone present could hear it clearly.
The Persians then cried out loudly: "Ahhhhhhh The god-king Xerxes is dead! Run! βγ
One by one, they fled to the rear in disarray, and several of them were Persian generals who tried to forcibly order the army.
But at this time, the defeat was like a mountain, and where could they stop it.
The Persians pushed, shouted, and fled in all directions.
The Spartans drove, roared, and slaughtered.
Defeat is successful, and there is no power to return to the sky.
No matter how hard the Persian generals tried, they could not undo the mistakes made by the idiot king.
However, that's not all.
A black-clothed and black-hatted army stabbed out from behind them, and for a while, the sound of killing shook the heavens and the earth, and the reinforcements of the Mo Sandi family came.
The arrival of reinforcements inflicted even more casualties on the Persians, who had already fled in a hurry.
In addition, the king died in battle, and they had no fighting spirit for a long time, and at this time, they only cared about running for their lives, and they could no longer attack Hot Spring Pass.
Ling Zifeng took advantage of the faint light of the sky to look at these reinforcements, and couldn't help but gasp when he saw it.
It turned out that the troops killed in the oblique stab actually came in a steady stream, and a little estimate was that there were only about 20,000 people, and there were thousands of elite heavy cavalry among them!
What surprised Ling Zifeng the most was the rope noose that was put under the saddle of the cavalry.
He recognized this "novelty" at a glance, wasn't it the simple saddle that he had made haphazardly with magic?
He looked in amazement at the reinforcements that were raising thousands of feet of smoke.
muttered in his heart: "Oh, I didn't expect that the little beauty could mobilize such a large number of troops!" What kind of lady is she from a big family? β
Ling Zifeng looked at the torches in the remote wilderness of the reinforcement mountains in the valley, and he was very puzzled about Mo Sandi's true identity.
Because a small alliance of assassins would not have the resources to support such a large army.
Especially in ancient Europe, tens of thousands of troops, that must be supported by the economy of a country.
For example, Sparta, which was the most powerful city-state in Greece, only supported more than 20,000 troops when all of them were soldiers.
I didn't expect a small alliance of assassins to hide such terrifying strength.
Where did they come so many troops?
And at first glance, you can tell that it is a regular army with strict training! Where did they come from financially to support this force? Just a small professional league?
Ling Zifeng didn't believe it, he confirmed more and more that there must be something wrong with Mo Sandi's identity!
Leonidas was not convinced, but he did not seem surprised that Mosandi could send such a staggering number of troops.
He just looked at the Persians who had fled in defeat, and said to Mo Sandi: "Miss Mo, the cooperation between our two countries this time is very perfect. β
"I wish to make an alliance with you here to fight together against the aggression of the Persian Empire."
"Oh yes! Perhaps I should call you Her Royal Highness Princess Babylon. β
"What? Princess!? You're a princess! Ling Zifeng asked in surprise.
Mo Sandi said a little embarrassed: "That's right, I'm sorry I hid my identity, but you never asked me, I thought you had already known it from magic." β
Ling Zifeng thought secretly: "Yes! He hadn't asked about Mosandi's identity since he went back in time, and he confused the last conversation with Mosandi. β
Mo Sandi glanced at Leodanis, and said with a gloomy expression: "His Majesty should have known my identity a long time ago, but where can the people of the dead country afford the title of princess anymore." β
She thought for a moment and continued, "We are here mainly to rescue my brother. As for the alliance, can we wait until I find my brother before we talk about it? β
Leodanius nodded approvingly, and Mo Sandi immediately saluted Ling Zifeng, lit a torch and hurriedly led his subordinates to search for the battlefield in the distance.
Seeing that the "princess" hurriedly went to find her brother, Ling Zifeng patted his head and said to himself: "Oh, she is actually a princess!" I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it! Her younger brother, the princess's younger brother, isn't that the prince! β
"I see!"
Ling Zifeng finally figured out why Xerxes wanted to enslave Mo Sandi's younger brother.
Combined with the story that Mo Sandi told him before going back in time, as well as his speculation, he thought that the Mo Sandi family should be a local force somewhere.
But the son of a local power is kidnapped by an empire, and then enslaved and guarded by the king of the empire, from any point of view, this is a very outrageous thing.
Now he finally understands that Xerxes enslaved and imprisoned the prince of a country to prevent the country from rebelling!
However, there is still one thing that is not clear.
Mosandi said before that she was a Babylonian? Babylon? The Babylon that built the Tower of Babel and the Hanging Gardens?
This series of questions was "written" all over Ling Zifeng's face, and Leodannis looked at him and smiled: "You are from the East, you shouldn't know this history, come and sit down and let's wait and talk." β
After saying that, the king took Ling Zifeng around the Spartan bonfire.
What the king has to wait for is naturally for Mo Sandi to come back and negotiate an alliance with him. And what he wants to say is a history that Ling Zifeng never knewγγγγγγ
After a cup of tea, Leodanis, finally told Ling Zifeng about this tortuous past.
It turned out that decades ago, Babylon, one of the four major capitals of Persia, was an independent kingdom.
The kingdom spread around its capital, Babylon, and was almost one-seventh the size of the entire Persian Empire! At that time, it was one of the most powerful countries of this generation.
They are also the descendants of the Babylon who made the Tower of Babel and the Hanging Garden, as Ling Zifeng said. It was these descendants of an ancient civilization who rebuilt their country on this land three hundred years ago.
As for why ancient Babylon fell, the king himself is not very clear, and history has long been submerged in the long river of time.
Babylon, which had been re-established on the same site, grew over the course of three hundred years, and for a time became the overlord of this generation, faintly rivaling Greece.
However, it was such a powerful country that was defeated by the Persians from the east decades ago.
After several years of confrontation, Babylon became weaker and weaker, and was almost on the verge of extinction.
It was at this time that their king, Moisanthi's father, submitted his submission to Darius, the king of Persia at the time.
The Persians at that time were not completely sure of annexing Babylon, and they accepted the submission of Moissandi's father.
From then on, Babylon became a vassal state of the Persians.
Over the next few years, Darius went on a rampage against Babylon like a vampire. Under his endless bullying and oppression, Babylon's national power became even weaker.
However, that's not all.
One day, the previous king of Persia, Darius, died and was succeeded by his son Xerxes.
Xerxes was much more ruthless than his father, a military idiot who was very good at politics. He found a trumped-up reason and declared Babylon a rebellion.
The next thing is what Mo Sandi told him before time back.
The Persian army made its way to the Babylonian capital, killing the king and queen of Babylon, who were Moissandi's parents. They also killed all of Babylon's royal family, except Mosandi and her youngest brother.
Mosandi hid in the chaos and was rescued by Elder Seth, then the captain of the royal guard of Babylon. The little prince was taken captive by the Persians and used to blackmail Babylon's loyal subjects.
From then on, the kingdom of Babylon fell, and all its subjects submitted to Xerxes.
He incorporated a huge land into the territory of the Persian Empire at a very small cost, and Xerxes was a brilliant move. Because the little prince was held hostage by him, those who were loyal to the royal family of Babylon did not dare to act rashly even if they wanted to rebel.
Although, as the saying goes, cut the grass and eradicate the roots.
But this behavior does not apply in all cases, such as Babylon, which was annexed by Xerxes. If he kills the little prince, then the people who rebel everywhere will inevitably be like weeds in the spring breeze, giving him a headache.
So he wisely kept the heirs of Babylon behind, intending to spend time eroding the royal loyalty of the Babylonian subjects.
This method is not without viciousness, and over time the Babylonian subjects will be assimilated sooner or later, but he has missed one person - Mosandi.
Mo Sandi, who escaped from the siege, was hidden by the Assassin League, and trained to become a talented Assassin.
Mo Sandi learns and grows as a princess of Babylon, while secretly contacting the subjects of the final royal family. They silently accumulate strength in the shadows to develop and grow, so they can have such a strong strength today.
Leodanius would have known these secrets, but he knew that the League of Assassins was inextricably linked to the kingdom of Babylon.
The day before yesterday, when Mo Sandi said that he could find reinforcements, the king roughly judged her identity.
According to Leodanis, Xerxes had always known about the relationship between the League of Assassins and the Kingdom of Babylon.
However, the Assassin League's apparent scope of activity was only in Greece, so there was nothing he could do about it.
Perhaps, this is one of the reasons why Xerxes invaded Greece with his whole country.
It seems that Mo Sandi, the mysterious princess, still has many secrets, which is not something that Ling Zifeng can understand now.