In just three days, Chen Mu led his army to sweep six Persian towns and countless small villages.

It's the same policy everywhere, the civilians don't care, they take the weapons and kill them, and then they collect all the weapons and take half of the food.

As Chen Mu marched, he marked the location of towns and roads on the map. Swept all the towns near Great Xia.

According to Chen Mu's estimates, they were only one day's journey away from Wen'an County in Great Xia. But they didn't go back to resupply.

Because the soldiers are fast.

They swept towns in order to get supplies.

Now that there was plenty of food, grass, and water, the king of Persia had almost gotten the news. It's time to move towards the kingdom of Persia.

However, Chen Mu still sent a hundred people back to Wen'an County first, and asked Zhao to send troops to take over these towns.

That way, it's foolproof.

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The capital of Persia was a large city, with 100,000 civilians and more than 10,000 troops. The city walls and gates are readily available, and there are many tools for defending the city.

But the king of Persia is now panicking.

He had heard that people from several towns had fled to the capital, saying that their towns had been massacred. According to the style of the banner they described, the king of Persia knew that Chen Mu was coming.

And, even more terrifying, there was a coastal town that said that Chen Mu's army was coming from the other side of the sea.

Could it be that Chen Mu flew over?

The people guarding the border did not receive any news, nor did the spies arranged in Great Xia. You shouldn't be wrong.

Chen Mu's army could fly, and this conclusion completely shattered the confidence of the Persian king.

He decided to run away.

He called a meeting, pretended to put up a tough resistance, then handed over the defense to a general, and took his concubine and servants with him and quietly left the capital at night.

The generals and soldiers didn't know, and they were still waiting to fight Chen Mu to the death.

Chen Mu's side marched all the way in the direction of the Persian capital. Since the roads leading to each town in the capital are particularly spacious, it is easy to discern the direction.

Along the way, Chen Mu did not encounter any decent resistance, because the Persian generals collected all their troops and abandoned the outlying towns.

Chen Mu's army successfully came to the Persian capital and set up camp.

When he got here, Chen Mu found another problem, there were no trees nearby.

The area is full of bare desert and there is no river in sight, probably because the oasis is surrounded into the city and the water source is an underground river.

In this case, it would be meaningless for Chen Mu's army to besiege the Persian state, and more importantly, Chen Mu would not be able to build siege equipment on the spot.

The timber they collected along the way was okay to use to build tents, but large siege equipment such as catapults and wells required coarse timber, which was not available here.

In the event of a strong attack, the casualties could be significant.

Any great ideas?

Chen Mu thought about it, and suddenly came up with an idea.

"We can dig tunnels."

Zhang Zhong: "But it's all desert here, and digging tunnels will collapse." ”

Chen Mu shook his head, "We don't have to dig at a distance, we just dig under the city wall, when building the city wall, the sand below must have been reinforced, and it should be possible to withstand a hollow." ”

Zhang Zhong didn't understand, "But if we dig a hole under the city wall, the Persians can see it at the top of the city, and the soldiers digging the tunnel will be attacked." ”

"Even if we dig through, the Persians can still guard the tunnel, and after our soldiers enter through the tunnel, they will face a group of people alone."

Chen Mu smiled and said, "No, we can use the rushing car as a cover, so that the Persians can't see that we are digging tunnels." While their attention is on the city, we can take the opportunity to enter through the tunnels, and it will be too late for them to react. ”

Zhang Zhong was stunned for a moment, "Use the rushing car as a cover?" Wonderful! ”

Chen Mu: "Well, after our soldiers enter through the tunnel, the Persians will be in a panic, and then they will see the opportunity to act." ”

Chen Mu discussed other things with everyone, and finally gave the order to go down, dismantle a few tents, and build two rushing cars.

The next day, Chen Mu led the soldiers of the three armies to line up outside the city, preparing to attack the city.

The Persian generals at the head of the city were still fighting and preparing to defend the city, not knowing that their king had already fled.

He saw Chen Mu leading his troops to attack the city, and shouted to the soldiers: "Don't be afraid! ”

"Chen Mu didn't bring anything to throw stones, nor did he have a house with wheels, we were guarding in the city, and they couldn't attack it!"

The Persian soldiers also thought that their king was in the city, and supervised their defense, and they were all in high spirits.

"Defend the Nation!"

"I will be able to hold it!"

Outside the city, Chen Mu was also giving the soldiers the last encouragement, and after a speech, he ordered the siege to begin.

When there was no well, the soldiers rushed towards the city wall with their shields, and when they came into range, they fired arrows at the city with their crossbows to suppress them.

Then he carried a new type of ladder and prepared to climb the city.

At the same time, there were two rushing carts slowly moving towards the city gate.

Because the acting skills of the Persian king are very good, the Persian soldiers have ignited their fighting spirit, so now the scene is quite equal.

Many of Chen Mujun's soldiers climbed the tower, but under the courageous resistance of the Persian soldiers, the number of soldiers on both sides of the city was about the same.

With the difference in combat effectiveness between the two sides, this status quo should be very satisfactory to the Persian generals.

After all, they are fighting at home, the supply is very convenient, and the soldiers can be replenished as soon as possible, if this continues, it must be a Persian victory.

But at the same time, Chen Mujun's key team, the 16 soldiers under the two rushing cars, were digging tunnels under the noses of the enemy.

Half of the 16 fighters were responsible for swinging the ram and attacking the city gates, but this was only a means of cover.

Half of the people are also responsible for digging tunnels with shovels, which is the main force.

When they slammed on the door, they found that the Persians had piled up stones and the like behind the door. This is a good thing, it means that there is no one behind the door, and digging a tunnel will not be discovered.

The battle at the head of the city continued, and both sides were hand-to-hand and there were no tricks.

But after a while, the trick under the rush worked.

The tunnels have been dug through.

According to Chen Mu's predetermined strategy, the soldiers who took the lead began to beckon the nearby brothers and rushed in from the tunnel together.

It was only after Chen Mujun's soldiers entered the tunnel that dozens of people were discovered by the Persians.

It's already late.

While resisting the counterattack of the Persians, Chen Mujun moved away the stones and opened the city gates.

Seeing that the city gate was opened, Chen Mu immediately ordered the whole army to press it.

The soldiers in front continued to fight in the city, not giving the Persians a chance to shoot arrows, and the latter rushed directly through the city gates.