Chapter 587: The Unlucky Persian Empire

During the war against the Sui Empire, the two brothers Wang Dong and Wang Rui were greatly trained and grew to a great extent.

Although because both of them are Wang Ze's sons, they are often taken care of by many people, intentionally or unintentionally, but after experiencing such a big battle, the training they have obtained can already make them reborn.

After the two brothers followed Yang Wuxi and joined Shi Haiguang's troops to defeat the 200,000 Persian army that entered the river and the alliance composed of the last forces of the 200,000 countries in the river, they simply had the audacity to suggest that Shi Haiguang take them to take revenge on the Persian Empire.

The Xia army has hardly lost a battle over the years, and even if it has suffered some setbacks, it will quickly retaliate back, especially these soldiers under the age of 30 who have newly joined the army, one by one, they have grown up in the Xia country since childhood, and they are very arrogant.

In their opinion, the combat effectiveness of the Xia army is so strong, and it is already very safe for them not to take the initiative to bully others, and now the Persian Empire actually dares to rob themselves of the rich land in the river, if they don't give the Persians a little color to see, wouldn't it be cheaper for these guys.

Shi Haiguang, who has been fighting with Wang Ze for decades, is not an honest person, even if he is not young now, he still has the anger in his heart, not to mention that he will basically retire after this battle, so he was soon moved by the brothers.

With Shi Haiguang's unification, Yang Wu will not be right, Yang Wu led more than 200,000 troops under his command to continue to sit in the land in the river to quell the rebellion, and Shi Haiguang led two brothers and 250,000 Xia troops to attack the hinterland of the Persian Empire in one go.

For thousands of years, meltwater from the snow-capped mountains on the Persian plateau has irrigated the narrow oasis plains at the foot of the mountains, making the Persian agricultural belt a very rich place even in the world.

Moreover, Persia has been a very powerful empire in this region for thousands of years, and even they can compete with the powerful Roman Empire for nearly a thousand years, and in the past, they have established super empires that rule over Asia, Africa and Europe, and the current emperor of Persia, Khuslao II, also led the Sassanid Empire to their most powerful period.

When the Xia army broke through the first city, Ashgabat, and saw the governor's palace and the Bright Monastery of the Yuanjiao in the city, even if they were accustomed to seeing the wealth of the Xia country, they were still almost dazzled when they entered the city.

Gem inlays everywhere, exquisite mosaic murals, gorgeous and delicate wool carpets, and so on, each of the furnishings and decorations amazed the soldiers of the Xia Army, which is a civilized country that is not inferior to the Chinese civilization and is worthy of the admiration of the Xia Army.

Of course, admiration is admiration, the Xia army's means of looting the wealth in the city are not affected in the slightest, the Xia army's ability to fight and loot and loot property for decades is not covered, after a hard work, not only the gold and silver property in the city were looted, but even the exquisite sculptures and murals in Ashgabat were demolished by the Xia army, and even many ancient books in the city were taken away by the Xia army.

After receiving the news that the Xia army had conquered Ashgabat, the Persian Emperor Kuslao II, who was quelling the Bedouin rebellion in the southern part of the Persian Empire, was taken aback.

Ten years earlier, by marrying Miriam, the daughter of the Roman Emperor Mauris, Cusslao II had reached a solid peace with the Roman Empire, and both the Persian and Roman Empires were able to expand their power abroad.

The Sindu River in the east, the middle of the river, and the Arabian Peninsula in the south were the main directions of expansion of the Persians, and upon receiving news of the sudden fall of the Western Turks, he immediately ordered the seizure of the entire Transoxian.

Originally, Kusi Lao II thought that even if the 200,000 Persian army could not snatch the entire land in the river, at least they could take down the vast land in the southwest of Wuhu Shui, and it was even possible to grab the core area west of Yaozhishui, after all, the Xia army had crossed tens of thousands of miles, and its combat effectiveness should be very affected.

But what I never expected was that this time I really stole chickens and rice, not only did I not get any benefits, but also lost 200,000 troops that were very important to Persia, and even the Xia army attacked my own territory, and now even the capital of the Khorasan region has been lost, which is simply a tragedy.

After the news of the Xia army reached the ears of Kuslao II like a vicious wolf entering the sheepfold, he had to suspend the attack on the Bedouins, urgently mobilize 300,000 troops to prepare for an urgent eastward advance, or at least defeat this plundering Xia army.

However, the Persian Empire had many enemies, and the Bedouins had already received the news from Wang Hui that the Xia State was going to attack Persia, so they were overjoyed to attack the Persians while Shi Haiguang and others captured Ashgabat, constantly harassing the Persians' rear routes, so that they could not quickly withdraw their troops.

The Bedouins were not very strong in combat, but they were like fish in water in the desert of southern Mesopotamia in Persia, which made the Persian retreat very difficult, and finally Cousin II had to abandon a considerable part of his baggage and hastily withdraw from the desert.

However, the nightmare of the Persians did not end here, Wang Hui, He Liang and Du Sheng, who received Wang Ze's order, sent troops to attack the Persian coastal areas from the south, and the later port of Abbas quickly fell and looted, and became a strategic fulcrum for them to continue their in-depth attack.

Wang Hui was named the King of Wei, although the Wei State was only established for eighteen or nineteen years, but because Wang Ze handed over control of Yemen's waterways to him, his country was the richest of all the vassal states in the West, because of this he also had more money and food to immigrate.

At this time, the territory of Wei had included the entire Somalia and Yemen, as well as Ethiopia, Eritrea and Saudi Arabia, and the population had reached nearly 800,000 people, and almost most of them were young and strong Han people, and if you add all kinds of slaves, there were more than 1.5 million people.

Therefore, under such circumstances, Wang Hui actually mobilized 100,000 troops this time, which can be said to be pouring out, and it also made the major vassal states of the West envious.

He Liang's time of sealing the country is shorter than Wang Hui's, but He Liang is more proficient in the way of management, there are currently nearly 400,000 people, and the national strength is not weak, and nearly 50,000 troops have been dispatched, if you add several other vassal states who have sent troops to the army, there are already more than 200,000 troops.

All of a sudden, the Persians faced the attack of more than 500,000 troops in the north and south directions, and all of them were armies with strong combat effectiveness.

At this critical juncture, the Roman general Phocas overthrew and killed Morris, the father-in-law of Cusslao II, and prepared to take advantage of the good opportunity of the Xia Kingdom to attack the Persian Empire in the north and south, and unite with the Kingdom of Armenia to attack the Persian Empire.

Although the coup d'état of Focas was two years earlier than the original history, because of the sea trade with the Xia Kingdom through the Egyptian Governorate, his strength was much stronger than in the original history, which allowed him to realize his plot.

Seeing that even the Roman Empire and the Kingdom of Armenia suddenly joined the ranks of besieging them, the helpless Persians finally couldn't stand it anymore and chose to continue to fight against the Romans, and turned to the Xia army to sue for peace.

Today's Roman Empire is still full of local contradictions and sectarian contradictions, but although he has weakened, the people of Xia know that any country and nation that has a glorious history will inevitably pursue to restore this glory again.

Therefore, no matter how weak the Roman Empire is now, Xia Guo's vigilance against them has never weakened, and any means that can stop its powerful Xia State will be realized as much as possible, and it is very important to retain a strong opponent for the Romans.

Soon Shi Haiguang agreed to the Persians' request for peace, and after the Persians paid two million gold coins and countless other precious stones, he withdrew from the Persian Empire with hundreds of thousands of Persian beauties and other countless booty, leaving the Persians with a terrible Khorasan from Qom and Tehran to the east.

Of course, it was impossible for Shi Haiguang to withdraw his troops regardless of Wang Hui, He Liang and Du Sheng, so at the same time as he withdrew his troops, these three people also withdrew one after another, but Wang Hui got a lot of property, indemnity and tens of thousands of Persian beauties, and He Liang got the eastern part of Beizhilu Province ceded by Persia in addition to the indemnity.

In addition to these, Du Sheng set up a large military base at the mouth of the Strait of Hormuz in later generations, and even Qatar and Bahrain in the Persian Gulf also became the garrison of the Xia army, and tens of thousands of Xia troops were stationed here to monitor the maritime trade activities of the Persians.

The other vassal states that helped in the war also received different spoils according to the number of troops they sent, and everyone lost a lot in this war, so everyone was very satisfied, after all, the vassal states were not rich, and it was always a good thing to earn a little more.

The Persians spent a huge price in exchange for the retreat of the Xia State and his vassal states, and at a large price they exchanged a large number of swords and other weapons from Shi Haiguang, quickly armed an army of five or six hundred thousand, and then turned around and killed the combined forces of the Roman Empire and the Kingdom of Armenia in the name of avenging their father-in-law.

Of course, the Xia army was happy to see the situation of the Persians and the Roman Empire, so Shi Haiguang ignored the strong protests of the Roman Empire's envoys and left with more than 200,000 troops.

Of course, Wang Dong and Wang Rui made meritorious contributions in this battle, but after all, the two were princes, and Shi Haiguang didn't dare to let them go too deep, basically after conquering Ashgabat, the two of them had a lot less chance to go to the battlefield, even if these two people were dissatisfied, they couldn't make Shi Haiguang change his mind.

Now that the war against the Persian Empire has stopped, the two have no choice but to return to Zhenhai with the thousands of looted vehicles, Yang Wu is still helping Shi Haiguang to station in the river, and at the same time has the task of assisting Li Hongyu to pacify Shule and other places in the west.

After plundering the entire Khorasan region of the Persian Empire, the Xia army gained a lot, and the two brothers Wang Dong and Wang Rui happily crossed the Wuhu River with thousands of carts of booty, and then crossed the Tianshan Mountains into Shule, and then returned to the Xia Kingdom along the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains through the Hexi Corridor and Hetao.

When they arrived at Dingxiang County, they finally got the news that Wang Ze was going to be proclaimed emperor, and the excited two brothers hurried to Liaodong with only a small part of the cavalry, and then took a steam locomotive from here, and finally arrived at Zhenhai City on the third day of the ceremony.

With infinite glory and pride, Wang Dong and Wang Rui led this group of thousands of cavalry who rushed back in a hurry to participate in the parade.

Although the ranks of this cavalry were not neat, their weapons had not had time to be replaced, and even they still had the fatigue left behind after traveling thousands of miles, the murderous aura they revealed made no one dare to look down on them.

It was precisely because of the sudden rush back of this army that Pei Ju regretted knowing that the Xia State had actually been at war with Persia, a great power thousands of miles away, and a war of nearly one million people broke out between the two sides for the land in the river.

But it's useless to regret it, Pei Ju knows how difficult it is to fight across thousands of miles, and more importantly, the Xia Kingdom not only sent hundreds of thousands of troops to the west to conquer thousands of miles, but also won the battle.

It is even more to attack the hinterland of the Persian Empire in one go, you must know that the Persian Empire was a powerful empire as early as the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty wasted all his strength just to attack the Dawan Kingdom, and the Xia army actually defeated the more distant and powerful Persian Empire!

As soon as he thought of this, Pei Ju had to be convinced, as he saw all aspects of the Xia Kingdom, Pei Ju suddenly felt a little frustrated, his majesty Yang Guang is now working hard to recover his strength and then defeat the Xia Kingdom, but can he really do this?