"Dattis, this war book, the widow has taken it."

"Go back and tell Darius that tomorrow at noon, three thousand elite soldiers from each side will fight on the north bank of the Duanshui River."

Qingji said surgingly: "Let him wash his neck and wait." ”

"King!"

Sun Wu, Fan Li, Wu Ming and other generals present wanted to dissuade Qingji, but Qingji waved his hand to interrupt the conversation.

When Datis heard this, he couldn't help but have a happy face, and said, "Your Majesty King Wu, since this is the case, I will retire!" ”

When Datis left, seeing that everyone was puzzled, Qingji said slowly: "There is an accident in Hanzhong County. Wu Zixu came to report that when a batch of grain and straw baggage passed through Danshui, the Kunlun slaves who were in charge of escorting them made a rebellion, killed the soldiers who supervised the grain, and then fell into the grass. ”

"What?"

As soon as they heard this, all the generals couldn't help but change color.

Sun Wu frowned and asked, "King, I wonder if the grain and grass can be recovered?" ”

"Yes."

Qingji squinted his eyes and said, "After all, it is within the territory of my Wu Kingdom, and those rebellious Kunlun slaves can't escape far." However, this will take some time. ”

"Our army can't wait."

The Persians have run out of food and grass, so why not the Chinese coalition army?

The transfer of grain and straw from the Central Plains, especially from the Wu State to the Western Regions, is thousands of miles long and very difficult.

This time against the Persians, it was the turn of winter and spring, the mountains were covered by heavy snow, the roads were difficult to travel, and there was not much grain and grass left to successfully reach the front line.

Qingji admits that this time he miscalculated.

In order to save time and effort, Qingji temporarily recruited hundreds of thousands of Kunlun slaves to serve as the people who escorted the grain and heavy loads, but he did not expect that the Kunlun slaves would break out in rebellion at this juncture.

In the past, Wu often conscripted Kunlun slaves to serve in labor, and was responsible for escorting grain and straw.

Nothing has happened all this time.

Why did this time go wrong with the Persians?

The reason is probably that in the past year, the wars against the land of Bashu and the Persians in the past year of Wu have been too frequent, resulting in the soldiers and horses of Nanjun, Nanyang County, and Hanzhong County being almost exhausted.

There were too few soldiers responsible for supervising the transportation of grain and straw, which caused the Kunlun slaves to rebel.

Moreover, it may be that Qingji has improved the food treatment of Kunlun slaves before, so that they can eat half full......

Now the reason why Qingji decided to have a fair duel with Darius I is because of the fact that the grain and grass cannot be sustained.

After the Battle of Wulei, the Chinese coalition army still had 60,000 or 70,000 horses, as well as tens of thousands of Persian prisoners of war.

This daily human eating horse chew is an astronomical amount!

Qingji wanted to collect grain on the spot, but he couldn't do it at all, because the countries of the Western Regions were ravaged by the war and their livelihoods were embarrassed, and they were already short of food and clothing.

Moreover, it is still a drop in the bucket, and it is completely unable to feed so many people.

This time, the grain and straw were cut off, and for the Huaxia Coalition Army, it was painless.

It's just that it's not easy to keep those Persian prisoners of war......

For today's plan, Qingji can only choose a quick victory, kill Darius I in a battle, and completely destroy the Persian army, so as to achieve a complete victory and return to the dynasty.

"Father, the battlefield is dangerous, and the sons think that the father should still consider it carefully and don't act rashly."

Gongzihong stubbornly admonished.

However, Qing Ji just smiled slightly and said: "Wu Hong, when the widow fought on the battlefield and was named the 'No. 1 Warrior of Wu Kingdom', your kid had not yet blossomed. ”

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"Darius does have some martial arts, but when it comes to bravery, few people are confident that they can crush him."

"Fight Duanshui, let the Yulin Army, the Tiger Ben Army and the Trap Camp fight."

"Three thousand Wu Rui soldiers, against three thousand Persian guards, how can it be invincible?"

At this moment, Qingji is full of confidence.

This is not conceit.

Because, his self-confidence comes from his own strength.

Qingji's personal bravery, in the early years, was called "the world's first warrior" by the world, unmatched.

As for the three elites of Wu State, they can all be defeated by one against ten, or even by one against hundred.

With such elite soldiers and strong generals, why should you be afraid?

In this battle, if Qingji wins, the Western Regions will be peaceful for at least ten years!

At this time, the eyes of the imperial historian Fan Li rolled for a moment, and suddenly said: "The king, the minister thinks that the Persians are already at the end of the crossbow." ”

"However, they still have the strength to fight, at least if they desperately break through the siege, Darius may not be able to successfully fight their way out of the siege under the cover of his guards."

"Why did Darius have to go head-to-head with the king? Something is wrong, and the king must be on guard. ”

Hearing this, Qingji touched his chin and said thoughtfully: "Fan Li, you mean that Darius is fake in the battle, and it is true to break through." ”

"The reason why he issued a war letter to the widow may be to hide people's eyes and ears and create the best time for himself to escape?"

"Exactly!"

"Good."

Qingji bowed his head slightly and agreed.

After all, the heart of defense is indispensable!

"Heifu, Wu Ming."

"The minister is here!"

"The two of you immediately lead an army of 10,000 to Dawan and garrison it on the banks of the Syr Darya, and if you see the remnants of the Persian army, you will be strangled immediately!"

"No!"

Qingji must be prevented before it happens.

As the so-called ten are encircled, five are attacked, and multiple is divided.

The current strength of the Chinese coalition army is only three or four times that of the Persian army, and some men and horses have to be assigned to guard the prisoners of war, and the strength is already stretched.

Therefore, Darius I wanted to break through, and it was not difficult to say that it was difficult, and it was not easy to say that it was easy.

It's just that Darius I has been frightened and has become cautious, so he wants to decide the victory or defeat with a battle and break through.

"Father."

At this time, Gongzi Fanjin said: "The Persians are already poor and desperate, so why should my father really fight Darius in a dignified manner?" ”

"In the opinion of his son, why doesn't my father follow up with heavy troops in tomorrow's battle, and annihilate all the remnants of Persia on the front line of Duanshui?"

Gongzi Fan's proposition belongs to not emphasizing martial virtues.

Although, in the treatment of the Persians, Qingji can use deceit and trickery.

However, the war has come to this point, and Qingji really needs a fight between pure forces, so that Darius I will be convinced, and Wu will consolidate his absolute dominance in the Western Regions!

"Wu Fan, remember, intrigue and trickery are difficult to get into the hall of elegance after all."

"After this war, whether the great Persian state will fall, or fall apart and fall into civil strife, few people do not know. ”

"However, the widows must subdue and fear the Persians, so that they will be terrified of the Wu army from now on, and they will not dare to go east again, and get involved in the Western Regions for half a step!"

And to achieve this level, Qingji will inevitably go on a killing spree.

……

The next day, on the north bank of Duanshui, 3,000 Wu warriors and 3,000 Persian elite soldiers formed two huge phalanxes and confronted each other.

With just the momentum and the strictness of the phalanx, Qing Ji could realize that the Persian elite soldiers on the opposite side were indeed very powerful.

If Qingji didn't guess wrong, the Persian elite soldiers on the opposite side should be the strongest troops of the legendary Darius I-

10,000 undead army!

When the original king of Persia and the king of the Quartet, Cambyses II, was conquering Ethiopia, the commander of the palace guard, Mahakubai, was unfortunately killed.

Darius I, a close confidant and cousin of Cambyses II, was appointed commander of the Imperial Guard, and Darius I held military power, which also provided favorable conditions for him to later establish an army of 10,000 immortals.

Later, Cambyses II died mysteriously, the Achaemenid dynasty fell into civil strife, and Darius I, who held military power, killed the usurper Cambyses II's imposter brother Bardia and crowned him king.

Darius I himself assembled an army of 10,000 immortals, the most elite in the country.

If there is a vacancy in personnel, there will be reserve personnel to fill it quickly, and the scale of 10,000 people has been maintained from beginning to end, so it is called the "10,000 undead army".

This 10,000-strong army of 10,000 people swept across the three continents of Asia, Africa and Europe under the leadership of Darius, and three of the four ancient civilizations were subsumed into the territory of the Persians and conquered by him.

As the core force of the conquest army, the 10,000-strong immortal army can be said to have made great achievements for Darius I.

Historically, the 10,000-strong army has always been the core strength of the Persian army, rampant in the world for 200 years.

But in the end, he still encountered a strong opponent, that is, another powerful emperor who appeared two hundred years later-

Alexander.

Now, the 10,000-strong undead army that Darius I was proud of is only a few thousand people left, and it can be a battle.