After sweeping through Khwarazm and Bactria in Persia within two months, he led his troops to the west and entered Parthia (rest).

The Wu army successively conquered the cities of Nyssa, Ctesiphon and other cities of the Achaemenid dynasty, and fought fiercely with the main army of the Persians on the Tigris River.

In order to defeat the invasion of the Wu army, Xerxes I personally marched and mobilized 150,000 heavy troops.

The composition of the Persian soldiers is still somewhat complicated.

Persians, Sogdians, Medes, Parthians, and so on, you name it.

Such a ragtag army, Qingji didn't know where Xerxes I got the courage to dare to fight with him.

"Kill!"

The Persian army attacked first.

Looking at the enemy troops rushing over like a tide, Qingji did not panic at all and began to give orders.

When the Persian army began to charge, the Wu army's iron cavalry deliberately retreated, and always kept out of the short range of European bows and arrows, constantly covering the pursuing enemy with a rain of arrows.

In pursuit, the Persians' previously neat formation became scattered, with the infantry lagging far behind.

It is worth mentioning that the bow generally used by the light cavalry of the Wu army was a composite bow bent backwards, which was layered with wood, horns and tendons, and the maximum range could reach more than 270 meters, and it was possible to shoot the enemy at a great distance.

In addition, most of the Wu cavalry were very skilled in archery, and they were extremely accurate in archery while running, and they were able to turn their heads and shoot backwards with precision at the pursuing enemy.

Each cavalryman was to carry at least sixty arrows in a battle, which could inflict effective damage on the enemy.

Therefore, one of the tactics of the Wu army was to engage the Persians, the first thing was to retreat, distance themselves from the enemy, and shoot the enemy with bows and arrows.

The enemy had to attack because of the continuous bow and arrow, which played into the hands of the Wu army.

When the Persian cavalry separated from the infantry, Qingji would let the heavily armored heavy cavalry fight them, and then outflank and destroy the Persian cavalry......

Relying on such tactics, the Wu army was invincible.

In the battle of the Tigris, the Wu army beheaded 120,000 people, captured more than 10,000 people, and killed corpses all over the field, and the blood stained the river red.

It's a pity that Xerxes escaped.

However, if you can run a monk, you can't run the temple.

At this time, the army of warships led by Wu Zhang should have almost arrived in the Persian Gulf and marched towards Persepolis, the capital of the Persians.

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The eighth month of the lunar calendar.

After Qingji led his army to annihilate the main Persian army on the Tigris River, he occupied the Parthian province of the Persians, recruited 30,000 people from Parthia, Bactria and Khorezm as mercenaries (cannon fodder), and began to march towards the city of Persepolis.

By the time Qingji arrived in Persepolis, Wu Zhang's army had already broken through the city.

Did you run for nothing?

"Father, let Xerxes escape, it should have fled to the area of Elam and Babylon."

Wu Zhangzheng said: "Erchen is willing to lead his troops to pursue Xerxes!" ”

"Good!"

Qingji bowed slightly.

Seriously, the constant running in the past few months has made Qingji's body a little unbearable.

"Wu Zhang, you lead 30,000 iron cavalry to pursue Xerxes, if you can't catch him, you will defeat Elam and Babylon as much as possible."

"No!"

After Wu Zhang left, Qingji set his eyes on Wu Fan's body again.

"Wu Fan."

"Erchen is here!"

"You are responsible for bringing down the province of Fars of the Persians. I will hand over to you 20,000 iron cavalry and 30,000 mercenaries. ”

"No!"

Wu Fan immediately took the order and left.

The province of Fars can be described as the hinterland of the Persians and the land of dragons.

Now, the Persians have lost even their own kingdom, but fortunately Xerxes has escaped, otherwise the Persian kingdom would have been destroyed.

After Wu Zhang and Wu Fan left one after another, Qingji visited this splendid palace.

Persepolis, also known as Takht Jamshid, was the fifth capital built by order of Darius I to commemorate the kings of the Achaemenid kingdom.

Ancient Persia is said to be the kingdom of the gods, and Jamshid is the name of the king in ancient Persian mythology......

This magnificent capital city has been under construction for 50 years and has not yet been completed.

It was not only the heart of the Achaemenid dynasty, but also a huge storehouse of the empire's wealth, equivalent to Jinling, the capital of the state of Wu.

Historically, Alexander captured the city and ruthlessly burned the entire city to the ground after a frenzied plunder.

Legend has it that "it took him 10,000 mules and 5,000 camels to carry all his treasures".

How can such a rich country not make Qingji salivate?

"It's really a palace of extreme luxury."

Even Qingji had to sigh.

Mueller, the interpreter beside him, sighed: "It's just a palace built by abusing people's power." Your Majesty, you see, there is Abandha, the main hall of Persepolis, and it is the place where the emperor used to receive the tributary groups. ”

"According to legend, Darius I buried a large amount of currency and documents under the temple during his lifetime."

"Oh? Can you find out? ”

"You can give it a try."

"I'll leave it to you."

"No!"

Müller was also very interested in collecting papers.

After all, he himself is a scholar.

Müller served as an official of the Achaemenid dynasty, and later sent an envoy to the state of Wu, impressed by Qingji, and gave lectures at the Jixia Academy, and then repeatedly visited other countries to spread the doctrines of the East and the West through the Silk Road.

However, Müller's origins were not Persian, and he did not consider himself a Persian.

Qingji was immediately surrounded by a group of guards, and slowly ascended to the main hall of Persepolis.

The palace is perched on a natural stone platform fifteen meters above the plain.

The platform is 448 meters long and 297 meters wide, and all the buildings are built on top of the platform, which is surrounded by a defensive wall.

At the northwest end of the platform there is a staircase 7 meters wide and a total of 111 stone steps, each only 10 centimeters high, enough for a horse to ride up.

At the end of the staircase is the "Gate of the Nations", also known as the "Gate of Xerxes" or "Gate of Persia".

On the platform, there are two huge ceremonial staircases, which lead to the north and east of the Great Hall of Pilgrimage, one of the most magnificent spectacles of Persepolis.

The staircase is decorated with a large number of floating sculptures, depicting the march of the Persian tributaries in different national costumes.

At this time, the Achaemenid Dynasty had a total of thirty-five subject states and twenty-three ethnic groups.

The tributaries from different subjects and nationalities on the floats are holding gold, silver and jewelry, or holding lions, unicorns, Bactrian camels, etc., all reflect the prosperity of the country, and present the majesty of the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia in a magnificent way......