Chapter 271: Inner Shapur City (1)

In the summer of the fifteenth year of Huaxia (391 AD), the city of Shapur (present-day northeastern Iran) was located in the province of Khorasan of the Persian Empire. Eighty kilometers west of Mashhad. Founded in the third century by Shapur I of the Sassanid Dynasty), the once bustling east-west city is now as silent as a dead city, with exhausted Neshapur soldiers and civilians hunched their necks behind stomping walls. And the stomping wall they relied on to save their lives was the same as the entire city of Neshapur, full of arrow holes, traces of fireworks, and many black "colored" spots mixed with it, attracting countless flies to buzz around it, chasing the pleasure brought to them by the smell of blood.

Standing behind the window of the fort tower, Zamaspu could clearly see the scene outside. The endless sea of black "color" is dotted with flags as dazzling as stars, which are white "color" and yellow and blue "color". Zamaspu knew that it was the military flag and the religious flag of China.

Zamasp had been in Khorasan for nearly a decade since he was appointed governor of Khorasan by B.C. I in the sixth year of his reign (although B.C. still calls himself Shapur III, as is customary in the world). During this decade, Zamaspur watched the East vigilantly every day; During this decade, the Persian Empire, under the leadership of B.C. I, took advantage of the civil strife in the western neighboring Roman Empire to "sweep" many Christian or half-hearted countries in Syria and southwest Arabia in one fell swoop, greatly consolidating the western frontier, and defeating the reinforcements of the Roman Empire several times, forcing it to sign peace treaties favorable to Persia twice, and making the Armenian kingdom, which had always wavered, finally return to the ranks of vassals of the Persian Empire; During this decade, BC I worked hard to restore the power of the country and began to strengthen the eastern provinces, with hundreds of thousands of troops pouring into Khorasan and other provinces.

But during this decade, the Chinese Empire in the East also developed more rapidly. Zhaozhou, Xizhou, and Shazhou were getting closer and closer to the other Chinese states, and relying on the geographical location of Zhaozhou, the Eastern Empire began to make a strong Huaxia of the Tocharian region. The shadow of the Greek, Persian, and even Tianzhu civilizations is getting weaker and weaker, and what is even stronger is the Chinese civilization with the banner of the Holy Religion and written in square characters; In the past ten years, the Huaxia Army has been recuperating on the other side of the snow-capped mountains, while the Huaxia Navy has opened up routes to Tianzhu, Kushan, Persia, Egypt and even Axum; During this decade, Huaxia occupied the state of Pi to the east of Tianzhu and officially surrounded Tianzhu and Guishan by land; During this decade, the Kushan Kingdom and the Tianzhu Kingdom were exhausted, and with the death of Kapunanda and Shamodhara Gupta, the Kushan Kingdom and the Tianzhu Kingdom began to split, and with the secret support of the Chinese people, the princes of various places began to "govern", they tried their best to curry favor with the Chinese merchants, obtained a large number of sophisticated weapons, and also received various supports, and began to overthrow the Guishan and Tianzhu royal families; During this decade, the royal families of the Kushan and Tianzhu kingdoms began to decline, and the naval battles that took place in the area of the seven islands of Momba (present-day Mumbai, India) on the west coast of Tianzhu in the thirteenth year of China and the subsequent land battles were the last swan song of the Tiangupta dynasty, and the second prince of the Chinese people, Zeng Min, used more than 100,000 corpses of Tianzhu people to make his name a household name in Tianzhu.

During this decade, the goods of the Chinese people poured into Tianzhu, Kushan, Persia, Arabia, Egypt, and Axum, first the traditional goods of the Chinese people, such as porcelain, silk, and tea, and then the "industrialized" and newly developed goods of the Chinese people, such as cotton cloth, ironware, sheep "wool" felt cloth, "medicine" materials, paper, spices, and so on. Countless Tianzhu, Kushan, Arab, Egyptian, African, and Roman people exchanged gold, silver, copper, or other goods in their hands for shipwloads of goods from the Chinese, and then used them ostentatiously. During this decade, the popular topics, costumes, etc. of Chang'an would soon be popular in the royal palaces of Barihei, Herat (the central city of Tocharo), Gandara, Fahrenheit, Ctesiphon, Rome, Milan, Alexandria, and Abulis (the main port of foreign trade of the Kingdom of Axum).

During this decade, Zamaspu knew that the Chinese Empire was growing stronger and more transformative. In the past the Chinese people's national flag and military flag were confused, in the 11th year of China, the Chinese people officially determined the national flag - the background "color" of the yellow "color", and the two black and white "color" dragons formed a large circle in the middle. Zamaspu, who has studied China a lot, knows that the yellow "color" means the holy lord and ancestor they believe in - the Yellow Emperor, the dragon, and the totem of the Chinese people is the dragon, and the black and white "color" just means the yin and yang fish of the Holy Religion.

The very famous yellow and blue five-star flag has become the military flag of the Chinese Army, while the Chinese Navy military flag, which is becoming more and more aggressive, is the five-star flag with white on the top and blue on the bottom. Looking at the familiar and unfamiliar Chinese people's religious flags and military flags in the distance, Zamaspu silently counted in his heart, the Chinese army outside is at least more than 50,000, and all of them are black armor troops, which means that they should be government soldiers from various states and counties, and it seems that the white armor army has not yet been dispatched.

Zamaspu did not look down on the soldiers of the Huaxia Black Armor Mansion, and he knew that these soldiers were also a very headache for the tiger and wolf army. It's just that Zamaspu understands that once the Baijia Xiang Army appears, it will be the time for the Huaxia army to start attacking Neshapur City with all its might.

Zamaspu groaned in pain, the Huaxia army still had those few moves, and when it came up, there was a rain of arrows, plus stone cannons like meteors, which were fierce and very effective, and now the defenders of Neishapur City did not dare to stick out their heads, and before the battle began to be officially fought, their own momentum had been beaten down by the Huaxia people. Zamaspu regretted even more in his heart, he should not have scattered the hundreds of thousands of troops in Khorasan, and as a result, he was directly killed under the city of Neshapur by a black tiger of the Huaxia army.

But Zamaspur also knows that there is no way to do it. Since the capture of Zhaozhou by China and the garrison of Tocharia, the Persian defense line in Khorasan province has gradually retreated, and even the residence of the governor of Khorasan province has been moved from Herat to the city of Neshapur. Later, although B.S. I sent more than 150,000 troops to Zamasp, he needed to guard against attacks from the east, south, and north, and the defense line was thousands of miles long, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses were scattered like sand into the desert.

After the tragedy in the Hetuila Valley in the twelfth year of China, Zamaspur immediately mobilized all the military forces in Khorasan Province and sent an urgent military briefing to Xue Tisis and Ctesiphon, who were responsible for the defense in depth. But as the time passed, the nerves of the Persians who had been tense for almost three years were somewhat relaxed, and they all knew that if they wanted to fight, the Chinese could mobilize the government soldiers of the three western states in a year, so that the Persians could not eat and walk. But it's been almost three years, and the Chinese people have not reacted, it seems that their great general, the king, is already old and unwilling to climb over the Great Snow Mountains (Hindu Kush Mountains).

But Zamaspu didn't think so, and the more the Chinese people were so silent, the more dangerous he felt. He knew the "character" of the Chinese people, who were strong, resolute and self-confident, and they regarded the honor of the country and the nation very highly, and the tragedy in the Hetuila Valley was enough to make them burn like fire. Zamaspu knew that the more than 4,000 followers of the Holy Religion of Khorasan who were killed in the Hetuila Valley tragedy were only a continuation of the previous religious conflict between the two countries, and that the Persian Empire had openly and secretly executed no less than 20,000 believers of the Holy Religion who believed in the Holy Lord, and that the Chinese people had reacted by more "volunteers" of the Holy Religion and clerics of Zhaozhou and Tocharian to infiltrate Khorasan and support the Khorasan believers and faithful in their continued struggle. Among the most important Hetuila Valley massacres were 124 Zhaozhou saints and six clergy who were engaged in "tourism and business", including a priest who was said to be influential in Zhaozhou.

Zamaspur knew that his subordinates had done a great folly in the Hetuila Valley, breaking the superficial tacit understanding of the religious conflict between China and Persia for several years, and tearing the last bit of face between the two countries, and Zamaspur did not know how to solve the problem except for war.

Soon, in the northern part of Khorasan, Chinese rangers appeared. The Yuanxianbei, Yueban, and Turkic people living in Hexi County were the most devout and fanatical of the Holy Cultists, and their spontaneous attacks on Khorasan foreshadowed a future war between China and Persia.

In the fourteenth year of Huaxia, the herdsmen of Hexi County, Huaxia County, which had caused headaches for Zamaspu and Xue Tixi, suddenly disappeared all at once, as if nothing had happened. In a letter to BC I, however, Zamaspur expressed his deep concern that if the Chinese reacted quickly to the Hetuila Valley tragedy and sent troops to fight, Zamaspur felt that there was a possibility that things could be reversed; But now the Huaxia people have not reacted for a long time, and have just silently withdrawn diplomatic envoys and merchants, and now even the raids on Hexi County have stopped, what does this mean? The Chinese were preparing to attack Persia with all their might, so he had to take a long time to mobilize, and Zamaspu sadly pointed out in his letter that the Chinese should not mobilize other forces, but only send all the herdsmen's cavalry in the steppe, so that the mighty herd of horses could level Khorasan.

In reply, the Emperor of the British Dynasty comforted his confidant, telling Zamaspur that the Chinese were now indulging in pride and luxury, and that they were no longer as majestic as they had been ten years ago, and that their king was too old to endure the long journey.

But Zamaspu's fears came true. In the spring of the tenth year of China, I don't know how many Chinese people appeared in front of the Khorasan defense line, they climbed over the snow-capped mountains, crossed the desert, and appeared on the east, south and north sides of Khorasan, just when Zamaspu struggled to judge the direction of the main force of the Chinese people, the Chinese army of more than 100,000 years surrounded the original capital of Khorasan, and now the important support point of the first line of defense of Khorasan - Herat City, it is said that more than 50,000 Tocharian soldiers also joined the siege.

Zamasp immediately sent 70,000 reinforcements to support Herat, because Herat was located on the main road of the east-west valley, and once it was broken by the Chinese, it would be like opening a door, and hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops could generously march along the Khorasan Road to Neishapur in the north, Isfahan in the middle, and Shiraz in the south. You must know that with the Chinese army's ability to maneuver and detour, as long as they capture Herat, they can use the entire Khorasan and Persian hinterland as their range of activities.

Reinforcements had just been dispatched, and Mulu (present-day Mare, Turkmenistan) to the north was in danger, and tens of thousands of Chinese troops were rapidly heading towards this important gathering city on the East-West Silk Road, apparently ready to eat it in one bite. Zamaspur had no choice but to send another 50,000 reinforcements to put out the fire. Although for Zamaspu, Mulu is not as important as Herat, but it is a military center for the Persian Empire to break into Hexi County, Zhaozhou, China, and it can contain the military operations of the Chinese army in the north. For the Huaxia people, Mulu City is a thorn in the way of Zhaozhou, and as long as this town is captured, the Huaxia army can let go in the north.

After a few actions of the Chinese people, Zamaspu was a little confused, he really didn't know which one was the main attack direction of the Chinese people? It seems that in this world, if you want to talk about the way of fiction and reality, only the Chinese people who are familiar with "The Art of War" can play perfectly.

The battle soon began like this, and the battle began in this way. The reinforcements sent to Mulu City were ambushed by the Huaxia cavalry several times, but the cautious general finally brought 30,000 troops to Mulu City to Mulu City, giving the defenders here a shot in the arm.

Then an unknown number of troops appeared in front of the city of Neshapur, apparently preparing to eat the capital of Khorasan. Zamaspu sent troops to meet the battle and tried it a few times, and found that it should be a partial division, in order to transfer back one of the two support armies sent out. Zamaspu imagined that no matter how strong the Chinese were, it was impossible to launch three main forces at the same time and launch a main attack in three directions. So Zamaspu transferred part of the troops and horses of Neshapur City and began to plug the loopholes that appeared after the fall of Mulu and Herat, according to his plan, as long as he bought time, dragging the war in Khorasan into a stalemate would be his victory.

However, the Huaxia people did not give him this opportunity, and when there were less than 20,000 defenders left in Neishapur City, the Huaxia division in front suddenly increased its strength to more than 100,000 troops, and quickly surrounded Neishapur City.

Zamaspur's eyes were red staring at the Huaxia army in the distance, he knew that there were "traitors" of the Chinese people in Neishapur City, and they were very high-level "traitors", otherwise how could his deeply hidden troop transfer actions and the reality of the troops be known by the Huaxia people all of a sudden? He also dispatched "spies" in Zhaozhou, but he could only spy on some irrelevant or unimportant information, compared to the intelligence network of the Chinese people, Zamaspu had a deep sense of powerlessness that he could not see.