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    Chapter 166 Miracle

    Looking at Quintus and Bo Diao, who were glaring angrily and unconvinced with each other, Sun Shao smelled a strong smell of gunpowder.  As soon as he sat down and before he could take a sip of water, Quintus couldn't help but start accusing the Kushan people of their treacherous behavior. Mennolufis was even more furious, pointing out that the Kushan people were dishonest and he had lost nearly 100,000 yuan.  Thousands of people, the victory that was within reach was lost in the blink of an eye.  Bo Tiao is dismissive, so many of you can¡¯t win, how many of me am I?  If you can¡¯t move anymore, what¡¯s wrong with taking a break?  You can't sleep because your pillow is crooked.

    Mennoluphes was furious, drew his sword and rushed forward to fight Bo Diao.  The Kushan people were not vegetarians either. They rushed up and grabbed Mennolufus and started to attack. As soon as Sun Shao was stunned, the group of people had already started a fight.

    "Fuck!" Sun Shao was so angry that he stood up and kicked the case away. The case flew a few steps and hit those who were fighting in a group with a "boom", scaring them so much that they quickly stepped back.  A few steps.  Sun Shao pointed at Quintus, then pointed at Bo Tiao, and shouted angrily: "One of you is the Roman Emperor, and the other is the King of Kushan, so you just look at your subordinates like ruffians on the street? Don't you think it's embarrassing? I  It's still embarrassing. If you want to fight out, don't ask me to fight in my camp. This is the royal tent, not a place for you to fight in groups."

    Seeing Sun Shao getting angry, neither the Romans nor the Kushan people dared to be presumptuous. Quintus and Bo Diao were a little embarrassed, but no one dared to back down first. They each snorted and turned their heads away.  Ignore anyone.

    "Tu Hu, bring a hundred tiger warriors over here. Anyone who dares to be reckless again will be dragged out and chopped into pieces by me." Sun Shao said another harsh word. Tu Hu didn't say anything, and led the people with a clatter  After hearing this, he and Sun Feng stood behind Sun Shao, one on the left and one on the right, looking at the Kushans and Romans with angry eyes.  Seeing this posture, the Kushans and Romans were all panicked. Sun Shao didn't really intend to kill them all, right?

    "Well, why don't you back down?" Quintus winked at Mennolufis, who had a bruised nose and swollen eyes, "I believe His Highness the King of Yue will give us a fair verdict."

    "Huh!" Bo Diao snorted guiltily, looking directly at Sun Shao, fearing that he would be biased and disadvantageous to her.

    Ao Lei and his men quickly rearranged the tables. Sun Shao sat down again and drank two sips of the newly brewed tea. Then he waved his hands and said, "How many times have I told you that harmony is the most precious thing?  Do you all think that I am farting? There are only 10,000 defenders in an ancient Seleucid city. Now you are besieging a total of 100,000 troops. It¡¯s just that you can¡¯t break the city for a while, but there is actually an internal strife. If this matter is spread  Ardashir hears it, does it look good to you? If you can¡¯t even defeat Seleucid, why are you attacking Ctesiphon? Let¡¯s just break up and forget it.¡±

    Quintus coughed and complained: "In the past few days, we have been attacking the city with all our strength. More than a dozen legions have taken turns to fight, with a lot of casualties. Today Mennolufis is making the best progress. There are three siege vehicles approaching at once.  We climbed up the city wall and were about to attack the city. However, because they suddenly withdrew, the Sasanians rushed over to support and interrupted the bridge ladder, frustrating our attack. We watched helplessly as more than a hundred heroic soldiers  The warriors were outnumbered and died miserably at the hands of the Sasanians. Your Highness, do you think I am angry or not? We agreed to cooperate, but how could they withdraw at this time? If he had launched a fierce attack at that time and attracted the Sasanians  , we are just sitting in the city talking."

    "Shit!" Bo Tiao cursed and retorted unconvinced: "You think the Sassanids who interrupted your bridge ladder rushed over from my side? People can rush over, and logs can also be carried over.  ? They were clearly prepared long ago. They deliberately let you climb the city wall, thinking that they were going to break the city, and then cut off your retreat. They didn't even see this. Have you ever fought in a battle? "

    Quintus blushed. Of course he suspected this possibility, but when he was belittled by Bo Diao in front of so many people, he still couldn't help but get angry.  He stood up and was about to speak when Sun Shao stopped him and signaled him to calm down.  Quintus was puzzled, but he couldn't help but give Sun Shao face, so he had to sit down angrily.

    "How are the losses incurred by the king's attack on the city?" Sun Shao asked with concern: "You don't have many people to begin with. If the losses are too great, it will not be a good thing."

    When Bo Diao saw that Sun Shao was concerned about his fighting situation, he was in a good mood and said quickly: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your concern. In the past three days of attacking the city, we have also lost more than 2,000 people and injured more than 3,000. It's just that the Sassanids were too tightly guarded.  Yes, we attacked the city several times but were driven back."

    "You are like this too?" Sun Shao turned to Quintus and said.  Quintus nodded. The Romans' siege situation was similar to that of the Kushans. They could not capture the city even if they attacked it. Today's situation was not the first time.  "On the first day, the most manpower was lost to fill the city, probablyThere were three thousand people. Many people died during the two days of siege. The total number was more than six thousand. Including the injured, it should be close to ten thousand.  "

    "According to this, the Sasanians are indeed well prepared. We cannot rule out the possibility that they will lure you to the city and then kill a large number of you." Sun Shao pondered for a moment, and then he was a little surprised: "But you have a total of eighteen legions.  , why only send one legion to attack?"

    Quintus frowned and said nothing.  The two most elite legions of the Romans were in the hands of little Gordian. He did not take the initiative to ask for a battle, and Quintus did not intend to use him now. He always asked other legion commanders to attack, hoping to use this opportunity to give these  The legion commander had an opportunity to exercise. For this reason, he did not even send seven barbarian legions.  After these two days of fighting, those legion commanders who had only known how to talk in the Senate before saw the cruelty of war, but they also suffered a lot of losses.

    "We don't have enough crossbows and have too many people, so we can only become the target of the Sasanians." Little Gordian interjected and said calmly: "Besides, most of the soldiers have never been on the battlefield or attacked.  With so much experience in the city, it¡¯s not easy to win like this.¡±

    "Do you have an agreement between you?" Sun Shao thought for a moment and then asked: "For example, everyone will fight together and respond to each other."

    Quintus and Baud shook their heads.

    "You" Sun Shao sighed: "Since we are allies and we are attacking the city together, why didn't we agree in advance? In today's situation, if you informed the King of Kushan and he stepped up his attack, you wouldn't be like this  ah."

    Quintus curled his lips. He didn't believe that Bo Tiao would be so kind. He was afraid that he would retreat even faster.  But Bo Diao grasped the reason and echoed it repeatedly, accusing Quintus of not notifying him in time, and it was all Quintus' responsibility.  Quintus was so angry that he couldn't speak, so he turned his head and remained silent.

    Sun Shao stopped talking: "Let's not talk about the previous things, let's think about how to deal with the later things. Seleucus is just a place to practice. If it can't be won smoothly and the time is too long, it will be a disaster for us.  The attack behind us is very unfavorable. If you still want to capture Ctesiphon, you must unite from now on and act in a unified manner. You must not give the Sasanians any more opportunities to take advantage of the loopholes. Only in this way can you possibly capture Seleucid as soon as possible and inspire  Morale. Otherwise, it is better to negotiate with Ardashir as soon as possible and stop it."

    After hearing Sun Shao's words, both the Romans and the Kushan people heard Sun Shao's intention to retreat. Little Gordian frowned and stepped forward: "Your Majesty, our Roman army responded to your call and marched thousands of miles away.  You have come all the way here just to conquer Ctesiphon. How can your Majesty give up just because of a slight setback? This is not good for our morale."

    Sun Shao narrowed his eyes, glanced at little Gordian, and said thoughtfully: "Do you suggest we continue to fight?"

    "Of course." Little Gordian nodded without thinking, a smile flashing in his eyes.

    "Are you sure?" Sun Shao raised his head and looked at him calmly, but he sneered secretly in his heart.  Old Gordian went back to Rome, leaving his son here to watch the joke. He didn't want Quintus to go back like this. He definitely wanted to continue fighting. When Quintus lost his troops and was really unable to fight anymore, he would not mention retreat again.  , by that time, Quintus's prestige will be completely destroyed.

    "I'm just a legion commander, so I can't answer the King's question." Little Gordian shook his head and said calmly: "This question should be answered by the King and our Emperor."

    Quintus was embarrassed and glared at little Gordian angrily.  Little Gordian pretended not to see him, returned to his seat and sat down easily.  Sun Shao saw this, smiled silently, waved his hand and said: "General Gordian is right, this is a matter between our three kings. The others should go back to rest first and wait for orders.  yes."

    When the generals heard this, they all looked at each other in shock. They did not expect that Sun Shao would drive people away so directly.  However, it was little Gordian who said this first. No wonder they didn't give him face, so they had to stand up and leave one after another, and left the tent uneasily, and everyone went back to their own camps to wait for orders.  Although little Gordian wanted to stay and listen to Sun Shao's plan, he had no excuse and had no choice but to leave.

    Sun Shao immediately arranged a banquet and invited Quintus and Bo Diao to drink.  Although Quintus and Bo Diao were reluctant to see each other, they could not return Sun Shao's favor, so they had to stay.  The three of them chatted for a while while eating, and then slowly got to the point.  Sun Shao first said to Quintus: "Old friend, I want to criticize you first. What happened today is mainly because you are wrong."

    Quintus rubbed his neck unconvinced and drank sullenly.  Bo Diao glanced at him with some pride, then raised his glass and drank with Sun Shao attentively.

    "You have 80,000The King of Kushan only has 20,000 people. The two sides are inherently unequal. How can you ask for so much from him?  In my opinion, you should not count on the help of King Kushan. It is only right to rely on your own strength to win this city.  It is inherently unreasonable to place your hopes on others.  "

    Quintus was a little embarrassed and nodded shamefully. He took the initiative to raise his cup and signaled to Bo Diao. Bo Diao was in a good mood and accepted Quintus' apology.

    "King Guishuang, you are a famous general who has been on the battlefield for a long time. I think you are also responsible for today's situation. Although you are not there, you should be able to guess based on the voices on the battlefield, even if there is something unclear.  Yes, it's time to send someone to take a look, right? Quintus has never fought in a war and doesn't know these things clearly. Don't you know it too?" Sun Shao said sincerely: "We can get here because we have  The common goal is to break Ctesiphon and make Ardashir kneel in front of us, but you are also aware of the difficulty here. If we cannot unite and twist our forces together, what will be the final result? I am afraid it is not necessary.  Am I talking nonsense? Do you really hope that that day will come to pass? If you really have such an idea, then why should we hold on here and retreat earlier? "

    Bo Tiao also blushed a little and wiped his beard in embarrassment.  If Sun Shao had said that he was wrong as soon as he came up, he would definitely refuse to admit it even to death. But now that Sun Shao asked Quintus to lower his head first, if he didn't give in, it would be a bit too much. What if Sun Shao and Quintus  If they join forces and leave him alone, wouldn't he be in danger?

    "Let the past things go by him. I hope that from now on, we can work in one place and think in one place to prevent such problems from happening again." Sun Shao raised his glass and said solemnly: "If you two  If you listen to me, I believe that the ancient city of Seleucid will be successfully captured."

    Quintus and Bo Diao were both a little surprised, and they said in unison: "Does the king have a solution?"

    "My method is actually very simple, that is, let's go together and overthrow the Sasanians." Sun Shao sneered: "We have an army of 200,000 people here, how can we still take down the ancient city of Seleucid? To be honest, the reason why I decided  If you don¡¯t participate in the war, you just believe that as long as you cooperate with each other, you will definitely be able to take over this city. Who knows that you two actually"

    "But although I have 80,000 people, most of them are newcomers, and the Kushan King has too few people." Quintus said hesitantly, feeling very embarrassed.  Originally he was very ambitious and expected to achieve military exploits through this war and become emperor in the future. However, after several days of fierce fighting, he realized the cruelty of war. Now, after only three days of fighting, he has already suffered several casualties.  Although thousands of people have climbed to the top of the city several times, they have been driven down by the Sasanians every time as soon as they climbed up. How can we fight this battle?

    "As long as you are willing to listen to my arrangements, I promise to capture Seleucus within half a month." Sun Shao said with confidence.

    "Half a month?" This time not only Quintus, but also Bo Tiao didn't believe it.

    "Half a month is enough." Sun Shao said with a smile: "From tomorrow on, don't stop, just attack like this. Quintus, add more manpower and send two regiments up every time. Don't rush to the city.  Pay attention to protecting the soldiers. Three siege engines are not enough. At least ten of them will be sent up at once, preferably twenty if possible, and we will see how the Sasanians defend themselves."

    Bo Diao quickly understood what he meant: "Consuming their arrows and defensive materials?"

    "Your Majesty is still experienced." Sun Shao smiled: "Most of the Roman soldiers are newcomers. Rushing to climb the city at this time will only increase casualties and dampen morale. So don't rush to attack the city. Do the previous actions first.  We need to practice well and adapt to the atmosphere of the battlefield, and at the same time let the Sasanians relax their vigilance and think that we are nothing more than this. Then we will work hard to catch them off guard and capture the ancient Seleucid city in one fell swoop."

    Quintus frowned and thought for a while: "But if you don't practice climbing the city, how can you break the city?"

    Bo Diao also looked at Sun Shao with some confusion.

    "Of course you need to practice climbing the city, but there is no need to pay the price with human life." Sun Shao smiled and said: "You won't build a city head somewhere else to simulate it? Let them familiarize themselves with the various steps of climbing the city first, step by step.  Well. Once you become proficient, your speed will increase, and becoming faster means reducing the time of being passively beaten, which means reducing casualties"

    Quintus and Bo Diao listened to Sun Shao's explanation and quickly understood what they meant.  What Sun Shao said was actually very simple. The Romans were newbies, and the Kushans were used to cavalry field battles and were unfamiliar with attacking cities. If they rashly went into battle under such circumstances, they would only be targeted by the Sasanians and massacred.  You must first practice the basic skills and make them solid, and then you can be more effective in actual combat.  Now that you have been playing for a few days, you are more or less familiar with the problems you have. As long as you strengthen targeted exercises, you will definitely be able toGreat progress.

    Quintus was overjoyed and praised the case. The Han people were indeed experts at attacking and defending cities. They had rich experience and were not as reckless as himself.  He then sincerely asked Sun Shao for advice. Sun Shao finally said, I only know some general information. If you want to ask for specific details, I recommend someone to you, and that is my general Lu Xun. He is very knowledgeable about siege and defense.  Chengdu is very knowledgeable, and there is also General Li, who is also very experienced and can definitely help you.

    Quintus and Bo Diao were overjoyed, and Sun Shao immediately invited Lu Xun and Li Yan to tell them the situation. Lu and Li were very happy to hear that they had the opportunity to be the husband of the Romans and the Kushans.  Sun Shao then suggested that the Kushans and Romans train together so that they could observe each other and compete to promote improvement.

    Quintus looked at each other, laughed, obeyed, and left happily.  Sun Shao left Lu Xun and Li Yan behind and gave them some instructions.  The two of them understood each other and took their orders.

    The next day, Quintus listened to Sun Shao's suggestion and sent four legions to take turns attacking under the city. However, he did not force the city to climb. Instead, he tried his best to lure the Sasanians to counterattack while protecting the warriors. While practicing siege coordination,  At the same time, a large amount of Sassanid city defense supplies were consumed.  At the same time, the Romans built a city behind the camp and practiced attacking and defending the city.  Under the command of Lu Xun and Li Yan, they started practicing from the most basic cooperation, from unfamiliarity to proficiency, starting from pushing the siege vehicle, until climbing the city to seize the city head, practicing step by step.

    With the aura of death no longer hanging over their heads, the psychological burden on the Romans was much lighter. With the careful guidance of Lu Xun and Li Yan, their progress was rapid.  After Bo Diao sent people to observe several times, he decided to participate in this kind of exercise. So every day, except for the four legions who attacked from the front, everyone else devoted themselves to the training.

    The Sasanians soon discovered something unusual. First of all, most of the Romans and Kushans disappeared, leaving only four or five legions posing under the city. These four or five legions also roared twice every time they attacked the city.  Just back off and do it again.  What makes them even more strange is that the people who come to attack the city every day are not the same people as yesterday. It seems that they take turns to rest and are not in a hurry to attack the city.

    What the hell are the Romans doing, and where are the rest of their army?  The Sasanians were puzzled. Although they wanted to find out what the Romans were doing, the outside of the city was guarded like iron barrels. It was not easy for them to send out scouts to find out what was going on.

    After a few days of uneasiness, the Sassanid guard Ibrahim just returned to his residence after the day's battle. He sorted out the battles of the past few days and speculated on the anomalies outside the city.  A personal guard suddenly walked in with a panicked expression.

    "Sir, please come out and take a look."

    Ibrahim was taken aback and quickly followed his guards out of the door. As soon as he went out, he felt something strange - almost everyone on the city wall raised their necks and looked up.  He instinctively raised his head and glanced upward, and suddenly took a breath of cold air.

    A bright light floated in the dark sky. In the bright light, a man with a Persian bun was sitting on the lotus platform, pointing angrily at a man kneeling in front of him wearing a crown, while behind him stood a man with a crown on his head.  People wearing Han Chinese clothing.  Although he couldn't see his face clearly, Ibrahim was no stranger to this man. This was clearly the image of Ahura Mazda, the true god worshiped by the Sassanid people. The man kneeling in front of him also had the Sasanian king on his head.  The crown, and his demeanor are very similar to Ardashir. Although I don¡¯t know who the man in Hanfu is, but he can stand next to Ahura, so he is obviously not an ordinary person.

    That ball of light was floating in the sky, very conspicuous in the dark night sky. This sight that appeared out of thin air shocked many people. Many people knelt down and read scriptures.  Ibrahim's hands and feet were cold and he didn't know what to do.

    Is this a manifestation of Allah?  Was he lecturing Ardashir?  But why is there a Han man standing next to him?

    Ibrahim¡¯s mind went blank, and big beads of sweat rolled down his forehead.

    Could it be that this battle was fought wrong and Ahura is angry?  Ibrahim looked at the fading light and shadow in the sky, his legs trembled, and it took a lot of effort to steady himself. He did not kneel down like the others, but immediately ordered the city to see  Everyone in this scene shut up and were not allowed to tell anyone what they saw, otherwise they would be killed without mercy.  At the same time, several priests were invited over and asked to publicize among the people that everything they saw was a conspiracy of the enemy and was not true.

    After giving the order, Ibrahim returned to his residence. Only then did he realize that his whole body was cold and his hands were shaking involuntarily. He sat blankly for a while, then stood up and knelt down in front of the shrine in the corner, clasping his hands together.  , recited the scriptures softly, praying for Allahu¡¯s enlightenment.?

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