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Volume Two: Set Sail Chapter 172: The First Cry of the Phoenix

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    Chapter 172: The first cry of the young phoenix

    Sun Feng, the crown prince of Yue, became the chief general in the siege. This news quickly spread throughout the coalition camp. Many soldiers were a little surprised when they heard it, and then felt a little uneasy, especially when they heard that the King of Yue did not believe that Ctesiphon could be conquered.  Under the circumstances, because Sun Feng interceded for others and forced Sun Feng to become the commander-in-chief, they all had varying degrees of worries about the prospects of this war.  Everyone knows about Sun Feng's bravery, but after all, Sun Feng is too young. Compared with the resourceful Sun Shao, he seems too immature. Many people doubt whether he has the ability to command an army of 200,000.

    After Momia heard the news, she didn¡¯t say anything in front of Quintus, but she only agreed with Quintus¡¯ actions at that time.  Quintus said that the reason why he was willing to help Sun Feng was because he did not want Sun Shao to stay in Ctesiphon. Sun Shao was too scheming and he was worried that he would do something detrimental to Rome in the future.  Sun Feng is still young and not as gloomy as Sun Shao, so he may be easier to deal with.  Sun Shao has decided to place him in the northern border of Rome. Help him at this time. He will definitely be grateful to Rome, which will be beneficial to the relationship between the two parties in the future. Having him in Ctesiphon will be helpful for suppressing Gordian.  Father and son also help, and when Philip grows up, he will also have a helper.

    "If the siege fails, there is nothing that can be done. After all, the difficulty lies here. It is indeed not an easy task to conquer Ctesiphon." Quintus said.

    Quintus left, and a smile appeared on Momia's lips. She hugged Philip, rubbed his chest with her nose, and laughed softly: "You can't be like him, you are too bad.  ¡±

    Phillip chuckled, stretched out his two little hands, and tried his best to grab her hair.

    In the large tent of the Yue Kingdom, Sun Shao, Sun Feng and Lu Xun sat opposite each other. The three of them looked calm and looked at the map spread out on the table without speaking.  The tea had lost its taste, and Sun Shaocai patted the table gently: "From tomorrow on, you will be the commander in chief of the siege. Your uncle is nominally your deputy general, but in fact he is the real commander. How many of them are Cao Zhang and others?"  People, they are all famous generals who have been on the battlefield for a long time, you have to respect them and listen to their opinions."

    "Here." Sun Feng nodded: "Father, where are you?"

    "Me?" Sun Shao smiled and shook his head: "I can't help you with specific tactics. With a few of them here, there is no need for me to talk more. Besides, I have other things to do, Aldaxi  I am not a man who will be slaughtered by others, and I don¡¯t believe he would put so many troops in the city.¡±

    Lu Xun nodded: "This is what the king is worried about, and I am also very worried about this. The Sasanians are dominated by cavalry. With the size and strength of the city of Taixi, he only needs 30,000 people to defend the city. The extra  Where will those people be? I think they must be waiting somewhere outside the city. Although we have sent out scouts, after all, the terrain is not as familiar to them as they are, so we may not be able to find them. If we are attacking the city, and someone appears from behind  Twenty to thirty thousand elite cavalry would be fatal. If we leave enough cavalry to defend the city, and there are insufficient manpower to attack the city, the intensity of the siege will be greatly affected, and it will be delayed, which will play into Aldashir's plan.  I think he must have something to rely on for his courage to persevere in this situation."

    Sun Feng thought for a while: "Then what will father use to defeat those cavalry? If the number is too small, wouldn't it be very dangerous?"

    "It's nothing, it's just a bluff." Sun Shao smiled confidently: "You can attack the city with confidence. As long as you can break the city as soon as possible, I will not be in danger. Ardashir does not believe that we can take it in a short time.  Ctesiphon, we must break his illusions and make him believe that there will be no good results in fighting the gods."

    Sun Feng and Lu Xun laughed. They had just learned the secret of the miracle, and Lu Xun had already thought of a plan on how to use this miracle to fight.

    The next day, Sun Shao left the coalition camp and set up a camp ten miles northeast of the city of Taixi. At the same time, Gordian Jr. also used the pretext of being prepared for a Sassanid raid and set up a camp ten miles northwest of the city.  A large camp was set up in the local area, and the two large camps formed a horn to protect the coalition forces behind them.  Sun Feng promoted the account and made war arrangements.  He asked Quintus to send men to set up a large number of brick kilns on the river beach. At the same time, he lined up the 300 ballistae that had been prepared outside the city of Ctesiphon.  Debugging was carried out under the eyes of the defenders. The slaves pushed more than a hundred siege engines and practiced back and forth outside the city. The loud chants could be heard clearly in the city.  More than a thousand ladders were also arranged under the city. The infantry were deployed outside the shooting range of the Sasanians to practice siege tactics. The atmosphere before the battle was created very well. Seeing all this, almost everyone thought  The war is about to break out.

    Only Ardashir laughed and showed a smile. He supported the city wall, pointed at the crowd of people who were busy building kilns on the river beach in the distance and said: "Did you see it?"This is the reason why I want to demolish all the houses within thirty miles outside the city, transport back all the mud bricks that can be transported, and throw those that cannot be transported into the river.  "

    The generals slowly came back to their senses. Although the enemies below the city were busy, the three hundred ballistae looked very majestic, but they did not have enough cannon stone. These ballistae would become decorations in a short time.  , and without the most powerful ballistae to suppress them, they would have to brave the attack from the city head to advance, and the casualties would be staggering.  In other words, as long as they survive a short period of time and do not break the city before the opponent's artillery and rock are used up, they will have the advantage, which is equivalent to holding the city.

    "These fools, wouldn't they be far away if they wanted to burn bricks? Wouldn't they show their cowardice if we saw them?" A general with a beard laughed loudly.

    "They are probably tired, right?" Another general with a sharp face sneered: "Besides, this is an endless stretch of river beach. It's not easy for them to prevent us from seeing them."

    Ardashir didn't say anything. He pondered for a moment, then suddenly turned around and said to a trusted general: "Send a message to the people outside the city and ask them to arrange a few smart scouts to sneak from the river to the brick kilns to take a look.  Let these cunning Han people fool you."

    The confidant turned around immediately without thinking too much.

    While arranging preparations for the siege, Sun Feng wrote another letter to Ardashir in the name of Quintus, asking Ardashir to recognize the situation and surrender as soon as possible. He also casually stated that Sun, the crown prince of Yue,  Feng is the person whom Ahura protects, the god who stands beside Ahura in the miracle. He is destined to become the master of Ctesiphon, so that Ardashir should not resist in vain, leave the city and surrender as soon as possible, and still retain a little bit.  Wealth will not lead to complete defeat.

    Ardashir was dismissive of these, but he quickly captured the information. The current commander was not Sun Shao, the king of Yue, but Sun Feng, the prince of Sun Shao, a young man who was less than twenty years old.  After thinking about it for a while, he was ecstatic.  Changing generals before battle is a taboo for military strategists, and it is even more undesirable if father and son are suspicious of each other.  Why didn't Sun Shao, a smart man like Sun Shao, decide to be the general? Instead, he asked his son to be the general?  He must have felt that there was no confidence in attacking the city, so if his son took the initiative, even if he lost, he would have some excuses.

    When he thought of this possibility, Ardashir looked up to the sky and sighed. He finally grasped the true mentality of the enemy.

    Ardashir responded with a letter. After expressing his rejection, he made some concessions and hoped to restart negotiations.  He sent an envoy to the camp outside the city again.  The envoy did not see Sun Shao this time, but did see Sun Feng, which verified Ardashir's suspicion. After insincere negotiations, the envoy sent the news back to the city.

    Three days later, Sun Feng lost patience with the negotiations and ordered an attack on the city.  On the night before the siege, Sun Feng worshiped Ahura, the main god of the Sassanid people, in front of many people, and publicly declared that the Han people are fire virtues, and that the Yue Kingdom belongs to the south among the four vassal states of the Han Dynasty.  , According to the Five Elements Theory of the Han Dynasty, the country of Yue is the fire in the fire, which is in perfect harmony with Ahura, the god of light. Therefore, he should also be protected by Ahura.  If this truth is true, then Ahura will definitely perform miracles again.

    Almost everyone, including Quintus and Bo Diao, was very worried about Sun Shao's oath. Although they did not deny the Sasanian gods, they could not believe that Ahura would really respond to Sun Feng's oath.  After all, it¡¯s hard to say anything about this god. If Ahura doesn¡¯t plan to show any miracles, wouldn¡¯t it be a big blow to morale?

    Just when they were worried, something strange happened again.  Shortly after nightfall, Sun Feng prayed on the altar for about an hour, and a vague figure gradually appeared in the dark night sky. Just like that day outside the ancient city of Seleucid, this figure was floating in the air, seemingly at any time.  All will be blown away by the wind.  Slowly, the figure became clearer and clearer, and it could be clearly distinguished that this figure was the image of Ahura in the miracle shown that day.

    Four to five million people in and outside the city raised their heads to watch, stunned by what they saw. Although everyone had slightly different opinions, everyone agreed on one point: Ahura abandoned Ardashir and chose  The Han became the king of the Sasanians, and this Han was Sun Feng, the prince of Yue who was now kneeling on the altar to pray. Ahura responded to his prayer and protected him.

    Just when the city and outside the city were already falling into semi-madness, something even more crazy happened. A voice came faintly from the air. It could be vaguely heard that it was the language of the Sassanids, and there was something ethereal in the voice.  , adding a bit of mystery.  The voice didn't say much. It just read a few verses from the Zoroastrian classic "Avesta", and then said: "Be kind to my people, and don't do it because of your greed."  Push them?The hell of death, or I will abandon you.  "

    After receiving Sun Feng's oath, the figure slowly faded away and disappeared into the vast night sky. Only Sun Feng was left on the altar, standing up against the firelight and raising the holy fire in his hand high.  Accept the thunderous cheers from all the soldiers.

    There was deathly silence on the city wall. Ardashir's face turned pale and he tried his best to hold on to the city wall so as not to fall.  He knew it was a scam, but he couldn't give a convincing explanation because he had no idea how it was done.  Is it an illusion?  What kind of illusion is that?  He couldn't even display a figure so high in the sky, let alone make that figure make a sound. He couldn't think of a person who could make such a sound and still be heard from so far away.  .

    It seems that it is easier to believe that this is a miracle.

    "Your Majesty"

    The generals gathered around him at some point, with shock on their faces.  Many of them had not seen the miracles under the ancient city of Seleucid with their own eyes, but what they heard was more miraculous than what they saw with their own eyes. They all knew that after the miracle appeared, the Han people conquered the ancient city of Seleucid in one day, and now the miracle  Coming again, will Ctesiphon follow the footsteps of Seleucid and be conquered by the Han in one day?

    "What are you afraid of? It's just an illusion." Aldashir regained his composure and said disdainfully: "I have begged the high priest to prepare. He will reveal the truth of this illusion to everyone, and at the same time ask Ahura to show the true nature of the illusion."  A miracle." He paused and then said: "Do you believe they can conquer Ctesiphon in one day like they conquered Seleucus?"

    Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads. This seemed impossible, even with the help of gods, unless Ahura sent down a fire and burned Ctesiphon cleanly.  However, Ahura just made it clear that Sun Feng should be kind to them and not lead them into hell. Obviously, even if Ahura wants to punish, he will not punish all the Sasanians. At most, he will only force himself to be calm in front of him.  of Ardashir.

    "Each of you go back to your own positions, be careful of the enemy stealing the city." Ardashir reluctantly said a few words on the city wall, and then hurried back to the palace.  As soon as he entered the palace, he collapsed on the throne. The scene he just saw was a huge blow to him. The opponent's methods were so unpredictable that he had no way to defend himself. He was very worried about the upcoming war. The opponent also  What kind of tricks will there be?

    Ardashir called the high priest Aquila and asked him to immediately send the temple priests out to refute the rumors, and at the same time demonstrate a similar illusion as quickly as possible, otherwise the city of Ctesiphon would really collapse without a fight.  Although Aquila was in a dilemma, she also knew that there was no way out at the moment, so she had no choice but to agree.

    Not long after Aquila left, another news came. After receiving his order, Awad outside the city sent the most capable scouts to sneak into the brick kiln just built by the coalition forces. They found that a large amount of soil had been removed from the brick kiln.  They dug them out, put them in straw bales, and piled them into hills. I don't know if they were going to be used as cannon stones or to fill the trenches, but what was certain was that they were definitely not burning bricks, because they obviously didn't.  I didn't even prepare the necessary firewood for the plan of burning bricks.

    Ardashir sneered, and then summoned several generals and asked them to dig a horizontal ditch on the inside of the city wall facing the coalition army. He sent people to monitor it day and night to prevent the Han people from digging tunnels under the pretext of standing kilns.  In fact, siege the city from underground.

    Aldashir's judgment was very accurate. It only took half a night for someone to listen to the sound underground. This sound showed that the opponent had dug less than ten steps away from the city wall. If the opponent started to attack the city starting tomorrow,  Even if the sound is louder, it will not be easy to detect in the city. In another day or two, the tunnel can be dug directly into the city.  A direct attack may not be possible, but it is very possible to sneak out and open the city gate at night.  The Greeks used the Trojan horse trick to defeat Troy. Didn't they use a huge Trojan horse to send dozens of soldiers to the city?

    However, now that it has been discovered, it will not be so easy for the enemy to cover up their traces. When they dig the tunnel, sharp weapons will be waiting for them.

    At dawn, the tunnel had been dug outside the city gate, and then there was no news. Apparently the other side would save the last section of the tunnel until the war starts tomorrow during the day.  Ardashir left enough men, and then ordered to enter the battle state. He was confident enough to believe that the enemy's attack was about to begin.

    Everything was as Aldashir expected. After dawn, the Han, Romans and Kushans who had eaten breakfast walked out of their camps one after another and set up formations outside the range of the Sasanians.  Groups of soldiers, whether they are Han Chinese wearing red shirts and black armor, Romans wearing plate armor and sandals, Kushans, Huns, or Tianzhu people wearing turbans,  Their morale is high.??The magical scene last night has convinced them that Sun Feng will command them to complete an almost impossible task - to break through the city of Taixi, kill Ardashir, and then divide the wealth accumulated by Ardashir.  , completed this arduous expedition and returned to his hometown with the spoils of war.

    Sun Feng stood majestically on the high command platform, observing the defense of Taixi Feng City with his thousand eyes. Yang Hu and Lu Yu were holding the long sword gifted by Sun Shao, and the other was holding the flag, full of energy.  Standing behind him, his eyes were bright and a little eager.  Nicholas and the other twelve knights were fully armed, all wearing fiery red robes, guarding behind them. More than a thousand Teutonic warriors stood solemnly under the stage, protecting the command platform.  Lu Xun, Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi, Li Yan and others stood under the stage with the command podium in front of them, waiting for orders.  A hundred steps to the left was the Roman position. Quintus was also standing on the command platform, and a dozen legion commanders were waiting in front of the platform.  On the right is the Kushan people's position, and Bo Tiao is also standing on the command platform, glancing at Sun Feng from time to time.

    Sun Feng saw Ardashir at the top of the city with his thousand-mile eyes. Although he couldn't see his face clearly, he felt Ardashir's nervousness, especially the dense defense outside the city gate. He knew that,  The tunnel that took several days to dig was certainly not hidden from Ardashir's eyes.

    The defense of Taixi Feng City is far stronger than that of the ancient city of Seleucid, which can be seen from the defense at the city gate alone.  The north gate of Ctesiphon is the main entrance. Facing it is an arched gate with a height of seven feet, with thick city walls on both sides. In front of the city gate is an urn city, about ten feet square, and the city wall is also five feet high. According to sources, inside the city gate  There is also an urn city. If you want to attack the city from the gate, you must pass through at least three gates.  Although Taixi Fengcheng is built with rammed earth, the walls near the city gate are covered with mainly blue colored glaze, with various patterns made of other colors of colored glaze. The entire city gate looks very mysterious.  .

    "It's such a pity to destroy such a beautiful city gate." Sun Feng sighed secretly and raised his right hand.  The generals under the city straightened up immediately and looked at Sun Feng with all their attention.

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