"The two generals Aiagos and Minos, with 60,000 or 70,000 cavalry in their hands, how could they be defeated by 10,000 Chu troops? How is this possible?"
Hades roared like thunder, questioning the authenticity of this information.
The other Persian generals were all shocked and stunned, and couldn't believe it was true.
The Zoroastrian messenger had no choice but to present Sima Lang's letter, and reported how the Chu army used cockscomb snakes to defeat Aiyagos in the oasis, and how Yan Liang personally led the army to sweep away the defeated Persian troops.
Hades only believed this astonishing fact after reading the letter and listening to what the messenger said.
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The angry Hades tore the letter in his hand into pieces, sat down, and cursed bitterly: "The hateful Yan Liang can actually use such insidious tricks. It is so shameless and despicable!"
The Persian generals present quickly followed their emperor and cursed Yan Liang for being despicable. An atmosphere of solemn indignation suddenly filled the hall.
At this time, Sima Yi came back to his senses from the shock and sighed: "Brother, I have told you before that Yan Liangji is despicable and insidious. You must be extremely careful when dealing with him. You must not take it lightly. If you are not careful, you will be in trouble." I know what insidious tricks he will fall into.¡±
Sima Yi¡¯s tone sounded as if he had expected it.
Hades slammed the case and gritted his teeth and said: "Yan Liang, do you think you can stop the emperor's army with your insidious tricks? Dream on, the emperor will lead his army to crush them now. See if you can still What a trick."
Hades immediately ordered that more than 100,000 troops set off immediately. Go to Qiemo to join the defeated army of Minos and gather 210,000 cavalry. Killing toward the east in a mighty manner.
Hades is not going to divide the front and rear armies again this time. He wants to use 210,000 cavalry to push forward forcefully with an overwhelming advantage.
He believes that in the face of such absolute power, any conspiracy or trick is useless, such as a cock-scombed snake or an ambush. It will all be in vain.
In this way, Hades, with a sense of revenge, led his army to kill Loulan fiercely.
Unfortunately, when his army arrived at the Puchanghai Oasis, he found that the forest and grass were filled with highly venomous cockscomb snakes. These thousands of snakes blocked his way into the oasis basin.
Although Hades is arrogant. Although there are more than 200,000 soldiers and horses, they dare not step into this oasis.
"Because he doesn't have the gunpowder to drive away snakes like Yan Liang. Not to mention his army of 200,000, even if he has one million, he dares to release the oasis. They will also be poisoned by the snakes among them.
In desperation, Hades had no choice but to station troops outside the basin and send a small team of death-defying scouts to conduct deep reconnaissance in the oasis.
After paying the price of hundreds of people being poisoned by cockscomb snakes, Hades learned about it. Loulan City had long been deserted, and the Chu army had taken away all the food they could eat. Everything was swept away, leaving him only a useless empty city.
Hades was angry. He felt like a monkey, being teased and played with by Yan Liang.
Angry and embarrassed, Hades simply gave up entering Loulan, bypassed the Puchanghai Oasis, and continued to pursue Yan Liang.
Hades then went straight to Nanhe City and joined forces with Radamandis in the North Road of the Western Region. The 260,000-strong army moved all the way east, defeating Wei Xu, Che Shi, and Dong Qie Mi Shu City, and finally reached the Gaochang Wall. .
And Gaochangbi, this solid fortress of the Chu State outside the pass, had withstood the siege of a hundred thousand soldiers from the Western Regions not long ago, but now it has been decisively abandoned by Yan Liang.
Yan Liang knew very well that the strength of the Persian army was far better than that of the Western Region Army. If he held on to the Gaochang Wall and retained many troops, the food route would be easily cut off by the Persians. If he retained few troops, it would be like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth.
Therefore, under Guo Jia's suggestion, Yan Liang simply abandoned Gaochangbi and concentrated all his strength on the front line of Yumen Pass.
Hades captured Gaochangbi without any bloodshed. At this point, all the cities that originally belonged to the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions had fallen into Persian hands.
Since Hades crossed the Congling Mountains, he has captured the entire Western Region in less than a month. His deployment of troops can be described as swift, and his achievements can be described as "brilliant."
Hades himself thought so too. After capturing the Gaochang Wall, his confidence reached its peak, and the morale of the Persians returned to its former glory.
But he didn¡¯t know that at this moment, Yan Liang was closing the jade gate, looking at the vast western region and sneering.
In Yan Liang¡¯s view, the entire Western Region was just a trap designed to bring in the Persian army of 300,000 men.
Then, when the time comes, Yan Liang will eat all the 300,000 enemies.
"Hades, why don't you?I will leave this empty Western Region to you. I want to see how long you can hold on if there is no food to grab and no slaves to use. "
Looking at the Gobi Desert from a distance, Yan Liang sneered to himself, his tone full of sarcasm.
At this time, Guo Jia beside him smiled and said: "Your Majesty, it is not enough to strengthen the walls and clear the country so that the Persians have no food to plunder. We can also give the Persians a double blow."
"What do you mean by a double blow?" Yan Liang turned his head, a look of curiosity on Yingwu's face.
Guo Jiayao pointed to the west and said meaningfully: "I heard that Ma Youchang said that there is a Roman country to the west of Persia. This country is a big country in the west and has had several conflicts with Persia. I think your Majesty why not send an envoy Go to Rome, lure the Romans to take advantage of Hades's expedition, and send troops to attack the Persian state. Under such a pincer attack from the east and west, let's see how Hades can resist. "
Invite the Roman Empire and attack Persia from east to west!
A vast map suddenly appeared in Yan Liang's mind.
On the map, the Roman Empire in the west and the Chu Empire in the east were attacking the Persian Empire in Central Asia from east to west.
What a magnificent picture.
Yan Liang¡¯s thoughts suddenly broadened as never before.
After pondering for a moment, Yan Liang laughed: "Okay, what a flanking attack. Why didn't I think of it? If Hades invaded the east, I would be right behind it, setting a good fire."
Yan Liang was inspired and immediately decided to adopt Guo Jia's strategy and invite the Romans to attack the Persian mainland from the west.
At that time, Yan Liang sent a group of envoys, with Liangzhou as their guide, who had been to Rome many times for business, out of Yumen in the west, and took a small road to envoy the Roman Empire.
While the mission was being dispatched, Yan Liang was also working hard to strengthen Yumen Pass.
At this time, more than 100,000 infantry troops led by Taishi Ci, Gan Ning, Zhu Huan and others also rushed to Dunhuang County. Within a few days, the number of Chu army infantry and cavalry gathered at Yumen Pass reached nearly 200,000.
Yan Liang ordered Gan Ning to lead 50,000 infantry troops to garrison Yangguan in the south, and he led 150,000 infantry and cavalry to garrison at Yumen Pass, forming a horn-like situation in the north and south.
A few days later, 260,000 Persian cavalry led by Hades arrived in front of Jade Gate.
The Persian army camped for more than ten miles, and the 260,000-strong army forced the city into the stronghold.
Standing in the distance after closing the Jade Gate, one can see the layers of black clouds in the Persian camp. As far as the eye can see, the densely packed tents are like countless black mushrooms blooming on the Gobi.
Not long after setting up camp, Hades personally led 100,000 cavalry and approached Yumen Pass, showing off his force to Yan Liang and forcing Yan Liang to fight.
Outside Guancheng, one hundred thousand cavalry formed an array, like a copper wall spanning several miles, and the momentum was even terrifying.
The cold light reflected by the hundred thousand armors and blades pierced people's eyes and made them dizzy, as if even the brilliance of the sun above their heads was covered.
On the top of the city, Yan Liang was calm and calm, looking at these enemies showing off their power as coldly as a pig or a dog.
Not long after, the Persian army formation split open, and more than a hundred cavalrymen holding iron shields, supporting a man wearing a golden helmet, walked towards the city gate.
A stone's throw away from the city, the man with the golden helmet looked up at Guancheng and shouted in a mocking tone: "Yan Liang, aren't you very majestic in the Central Plains? Why are you so timid now? You have the guts." Come out and fight to the death.¡±
Yan Liang raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and quickly recognized the man.
It turns out that the man in the golden helmet is Sima Yi.
The opponent in the past, the king of the country who fled in embarrassment, is now standing in front of him arrogantly as a traitor.
A deep disgust arose in Yan Liang's heart.
However, he was not angry, and only sneered: "Sima Yi, I forced you to kill your two sons, and I slept with your wife Zhang Chunhua countless times. If you have the guts to act like a man, how dare you talk to me?" If you fight alone, I will give you a chance to avenge your shame."
Yan Liang was so vulgar that he opened the scars in Sima Yi's heart in front of hundreds of thousands of people from both armies.
Thousands of Chu army officers and soldiers on the city all laughed and mocked Sima Yi wantonly.
Sima Yi¡¯s expression suddenly changed, as if his heart had been stabbed by a knife, and an endless sense of humiliation instantly hit his body.
Yan Liang's move was indeed very effective, and it shattered Sima Yi's self-esteem.
Sima Yi became angry from shame and cursed: "Yan Liang, you thief! I, Sima Yi, came back today to avenge the blood feud. I will make you repay tenfold for what you have done!"
"Repay tenfold, huh, I'm tired of hearing the vicious oaths you hypocrites make."
Yan LiangToo lazy to talk nonsense with him, he waved his hand and shouted: "Come here, let me release an arrow and shoot him directly."
After the order was passed, under the Guan City, bed crossbows one after another were immediately pushed out.
Sima Yi originally planned to have a verbal spat with Yan Liang, but Yan Liang didn't want to talk nonsense with him at all. When he was brewing new curses, the Chu army's new weapons appeared on the city wall.
The bed crossbow is a weapon that Sima Yi has never seen before.
Sima Yi was startled at first, and then a strong sense of foreboding surged in his heart.
"Quick, retreat, retreat." Sima Yi didn't dare to stay for long, so he turned around and retreated towards the formation.
Yan Liang looked at Sima Yi who was walking away in a hurry, with a cold smile on his lips. He slowly pointed his riding crop towards the enemy formation and said coldly: "Sima Yi, this crossbow is just a gift from you to this old enemy of yours." Don¡¯t rush away as a meeting gift, let¡¯s have a taste of it.¡±
The riding whip was waved.
More than a thousand giant crossbow arrows, each as long as one person, roared out with a loud "wuwu" sound.