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- Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The huge long arrow roared over Sima Yi's head and flew towards the Persian army hundreds of steps away.
Hades and his more than 100,000 cavalrymen were instantly stunned.
In their thinking, an arrow that can shoot two hundred steps is already quite powerful, but the arrows of the Chu army in front of them actually shot five to six hundred steps and came straight towards them.
What a magical arrow this is, it¡¯s simply unbelievable.
Just when Hades was astonished, arrows were raining down from the sky. Once a powerful arrow hits, it will definitely hit several people.
In the Persian army, screams suddenly broke out, and nearly a hundred people were stabbed into candied haws in an instant.
In just a few breaths, more than a thousand crossbow arrows splashed down, shooting more than 100,000 Persians, causing them to flip over and panic.
In fact, although the bed crossbow is powerful, its accuracy is limited. With more than a thousand sharp arrows, only a hundred Persians were killed.
But the terrifying momentum of the bed crossbow deeply stimulated the Persians and plunged them into panic.
Sima Yi, who was running, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, only to realize that Yan Liang¡¯s target was not him, but the Persian army.
When Sima Yi saw the powerful arrow that could pierce three or four Persian soldiers in one breath, he was shocked.
"We haven't seen each other for several years, but Yan Liang actually invented a more powerful weapon. What kind of crossbow is this? It can shoot four to five hundred steps. How is this possible!"
Sima Yi was horrified to the extreme. The vengeful flames he had previously had had been shattered by Yan Liang's strange crossbow, and he just ran away with his life.
"Quick, the whole army retreats. Return to the camp first."
Sima Yi roared and did not even dare to enter the formation of his own army. The army bypassed the military formation and fled.
At this time, the Chu army's second round of crossbow arrows had been loaded. Following Yan Liang's order, another thousand sharp arrows were shot out and rushed towards the 100,000 Persians.
Amidst the screams, more than a hundred Persians were once again pierced into meat skewers, the powerful impact of the crossbow arrows. It can penetrate even the strongest iron shield and is almost irresistible.
Yan Liang stopped at the top of the city, watching the Persians being ravaged and Sima Yi escaping in embarrassment as if watching monkeys playing.
It¡¯s not that he doesn¡¯t want to shoot Sima Yi, it¡¯s just that the bed crossbow can only shoot long-range targets. For targets at close range, it is difficult to shoot.
However, it was enough to scare Sima Yi so much that he ran away and suppressed his arrogance.
After the second round of crossbow arrows were fired, the Chu soldiers at the top of the city began to busy preparing the third wave of arrows. Because the operation of the bed crossbow is complicated and requires more than ten people to operate it at the same time, the process of loading the arrows is relatively slow. There is inevitably a certain pause in each salvo.
It¡¯s during this intermission. Hades finally couldn't stand it anymore and retreated first. Ordered the entire army to retreat.
More than 100,000 Persian troops came fiercely, but now they retreated hastily, leaving only hundreds of corpses.
The Chu army fired two more rounds of crossbows, using life-killing powerful arrows to "send off" the enemy who had been showing off just now.
The Persian didn¡¯t dare to look back, he hunched his neck and ran away, running straight for more than a mile before escaping from the range of the bed crossbow.
The Chu troops on the top of the city looked at the enemy troops fleeing in a hurry, their morale was greatly boosted, and they were all excited, waving their weapons and laughing wildly.
Seeing the enemy troops fleeing in despair, Wen Chou said with emotion: "Your Majesty, since the enemy troops have retreated, please lead the army to attack. The Persian dogs will be killed without leaving a single piece of armor behind."
Before Yan Liang could answer, Guo Jia said first: "General Ziqin, don't act too hastily. That Sima Yi is a scheming man. I predict that he will ask Hades to set up an ambush to lure us to attack first, and then ambush us halfway. We can't give in easily." It¡¯s his fault.¡±
"The words of filial piety are justified."
Yan Liang nodded and agreed: "Sima Yi is a cunning wolf. I despise him, but I cannot underestimate him. Let's just stick to Guancheng and avoid leaving, and let him do what he does in vain."
After Yan Liang said this, the fighting spirit of the generals was suppressed.
After "sending" the Persians away, Yan Liang ordered the city to be hung up with no-war signs, so that all the soldiers in the army could rest and recuperate. Even if there was a flood outside the pass, they would not care.
When Yan Liang went down to the city to drink wine, Sima Yi, Hades, and the more than 100,000 frightened Persian troops were running with their heads down.
While running, Sima Yi and Hades met. Hades complained: "Yi, the Chu army has such powerful weapons, why didn't you tell me earlier."
Sima Yi looked ashamed and said with a grimace: "I have been away from the East for many years for my brother, so I didn't know that Yan Liang had invented such a new weapon. But your Majesty, don't worry, Yan Liang will definitely take advantage of the situation."We chased him, and when the time came, he happened to fall into our ambush plan. "
Hades's expression improved a little, and he nodded and said, "Fortunately, you were smart and asked me to set up an ambush along the way. Otherwise, Yan Liang would have had the upper hand today."
Hades then gathered the soldiers and horses, stopped retreating, turned back and waited to kill the Chu army with a carbine.
More than 100,000 soldiers and horses looked around for a long time, but they could not see the shadow of half of the Chu army on the Gobi to the east.
Hades was really impatient with waiting, so he sent scouts to scout.
After a while, the scouts brought back the news that the Chu army had closed the Jade Gate. There was no movement at all, and they did not chase them out at all.
"Yi, what's going on? Didn't you say that Yan Liang will definitely chase him out?" Hades glared at Sima Yi and asked.
"This" Sima Yi looked embarrassed, "I made a mistake for my brother. Unexpectedly, Yan Liang, a thief, suddenly became cautious and did not send troops to pursue him."
Hades's face suddenly darkened, and his eyes were filled with flames of shame and anger, as if he had been tricked by Yan Liang again.
"Now, what should I do now?" Hades asked angrily.
Sima Yi coughed a few times and pretended to be confident: "Brother, don't worry, we have nearly 300,000 soldiers, are you afraid that we can't take down a small Yumen Pass? From today on, we will rush to make siege equipment and storm Yumen Pass." That¡¯s it.¡±
Sima Yi had no other choice but to suggest that Hades bite the bullet and attack
Hades had no other choice but to accept Sima Yi's plan. He led his army back to the camp in despair and ordered his troops to be divided into four groups to cut down trees and make siege equipment.
A protracted and fierce offensive and defensive battle has officially begun.
The 260,000 Persian troops took turns attacking Yumenguan and Yangguanguan in the south. From time to time, they also sent light cavalry to bypass the gate and raid the interior of Liangzhou.
Yan Liang, however, stabilized his position and guarded the two gates with infantry, while his cavalry was used to deal with the enemy cavalry who took a detour and went deep into Liangzhou.
This offensive and defensive battle lasted for more than two months.
Before you know it, late autumn has passed, the weather has turned cold, and winter has begun in the northwest.
As Yan Liang expected, life for the Persians began to become increasingly difficult.
The first is the problem of food and grass. The supplies in Shule Kingdom are simply not enough to supply an army of 260,000. In order to solve the problem of food and grass, Hades had to mobilize food and grass from the country, cross the green mountains, and transport supplies to the front line thousands of miles away. .
In order to transport this grain and grass, Persia not only used most of the slaves, but also many civilians were forced into labor and joined the team that transported grain and grass.
As a result, there will naturally be complaints in Persia.
"The Congling grain road was difficult to walk. With the arrival of cold winter, the climate and terrain became even worse. Hundreds of Persian laborers died on the way to the Western Regions.
Hades¡¯s expedition failed to bring back the wealth promised to the Persians, but thousands of Persians lost their lives. It also damaged the domestic economy and soon caused domestic resentment to boil.
People's hearts in the country are unstable, and the Persians on the front line have been unable to capture Yumen Pass. Their energy is gradually exhausted and their morale is constantly declining.
All kinds of things made Hades gradually fall into trouble.
But Yan Liang is very leisurely.
With Da Chu at his back, he had endless supplies of food and grass, and could continuously travel from the Central Plains to the front line.
???????????????????????????? The labor force for transportation is all those captive slaves from the Western Regions, so no matter how many deaths there are, it will not cause public resentment.
What Yan Liang and his soldiers had to do was sit around the fire all day long, eating and drinking, waiting for the day when the Persians outside the pass collapsed.
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When the two civilizations of Persia and Dachu were confronting each other inside and outside Yumen Pass, the Dachu envoy led by Yi Ji had already formed a caravan and passed through the Persian territory and entered the Roman Empire.
When the Roman border officials learned that this mission came from the far East, they showed great respect and enthusiasm. They immediately sent the Iraqi delegation by sea and across the Mediterranean with high standards of etiquette. to the city of Rome.
In the winter of that year, Yi Ji, the envoy of Da Chu, entered the holy city of Rome in the west.
Yi Ji was surprised by the magnificence of this city, the architecture that was completely different from Dachu style, and the local customs and customs in the city.
Yi Ji then recorded everything he saw and heard verbatim. When traveling back and forth to Dachu, he would naturally present all the Persian and Roman humanities and customs he saw along the way to the emperor.
On the day he arrived in Rome, Yiji submitted his credentials, claiming that he was in the service of the Emperor of the East.He was ordered to come to alliance with Rome and jointly attack the common enemy Persia.
However, the Roman emperor did not receive him immediately. Instead, he arranged for him to be in a gorgeous building and treated him as a distinguished guest.
During this period, many high-ranking Roman officials and senators from the Senate came to visit Yi Ji.
These Roman nobles had a strong curiosity about the distant East. Although they could get some fragmentary descriptions of the Eastern Kingdom from the traders, it was far from satisfying their curiosity. .
Now, for the first time in history, the Kingdom of the East has sent an envoy. How could these Roman nobles miss this great opportunity to learn about the East?
These nobles were very hospitable, taking Yi Ji to visit their Pantheon, and even invited him to watch a gladiator performance in the amphitheater. They even sent him many famous Roman prostitutes.
Yiji had no choice but to try his best to be calm and do as he pleased.
Half a month later, Yiji finally arrived at the purpose of his trip. In the early morning of that day, the Roman Emperor Alexander decided to formally summon him in the palace. - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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