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    The wind died down and the snow stopped.

    Outside Yumen Pass, this unprecedentedly fierce battle, which determined the rise and fall of two civilizations, finally came to an end.

    Yan Liang stood proudly on his horse, scanning the snowfield melted by blood, looking down at the enemy corpses everywhere, and let out a long breath.

    Based on the battle losses, nearly 10,000 Chu soldiers sacrificed their young lives for the Chu Kingdom in this battle.

    The losses of the Persians were even more tragic.

    130,000 Persian troops were beheaded, and the Persian generals Minos and Aiagos were beheaded by Wen Chou and Yan Liang respectively. The Persian army suffered the most fatal blow.

    Think back to the beginning, Hades led an army of 300,000 to the east. As of today, a total of 170,000 people have been annihilated by the Chu army.

    The remaining hundreds of thousands of remnant soldiers abandoned their helmets and armor, followed Hades, and fled towards the Persian country in embarrassment.

    Even if Hades can escape back to the country alive, what awaits him will be an attack by 400,000 Roman legions.

    Having lost two generals, lost 170,000 elite troops, the soldiers were scattered, and the people's morale was turbulent, what else could Hades do to resist the Romans.

    The destruction of the Persian state is a foregone conclusion.

    The harvest of the Chu Kingdom was huge. In addition to killing more than 100,000 powerful enemies and driving Persia out of the Western Regions, they also captured hundreds of thousands of horses and camels, and countless armors and weapons.

    With these captured trophies, Yan Liang could easily arm another 60,000 to 70,000 cavalry.

    The battle is over, and then comes the carnival.

    More than 200,000 soldiers who fought bloody battles received Yan Liang's most generous reward.  Women, fine wine, and good meat are all available to these meritorious soldiers.

    The soldiers of the three armies fell into an unprecedented carnival.  The enthusiasm for victory almost melted the cold winter.

    Yan Liang did not have to spend a penny. The things he used to reward the soldiers were either seized from the Persians or snatched from the Western Regions.

    Thanks to Yan Liang¡¯s strategy of using war to support war, in this unprecedented war between Dachu and Persia, except for the loss of some soldiers, Dachu¡¯s domestic economy was not affected at all.  On the contrary, it has been greatly developed due to the plunder of war.

    Countless slaves, cattle and sheep were transported to the interior. Thousands of farmers received rewards from the government and enjoyed the fruits of victory in the war.

    Millions of wastelands have been cultivated.  The babies of Dachu thrived in abundance, adding to the population of Dachu.

    The news of the victory at Yumen Pass spread throughout the country, and everyone celebrated and rejoiced.

    Although the people of Da Chu have become accustomed to their emperor.  They had wiped out the barbarians with countless victories, but defeating a mysterious country like Persia was still enough to make them fall into ecstasy.

    In Chang'an City, every family decorated with lanterns and streamers to celebrate this great victory.  Looking to the west, towards their emperor who has not returned.  Long live the mountain.

    This time, Yan Liang did not go back to Chang'an with the victory as usual and enjoy the admiration of the people.

    Three days after the carnival outside Yumen Pass, Yan Liang led his army out of the pass and continued to pursue Hades and his defeated troops along the north and south routes of the Western Region.

    At the same time as the army set out for the expedition, Yan Liang also ordered Liangzhou to return a large number of slaves from the Western Regions to the Western Regions, where they would build roads and transport logistical supplies under the supervision of soldiers.

    In January, when early spring arrived, the Chu army completely recovered the entire Western Region, including Shule.

    Yan Liangsui ordered that the land of the Western Regions be changed to Xizhou, the original land of the Five Kingdoms be changed to the five counties belonging to Xizhou, and Gaochang City be the seat of Xizhou Prefecture.

    Xizhou has a vast terrain, and large-scale immigration here is obviously not a wise choice.

    While Yan Liang's army was advancing westward, he ordered follow-up troops to enter Xizhou with a large amount of grain seeds.

    Since the population of the five counties had all been moved away by Yan Liang, Yan Liang stationed 70,000 infantry troops in the five counties to implement military settlements before the new Chu people arrived.

    The advantage of implementing military settlements is that you can obtain a large amount of grain and grass as quickly as possible without having to travel thousands of miles through the inland to conquer Xizhou to transport grain.

    Because Yan Liang needed supplies nearby to provide backing for his army to cross the Congling Mountains and attack Persia.

    How could Yan Liang¡¯s ambition only be satisfied with conquering the Western Regions and defeating the Persian invasion?

    Now that Hades has fled and Persia is about to be overthrown, how can Yan Liang allow the Romans to monopolize such a vast land.

    What¡¯s more, once Rome annexes Persia, its national power will definitely increase dramatically, and it will be easy to surpass the great Chu.

    At that time, there was no guarantee that the Romans, whose strength had soared, would not follow the example of Persia and march eastward to invade the East again.

    ?At this time, Xizhou was already the territory of Dachu. Of course, Yan Liang did not give permission, and the flames of war from foreign tribes spread to his own territory.

    Yan Liang wants to defend his enemies from outside the country, and also wants to collect the biggest fruits of victory after defeating Persia.

    And this fruit is naturally the vast land of Persia, tens of millions of people, and countless wealth.

    "Moreover, Sima Yi also fled back to Persia with Hades. If this problem is not eliminated, sooner or later he will cause great trouble again, so Yan Liang will naturally want to get rid of him.

    All these factors prompted Yan Liang to decide to lead his army on a westward expedition to conquer Persia after the beginning of spring.

    When Yan Liang¡¯s army reaches Persia, they can naturally fight and support the war without worrying about supplies. However, before entering Persia, they need to cross green mountains and travel long distances, which requires a lot of food and grass.

    Yan Liang implemented military settlements in Xizhou to prepare for this.

    With the war reaching this point, the connection between the East and the West has become even closer, and many advanced things that were only available in Chu were spread to the West hundreds of years in advance.

    In order to eliminate future troubles for China, Yan Liang could no longer stop the war and must continue his conquest.

    So, Yan led 80,000 cavalry and stationed in Shule, training day and night to prepare for the march into Persia when the weather got warmer.

    Due to the capture of a large number of horses and cavalry preparations for combat, Yan Liang can expand the cavalry aggressively, and it is expected that the number of cavalry will be expanded to about 150,000.

    Although the main cavalry currently in service in Da Chu does not exceed one hundred thousand, this is only the number of cavalry that can be used in combat. Many infantry are actually undergoing cavalry training, but they lack equipment and cannot be transformed into cavalry capable of actual combat.

    In the battle of Yumenguan, the Persians left behind hundreds of thousands of cavalry equipment, allowing Chu to easily arm a cavalry force of about 80,000 people.

    Yan Liang wanted to march into Persia, and it was obviously unwise to use infantry to cross such dangerous terrain as Congling, so Yan Liang decided to lead the 150,000 pure cavalry on an expedition to Persia.

    When Yan Liang was ready to go on an expedition to Persia, Hades and his remaining soldiers fled back to Persia in embarrassment.

    Most of the 300,000 expeditionary force was lost. Hades only led less than 100,000 defeated troops and fled back to Persia. Among these 100,000 people, there were many wounded.

    At this time, the Roman legion, under the leadership of Saga, was victorious, even conquering the important towns on the western front of Persia, and the troops were approaching Ctesiphon, the capital of Persia.

    Including the domestic troops, Hades only had less than 200,000 troops at his disposal.

    With such a level of strength, if he had fought on home soil a year ago, he would have been confident of defeating the Roman attack.

    Now things are different. Rebellions are rife in Persia, public resentment is boiling, the morale of the army is low, and the economy is on the verge of collapse. With such an unfavorable situation, how can it resist the massive invasion of the Romans.

    Hades was in dire straits, and at this critical moment, his most important partner and adviser, Sima Yi, disappeared again and disappeared without a trace.

    The helpless Hades could only divide his troops to put down the rebellion, and at the same time mobilize the remaining main force to the west, using all his strength to stop the Roman advance.

    In the second month after spring, Hades returned to the capital Ctesiphon after a major defeat.

    What greeted him was not the cheers of the people in the city, but the resentment of the whole city, and the snow of emergency letters.

    Hades dragged his tired body back to his palace.

    As soon as Fang entered the main hall, a beautiful and charming woman came up to her with a solemn expression.

    "Hades, you are finally back." The woman greeted him and gave Hades a support.

    Hades sighed: "Pandora, my beloved sister, during these days when I am away, you have worked hard to regent and supervise the country and preside over the overall situation for me."

    "This is what I should do. It's a pity that I failed to live up to your expectations. The reason for the turmoil in Persia is that I failed to manage it well." Pandora blamed herself.

    "No, it's not your fault. They are all stupid people. I went to plunder wealth for them, but they all rebelled at home. It's really hateful!"

    Hades did not blame his sister, nor did he blame himself, but was responsible for the country's turmoil, pushing away his "stupid" people.

    Pandora breathed a secret sigh of relief and asked about Hades's expedition to the East.

    Hades was ashamed to mention the failed experience, so he gritted his teeth and said bitterly: "That dog emperor Yan Liang in the East only knows how to play tricks and is a coward at all. One day, I will lead an army to the East again.  , kill him with your own hands and wipe out the entire east."

    Pandora nodded and said: "With your talent and strategy, conquering the East is the only wayWhat matters at night is that the most important thing at the moment is to repulse the Roman attack first.  "

    Hades shifted his gaze to the west and said confidently: "I have sent Rhadamandis to lead 100,000 cavalry to the western front. Although the Romans have many troops, they do not have enough cavalry, so they are not afraid at all."

    Hades was so confident that he seemed to have forgotten that his 100,000 cavalry had just returned from the east in defeat, and they were sent to the west before their morale could recover.

    Hearing what her brother said, Pandora's frown finally relaxed, and a relaxed expression appeared on her charming face.

    She cast her eyes to the east, imagining what the scheming Eastern Emperor in Hades's mouth would look like.

    "What kind of person is Yan Liang? Even my great brother Hades is no match for him. What is so special about this person?"

    With deep curiosity shining in her bold, star-like eyes, Pandora's thoughts flew to the distant east without realizing it.  (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to m. to read.)
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