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Volume One: The Young Eagle Spreads Its Wings Chapter 508: Four Thousand Warriors

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    (Note: This is a 5,000-word chapter. It is a one-time update. I hope everyone likes it. If you can, vote for it!) Civilized competition, baptized by blood and fire, becomes particularly eye-catching.  The Indians were unwilling to be left alone and tried to open a big hole in the main artery of the Qin State. They also had the same idea as the descendants of the Persians. Like the Zagros Mountains near the Indian Ocean on the Iranian plateau, the Persians rose up to conquer the old country.  Targeting the city of Persepolis, he launched a restoration movement.  Persepolis was once the capital of the once-prominent Persian Empire. It was the first monarchy in ancient Persia to expand its territory to most of Central Asia and West Asia. It was also the first monarchy to span Europe, Asia, and Africa.  .  During the Great Dynasty, the war between Persia and Greece was written into the Odyssey epic. At its most powerful, the Persian Empire's territory stretched from the Indus Plain in the east to Thrace in Asia Minor and the Balkan Peninsula in Europe in the west.  Southwest to Egypt, Libya, Nubia and Abyssinia.  In 330 BC, under the attack of Alexander the Great of Macedonia, Persepolis, the capital of the Persian Empire, fell. Darius III was killed while fleeing, and the empire fell.  In early November, the Persian nobleman Rustam colluded with a group of fleeing desperadoes, raised a flag on the ruins of the Gate of Nations in Persepolis, and proclaimed himself king. In just over twenty days,  Here, the number of Rustam's rebels reached more than 30,000. They attacked rural pavilions and burned inns. Their behavior was no different from that of later violent terrorists.  In order to frighten the rebels and contain the wave of resistance in the Middle East, Li Yuan pledged to fight for the Eastern March in Xin'an City. Although the 60,000 soldiers he led were not the most elite on the front line, with the participation of Li Yuan's personal troops, and Yang  With the addition of young generals such as Ping Ping, Zhou Ping, Feng Tang, and Han Anguo, one can imagine the strength of this Eastern Expedition Army.  In addition to the generals, Li Yuan's entourage was among them.  Jia Yi and Zhang Shizhi followed each other. These two rising stars have now become Li Yuan's right-hand men in managing the vast territory. Their strong energy and enthusiasm for work make Li Yuan seem to have returned to more than ten years ago.  The boy with the white horse and the green years are all passing away in the flowing water, and those who are walking together!  Some continue to follow and fight in all directions, while some have silenced their war drums and are willing to become an old man in fishing.  Others have their bones buried in unknown desert valleys, leaving only their names in memory.  Li Yuan didn¡¯t know if his name would still be mentioned after a few years, but at this moment, he was willing to sacrifice his life and blood together with the thousands of soldiers of Great Qin.  They fought bloody battles for the hegemony of Qin and the survival of the Chinese nation.  November 26th.  Qin¡¯s Eastern Expedition troops arrived at Susa, an important city at the junction of ancient Persia and Babylonia. Qin general Feng Tang, who served as the vanguard, led 3,000 infantry, and Rustam¡¯s side.  A team of nearly 10,000 people was gathered.  The city of Susa.  For a period of time, it was the temporary capital of the Persian Empire. Most of the residents in the city were descendants of Persians, and some were Assyrians.  During the occupation by the Qin State, riots frequently occurred in this mountain city located between the Lianghe Plain and the Iranian Plateau, and officials stationed by the Qin State were assassinated or injured every few days.  In a spacious stone house left by a noble in the city.  Rustam, who looked like a dwarf warrior, summoned his men to discuss countermeasures.  The Qin army responded quickly, which surprised Rustam, especially when he heard that this time it was the Shenwu Emperor Li Yuan who personally led his troops. When did Rustam's reputation become so famous?  , whether His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Qin Kingdom will also pay attention to it. Every time he thinks of this, the Persians can't help but laugh.  "General, if we can defeat the Qin people this time, and if we are lucky enough to kill the emperor of Qin, the Great Persian Empire will be revived in the hands of the general. By then, you will be Rustam I."  "Haha, the Qin people invaded this time with only three thousand people. They are looking down on us Persians. Brothers, please work harder. Tomorrow, we will show the Qin people how powerful they are." I have to say,  The Persians are arrogant enough. Rustam, a descendant of the former Persian nobles, has a brain as strong as his body but stupid. The repeated compliments from his subordinates gradually make him hot-headed.  Twenty-seventh day, morning.  Feng Tang's vanguard force was blocked by the enemy outside the city of Susa. After hearing that the leader was only a little-known young Qin general, the arrogant Rustam did not look down on this Qin army at all. He quickly  The rebels were gathered out of the city to fight. According to Rustam's wishes, they now have many people. If they don't take advantage of the large number of people to rob the Qin people's weapons and armor, how long will it take?  The two armies formed an array.    With black flags, forest-like spears and halberds, and expressionless soldiers, the three thousand Qin soldiers were like terracotta warriors and horses, looking coldly at the chaotic enemy formation on the opposite side. Feng Tang was riding on a dark horse.  , the whip in his hand gently pointed at the gap in the Persian formation, thinking about how to kill him with a fatal blow.  "General, the enemy has come out of the city to invite a fight, shall we meet the enemy?" Feng Tang bowed his head, and a Qin Army captain asked with his hands raised.  For Feng Tang, a young general from Guandong who was appreciated by Li Yuan for suppressing the troubles caused by the Confucian scholars, the Qin army generals did not dare to show any slightness. This was because Feng Tang looked handsome, but he was also very strict in running the army and could not tolerate it.  Half a grain of sand.  "It's natural to fight. Look at the formation of the Persians. The formation of the Persians is scattered. The front line is composed of brave men, and the rear line is full of cunning people. As for the people who lead the troops, they are all ignorant of soldiers. What's the point?  "Ah!" Feng Tang nodded proudly and said.  If the officers and soldiers of the Qin Dynasty had to retreat from the Persian rebels who only had wooden clubs and bone spears, then there would be no need to think about conquering the world. ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? The war drums sounded, and the morale of the Qin army soldiers suddenly improved. In comparison, the Persians really had no weapons that they could use. In desperation, Rustam and his companions could only use  He tried his best to shout with a loud voice, but among the sound of war drums, these chaotic shouts seemed so pale and powerful.  "Attack!" "Penetrate the enemy's formation!" Before Feng Tang could wait for the Persians to stabilize their formation, he issued an order to attack across the entire front, pressing down like a black wall on the Qin army officers and soldiers, although the total number was smaller.  They are different from the Persians, but their formations are quite closely connected with each other, and there are captains commanding each square formation.  I don't know how much better than the Persians who were at a loss.  ¡ª¡ª.  The Persians are in formation.  Rustam, who was holding a big ax, had sweat on his forehead. Although he kept shouting that he wanted to show off to the Qin people, it was his first time to go into battle with real swords and guns, and the Qin army general opposite was obviously a  Rustam was not sure whether he could defeat his opponent, the kind of guy who showed no signs of weakness.  "Great Persians, fight!" "For the Achaemenid gods! For Emperor Cyrus and Darius the Great." In order to boost morale, Rustam brought out one after another great stories in the history of the Persian Empire.  King, he hopes that the spirits of these kings in heaven can bless him and his men to defeat the Qin army.  Whoosh!     Whizzing!  The Qin army's formation is constantly approaching.  The Persians lacked long-range weapons such as javelins, and the Qin army could easily get close and shoot with crossbows. In order to enhance the long-range strike capability of Feng Tang's vanguard troops, Li Yuan directly transferred 200 repeating crossbows and delivered them to Feng Tang  .  The Persian warriors on the front line did not expect that the Qin army would launch an attack before they started. The Persians, who lacked battlefield experience, thought that in this situation where the two armies were arrayed, one side would follow the gentleman's agreement and wait for the other side.  Arrange the formation, and then the generals from both sides come forward to exchange a few words.  What follows is a fight between each other's soldiers.  The naive Persians were fooled!  The Qin army launched a wild attack without any reason, and before they could really confront the Qin army soldiers, they were completely destroyed by the crossbow arrows and lacked the protection of metal armor.  How can we win this battle without even a wooden shield in our hands?  Rustam stared blankly at his own warriors falling one by one, too nervous to speak. Although he usually fought bravely and fiercely.  There were no less than twenty people killed, but like this, wave after wave of soldiers fell into a pool of blood.  The black wall of people on the opposite side stepped over the corpses and rushed toward him without hesitation, but it made him feel helpless.  "General, I can't stand it anymore, let's retreat!" Just as Rustam was in a daze, a subordinate who had fled from the front rushed past him with a sad face.  "What are you talking about, Kachinmir, you coward, how dare you run away." Rustam shook his fist angrily and shouted at the subordinate who kindly reminded him.  And his cry did not make Kachin Mir stop. On the contrary, the Persian soldiers who heard it turned around one by one and fled towards the gate of Susa City.  Rustam put the warriors in the front and the cowards in the rear. The weakness of this arrangement was undoubtedly exposed at this moment. Because the warriors in the front were badly beaten by the Qin army's shock wave, the hesitant onlookers in the rear were all stunned.  He was so frightened that he couldn't muster the courage to fight the Qin army again.  Therefore, even if Rustam shouts his throat, it is impossible to bring back the fleeing Persian deserters.  The powerful Persian rebels were wiped out in one battle.  Rustam was lucky enough to escape under the city of Susa.??Of his 10,000 mob, nearly 6,000 people eventually became prisoners of Feng Tang's army, and more than 3,600 people died directly under the city.  There was no pressure on the Persian prisoners to surrender to the Qin army. They had been living under the rule of Qin. This time, they just failed. I don't think Qin would kill them.  December 1st.  The Qin army occupied Persepolis, which had been burned to ruins by Alexander, without any effort. This symbolic city of the Persian Empire once again suffered humiliation and failed to live up to expectations after being occupied by King Alexander of Macedonia.  Rustam, who once promised to protect the sacred city of Persia, was also clearly seen by the Persians. This guy who looked very fierce was actually an opportunist without any sense of responsibility.  Feng Tang became famous in one battle!  His decisive attack not only made him successful, but also greatly accelerated the advance of the Qin Army's Eastern Expedition on the Persian Plateau. Although Rustam's rebels still had more than 20,000 people, this disgraced army  The rebels were obviously out of control. All they could do was to flee eastward before the Qin army arrived, trying to reach the Indus River Basin as soon as possible and entrust the Maurya Dynasty to protect themselves.  ¡ª¡ª.  The sight turned back to the city of Bamiyan in the northeastern part of the Iranian plateau.  The Indian siege of this isolated city has lasted for half a month. The situation in the city is much worse than at the beginning of the siege. The Maurya Dynasty's war elephants were extremely destructive to the rammed earth walls and wooden gates.  Although the arrival of winter caused batches of war elephants accustomed to the hot climate to fall ill or be in poor health, under the urging of the Sunga people, the elephant soldiers still broke through the defense line of the outer city.  Due to insufficient troops, Ma Jin had to give up control of the outer city and instead focused his defense on the inner city built with hard bluestones.  The stone is extremely hard.  Even a herd of elephants could not break through the gap immediately. With the advantage of the terrain, Ma Jin and the last 200 Qin army troops continued to hold on.  Inside the inner city.  The weapons that can be used to fight against the enemy are only messy stones. These stones were dug out from the Bamiyan Valley before the war.  It was originally just used to pile up houses, but now that the city is about to fall, there is no need to build houses anymore, and it can be used as a tool to defend against enemies.  Ma Jin was seriously injured. He was lying on a slightly clean felt blanket and his breath was weak. The bloody wound on his head was caused by being trampled while dealing with a war elephant that was three people tall during the battle in the outer city. If it hadn't been for his subordinates,  The soldier rushed forward with red eyes, and Ma Jin was afraid that he would have been trampled to death by the mad and angry elephant.  The situation of the remaining two hundred Qin soldiers.  It is also not optimistic.  However, there was not much frustration visible on the faces of these Qin soldiers who were trapped in a tight siege. They supported each other.  Their shoulders were close together, as if they were twin brothers.  "Brothers, we have been here for a month and three days. Our opponents, tens of thousands of enemy troops, have not been able to defeat us during these days. For this, I, Ma Jin, thank you, thank you!  "After Ma Jin woke up from coma again, he summoned the soldiers around him and said word by word.  "Master Colonel, you don't need to thank us. We are honored to be able to fight with you. If it weren't for your command, we heavy troops would never be able to participate in such a battle that will leave a name in history in this life. We will die.  It's worth it." Among the soldiers, an old soldier about forty years old said with sobs.  "It's worth it. Of course, we are soldiers of Great Qin. His Majesty once said that our journey is to the stars, the sea, and the vast desert. We are to reach a place that has never been set foot by our predecessors. Then, we will plant the flag of our Great Qin.  Let it fly in the wind and let it never fall!" Ma Jin said with a strange look in his eyes.  At this moment, Li Yuan¡¯s oath during the first Western Expedition appeared before his eyes, and the faces of familiar and unfamiliar generals appeared in front of him. Bamiyan City could not be defended, so what?  Da Qin's army will one day counterattack and annihilate any opponents who dare to offend Da Qin's majesty. Ma Jin has no doubt about this.  "Come here, all, and write your names on this blanket. Then, you¡ª¡ªbreak out from the gap in the river valley, hand it over to General Ji Bu, and tell him that I, Ma Jin, and the four thousand men guarding the city  Soldier, you have successfully completed your mission." Ma Jin pulled the felt blanket from under his body with difficulty and pointed at the old soldier.  The battlefield is extremely cruel.  Not to mention heavy troops, even the most elite soldiers at the front may not be able to leave their names in an extremely cruel battle. What Ma Jin has to do now is to let the last two hundred die.  The soldiers relaxed and used their last strength to fight and fight.  "why me?  "The old pawn murmured to himself and took the felt blanket somewhat numbly. "Why not you? From the look in your eyes, I know that you don't want to die yet. There must be someone in your family who you care about, so,  Wait until after dark and set off. Remember, you have a heavy responsibility on your shoulders and you must take it back. If you fail to do it, then we brothers will definitely not forgive you.  "Ma Jin let out a long sigh, and there was an abnormal blush on his pale face. "No one cares about anyone. In the familiar village by the Wei River, the familiar figure is still at the entrance of the village. Fortunately,  , his two children have grown up and can take care of his relatives. ¡ª¡ª. December 9. Ji Bu silently stroked the blood-stained felt blanket in his hands and was speechless for a long time.  All four thousand Qin soldiers were wiped out, and Captain Ma Jin died on the battlefield. The only old soldier who was lucky enough to escape finally returned to Suiye after going through untold hardships, and the silk he brought back was full of words  The blanket with the names of the last soldiers witnessed the history of the Qin soldiers fighting to the death and fighting bloody battles to the last moment when the city fell. The Mauryan army had been stagnant in Bamiyan City for too long, and the winter was extremely cold.  After arriving, although the King of Giant Carts and others were determined to occupy Suiye in one go, their sluggish morale could no longer accomplish anything. More importantly, behind them, the Eastern Expeditionary Army led by Li Yuan was like a  The dagger penetrated the Persian Plateau and pierced the heart of the Indians. Returning to save themselves and retaining the Indus Valley was the only option for the Indians. However, the massive and costly Northern Expedition only occupied one city.  In this insignificant town, the gap between what was gained and what was given was too great. Facing the Qin army's counterattacks from the west and north, the monarchs and ministers of the Maurya Dynasty suddenly found that they had suddenly changed from the ones who beat others to the ones who were beaten.  (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
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