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Text Nine Hundred and Eighty-six The End of the National Destiny (Part 1)

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    The death knell of the Persian Empire was sounded by Duhe.  When the advancing troops of the Tang Dynasty broke through the defense line formed by the Persian army and witnessed the thrilling scene in the pit, the death knell was already tolling for the Persian Empire, not for anything else but for the hundreds of thousands of innocent creatures.  Although there are many doubts about the killing of 400,000 Zhao soldiers in a trap, the fact that Bai Qi did not end well is enough to prove that killing prisoners is ominous. Although the killing of prisoners is unavoidable in a blood feud, is there a blood feud between the government army and the rebel army?  "The ideas are different, and the targets of effectiveness are different. Under the premise that education is not popularized and the vast majority of the people at the bottom cannot read a single Chinese character, who knows the righteousness?"  Who understands the truth?  But just follow whoever gives you good treatment. If you change the place and the same group of people, maybe the camp you belong to will change, but you will still be the same group of people.  Therefore, fighting is a matter for the people above, and killing people is a matter for the people below. The composition of the army has been like this for a long time. The general will do whatever he says. The army has no ability to think, so it can only obey.  It has become the highest duty of a soldier.  But an army has been led by a general for a long time, and this general happens to be a very capable general who has made many military achievements, is very capable, and has enough personal charm. At this time, this army will become  The general's private department, they will say whatever the general does. If the ordinary army still has a little bit of its own instincts active, then such a private department, w¡î, can naturally do things like massacre, even if it is conscience-stricken  No matter how intolerant it is, soldiers who are used to life and death will not stop.  No matter how loud you cry or how miserable you look, it will not make even one soldier stop holding the sword in his hand. This is the last loyal army in Persia.  Border Guard Corps, commander-in-chief, veteran general Toyev.  It was this army that angered Du He. Looking at the countless deep pits and the thick black smoke that covered the sky, the anger in Du He's heart could not be calmed down no matter what, even though the dead were all Persians.  There is no Han Chinese in the Tang Dynasty, but he is extremely angry. Although there are records of killing captives and civilians in all dynasties in Chinese history, historical records are historical records, and witnessing with one's own eyes is witnessing. The Persians are insensitive to their compatriots.  It really made Du He shocked and angry.  At the same time, this also prompted Du He to reflect on himself. If one day His Majesty the Emperor ordered the massacre of civilians, and he had no intention of massacring civilians, would he still massacre those unarmed civilians in accordance with His Majesty's wishes?  Or maybe he thinks it's not the civilians who are at fault.  But the dynasty itself, would he suppress it without conscience instead of doing something else?  No one can explain this kind of thing, right?  In other words, Du He was afraid of making such a decision. Du He felt fear for the first time in an unknown number of years, ever since he received education at the Military University.  Until now, more than ten years.  For the first time, he felt inexplicable fear. Originally, he should not have felt such fear.  Du He couldn't help but feel a little hesitant, but he still issued the most important order: stop the fighting, ignore the black smoke, and just fill in all the deep pits.  Then Du He wrote a letter and ordered people to shoot bows and arrows into the city, telling the Persian defenders in the city that on the day the city was breached, none of the soldiers who participated in the massacre of civilians would be spared.  Kill them all. The general who made this decision will be executed in accordance with the ancient and cruel Chinese criminal law!  Du He ordered the entire army to set up camp and surround the entire Persian Imperial City here. Originally, the number of people was not enough, but after the following uprising coalition forces from eastern Persia arrived here, the number was almost enough. As soon as these rebels saw these  The mass graves were all filled with pain, and the eyes looking into the imperial city were filled with hatred.  They accepted Du He's command, used their numerical superiority to set up camp according to the Tang Dynasty style, surrounded the entire imperial city, then cut off all routes into the imperial city, and looked for opportunities to cut off the water source inside the imperial city, but it seemed that this  The imperial city was fully prepared. There were many wells in the city and they did not rely on the rivers outside the city. The operation to cut off the water source failed.  Afterwards, Duhe ordered the army to cut off the supply lines of the Persian army. It turned out that the Persian imperial city had no supply lines and no one to support it. There were only two provinces in Persia that still obeyed the instructions of the central government and were still in the hands of the Persian government, and they led to  The road here is completely cut off, and they themselves cannot protect themselves. There is no need to mention any support, and there is no need to worry at all.  This shows that there are sufficient food reserves inside the imperial city, otherwise the very capable general would not have made preparations to besiege the isolated city. He may have already made countermeasures to the huge power of the artillery, and then tried every means to delay it.  Time, delaying the war until the cold and dry winter here, and then the difficulty of transporting food, waiting for an opportunity to cut off the supply line of the Tang army, forcing the Tang army to retreat or even be defeated by him, he would have enough time and strength to recover  Persian Empire??Domination.  What a difficult opponent to deal with!  Water and food cannot be cut off, and siege warfare cannot be carried out in the short term. How can we weaken the combat effectiveness of the defenders in the city and prevent the 20,000 Persian remnants from blocking the Tang Dynasty's 90,000 troops for five days? This is a question.  Du He thought about it for a long time but still couldn't find a solution. Then, a top-secret letter from Xuediaozi made Du He's frown relax.  On the third night of May in the second year of Chenghe, the third day after the siege of the city by the Persian rebel forces of the Tang Dynasty, and the night after the mass graves outside the city were basically filled, a man suddenly appeared on the streets of the Persian Imperial City where a complete curfew was imposed.  Several sneaky figures looked particularly mysterious, and their speed and agility were so flexible that the Persian soldiers on guard were not aware of them.  What followed was a fire in the important food and grass area of ??the imperial city.  The flames soaring into the sky woke everyone up. The panicked soldiers shouted and shouted for people to put out the fire. The people who were awakened quickly came out with buckets to put out the fire. However, the wind was strong tonight, and the wells in the Persian Imperial City were far away.  The granary was far away. By the time the fire brigade came over with buckets, the fire had almost destroyed the entire granary. All the food was burning, and the fragrance stimulated everyone's nerves. Then, the fragrance turned into something that made people feel  The devastating smell of pain.  When old general Toyev stumbled to the granary.  It was already half an hour later. He was old and lacked energy. After dealing with the panic caused by the Tang army to the Persian army in the city, he fell into a deep sleep, but he didn't sleep long.  He was woken up by a hurried knock on the door, and the first words the guard said made him petrify the general!  There's a fire in the granary!  The reason why Toyev decided to stay in the isolated city, waiting for the cold winter to come, oppressing the Tang Army's supply line, and even waiting for an opportunity to cut off the Tang Army's supply line, was because there was sufficient food in the city, and the food stored in the large granary was enough to feed the soldiers and civilians in the city for two years.  Regardless of whether it will break, the keeper of the granary naturally has special means to ensure that the food is edible.  There are tens of thousands of troops in the city, and there are hundreds of thousands of militiamen and other strong men who can be mobilized, which add up to a total of three hundred thousand. Although the combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the Tang army, it is still possible to hold on to the city.  As for the artillery of the Tang Army, Toev was inspired by the way the Romans dealt with trebuchets, and decided to protect the city wall with large objects of moderate hardness and softness, so that the solid iron cannonballs of the Tang Army could not destroy the city wall.  As for the flower bomb, it seems to be more powerful against people.  The city walls are quite weak, not to mention that the walls of the Persian Imperial City were reinforced by the Tang army themselves. Not only the outer city, but also the inner city, the two walls, the height and thickness of the city walls are second to none.  Although the artillery of the Tang Army was powerful, could it really destroy such a towering city wall?  As long as it is difficult for the Tang army to destroy the city wall, the defenders in the city can rely on the city wall to stop the Tang army. No matter how strong the Tang army is, they will inevitably suffer losses in siege.  In the past, the Tang army used artillery to destroy city walls when attacking cities. Once the artillery lost its effect, what else could the Tang army do?  Furthermore, Toyev knew a very important piece of information, that is, the gunpowder, the main raw material of the Tang Army's artillery, should not be affected by moisture. Once it gets wet, it will lose its effectiveness. If it rains heavily, or if he tries to destroy the Tang Army's gunpowder, then,  Wouldn't the Tang army have no choice but to use flesh and blood to attack the city?  Even if the gunpowder can still be transported, it will take time. He can even send special forces to hinder it, destroy the gunpowder and lose the artillery. What will the Tang army have left?  Isn't it just stronger than the Roman Legion?  They also defeated the Roman legions several times. His soldiers were the most elite and powerful soldiers in Persia!  He made decisions and strategic planning with confidence.  And now, the granary has been destroyed and the fire is burning. The soldiers and civilians who put out the fire look so powerless and fragile. My strategic plan has ended before it even started. The biggest reliance on food has been destroyed. The strategic plan is still there.  Does it make sense?  There is no food to eat, so how can this battle continue?  How do soldiers fight?  Relying on those livestock?  Or is it the only part of the food left that kills horses to satisfy hunger?  Trapped in an isolated city, in the end the Yizi cannibalize each other, and sell them at a clearly marked price?  He had to think that all his efforts would fail.  He took off his helmet, and the raging fire reflected his gray face. He had to report the news to His Majesty the Emperor, whom he tried his best to protect, and because of the instructions from his father, he had to  To complete it, even if it means death, what should His Majesty the Emperor do?  If he dies, His Majesty the Emperor cannot die with him. He is the symbol and last hope of this country.  He decided to go to the palace in person to report the news to His Majesty the Emperor, who was guarding him desperately. Although it was getting late, he still felt that it was necessary to prepare His Majesty the Emperor mentally, so he led by his personal guards.  Before getting offGoing to the palace, entering the palace city, and slowly came to the place where the little emperor rested. As soon as he entered the palace, a strong aura of luxury made him frown, and the sounds coming from the palace made him feel like he was falling.  icehouse.  The ministers are fighting desperately, but where is the emperor?  Drunk and dreaming?  The loud laughter of men, the delicate laughter of women, the strong aroma of wine and meat, and the extravagant music made the palace seem to be a different world from the outside. The old general felt that he and the emperor were not in the same time.  , the emperor enjoys in heaven, while he suffers in hell. Is this really the gap that should exist between monarch and ministers?  Is this really what the emperor of a country should do?  The new emperor of the Tang Dynasty is about the same age as his own emperor. Judging from various information, he is even slightly younger than his majesty. However, seeing how brave the Tang army is and how good the Tang general is in fighting, he looks no less than the old emperor.  During the Zhenguan era of Li Shimin, the old general knew that the new emperor of the Tang Dynasty was no worse than his father, and might even be wiser. However, his own emperor seemed too far removed from the previous old emperor. I am like this  Is it really right to do it?  Is it really right?  
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