Chapter 1272: Soldiers approach the city(1/2)
The red dragon flag surrounded the Parthian capital. The ceremonial guard of the Emperor of the Great Wei appeared grandly surrounded by tens of thousands of cavalrymen.
Every Parthian soldier standing on the head of Taixifeng's city looked at the Emperor of the Great Wei who appeared surrounded by countless dragon flags with fear and awe.
The contemporary Parthian emperor, Nastraus, had even more regrets.
He asked his brother in fear, Getalzes of Parthia: "Brother, what should we do now?"
Getalzes looked at his cousin who was obviously scared and a hint of disappointment flashed in his eyes.
He even thought to himself: "If the great Emperor Alshak knew that such a coward appeared among his descendants, he would probably crawl out of the grave and cut this coward into pieces!"
He was even more regretful.
I hate myself for being blinded by my eyes back then, and I support such a coward and idiot ascends the throne!
Three years ago, at its heyday, the Parthian Empire was invaded by a brazen invasion from the East.
At that time, the Parthian Empire was at its peak.
The empire's army, under the leadership of the great Mitrat II, had destroyed Parthia's feud and the Seleucid dynasty, and executed the last Seleucid emperor Dmitry III.
Then the great king of kings sent his envoys to meet with Sula of Western Rome on the east bank of the Euphrates River, and signed the Treaty of Euphrates River, demarcating the border between Rome and Parthia - the two countries will use the Euphrates River as the boundary, return to Parthia in the east, and the Western Rome is dependent on the Euphrates River.
Since then, the great Parthia has become the master of the huge land from the Euphrates to the Amu River.
The majesty of the king of kings is unmatched in the East.
Whether it was the Romans, the poisonous people, even the Tilanger of Armenia, and the Mitradati of Bendu, they all sent envoys to pay their respects, and they had to win over Parthia.
Unfortunately, it was at its peak in Parthia.
When the sun rose to the middle, an army from the east destroyed all dreams.
They first conquered Akazir (Yan Cai), the southwestern border kingdom of Parthia, and then used Akazir as an outpost to tentatively enter Parthia's territory.
At the beginning, it was just a few cavalrymen.
However, these terrifying invaders have riding skills, weapons and tactics far beyond the Parthians' imagination.
即使只是三五百人的小规模部队,却常常击败甚至击溃,歼灭两三千的帕提亚军队,将帕提亚的东部与南部边境搅的鸡犬不灵.
But at that time, people were still not vigilant enough.
So, in the summer three years ago, when these terrible conquerors who called themselves "Great Wei" invaded Parthia for the first time with 30,000 people under their emperor's leadership, the entire Parthia had no response.
Let them go straight into the Khorasan region and face Rai (now Tehran). Only then did Parthia wake up as if she was dreaming. The old Mitrati II decided to lead the army to fight, but in Rai, they encountered the most painful defeat since the founding of Parthia - the Battle of Rai, and the 100,000 Parthian troops were wiped out.
Under the protection of the personal guards, Mitrati II barely fled back to Taixifeng.
Then, the great Parthian Empire had to sign a treaty with those robbers.
All the land east of Khorasan was cedeed, and one million gold coins were paid in ten years, and two granddaughters who were loved by the old emperor were sent to him - those conquerors called marriages.
After doing this, Mitrati II, the greatest emperor of Parthia, died in fear and worries.
However, no one dared to sit in the position of imperial emperor who remained.
Whether it was Gertalzes who controlled the Two Rivers or his brothers, Odros who controlled the local area of Parthia, he did not dare to take this position anymore.
So their brothers had to settle for the second best and supported his cousin Nasarus to the throne.
I didn't expect that this bastard actually caused them such a big trouble.
This idiot dared to provoke the people of the Great Wei who had been fed with gold coins, refused to pay compensation, and even humiliated their emperor's envoy.
So, he finally caused such trouble to Parthia.
Moreover, it is stronger than those terrifying Eastern conquerors three years ago.
They now have not only tens of thousands of powerful cavalry, but also more than 200,000 servants!
Among these servants were the Seleucids who were destroyed by Parthia, and the Khorasan, Armenia, Akazir and even Egyptians who were conquered by them.
In addition, they even had allies, Mitradati VI from Pondus, who personally led 60,000 troops to participate in the revenge war of his "Father Emperor".
Yes!
In the Black Sea and Asia, the once powerful king of the Bendu Kingdom has now worshipped the Emperor of the Great Wei who came from the east.
He recognized the Emperor of Wei as his father and adopted him as his adopted son.
Even the country name and surname have been changed!
The official title of the Bendu Kingdom is: the Black Sea Kingdom protected by the Emperor of the Great Wei Dynasty, favored by the gods and the sun and the moon.
The villain Mitradati VI shamelessly changed his surname to Li, claiming to be Li Zhongxia, the king of the Black Sea of the Great Wei Dynasty.
This happened three years ago after the Battle of Rai. In those days, after the Battle of Rai, conquerors from the East turned their guns and pointed directly at Armenia, and destroyed the Kingdom of Armenia. At that time, Mitradati VI had a blood alliance with Tilang II of Armenia, so they led their troops to rescue them.
Then, they were surrounded by brave cavalrymen in a canyon in northern Armenia.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Bendu people immediately changed their faces under the leadership of his king.
Not only did he surrender to the other party without any shame, Mitradati VI also came to the Emperor of the Great Wei kneeling at the suggestion of a general of the other party, with a bundle of thorns on his back, holding the king's scepter in his mouth, and knelt down to the Emperor of the Great Wei, and asked to surrender in a humble manner.
The Emperor of the Great Wei Dynasty, Li Ling, accepted it happily and accepted it as his adopted son, gave it the surname Li, and changed its name to Zhongxia.
In the following two years, the Emperor of the Great Wei began to replicate the same behavior in the areas he conquered.
Last year, he and his army fought to Egypt. Ptolemy XII of Egypt surrendered and were also given the surname Li and named Quanzhong.
In addition, Antioch XI, the prince of Seleucid and the nephew of Dmitry III, the son of Antioch X, was also named Li Jinzhong.
In short, in today's vast land conquered and surrendered by the Great Wei people, from the Black Sea to Armenia, from Egypt to Khorasan.
The Emperor of the Great Wei Dynasty, Li Ling, had established a powerful country led by his powerful army and his adopted sons as the periphery.
But Satrus wanted to provoke this unprecedented powerful enemy without knowing his life.
I actually want to establish authority through such actions!
The consequence was the rage and attack of the Emperor of the Great Wei.
Now, the tombs of the former kings of Parthian dynasties have been occupied by the enemy, and even the great Taisifon is surrounded.
The destruction of the country seems to be near before his eyes - unless, they can be rescued.
Will reinforcements come?
Gertards turned his sight to the west, on the west bank of the Euphrates River, the Roman territory, Parthia's past mortal enemy, Sura, the lifelong dictator of Rome.
Now, Parthia can only hope Sula.
But the question is, will the Romans, or the lifelong consul, have just used the Great Wei cavalry to invade and successfully eliminate Sula of the Marius faction? Will he dare to take the risk to rescue him?
"It should be..." Getalzes murmured to himself: "Sura shouldn't be so old that he can't even see the harm of those conquerors from the East!"
It took only five years for the first time since those Easterners who claimed to be "Great Wei" or "Huns" appeared in the world until now.
But, like a plague, they quickly conquered and controlled the Amu River, Akazir, Khorasan, Syria, Armenia, Egypt, and now even Mesopotaia is going to fall into their control.
Once this is the case, then an unprecedented super power will emerge in the east of Rome.
Moreover, this super power is full of malicious intentions towards Rome.
Two years ago, they invaded Rome's protected Palestine and killed the Roman officials and supported the Magabi family - because Magabi captured and killed more than a dozen of the herders of the Great Wei Dynasty.
Then, they defeated the Roman Legion who went to rescue the local area and buried all the captured soldiers of the entire legion alive!
The Marius, who was in power at that time, was seized by Sula and wiped out all of them because of this failure.
For Sura, if she could defeat this enemy, she would not only stabilize the East, but also gain the gold coins, slaves, land promised by Parthia, but also further consolidate power and status, and even turn a lifelong dictator into an emperor!
The Roman Emperor!
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Outside the city of Taixifeng, Euphrates, the earliest mother river of human civilization, has now been renamed by Li Ling to Chengji River, which is used to commemorate his hometown, Chengji County, Longxi County.
The Emperor of the Great Wei was parked on the bank of the Chengji River running forward. He looked at the Taixi City Wall in the distance, and the horse whip in his hand slightly raised.
In front of him, the adopted sons line up to stand up.
The generals under his command held high his head and his chest were full of pride.
"Your Majesty..." Following Li Ling surrendered from the Han Dynasty to the Xiongnu, then from Mobei to the Western Regions, and finally from the Western Regions to this end, Wang Yuanjin, the general who is now the left emperor of the Great Wei Dynasty, asked: "Do you want to order the siege?"
"No hurry..." Li Ling looked at the scattered capital of Anxi, who was surrounded by water, and shook his head: "Let's surround first, remember to leave a hole, allow entry and not exit..."
Three years ago, the failure to perish and rest in peace has always been a concern for Li Ling.
Now, since he has the opportunity, he can decide this resting country in one battle, how could he miss the opportunity?
Of course, we should attract troops from all over the country as much as possible to come to Taixifeng so that he could eat it in one bite and then decide on his battle.
"No!" Wang Yuan bowed respectfully. The king and his ministers had been working together for twenty years and had an extremely tacit understanding of each other.
However, the adopted sons were anxious, especially Li Quanzhong, who was relatively weak, immediately stepped forward and said, "Father, if this is the case, my son is worried that the people of the Qin Dynasty might come to rescue..."
"What I am waiting for is the rescue of the Qin Dynasty!" Li Ling laughed: "It is not a big skill to only eliminate the army that only clears the peace!"
"The Absians are weak and incompetent, and my army can be determined with one blow!"
"It is easy to destroy Anxi, but it is difficult to defeat the Qin Dynasty!"
To be continued...