Chapter 79 Self-talk

The lockdown of Taisi in the early morning was lively. The people who were disturbed by the shouting outside heard a good news as soon as they opened the door: Last night, with the help of Ahura, Sassanid warriors broke through the enemy and killed countless enemies. More than a dozen teams of soldiers escorted the captured Romans or picked up the heads of the Romans with spears. , propaganda back and forth on the main streets, skeptical of the people who were panicked by the fire the day before, but looking at those prisoners or heads, it is indeed Rome, naturally a little trustworthy.

Then, Aldahir worshipped the true god Ahura in a high-profile way, thanking Ahura for his guidance and help, and once again pushing the atmosphere to **. The Sassanic people, who had no confidence in the future, were excited again and believed in the rumors that Ahura heard yesterday and woke up Ardashir. They all accepted the words of the temple priest. A few days ago, it was not the true god Ahura who showed miracles in mid-air, but the evil god Amanla, who pretended to be Ahura and bullied the Sassanians.

How can the true god Ahura help Sassanid enemies? Only Aldahir is his real favorite Sassanid king. The people said to each other with a smile.

However, only at noon, the joy stopped abruptly.

With the help of Sun Feng, the Romans reorganized the camp. Although they had lost a lot, they finally returned to their original state. They retaliated and erected long wooden stakes outside the city. Along the northern wall of Taixifeng, they planted from the east gate to the west gate. They hung the Sassanite prisoners one by one on the wooden piles and besieged the city of Taixifeng. Half a circle, and the heads of the cut off were also thrown under the city. There were nearly 10,000 people in total. The captured weapons and armor were piled up into hills, and the ten Sassanid temple spies caught by Yang Xiu were stripped naked and hung directly opposite the gate.

Compared with each other, the results displayed in the city are simply negligible.

In fact, this does not mean that the Romans took advantage. In a sum, the casualties of the Romans were even greater, but the Sassanid suffered losses because they had little chance to take away the prisoners or heads, while the Romans could calmly clean up the battlefield after the war, cut off the heads of the wounded soldiers and take them all to the city. When they came to the demonstration, even the heads and prisoners captured by the Han army were borrowed. Compared with this, the Sassanids were naturally extremely humble.

A big victory? This is obviously a great defeat, although in fact it is invincible at all, and even comparing the war situation of the Sassanids and the Romans alone, the Sassanids did have the upper hand. But who is this talking to? Aldahir looked up to the sky and sighed. Originally, he still felt that although this battle did not achieve the expected purpose, it was a small victory after all, but now at first glance, why did he seem to have fought a big defeat again?

It's not over yet.

After placing the prisoners and heads one by one, the Romans set up a propaganda team in front of the battle and shouted in unison under the command, but the content was to exchange prisoners with Aldahir. They even created a unique trick, reporting the names of the prisoners one by one, and then reporting the amount of ransom.

Thousands of loud voices, even if Aldahir wants to interfere, it is impossible. The names will be reported one by one. Whether it is the soldiers at the head of the city or the people in the city, they can hear it clearly. Those who heard the names of their relatives suddenly panicked and wanted to beg Aldahir but did not dare. He was afraid that Ardahir would be ashamed and angry. He drew a knife to kill people. He didn't beg and couldn't bear to watch his relatives being killed. The Romans said that they only gave five days, and they didn't redeem it after the time. I'm sorry, they were all hanged under the city.

There are too many names. On the first day, I shouted happily outside the city, but I was shocked to hear it, for fear that the next one to call was the name of my relatives. It was not until nightfall that the Romans fought at night, and finally finished reading the names of more than 5,000 prisoners. Then they returned to the camp, leaving panic in the city of Taisifeng.

Ardahir wanted to cry but had no tears. He never thought that the Romans would use such a trick. These names were shouted one by one, and people's hearts were confused by them.

What should I do? Aldahir's emergency call department will discuss countermeasures. If this day waits, I'm afraid there will be trouble in the city.

In the camp outside the city, Quintus hosted Sun Feng and others in the camp. Last night, he fought a fierce battle and defeated the invincible Sassanians on the frontal battlefield. More importantly, little Gordien was attacked by the Sassanians because of careless careless. He suffered a heavy loss and a great reputation. He could no longer show off in front of Quintus, because his strength was not He did not dare to set up outside and took the initiative to return to the city to participate in the siege, which was equivalent to taking the initiative to bow to Quintus and be willing to accept his leadership. Quintus has won a series of victories, and the scenery is infinite for a while.

Bo was drinking good wine. Seeing that Quintus was proud, he was a little unhappy, so he joked, "You Rome and Yue are really brothers. Now even the layout of the barracks is almost the same. If I don't pay attention, I would have thought it was in Prince Yue's camp now."

Quintus glanced at the wave and was a little embarrassed. His camp was burned to pieces by the Sassanians, and at least one-third of the materials were destroyed by the fire. He had to borrow a lot of materials from Sun Feng to resettle it, especially his big tent. Because it was too conspicuous, it became the hardest-hit household, and almost nothing was left behind. Now not only the decorations in his big tent are all borrowed by Sun Feng, but also His change of clothes were given by Sun Feng, which was not the same as Sun Feng's camp.

"The king is wrong." Cao Zhi got up and walked to the wave tone, laughed, raised his glass and touched the wave tone: "Your Majesty has come to my Han many times. He speaks good Chinese and is also very familiar with the customs of my Han. He yearns for a long time. He used my Han's utensils in the past. It can be said that he is half a Han." Cao Zhi picked up a pair of silver chopsticks from the case and stuffed them into the wave's hand and said jokingly, "Your Majesty, if you don't believe it, you might as well compare with the emperor's ability to eat with chopsticks to see if I have told lies."

He looked at the chopsticks in his hand and put the silver chopsticks on the case casually. He couldn't eat with these two sticks, even if it was silver. He rolled back and forth in his hand and couldn't grasp it steadily, let alone picking up the vegetables. I have to say that Quintus is indeed very proficient in this field, and he is very close to the Han people.

Thinking of this, Bo Tzu was suddenly shocked and regretted that the Han people were the backing of Kuntus. If it hadn't been for the help of the Han people, it would not have been the damage to the little Goldian department this time. The camp was destroyed. Maybe even Kuntus had been slaughtered. In this case, isn't it that he didn't give face to the Han people, especially the father and son of the Sun family?

"Rome and the State of Yue are brothers. They help each other and have a deep affection. I, the State of Wei, am very envious. To tell you the truth, I am planning to have a relationship with Rome. The country of brothers dare not think about it, but the country of marriage is still possible, right? Cao Zhi looked at the changing face and couldn't help teasing him.

Cao Zhi was just a drunken joke, but Quintus listened and remembered it in his heart. He glanced at Barbinus and immediately had an idea. He laughed loudly and said, "General Cao, I happen to have a candidate. The general may like it. Like you, our Barbinus is also the wisest elder of the Senate. He not only writes his own poems well, but also teaches his children well. It's just that his sons' poems are outstanding. Even his daughter is also beautiful and unparalleled. He is simply a good match with the general. If the general is interested, I would like to lead a thread and ask for a wedding drink.

Although Cao Zhi doesn't write poetry now, he is still talented and romantic. When he heard that there is such a talented and good-looking woman, he did not object. He took a look at Barbinus and meditated a little. Barbinus was tired all night yesterday and didn't have a rest during the day today. Now he drank some wine and felt a little dizzy. He lowered his head and dodled. He didn't hear a word of what Quintus and others said. The little Gordian sitting next to him wanted to wake him up, but after thinking about it, he immediately stood up and smiled, "General Cao, I have a lot of beautiful women in Rome. I have a daughter. Although I dare not compare with the daughter of Barbinus, she is also a talented woman in Rome, and even the queen praised her when she saw her. If General Cao is interested, I am willing to give him to General Cao's sleep, and please don't dislike him.

Everyone listened and roared one after another. Chen Hai stepped forward, put his arms around Cao Zhi's shoulder and laughed, "Brother Zijian, you can't stop it even if you get lucky. In my opinion, you don't have to refuse. Take them all. If the march is lonely, you will enjoy the blessings of all the people.

Yang Xiu also nodded with a smile: "Yes, it's indeed a good thing. The talented sons and daughters of Rome are in line with each other."

Everyone laughed together, but Cao Zhi was a little embarrassed. He was originally a joke, but he didn't expect that there was a tendency to fake it. However, his surname was romantic. Although he had a wife and concubine in his family and another belonging in his heart, it was not a bad thing to have more Roman concubines. He refused a few words, but Quintus did not dare to neglect it. He was afraid that Barbinus would lose the opportunity and quickly responded for him.

A celebration banquet suddenly added a lot of joy. There are hardships in the tone. Who would have thought that he was just a joke, but he was seized by the Romans. Everyone knows that the strongest of the four vassal states of the Han Dynasty are the states of Yue and the states of Wei. Now that the Romans have a relationship with these two vassal states, Quintus will not be bad in the future. Little Gordian rushed to give his woman to Cao Zhi, but he wanted to get a share of it and not let Quintus take all the benefits alone.

It seems that if Guishuang wants to last for a long time, the old method of marriage still needs to be used. While joking, he looked at the Han people present to see which one was likely to marry Guishuang. That look had a bit of meaning to choose a son-in-law. Chen Hai and others saw it and rushed up and asked about the beautiful women in Guishuang. Adi abduction brothers and other Xiongnu, Xianbei and Wuhuan also came over, saying that they were all good children on horsebacks like Guishuang people. It was the right door. There was a big smile in the big tent. Only Li Yan and others sat upright, but there was also an uncontrollable smile on their faces.

After the banquet, Quintus asked Lu Xun to stay, invited him into the back account, and respectfully saluted: "Thank you, General, for your good policy. Today, our military morale has been greatly boosted, and it's all thanks to the general."

Lu Xun smiled and shook his hand politely and said, "Your Majesty, you are polite. This is the emperor's command. The Roman soldiers have made contributions to the bloody battle. It should have been like this. I'm just the icing on the cake. It's not worth it." He paused and said, "My Yue and Rome are brothers, and now we are my princes. Yesterday, the Romans fought tenaciously and repelled the Sassanid attacks, which also contributed to the overall situation. The prince is very grateful to His Majesty the emperor. We should do us even if we help a little. Please don't go out."

Quintus was very happy and nodded repeatedly. He went out of the camp yesterday to pick up the little Gordian. Unexpectedly, the Sassanid attacked his camp and almost burned the camp to ashes. The battle of repelling Awad and saving the little Gordian became useless in the face of the fire. Thanks to Sun Feng allocated the corresponding supplies to him in time to save him from camping, and Lu Xun gave him even more. The idea was to show all the captives and captured heads to the public, and let people sing their names one by one to hit the morale of the Sassanians. This trick really worked. After singing on this day, the Romans were so angry, while the Sasang people at the top of the city were dead. At first, they were still noisy and interfered. Later, they could only listen to their unilateral demonstrations. The credit of this plan is no less than a fierce battle last night.

"General Cao is a person that my king appreciates very much. Just like General Xiahou, His Majesty can marry him, which is really insightful." Lu Xun said something in his words. Quintus blinked his eyes and asked tentatively, "Will he stay in Sassan like General Xiahou's stationed in Sheba?"

Lu Xun laughed and said, "I'm not sure if I will stay in Sassan. However, my king has always been rewarded for his contributions. With General Cao's literary talent and martial arts, it is expected to make contributions, and it should not be impossible to get a fief in the future. As for whether he will stay here, I'm not sure. After all, that's a matter within the State of Wei, not a matter of our State of Yue.

Kuntus understands it, and he also knows a little about the State of Wei. It is not a secret that the Cao brothers compete for the throne. Now the king of Wei is Cao Rui, the son of Cao Pi. Cao Zhi, the general, is actually not comfortable. Lu Xun specifically mentioned Xia Hourong again. If Quintus can't hear Sun Shao's plan, he is really stupid.

"General, what will be arranged next?" Quintus personally made a cup of tea for Lu Xun: "The prince must have discussed it with you, right?"

Lu Xun raised the corner of his mouth and said, "Don't worry, if you want to enter the city, you can enter the city at any time. However, the prince's house is kind-hearted and doesn't want to kill too much, so he has to be convinced. The reason why the Sassanids were given five days to redeem people was that they wanted to disintegrate their military and civilian fighting spirit. Your Majesty, you have made a great contribution. Without these prisoners, we may not have found such a good opportunity.

Quentus laughed and nodded repeatedly. Lu Xun's idea was really brilliant. He forced Ardashier to redeem people, which could not only hit the morale of the Sassanians and turn the original invincible battle into a victory of the Romans, but also forced Ardashir into a dilemma. It's just that he couldn't figure out what kind of certainty Sun Feng and Lu Xun had. He dared to say that he could break the city at any time. However, when he thought that Sun Shao dared to let Sun Feng be the main general, he figured it out that the Han people must still have some secret weapons in their hands, but before the time came, they refused to reveal it, so they refused to say it before the war. It's the same with oil tank bombs.

... Ardahir discussed with his ministers for a day, and finally decided to redeem these prisoners. If they were allowed to be hanged one by one at the gate, there was no need for Sun Feng to attack. I'm afraid that the people in Taixi will open the city and surrender. In order to regain some initiative, he added another one to redeem the bodies of the war dead.

When baskets of belongings were hung from the wall, the people and soldiers of Taixifeng - whether their relatives were killed or captured or captured - knelt down on the roadside gratefully, recited the scriptures, thanked Ardahir's mercy, thanked the greatness of the true god Ahura, chanting echoed in the city, and Aldahir listened in the palace. However, he had mixed feelings. He didn't know whether he should be happy or sad about the results of his treatment. It seems that he has kept the support of the soldiers, but he knows that he has actually fallen behind in the fight with Sun Feng. The initiative has been in Sun Feng's hands. He just passively took the move. Fortunately, so far, his response has been stable and has not let Sun Feng catch the flaws. However, passive action is not the same after all. When can we take the initiative to attack?

At the thought of taking the initiative to attack, Aldahir's heart ached faintly. In fact, he took the initiative to attack that night in order to save the unfavorable situation of being burned by Sun Feng on that day. He used the ambush when Sun Fengjiu was unable to attack after the war of attrition between the two sides, but he was forced by the situation and had to launch it in advance. Unfortunately, he was one step away from the last step and still failed to achieve the most desired result. Instead, he was tricked by the other party and almost shook the hearts of the people with the surname of thousands of prisoners.

What should I do next? Ardahir racked his brains and thought hard. He was not afraid of the consumption of fighting with Sun Feng. His original purpose was to let the enemy come from afar, to fight under the strong city for a long time, and then fight back when they retreated. Now it is not impossible to do so, but with the previous lesson, he always feels that This situation is a little uncertain. Who knows what kind of tricks Sun Feng will play.

What method will he use to break the city? Ardahir put himself in other's shoes, put himself on the side of the siege, and began to think about the possible way of siege. After a long calculation, he suddenly thought of something, and his whole body froze there. After a moment, he jumped up: "Come on!"

"King?" A commander of the Forbidden Guard hurried in and bowed.

"Are there any movement in those tunnels under the city gate?" Aldahir asked urgently, "Have they dug in again?"

The commander hesitated for a moment and shook his head blankly: "There has been no movement in the past two days."

"Is it?" Aldahir was stunned for a moment and looked at the commander suspiciously.

(to be continued)