Chapter 46 The mole

Aldahir glanced at Varaga for a long time and didn't say anything. Since receiving Maximus's bizarre defeat, he has been worried about domestic security. The reason why he dared to go on an expedition under the control of the Red Sea under the control of the Vietnamese navy was because of serious civil strife in Rome. It was impossible to have the strength to attack Sassan in a short time, and without the cooperation of Rome, the nobleshuang people did not dare to act rashly. Now the rebellion of Maximus has been solved in the First World War. Although there are still some losses, the losses are limited. With the pride of the Romans, it would be strange if they didn't take this opportunity to sneak up on Sassan. Once Rome recovered, Guishuang would naturally be ready to move.

His originally confident expedition now seems to be very reckless, and the city of Aksumu is surprisingly strong. Under the protection of the Yue people who are good at defending the city, he lost the confidence to break the city and is ready to return to Taixifeng before being defeated, so as not to lose the rear.

At this time, he was both happy and worried about the appearance of Wallaga. Wallaga hasn't contacted him for so long. How can he know if Wallaga has sincerely turned to Sun Shao and turned his head to help Sun Shao earn him? Guishuang and Rome were all tied up with Sun Shao, and it was not unusual for the little Aksum to turn to Sun Shao.

Warage told the story of Yu An again. Of course, in order to show his vigilance and caution, he naturally decorated himself and added some twists and turns to the originally not wonderful story.

"How to enter the city?" Aldahir asked casually. He

When Varaga saw Ardahir's expression, he couldn't help but be anxious. If Aldahir didn't believe him and didn't want to take risks, what could he have to live? Sun Shao defended the city of Aksum and showed his strength in front of the people of Aksum. His status in the hearts of Aksum people increased greatly. There was no external force. When would it take for him to take back the city of Aksumu?

"Your Majesty, there is a secret passage in the Axum Palace that can go straight to the outside of the city. This is a secret that only the royal family knows, and now only I know it." Varaga lost his patience unnaturally and consected the most confidential situation. As soon as he spoke, he regretted it again. At this time, he should talk to Ardahir about the conditions first.

Shapur looked at the flash of Varage's eyes. He smiled at the right time and said, "Don't worry, we Sassanids are trustworthy. If this matter really succeeds, we will never treat you badly."

Varag smiled shyly and looked at Ardahir with some guilty heart. Aldahir stroked his beard and thought for a moment: "Do you want to go straight to the palace from the secret road? Since he is in the palace, how can Sun Shao be unprepared?

"Sun Shao doesn't know this secret way." Wallag said proudly, "He once asked me vaguely, and I told him that there was no such secret in Axum City, and he didn't ask again later. Of course, I think he will definitely look for it. If I find it, can I still sit here now?

Aldahir nodded and asked, "So how are you going to answer us?"

"Your Majesty, you must remember Troy's Trojan horse, right?" Wallag laughed softly.

... Looking at the Sassanid army taking advantage of the fun and leaving, the outside of Aksum, which was originally besieged, suddenly became empty, leaving only the broken siege equipment and the blood stains left by the dead Sassanians, and everything returned to calm, saying The soldiers stationed at the head of the city at night immediately became excited. Some of them beat the wall stained with a lot of blood, some hugged each other and cried, and some beat each other to celebrate. Gradually, this joy spread to the whole city of Aksum. The streets of Aksum City, which had been under military control for more than half a year, became lively again. People came out of the wooden houses one after another and concentrated on the streets, passing on the news of victory to each other. I don't know who started, but they began to thank the gods who blessed them, the soldiers who guarded the city with them, the wise His Royal Highness the King of Yue, and even the Han Emperor who was far away in the east.

Sun Shao stood on the tower and accepted the worship of his subjects. With a smile on his face, he said happily to Varage, "Well, I said that the Sassanid will leave in dismay. Aksum City will become his heavy memory, and he will think twice before he comes to Aksum City again in the future.

"King Yingming, without the command of the king, how could Aksum City withstand the attack of 100,000 Sassanids and win such a victory?" Varage pointed to the wooden mantle that can be seen everywhere, the crossbows that can be seen everywhere at the head of the city, and the crossbows on the tower that made the heavy armored knights of Sasanne frightened. He said proudly, "These are all brought by the king. If there is no king, there would be no all this. The Axum people will now become Sassanids. The slaves can no longer be bathed in the sunshine of freedom.

Sun Shao laughed proudly, and his laughter was full of ecstasy.

Wallague said with concern, "Your Majesty, for more than half a year, the king has worked hard to defend the city of Axum. Now the Sassanids have finally been defeated by the king. Even people like Aldahir have been defeated by the king, and the king's reputation is not far away. It's just that the king has worked hard during this period. From now on, the king should pay more attention to his health and have a good rest.

Sun Shao waved his hand and said boldly, "I'm not tired. I defeated Ardahir. I'm in high spirits now. Pass on my orders, and all the soldiers and all the subjects are meritorious to guarding the city. I will reward them. The whole city will be full of three days, and each of them will be rewarded with a liter of wine and double the participation in the defense of the city. Let the nobles who sacrificed their slaves come to the palace. I will get drunk with them and celebrate with the people.

"Long live the king--" Varage was in his arms and quickly knelt down and shouted long live.

The order passed down, and the city of Aksum was boiling. Ding Feng and Zhou Yin hurried to dissuade them, thinking that the Sassanids had not gone far, and they were all cavalry, and they could return at any time. It was better to be cautious. Sun Shao was a little unhappy. He sank his face and brushed his sleeves away. Ding Feng stared at the proud Wallag fiercely, but there was nothing he could do. The incident of Yu'an a few days ago made them have some scruples and dare not conflict with Aksum, who is now favored.

Looking at Varage's humble smiling face, Ding Feng angrily shook his sleeves and turned around and left. Zhou Yin arched his hand and said half-jokingly, "King Aksum, this time Aksum City will not lose its strength. You are the first contribution. Don't forget my contribution to the destruction of the front camp."

Wallague quickly smiled and said, "What is General Zhou talking about? I don't have any credit. It's just the king's appreciation. If you really want to say it's a credit, the soldiers who destroyed the front camp are the first credit. General Ding and General Zhou have made great contributions, and the king will not forget you.

Zhou Yin was so angry that he couldn't speak. He gossiped a few words and left in a hurry. Varaga looked at his back and knew that he was definitely going to persuade Sun Shao. However, Sun Shao was in high style now and should not listen to their advice. And if they insist on it and make Sun Shao angry, it would be better. Without the constraint of the front camp, it would be better to do it.

As expected, Zhou Yin hit a nail again, and Sun Shao was angry. He said that since you are worried about the Sassanid people going and returning, then go to guard the city. Don't participate in the celebration banquet. Hearing this, Varage was secretly proud and turned around to arrange a large-scale celebration banquet.

Aksum was immersed in the celebration. Only the soldiers of the destroyer camp were still guarding the city. Ding Feng and Zhou Yin sat on the tower and listened to the songs and dances in the palace, which were relatively speechless. Neither of them said anything, but what they wanted to say was revealed in their eyes. During this period, Walla came. Seeing that the two of them were depressed, they sighed and sighed happily. On the surface, they gave two words of earnest advice, saying that they thanked them for guarding the city, and the city could celebrate at ease, which made Ding Feng and Zhou Yin roll their eyes angrily.

After two consecutive days of celebration, the whole Aksum fell into a confused state. In addition to being punished to defend the city, Varage was the only one who was punished to defend the city.

In the dead of night, just when the people in the palace were drunk to death, Wallagar quietly walked through a side courtyard. After being sure that there was no one behind him, he lit a candle, walked into an inconspicuous hut, opened a very old-looking cabinet door, revealing a secret path. He followed the secret path. Down, the heavily armed Shapur was waiting inside.

"How's it going?"

"I'm all drunk, just like a dead pig, just waiting for you to kill." Varage smiled contemptuously and stared into Shapur's eyes and said, "Your Highness, I have done everything I promised you."

"I promised you that I would do it." Shapur patted Varag on the shoulder: "After it's done, Egypt is yours. Don't worry, as long as you take down the Yue people, the Romans and the Guishuang people are not our opponents. You are the eternal King of Aksum. Not only do you not have to listen to the Yue people, but even the Romans can be taken seriously.

"I hope so." Wallag was satisfied and led Shapur out of the hut. He pointed to a wall not far away and said, "After passing through this wall, passing through a gate is the core of the palace. Sun Shao is sleeping there. He is probably so drunk that you can't recognize you when you stand in front of him. You can cut off his head without even sweating."

"What a Trojan horse." Shapur lowered his voice and smiled, and stretched out his hand: "Please lead the way in front of King Aksum."

Wallag nodded, walked in the front, and took Shapur out of the hut. More than 300 powerful fish came out. One by one, Wallag and Shapur passed through a small door and came to the core area of the palace. Through the gorgeous curtain, Shapur could almost see the crooked guests in the front hall. The wind of the skirts of the dancers were clearly audible when they rotated. From time to time, some people shouted. A young nobleman probably drank too much. He thought that in his home, a female musician playing the piano was not up, and the opening was full of wine. The mouth came up, and the female musician did not dare to refuse. She struggled humiliatingly, but the sound of the piano became out of tune.

Shapur smiled, followed Varaga around a few times, and went straight to Sun Shao's bedroom where he rested. There was not even an investigator along the way. Many guards held their weapons and doze off against the wall. Those who were sober when they saw the leader, they picked up their weapons and followed.

"This is my cronies." Wallag explained, aggravated his tone, and said, "I specially came to change the guards of the Tiger Guard Camp and let them drink."

Shapur didn't say anything and nodded as he walked. He looked at it. The drunken soldiers were thick, and there was a smell of alcohol all over their bodies. They didn't even have the strength to get up when they were trampled. They just muttered and cursed. Obviously, they were really drunk.

Sun Shao turned out to be a human being, not impeccable. Shapur looked at Wallag, who was leading the way in front of him, and inexplicably regretful. Unfortunately, he failed to capture Axum. In vain, Wallag made a great contribution and gave him Egypt.

Shapur thought as he followed Varag into a gorgeous big room. As soon as he entered the room, he was stunned. Varaga said that Sun Shao, who was already drunk, was sitting in **. An exposed maid was kneeling behind his back and pinching his shoulder. The other maid knelt on the ground, put one of his feet on her knees, and carefully trimming his nails. Sun Shao held his forehead with one hand and looked at Wallage and Shapur who came in with bright eyes. He raised the corners of his mouth slightly and a comfortable smile on his face.

Valague looked at it, subconsciously took two steps, caught up with it, and showed a flattering smile: "Is the king awake?" Then he realized that he was not here to ask for peace, but to kill Sun Shao. More importantly, Sun Shao should have slept deeply, and the current situation was obviously inconsistent with what he expected.

"I'm awake. If I don't wake up, I'm afraid I won't have a chance to wake up." Sun Shao smiled, waved his hand, let the two beautiful maids retreat, and clapped his hands gently: "Come on, there are distinguished guests here. Welcome them well."

Wallag was shocked. Before he came to his senses, Shapur knew that things had changed. Without saying a word, he pushed Wallaga away and rushed up with an arrow. He opened his left hand and went straight to Sun Shao's neck, holding the sword in his right hand. After the two maids retreated, there was no one around Sun Shao. At this time, he did not do it. As soon as the ambush came out, he would never have a chance again. If he can seize the control of Sun Shao before the ambush comes out, maybe he still has room to bargain.

Sun Shao smiled even more happily. He sat there motionless and watched Shapur rush up to him. Shapur couldn't think too much, used all his strength, was as agile as a lion, and turned around and came to Sun Shao.

"Kill!" With a loud shout, a figure flew in the air, and his bent knees hit Shapur's head fiercely. Shapur went all out and left no room at all. He was hit from the side and had no chance to react at all. His whole body flew out as if he had been hit by a bison and fell to the ground with a roar. He only felt that the stars in front of him were rising, and his ears were ringing, and the sky was spinning, although he tried his best to identify his grandson. Shao's direction, but he didn't have any strength in his hand. He used all his strength to just let his head rise a little, and soon fell down powerless. His forehead was against the smooth floor tile, and his heart kept sinking. It seemed to be an extremely delicate plan, but it seemed that he had lost his surname.

Ao Lei knocked down Shapur with a flying knee in the air. He protected Sun Shao with high spirits. He held a knife in one hand and pointed to the Sassanid warriors who were trapped by the beasts in the other hand, and shouted, "Take them all!" With a chaotic sound of footsteps, Tu Hu surrounded the palace with the Tiger Guard Camp, and more than a hundred crossbows were ready to go, aimed at the Sassanid warriors. Tu Hu himself strode to Sun Shao, bowed and said, "The king is frightened."

"You're just scared." Sun Shao rolled his eyes angrily, pushed him away, walked to the bloodless Varage, and smiled, "Wallage, you have made another contribution. It's really not easy for Shapur to come in with such a big trick."

Wallaga tried to squeeze out a smile, but the muscles on his face froze. After working hard for a long time, he couldn't laugh. He trembled uncontrollably, and his strength was pulled away by a trace. Sun Shao's smile slowly turned into a ferocious smile in his eyes, and the whole world changed in his laughter.

"Oh, what a villain, not even half of Shapur." Sun Shao looked condescendingly at Varage, who was paralyzed on the ground, put away his smile, and waved his hand disdainfully: "Pul him out and let them see this villain who doesn't want to be the king of Aksumu, but to be a mole before the nobles leave."

"You...you...you have never believed me?" Varage worked hard for a long time and finally squeezed out a sentence intermittently.

"I believe you? Look at your cheap face. Is it worth believing in you? Sun Shao curled his lips and glanced at Shapur, who was still trying to get up not far away: "As long as this stupid bird who wants to make contributions, he will believe you."

Varage's lips trembled and he stretched out his hand to hold Sun Shao's foot, but Sun Shao kicked him away in disgust and walked towards Shapur with a smile. Shapur just sat up and was shaking his head to wake himself up.

"Lei Zi, your knee is too cruel. He won't become an idiot, will he?" Sun Shao said with some worry.

"This girl's head is really hard. She was hit by me, but she hasn't died yet." Ao Lei grinned and said happily, "Your Majesty, is this a capture?"

Sun Shao turned his head and looked at him and couldn't help laughing. I know you're not happy with the wine. Don't worry, your contribution this time is enough for you to drink wine for the rest of your life.

Ao Lei smiled shyly.

Under the siege of the Tiger Guard Camp, Shapur's warriors were shot down before they could support, and then they were surrounded by wolf-like tigers. After a meal, they had only a dozen people left, back-to-back stubbornly resisting.

"Lead two live mouths." Sun Shao said hello. He went to the frightened and inexplicable warriors, looked at them, and clicked two casually: "You two take Shapur's head back and tell the old man Ardahir that Shapur is careless and impulsive. He is not a good successor. I will solve it for him and let him stay. Choose another one of my sons. In addition, tell him to hurry back and don't let us poke his nest. I heard that the Romans and Guishuang people who besieged Taisifeng were a little anxious. I'm afraid they can't leave anything complete when they enter the city.

The two warriors looked at each other in front of each other and didn't understand what Sun Shao was talking about. A person next to him translated Sun Shao's words. Only then did the two warriors understand that they knew that they had picked up a life. Without saying a word, they immediately knelt down and kowtowed.

"Let them repeat it again." Sun Shao waved his hand and said to the interpreter, "If you repeat the mistake, kill it and change two. Anyway, there are many people."

The interpreter translated his words again, and the two warriors' faces turned white. They quickly stammered again, and even Aldahir's name did not dare to be changed to a respectful name. After listening to the return of the translation, Sun Shao nodded with satisfaction, directly chopped off Shapur's head and asked them to take him out of the city. None of the remaining dozen warriors were left, and all of them cut off their heads and went out to show the public.

The next day, the news spread that Varage colluded with the Sassanids to plot against each other. The whole city was full of the city. Hundreds of Sassanid warriors testified, Shapur's body testified, and the accusations of the nobles who were lucky enough to enter the palace for a banquet that night. Varag suddenly became a public enemy of the whole nation. Sun Shao asked him to hang him in the city in front of the palace. He was angry. The angry people rushed over and scolded all the unpleasant words. In the end, a short-tempered soldier simply stabbed him to death with a spear. He did it alone, and the rest of the people also swarmed up. It didn't take long to dismember Wallage alive.

At dawn, Ardahir, who was waiting outside the city, received Shapur's head. He fainted when it was dark on the spot. After waking up, he was furious and let people push out two unlucky warriors to behead them. At the same time, he led the army to rush to the city and ordered an immediate siege. Ding Feng, who was sulking, was sulking. Zhou Yin and Zhou got the alarm, were surprised and happy, and immediately commanded the destroyer camp that defended the city to launch a counterattack. Ardahir came in anger. In fact, he was not ready to attack the city. In the face of the sharp counterattack of the destroyer camp, he suddenly lost more than 2,000 people and had to return. He looked at Aksumu, gritted his teeth, and couldn't wait to fly into the city and directly bite Sun Shao to death.

Unfortunately, after all, he is not an angel and has no wings. After calming down, he can only immediately withdraw his troops and rush back to Taixifeng according to Sun Shao's advice. The expedition to Axum ended in a fiasco. It took half a year and lost nearly 10,000 soldiers. Not only did it fail to conquer Axum City, but also two of the most promising sons died. His hometown was in danger. Aldahir was anxious and angry, and soon fell ill.

More than 80,000 iron riders left Axum in frustration and marched to Taixifeng overnight.

The so-called "the house leak is raining, and the boat is broken in the headwind". The unlucky thing either won't come. On the one hand, it's a series of dejected Sassanid iron horse encountered a new situation as soon as he entered the territory of Egypt. I don't know where the Arabs came out of the crowd harassed them, robbing their bris, and opened At the beginning, Aldahir did not pay much attention to it. The Arabs had a reputation for robbery and robbery. Egypt was close to their sphere of influence, and it was not surprising that there were several robberies. Later, there were more and more such things, and the Arab robbery group became larger and larger, which aroused Ardahir's vigilance.

The Arabs are so arrogant that they dare to rob the Sassanid army. Is it true that Tai Sifeng is really surrounded, making the Arabs think that Sassan is vulnerable and slaughtered by others?

(to be continued)