Chapter 64 Ancient City of Seleu

The sentence of wave tone is very correct. Whether they are willing to come to war or not, they will not be unmoved by the reward. Of course, the Han people did not come all the way to the peace of the world. Wave tone and Quintus did not come to save the Sassanid people in deep fire. Their goal is actually very consistent, killing Ardashir. Grab his money and divide his land.

If the previous division is just a response, then how to divide the fertile land between the two rivers is the highlight. No matter who is, he will not be moved by such wealth. On the crescent land between the Euphrates and the Tigris rivers, there have been important powers such as Babylon, Assyria, Persia, Seleucus and Antipas. Isn't it because of the fertility of this land?

No matter who it is, he will not watch others occupy this land. In order to have enough strength to share the stolen goods, he secretly considered whether he should save a little strength to avoid losses in the later stage. He didn't expect that Sun Shao raised this question now. It's okay to share it together. Whoever has great credit will take more, and whoever has less credit will take less. More importantly, not only the three of us will share, but also those generals who have made contributions will participate in the dividend. No matter which country, as long as they make contributions in the process of destroying Sassan, Have the right to share a piece of land. What if I didn't take Tai Xifeng? Then there is nothing. Not only is there no booty, but also waiting for the revenge of the Sassanians. It's up to you what to do.

At this time, whether it is Quintus or Boton, they have put the idea of preserving their strength behind, thinking about fighting for the initiative and making more contributions. Even Cao Zhang and others were moved. They looked at each other one by one, and no one said anything.

"Since everyone doesn't object, that's it." Sun Shao waved his hand with satisfaction: "Please forward this decision to your subordinates, and then use your brains to see how to capture Tai Xifeng. At that time, we will get together again to discuss. Whoever has a smarter idea will be the main force and serve as the main task.

There is no objection between Quintus and the wave tone. While they have the motivation, they also feel a lot of pressure. Sun Shao threw out a piece of fat meat. Even if they didn't want to, the news would spread to the ears of their generals. If those generals knew that they would not share the benefits to them, there would be no need to fight. According to this plan, I'm afraid that every general will compete for the opportunity to make contributions. How to arrange each person's tasks has become a difficult problem to test their wisdom. Whether they can coordinate the cooperation between the generals and prevent them from fighting for merit or even tearing down each other is also a relatively difficult problem.

Quentus and Bo were transferred away, but Cao Zhang, Li Yan and others surrounded them. Li Yan was still a little reserved and embarrassed to ask questions directly. Cao Zhang was very familiar with Sun Shao. He asked unabashedly, "Is the king just to mobilize their positive surnames, or does he really have this plan?"

Sun Shao glanced at him and avoided answering. Instead, he joked, "Don't forget that you are the cavalry general of Luoyang Court. After this battle, you will be promoted to general when you go back. Do you still want to occupy a lot of land here to be the owner?"

Cao Zhang was a little embarrassed, but refused to flinch: "Your Majesty, do you want to go back? That's my business. Is the king really willing to share this land with everyone? This is what we are most concerned about now." He pulled the others in without humility: "Li Zhengfang is embarrassed to say, but I can see that if possible, he is very willing to be a city owner here or something. I guess there are many other people who think like this, even the generals of your Yue.

"Will I lie to you?" Sun Shao took a sip of tea and said solemnly, "When I asked you to send troops, I said that I would not let you suffer losses. Do you think I have done a loss-making business for so many years? Who has suffered losses from the people I have worked with?

Cao Zhang nodded repeatedly: "That's true, the king is refreshing. Every time we cooperate with the king, we have gained a lot."

"That's all right." Sun Shao smiled and said, "As you all know, I don't establish a country with agriculture. I have no other requirements. I just hope that after you become city owners, don't set up cards to grab money and don't raise prices. Thousands of merchants will rely on you to supply food in the future." He patted his thigh and said contentedly, "You have seen what happened just now. In fact, it doesn't matter to me whether I fight this battle or not. Anyway, I have got a lot of benefits. This is an opportunity for you to make contributions. Otherwise, even if you go back to China, you will have no face.

Cao Zhang smiled silently. At this time, he was not interested in chatting with Sun Shao. Since Sun Shao said that he was not Meng Ren, but really planned to do so, they had to think about it carefully. With the achievements of war, of course, the soldiers have benefits, but the biggest advantage is that of the general, so who is the general becomes a very ** problem.

Who doesn't want to make great contributions? It's boring to make wedding clothes for others. But then again, it's not something you can do if you want to be a master. If you don't have the ability, don't be ashamed as soon as possible. Thinking of what Sun Shao had just said to Quintus and Bo, he was not in the mood to sit down again. He was in a hurry to go back and call the generals to discuss and see if there was any good way to take down Tai Xifeng. After all, although this piece of fat meat is attractive, Taixifeng is not easy to attack. If it is not well prepared, it is likely to be in vain, and the loss of soldiers will be in vain.

Cao Zhang and Li Yan said a few gossips and retreated separately.

In a long time, the news spread among the army. Almost all the generals were jealous and wanted to get a piece of the pie. How cool it was to be a city owner of a free trade zone. The king of Yue asked for a place north of Armenia. If he could take Tesifeng, the merchants who logged in from the Persian Gulf would go up the river in the future, and the cities in this area could profit from it, which was simply a treasure.

Almost everyone started their brains and racked their brains to break the city, and their morale was extremely high for a while.

The army then advanced steadily, crossed the Euphrates River, marched all the way to the west bank of the Gris River, and the army first surrounded the ancient city of Seleu. The ancient city of Seleu is a relic of the Seleucid dynasty. It has been more than 500 years now. After many wars, although Seleulog has been repaired many times, it cannot be compared with the lockdown of Taixi, but the two cities have structural similarities. Therefore, Sun Shao suggested that the ancient city of Seleu should be taken first and take Seleuille. The city is equivalent to cutting off Tai Xifeng's foreign aid, which can not only train the army, but also deter the morale of the Sassanians. What's more, if you don't take the ancient city of Seleu and cross the river to fight, it's not very reassuring after all.

Everyone has no objection to this proposal, and the disagreement is on who will attack the ancient city of Seleu. Both Bo Ting and Kun Tuos want to make this first merit. They all know that Seleucus is much easier than Taixifeng. Bo Ting feels that when attacking Taixi Feng, he may not have the opportunity to compete with Sun Shao as the main general. He should make a contribution first at this time, and it will be a little more merciful when rewarding his achievements in the future. Quintus holds 80,000 soldiers in his hand. He is ambitious and hopes to make contributions and be very powerful in front of the generals.

Neither of them refused to give up. In the end, they had to ask Sun Shao to be a notary. Sun Shao did not participate in this competition, and he did not favor either side and suggested that they attack at the same time. To the east of the ancient city of Seleu is the Tigris River, which can't attack at all. One of you is from the northwest and the other from the southwest. At the same time, whoever advances the city will be the first. As for the Han people, he will act as a reserve team to deal with the sudden situation. At the same time, he will also monitor the city of Taixi across the river, so as not to support the ancient city of Seleu, and the attack is The soldiers who attacked the city.

The wave tone is very satisfied. Guishuang's army is the weakest, and there are not many opportunities to fight for the main battle. Sun Shao did not favor the Romans, which was enough for him. Quintus was a little disappointed. He thought that Sun Shao would help him speak, and the Romans would be the main attack, but he didn't expect such a result. There was resentment in my heart, and I couldn't help complaining twice.

"Are you sure to take Seleucus?" Sun Shao said rudely.

Quintus turned his eyes and said nothing.

"Although this city is not comparable to Taixifeng, it is also an ancient city. When it was built, it was built in the style of a fortress with complete protection facilities. Don't you think that you can easily take down this city with 80,000 troops. Your two legions that 80,000 people can really fight are in the hands of little Goldian. Will he sincerely help you?

As soon as Quintus heard it, he understood.

"Don't worry, take this opportunity to familiarize yourself with the mode of war, and let those generals take turns to see who can really fight and who just talk. There are noble frost people holding down the Sassanians on the other side, which is only good for you and no harm. If you can successfully take down the ancient city of Seleu, if you are still not satisfied, it doesn't matter, and Taixifeng.

"How dare I rob Tai Xifeng's first merit." Quintus rubbed his hands with embarrassment.

"It's not polite. If you don't want to fight, it doesn't mean that your subordinates don't want to fight. If you are too generous, I'm afraid you will leave a handle. Sun Shao smiled faintly: "What's more, the reason why we are a brotherly country is because of my friendship with you. You really have the ability to take Tai Xifeng and sit firmly on the throne of your emperor. I can't ask for it."

Quintus laughed and was happy, and the original trace of resentment suddenly disappeared. He said gratefully to Sun Shao, "You still have a lot of experience. OK, I'll do what you say and let them take turns to fight without biasing either one, so that they won't blame me at that time."

"That's right." Sun Shao nodded with a smile, stood up and walked to Quintus and patted him on the shoulder: "Qunus, have a good fight and let them see who is the real emperor of Rome."

"Hmm." Quintus clenched his fist with confidence.

After half a month of preparation, the Romans attacked from the northwest and the Guishuang from the southwest. There were only more than 20,000 subordinates. He took 5,000 elites as reserves, and the rest divided into two groups to attack the city in turn, while Quintus, relying on the large number of people, sent eight legion commanders to attack in turn, without giving the defenders in the city a chance to breathe.

When the Guishuang and the Romans attacked the ancient city of Seleu, Sun Shao arranged Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi brothers and Li Yan to guard behind them, but he took Chen Hai, Zhuge Zhi and others to patrol the Tigris River. Although the surface of the Tigris River is still wide, after entering the plain, the amount of water has plummeted, and the water level is very shallow in many places. It is difficult for the building ship to drive along the river to the outside of Taixi, and there is a possibility of stranding at any time. Therefore, Chen Hai left the main building ship at sea this time and only took medium-sized warships to participate in the war. In terms of water combat alone, Sassanid warships are not strong, and even medium-sized warships are enough to cope with them. But for the siege of the city, it is really inferior without the help of a large number of crossbow cannons on the building ship.

The Tigris River between the ancient city of Seleu and the lockdown of Taixi is not wide. Most of the river is within the attack range of the crossbow guns above the two cities. Even if the Vietnamese warship is strong, it can't withstand such an attack. Therefore, when there is no need for a strong attack, Sun Shao just ordered the warship to monitor the river and prevent Sashan. People have the opportunity to cross the river by boat to rescue the ancient city of Seleu, but they refuse to let the warship attack the ancient city of Seleu on the water - with the crossbow ability of a medium-sized warship, even if they participate in the war, it can't help much. Only the building ship can do such a job.

Under the escort of ten warships, Sun Shao carefully kept the range of the crossbow cannon in the city and looked at the city of Taixi on the left bank with thousands of miles of eyes. Lu Xun and Sun Feng stood beside him, looking at the nearby terrain with thousands of miles of eyes. Zhuge Zhi and Chen Hai stood behind and gathered together to discuss something softly. Zhuge Zhi's warship was in the Red Sea. He couldn't follow him this time. He just participated in the war as a soldier. He didn't have high expectations. Chen Hai was the main force of the sailor this time, but he could not take a building ship to greatly reduce his combat effectiveness. After hearing that this land would be a reward for meritorious personnel, he regretted it and complained from time to time.

"Oh, Ji Gong, our luck is not as good as that pirate." Chen Hai sighed and said, "The pirate now not only crosses the Mediterranean Sea, but also dominates the Black Sea, and opens a mansion in Byzantium. The jurisdiction is much larger than ours, and only the thick legs and Deng Ai can compare with him. We... Alas, the gap is getting wider and wider."

Zhuge Zhi smiled and said no words. At the beginning, the four generals who followed Sun Shaoli had been guarding Funan across the sea. There were not many opportunities to go on an expedition. Although he was not a governor, he was the most powerful governor. Su's thick legs showed his fists and feet in the East China Sea, conquered the Three Koreas and Japan, and expanded the land for thousands of miles. He was a well-deserved hegemony in the East China Sea. Deng Ai went out of the South China Sea with 1,000 people. After several years of expeditions, he has now become the highest officer in the waters of the South China Sea. He is the youngest of several extraterans, and his future is unlimited. Cui Qian has also been proud recently. First, he broke through the Roman rebels in the Bosphorus Strait, and then ambushed the Sassanids with Lu Xun. He made two achievements in a row. Before the war was over, he was appointed by Sun Shao as the governor of the Mediterranean Sea and was also in charge of the Black Sea. He also opened a mansion in Byzantium. As he wished, he was better than Su's thick legs and Deng Ailai. And. Chen Hai, one of the four generals, has not been appointed as governor yet, which is inevitably a little sad.

"Why should the general be depressed? The Arabian Sea is the general's territory. After taking Taisifeng, the trade volume in the Persian Gulf will definitely rise significantly, which is expected to surpass the Red Sea. The general is also the important town of our Yue country. Why do you have to be arrogant?"

Chen Hai grinned and didn't have the nerve to say anything more. Although it seems that the rights are almost the same, after all, it is not a governor. It seems that he is a dwarf and has no face to see people.

Gan Yu, Cheng Zi and Han Zong stood at the other end of the ship. Gan Yu leaned on the side of the ship, narrowed his eyes and looked at the city of Taixi in the distance. He said angrily, "I didn't expect that Ardahir, a hero, actually became a shrinking turtle and couldn't come out of the city. I didn't have a chance to compete with him. It's really frustrating.

"I think Aldahir is afraid, so he can only avoid you, General Gan." Han Zong said solemnly, "I'm afraid that you will be chopped up by a knife to receive the reward. At that time, I'm afraid that the city of Taixi will be your General Gan."

"It's more than the lockdown of Taixi. I think the whole Sasan is possible." Cheng Zi added fuel to the fire and said, "Maybe the priestesses of those temples will become the warm female slaves of General Gan."

"And!" Gan Yu spit angrily and funnyly: "Do you two feel uncomfortable if you don't have fun?"

Han Zong and Cheng Zi couldn't help laughing in a low voice. Gan Yu was an old minister of the State of Yue. They came later, and they were very embarrassed when they came at the beginning, which was equivalent to being driven out by Sun Quan, so they had been laughed at by Gan Yu. Unexpectedly, this time the salted fish turned over and defeated Ardahir with Lu Xun. He became famous in the first battle. He not only harvested a large number of trophy, but also was promoted to a miscellaneous number for his merit. The general is on an equal footing with Gan. However, Gan Yu followed Chen Hai to ambush Ardahir this time. He ran thousands of miles, but his achievements were still undetermined, and he naturally scratched his stomach. As soon as they saw Gan Yu scratching, they teamed up to angrim him. If it hadn't been for Sun Shao in front, they might have laughed so happily.

"Mother, I must be the first to kill the head of Taixi's lockdown, and let you guys see how powerful I am." Gan Yu exhaled again angrily. Cheng Zi was about to say more. Han Zong pulled his sleeve and motioned him to pay attention to the front. Cheng Zi took a look and happened to see Luo Tong's eyes, signaling them not to be too loud, and quickly closed their mouths.

Sun Shao and Lu Xun are talking about something. Lu Xun is very worried about Sun Shao's arrangement. So far, they are not sure to win Tai Xifeng. Even if they use heavy rewards to stimulate the morale of the Romans and the Guishuang people, they may not succeed. After all, the power gap is not obvious enough. The Romans seemed to have 80,000 people, but most of them were recruits, which required a lot of actual combat training, and the training was to kill people. If they took Seleucus, their losses were at least more than 10,000 people, and the noble frost people were not much better. If the damage is too large, then the force to attack Taixifeng will be even more insufficient.

"Boyan, are you sure to take Tai Xifeng?" Sun Shao smiled and said, "If you are sure, I will appoint you as the general to attack Taixifeng, and all the people will be handed over to you in command."

Lu Xun didn't say anything. He put down his eyes and was silent for a moment: "Your Majesty, if you don't take Tyxifeng, can Armenia occupy it? Does the Caspian Sea still make sense?

Sun Shao blinked his eyes and smiled quietly, "Why is it meaningless?"

Lu Xun took a look at Sun Shao and said to himself, "If I guess correctly, the king intends to run a large area of land north of the Mediterranean with Cui Qian's sailors as the backing, Rome as an ally, and the Teutonic people as the basis. However, although the land there is fertile, the population is small, and there are many tribes. It is easy to plunder but not control production. If you want to unify, it is impossible without thirty or fifty years. Thirty or fifty years of operation requires a large amount of human and financial resources, which must be transported from Rome, Guishuang and even Yue Guo. Our Yue Guoren are the hero on the sea, but the road from the sea is far away. Whether it is from the Persian Gulf or the Red Sea, it has to pass through a piece of land. Although the king occupied Aksum, there was still the Egyptian province of the Romans in the middle, and the east coast was Xiahourong's sphere of influence, which was not so convenient after all. The ideal situation is for us to take Sassan and go directly into the Tigris River from the Persian Gulf to Armenia.

Sun Shao nodded frequently. Although Lu Xun did not know the inside story of Sun Shao and Philip becoming brothers, it was difficult to estimate that as long as Philip succeeded to the throne, Rome would actually be a part of Yue, but his analysis was relatively close to his expectations. Of course, it is the best result to win Tai Xifeng.

"We don't have enough strength to conquer Teixifeng alone, so the king retreated to the second place, hoping to destroy Sassan with the help of Rome and Guishuang's power, and build it into a free trade zone in the host country, so as to reduce the greatest extent possible obstacles in the future. However, the king, all of this is based on the premise of conquering Taixifeng. If it does not work, the deployment of the king will be greatly reduced, and the difficulty of the prince will be even greater. In case there is another conflict with the Romans, we can't even help it. King, isn't this too risky?

"It's not risky. It depends on whether you can take Tai Xifeng." Sun Shao smiled and said, "If you can take Tai Xifeng, this place will be controlled by our Yue. Coupled with the Arabian Peninsula controlled by Xia Hourong, how many roads do we have to go north? What's the risk? What's more, I plan to arrange some Huns on the east coast of the Caspian Sea. It's a good pasture there. After all, it's a hidden danger to control it in the hands of the noble frost people.

"Adi abducted brothers?" Lu Xun's eyes lit up. Cai Yan, the mother of Adi's abducting brothers, and Yang Hu's mother are sisters, and Yang Hu is Sun Feng's cronies. There are even rumors that Yang Huiyu is also Sun Feng's favorite person and may become a woman in the womb in the future. With this relationship, coupled with the credit that Sun Feng gave to Adi's abducting brothers, it is obviously a help for Sun Feng to let Adi abduct the brothers occupy the pastures in the East China Sea of the Caspian Sea, and Adi's abducting brothers are nominally from the State of Wei. Presumably Cao Zhang and Cao Zhi will not object.

"If possible, I do have this plan."

(to be continued)