The Three Kingdoms of Navigation

Chapter 70 Attack the heart is the top

Seeing that Sun Shao was serious and not like a joke, Quintus didn't say anything. He lowered his head and drank tea. Only then did he find that the teacup was dry. Sun Shao waved his hand. Emily hurried over, took her sleeves in one hand, stretched out her tender arm, and lifted the silver pot to refill Quintus with some water. Quintus took the opportunity to change the topic and squeezed his eyes at Sun Shao: "How about it? My Roman woman is also good, right?"

Sun Shao smiled and glanced at Emily and Diana, who were blushing: "How can there be anything wrong with your old friend's arrangement? I'm very satisfied. I haven't thank you yet. I'll replace tea for wine. Thank you for your beauty."

"As long as you like it, as long as you like it." Quintus laughed and said, "It's also their blessing that they can be your women. Emily, Diana, you serve your Highness well. Only by making him physically and mentally comfortable can we fight a good war. Only by winning the war will the Emisa family have more benefits.

"Look at you, it's good to be around." Sun Shao couldn't laugh or cry. He waved his hand, interrupted Quintus, put away his smile, and said solemnly, "This is my opinion. I don't know if you can accept it. I just want to say hello to you first. Go back and discuss with the ministers to see what they think."

Quintus smiled and said no words. His goal has been achieved. At least now Sun Shao is not very resolute in demanding to withdraw immediately, but let him go back and discuss first, which shows that there is still room for discussion. He said no more and got up to say goodbye.

"Your Majesty, do you really want to retreat?" Emily leaned against Sun Shao and asked in a delicate voice, "I'm still going to invite my family to Taixifeng."

Sun Shao glanced at her, put his hand around her shoulder, and smiled, "What do you know?" Although we took the ancient city of Seleu, the casualties of Rome and Guishuang were not small, and Tesipong was ten times stronger than Seleucus. Do you think we should take it as soon as we see good, or must we meet each other?

Diana, who was packing up the paperwork, thought seriously for a moment and nodded: "It's better to put it away when it's good."

"That's right, why don't they understand the problem that even you can understand?" Sun Shao gently patted his thighs and shook his head repeatedly, sighing.

When Quintus returned to the account, Momia was holding Philip and teaching him to read the word card word by word. As soon as he saw Quintus's face, he was a little surprised. He hurriedly asked someone to take Philip away and let him pour tea for Quintus. Quintus waved his hand: "No need to pour tea. I have to talk to someone later."

"What happened?" Momia asked puzzledly, "Today, I broke through the ancient city of Seleu. It's time for everyone to be happy. Why don't you look happy?"

Quintus sighed and told Momia what Sun Shao had just said. Momia listened quietly and slowly tasted the tea. It was not until Quintus finished speaking and looked at her expectantly that she raised her eyelids and looked at Quintus: "I think his worries are right."

"Is he right?" Quintus was a little disappointed, and then tasted something: "Is he worried?"

"Yes, think about it, what he said is indeed true. Although he captured Seleucus, you and the wave lost a lot. Let's not talk about the noble frost people. At least 30,000 of your 80,000 troops can't fight in the short term, and the most elite 10,000 are still in the hands of little Goldian. If he still refuses to go out, how many people can you use? Seleucus has only 10,000 defenders, and you have paid such a high price. How can you say that you can definitely take Taisifeng? Even you don't think you are sure, do you?

Quintus nodded silently. He just felt that he was not sure, so he didn't insist with Sun Shao. However, he felt that it was a pity to give up like this. Not only did he leave a future trouble, but Sun Shao had little effort except for a trip, but he got the most benefits, which seemed to be a little unfair. Seleucus was taken by him and Bo Tho. Then Tai Xifeng should be led by Sun Shao. How could he shake his hand and quit if he didn't do it?

Momia seemed to see Quintus's unhappiness, and she continued, "Do you think the Han people can take Tai Sifeng?"

Quintus pondered for a long time: "No."

"You don't have the power to fight again, and he is not sure to break the city alone. Isn't it the best way to give up now? Your Majesty, Seleucus is the result of the alliance of the Three Kingdoms. How can you ask him to capture Tai Xifeng alone? Momia's tone was calm and she couldn't hear a trace of worry. Quintus's original impatient mood gradually calmed down. He savored Momia's words carefully and slowly showed a smile on his face.

"Is he worried that we won't help?"

Momia nodded gently. Quintus saw it, smiled, shook his head and said, "He is still so careful. Obviously, he wants us to help him, but he wants to take a step and doesn't want to fight." He thought for a moment and said, "I understand. I'm going to discuss with them. Be sure to arouse their morale. Otherwise, this battle is really not easy to fight."

"Your Majesty is wise." Momia flattered just right.

Quintus walked out of the account relaxedly and summoned several important generals. First of all, he analyzed the current situation with them and asked for their opinions. After the human rights have balanced the pros and cons, Menno Lufis felt that if it was possible, it would be better to take Taixifeng. No matter how bad it was, he would come to Taixi to seal the city, putting direct pressure on Aldahir and forcing him to sign the contract. Of course, if you want to do this, you must first ensure that the Romans have the power to fight, and the most important thing is to force little Gordian to fight.

After everyone's opinions were united, Quintus asked Barbinus to find little Goldian. Barbinus understood. When he went to the big tent of little Goldian, he saw that little Goldian was walking with regret in the tent. As soon as he saw Barbinus, he came up and looked embarrassed: "My friend, did I say anything wrong?"

Barbinus comforted, "It's not a big deal, but you remind everyone that Taixifeng is not easy to fight, and we are not sure of victory. It's better to withdraw like this."

Before he finished his words, little Gordion was anxious. He led the two most elite legions, but he didn't make any achievements. He returned to Rome like this. What else did he have to see his father and Roman citizens? He originally planned to force Quintus to show his position in front of everyone. It was better to squeeze each other and raise the price. Unexpectedly, these useless guys were really scared.

"How can that work? We rushed all the way here and just took a Seleucus and left? Aldahir is not a person who repays his kindness. If you don't kill him this time, Rome will definitely be the first to be retaliated when he breathes.

Barbinus looked at it and was immediately relieved. He pretended to say some difficulties and pointed out the adverse effects of the internal discord among the Romans. Only then did Little Gordian understand the true intention of Barbinus, but at this point, he also It's hard to go back on his word, so he had to pat his chest and say that as long as Quintus intended to attack, he would definitely take the lead and go all out.

Barbinus returned with satisfaction.

At the same time, Bo Diao also understood Sun Shao's worry. He was not as troublesome as Quintus. As long as he decided to continue to attack, Guishuang people would not have any other opinions.

Sun Shao was still a little hesitant when he got the assurance of Po and Quintus, but he couldn't resist their persistence, so he had to let them seize the time to rescue the wounded and contact Aldahir in the interview to see if they could win without a fight. If it really doesn't work, we have to fight again. Looking at Sun Shao's reluctant appearance, Quintus and Bo Ting were involuntarily taken away by him. They not only promised to cooperate, but also promised that Sun Shao would arrange the distribution of trophy to break through Taixifeng to make up for the losses he had paid for this.

Sun Shao was full of heart and immediately asked Jiang Gan to rush to Taixi to seal the city in person.

Jiang Gan came to Taixi under the lockdown with Sun Shao's handwritten letter. As soon as Ardahir saw Jiang Gan, he sneered: "Your king didn't bring a large army to attack the city. What did he send you to do? Do you want to say that my Taixi sealed the city with your mouth?"

Jiang Gan stood neither humble nor arrogantly, looked at the palace wrapped in glass, full of exotic customs, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, I'm not Meng Jiangnu. I didn't talk about the ability to fall the city wall."

Aldahir is confused. Who is Meng Jiangnu?

"However, I came here with the sincerity of my king." Jiang Gan took out Sun Shao's handwritten letter from his arms and handed it to the eunuch who caught up with him. The eunuch trotted and handed it over to Ardashir's hands. Aldahir took it in his hand and took a look at the handwriting on the cover first. Sun Shao is written in Chinese characters, and the elegant regular script looks very comfortable. Although Ardahir can't understand Chinese characters, he also tastes the calmness between the lines of writing. It can be seen that Sun Shao must be in a happy mood and calm when writing this letter. Thinking of this, Aldahir has a sense of disgust.

"I don't know your Chinese characters." Aldahir threw the letter on the case in front of him and said disdainfully, "If you have anything to say, just say it directly."

Jiang Gan didn't mind and said, "In fact, it's simple. There are two main things. First, in the Battle of Seleucus, we captured more than 8,000 prisoners. Considering that they all have families, my king can't bear to let them become ghosts, and he can't bear to let them go to a foreign land and become slaves, so I suggest The king redeemed them if the king was willing to make peace with the truce.

"The truce to make peace?" Aldahir obviously didn't consider this plan and was stunned for a moment: "Do you want to make peace?"

"Yes." Jiang Gan smiled and said, "In order to show sincerity, we can even release dozens of people first, as long as the king pays a little ransom for his symbolic surname." With that, he took out another list and handed it over. Aldahir took over and saw that most of these people were centurors and thousand commanders, who were more important people, and the prices listed below were indeed not high. He couldn't help but be a little moved. He looked up and glanced at Jiang Gan: "How are you going to make peace?"

"As long as the king is sincere, how to talk about it and discuss it." Jiang Gan looked very talkative: "There is a preliminary plan in my king's letter. Please read it and put forward your opinion, and then we will discuss it further. Before that, the king will give me the ransom and bring them back, and we will put these people back.

Aldahir just wanted to say that I don't know Chinese characters, but when I thought about it, I felt that these were very ashamed. There were also many Han people in Taixi Fengcheng. It shouldn't be a big problem to read this letter. First, redeem those officers who have experienced the war, so as to inquire about the strength of the other party, and then decide whether to talk about it or fight in the future. Be sure. He sneered secretly. Although Sun Shao took Seleucus at a rare speed, he must have suffered a lot of casualties. He was a little unable to fight against Tai Xifeng again, so he came to ask for negotiations.

Aldahir did not hesitate and immediately asked someone to take out the ransom and let Jiang Gan take it back. Jiang Gan easily completed the task, left the city of Taixi, and returned to the other side in a warship. Here, Aldahir found someone to translate Sun Shao's documents, and Sun Shao also sent back to the prisoners at a very fast speed. Of course, he did not forget to convey the news of the negotiation to these prisoners in advance, so as to show that he sincerely wanted to negotiate.

Aldahir is not a fool. He arranged someone to pick up these prisoners back to the city, so that they would not have any opportunity to contact others. At the same time, he also escorted the people who invited translators, trying not to let the news of the negotiation leak out, so as not to shake the morale of the army. However, when he heard about the miracle, he was still very shocked.

This miracle can't see any flaws, but the illusion he arranged has failed. Is that really a miracle? If you can't find the flaw, what if the miracle appears again when Sun Shaobing comes to the city? Will Tai Xifeng follow in the footsteps of Liugu and be captured by Sun Shao in a very short time?

Aldahir never wanted to negotiate, but now he is a little shaken. No matter how great a person is, there will be a fear from the bottom of his heart in the face of unknown forces. Ardahir is not sure that Ahura is still not on his side now. He also knows the impact of morale that the ancient city of Seleu was broken in less than half a month. Although he tried his best to block the news, it is difficult to guarantee that it will leak out. If the soldiers know that it is the will of God, I'm afraid that no matter how many defenders there are in Texifeng. Can't keep the city.

Aldahir pondered for a long time and decided to put it off first. Anyway, his purpose was to delay Sun Shao's support. Now Sun Shao took the initiative to negotiate. Of course, he couldn't ask for it. So he sent a speakable minister to cross the river to negotiate with Sun Shao.

Sun Shao was very enthusiastic and received the minister in person. He said enthusiastically that if Ardahir really negotiated in good faith, he would be willing to bring up the old story of the four-nation alliance and expose the unhauls. In the future, he will still be an ally to maintain peace in the world and give the world a stable living environment. Then he appointed Jiang Gan as the negotiator and told them to show sincerity and not to be perfunctory and seek happiness for the people of the four countries.

Jiang Gan was indeed sincere and put forward a very attractive proposal at the beginning, that is, to allow the Sassanians to redeem the remaining prisoners, and the price was fair. When the Sasanian messenger heard it, it was a good thing that 8,000 soldiers could go back to help defend the city. Both sides were interested, and the matter was quickly settled. Aldahir was rewarded, and there was no objection. He immediately arranged someone to send a ransom. At the moment when he saw eight thousand soldiers safely return to the city of Taixi, he almost thought that Sun Shao really wanted to negotiate.

However, Aldahir soon regretted it. Eight thousand people were not dozens of people. Many soldiers guarding the city knew about the return of these prisoners. The news that the king was negotiating with the enemy was uninhibited to leak out. The whole Taixi lockdown immediately fell into a strange atmosphere. Slowly, the captured family members came to plead for mercy and asked them to reunite their families. At first, Ardahir planned to delay, but later he found that it was okay not to delay, and there were rumors. In desperation, he had no choice but to let a group of people go out first.

As soon as these people left the guard, the news of the negotiations could no longer be controlled, and the miracles outside the ancient city of Seleu quickly spread all over the city.

Aldahir regretted that Mordie was very careful, but he was still found by Sun Shao. Now it is useless to tell the soldiers that he is just a delaying plan. He can only re-evaluate the matter and seriously consider the possible surname of negotiating with Sun Shao.

Aldahir proposed that if it is possible to negotiate, all the Romans, Han and Guishuang people should withdraw from the land of the Sassanids before further negotiations.

As soon as Sun Shao received the news, before he could react, Quintus and others were anxious and withdrew from the Sassanid land? It's impossible at all. After working so hard for so long, can you spit it out again? They immediately came to Sun Shao and strongly objected. Sun Shao smiled. Don't worry. Get ready to attack the city at ease. How can I agree to Aldahir's condition? He is forcing me to take the initiative to attack the city.

Quintus breathed a sigh of relief, "So what are you going to do?"

"I will let all Sassanians know that Aldahir did not negotiate in good faith. He would gamble with the life of the whole city." Sun Shao sneered: "I want to tell the Sassanians in the city that Aldahir is no longer the incarnation of Ahura. He is now the incarnation of Aliman and wants to drag all 100,000 Sassanids into the abyss of death."

Sun Shao decided to terminate the negotiations and immediately arranged a large army to cross the river. 200,000 troops surrounded the north of the lockdown of Taixi, and hundreds of warships on more than 8,000 sailors also blocked the Tigris and Dia rivers. The Sassans, who were full of expectations for the success of the negotiation, were disappointed when they saw that the army suddenly besieged the city. Aldahir was overjoyed and immediately sent someone to announce that Sun Shao did not have the sincerity to negotiate, and he would eventually attack the city. Anyway, Sun Shao is outside the city, and even if nothing can be said, it can't be heard in the city. The people in the city can only hear his words.

He never thought that before his order spread all over the city, someone came to report it. Suddenly, a lot of paper came down from the world. The paper was written about the requirements made by Ardahir. The root cause of the breakdown of the negotiations had spread in a short time.

Aldahir was shocked. He rushed out of the door, raised his eyes and looked into the distance. He only saw that it was as if it had snowed in the city of Taixi. Countless pieces of paper fluttered and fell from the air and scattered everywhere. He raised his head and looked at it, but only found that there was a big blue ball in the sky - against the blue sky, it was really indistinguishable without paying attention - and the snowflake-like pieces of paper fell from the big ball.

Suddenly, Aldahir seemed to understand the origin of the miracle.

(to be continued)