Chapter 509 Xiao Gui and Cao Sui

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Amanishahan chuckled and said: "Most of the general's men are horse archers and cannot charge into the formation. Why can't they suppress the Han army's crossbows for our army?"

Case said: "What do you know? The range and power of the Han army's crossbows far exceed those of the horse archers. If the horse archers go up, it will only increase casualties!"

Amani Shahan said disdainfully: "After all, the general still can't bear to leave his soldiers..."

At this time, several other priests also expressed their dissatisfaction with Case.

The chief priest finally said: "General Keyes, order the cavalry to attack!"

Seeing this, Case had no choice but to order the cavalry to attack.

"Captain, the enemy cavalry has moved!"

"Okay, great!"

Su Fei has been waiting for the enemy cavalry to dispatch.

Now that he finally waited for the enemy's cavalry to dispatch, he happily ordered the messengers to send the attack signal to Gao Quan and Han Ye.

After receiving the signal from Su Fei, the two men, who had been impatient for a long time, immediately ordered their cavalry to attack the enemy from both wings.

"Oops!"

The sudden appearance of the Han cavalry immediately made Case feel that something was wrong.

Without waiting for instructions from the chief priest, he immediately ordered the cavalry to intercept the Han cavalry coming from both wings.

Although Case's response was quick, the military's execution also took time.

Before the Zoroastrian cavalry could reorganize their formation, the Han cavalry had already arrived.

"The great man is mighty!"

"The Han army is victorious!"

Amidst the shouts of the Han army, the Zoroastrian cavalry was quickly defeated.

After defeating the enemy cavalry, the Han cavalry did not stop, but continued to kill the Zoroastrian infantry.

Facing the attack of the Han cavalry, these Zoroastrian believers collapsed quickly like butter on a hot knife.

"Hold it all to me, you can't retreat... you can't retreat!"

The priests and military officers tried to remedy the situation, but to no avail.

Religious fanaticism was still defeated by the fear of death.

In just a short moment, before the top management of the Zoroastrian Cult could react, the offensive and defensive status on the battlefield had completely changed.

From the sky, the fleeing Zoroastrians looked like ants, covering the entire wilderness.

"Failed... failed like this!"

Keith completely lost confidence when he saw the scene in front of him.

"Chief Priest, leave quickly!"

Amanishahan was the first to react. He took the chief priest and ran towards the city.

"All troops attack!"

Su Fei then issued a new order.

Checheng was opened, and Su Fei personally led the Chinese army to launch a fierce counterattack.

In just over two hours, the army of more than 40,000 Zoroastrians was completely defeated by the Han army.

A large number of Zoroastrians who had no way to escape knelt on the ground in order to survive.

The chief priest and Amanishahan who fled back to the city were stunned when they looked at the scene outside the city.

Although they had long heard about the strength of the Han army, they did not expect that they would be defeated so quickly and miserably when fighting the Han army with five times the strength.

Amanishahan turned his head and looked into the city at this time.

Although there are still more than 30,000 believers in the city at this time, most of these people are women and old people, and there are no more than 10,000 young people.

The more than 40,000 people who came out of the city could not defeat the Han army. How could the more than 10,000 young men in the city be a match for the Han army?

"Chief Priest, let's leave quickly! This city can't be defended..."

Amanishahan whispered to the chief priest beside him.

The chief priest also came to his senses at this time. He looked at the believers running around outside the city and quickly made a decision.

Half a quarter of an hour later, a small group of knights escaped from the west gate of Zhizhi City.

"The chief priest has escaped!"

The Zoroastrians in the city soon discovered that their chief priest had abandoned them.

"Surrender! Surrender!"

Desperate cries rang out.

Su Fei quickly discovered that something was wrong with the situation in the city, and decisively ordered Li Shuo to launch a tentative attack on Zhizhi City.

To everyone's expectation, facing Li Shuo's attack of less than 400 men, the believers in the city opened the city gate directly.

Case heard the shouts from the top of the city and looked back.

Then he drew his sword and said: "Warriors, charge with me... I, the warrior of Kangju, am not weaker than the Han!"

"Kill!"

Keyes led his own bodyguards and launched a desperate charge against the Han army, with his target aimed directly at the Han army's banner.

Su Fei laughed when he saw this, "Second and Third Sons, send them to meet their false gods!"

"kill!"

Keith finally fell under the hooves of Su Fei's horse, and this battle seemed to foreshadow the fate of Zoroastrianism and Taoism.

"How does the captain deal with these Zoroastrians?"

Li Shuo asked Su Fei for instructions, his face full of joy.

Su Fei looked at the captive fanatic believer indifferently, and at this moment, he recalled in his mind what Zhang Yue had said to him.

"There is no right or wrong in religious-ethnic disputes, and there is no room for relaxation..."

He slowly raised his head and said, "Those who are willing to convert can be spared their lives, and those who are unwilling will have their wishes fulfilled!"

Zhong Li looked at Su Fei in surprise: "There are fifty thousand people there, Colonel?"

Su Fei glanced at him coldly, "How does Marquis Zhong Jun think we should deal with it?"

Zhongli was silent for a moment after hearing this. After a long time, he gritted his teeth and said, "Master Xiaowei has done a very good deed!"

Su Fei gave the prisoners three days to consider, and in the end about 27,000 people chose this Taoist religion.

"kill!"

Following Su Fei's order, more than 23,000 prisoners of the sect were executed en masse.

Those responsible for carrying out the orders are naturally those of the sect.

Su Fei walked up to Zhongli and patted Zhongli on the shoulder.

"Zhong Junhou gradually got used to it!"

Zhongli nodded, "Don't worry, Captain, Zhongli is also a sensible person. He still understands the principles of inner saint and outer king!"

Su Fei nodded and said: "That's good. Let's take a rest today and you will send the nine thousand women from that sect back to the Second Master tomorrow!"

Zhongli heard this and said, "How can the captain send someone back?"

When Su Fei heard this, he just patted Zhongli on the shoulder without giving any explanation.

…

After Fu Jiezi and Wu Zheng paid homage to Lu Bode, they did not leave here, but stayed in Juyan.

Hexi Jieduzhi and others had also heard some rumors, so they didn't think it was strange.

However, in order to avoid suspicion, they neither took the initiative to interact with Fu Jiezi nor excluded them.

Time passed like this little by little, and soon the new year arrived again.

In January of the fourth year of Yuanfeng, the edict issued by Chang'an to Fu Jiezi and Wu Zheng finally arrived in Juyan.

On this day, all the officials in Juyan gathered at the post house where Fu Jiezi and his two brothers were staying.

"Shi Dian, the commander of the Hussars, is the Prime Minister of the country... he moved to Hexi as a military envoy and was assigned the title of General Zhenbei!"

"In addition to the new general Hou Zhengzhonglang... he moved to Hexi as the deputy envoy of Jiedu!"

"Your Majesty Fu Jiezi/Wu Zheng, I respectfully submit this edict and may your Majesty live forever!"

Fu Jiezi and Wu Zheng looked at each other and smiled after accepting the edict.

Afterwards, everyone from Hexi Jiedushi who watched the ceremony expressed their congratulations to the two.

At midnight, after everyone attending the banquet left, Fu Jiezi and Wu Zheng boarded the tower.

"What are your plans, Commander-in-Chief?"

Wu Zheng asked seemingly casually.

Fu Jiezi smiled slightly: "Xiao Gui and Cao Sui!"
Chapter completed!