The night fire shone in the tent, and the shaking shadows deep in the shaking shadows, Gongsun Zhi could feel the surging mood after the war stopped, and the warm palm brushed across the cold blade and felt an unreal feeling.

The noise outside and the sound of footsteps seemed to bring him back to those four years of hell-like fighting and pounce into his memory.

The fifth year of Jian'an's expedition to the Western Regions began, and nearly 200,000 troops advanced rapidly until the defeat of the Roman emperor Severu in the fifth year of Jian'an. After three years, he thought that the Western Expedition might come to an unsatisfactory end. However, the rise of Sassanthemum Persia put him in a situation where he was attacked from the back and forth.

In the past four years, from Central Asia to Constantine, to the Danube, to the Great German Wall, to the Alps in the west, to the Persian Gulf in the south, to the Kushan Lanshi City, and to the Gaofu City, the war has never stopped. Every day, people come out from the sea of ​​corpses and blood, and stop thinks that it means death, after all, there is no way to return home.

In the past four years, many people also hoped that reinforcements would come, and in the end, the soldiers or generals who had hoped died in repeated hedging.

In the initial confrontation with Sassanthesia, the Western Expedition Army was in a situation where the enemy was attacked by the back and belly, and it was difficult to wield. Later, Gongsun Zhi used defense instead of attack, and used the mobile advantage of three cavalry in the grassland to attack millions of Persian civilians. One village after another, the city was killed and blood flowed into a river, which made the plan of Persian emperor Ardashir frustrated and he barely stabilized his position. After a winter, the Persian emperor once again formulated a new plan, gathered a large number of Persian light cavalry out of the outside, and formed a 200,000 army with the formation to advance step by step, and launched an attack on the east and south of Taixifeng.

The Xiliang Army, Pan Wushuang's Fengxiang Army used crossbows and bows to defend the city. The craftsmen and arrows were rushing to make arrows, crossbow arrows, repair armor and weapons day and night. There were even craftsmen or civilians who were exhausted every now and then, and they stopped forever during the attack. Zhao Yun's White Wolf Cavalry, Ma Chao's Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and Xiahou Yuan and Cao Chun's Tiger and Leopard Cavalry rely on the Euphrates River and the surrounding terrain to restrain the attack of the Persian army. Sometimes they found a great opportunity and immediately launched a fierce counterattack attack. The goal was also very clear. If they could kill the civilian craftsmen in the Persian team, they would never fight head-on with the enemy cavalry. If they could charge a single infantry formation, they would never choose to hesitate.

When the Kushan general Pi Lan, who was in the Western Expedition Army, learned that the Kushan Empire was involved, his face became extremely ugly, as if he had been sold. The next day, he took off the turban wrapped on his head and tied it up like a Han Chinese. He even gave his mount a Kushan war elephant to Dian Wei, and waited for the city wall to fight with the Persians to express his position.

Although they were defending the city, there were also casualties. After repeated erosion of the people, the Xiliang army reduced its personnel from 8,000 to 5,000, and the Fengxiang army with 20,000 people were only 15,000. Similarly, the 200,000 Persian army on the opposite side had more than 30,000 infantry involved in the siege, of which 27,000 were killed directly in the siege. This was a tragic scene that the Persian emperor had never thought of.

However, casualties are not just this. The Han cavalry who were wandering outside sometimes attacked his baggage back camp. Even if they were prepared, they would be ignited by the opponent's fire. The most difficult thing is that they did not know when the other party would launch a night attack, and they usually target infantry camps on the left and right wings. After all, the number of sieges was too large, stretching for more than 30 miles, and 50,000 Persian cavalry could not take care of all infantry camps, unless they did not sleep and guarded outside day and night.

Occasionally, Gongsun Zhi stood on the broken city of Taixifeng, looking at the Persian military camp outside with spots of bonfires, and felt that this war might be fought for a long time, and it would be possible for ten years, or until all the people were all destroyed. But the Sassanian Persian army should not be completed. Faced with the difficult-to-capture Taixifeng, in October of this year, Ardashire ordered the conscript of Persians from Parthia to join the army, and decided that a large number of troops had been brought to the other side.

The turning point of the war comes with the west.

In the tenth year of Jian'an, in the beginning of March, the woman stationed in Constantine married Lu Xun during this years of war. The betrothal gift was two Roman legions, and nearly 30,000 people were burned to death in a foothill. Before, Lu Xun's light cavalry lured the enemy into the depths, and the Germans who were ambushing the mountains lit tung oil, hay triggered a fire, and then shot with rockets. Above the foothills, there were crowds of people running around, pushing, and the fire that was attacked and burned was charred, and more people were choked to death by thick smoke.

Lu Xun returned to the city, ran up the city wall excitedly, pointed to the fire in the distance burning red sky, and smiled honestly: "Lingqi, are you satisfied with this betrothal gift?"

Looking at the young man with a black face, Lu Lingqi turned her head, nodded with red eyes, and was put on her outstretched arm and pressed it against her warm chest. Then Lu Xun's voice whispered in her ear: "If the people of the Qin Dynasty bully you, tell me that if you don't use both fists and legs for your husband, you can kill them with your head to apologize to you."

Hearing these words, the pretty face leaning against his chest burst into tears and laughed, as if it were as thin as a mosquito: "...I understand."

In the distance, Lu Bu sat on the city tower and looked at the pair of beautiful men hugging each other, and then looked at the night sky that was red in half the sky, which was considered acquiescent. Gao Shun stood beside him, looking at the man and woman, and there was a smile on his stiff face: "Wen Hou will not object this time."

"No objection." Lu Bu leaned back on the seat, and smiled on his face: "Being able to stay and Lingqi hard at this time shows that he values ​​love. His own ability can not only manage the family business, but also give advice. It's rare... I misjudged the person in the past, but I won't be wrong this time."

Gao Shun helped him up and walked out of the eaves. Lu Bu raised his head and sighed: "I almost forgot what the night in the Han Dynasty looked like."

As the sigh fell, just three days later, the Roman legion outside the city underwent a huge change, and even the entire Roman province had problems. More than 30,000 people died tragically between the foothills. The tragic situation made the remaining army panic. The barbarians who were originally mercenaries were dissatisfied with the citizens of Caracala. The tax reform, coupled with the long-term failure to conquer Constantine and a crushing defeat two days ago, the resentment finally erupted.

Nearly 20,000 mercenaries of seven legions defected from the camp, some returned to their tribe, and some of them knew that Constantine was stationed in front of them were also hiring soldiers, and immediately abandoned the camp and joined the defense side. Although they were isolated for a while, the group of people also knew that they had just come over and that the other party should be alert, so they didn't care. Lu Bu thought it was just a coincidence, but the situation that followed made him feel more terrifying than the collapse of the army.

As the soldiers in the front army defected, more original mercenaries, such as the Thracians, Thessars, Gauls, Spartans... and so on, all escaped from the army, and even fierce conflicts broke out. Once casualties occurred, the outbreak became more intense. While civil strife in various provinces, a large number of original mercenaries lost the symbol of Roman citizens and went to Constantine as a mercenary. They heard that the conditions of the Eastern commander would have their own land as long as they had military merits. This is the real thing.

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