Morning, almost noon.
When Ma Chao was garrisoning in Seleucia City, he received news that Lu Xuan led an army to arrive. Ma Chao led his people to the gate of the camp to greet him in person. He came to Lu Xuan and saluted: "Your Majesty!"
Lu Xuan nodded and led the army into the camp to station.
In the large tent of the Chinese army, everyone sat down.
Lu Xuan looked at Ma Chao and asked, "Meng Qi, how is the situation?"
Ma Chao replied: "Reporting to your majesty, the general led his men to attack Ctesiphon this time and encountered unprecedented resistance. As for Parthia, the Zoroastrian Pope Surella led his men to defend Ctesiphon with all their strength."
"The last general led the attack, but failed to win."
"Ultimately, stationed here."
"Last night, Surela arranged for his generals to raid, but he was defeated by the last general and captured thousands of people. Although there are many defenses in the city of Ctesiphon, the people's hearts are not particularly unified."
"The only problem is that the city of Ctesiphon is strong and difficult to attack."
A flash of light flashed across Ma Chao's eyes and he said: "If Surela sends troops to fight, the general will be able to defeat him and completely defeat Surela's army. This is generally the case for this war."
Lu Xuan nodded and said: "I understand!"
He glanced at Cao Cao and said in a deep voice: "Father-in-law, we are going to break the Taixi Feng now. It is the most direct and simple way to use hot air balloons to fly people into the city. Have you ever prepared the hot air balloon array in the army? Okay?"
Cao Cao said confidently: "Your Majesty, please rest assured that everything is ready. Today's weather is just southeasterly, and there is a suitable place to take off. If we want to attack, this afternoon is suitable."
Lu Xuan thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "Time is running out. We will launch a large-scale attack this afternoon to break Ctesiphon. By taking down Parthia, we can better deal with the threat of the Roman Empire."
"Here!"
Cao Cao answered with his hands raised.
The matter of dealing with the Parthian Kingdom this time has been arranged long ago, and various strategies have been considered.
Now, it's not that difficult.
Cao Cao took his men to prepare, and the army officers prepared to have lunch. After finishing their lunch in the shortest possible time, they led the army to the outside of Ctesiphon.
Lu Xuance immediately stepped forward and came to the front. He raised his head and looked towards the towering Taixi Feng Tower. Although this city has experienced war, it still looks brightly lit, giving people an extremely dazzling impression.
This is a transit place for many businessmen traveling to and from Asia and Europe.
Lu Xuan glanced around and noticed Sureira and others arrayed on the tower. Lu Xuan said loudly: "Surela, I am Lu Xuan, Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Today, I will break the Taixi seal. Now, I give you the final choice. , open the city gate and surrender, Zoroastrianism can be preserved, and you are still the Pope of Zoroastrianism. If you are stubborn and insist on resisting to the end, you will be killed without mercy. But all Zoroastrian people will be killed, no one will be spared."
brush!
Suleira's expression changed slightly.
He had no doubt that Lu Xuan's words could definitely threaten and kill people.
However, Surela has her own persistence. Parthia has persisted for such a long time, and it would be a pity to give up now. No matter what, he will never give up and will fight to the end.
This is what Surela insists on.
Surella took a deep breath, calmed down, and said loudly: "Lu Xuan, do you think that this can threaten the entire Parthia Kingdom? It's impossible. The entire Parthia Kingdom will definitely go all out and fight with all their might."
Lu Xuan sighed: "The Parthian Kingdom will desperately resist, but the only result will be to bury all the people and soldiers in Ctesiphon."
Surella smiled coldly and said sarcastically: "Lu Xuan, you are so righteous and benevolent, so you don't have to attack Ctesiphon. As long as you retreat, all the soldiers will not be ruined."
Lu Xuan said: "Surela, you are the Pope of Parthia, but you still speak so childishly. I have raised troops to attack Ctesiphon, and they have already reached outside the city. How can we withdraw? If I withdraw now, wouldn't it be a waste of everything? ? What’s more, at the beginning, it was the Parthian Kingdom that invaded the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and later the Parthian Emperor Vologasis led his troops to invade. All of this was caused by your Parthian Kingdom."
Surela was completely heartbroken and said in a deep voice: "So what if I invade your Ming Dynasty? It's just that you Lu Xuan won and we lost, that's why we have the current result. If it was Vorogasis If you win, it won’t be like this now, you’ll be begging for mercy.”
Lu Xuan and Su Leila broke off and chuckled.
This man is really tough-talking.
However, Lu Xuan glanced at Cao Cao, and Cao Cao shook his head slightly. Lu Xuan knew that the arrangement of flying into Ctesiphon with the help of hot-air balloon soldiers had not yet succeeded. Lu Xuan further confused him and said: "Surela, the reason why you are holding on now is actually because That is, waiting for the armies of Rome and the American Federation. Unfortunately, they have too much time to take care of themselves and cannot come to help you. In fact, they are now using you to hold back my army."
Surela raised an eyebrow.
My heart sank.
He was naturally aware of the actions of Sepuus in the Roman Empire. Now that Lu Xuan had exposed it directly, it meant that Lu Xuan already knew Sepuus's plan and must have made a response strategy.
As long as Lu Xuan is prepared, the attacks of Rome and the American Federation may not necessarily lead to victory.
Suleila's originally calm heart suddenly became a little panicked. He said loudly: "Lu Xuan, no matter what you say, the whole country of Parthia will not surrender. The country of Parthia will fight to the end."
Lu Xuan noticed that Su Leila's tone was loose and he lost his previous confidence. He further said: "Su Leila, all of you resisted here and paid for all your lives."
"Actually, it's just a matter of delaying it for a while and just hanging on for a while."
"Now, your sacrifice is not for yourself, but for Rome. Such sacrifice will harm yourself and others, and will not bring any benefit at all. Why bother to fight so hard?"
"Put down your weapons now. You can't stop them anyway. What happens to Rome and the American Federation? That's their own business. Why bother using your lives to delay their defeat?"
Lu Xuan said: "I feel unworthy for you, especially you, Surela, as the Pope of Zoroastrianism in a country, you do things so naively and innocently, and you don't even know you are being taken advantage of."
Surela's eyes were stern.
Lu Xuan is really cunning, and he further opened his mouth to confuse.
However, he is not affected.
Suleila took a deep breath and further mocked: "Lu Xuan, I said no matter how you bewitch me, I, Cessifeng, will never give in."
Lu Xuan still didn't give up and kept talking.
Time passes little by little.
Even if Suleila held on firmly and never let go, under Lu Xuan's instigation, the people on the tower were still a little confused, which was very detrimental to Suleila's side. Surela was also very confused in her heart. Did Lu Xuan think that just by opening his mouth, he could let him relax his vigilance?
it's out of the question.
Surela responded to Lu Xuan's calls one after another, and simply stopped answering later and allowed Lu Xuan to speak.
Lu Xuan shouted for a while, and suddenly, he saw hot air balloons rising in the direction of Nancheng in Ctesiphon. All hot air balloons have some gold powder applied to their surfaces, so they look very dazzling under the sunlight.
Lu Xuan was in high spirits and said loudly: "Surela, I am here to break the city. Today, I will break Ctesiphon."
"attack!"
Lu Xuan gave the order directly.
Boom! !
The sound of drums was like thunder, resounding outside the city of Ctesiphon.
Ma Chao personally led the troops, and Huang Zhong and Guan Yu led the troops to rush forward quickly. The entire army launched the most violent offensive. Under the suppression of bows, arrows and catapults, a large number of soldiers continued to attack the tower with the help of ladder trucks, engineering vehicles, etc.
Surela was caught off guard.
Why did he suddenly attack?
Lu Xuan had been shouting in front of him for such a long time, but it seemed that there was no result. Now, Lu Xuan's attack seemed so sudden that Surela couldn't see any signs.
Surela ordered the archers to shoot arrows to counterattack, and asked the soldiers to stop them on the tower.
The two armies began to fight.
In such a fight, Surela seemed confident and felt that he would be able to hold on. But after he defended for a while, suddenly, Grant, who was following him, shouted loudly: "His Majesty the Pope, something serious has happened. There are big golden balls flying outside the south city."
Surela followed and looked over.
In an instant, the pupils in Surela's eyes shrank, showing an incredible look of shock. His heart couldn't help but beat loudly, and his whole person was panicked.
how come?
What is this?
Suleila once again looked in the direction of Lu Xuan outside the city, although Suleila still didn't understand what was coming. However, he understood in an instant that this was Lu Xuan's trump card and the reason why Lu Xuan kept talking to him.
Surela secretly scolded Lu Xuan for being cunning, saying that this guy was doing everything possible and his methods were too despicable.
Surela looked into the sky and observed it carefully for a while.
I saw the big balls flying closer and closer, and in a blink of an eye they were over the Taixi Feng Tower. Not only that, as the big ball reached the air, it actually dropped down one after another burning fire pots. After these fire pots landed, they caused fire everywhere. Although it did not cause a fire, it caused chaos in the city of Ctesiphon.
Immediately afterwards, big balls began to slowly descend and landed in the city.
Surela did not pay attention to the offensive and defensive fighting on the city tower. His eyes fell on the city. He saw the Ming army soldiers appearing one after another and killing quickly in his direction. Surela looked anxious and quickly ordered: "Quick, quick Send troops to the city to block it."
Grant glanced at the fighting on the tower and sighed: "His Majesty the Pope, we can't stop it anymore. If it was just outside the city, we could still resist it. Now, there are also large armies coming from outside the city, and we can't stop it at all. This time We lost the battle."
Acaba shouted: "Pope, withdraw your troops and leave Ctesiphon as soon as possible. Let's go to Rome and defect to Sepuus in Constantinople."
One by one, the generals expressed their wish to withdraw their troops.
There is something wrong internally and there is no way to stop it.
The look on Suleila's face was more helpless and even more dejected, and she said, "Give me the order to withdraw the troops."
"Withdraw troops, all retreat."
Both Gulen and Akaba gave orders at the same time.
The two of them evacuated together with Surella, quickly descended from the tower, and started heading directly towards the west city of Ctesiphon. With the withdrawal of Surela, the defense line on the city tower began to collapse and could no longer be stabilized. A large number of soldiers collapsed under the fierce attack of Guan Yu, Huang Zhong and others.
The whole situation suddenly became chaotic.
Lu Xuan was outside the city, also watching the development of the situation on the battlefield. When he saw the large-scale Parthian soldiers retreating, he decisively ordered the pursuit and could not let Surella go.
The army covered them up and gradually turned into a melee.
In such chaotic fighting, Huang Zhong, Guan Yu, Ma Chao and others were all chasing and fighting. Especially Ma Chao, who was the first to reach the city tower and had already aimed in the direction of Surela.
When Surela retreated, Ma Chao picked up a gun and led his men to catch up. So Surela ran towards Xicheng, and Ma Chao also led people to run towards Xicheng. The two sides chased and escaped, and in the blink of an eye they had arrived at Xicheng. The city gate.
Ma Chao didn't have a war horse, but after he got off the tower, he met the cavalry. He grabbed a horse and rode after him. When he saw Surella in front of him wearing a golden robe and a papal crown, he loudly said: "The one with the crown is Surela. Capture Surela alive."
The soldiers also shouted in agreement, and the shouts spread to the front and also reached Surela's ears.
In an instant, Surela tore off the crown on his head, threw it away, urged his horse to retreat again, and said loudly: "Glen, you lead people to stop the attack. You must stop Ma Chao, and you can't let him pursue anymore."
"As you command!"
Grant received the order and turned around to stop the attack.
However, a nobleman like Gulen neglected to exercise. He led a group of people to stop him and met Ma Chao. The big gun in Ma Chao's hand pierced directly through Gulen's heart and killed Gulen with one shot.
Ma Chao raised his head and looked forward, and saw Surela retreating in a golden robe. He once again shouted loudly: "Surela is wearing a golden robe, catch up with him, and capture Surela alive."
Surela was even more panicked inside.
While riding his horse, he quickly took off his clothes and retreated again. But after his actions just now, he slowed down and Ma Chao was already chasing after him.
The tiger-headed golden gun in Ma Chao's hand was swept out directly.
boom! !
The spear hit Surela's back.
Under the violent impact, Surela screamed and fell to the ground, unable to get up again.
"Take it!"
Ma Chao's spear stopped in front of Surela and shouted an order.
The soldiers behind him rushed up and quickly captured Surela alive. Ma Chao caught the biggest fish. Satisfied, he led his men to continue the killing. Because of the capture of Surela and the killing of Gulen and others, the nobles on the Parthian side were defeated like mountains and continued to be defeated.
The Anxi side was completely defeated.
