Sweep the World

Peshawar has been surrounded by the Sassanid army. Ma Bin just thought about it for a moment. If he sent someone out, he would die.

On the first day, the Sassanid army carried out a wave of offensives on the four walls. Seeing the strength of the war and the siege equipment used, it was only a trial, not a real thing.

Night fell quickly. Because the city was preparing for war, bonfires and torches could be seen everywhere, and the whole city was illuminated like daylight.

The Persians outside the city were not idle either. They cut enough wood during the day, and the artisans accompanying the army worked overtime to make siege equipment.

The same is everywhere under the bonfires and torches, and there is a very obvious bird's-eye view from a high altitude.

The city was full of fire, and the city wall was pitch black about 50 meters to 200 meters away, but it was fire again at 200 meters away.

The fire of this city is so obvious that the clouds in the sky are shining dimly. Even if you stay away from you for dozens of miles, you can clearly see this area that is still like daylight in the dark.

"Are you sure that the city is not broken, right?" Li Tan led a team up a small hill, staring at Peshawar's direction from a distance: "With this bright color, they are all preparing for battle!"

It is conceivable that no matter what the final result of the offensive and defensive battle in Peshawar is, there will not be much surrounding woods left, and even some bushes, grass vegetation, etc. will suffer greatly.

There is no way, some of them can be used as materials for siege equipment, and others are used for burning. Large-scale consumption in a short period of time will definitely cause serious damage to the natural environment. I don't know how long it will take to recover.

Fortunately, this area of ​​Jidoruo is much better than the eastern part of Sassanid and even the western part of the original Hunite border. The natural environment is much better.

In the east of Sassanid and the west of Hunite, which is the main camp area of ​​the Western Expeditionary Army, it is difficult to see patches of greenery, and more of it is dry, soft and unvegetated ground.

Many times when the army is living without grass, it is not specifically used to describe killing. In fact, it is a piece of land that suddenly has too many people. Even if it is only for the needs of cooking and boiling water, the consumption of combustibles is beyond imagination. Many, not only the trees will be felled in large numbers, even the dry grass and the like will not be let go.

Li Tan led his army on the road for nine days and arrived at the northeast side of Peshawar 55 miles away yesterday.

The army is parked in a mountainous area, and the purpose of course is to facilitate concealment.

In an area that is currently at war, the necessary scouts will usually be patrolled within fifty miles, and some sentries will also be arranged.

Li Tan would not read that the Persians had no military knowledge or were sloppy. He responded with the habit of marching and fighting in the Han Empire. He left the army fifty-five miles away, and he took twenty to ride to a place about thirty miles away from Peshawar, and went up the hill to look into the distance.

They did not encounter Sassanid army scouts all the way, so whether they were discovered by a secret post, considering whether Sasanian came out to hunt and kill, it is really difficult to judge.

"How long can Peshawar last?" Li Tan is not asking about things that he doesn't even know. How can the soldiers know it? It's purely a trade-off and thinking: "Peshawar has more than ten thousand soldiers, and it is also a matter of defending the city. For the citizens' needs, more than 20,000 people can be mobilized to defend the city together..."

The information on Peshawar obtained by the Western Expeditionary Army was sent back by Ma Bin after his mission. According to the description of the intelligence sent back by Ma Bin, Peshawar is a city with forty to fifty thousand inhabitants. What a defensive device worth noting.

According to Zhu Xia's habit, to see if a city is easy to fight, the first thing to look at is how many soldiers and civilians there are in the city. With a large number of soldiers and civilians, the available troops, manpower and material resources in wartime will naturally be more sufficient.

Next is to see whether the city wall is majestic. Without a high and thick city wall, it would generally not be regarded as a majestic city, let alone a military town.

What Li Tan knew was that Peshawar’s city wall was only four meters high and three meters thick.

Now the Han... at least the Han army under the Western Expedition, already knows what Jidala is like.

Probably it is the Rouran tribal alliance or the alliance power countries such as Xi Gaoche and Dong Gaoche. The difference between Jiduolu and the above-mentioned countries is that the alliance forces with the Xiaoyue people as the ruling class, they live by settled farming. The way is not the grazing habits of wandering and changing pastures.

Sassan was divided into 60,000 to 70,000 troops, and almost did not encounter much resistance. They swept all the way to the northwest of Jidoruo, and spent less than ten days fighting under Peshawar.

Regardless of how much the Sassanid army wiped out in the process, or how much the Sassanid army itself lost, as a country suffered an invasion, the enemy's troops entered the border to the city of Lindu just It took less than ten days, no matter from which aspect, it didn't look like a person with self-protection ability.

What was puzzled by Li Tan was that what they knew was that Jiduoluo had defeated the Sassanid invasion many times, so how did the Xiaoyue people do it?

"Go back!" Of course, Li Tan will not continue to rashly. At the same time, as the leader of the army, it is a risk to take himself close to thirty miles to observe: "Go!"

Of course, it wasn't just Li Tan who brought people to observe. Some scout teams had already been sent out.

Scouts are the eyes of the main general. If you don't send scouts to investigate the dynamics of the war, is it because you want the main general to give orders? But Li Tan didn't send out scouts aggressively. Too many scouts would only draw the attention of the Sassanian army excessively.

The scattered teams of scouts will naturally be discovered by the Sassanid army, but in view of the fact that the army of the Western Expedition has been killed, the Han army has been exploring the terrain frequently before, and the Sassanid army attacking Peshawar knows that there are Han army scouts. The number is not too exaggerated. , Will not cause excessive reactions.

In fact, Li Tan also knew that the Sassanid army attacking Peshawar could not prevent the Han army from coming to aid.

In Peshawar at night, Ma Bin was invited by Luhmaru to the grand banquet hall.

Ma Bin was naturally treated when he came. It should be said that the specifications are large and grand, but Luhmaru Jieduo did not personally greet him at the time, but was greeted by their prime minister, Milumitz, Jieduo.

After the main Sassan forces invaded Jidoruo, Luhmaru Jieduo received Ma Bin urgently.

As if to make up for the lack of attention before, even though Jidoruo seemed to have fallen half of the wall, and then the Sassanid army came to Peshawar, Luhmaru Jiduo would host a grand feast to entertain Ma Bin every night.

The banquet hall has ample decoration features of Asan. In addition to not deliberately displaying gold like Asanhui, there are also various painting walls with various patterns carved on various walls and load-bearing pillars, and there are too many colors, especially It is very bright and looks very **** from the sense of Han people.

Many banquets do not mean that the decorations or the richness of the food are regarded as grand.

This group of Xiaoyue people fled for hundreds of years. First they merged with the Serbs, and then they were stuffed into a large number of Asan culture and part of the Greek culture. It is reasonable to say that the integration of so many cultures will change the food. It is very rich, but that is an illusion.

In terms of eating habits, they mainly focus on various types of barbecues, followed by cakes, with some unappetizing rice types.

Ji Duoruo's rice is not learning what it is, but I learned that Ah San put some horrible things, if it is like the salted rice or rice bowl on Zhuxia's side, it has been added with spices. The main part of the rice doesn't look yellow because of the rice grains, it just looks yellow after adding more curry.

Curry may be a delicacy to Asan, and it is not ruled out that some Han people will like it if they eat it. For example, Ma Bin likes it very much, but most Han people are actually not used to it.

The reason why the banquet held by Luhmaru Jiddo is considered grand is that all the people in Peshawar have been invited over.

As the lord of the country, Luhmaru, who is too shameless to send Ma Bin’s ass, can’t make Ma Bin feel enough enthusiasm, but the rest of the people don’t need to be too shameless, they will definitely flatter him. Ma Bin became the protagonist in the banquet, feeling unprecedented attention and gaining enough vanity.

"The messenger." Luhmaru Jidu asked after holding a golden cup and inviting a drink: "Xiao Wang has a girl who has entered Chang'an. I wonder if the messenger knows what is going on now?"

A few years ago, led by Sassanid and Rome, all the countries known to the Han Empire chose princesses and ladies to go to the Han room.

Due to the constraints of distance and communication, many countries have not even contacted once for many years after sending out princesses and ladies. This is the case with Luhmaru Yudo.

"It's all fine." How can Ma Bin know the secrets of the palace, or even whether the princesses of various countries have been accepted, but he can't say that he doesn't know. Before he came, he had obtained some information. At least he knew the name of the princess sent by Ji Duoruo. He would not arrange it, and said: "The life of Princess Aisia in the big man..., presumably the country owner should understand that it will be far better than in the country. "

Unless it is Esiah Ji who made some mistakes and was punished, otherwise no matter how she is a woman of the emperor, she may not be so luxurious, but it is definitely not much different. In terms of civilization and living environment, compare It is not a lie that living in Jidala will be better.

"That's good...that's good..." Luhmaru Jiduo originally wanted to mention in-laws, but after thinking about it, it was not so appropriate. He changed his mind and asked: "Can the messenger still be used to being in Peshawar?"

What if Ma Bin is not used to it? He came here not to enjoy himself, but to gain merit. To a certain extent, as long as Ji Duoruo exerts his own value in this war, the worse his life here, the more points he will receive in his merit evaluation in the future.

The state-to-state marriage is not without effect, it depends on the state of the state.

The pre-Han’s peace policy cannot be said to have been unsuccessful. It was indeed successful in preventing the Huns from invading the South on a large scale, but that was because the pre-Han had the strength to resist and the ability to fly the Huns’ teeth.

It is also the countries in the Western Regions that sent the princess to the Huns. Do the Huns care? The Huns only knew that the countries of the Western Regions were too good at fighting, so they would not give up the invasion regardless of their in-laws.

Rome, Sasha...and so on, those anti-Han axis countries, which one cares if the princess is on the side of the Han Empire?

Jidoruo is not a special country. Luhmaru. Jiduo’s IQ is still online. Marriage works only on the premise of friendship. Even when the Han Empire considers its own country to be valuable, it has extra points and wants to rely on it. Get special privileges when you marry, dream it!

The music in the banquet hall was interrupted by war instruments. Sassan's horns of sluggish sound appeared first, followed by the crisp sound of war drums.

The Royal Palace in Peshawar is a fortress style. It is also located on a mountain or high position. The banquet hall happens to be at the highest point. When you walk out of the hall, you will find a balcony with no roof and a large area.

Luhmaru Jieduo took the lead and Ma Bin followed, followed by a large group of powerful and powerful people.

Because of the high enough height, they looked out with a very wide field of vision. What they saw was a large sea of ​​torches outside the city. That was the movement of 5,000 people running forward with their hands raised.

On the Western Wall alone, about 5,000 Sassanian soldiers launched an attack overnight. Looking at the other three sides, the Sassanian army put in at least 2,000.

This time, there are not only the climbing ladders, but also some other siege equipment, such as the towering siege towers, the shield carts with wooden boards, and so on.

"The big man's army should have arrived?" Lukhmaru Yuduo looked farther away~www.wuxiaspot.com~ It is a pity that there is only a large area of ​​darkness: "Night fighting, how can they attack overnight? city?"

Even in the modern age where science is sufficiently advanced, there will still be more and greater casualties in military night battles, unless it is forced, otherwise the military will only fight under conditions of sufficient light.

Now is an era when most people have night blindness. There is no radio to command troops in time. The unnecessary casualties caused by night battles will be very serious. It is not uncommon for troops without coordination to make mistakes and kill each other.

"Lord of the country, have you left an army outside?" Ma Bin saw Luhmaru Jiduo shook his head: "It's a pity!"

Luhmaru sent more troops but wanted to leave troops outside the city. The problem is that Peshawar originally had only 10,000 defenders. If they were left out, they would send food to the city.

"Perhaps there are leaders who have brought people to the surrounding area." Luhmaru Zhiduo said about the leaders of the occupied areas: "Emissary, the Persians have come too quickly, and there is not enough time to clean them. The leaders of all regions will organize the king of Qin. Soldiers and horses, it's not the Han army that came, it should be them."

Ma Bin didn't know that Ji Duoruo still had this kind of magical āo work, and he was a little stunned for a while.