When Li Lu conquered Tibet and Zhangzhung, on the far eastern shore of the Mediterranean, the Eastern Roman army and Sassanid Persia broke out again fierce fighting, and Khavad II ordered his confidant Massoud to lead the army and attack Jerusalem, Busra, Damascus, and Homs, and was supported by the heretical "Christian Unitarians" in the Christianity in these regions, and Massoud defeated the Eastern Roman army at Blas and Echina in Transjordan.Massoud deserves to be called the "sword of Ahula" in the mouth of Qavad II, he led his troops to conquer Damascus, and Palestine and Syria fell into the hands of the Persians again.Heraclius sent his cousin Nitassis into battle, and at first he recaptured Damascus and other cities, but was defeated at the Battle of the Yarmouk River, and Nitassis was killed.The Persians, under the command of Massoud, pursued the victory, and in less than half a year, Palestine, Syria, Jordan, and even Egypt became part of Sassanid Persia again.Heraclius has long since lost the wisdom of the past, and is no longer a heroic monarch who can fight lions, brave and unparalleled, and can continuously kill enemy generals, internally, he married his niece Martina as the successor queen, resulting in the former wife gave birth to the crown prince Constantine III and Martina and his children divided into two factions, and the center of the empire fell into internal strife for more than ten years; Sassanid Persia suffered successive defeats to the revival, his cousin Nitassis was killed in battle, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Egypt and other important places fell one after another, and even the Balkans and the Greek peninsula were occupied by the southward Slavs.In the process, the Martina faction even directly sold their homeland to fight their political opponents, which directly led to the defeat of the Egyptian campaign.The aging Heraclius was completely blinded by his wife, and it was difficult for him to make accurate judgments, so he had to look at the desert and cry and was unable to return to the sky, the empire's territory was reduced by more than half, the population was plummeting, the economy collapsed, and the Eastern Roman Empire was on the verge of collapse.And Khavad II, who realized the third revival of Sassanid Persia, was full of ambition and walked into Jerusalem, the holy land of the Friendship Religion, where Khavad II arrogantly said that he was the lord of the world, and that the Roman Empire, Tianzhu, and Tang Dynasty must obey his orders, and it can be said that the Persian Shahansha has been arrogant to the limitless.However, this Khavard II arrogance has its capital, he not only stabilized the Sassanid Dynasty in the sunset, but also regained the Crescent Land again, even the unruly Bedouins are prostrate at his feet, the old emperor of Constantinople has long lived up to his former majesty, and the young Khavard II is ambitious, he thinks that it is only a matter of time before he takes Constantinople.Significant progress was made in the west, and Khavard II naturally set his sights on the east, before he took in a lot of Sogdians who refused to obey the rule of Li Lu, from their mouths, Khavad II knew some information about Li Lu, after learning that Li Lu expelled many Zoroastrian followers, the apologists of Zoroastrianism, Shahansha of Persia, Khavad II was very angry, and he immediately sent a messenger to Broken Leaf to interrogate Li Lu.After the envoy saw Li Lu, he was very rampant, "I am the human messenger of Ahura, Shahansha, the messenger of the great Kawad II, seeing me, it is like seeing Shahansha, you must salute me......."
Before he finished speaking, he was slapped by the broken leaves and lectured, this messenger only then knew that people did not like them at all, when Li Lu asked him why he came, he handed over the letter of Kawad II, Li Lu did not know if he didn't see it, and he saw that it was angry Qiqi smoke, Ya, Kavad, who gave you the courage?
Dare to talk to old paper like this?
What did Khavard II say that made Li Lu so angry, Xue Lu and his courtiers were very curious, and after they also read the translated letter, they were also angry.It turned out that this Kawad II not only demanded that Li Lu treat the Zoroastrian well, but also wanted him to follow Zoroastrianism, and threatened and intimidated him: if he did not change his religion, he would personally lead a large army to destroy him.In order to show the strength of his army, Kavard II exaggerated in his letter: "They can even shoot their heads off with bows and arrows." ”Li Lu was greatly annoyed, and immediately ordered his men to seize the messenger, and handed him a needle, asking him to prick off one of his beards, which the messenger could not do anyway.Li Lu said: "You can't cut your beard with a needle, and your accomplice An can shoot his hair with an arrow?"
Go back and tell your master, let him wash his head, and wait for the lonely to chop down........."
Kavad II was very angry with himself, and he immediately ordered Bayesset, the governor of the empire stationed in Khorasan, to send troops to attack the Hezhong region under the rule of Li Lu.Bayezid was very happy after getting this army of 10,000 people, he had been coveting the rich riverine region for a long time, and now his king strengthened him the most elite Persian guards (that is, the undead army), and he was confident that he would plant the banner of the Kavi army on Shattered Leaf City, so this Bayezet began to gather his forces and prepare to go north and invade the riverine region.The news that the Persians were preparing to invade soon reached Broken Leaf, and Li Lu immediately ordered Di Qing, who was stationed in Connecticut, to gather troops and prepare for battle, while Li Lu was also mobilizing troops and preparing to rush to the aid of Di Qing.Di Qing soon gathered an army of about 50,000 men and prepared to meet the enemy, on the one hand, he ordered the local garrisons to resist and cover the retreat of the people if the Persians attacked, and on the other hand, he organized the army and the people to carry out the clearing of the wilderness, leaving not a grain of rice for the enemy, so that they could not be replenished.At the beginning of the fourteenth year of Zhenguan, Bayesset, the governor of Khorasan in Sassanid Persia, led a 100,000-strong Persian army from Khorasan to the north and invaded the Hezhong region under the rule of Li Lu, which opened the prelude to the "First Persian-Jiankun War" recorded in the later history books.Bayezet failed to attack the city, so he decisively ordered to leave a part of the troops to continue to besiege Chiwu at the same time, bypassing Chiwu and continuing to go north, when the Persians killed the Wukan wasteland north of Chiwu City, the main force of the Jiankun Western Army led by Yu Diqing encountered, Bayezet is a famous Persian general, and he is also a person who can fight well, Di Qing is a super general in the famous earthquake river, and the troops of both commanders have their own country's elite to help the war, so this is destined to be a shocking battle.Before the battle began, Bayezet divided his forces into three routes, the left, the right and the center, personally leading the central army, and after his guards and logistics were overburdened, his confidant Rafsanjani commanded the left flank, and the right flank was commanded by Khavad II's brother-in-law, Kumaji.Before the battle, Di Qing pointed out that despite the fact that Bayezet's Persian army was outnumbered, but they were brave and resourceful, Di Dashuai finally said: "Although the enemy army is numerous, but there is no resourcefulness, if we attack, they will not save the end, and our side will win."
Gentlemen, the king is looking at us in the broken leaves, and he can't let them take a step forward, because behind is our hinterland, as the so-called raising troops for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while, the time has come to serve the king and report to the people, gentlemen, kill the enemy with this commander!
”Under the leadership of the commander, the soldiers of the Western Legion drew their swords, held their spears, and rushed to the Persians, and the Persians came to the elite of the country's hundred battles, after receiving the enemy, the two sides immediately fought together, and killed from morning to afternoon, and the two sides did not distinguish the winner or loser."
When the sun was about to set, Di Qing ordered people to ring the gong of retreating, the Jiankun army was well-trained professional soldiers, they quickly withdrew from the battlefield, after the Jiankun people withdrew from the battlefield, Bayesset did not order the pursuit, because he had already seen that the enemy was retreating in an orderly manner, not a rout, at this time, it was not only impossible to defeat the opponent, but also very likely to be bitten by the enemy, he would not make such a mistake after a long battle, "Amazing, Jiankun people, really powerful, It's really worthy of killing the existence of the Turks......."
Bayezet sighed, and then ordered the troops to be withdrawn, in his opinion this is a protracted battle, and whoever loses his breath first may expose his weakness.While he lamented that the enemy was powerful, he didn't know that Di Qing was also lamenting, this may be the most powerful enemy he has encountered, and this Persian Empire has a lot of heritage."
Pass on the military order of the marshal, retreat five miles back and camp!!"
Di Qing is a resourceful commander, he saw that Bayezet did not pursue, he knew that the opponent was not simple, he rolled his eyes, and thought to himself, "If I don't give you some sweetness, can you be fooled?"
”"Dashuai, why are you retreating?
We can just get past them......."
Cheng Chuhei wondered, although the military order was like a mountain, he had to carry it out, but he still couldn't figure it out, this guy came to the Western Regions with a lot of blood, and wanted to break out of the world in the Western Regions, so as to prove that Comrade Xiao Cheng is no worse than Lao Cheng, it is the age of blood and energy, so he naturally only cares about rushing up.As soon as he said this, the generals expressed their incomprehension."
Huaimo, don't worry, don't worry, this Persian is not simple....... if you don't give some bait, how can a big fish take the bait?"
In the face of doubts, Di Qing did not panic, and told everyone what he thought, and Cheng Chuhei suddenly realized that a handsome man is a handsome, amazing, amazing!
Under Di Qing's command, not only did the Jiankun side not camp on the spot, but retreated for five miles before setting up camp, "What are they doing?"
”Bayesset, the veteran of Persia, was confused, the enemy situation was unknown, and he did not dare to rush forward, and after a little thought, he ordered to camp on the spot, and he wanted to have a good fight with Di Qing.