Aloisian led the remnants of the defeated army to retreat to Palmyra in embarrassment, he thought that he would be able to make a comeback by retreating to Palmyra, but what he didn't expect was that Palmyra actually fell into the hands of the British, after he got the news, he was stunned for a moment, and then kept roaring, "This is impossible, this is impossible......
How did the British get through the Great Syrian Desert?
They fell from the sky?
”"Your Excellency, since Palmyra has fallen into the hands of the British, we still don't want any Persians......
"Heractor said, "We only knew that the British's fighting power was very strong, but I still had illusions about myself....Only those of us who had fought the British, who had fought with the British, returned to Constantinople alive that the Empire could defeat the British.....""
Heracto, I understand what you mean, but just go back like this...."
Aloisia said with some hesitation, yes, he boasted in front of Constans II, saying that the British army was not invincible, and if he went back in disgrace, how could he gain a foothold in the military circles of the Eastern Roman Empire?"
Your Excellency General, my subordinates once heard the British uncle Wu Yuanqing tell a story about lying on his back and trying his courage....."
Heractor told Aloy Western Ao about Wu Yuanqing's version of the lying salary, and finally said, "You see, that Duke of Huaxia did not hesitate to compromise in order to take revenge..... you are just defeated..... victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers....."
Aloisio actually didn't want to die in Syria, he just lacked an excuse to return to Eastern Rome, and now that Heractor had spoken it out for him, he also pushed the boat down the river and led the remnants to retreat to the Eastern Roman Empire, but unfortunately the Nestorian sect, which was regarded as a heresy by the Church of Friends, and the Assyrian Church under the leadership of Gregory, launched a rebellion against the Romans in Aleppo, which directly blocked the way for the Eastern Roman legions to go home.Aloisia and Heractor and their Eastern Roman legions eventually fell under the Acropolis of Aleppo, and Aloisia died in the chaos, and Heractor saw that he could not do anything, so he left the battlefield early, disguised himself as an Eastern Roman merchant, and sneaked back to Constantinople.After the news of their pacification of Greater Syria reached the front line of Ctesiphon, Wang Fangyi was very happy, "The north fought well, cutting off the paws of Constans II.....
Massoud should know that he is now isolated.....
The north is to defeat the Eastern Romans, but this Ctesiphon is also too difficult to fight, from the launch of the Battle of Ctesiphon to the present, nearly two months, although the British heavy artillery more than once smashed a lot of holes in the city wall of Ctesiphon, but the Persians are braving the British artillery fire, and the British soldiers who tried to kill into the city started a white-knives fight, and drove the British out again and again.Several times they obviously climbed to the top of the city, but they were driven down by the Persians, the tenacity of the Persians made Wang Dashuai frown, as for why these Persians are so desperate, Wang Fangyi understands very well, because they are all executioners whose hands are stained with the blood of Mazdak, and they have a blood feud with the Mazdak transformed by their own majesty, once the city is broken, what awaits them will be an abyss with no bottom, for their own lives, but also for glory and wealth, where can they not work hard?
Wang Fangyi had no choice but to take this fortified city for a while, he had to adopt a siege strategy, when he took the telescope to observe Ctesiphon not far away, a young British officer standing beside him said, "Marshal, we can simply use artillery bombardment, although we can smash a few gaps in the city wall, but as long as the Persians react, they can block the ......"
When Wang Fangyi heard this, he turned his head, he called the officer in front of him, and said in a low voice, "Ning Yu, do you have a way?"
But let's say it first, I don't allow you to take the lead in the charge yourself......"
"Uncle Wang, I did come up with a trick....."
The officer, whom he called Ning Yu, unfolded a floor plan of the city of Tessie, "Uncle, you see, this city of Tessy is composed of three thick walls on three sides, east, west and north, which are impregnable, and the guards are all Massoud's diehards; Only the southern wall is a single wall, and the back is the Tigris River, the defenders are much weaker than these three sides, I think they think it is unlikely that we will attack from the Tigris, we can do something in the south.......
"Wang Fangyi carefully studied this officer's proposal, and felt that it was very feasible, not long ago, in order to cooperate with the Battle of Ctesiphon, the navy's river gunboats went upriver from the mouth of the Shatt al-Arab River, and they had also come to the city of Tessifun, and demolished the low wooden bridge across the Tigris River, The gunboats can go around under the southern wall of Ctesiphon, as long as these naval guns can knock on the southern wall of Ctesiphon, it is not impossible to land on the river in the future, is it."
Uncle, since I proposed the plan, then I should be the one who leads the charge.....
The officer named Ning Yu said, "The last general asks you to fight....."
Seeing that this young officer insisted on asking for battle, Wang Fangyi called him aside and said in a low voice, "Ning Yu, your true identity is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of our Great Britain, not a commando leader, when did you see Your Majesty rushing to the front line?"
It is Your Majesty's will not let you go into battle and charge......
You have to remember that you, like Your Majesty, are the people who want to be generals, not some junior officers who lead the charge......
Take a step back and say, you are my confidential staff officer, not a captain on the front line......
"It turns out that this Ning Yu is Li Lu's eldest son, the crown prince of the British Empire, Li Dingguo, Ning Yu is his word, this battle of the two rivers, he directly used his own name as a pseudonym to become a staff officer of the British army, followed Wang Fangyi to the front line of Tai Xifeng, and saw that Wang Fangyi vetoed his idea of personally leading the team, he had to retract his idea in displeasure.Just when Wang Fangyi was about to relaunch the attack on Ctesiphon, in the palace of the inner city of Ctesiphon, the high priest of Zoroastrianism, Gangbysis, was complaining to Massoud, "Your Royal Highness, think of a way, many people in the city have run out of food, the guards have slaughtered and eaten, the rats in the field have also been caught and eaten, and many old people and children have starved to death. ”"High priest, Lone also knows about the lack of food..... but the reinforcements of the Romans have not yet arrived......
We can only hold on for a while....."
Massoud said helplessly, "As for the food, it can only be rationed to those warriors who can afford to hold swords and guns, hey...."
Speaking of this, Massoud couldn't help but shed tears.......
At this moment, the guards walked in, "Your Highness, the British have demolished the Surushh Bridge......
It looks like they are going to attack from the Tigris....."
Massoud was shocked when he heard this, and he hurriedly drew his forces from the defenders of the nearby Omeissammen in Asia to strengthen the defense of the southern city.The gatekeeper of the Omeissa Gate was the newly promoted centurion Avro, who said to Constantinople XI: "Your Highness, the British attacked the southern city in order to attract our troops.Our defenses are scattered, and they are taking advantage of the situation to break the city!
”Massoud said: "Avro, the walls over there are not high, and the defense is difficult, how can we do it without strengthening our strength?"
In this way, I will strengthen the Qasim Guard to you......"
Massoud said that the Qassim Guard was an elite guard composed entirely of Zoroastrian Bedouins, and this guard had repeatedly relieved Massoud of his urgent needs.Seeing that Massoud said this, Avro led his soldiers to the southern city.Massoud personally commanded the defense, and the British shells rained down on Massoud's surroundings, and several bowl-sized stones almost hit him.The Persian soldiers who were guarding the city with him advised him: "Your Highness, get out of here!"
”Massoud said with tears in his eyes: "I will never leave you, and I hope you will never leave me!"
I am determined to die with you!
”Massoud's oath and determination greatly boosted the confidence of the soldiers defending the city, and on the other side, Avro ran in all directions, organizing forces to resist, and the first tentative attack of the British army on the southern city was repulsed.