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Ctesiphond, the Don army and the men of Artaban IV, crossed the Tigris and besieged the city of Seleucia.

The lord of Seleucia was the younger brother of Vologasis VI and the younger brother of Artaban IV, Prince Volvos.

When the Prince of Walworth learned that Ctesiphon had been breached and his eldest brother had not been heard from, he carefully held on to the city.

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On the other side, Jiang Jian came to see Li Yi and admonished: "Your Majesty, the city of Seleucia is one of the largest cities in the Rest Empire, although it was destroyed by the Romans twice, it was rebuilt twice. The last time it was rebuilt was fifty years ago, so the city's defenses were very strong and it was very difficult to overcome. However, most of the generals in the city have the old department of Aldaban. Now that Vologasis VI has been crowned, the army in the city is unstable, so why not take the opportunity to surrender? ”

When Alexander the Great died, his successors began to compete for the inheritance of the empire, including Seleucus I, who founded Seleucia around 305 BC as the capital of the future Seleucid Empire, although Seleucus I later moved the capital to Antioch in northern Syria.

Seleucia then became an important trading center, a center of Hellenistic culture, and the administrative capital of the region, with a population consisting mainly of Macedonians, Greeks, Syrians, and Jews. Because Seleucia became an artery of land and water transportation at the intersection of canals from the Euphrates, Seleucia was as large as Alexandria in Egypt and larger than Antiochus in Syria between the third and second centuries BC.

King Mithridates I of the Sabbath conquered Seleucia in 141 BC and made it the western capital of the kingdom, and in the ancient Roman description of Tacitus, Seleucia was Hellenistic in its walls and cities, despite the reign of the Sabbatarians. Ancient texts reveal that Seleucia, with a population of 600,000 and a parliament of 300 councillors, became one of the world's largest cities at the time, comparable only to Rome, Alexandra and Antioch.

However, in 55 BCE, a decisive battle for the reign of Sabbation broke out near Seleucia, when Mithridates III, with the support of Aulus Gabinius, the governor of Syria in the Roman Republic, fought against his brother Aurode II, who was defeated and established his rule.

In 117, when the Roman Emperor Trajan conquered Mesopotamia, Seleucia was burned once, and the new Roman Emperor Hadrian then abandoned the new territory, and Seleucia was returned to the hands of the Sabbath and rebuilt in the Sabbath style. However, it was completely destroyed by the Roman general Aavidius Cassius in 164.

However, after the withdrawal of the Roman army, the strong Parthians built the city of Seleucia for the third time. This is what is now the city of Seleucia.

Li Yi said with a smile: "Let the soldiers in the city see the sharpness of our army's weapons, and then surrender, so that you can get twice the result with half the effort." ”

Jiang Jian was greatly impressed, but the emperor thought about it properly, and said at the moment: "The emperor is far-sighted, and the last general will be ugly." ”

Li Yi smiled: "Why should Zhong Yi be too modest. After our army suppresses the enemy army at the head of the city, we can let the people of Ardaban IV go to the city and fight the enemy army in the city. ”

Jiang Jian was overjoyed and went to arrange it.

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Despite the fact that the troops of the Don and the armies of Artaban IV did everything possible to block the news that Vologasis VI had been completely annihilated, Volvos finally got the news.

It turned out that one of Vologasis VI's personal guards lurked in the river, took off his armor underwater, took off his armor under water, and hid in a densely populated place for a day with water and weeds, and only after dark did he quietly climb ashore, disguise himself as a commoner, and come to the city of Seleucia, where he found Prince Volvos.

Walworth was speechless when he heard that Ctesiphon's 300,000-strong army had vanished and the entire city burned to the ground.

It took a long time for Woolworths to react and asked the guard: "What means did the Tang army use?" Can ignite the entire city of Tessie. ”

The guard said, "With birds." ”

Woolworths said in disbelief: "Impossible, impossible, how can the birds listen to the command of the Tang Army?" ”

The guard said: "Your Royal Highness, the villain doesn't know what is going on, but before the incident, the Tang army caught birds and sparrows on a large scale, and the city caught fire on the night that Taixi closed the city. ”

Horworths was so frightened that he hurriedly ordered the whole city to be cleared of birds, and not a single bird to be left.

The city of Celeucia was lively at night, and a group of soldiers carried torches and ladders, and went from house to house looking for birds' nests.

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Ten days later, the Woolworths men basically cleaned up the bird's nests on all the buildings and trees in the city, and the Tang army's catapults and wells were slowly pushed to the bottom of the city wall.

On the circular city wall, the soldiers looked at the tall catapults and wells one by one, and muttered vigorously in their hearts, the Taixi Seal City was broken by the Tang Army, and the city of Seleucia could last for a few days? Are you dead or alive? Who will support the relatives in the family? The emperors are all dead, you are a prince, what do you have to do with the Tang army? Just surrender, the big guy can save his life, right?

Panic spread among the army, and after all, Seleucia was an isolated city, so it was no wonder that the soldiers thought so.

Woolworth was quite capable, and when he heard the discussion in the army, he personally brought good food, drink, gold, silver and jewelry to the battalions to comfort the soldiers and improve morale.

After some tossing, the morale in the city of Celeucia slowly rose.

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Catapults and wells were in place, the Tang army began to attack the city, boulders and arrows took turns to rush towards the city, and the soldiers at the head of the city saw that the situation was not good, and pulled out their legs to go down to the city and hide under the root of the city wall.

Jiang Jian commanded the men and horses of Artaban IV, lifted the ladder, and set it up on the head of the city.

Mixed with the crowd of spies, with the soldiers at the head of the city, taking advantage of the melee between the two armies, quietly entered the city of Seleucia.

Seeing that Artaban IV's men and horses were encountering strong resistance from the defenders of the city, Jiang Jian ordered the withdrawal of his troops.

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Five days later, the soldiers who patrolled the night patrol outside the city picked up letters one after another, and the faces were full of twisted tadpole characters, which even the well-informed Jiang Jian did not recognize, but fortunately, Aldaban IV assigned Jiang Jian several staff, these people were familiar with the Persian scriptures, and they were considered to be knowledgeable.

Jiang Jian handed the letter to them, and after reading it, one of the staff members said loudly: "Your Excellency, the respected general of the Tang Kingdom, this is a letter of surrender written by a middle-level general of Seleucia City, saying that he is willing to lead the three thousand men and horses under his command to cooperate with our army and seize the city of Seleucia. ”

Jiang Jian nodded, looked at the others, and these staff members said in a gossipy manner: "The letters in our hands have similar meanings. ”

Jiang Jian asked, "Did you write their names in the letter?" ”

Staff A said: "The letters I have seen are only written by people who are loyal to His Majesty the great Emperor Artaban IV. In my opinion, it must be the old ministry of our Emperor Majesty, and I will never forget our Emperor Majesty. ”

Staff Officer B said, "My letter did not leave a name. ”

Jiang Jian said: "Find a way to notify the spy room in the city and make an appointment with these generals to facilitate our army to attack the city." ”

Staff A said: "Your Excellency, this matter is not easy to handle, the people of Woolworths are very tightly guarded at the head of the city, and we cannot contact the people in the city. ”

Jiang Jian said with a smile: "You just need to write letters in hidden language, as for how to send letters into the city, I will figure out a way." ”

Staff B said: "Your Excellency, General, I have an idea, I don't know if it will work? ”

Jiang Jian asked, "Hurry up and listen to it." ”

Staff member B touched his beard and said slowly: "The city of Seleucia is under siege, and the soldiers have no fighting spirit and no fighting spirit, why don't we write a large number of surrender letters, promising them high-ranking officials and generous gifts to disintegrate the enemy army?" ”

Jiang Jian laughed and said: "Sir's clever strategy, this trick surrender book, leave it to Mr. You can prepare." ”

Staff member B was overjoyed, got out of the big tent, recruited a group of younger brothers, and began to work.

In less than three days, all the letters were written, and Jiang Jian had already ordered the craftsmen in the army to tie thousands of Kong Ming lanterns, wait for the northwest wind to rise, and send them into the city.

In the evening of this day, the north wind gradually rose, and a small box hung under the Kong Ming lantern, and a stack of letters was placed in the box, and the box was upside down and tied with a thin rope, and in the gap between the string and the box, incense sticks of different lengths were inserted, and after the incense sticks and Kong Ming lanterns were lit, they slowly rose into the air and floated towards the city of Seleucia along the direction of the wind.

The soldiers at the head of the city saw that the air was full of large lanterns, which were magnificent, and they stretched their necks one by one and looked up.

The incense stick of the small box under the Kong Ming lantern burned to the string, the string broke, and the letters in the box fell like snowflakes.

Because of the varying lengths of the incense sticks, letters were sprinkled throughout the city of Seleucia, starting from the city.

The city of Seleucia suddenly became lively, and the people and soldiers exchanged their heads and talked about the situation of the war, and in the face of the wish of Artaban IV, their hearts were both eager and a little hesitant.

The guards picked up the letter in the city and handed it to Jiang Yin, and after the staff read it, they told Jiang Jian that the people in the city said that three days later, in the middle of the night, it was the general's turn to change the defense of the city, and he took the opportunity to open the city gate, and the location was the west gate where our army was stationed.

Jiang Jian was overjoyed, and after the arrangement was completed, he hurriedly came to find Li Yi.

Li Yi listened to it and said: "Zhong Yi, if the city of Celeucia is down, the rest of the empire is under the control of our army except for the west, and it is time to think about how to get rid of Artaban IV." ”

Jiang Jian said: "Your Majesty, there are thousands of elite people around Artaban IV, and they are inseparable from him, and it is very difficult to find opportunities. ”

Li Yi smiled mysteriously and said: "Don't worry, Zhong Yi, I have prepared a thousand jars of fine wine, and you can send someone to Artaban IV." ”

Jiang Jian hesitated and said, "Your Majesty, are you ......?" ”

Li Yi said with a smile: "Don't hide it from Zhongyi, a small amount of medicinal materials are added to the wine, and if you don't match it according to the monarch and ministers, after drinking it for a long time, you will definitely die." ”

Jiang Jian said: "I will arrange people and horses to give to Artaban IV." ”

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