The time of three days was fast coming, and outside the western gate of Seleucia, Jiang Jian commanded the army of Artaban IV to approach quietly.

At midnight, the torches at the head of the city waved, and Jiang Jian saw it, ordering a general of Aldaban IV to lead the troops forward.

The gates creaked open, and the general of Aldaban IV burst into the city, and the defenders at the head of the city did not move.

Jiang Jian also thought that if the enemy army used a fraudulent surrender plan, he would sacrifice a small number of men and horses, but now it seems that the general at the head of the city is sincerely surrendering, putting his mind at ease, urging the army, and quickly entering the city.

It took a long time for all the men and horses of Aldaban IV to enter the city, and Jiang Jian personally led an elite army to the north gate.

At this time, in the city of Seleucia, Woolworth had already received the news, and in desperation, he still arranged for soldiers to resist.

Jiang Jian led the men and horses, all the way to the north gate, the defenders of the city gate were attacked on both sides, and Jiang Jian successfully seized control of the north gate, opened the north gate, and the Tang cavalry outside the north gate roared into the city.

When Woolworths heard that his side was retreating, and that Artaban IV's men and the Don army had entered the city in large numbers, and that both gates had been opened, he knew that the city of Seleucia could not be saved.

The so-called trapped beast is still fighting, and Woolworths led his personal guards to also enter the battle circle.

How could the thousands of Woolworths people change the tide of the battle, the fighting Woolworths did not notice that one of the generals who fought with him looked at him with a hint of treachery and a hint of pride.

This general, who is typical of his work, quietly gestures to his cronies, and a group of people slowly approach Woolworths.

It was all a family, and Woolworths' personal guards didn't think much about it, and the general approached Woolworths smoothly, and suddenly swung his knife and slashed him in the back.

Woolworths was in pain, and when he looked back in a hurry, he couldn't help but be furious, and was about to open his mouth to scold, when the general's second knife arrived, and Woolworths was stabbed in the neck and knocked off the horse.

When the guards saw it, they surrounded the general. The generals and cronies who were originally thinking of opportunism were killed in an instant.

The death of Vorvos caused the rest of the army to be in turmoil, and the city of Seleucia was broken by the coalition forces after a day of fighting.

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Artaban IV looked at the wine sent by the Emperor of the Tang State in front of him, and his heart was very happy, what a good omen, the Emperor of the Tang State deliberately showed favor to me, and when Jiang Jian helped me capture the city of Seleucia, the last army of Vologasis would disappear, and the land of rest would soon be all mine. Wait until I control the whole territory of peace, I'm sorry, General Jiang Yin, your ability is too prominent, and it is impossible for you to occupy military power for a long time, if you know the current affairs, obediently return to your Tang Kingdom, if you refuse to hand over the military power, hehehe, don't blame Lao Tzu for being unkind to you.

While thinking about the future, Artaban IV tasted the wine, well, the wine of the Tang Kingdom tasted really good, thinking of the old subordinates who worked hard for themselves, Aldaban IV shouted: "Come on!" ”

Artaban IV said to his soldiers: "The wine of the Tang Kingdom tastes endlessly, and according to this list, each general and official will give them thirty jars." ”

The soldier smacked his lips, forcibly sucked the saliva back into his stomach, received the warrant, took the list, and busily sent the wine.

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In the city, Li Yi admired the beautiful city, and sighed to Guo Jia and others: "The civilization of the two rivers is indeed worthy of its name, after our army occupies Anxi and stabilizes the political situation, we must vigorously develop local agriculture, make Anxi a big rear, and then map Rome." ”

Guo Jia said: "The Roman Emperor Caracalla was arrogant and lascivious, unpopular with the people, and blindly relied on the military, which caused the Senate to complain. Is it okay for our army to stay and rest and wait and see what happens? ”

Li Yi said: "In the south of the Rest Empire, called the Arabian Peninsula, on the peninsula, the Arabs mostly live in a tribal situation, whether it is the Seleucian Dynasty or the period of the Rest Empire, they all look up to their noses, and now our army is here, the Arabs are still waiting, I intend to divide an army, occupy the Arabian Peninsula, plunder its youth, assist the Yun Long Army, and speed up the excavation of the canal, so as to facilitate the Tang Navy to enter the Mediterranean Sea and disrupt Rome." ”

Li Yi has been living in the city of Seleucia during this time, and has been thinking about how to unite people's hearts, and there is no doubt that doctrine is the best means.

However, the teachings of various schools in China, from the first emperor of Qin Shi Huang to burn books and pit Confucianism, to Dong Zhongshu's proposal to depose the hundred schools, respect Confucianism, and the situation of a hundred schools of thought no longer existing, the Han Confucianism is respected, and the rest of the schools have declined, and the study of Huang Lao is still respected in the early days of the Han Dynasty, and now Taoism has become a rat crossing the street after the Yellow Turban Uprising; Zhang Lu's Wudou Rice Sect has been carried forward well in Hanzhong, but when religion and policy are involved, everything has changed for the better.

Li Yi remembered a sentence from later generations, white lotus, red flowers, green lotus leaves, and the three religions turned out to be one family. It is said that there are similarities in the teachings of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and in the final analysis, they are all to educate the world, but the means are different.

Li Yi was born under the red flag in later generations, grew up in New China, worshiped the founding ancestor in his heart, believed in atheism, as a special soldier, he really did not feel cold to Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and made contributions to the country the greatest wish in his heart. Since the crossing, the level of contact has changed, and the understanding has also changed, and now how to maintain one's rule is a daily consideration.

How do you do it? Zhang Jiao is undoubtedly the most successful one, in just a dozen years, millions of believers, unveiled the rod, directly shook the foundation of the Han Dynasty, Taoism seems to be very set in terms of demagogy. So use Taoism to unite people's hearts and promote Taoism on the territory occupied by the Tang Dynasty? What if someone with ulterior motives takes advantage of this opportunity? Li Yi had a headache.

The three religions turned out to be one family, one family? Li Yi secretly thought, what if the three religions of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism were synthesized and a Protestant religion was founded? What about the candidates? Li Yi thought about it for a whole month, but he didn't figure it out.

At this time, Li Yi received the following report, the Roman Emperor Caracalla unexpectedly executed the leader and had his army burn and plunder the entire city when the people of Alexandria organized to celebrate his arrival, because Caracalla claimed that he had killed Gaita in self-defense. After the news spread, there was turmoil in Rome and it began to become very unstable.

Li Yi relied on his intuition and felt that this was an opportunity to deal with the Roman Empire.

In fact, in another time and place in Roman history, when the inhabitants of Alexandria heard Caracalla claim that they were killing Geeta in self-defense, they wrote a satirical script to ridicule this and other atrocities of Caracalla.

In 215 AD, when Caracalla organized his arrival in Alexandria, he unexpectedly executed the leader and had his army burn and plunder the city.

Since then, there have been many opponents of Caracalla within the Roman Empire. These opponents, overt and covertly, posed a great threat to Caracalla's rule. Caracalla was even killed: in 217 AD, Carrick set out from Edessa to go to war with Parthia, only to be ironically assassinated by the guard Julius Maltialys near Haran. And it was none other than one of Caracalla's opponents, the Guard Consul Macrinus, who orchestrated the assassination.

After Caracalla was killed, Macrinus proclaimed himself emperor and proclaimed his son Diadumenian emperor as emperor and ruled Rome with him.

In order to maintain domestic stability, Macrinus signed an unequal treaty with Vologasis VI, ending the war with Vologasis VI.

Macrinus changed the style of Severus and cut military spending, which led to extreme dissatisfaction with the army.

At this time, Severus's sister-in-law, Caracalla's aunt, Yulia Maisa, jumped out, and this scheming woman provoked a rebellion, and the guards, who were already dissatisfied with Macrinus, killed Macrinus and his son Diadumenian.

Yulia Maisa made her thirteen-year-old grandson Elagabarus emperor, and Yulia Maisa was certainly not willing to retreat into the background, and this woman, like the ambitious women of the past, began to listen to the government, and the Roman Empire entered the era of women.

Elagabalus didn't know which tendon was wrong, he worshipped the gods of the East, and he was old and extravagant, ignoring state affairs, and had a very bad relationship with the Senate and the army. Yulia Maisha saw how good it would be to go on like this, since he could help you to the stage, he could also kick you down, and in this way, Eragabalus, who had been emperor for four years, was killed by the guards with the acquiescence of Yulia Maisha. Yulia Maisha also made a fourteen-year-old grandson, Alexander Severus, emperor.

In this time and space, although Macrinus was killed in the battle against the Tang army, Li Yi believed that Rome had no shortage of careerists and would definitely jump out against Caracalla, and Rome would also fall into civil strife.

Therefore, Li Yi was very happy when he heard the news, the more chaotic Rome was, the more beneficial it would be to the Tang army.

Li Yi looked at Guo Jia and asked, "Fengxiao, can you put a little pressure on Rome by Chen Bing on the Roman border?" ”

Guo Jia laughed and said: "In order to stabilize his power, Emperor Caracalla must make concessions, and sending troops at this time can grab the greatest benefits." ”

Li Yi looked at Sima Yi and asked, "What does Zhongda mean?" ”

Sima Yi said with a smile: "It's just that Artaban IV is still here, and his men and horses control the western region of the Rest Empire, how can our army pass?" ”

"Haha, I'm afraid that Artaban IV will not be able to protect himself at this time. Zhongda, you inform Jiang Jian and ask him to investigate the situation of Ardaban IV, and at the same time let Jiang Jian take advantage of Ardaban IV Chen, so as to facilitate the passage of our army. ”

Sima Yi agreed and hurriedly went out to write a letter.