By February, the imperial capital of Parthia, Taixifeng, had been besieged for three months. During the three months, the food supply of the defenders gradually became a little too low.

Although the Huns' encirclement has always left a hole intentionally or unintentionally, and even deliberately put many grain transport teams from all over Parthia into the city.

But if you go in and want to get out again, it will not be so easy. Therefore, the more grain transport teams enter the city, the more people the city is.

By now, more than 300,000 soldiers and civilians have been hoarded in the city of Taixi.

The daily consumption of food and drinking water is astronomical.

Gradually, the food transported in can no longer keep up with the city's consumption.

What's even more terrifying is that since the Taixifeng was besieged in December last year, the defenders have tried more than 70 out of the city to fight more than 70 times.

Without exception, all were defeated, and at least more than half of the field battles were wiped out.

Even Parthia's most brave general, Vlachio, the grandson of Mitrati II, was killed in battle. His head was picked up with a long pole and hung in front of the formation.

This situation made the Parthian slaves who had no idea about military affairs understand that Tessifon could not be defended.

Those "Xia people" who claimed to be "Da Wei" from the East will sooner or later invade the Taixi lockdown, and then kill all the nobles and men in the entire city!

Just like when Parthia destroyed Seleucus.

Then, these conquerors from the East will become the new rulers of this land.

However, most slaves and citizens have no feelings about this future.

Because, for the Persians, who accounted for the majority of the population in the Taixi lockdown, they have been slaves of the country since hundreds of years ago.

The Macedonians, the Seleucids, and the Parthians took turns to be kings.

The descendants of the great Cyrus and Darius have been living under someone's roof for a long time, so they don't care about changing their masters again.

In this city, the Parthians, especially the Parthian nobles, looked at the vast army of the country that encircled Taisie and their servants with concern all day long.

During the Han-Hungary War, the Huns learned to build field camps.

And in the distant Xideng land, they have sufficient staff to help them build.

Therefore, over the past three months, the Huns have continuously driven a large number of slaves to strengthen their camps.

The military camps were built into hedgehog-like camps.

The camps were built with rammed earth, local wood and stones, up to two or three meters high. With the ability of the Parthians, it was impossible to even get close to them, let alone conquering them.

In addition, the Huns also built hundreds of counterweight trenchers and countless siege towers, and already had all the ability to capture Taixifeng.

But they chose to siege instead of attacking.

This made the surrounded Parthian nobles live like years in torture and worry.

"What are they waiting for?" Every day, Getalzes asked himself this question.

Unfortunately, he couldn't figure out why those conquerors from the East chose to siege instead of attacking.

Because, in the history of wars between Parthia, Seleucid, Rome, Greece, and even Macedonians, this has never happened.

The army was at the city of war, and had a huge advantage, but did not choose to attack.

This choice is puzzling and puzzling.

It also puts great psychological pressure on the Parthians in the city.

It is like a knife hanging around the neck, extremely sharp. As long as it falls, the body and head will be separated.

But the executioner just held the handle of the knife, neither swung it down nor pulled it away.

This feeling made this Parthian royal family member unable to sleep all night.

So, he finally couldn't bear the torment and went to discuss with his elder brother Odros, who had just led his army to help from Parthia.

Odros was eight years older than Gertalzes. He kept the traditional thick beard of Parthians and wore a robe with a very obvious Hellenistic color. His forehead was already bald, so he used to wearing a round hat to cover his bald forehead.

Gertardes is completely different. He is a Zoroastrian and is very unfriendly to Greek culture and Greeks.

Therefore, for a long time, these two brothers have the same power as water and fire.

Even when their father was alive, they still faced each other's tit-for-tat.

But when Getalzes pushed open Odros's door, the two brothers who were about to hate each other when they met each other enthusiastically hugged each other.

"Brother, I really thank you for being here in Taixifeng!" Getalzes hugged his brother tightly and said intimately.

"Brother, I'm also very happy that you can come to see me!" Odros said enthusiastically.

He led Gertards to his room, where candles had been lit, and a map that had been seized from the enemy was hung on the wall.

Getalzes was attracted by this map at a glance.

Because its surveying and mapping technology and accuracy are far beyond Getalzes' imagination.

However, the square characters marked on the map made him a little uncomfortable.

"Dear brother, look..." Odros stood in front of the map: "This is the Xia people map I got in Medes... In order to get it, more than 300 people died in my personal guard..."

“But it’s worth it!”

Getalzes nodded, looked at the map in a daze and said, "This is a priceless treasure!"

The Parthians had never seen such detailed and sophisticated maps.

On this map, mountains, rivers, plains, cities and military fortresses are all visible and marked.

But, the square characters are used.

Although Getalzes couldn't understand these square words, he knew the meaning of these words.

"The Xia people call us rest..." Odros said: "And they call themselves 'Great Wei'..." He imitated the enemy's speech and awkwardly said the difficult name: "If we use our grammar, it should be 'hihi', and if it is pronounced in Greek, it should be 'seres'."

"And the country of the East where they came should be a country called 'Zhendan'. He is located in the place where the sun rises. I call that place 'Qinnistein'..."

"Brother, what do you mean by saying these words?" Getalzes didn't understand.

Odros sighed and said, "Brother, you may not know yet, Medes has been lost..."

"The Governor of Medi, whom we appointed, surrendered to those conquerors last month, and the entire Medi region fell into the hands of that emperor!"

When Getalzes heard this, his whole body was shocked.

What does the fall of Medes mean? He knew it better.

That means that Parthia has no danger to defend the old nest of the rising Parthians.

It also means that enemies from the East have used their abilities to cut off the connection between Rome and Parthia, at least the Romans dare not come to support with all their strength.

In this way, the enemies outside the city just need to surround Taixifeng, which is enough to starve and die of thirst.

All Parthians were surrounded and killed here.

It was also until this moment that Getalzes finally understood the intention of the Emperor of the Great Wei to kill all the Parthians in this Taixifeng.

He did not intend to copy the traditions of this land for hundreds of years and slowly assimilate and digest his enemies in hundreds of years.

He wanted to break the entire backbone of Parthia in one stroke and then wipe the Parthians out of the river of history.

Bury the glory of Emperor Alshak, the glory of His Majesty Mitrati I and His Majesty II!

Gertards then trembled all over.

But Odros looked at the map in front of him and was extremely ecstatic. After a long time, he said, "Dear brother, do you think that we are at a loss and will surely die?"

"It seems that it does..." Before Getalzes could answer, Odros said to himself: "Now, the environment we are facing is even more dangerous than the desperate situations that the Persians, Seleucids and Medes faced back then!

"We are surrounded here, with no way to escape and no way to retreat..."

"And the reinforcements we can count on are delayed in the future and may never come back..."

"The courage and wisdom of the Romans are probably worse than that of mice!" Odros was deeply influenced by Greek civilization. He even traveled to Rome, so he knew very well what the Romans, especially the senators in the Senate were thinking.

Those guys probably didn't realize the horror of the enemy they were facing. They would only focus on restraining Sura, and even try every means to pull the lifelong dictator back.

Just like Hannibal of Carthage back then, until Hannibal attacked his homeland, the Roman Senate was still arguing and guarding against those who controlled the army.

Even after Hannibal crossed the Alps, they remained the same.

During Hannibal's time, the Romans were lucky. Hannibal's army lacked successors and support, and had to deal with the nobles and veterans in Carthage like the Roman generals.

But this time, no one dared to pull the hindrance of their emperor by those conquerors from the East.

And their army was far stronger than Hannibal's Carthage army, and had more materials and resources.

More importantly, these conquerors from the East can build, organize, and know how to win people's hearts. They also know how to use sabers to establish a solid top-down centralization.

This system, Biparthia, Egypt, Rome, and many times adopted by this system were advanced.

But in three years, Khorasan and Akazir, whom they controlled and ruled, became their granary.

The grain produced and the tax collected were more than three times that of the Parthians in the past!

This is enough to support them in taking all military actions, and even while the troops surrounded Taixifeng, they can still support conquests in various places.

So, once these people completely control and rule the East.

So……
To be continued...