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Chapter 237: The fierce battle at Thermopylae shocked the Great Zhou!

As soon as the words fell, Chu Yang and his personal soldiers quickly raised their shields.

Dense arrows flew through the air and landed on the shield, making a tinkling sound.

"These Persian barbarians are really good at shooting arrows!"

A personal soldier couldn't help but curse as he tried his best to block the rain of arrows.

"Talk less, save your energy, and pay attention to defense!"

Chu Yang growled, then stared straight ahead.

He saw that, under the cover of a rain of arrows, a group of Persian soldiers were crouching and cautiously moving towards the platform.

"They're coming! Get ready!"

Chu Yang took a deep breath and tightened his grip on the spear.

"kill!"

When the Persian soldiers entered the attack range and the arrows disappeared, Chu Yang roared and rushed out first.

"Kill!"

The personal soldiers behind him also roared and rushed forward following Chu Yang.

"boom!"

The shield in Chu Yang's hand hit a Persian soldier's chest hard, knocking him away.

"Pfft!"

Then he thrust the spear in his right hand fiercely, blood splattered, and Chu Yang ruthlessly harvested the enemy's lives.

The personal guards were like tigers descending from the mountains, unstoppable, chopping down the Persian soldiers one by one.

"what!"

"Help!"

Screams rang out one after another, and the platform of Thermopylae was soon filled with the corpses of Persian soldiers.

Chu Yang and his personal soldiers overlapped and formed a heavy infantry formation to resist the attack from the front.

Although their number was not large, each of them was an elite warrior capable of fighting ten enemies at once. With the help of the killing god Chu Yang, they managed to defeat the Persians in a short time.

"Damn it! Why are these people from Da Zhou so tenacious?"

A Persian general frowned as he watched the scene.

"General, what should we do now?"

A deputy general next to him asked.

"Pass the order down. Capture the platform at all costs!"

The Persian general said with gritted teeth.

"Yes!"

The deputy general responded and turned around to convey the order.

soon.

More Persian soldiers joined the battle, and the fighting on the platform became more intense.

Although Chu Yang and his personal soldiers were brave, they were outnumbered after all, and gradually began to lose strength.

"Your Highness, we can't hold on any longer!"

A personal soldier shouted loudly, his tone filled with anxiety.

Chu Yang also knew that the situation was critical, but he was not panicked at all.

"Why panic!"

Chu Yang roared, wielded his spear and pierced through a Persian soldier who rushed in front of him, then said in a deep voice: "We are tired, but they are more tired than us!"

"Yes!"

Upon hearing this, the bodyguards continued to fight bravely. This time they did not push the bodies off the cliff, but blocked them on the platform.

Stopped the advance of the Persian army!

For a while.

At Wenquan Pass, shouts of killing shook the sky and the smell of blood filled the air.

Chu Yang shot a Persian soldier away with his spear, and blood splashed on his face, but he didn't care.

"Come on! You Persian barbarians, grandpa hasn't killed enough of you!"

The personal soldiers were also blood-thirsty, and the swords and spears in their hands seemed to have turned into the scythes of the god of death, reaping the lives of the Persian soldiers.

"Your Highness is mighty!"

"Kill all these Persians!"

The morale of the soldiers was high, but Chu Yang felt increasingly heavy in his heart.

He knew that this was not a solution and that his few men would be exhausted sooner or later.

"We must find a way to break through..."

Chu Yang waved his spear while anxiously thinking of countermeasures.

And at this time.

Far away at the western border of the Great Zhou, Zhang Liao and his men who were guarding the place were pacing anxiously in their tents.

"Report!"

A scout ran in hurriedly.

"General, the spies have reported that Your Highness was attacked by the Persian army at Thermopylae. The situation is critical!"

"what?!"

Zhang Liao was horrified when he heard this. He grabbed the scout by the collar and shouted, "What did you say? Say it again!"

The scout was startled by Zhang Liao and stammered.

"The Persians sent out a million troops to attack Thermopylae. Your Highness led hundreds of personal soldiers to defend the pass. It has been..."

"Already what? Tell me!"

Zhang Liao was extremely anxious and wished he could pull out the scout's tongue.

“I can’t stand it anymore!”

"That's unreasonable!"

Zhang Liao pushed the scout away and shouted, "Damn you Persian barbarians! How dare you launch a surprise attack while Your Highness is alone in deep territory!"

"General Zhang, what should we do now?"

Xing Daorong on the side asked anxiously. He had long been unable to hold back and wanted to rush to Wenquan Pass to rescue the emperor.

Zhao Yun also stood up and said in a deep voice: "General Zhang, give the order! I am willing to lead the cavalry to attack the Persian army and rescue His Highness!"

Zhang Liao took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down.

He knew that now was not the time to be impulsive.

at this time.

Military advisor Zhang Liang walked into the tent calmly.

"Don't panic, generals. I have a good plan to keep your highness safe."

"What brilliant plan does the military advisor have?" Zhang Liao and others asked hurriedly.

Zhang Liang walked to the map, pointed to an area behind Wenquan Pass and said.

"This is right behind the Persian army and where Cyrus is. There is a small path here."

Zhang Liao and others looked in the direction of Zhang Liang's finger, and suddenly they understood.

"What does the military advisor mean?"

Zhang Liang smiled and continued, "I suggest that General Zhao Yun lead all the cavalry, and General Xing Daorong lead the Xuelong, Shenji, Beiwei, and Zhenqi troops, and go around this path to the rear of the Persian army."

"In this way, the Persian army will certainly be in chaos, and Your Highness will be safe."

"What a plan!"

When Zhang Liao and others heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up and they all praised.

"The military advisor is brilliant!"

"This is a great plan!"

"I will prepare it right away!"

Zhang Liang waved his hand, signaling everyone to stay calm, then turned to Zhao Yun and Xing Daorong and said.

"Two generals, this journey is extremely dangerous. Please be careful and do not fight to the death. Wait until the enemy army is in chaos and then return quickly!"

"promise!"

Zhao Yun and Xing Daorong took the order, turned around and strode out of the tent.

"Iron Pagoda Cavalry, listen to my orders!"

"exist!"

"Follow this general to fight. Target: the rear of the Persian army!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

At the western border of the Great Zhou, iron hooves are rolling and the cries of killing are deafening!

at the same time.

When the news reached the capital of the Great Zhou, the whole government was shocked.

"What? The Persians are attacking?!"

"A million troops?! What...what should we do?"

"How can the Seventh Prince resist alone?"

"It's over, it's over, the Great Zhou is going to perish!"

For a time, the whole of Kyoto fell into panic.

The people of the Great Zhou were talking about this and were in panic.

In the court, the ministers were in chaos. Some advocated peace talks, some advocated moving the capital, and some were simply so scared that they could not speak.

Only a few people with discerning eyes were thinking about something else at this moment.

"Seventh Prince has finally taken action! It seems that the Great Zhou still needs the Seventh Prince."

"Yes, the Crown Prince and several other princes were still waiting and watching. I didn't expect that it was His Highness the Seventh Prince who stood up in the end."

"Your Highness the Seventh Prince has really turned the tide!"

"Alas, I just hope that His Highness the Seventh Prince will be blessed with good fortune and return safely."

the other side.

In the Xiongnu territory, the north wind howled, blowing up yellow sand all over the sky.

Crown Prince Chu Zhenzhou looked at the undulating tents in front of him with a frown on his face.

"Sir, Chu Yang is fighting fiercely at the western border. Should we go and help him?"

Chu Zhenzhou turned and looked at the counselor Liu Ji beside him.

Liu Ji thought for a moment and narrowed his eyes, as if he could see the war thousands of miles away through the wind and sand.

"Your Highness, I will help you, of course."

"But what?" Chu Zhenzhou was puzzled.

"Your Highness, our Seventh Prince is no pushover. He is now fully grown. If we help him now, he will..."

Liu Ji hesitated to speak, but Chu Zhenzhou naturally understood the interests involved.

"Sir, do you mean that we should hold back?"

"Exactly! If we send too many, our strength will be unstable. If we send too few, we're afraid we'll give others a reason to criticize us and lose the support of the nobles."

Liu Ji's eyes gleamed, "In my opinion, why not send 10,000 elite soldiers and recruit 100,000 farmers, claiming to be an army of 200,000, to provide support."

Chu Zhenzhou couldn't help but burst into laughter when he heard this.

"Sir, you are brilliant! Only you can come up with this bluffing trick!"

at the same time.

Qiongzhou is thousands of miles away.

The second prince Chu Hai was discussing the next countermeasures with the sixth prince Chu Jiang and the fourth prince Chu He.

"Second brother, now that Chu Yang is fighting fiercely in the west, shouldn't we also take action?"

There was a hint of anxiety in Chu He's tone.

Chu Jiang's face was solemn. He shook his head and said, "Fourth brother, don't forget that the total number of our troops is only a few tens of thousands. How can we compete with Chu Yang?"

Chu Hai had a gloomy expression. He wanted to take the opportunity to expand his power, but the reality forced him to act cautiously.

"Sixth brother is right. The most important thing for us now is to accumulate strength and wait and see what happens."

"Are we just going to watch Chu Yang take the lead?" Chu He said unwillingly.

"of course not!"

A hint of ruthlessness flashed in Chu Hai's eyes. "We can secretly win over other forces, and at the same time we must step up the training of soldiers to improve their combat effectiveness."

"It seems that this is the only way for now."

The princes looked at each other, as if they were tacitly approving some plan.