The Roman army camp is about 100 miles away from the city of Shache.
Since Liu Xiu led an army of 300,000 into the territory of rest in September last year, he wanted to watch the decisive battle between Xiang Yu and Wu Qi on the wall, take advantage of the fisherman, and take the opportunity to seize the territory.
But what Liu Xiu didn't expect was that when the Roman army had just arrived in Babylon, Xiang Yu and Alexander were both defeated, Alexander lost the fortress Shachecheng, and Xiang Yu lost the dangerous Blue Horse Pass, one was beaten by the Han army, and the other was choked by the Han army.
After trekking thousands of miles from Rome, Liu Xiu didn't want to return in vain, so he fought with Wu Qi for a while, but did not take any advantage, so he had no choice but to unite Alexander and Xiang Yu to launch a three-sided attack on Wu Qi's army.
However, the Han army, which won Shachecheng and Lanma Pass, occupied a geographical advantage and coped with it easily; Wu Qi, Su Lie, and Tian Dan are all handsome talents who can take charge alone, and they do not have any disadvantage in terms of troops.
The coalition army led by Alexander was defeated one after another, Xiang Yu returned at the Blue Horse Pass, and Liu Xiu's Roman army lost about 40,000 troops before and after the storming of Shache City, which can be said to have hit a wall everywhere.
As the reinforcements led by Yue Fei approached step by step, Liu Xiu had the intention of retreating, so he quietly moved the camp of the Roman army back, retreated seven or eight miles to the west in one day, and moved one hundred and ten miles west in ten days.
In order to ensure the way back, Liu Xiu ordered Deng Yu, Ma Shanwei, and Pisero, three generals, to each lead 20,000 horses to the west, occupying several dangerous passes respectively to ensure the way back, so as not to be copied by Wu Qi and wrapped dumplings.
At the same time, additional scouts were sent to make a detour to Great Xia to spy on Xiang Yu's movements and see how he dealt with Yue Fei's legion in the overwhelming realm At noon, two horsemen came from the northwest, a man and a woman, both with yellow-skinned faces.
It was none other than Lu Zhi and Gao Sishen who escaped from Mulu City.
The Roman soldiers on patrol whistled and surrounded them from all sides, raising their spears in their hands and shouting in unison: "Whoever comes, dismount quickly and be bound, otherwise the swords and guns will be merciless."
Lu Pheasant followed Su Bao to meet Liu Xiu, and also learned some simple Roman dialect, and immediately arched his hand and said: "Please go back and report to Marshal Liu Xiu, just say that Lu Zhi, the envoy of Prime Minister Su Bao, came to visit and has important military reports."
Su Bao had been awarded the position by Liu Bang and had a certain influence in the Roman army, and when he heard that the other party claimed to be a messenger sent by Su Bao, these Roman soldiers collected their spears, took Lu Zhi and Gao Sishen to the gate of the camp to wait, and sent people into the camp to ask Liu Xiu.
Liu Xiu is about thirty years old, eight feet tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and is extraordinary.
At this moment, he was discussing the next strategy with Wu Han, Ma Yuan, Geng Yi, Louis, Gauls and others, and was hesitant about whether to withdraw his troops.
Wu Han, Louis, Gauls and others advocated a rapid retreat, because with the reinforcement of Yue Fei's army, the Han army in the rest of the territory has reached 800,000, even if the Roman army and the rest of the army combined has no chance of winning, rather than continue to lose troops here, it is better to retreat to Rome quickly.
However, Ma Yuan and Geng Yi believed that if the Roman army retreated, the empire would be completely destroyed within a year.
At that time, the Han army will carry the power of victory, and lead the collected rest and surrender soldiers, which will exceed one million, and the next step will definitely be to whip westward and point the sword at Rome.
At that time, the situation of the Han Empire sweeping the world will be irreversible, and instead of sitting and waiting to be killed, it is better to fight a decisive battle with the Han army in the territory of rest and keep the enemy out of the country.
Although the vassal states in the rest of the territory have their own ghosts, there are at least about 300,000 in number, and then unite their own side and Xiang Yu's Great Xia army, although the strength is slightly inferior to the Han army, but it is difficult to predict who will die.
Even if the Han army can win in the end, it will inevitably be a situation where 1,000 enemies are killed and 800 are self-inflicted, and even if more than 200,000 Roman troops are killed and wounded, it will make the Han army pay a heavy price, and it will inevitably be unable to conquer Rome in a short period of time.
Once the two armies of Wu Qi and Yue Fei suffered heavy casualties, the Han army would inevitably be unable to march westward, and Liu Wei did not know when he would be able to pacify Tang and Wei.
Even if Liu Wei can destroy Tang Wei, maybe he will pay a huge price, if he sends a million troops from the territory of the Han Empire to the west, traveling thousands of miles, and the supply of grain and grass will be consumed hugely, I am afraid that it will not be able to support it in a short period of time with the financial resources of the Han Empire.
As long as the Han Chinese could not conquer the west within three or five years, the Roman Empire would inevitably recover and organize a million-strong army to rest in peace.
Waiting for an opportunity to counter Guishan, calm the anti-Han forces in the territory, and drive the Han army back to the east step by step, after a long time, the advantage of the Han people will be wiped out.
The two sides insisted on their own words, the mother-in-law said that the mother-in-law was reasonable, and the quarrel was red-faced, Liu Xiu was difficult to make a decision for a while, and he decided to wait for the news from the Great Xia Kingdom to come back before making a decision.
At this moment, the leader of the patrol strode to the marshal's tent to report: "Report to the marshal, there are two Han people outside the door, claiming to be envoys sent by Lord Su Bao, coming from Mulu City, there is important news to meet the marshal" Liu Xiu was overjoyed and took the case: "Okay, Lu Zhi came at the right time, it's just a charcoal in the snow, quickly bring him into the handsome tent to talk" A moment later, Lu Zhi and Gao Sixiang entered the tent under the leadership of a Roman military general, and paid homage to Liu Xiushi together, "I have seen Marshal Liu" Liu Xiu returned the salute: "Miss Lu has worked hard along the way" Lu Zhi waved his sleeves to fan the wind and enjoy the coolness, panting and said: "We are about to die of heat along the way, and we finally live to see the marshal."
Liu Xiu immediately instructed the soldiers to bring a few watermelons to quench the thirst of Lu Zhi and the others, but the two didn't care about thanking them, picked up the watermelons in the sand and devoured them, feasting on them, and couldn't care about maintaining their demeanor and reserve.
Seeing that Lu Zhi had almost eaten, Liu Xiu asked with a smile: "Miss Lu, didn't Lord Su Bao say that he would go to Mulu City to bring Xiang Yu's princess Yu to our Rome, why has there been no movement for more than half a year, and he didn't give me a message back, what is the reason, is it that Xiang Yu does not agree to let Yu Ji be a hostage, or Lord Su Yu has changed his hexagram?"
Wu Han echoed beside him: "What the marshal said is extremely true, in order to reinforce Xiang Yu, Lord Zai Heng was sincere, sent our 300,000 troops to help, consumed an unknown amount of grain and grass, and took the lives of 40,000 soldiers outside Shache City, whether Xiang Yu has the sincerity to form an alliance throughout the ages, there are many people who ask for others to send their children as hostages, let him send a woman is so difficult, how can it be done by Xiaoxiong" Lu Pheasant raised his sleeve and wiped the corners of his mouth, muttering: "It's not that Xiang Yu disagrees, but Lord Su was captured by the Han army, and Yu Ji was also captured by the Han army."
Liu Xiu was taken aback: "Why didn't you report it earlier if you were caught, is this a trick played by Xiang Yu?"
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