When the Battle of Egypt began, the offensive and defensive battle of Antioch, which was located on the battlefield on the northern front, was also in full swing.
Antioch City.
This is the capital of the province of Antioch.
The walls were three feet high.
Within the city walls, the hidden fortresses unique to the western land are connected, forming an impregnable defensive line.
Before the city wall, as the vanguard army led by Ma Chao and Cao Zhen marched all the way, the main force of the army led by Sun Quan and Lu Bu personally drove straight into the city without hindrance, and in less than five days, the main force of soldiers and horses had already approached the city.
As the Wu army approached the city of Antioch with a steady stream of soldiers and horses, for the army in the city of Antioch, it seemed that there was an atmosphere where Mount Tai was pressing on the top and the sky was falling.
The Roman soldiers in the city stood on the city wall and looked out, all they saw were camp tents, and they couldn't see the camp and the overwhelming battle flags on the side, which made them a little frightened, and the soldiers who lacked courage had been overwhelmed by the momentum outside the city.
"They're finally here" Standing on top of a fortress, Olvili stared at the continuous camps outside the city, with a solemn expression: "The battle of Antioch will be the most difficult battle in my life for Alvili, for the future of the empire, for the faith of God, I will fight this battle at any cost."
In this battle, he must have to pay a heavy price.
But for the ultimate victory of the empire, he is willing to fight desperately, play the demeanor of the empire, and play the future of the empire.
"Chax" "Your Excellency the Pope" "You lead the Knights Templar to quickly depart before the Eastern Demons besiege the city, and return to Rome in the shortest possible time."
"Dear Pope, I, Chaks, am willing to fight to the death for the Empire, please allow your knights, under the witness of God, to fight for you" Chucks stood beside him with a straight body and a bright armor like a hill, and said reverently.
"Chaks, God has never abandoned us, he will definitely see our efforts, now His Majesty needs you, you go" Alveli shook his head: "Even if this battle is defeated, you can't lose it here, this is not the final decisive battle, this is just a warm-up before the decisive battle, I, Alveli, can die, because I have completed my mission, and you, Chucks, the first fierce general of the empire, you will be on the real battlefield, bloom your glory" In this battle, he can take the Germanic Legion, the Crusader, and the Parthian Legion, but he will never take the Templar Order, which will always be a cavalry that can always go straight to the heart of the Eastern Devil.
"God above, I, Chaks, fight only for His Holiness the Pope" Chacks said persistently.
"Chucks, please believe me, I can leave alive, I Alveli will not die here so easily" Orvili pointed to the continuous army outside, and his voice was confident: "Even if the Eastern Demons outside the city are endless, even if I am defeated, I can survive, because I am Alveli, a slave of God" "His Excellency the Pope" "Don't say it" Alveli said in a deep voice: "Now Your Majesty needs you, although the Predator Legion and the Apollo Legion have returned safely, but if you want to imprison them and regain military power, Your Majesty needs the help of the Templar Order, we are all fighting for the Empire, fighting for God, and dying without complaint."
The return of the two legions had an element of his connivance.
It was very difficult to find a suitable reason to withdraw the troops, and the only way to do this was to let these soldiers and horses retreat bit by bit.
When the real is fake, the fake is also true.
Caracalla and Geita want to fight for power, that's a fact.
But they weren't the ones who could get the two legions back to Rome.
It's Severus.
The wise Roman Emperor.
However, if you want to regain control of the two troops, you must have a strong backing force, otherwise even if Severus intervenes, it will be difficult for Caracalla and Gaita, whose wings have become a little hard, to hand over the power.
"My most respected Pope, may God bless you" Chacks sighed gloomily, then gave Orvelly a pious salute before turning away decisively.
Orvili didn't look back, his eyes stared at a golden dragon emperor banner outside the city, a cold smile rose at the corner of his mouth, his expression became resolute and Xiao killed, and his voice was like a rainbow: "Enemies from the east, come, I've dug a grave for you here, I'll be here, bury you" Outside the city, dozens of miles of company camps, one by one battle flags flying in the wind, momentum rushing towards the face, like surging waves, endless.
At this moment, the weather has begun to enter autumn.
The autumn breeze is cool.
In the imperial tent, Sun Quan put on a piece of paper, holding a golden hairy pen, and was carefully reviewing the book: "Ziyu, this one is back, the pace of the cabinet is getting bigger and bigger, suppress it appropriately" "Your Majesty is talking about the Grand Canal on the northern route" Zhuge Jin frowned: "It seems that the Ministry of Industry has obtained a loan of up to 300 million yuan from Dawu Qianzhuang, and the scale of the North Canal is very large, even surpassing the Yishui River in Jicheng and digging into the northern grassland, didn't this bill be affirmed by the Imperial Court at the beginning of this year?"
"I agreed, but they pushed too fast, or rather, the Ministry of Industry was too anxious."
Sun Quan shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Although the world in the Central Plains is stable now, in fact, the undercurrent is surging, and it is still mainly to appease the people's hearts and cultivate agriculture.
"The minister understands" Zhuge Jin nodded, took the book, and said, "I'll call back."
He understood what Sun Quan meant.
Now the imperial court needs to focus on the western campaign, although the income and grain reserves of the treasury are still stable and can support the war for three years, but no one knows when this campaign will end.
At this time, it is not advisable for the imperial court to make a big move, the wounded treasury is too deep, and if the treasury does not have grain in stock, this battle will even be forced to stop.
This is definitely not something that Sun Quan wants to see.
"Shi Yuan, has Sun Bofu arrived" Sun Quan brushed and reviewed the book for a few points, and then focused on the upcoming battle, he looked at Pang Tong next to him, and asked in a deep voice.
"Not yet" When Pang Tong heard this, he hurriedly shook his head, and then arched his hand, saying: "Lord Shangshu is responsible for supervising the safety of grain and the entire logistics transportation this time, and it will take at least one month before he can reach the battlefield."
"What is the current situation of food and grass in the army?"
"It should be able to survive for about two months" Pang Tong said with a smile: "A few years ago, Cao Chang rebelled, but His Majesty let go of such a rebellious thief in order to use Xun Yu, and the minister still felt a little pity, but now it seems that Xun Yu's value as a patrol envoy to the five western states is much greater than killing a Cao Zhang's shocking people's hearts, if it were not for the strong support of the five western states and the food support of the Central Plains, the army of more than one million in the western battlefield would not last for half a month."
Most of the grain in the western battlefield today has been accumulated by the five western states in the past few years, and a few years ago the five western states were still poor and white, but now, the five western states can provide more than one million troops with grain and grass for nearly half a year.
"If Xun Wen is a good minister, how can he be called Wang Zuozhicai, how can he be a general" Sun Quan picked up a cup of tea, took a sip, and smiled indifferently: "Although he doesn't say that he has completely surrendered to my Great Wu court, he doesn't have too much hostility to the court, since he is willing to stay in the west and govern the six western states like a barbarian state for the court, it can be regarded as a good destination."
"Your Majesty, the minister has a doubt" Zhuge Jin suddenly spoke.
"Say" "Syria has been defeated, but His Majesty does not let the cabinet intervene, what does this mean" "This is what I plan to divide the heroes" Sun Quan unreservedly stated his plan, and said in a deep voice to the two henchmen: "Syria, Antioch, Egypt, once they are all defeated, I plan to seal them all, and now the territory of the imperial court is already very large, if the greed is insufficient, it will form a bloated management system, which is not good for the imperial court."
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this needs to be decreed as soon as possible, now the generals and soldiers in the army, many people are staring at Syria, some people are bright, suspicious of each other, everyone wants a fief, this is the foundation of being able to establish a temple and a long clan inheritance" Pang Tong said.
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"True" Sun Quan nodded, once he got the land that was divided, it was equivalent to getting a territory that could inherit the clan, but it was to establish a country, build a temple, and extend the descendants, what a glory this is, how many people are not moved.
Sun Quan had already planned in his heart, after he canonized Armenia as Lü Bu's territory, he had already made a comprehensive plan, and the European territories that he had conquered in the future, as well as the American territories that had begun to be developed now, would be divided in the future.
He is not a god after all, and he has no control over what will happen in the future.
But he can do some planning for the future.
Trying to govern the western land is unrealistic nowadays.
At present, the transportation is not very convenient, from east to west, it is too far, and being able to send troops to the expedition is already the limit of what he can do, even if he conquers it, it is easy to manage the tens of millions of people of the Roman Empire.
But as long as he seals off all these territories, then the fierce generals and ministers under his command will rack their brains to defend their own territories.
This is the attitude towards public property and towards private property.
Attitude is everything.
They will do whatever it takes to gain a foothold in the west.
I thought that in the future, one vassal state after another would stand under the land of Western Europe and America.
He felt a sense of accomplishment in his heart.
"At present, although the province of Syria has been defeated, but it cannot be immediately divided, this territory I plan to leave a few old ministers for retirement, how many ministers of the imperial court have made countless contributions, they are now unable to fight, I can't forget them, this territory doesn't care first, and Antioch City, it's a good place, pass on my order, tomorrow to attack the city, the first to enter the city, for the first credit, if anyone can break the city, Antioch City will belong to whom" Sun Quan's golden mouth and jade words, every word is true, and his voice is loud.
"Your Majesty's Order" Pang Tong and Zhuge Jin quickly passed on Sun Quan's holy decree.
"The first to enter the city is the first to merit" "Whoever can break through Antioch, this city will be rewarded to whom, Your Majesty Chrysostom said, such an opportunity must not be missed" "Commander, such a good opportunity, let's go and ask the commander for battle" "At any cost, you must enter the city first" "Commander, our army asks for orders to attack the city first for the death squad" “” With the issuance of a holy decree from Sun Quan, the morale of the Wu soldiers who had not yet started the war had already climbed to a boiling point, and all the Wu soldiers were full of strength and wanted to be the first in this battle.
In a large camp, several main generals sat together, looked at each other, and smiled bitterly one after another.
"Your Majesty's move is ruthless" Lu Bu's eyes lit up slightly.
However, he was not impressed, as the first vassal king of the Great Wu Dynasty to act as a fief, he had reached the peak.
Although he passed the throne to his son Lu Chong, he was already satisfied.
At this moment, Lu Bu only has one wish, he wants to conquer the Roman Empire and achieve a prestige that will be passed down through everything, and everything else is empty for him.
"We also talked about how to improve the morale of the siege a little, but His Majesty's holy decree does not need our encouragement at all, we also need to suppress their momentum, after all, it is not a good thing to rush too hard" Zhuge Liang's voice was calm.
It's not that he isn't moved, but even if he is excited, he will be as calm as the waves on the lake, not moving at all.
"Anyway, Your Majesty has already done the preliminary work for us, how we fight next, Your Majesty will not care, but we need to let Your Majesty see the best result" Pan Feng said coldly: "If this battle can't be fought well, we will all live up to Your Majesty's expectations."
"That's a good statement," Zu Mao said: "Antioch is a heavy city, this city was once the capital of the Seleucid Empire, the walls are so high and thick that even the red cannons can't penetrate it, if we want to break the city, we need to think of some good ways."
"I think the most important thing now is to test the forces in the city," Zhou Yu said.
"It's better for me to lead my troops to fight first" Ma Chao's eyes flashed, his voice was like thunder, and his fighting spirit was like a rainbow.
"No, the soldiers and horses in the city haven't figured it out, I think it's better to let the red-clothed cannons bombard" "It's okay" "Chuan Ding Feng" Lu Bu pondered for a moment and shouted.
"The last general, Ding Feng, meet the generals" The young warrior Ding Fengyu entered and bowed his head.
"Ding Feng" Lu Bu raised the order and threw it: "A certain family, as the head of the military aircraft, ordered you, tonight, a hundred red-clothed cannons will fire in succession, and 3,000 shells will be bombarded in a row, and there is no need to save pills, blow them up, blow them up, no matter if there are people or not, blow them up, I need to give the city a shock" "The End Will Understand" Ding was ordered to leave.
In the Imperial Tent.
Sun Quan issued a holy decree, but he was relieved, he was the emperor, some things, only one attitude is enough, and the next thing, there are countless people who have done it for him.
He is now reading news from the battlefield in Egypt: "It seems that the fourth war zone has been injured a lot."
"It's me who underestimated the enemy" Pang Tong said: "We underestimate the Roman army, the Roman Empire is also an empire that dominates an era, and there are countless fierce generals and wise generals under its command, how can it not fight back, this counterattack can be regarded as giving us a head start, and then we need to deal with it more carefully" "Zhao Yun didn't ask for help" "Dawu God of War, how could he be a person who casually asks for help, if he is forced to have no way out, he will never open his mouth to ask for help, but in his own name, he borrowed a batch of medicinal herbs from Mesopotamia and the First War Zone" "Where's the grain?"
"I don't know about this, but the night attack of the Roman army, under the burning of the company camp, has burned all the stored thunder in the fourth theater, and now they don't have this weapon, so they can only fight hard, and it is estimated that even if there is still much food left," Pang Tong said.
"Do you think Zilong can survive this?"
asked Sun Quan.
"Yes" Zhuge Jin and Pang Tong said in unison.
"So confident" Sun Quan was a little surprised.
"I believe in His Majesty's vision," Zhuge Jin said.
"Commander Zhao Zilong is a stronger and stronger person" Pang Tong said: "Besides, as far as I know, the Governor of Li Ru has rushed to Egypt, and he seems to be intent on plotting against the governor of the Egyptian provinces, which will be the biggest weakness of Augustus's legion." t1706231537: