"The end of the Sui River is this river, and it has been thousands of miles away. If there is no water temple dragon boat matter, there is not much talk about Yu Gong. This is a poem by the Tang Dynasty poet Pi Rixiu. When the Sui Dynasty fell, most people attributed the responsibility to Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty forcibly conscripting the people and digging the Grand Canal, but Pi Rixiu saw the convenience brought by the Grand Canal to the people of the country from a unique perspective, and compared the opening of the Grand Canal to Dayu's water control, and praised it.

The men and horses led by Guan Yu passed through the Arabian Peninsula, and due to the participation of Ma Chao and Deng Ai, the young team snowballed. When they came to Egypt, the defenders of the city of Giis immediately led their troops into battle and lined up against the enemy. At this time, Egypt had long since belonged to the Roman Empire, and the era of Cleopatra was long gone. Egypt was just a province of the Roman Empire.

Guan Yu narrowed his Danfeng eyes, squinted at the Roman general opposite, and ordered the interpreter to pass forward, "Egypt and Libya have both been ceded to the Han Dynasty, and now that the Han army has arrived, why do you still send troops to fight?" ”

When the defender of the city of Giis was a confidant of the governor of Egypt, named Ptolemis, he exclaimed: "As the commander of the city of Giis, I have not received a warrant from the governor. Your Han Kingdom invaded the territory of our Great Roman Empire for no reason, and you have to fight. ”

Guan Yu sneered, kicked the war horse under his crotch, the war horse understood, roared, and galloped with his head held high, Guan Yu picked up the Qinglong Yanyue Knife, and slashed at Ptolemis. Where did Ptolemis think that the Han general on the opposite side was still a quick temper, crossed the spear, held it high above the top, and resisted Guan Yu's big sword. Ptolemis's overestimation of his strength, the Qinglong Glaive Knife weighed eighty-two catties, under the fierce urging of Guan Yu, no less than the power of a thousand catties, where was the spear of Ptolemis's spear forbidden, and the sound of "snap" was broken into two, and the big knife was unabated, hitting the door of Tolemis's head.

With just one move, Guan Yu killed Tollemis in seconds, the battlefield was silent for a while, the needle drop could be heard, and the back of the Roman soldier was "rubbing" in a cold sweat. Guan Yu's big sword was held high, and the big man behind him rode like a mountain and a sea, roaring out and rushing straight into the enemy formation.

The Roman soldier general is dead, where is there any fighting spirit, seeing the Han army swarming forward, he turned around and ran. Guan Yu led the troops to chase and went straight down to the city of Giis. Giis was the gateway to Alexandria, the capital of Egypt, and when the city fell, the governor of Egypt, Antonio, was shocked to learn the news.

Antonio was sent to Egypt to serve as governor during Severus's reign, Macrinus killed Severus's son Caracalla, and Severus's other son Geta died at the hands of the Han army, Antonio's hatred for Macrinus and the Han army is the same. The humiliating treaty signed between Macrinus and Han, as a member of one party, how could Antonio not be clear? Egypt is the hard-earned land of Julius Caesar, how could Antonio give it away? Therefore, Antonio did not even glance at the edict of Macrinus ceding land and withdrawing from Egypt. Now that the Han army is approaching the city, whether it is a battle or a surrender, Antonio has already made up his mind. In the face of the powerful Han army, Antonio was already alone at this time, and the Roman Empire had already regarded Egypt as an outcast, and everything in Egypt had to rely on itself.

Guan Yu was in the city of Giis and sent a messenger to Alexandria to find the Egyptian governor Antonio and ask for Egyptian land. Antonio was furious, cut off the messenger's ear, and drove him out of Alexandria.

Guan Yu looked at the embarrassed messenger, a wave of anger rose in his chest, and after comforting the messenger with kind words, he summoned Ma Chao and Deng Ai to discuss attacking Alexandria.

Deng Ai said: "General Guan, the Romans did not keep their word, refused to hand over the land of Egypt, and resisted stubbornly in the city. Our army can divide our troops and horses to attack the city of Alexandria and capture the governor of Egypt alive; While surveying the terrain and digging the canal. ”

Ma Chao said: "I am willing to raise troops to attack Alexandria, force the governor of Egypt, and hand over the land of Egypt." ”

Guan Yu groaned and said: "Capturing Egypt and digging canals are both top priorities. The two cities of Memphis and Antini, south of Alexandria, were also on guard. When the young man dug the canal, he also had to prevent the Egyptians from coming to make trouble. It's hard to think about it all over the place. ”

Deng Ai said: "Why don't you ask General Guan Ping and Zhou Cang to supervise the excavation of the canal?" ”

Guan Yu raised his eyebrows, laughed loudly and said, "Shi Zai is really a wise man." Meng Qi and I raised troops to attack Alexandria, and Shizai attacked Memphis, so as to relieve Guan Ping and Zhou Cang's worries as soon as possible. ”

Guan Ping said on the side: "The canal is nameless, and I ask my father to give me a name." ”

Guan Yu said proudly: "The emperor once said that this canal is of great significance to connect the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. ”

The people under the tent shouted loudly.

Alexandria was moved to this place by Antony's time in order to send troops to attack the Parthian Dynasty, and after consulting with Cleopatra, the capital of Egypt was moved to this place. Antony was bewitched by Cleopatra's bright colors, and his relationship with Octavian was strained, and Antony was finally killed, and the East and West Rome joined forces.

Guan Yu and Ma Chao led the men to Alexandria, which is located on the banks of the Nile River, with beautiful scenery and charming scenery. Guan Yu looked at the beautiful scenery in front of him and couldn't help but say, "In the desert of Egypt, there is such a beautiful scenery? ”

Ma Chao was also intoxicated by the natural scenery, and replied casually: "It's a pity that such a wonderful scenery has to be dyed red by blood." ”

Guan Yu laughed: "Only by fighting can the beautiful scenery belong to the Han Dynasty." ”

Antonio knew the strength of the Han army, and defended the city and did not dare to fight. The Han army surrounded Simen and began to prepare for the siege.

Guan Ping and Zhou Cang sent fast horses to survey the terrain between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean, and draw figures. Based on first-hand information, students from the Dahan Inland Water Conservancy School conducted detailed surveys and drew the first drawings of the Dahan Canal. The drawings flew to Guan Yu, Liu Ye, and Liu Ze. Liu Ze was on his way back to Beijing at the moment, and when he saw the drawings of the canal, he was very happy in his heart, and he approved the word "quasi".

Outside Alexandria, there was a dense line of stone-throwing carts, and the collected boulders were lined up around them, waiting for the order to attack.

Guan Yu looked at the guards at the head of the city, his heart was sad, and as soon as the battle began, he didn't know how many lives had disappeared in the fierce offensive and defensive battles. As the scheduled time for the attack came, Guan Yu put away the chaotic thoughts in his heart and shouted, "The siege begins." ”

The stone-throwing cart started, and the huge stones flew towards the city, and the ignorant guards were smashed with blood, and the survivors came to their senses and panicked on the city. After all, although Egypt was relatively close to Persia, the tactics and tactics of the Han army were still unknown to the Egyptian soldiers in the era of relatively closed information. When Antonio heard that the Han army was attacking the city with huge stones, he climbed to the lookout in the middle of the city and hurriedly ordered the soldiers at the head of the city to go down to the city to avoid the boulders.