Rome.

In the main hall surrounded by marble columns, the surroundings are transparent, the early autumn sun shines lazily in, and the maid drags her white robe past the heroic and upright guards, and the woman's voice continues to sound here.

“…… Which regiment are you a soldier in? Come down, I'll let the clerk go and check, it's been preached everywhere outside that His Majesty is seriously injured and waiting for rescue in Constantine, then you! Warrior of Rome, you were sent back by Your Majesty? Or a coward on the run? ”

Beyond the stone staircase, next to the throne hanging above the first place, a rather imposing female voice echoed above the palace of the court, named Julia Dom raised her chin high, looking down at the kneeling soldiers below, she was Severus's wife, and ignored the rumors outside, but as time went on, the matter spread all over the streets and alleys, and the nobles and nobles in the city, and even the Senate also sent people to the palace to inquire about the matter, and she was all prevaricated, after all, the front battle, if there was any more chaos in the rear, wait for Severus to return, How many people will suffer.

Below, the soldier hung his face, he was a soldier, and he didn't have too many words to detour.

"Anatolia suffered a great defeat, and it is indeed true that Your Majesty has a broken arm, and now the Celeus are stepping up their offensive across the sea, and there is only one Constantine that has no way to resist their attack, and the morale of the various legions is also very bad because of the defeat, so Your Majesty sent me back, hoping to bring the Great Prince to the front line and cheer up the army."

As his voice fell, the surrounding palace guards couldn't help but look over, and in the silence, the woman sitting on the side of the throne frowned, letting the prince contact the army was already a clear signal, but letting a boy who had just turned sixteen go to the front line was also a huge risk. Thinking about it, the queen swayed, and her eyes flashed complicated: "You go down, send troops to rescue me, and I will discuss with the Senate......"

"But Your Majesty, I can't wait...... The Cylius are already preparing siege engines, and they will soon cross the ......"

"Guards! Take him down! ”

The struggling figure was dragged out of the place by the soldiers who came over from side to side. Julia got up and walked briskly to the apse, and crossed the long column-eaves corridor to a garden with a pool, where a beautiful woman was tending to the withering flowers, and when she heard the footsteps, she turned her head and smiled: "Why is my sister here?" ”

"The soldier who returned from the front brought news of His Majesty's request for help, and he asked Caracalla to go to Constantine to lift the morale of the army." The situation was a bit serious, and Julia directly told the whole story to her sister Julia Misa on the other side.

The corner of the woman's mouth curled slightly, and she tore off a withered petal: "This is a good thing, won't your son Caracalla inherit the throne smoothly?" Or are you more worried that if the war over there doesn't improve, our eldest prince will stay there forever? ”

"What can you do? Julia. ”

The beautiful woman moved closer to the queen and whispered softly in her ear for a while, and then the two looked at each other and laughed, and in the afternoon of the same day, Julia walked into the senate in the name of the queen to discuss the matter of sending troops to rescue Constantine, but in addition, she also made it clear: "Your Majesty is seriously wounded, the reinforcements are still on the way to death, one country is at war with another, there must be an emperor in charge of the overall situation, Caracalla my son, Severus's eldest son, he has the right and duty to work for this country all his life!" ”

The words were clear, but there were also opposing voices, Severus had two sons, although the Senate was not subordinate to the emperor, but there would also be a choice to support the side, but in the middle of the dispute, a soldier came in from outside, whispered a few words to the commander of the Praetorian Guard, the latter's face changed suddenly, and he walked over heavily.

"Queen, and ladies and gentlemen, news has just come from the south of Rome that an army of the Cylius has appeared on our southern coastline, and they have routed two armies along the way, burned three harbors, and are now heading for the city of Rome......."

Meanwhile.

The scorched earth spread, the scorched wood with the remnants of the flames drifted into the sky, the soldier fixed his shield, rushed through the blood line with the blade, missed the spear that stabbed him, and flew to the ground to throw the Romans on the opposite side, the knife edge frantically cut the opponent's face to the ground, and in front, there were enemies swarming, and when he slashed at his head, an arrow slashed over the head of the Jiangdong soldier and shot the Romans to the ground.

On the back of a galloping horse, with a cloak unfurled, and under a red-tasseled iron helmet, the veteran with a white beard held his bow and arrows and kept shooting at the Romans rushing around, and the bowstring vibrated one, two, four...... The quiver was empty, and he took out the phoenix-beaked knife hanging on the side of the horse, and cut off the head of a centurion with a horizontal mane and iron helmet in front of him with his backhand, and lifted it into the sky.

"Great Qin people! Can you know if the veteran is a big man—" he shouted.

The surrounding Jingzhou soldiers are also pouring up, forming a gun formation, or holding up a bow and crossbow to shoot, in front, more and more Romans gathered, counterattacking here, and then repelled by spears and bows and arrows, and the corpses of people are piled up on the front line, on their side, a team of 2,000 cavalry teams unfolded in a roundabout way, the general at the forefront of the charge, brandished a big gun, smashed on the shield, the crack of the spider web spread rapidly, and then exploded, and the people behind the shield flew out upside down together, crashing into the pile, The entire formation staggered at this moment.

And in the next second, the iron rider was like a dragon and chiseled into it, dragging out a river of blood.

On this day, the Han army that suddenly came from the sea hit the Romans on the southern coast of the Italian Peninsula by surprise, and a large number of routs rushed towards the city of Rome, among the dead and wounded, some people also organized resistance, and then were defeated again, retreated, and at the end of September, Caracalla, who was sitting in Rome, ascended the throne at the age of sixteen, and the counterattack was also launched in the south. As for the rescue of the north, it was temporarily shelved, or selectively forgotten.

"Solve the torture of the Cylius near Rome before it is possible to rescue Constantine." There are also some immature faces, and the new Roman emperor with the nickname Caracalla shows a slight maturity.

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In mid-October, the sky was overcast.

It is difficult to see the sun in the morning, the Western Expeditionary Army has been in a state of war, the sound of repairing and building weapons in the craftsman camp is tinkling, the soldiers who have been recuperating for a long time lead their horses to reappear on the field, the military camp that was originally just a lively military camp gradually became solemn, and the caravans that came and went between the roads disappeared on this day as if they had received orders.

Gongsun Zhi wiped the blade, slowly inserted it into the seven-star scabbard, and led the son next to him out of the camp. ”

"Well, it's been long enough, we can't wait any longer, 230,000 Great Qin people, we all fight down, we can't stop just because of a trench." He raised his hand, and the surrounding guards and wolf cavalry and archers turned over and got on their horses, and in the wind, their hands were clenched into fists and pressed forward: "...... blow the wolf howl, let's go——"

Wow!

Woo woo –

The wolf howl sounded, drifted away into the distance, the horn of war was also blowing, in the camp with the word "and" flag, among the largest tents, the candle flame had just been extinguished, the green smoke was filled, the man kneeling behind the desk, his temples were already gray, when he heard the horn sounded, he slowly opened his eyes, as if there was lightning passing through his eyes.

Outside the tent, the iron armor collided, and Gao Shun strode in with an iron helmet: "Wen Hou, let's go!" ”

"Hmm!"

The mighty figure responded lightly, and the hand hanging down on his side was a spiritual position-the position of his younger brother Zhang Yang. The footsteps retreated, Lu Bu slowly got up and put the spiritual position in place, "Uncle Zhi, for my brother, I will show you what the realm of the Great Qin people is like." He turned around, reached out and took the Fang Tian painting halberd on the shelf, and strode out.

Outside, the state cavalry looked over on horseback. The golden crown and the beast-faced head swallowing armor reflected everyone's sight, Lu Bu turned over and shook the halberd, and on his tall body, there was a unique heroism of northern men: "Let's go and see what Rome is like, do you want to see it?" ”

"Willing to be the pioneer of Wenhou!"

In the midst of countless sounds, the earth moved, the autumn wind blew all things yellow, the yellow and hard hay was then trampled by the roar of horses' hooves, and the armored cavalry galloped up, rushed out of the gate and began to assemble in the field. Lu Bu in the rear walked slowly at a fast speed, looking at the gloomy sky, turned his head, and Gao Shun approached on horseback not far away.

"Where's Lingqi?"

"I've been notified, it's time to come back."

In the rear camp, the vendors gathered and were gathering and leaving, and the curly-haired red rabbit horse followed slowly behind a man and a woman in front, and from time to time the sound of the horn spewed rough air and whipped hooves, as if to remind her that it was time to go.

"..... hesitate, say what you want to say, I'm leaving!" The girl's eyes widened, but the young man next to her was a little red, and she took out a box from her arms with a twist, "This ..... I bought." ”

The box opened, and there was a ring of delicate colors, set with a circle of tiny red gemstones, which was very beautiful.

"I asked you to come out, I just wanted to give it to you......"

"Got it, got it! I'm leaving-" Lu Lingqi reached out and grabbed the ring in the young man's hand, lowered her head and walked back on the horse, and when she turned the direction, she glared back viciously: "...... don't look at me like this!" ”

"No....I don't.....then I think it's ..... anyway."

"I can't-"

In Lu Xun'ah. With a sound, the curly-haired red rabbit squirted, spread his hooves and ran, the red cloak rolled, and under the red feather, the girl finally exhaled: "Uncle Gao said that if you want to pass each other, you won't be bullied in the future..... it seems that Uncle Gao hasn't married yet..... how does he know?" ”

Tilting his head slightly and quietly looking back, the figure was getting farther and farther behind him, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl, and he couldn't help but smile.

“…… Still standing there, what a fool. ”

After that, return to the army.

…….

At the same time as the countless armies were advancing, far away on the other side of the trench, Constantine and Severus were lying on a stretcher, in the withered garden, watching the withered scene, and the message from Rome was heard in their ears.

At a certain moment, he suddenly stood up from the stretcher, threw the letter that he had snatched from the officer's hand and threw it on the ground, stomped several times, and his weak body shook after violent movements.

“.…… I asked him to come to Constantine to face him, and as my son, it was his duty...... How could the Cylius run to Italy, how could he run under the city of Rome....... he was lying to me...... He knew I was going to die...... He succeeded to the throne in Rome first......"

The old man with a broken arm looked at a withered and drooping flower stalk, and his blue lips trembled: "My son became emperor in Rome...... So what am I? ”

Poof-

A mouthful of blood suddenly spurted out from between his lips, and the whole person trembled instantly, and the guards "Your Majesty!" At the sound of his voice, he slowly turned around, opened his mouth, showed his bloodstained teeth, and looked at the gloomy sky clouds, his eyes gradually fading in color.

"I curse you...... and those who have turned their backs on me. ”

The voice stopped abruptly, and the body fell backwards with a thud, and in the vertical and horizontal life, a sentence was drawn in this withered flower garden.

However, the blade did not stop with the death of one person, and continued to spread.