Six hundred and fourteen timing
Macrinus is envious of an emperor like Liu Zhang, who is powerful and rich and has the absolute right to speak. It was an emperor who had come out of troubled times, not like he was an opportunistic emperor, and in essence they were different. One has experienced real bloodshed, and the other has relied on opportunism. Now when we go head-to-head, I can see from the attitude who is bad at courage. If Macrinus is given ten years, he may become a confident emperor, but unfortunately he will not have time.
Zhou Yu's side ordered the flags to be staggered, and the soldiers immediately prepared earthen cannons to face in the distance. At the sound of an order, more than 50 earthen cannons fired a salvo at the shore, and after a burst of explosions, you could see the churning of soldiers in the distance. But these soldiers could only watch from the shore as the earthen cannons fired, neither spears nor bows and arrows.
However, Rome as an empire naturally had large equipment, such as the ballista of pounding stones, a kind of catapult similar to a catapult stone. There is also a kind of building car, but these are for the city, and now it is obviously a bit slow to transport it. When Zhou Yu on the boat saw the large equipment that appeared behind the other party, he directly ordered the earthen cannon to aim and shoot. He didn't want to know if the enemy's weapons were good or not, he just had to destroy them all.
After an afternoon of blows, Macrinus simply threw thousands of corpses on the shore and retreated. Relying on the defensive line to hold on, there are too many fleets at sea for them to pass at all, so they can only let the Han people come down to have the impossibility of fighting and charging. Otherwise, if you continue to fight like this, you can only passively die.
On the first day, Liu Zhang did not give the order to get off the ship, but only tried it. Macrinus had only been in possession for a few months, and there were many people in the city who were not convinced of him. Liu Zhang came back with Momia, and naturally there would be people who took refuge in this Severus orthodox. What's more, with such a large army overwhelming, under this pressure, the city of Rome will inevitably be in chaos. However, Zhuge Jin has done a lot of good things here before, and indirectly told them that the Han people are not brutal.
Leah was very excited, and the big man just tried it, and they couldn't resist. This convinced him that he had taken the right step, and that he was one of the heroes of Momia's role as empress. Before he brought in the Han Chinese, Caracalla only rewarded some useless things. Follow Momia this time and you will definitely get a big reward.
"Empress, we can land tomorrow. Macrinus can't stop it at all, and the empress will inevitably return as long as she shouts out to Her Majesty's important ministers. Leah looked at Momia standing at the bow of the boat, this princess is really lucky.
Momia nodded and said, "Macrinus killed my brother and sister, and this time he will be killed. "For this Macrinus who killed her father, she actually hated it very much. Caracalla wasn't the best as an emperor, but he was good as a father.
Liu Zhang walked over and said with a smile: "It's all a trivial matter, Momia think about the aristocratic advice I gave you, and how to make the people support you in the future." With the support of the common people, these nobles are no match for you. With military power and the people in their hands, the nobility did not have to worry. "And if the people below don't rebel, but only with a few nobles? Hehe......
Liu Zhang is doing the war, and Liu Zhang doesn't need to think about the rest. To govern such a country, Liu Zhang only needs to give advice, and the lower level will be stable. Of course, there were so many nationalities in Rome that it took a little bit of integration. In this regard, they are much worse than the Han people, and they are more powerful than the Han people than the fusion culture, and there is no one who is more powerful than the Han people.
With Zhou Yu in Liu Zhang, he doesn't have to worry about the things on the ships at all, and he doesn't have to worry about the supplies at all after replenishing the supplies in Egypt. Liu Zhang's side has already started to enjoy dinner, and if they don't come tomorrow, Liu Zhang will land. A little bit of the shore was stationed on the large camp, and then someone came to surrender.
It was night, and the people in Rome still did not evacuate, and Liu Zhang stood on the bow of the ship and watched for a while before preparing to leave. They were also afraid that they and others would land overnight, but in fact they did not have anything to garrison in the camp, so it was naturally impossible to land. However, the small city in front of him, Liu Zhang can easily break through, and waiting is just to put pressure on Macrinus.
In fact, it is true, when he got up early in the morning of the second day, Zhou Yu came in a hurry: "Your Majesty, a few people secretly came over yesterday and were captured by our army, but they said that they wanted to see Momia. Looking at Momia who was enjoying a delicious meal on the side, I wonder if she is tired of eating breakfast here in Rome, and has a soft spot for the breakfast of the big man?
Liu Zhang nodded and said, "Bring it ......."
Soon, two men who looked quite strong were brought up, and the two people were not angry, and when they saw Momia, they immediately shouted: "Your Royal Highness, Princess, we are the subordinates of the first army commander Gallusgao, Macrinus has mastered the third and fourth army commanders, and the other second army commanders have been transferred to the front line, and General Gallusgao has no choice but to surrender Macrinus." Yesterday he learned that the princess had returned, and immediately contacted the rest of the people to prepare to kill Macrinus. ”
Momia asked in surprise: "Gallusgao is worthy of being his father's right-hand man, so who killed Hanchen in the concession?" ”
The man immediately said: "Back to Her Royal Highness the Princess, it is the Fourth Legion Commander Korros, the current situation around the area is very bad, the Second Legion Commander has been sent to Syria to stop Elagabalus, those people say that it is His Majesty's illegitimate son with Severus blood and wants to bring it back to the Emperor." "This news is very interesting.
Momia sneered: "Elagabarus? Interesting father's illegitimate son? It's really ridiculous, I don't know if it's the little person who passed out in that vein, and now it's actually become my father's bloodline? "Momia has a feeling that all dogs and cats have jumped out, and these people are all taking advantage of the opportunity to seize the throne.
Liu Zhang doesn't think it's ridiculous, and there are many more in China's history. What cats and dogs don't have? If you really can't do it, just give the monarchy divinely, I'm the Son of Heaven recognized by God, so doesn't it seem extraordinarily slippery? This is pediatrics, and Liu Zhang can't look down on it at all......
But the man said, "In three days' time, the princess, General Gallusgao will attack Macrius in the imperial city, and then the princess will cooperate in taking the imperial city and restore the glory of Severus." ”
Momia said lightly: "You go back in the evening, and in two days we will cooperate with General Gallusgao to attack Constantinople." "Don't worry at all, Liu Zhang is very strong. I had already seen those weapons yesterday, and I couldn't stop them at all.
Watching the two people being taken down to rest, Liu Zhang also saw the Roman army transporting equipment on the shore. It's ridiculous, the attack range of these things is not too far, a little worse than their own earthen cannons. Don't think about it in terms of power, you will never be able to hit Liu Zhang's treasure ship. The most terrible weapon in the era of cold weapons was the bed crossbow, but it is a pity that the Romans did not have such a terrible weapon. With a lethality of 1,500 meters, it can be pulled by more than a dozen people, and it is one of the pinnacle works of weapons in the era of cold weapons. During the Qing Dynasty, there should be this thing, tsk tsk......
The earthen cannon was ready, and as long as those weapons were pulled closer, a dozen rounds could be fired. Wooden things resist there, and in a few strokes they turn into slag of wood. As for the boat, it is even more impossible to come, there are people on duty day and night, and it is even more impractical to want to scuttle the treasure ship from below. Liu Zhang's main ship was iron-clad, and soldiers were inspecting it every day.
Since Momia has decided two days later, Liu Zhang will wait a while. The two people were sent back at night, and it was not ruled out that they were spies, but since Liu Zhang had landed, he was definitely not afraid of them. Don't think that you're great on a boat, but even better when you get off land.
Two days later, the shore was in shambles, the corpses in the distance were not cleaned up, and the broken chariots were all over the ground. Directly the three treasure ships docked, and the soldiers quickly rushed out. More than a dozen earthen cannons were also pulled out and waited for the battle, and the trappers trained by Gao Shun immediately rushed to the front row.
Although the Roman soldiers in the distance discovered that the Han Chinese had disembarked, no one dared to lead the charge. They have rushed dozens of times in the past few days, and there is nothing to gain except corpses or corpses. Their armor was not thick, their attire was simple, and when they died, it was miserable and hopeless.
Liu Zhang didn't know what it was like in the city, but from the past few days, it was estimated that it was the prelude to a storm. After all, Momia is back, and the chaos in the city needs a moment. Of course, it is also possible that they are preparing to wait for Liu Zhang's attack before chaos breaks out in the city. But it doesn't matter what it is, anyway, for Liu Zhang, it's okay to push flat. What a plot and tricks, all scum in front of the fist.
Zhou Yu and the others immediately rushed out, and Gao Shun finally got off the boat. Gao Shun's face was not very good all the way, not seasickness, but simply uncomfortable. But now that he's off land, he's much more comfortable. Looking at the other party's cowering battle formation in the distance, Gao Shun did not rush to charge.
He also understands now that the current war is no longer about people but about money. The rich Liu Zhang can use these firearms infinitely, which requires countless lives to fill this pit. But people will always be afraid, and in the end, the morale will be crushed and the war will be over. These soldiers of their own are only used to suppress the formation, to prevent the enemy's desperate charge, so as not to cause the overall collapse.
As the last shield, Gao Shun can only be used to suppress the formation rather than charge. But it didn't matter now, as the earthen artillery array was completed, Zhou Yu began to direct the soldiers to advance forward. Along the way, living on the side is better than camping, and simple protection is still needed. Of course, it is impossible for the treasure ship not to pay attention, and the camp on the shore only needs a few people.