Chapter 54: The Wounded Army
"Sure enough, it's infighting. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Anne saw that Li Xiubing's deserters did not enter the city, but instead made a detour to the south, and said with some emotion.
The pursuit of the Romans was soon over, and Anne was very restrained and did not follow near the city of the plains. Although he won all the way to this point, it was not easy to conquer the largest city of the Samhan people.
"Is there any movement in the mountain city?" When Anne returned to the camp, she saw Carey Road.
"No, they're very calm." Kerry spread his hands and said helplessly, and then looked at the three Han soldiers who were escorted, "Although it is said that it is not a problem to feed so many slaves that we can teleport the granary attached to the barracks, but it is not easy for us to solve the problem quickly and save resources." ”
"These Sanhan people are the key to conquering the mountain city, why do you think I arrested so many people." Anne looked at Kerry and continued: "We don't have more than three times the strength of the other side, the strong attack is too great for our casualties, the siege can only be cut off, it is indeed effective for a long time, but we don't have time to continue to consume here." ”
"Why don't you let our comrades who suppressed the Greeks divide their forces to support us?" Kerry hesitated a little, this is a dilemma, the blow is lightened for either side, as long as the other party is given a chance to breathe, it is possible to turn the tables.
The military coordination between Samhan and the Greeks was forcefully cut off by the Romans, but the Roman army was forced to divide into two lines against their respective main forces.
"There is no need to call them for support, the Greeks don't have many points to consume, and from the casualties, the points we killed and wounded give them are completely unable to make up for their battle losses, maintaining this advantage and suppressing all the Greeks to a corner of the coast, this is the established survival strategy." Anne said in a deep voice.
"So how do you break the deadlock?" Kerry looked at Anne and said, "We need more combat power, even if it is to contain the surprise attack of the troops of Plains City, so that we can't attack this mountain city with all our might." ”
"Can you help?" Anne turned to look to the east, "Kerry, is there any latest movement on the Huaxia civilization?" ”
"No, their forces did gather a lot of people, but they didn't seem to be coming in this direction, and most of them remained in place." Kerry said quietly, and was a little puzzled in his heart, according to the characteristics of the Chinese people, it is impossible not to take advantage of this plain city at this time, if the other party comes to rob it, the Roman army is not enough to have a bargaining chip with the other party, and it is likely to use this as a boundary to carve up the south.
"They're our fighting force, after all, we've helped each other." Hearing that Huaxia's troops were gathering but not moving, Anne smiled meaningfully, turned her head to look at Kerry and continued: "Call that Huaxia replicant under your command, I need to write a letter and give it to their alliance leader." ”
"Write a letter?" Carey wondered, although he didn't understand much, but he would never object to Anne's idea, after all, it was witnessed by the value of survival, and he quickly did so.
A man dressed in the uniform of an ordinary Roman soldier received the order, and soon ran over with some nervousness, "My lord, what is the matter with you calling the villain?" Although he wore a Roman military uniform, his face was very different from the people around him, with black hair, yellow skin, and the face of a Chinese person, which made him very conspicuous.
"Are you literate? Can you help me write a letter? Anne asked directly.
"The villain has been in a private school for a few years, and some simple words are no problem at all." The visitor said nervously, a little afraid to look directly at Anne's face.
"Very well, follow me to the big tent." Although she didn't understand what the other party meant by the private school, Anne immediately set off after confirming that there was no problem with the other party.
Taihu Lake area, the western capital.
Standing on top of the towering pagoda, looking down on the entire city from the top floor, this feeling is something Chen Xiaochu has never had, unlike the modern Huaxia Kingdom, there are not so many high-rise buildings in the world here, as if this pagoda is the world's tallest building.
Zhao Ruyan in front of her was wearing a military uniform, and the white cloak set off a trace of heroism, since she talked to herself once, she seemed to really treat herself as her own person, and even this pagoda that could almost overlook the whole realm agreed to bring herself up.
"Here we are." Zhao Ruyan said softly, as if she was talking to Chen Xiaochu, and seemed to be talking to herself, looking at the eastern region with a somewhat solemn look.
"Did the herald say that someone from the east was coming?" Chen Xiaochu asked, looking in the direction of Zhao Ruyan's line of sight, and sure enough, on the horizon, the army was slowly marching towards the western capital.
"Yes, you just joined us, you don't know much about many regions and the current situation, and after the convergence with the army in the south, we will have a detailed discussion meeting, and then you will know that we generally belong to the members of the Chinese civilization seeds in the western region, and there are also people from our civilization on the other side of the central region, the eastern region, the far north and the southern strait, but they can be connected with each other, that is, the civilization seeds concentrated in this large river basin." Zhao Ruyan explained unhurriedly.
"There are so many of us?" Chen Xiaochu listened to Zhao Ruyan's narration, and felt a sense of encouragement, as if the pressure of survival was partly shared by many people.
"The current strategic layout is based on the results of the previous agreement, but the plan can never catch up with the changes, in fact, we should have more people." Zhao Ruyan smiled a little bitterly, as if she remembered something.
"By the way, the alliance leader, about the Anne of the Roman civilization~" Although Chen Xiaochu was a little hesitant in his heart, he still asked, the previous layout seemed to be to give up his territory to the Romans, if most people agreed, wouldn't it be very difficult for the alliance leader to change.
"The fourth day of fighting was unusually brutal, and you were saved by Anne that day." Zhao Ruyan paused, and then continued: "It can be said that on that day, the current basic pattern was decided, at that time, we had not yet obtained the support of the Rus civilization, facing a huge threat from the nomadic system, and there was no Persian civilization seed on our side, some of the Chinese civilization seeds were still fighting infighting, clinging to people from other civilizations, so befriending the Romans and fighting against the nomadic system at the same time is a very realistic survival strategy, and most people agree." ”
"But ,,。" Chen Xiaochu wanted to say something, but was immediately interrupted by Zhao Ruyan.
"I know what you're trying to say, this is not the same as it used to be, reality is the basis that determines everything, what I have with Anne is only a verbal agreement, and it is the existence of reality that determines the outcome." Zhao Ruyan said. "Treaties between civilizations do not have the spirit of contract or are morally binding in the same way as ordinary people. Because this is a mutual compromise reached in order to survive, the degree and amount of acceptance is determined by how much survival benefits are gained, China and Rome, each takes what it needs, and I have helped some of them. ”
"To consume your own survival interests for the sake of enforcing the treaty is just a mediocrity living under moral constraints, and your worries will not happen. Within civilization, such restraints are real because we have the power to enforce a moral order so that people cannot harm each other. When there is no third party to bind the treaty between two civilizations, the existence of this kind of treaty morality is only a conjecture, and only the philistines will blame it, and the stupid people will be unwilling to change it, because they have completely forgotten the original purpose of the treaty, which is an extension of the illusion protected by the power of the enforced morality. ”
After listening to what Zhao Ruyan said, Chen Xiaochu roughly understood the attitude of this alliance leader, "That's right, if the alliance leader can't protect the interests of the alliance members, how can he get the support of the members, as I told me before, he will give Wu Fan the watch, as something he deserves to guard the north, is it hinting at me?" As long as you follow her strategic layout, you can get your own survival benefits. ”
"Alliance leader, I'm Miao Jialin, I've already received the people, but the army I brought over lost half of the manpower, and the other party dispatched the Templars, which seem to be the main force of English civilization." On Zhao Ruyan's floating screen, a short-haired woman wearing light armor appeared, with a very capable feeling, the only thing that was incongruous was that her face was still stained with a trace of blood.
"Everyone's injured?" The approaching army could already see the general appearance, and Chen Xiaochu observed that this was an army that had just retreated from the bloody battlefield.