Compared to the Templars, the phalanx of the trap army was not as strong as the Templars, but it was not at all as imposing as the Templars.

The heavily armed guards rushed to their target with murderous swords in hand, 1,500 people raised their swords and fell, and 1,500 wooden stakes with thick bowls were broken at the roots. This kind of lethality can be imagined, if it is cut on a person, it must be cut off at the waist.

While the Empire was in a murderous military exercise, and even the medics were busy showing off their quick and effective first aid skills, one team was quietly busy with the task at hand, seating tools through and through, which was very boring.

It was so boring that the audience didn't bother to pay attention and didn't attract any attention.

They are the Empire's Engineer Corps.

The deserted situation lasted until an hour after the parade began, and Zang Ba, the chief general of the engineering regiment of the parade, trotted to Luan Yi's high platform, and after saluting, he raised his voice and asked: "Your Majesty, the engineer corps is ready." Request a walkthrough. ”

"Accurate!"

After Zang Ba raised his hand and saluted, he returned to the military formation where the sappers were, "Prepare for the artillery array!" ”

Twenty artillery pieces and twenty thunderbolts were withdrawn, and a hundred paces away from them was an earthen wall seven feet high, three feet wide, and twenty feet long. The scale of a wall like this is already up to the standard of the walls of some vassal kingdoms.

In the face of such a wall, Zang Ba ordered the artillery and thunderbolt to fire together, and the deafening roar and the trembling feeling of the earth immediately attracted the attention of everyone.

Under the watchful eyes of more than 30,000 pairs of eyes in the audience, 20 black cannonballs and more than 400 hand melons smashed on the tall earthen wall a hundred paces away.

The scorching flames, accompanied by the visible explosion wave spread out on the earthen wall, under the action of the powerful explosive force, the earth, tiles collapsed everywhere, and the huge city wall withstood a round of bombardment - the women's wall, the arrow tower and other bunkers disappeared without a trace, and the city tower was crumbling and almost toppling.

"Reload!" Sappers were busy back and forth, clearing magazines. Loaded with gunpowder, breeches, leads, shells in one go, "boom, boom...... After the dust disappeared, people were shocked to find that the earthen wall seven zhang high and three zhang wide had disappeared from view, becoming a pile of remnants in the sea of smoke and fire.......

"My good man, it's gone...... Our Lady blesses. The people of the empire were stunned and drew crosses on their chests. After a tense and shocking moment, they jumped from their seats and clapped their hands desperately to convey their awe and approval to the Empire's sappers.

Unlike the jubilant people of the empire. Except for a few vassal states of the empire such as the Xiongnu, most of the countries in the Western Regions and the Romans had only seen grenades, and had never seen or heard of artillery.

The power of the artillery and thunderbolt with grenades made the envoys of Fanbang stared wide-eyed and speechless for a long time, staring at each other thoughtfully.

Of all the fanbangs, the most frightened was the envoys of the Elite Kingdom. Their army disguised as horse bandits and looted the caravan of the Holy Huaxia Empire, and they were afraid that the Holy Huaxia Empire would condemn them and one day bombard their palace with artillery shells.

Seeing that it was not possible to go on like this, the envoy hurriedly walked down the stands tremblingly and ran at the fastest speed in his life, bypassing the forbidden army, kneeling under the high platform where Luan Yi was, and kowtowing three times in a row. Then he shouted in the accent characteristic of the people of the Western Regions when speaking Chinese: "Honorable His Majesty the Holy Chinese Empire Pope." In the lower is the envoy of the Elite Absolute Sect, this time he came to ask for the crime of disturbing your country's caravan on behalf of my king. Ask Your Majesty to atone for your sins. ”

"Humph!" Luan Yi glanced at the poor elite envoy, and said angrily: "I am a sacred Huaxia, the kingdom of the Heavenly Empire, and I am kind to my friends and neighbors in all directions based on 'benevolence', and I also have a lot of support for you." But he never thought that he would be a small country, greedy and excessive, not to mention grateful, but turned around and murdered the lives of the people of my Celestial Empire. I have already said in advance: those who offend me in China will be punished even if they are far away. The Elite Inferior Nation is waiting to withstand the Imperial Majesty! ”

"Your Majesty's atonement, Your Majesty's atonement!" The head of the exquisite envoy is like pounding garlic.

"Don't pretend to be pathetic to me here. Have you ever thought of forgiving the merchants of my empire when they begged for mercy like your best soldiers? Have you ever thought that they also have wives and children waiting for them to come home safely? You guys...... There is no ......," Luan Yi was furious, "you brutally killed them, let them expose their corpses and feed the jackals in the wilderness. Such evil deeds are intolerable and intolerable. I will avenge my people. ”

The envoy of the Absolute Elite cried, "Your Majesty, it was all General Wu Tu, the Absolute Criminal, who pretended to be a bandit and plundered your country on his own initiative, and it has nothing to do with the entire Absolute Elite!" He makes a mistake alone, and you can't punish the whole essence, Your Majesty. ”

"What? Put all the blame on a dead man, and want to die with me without proof? No way, don't think I don't know, sending an army to pretend to be a horse thief is an order from your elite king, and Wu Tu is just an executor. Since the King of Perfection had come up with such a bad idea, he should suffer the punishment he deserved for his sins. Without further ado, I'll give you two ways, either send the head of the King of Absolute Essence to Luoyang within half a year, or just wait for the army of the empire to level your Absolute King. ”

"This ......" The exquisite envoy performed for a long time, but the poor worm not only did not play the slightest role, but ushered in Luan Yi's ultimatum. He was furious, and stood up suddenly, "Don't deceive people too much. When the dog is anxious and bites, you have to dare to come to the essence, it's a big deal to kill a fish and die in the net. ”

Luan Yi's side saw that the elite people were so arrogant, and they were about to go down and cut him. Luan Yi stopped him, sneered and said to the envoy: "The dog is in a hurry to bite? In the eyes of Huaxia, the two dogs are not, and the ant-like existence dares to shout at me. Come, crucify this guy, and drag it to the heavenly fire. ”

As soon as this order came out, Guan Suo and Zhang Bao rushed down the high platform with a team of guards, and dragged the exquisite envoy away like a little chicken.

The envoy was shocked, "Huaxia is known as the state of etiquette, don't you know that the two countries still don't kill the envoys?" ”

Luan Yi said coldly: "The two countries can't kill each other at will. But the dog that bites ...... It can still be killed. "Drag it down."

In the eyes of everyone, the exquisite envoy was crucified with a cry of pain like killing a pig, and under the escort of Guan Suo and Zhang Bao, he was erected under the earthen wall that had just been destroyed by artillery.

After Guan Suo whispered a few times to Zang Ba, Zang Ba nodded, "Artillery preparation!" Target, Absolute Dog...... Put! ”

Twenty cannons opened fire in unison, and after the rumbling of the cannons, the elite envoy and the cross disappeared between heaven and earth.

"Well killed!" What is a country...... When the people are in trouble, the government will help them; When the people are in danger, the army will spare no effort to rescue them; When the people are bullied and mutilated, the court and the army will do justice and avenge them with iron and blood. This is the real country. The people of the empire were boiling, and their hysterical shouts of "Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live" once again shocked the Roman envoys.

Along the way, they have always seen the gentle and elegant side of Seris, and today they have truly seen the iron-blooded, crazy and belligerent side of Seris's heart.

Maximin felt a flustered heart, and in a trance he felt that maybe this visit to Seris was not a wise decision. It is true that the trip to the east gave Rome a deeper understanding of the vast, ambitious, and incredibly wealthy ...... of Cyris. Great empire. But in the same way, Seris also has a systematic understanding of the current situation in Rome...... The stupid scholars, in particular, had forgotten the purpose of their trip and went to the academy of Seris to talk freely.

Let Seris get a clear picture of the contradictions between the Roman provinces and the mainland, as well as the unstable situation of the inner consuls who have just come to power. This is undoubtedly very bad for Rome.

Although Luan Yi seems to be kind to people on the surface, he is very polite to the Roman envoys. But Maximin knew that as an emperor who had been leading his troops to war at the age of fourteen, Luan Yi was far more cunning and shrewd than Alexander the Great. On the surface, he was keen to fight against Sabbation with Rome, but in fact he was just playing a game with him based on the art of war of Seris. When the rest is conquered and the military port is occupied, the army of Seris will be transported to the territory of the rest, or to attack the Kushan and the Western Regions from east to west, or directly into Rome proper.

By that time, Rome would be in danger.

Thinking of this, Maximin immediately realized that he could not continue to stay in Luoyang, and needed to return to Rome as soon as possible, and report the situation on the side of Seris to His Excellency the Consul, so after the parade that day, he told his deputy, Petronius, the commander of the Roman Praetorian Guard, about the potential threat of Seris to Rome, and told him that he had decided to leave for Rome as soon as possible, so that Rome could prepare earlier and avoid falling into the hands of the Serisians.

Hearing this, Petronius was stunned for a moment, "Seris is thousands of miles away from Rome. They shouldn't do anything to us! ”

"You don't know the Pope of Seris. He's a complete careerist. Even if he doesn't go to Rome in his lifetime, his children and grandchildren will. With the military power and artillery skills of Iseris, Rome was not their opponent at all. Maximin said urgently.

"Hey! You have a point, too. Petronius' eyes flashed with a gleam that was difficult for others to find, and he asked Maximin, "Have you been thirsty after a day in the sun?" I'll give you a cup of lacquered tea. ”

"Good! Thank you. But Maximin didn't know that this was the last cup of tea in his life.