The Roman Empire, a name as great as the Han Empire.

This glorious name was little more than a humble town more than 700 years ago. After generations of Romans, it finally reached its peak level eighty years ago.

During the reign of Emperor Trajan, the Roman Empire stretched from Spain and England in the west to the banks of the Euphrates River in the east. The south encompasses northern Africa, and the north reaches the great Germanic forests. The Mediterranean Sea became the Empire's inland sea, with a territory of more than six million square kilometers!

At this time, the Roman Empire was in the chaos of fighting for the throne after the death of the previous emperor, but their roots were still there. The economy is developed, the population is large, and the territory is huge. Although there is constant infighting, it is still the top empire in the entire Western world.

The city of Anton, an incomparably important city in the Roman Empire in Syria. It is important not because of its strategic location, but because it is the end of the Silk Road.

The most prosperous economic belt of this era was the Silk Road, and countless countries relied on the Silk Road to live by collecting taxes. At its peak, Anton City was able to account for more than half of the entire Syrian province!

Today, on a sunny day, the city ushered in the beginning of the distant Silk Road. Point to the huge army ahead!

"This is the end of the Silk Road, an important city on the shores of the Mediterranean. From here, you rush south into Syria and Egypt. To the north is the peninsula of Asia Minor. If it's west. Before Gao Yang's words fell, the origin had already continued, "Enter the Mediterranean Sea and go to Italy!" ”

"That's right." Gao Yang smiled and nodded.

"What now? Is it to the north to the south or directly to the sea? Origin asked curiously.

Gao Yang raised his eyebrows and said loudly, "You don't have to go to the sea." The distance here is a bit far, and Sun Jian's fleet can't come so fast. ”

"You also asked Sun Jian to drive the fleet over?! Take a direct detour to the Cape of Good Hope? Origin shouted in surprise.

"Of course." Gao Yang smiled and said, "How can I cross the sea without a fleet?" You can't go around the Black Sea to Macedonia, right? Are you kidding? Not only will I bring the fleet here, but I will also go south to occupy Egypt. Build the Suez Canal! ”

"It's a bit big, isn't it?" Origin asked, somewhat incredulously, "Are you sure you can do this kind of thing in this era?" That's a 100-kilometer-long man-made canal. With the industrial technology of this era, this assumption is a bit exaggerated. ”

"No big deal. You have to believe in the power of the ancient Egyptian people! Gao Yang swore and said, "They can even build pyramids, what is a canal?" Besides, after capturing so many captives, there must be a place where they can be used, right? ”

"Even so. At least for years, right? Completely manual excavation is slow. Origin said.

"I know." Gao Yang looked at the soldiers and horses of the Han army beside him rushing towards Antun City with high momentum, and said with a smile: "The gunpowder produced in this time and space. Plus sound planning and the intensive work of hundreds of thousands of laborers. It won't take long. ”

"Okay." The origin said, "Are you preparing to divide your troops now?" ”

"Hmm." Gao Yang nodded and said, "I'm going to divide my troops into two ways." All the way south along Syria, Jordan went straight to Egypt. The end is tentatively set at Alexandria. The other went north into Asia Minor, crossing the Aegean Sea directly to Greece, and from there to Italy. ”

"Needless to say, you personally led the North Road Army?" Origin asked.

"That's right." Gao Yang nodded with a smile and said, "How can the decisive battle with the Roman Empire be without me?" ”

"And what about the Egyptian battlefield in the south?" The origin asked with some confusion, "Who are you going to send to command the troops?" Cao Cao? ”

Gao Yang waved his hand and said, "Cao Cao wants to follow me, he is the first governor of the Viceroyalty of Western Europe in the future." Can't go to Egypt. After a pause, he continued, "Let Zhang Liao go, it will not be difficult to level the Roman Empire's garrison in Egypt with his ability." The Egyptians have been ruled for so many years that they have long hated the Romans! ”

"Harnessing the power of the locals?" Origin asked.

"That's right, and let Zhang Liao bring as much elite and a large amount of supplies as possible. Without my storage ring, they should have gone down the path of devouring the enemy. After a pause, he continued, "Of course, if I really encounter a problem that I can't solve, I can fly directly to solve it." ”

"Sure enough, it's a cheating man." The origin said with emotion

After learning that the huge army of the Han Empire had entered Syria, the governor of the Syrian province of the Roman Empire, Nigel, retreated with his army all the way, far away from the main force of the Han army.

There's no way around it. Governor Nigel had only three Roman legions under his command, and they were ordinary legions without eagle targets. Plus local mercenaries and auxiliary regiments. The urgently assembled army was only in its early 50,000s. This is already a remarkable army on the Mediterranean coast, but it is not enough to see in front of the large Han army.

The sentinels sent out by Governor Nigel reported that the number of enemy troops could not be counted at all, and that they were scattered all over the mountains. And it's not the kind of barbarian that the whole clan of men, women, and children play together. All of them are real soldiers in armor!

An enemy force of this magnitude is simply not something that Nigel's army can fight against.

Nigel retreated with his Roman legions all the way to Damascus. Sending letters for help to the city of Rome at a rate of almost one a day.

And Rome is in the midst of a fierce battle at the moment. The powerful governor of Panoa, Severus, the founder of the Severus dynasty and his rival, Arnubis, the governor of Gaul, replied to Nigel that he must resist it, and when they solved each other, he would come to the rescue with the main army.

"These bastards!" Nigel slammed the letter in his hand to the ground. What time is it now? Such a powerful alien army has already invaded the territory of the empire on a large scale, and they are still busy fighting themselves? Hold yourself back? What to take to the top? A few days earlier, in a desert more than 100 miles north of Damascus, the two sides had fought a skirmish on a skirmish. More than 2,000 mercenary cavalry under Nigel's command were slaughtered by the alien army of similar numbers, and only a few dozen horsemen escaped!

"What shall we do now, Lord Doge?" The Legion Commander, who had Nigel's henchmen on the side, asked worriedly.

The strength of the alien enemy army is unusually strong. And they marched fast. It seems that it will not be long before we reach the city of Damascus. Are they going to defend the city or continue to retreat?

"Let's go!" Nigel pondered for a moment and then said resolutely.

"Where to go?" This is a matter of great concern to all officers. All they wanted to do was to board the ship as soon as possible and retreat from the sea back to the city of Rome, where they could regain their confidence. will have a sense of security.

"Let's go to Egypt." Nigel has the answer.

It was impossible for him to return to Rome with a large army. This legion was his brainchild and the foundation of his future foothold in Rome. Once he offered to return to Rome. The mercenaries and auxiliaries, who made up most of the numbers, would inevitably be disbanded immediately, and these were the locals.

What could Nigel, who only had three ordinary legions, be counted after arriving in Rome? For Nigel, the best place to go at this moment if he wants to preserve his strength and is unwilling to fight a powerful enemy is the southern province of Egypt.

Egypt, covered by the rich Nile Delta, is an extremely rich place. Since Cleopatra and Antony were killed by the first Augustus Octavian, Egypt has gone from being an independent country to a province of the Roman Empire, and it has always been among the top three provinces in terms of wealth.

Nigel was determined to retreat to Egypt and use the country's rich financial and demographic resources to expand his power. Regardless of whether those alien armies are chasing after them or not, a strong self-strength is the most fundamental guarantee.

The military system of the Roman Empire was not the same as that of the Han army. The army of the Roman Empire was more like a mercenary army after entering the imperial era. No matter who wants to command the army, you must feed these soldiers with a huge amount of wealth. If you don't have the money to command an army in Rome, that's a joke. If you don't have money, the sergeants won't follow you in battle, and they will mutini and make trouble. Several Roman emperors in history have been killed by mutinous soldiers!

For Nigel, in the current situation of mass chaos, rich Egypt is the best place for him.

Pursuing Nigel all the way to Egypt was an army of more than 100,000 troops commanded by Zhang Liao. In addition to a large number of cavalry regiments, there were tens of thousands of infantry and auxiliaries. These infantry escorted a large number of logistical military supplies along the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea all the way south, and followed Zhang Liao into Egypt.

The current governor of Egypt, Eussius, was a senator over seventy years old. He bribed himself to become the governor of the wealthy province of Egypt in order to make a fortune here. In any case, it is impossible to imagine that there will be a large-scale war.

When the governor of Eussius came to Egypt, he was so preoccupied with making money that he was indifferent to anything else. The three Roman legions and other auxiliary legions stationed in Egypt soon fell. Because of the lack of military pay, they even played the role of robbers to attack local cities, bringing even more bitter hatred to the Egyptians, who were not very stable.

Therefore, when Zhang Liao's army entered Egypt, he was very unexpectedly helped by the locals. For those locals, as long as they came to fight the Romans, it was their own people!

The Han army, which also adopted the strategy of eating the enemy, was much stronger than the Romans. After discovering the kindness of the locals, Zhang Liao quickly ordered the army to stop the looting and spent military funds to buy food and various supplies from the locals. Anyway, at this time, the Han army didn't have many other things, and all kinds of goods were gone to the sea. (To be continued)