The Straits were held against the Chinese, a strategy that was highly valued by everyone, but ultimately required Severus to decide. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Severus asked, "Is there any news of the envoy sent by the empire to Qin Zijin?" ”

"No news yet." Caesar hurriedly replied.

Severus frowned, his fingers tapping on the table, "Calculate the time, the imperial envoy should have arrived at Qin Feng a long time ago, and there should have been news back." There is no news, and it is very likely that he was poisoned by Qin Zijin. ”

"Why does the commander say that?" Pompey was puzzled.

Severus glanced at the Glory Bloodline, in his opinion, these Glory Descendants had military ability, but their political quality was too poor, and there was still a big gap compared to their ancestors.

"This is because Qin Zijin knows how threatening their Majesty is in our hands. He simply pretended to be deaf and dumb and ignored the matter of their majesty. It's just a war, and they want to force us to take the initiative to put back their majesty. ”

Everyone suddenly realized.

Severus knew that it would be easiest to defend the strait, but he had another idea, and he said: "If we retreat to the strait, Asia will all fall to the Chinese. If we lose our outposts, the situation will be extremely passive. Although the Chinese people can't attack it, it's difficult for us to get out. ”

Octavian and the others finally understood Severus's thoughts, it turned out that Severus didn't think about how to defend at this moment, he was still thinking about defeating the Chinese. Inexplicably, however, Octavian cheered up.

Severus immediately made a decision, "If you take defense as an attack, you will be crucified in the Buddha Temple, after all, the strength of the Huaxia people is limited, as long as we are here, Qin Feng will not dare to enter the inner circle of Europe." ”

"Elder, how to solve the material?" Tiberius asked.

"That's where the help of the Imperial Navy comes in." Severus motioned to the commander of the Mediterranean Fleet, Catullus, and said: "The enemy has no navy, and our warships will send supplies in a steady stream. ”

Catullus thumped his chest, "Please rest assured, Elder Severus." ”

As a result, Severus developed a strategy of defending instead of attacking, and began to use the 'Kistt River' that flowed into the Aegean Sea to build the 'Ephesian Line'. The Imperial Navy sent a steady stream of supplies to protect the Imperial Army.

Late June.

Qin Feng, Cao Cao, and Liu Bei met in the city of 'Izmir' in the south of 'Ephesus'.

The Chinese army was 250,000, and the 100,000 foreign legions made up of emancipated and strong slaves, totaling 350,000 troops.

Later the third largest city in Turkey, Izmir is located on the Aegean Sea at the western end of the Anatolian plateau and is one of the important industrial, commercial, foreign trade, and maritime centers, as well as a historical and cultural city, a tourist destination, and a military fortress. Since ancient times, the city has been the center of the agricultural region of the Aegean coast.

Qin Feng chose to join his division here, firstly, to press the north to the south, overlooking the 'Ephesus', and secondly, this is an agricultural area, so he can get more supplies. The third is to block the route of Severus to the Black Sea Strait by land, so as to make a good plan for the complete annihilation of the Severus Army Group on land.

The city of Izmir was already in the hands of a federation of princes, and in the Roman Empire there were several times as many slaves as the Romans. Qin Feng liberated the slaves, and with these slaves, there was no need to worry about the Romans in the controlled area resisting.

Now in the Roman area controlled by Qin Feng and them, the situation has been completely reversed, the slaves are the masters of the house, and the Romans have all become slaves.

It should be said that the Romans had extremely high quality slaves, and they produced a steady stream of various material and military necessities for the princely alliance. Of course, there are also overseers of former slaves.

In the Izmir City Council Hall, Qin Feng held the grandest banquet after the expedition, celebrating the capture of Asia Minor on the one hand, and welcoming Cao Cao's return on the other.

Cao Cao's exploits in Europe are indelible and should be great. He led all of Europe to complete one of the most successful uprisings against Rome in 200 years. The peoples of Europe gathered under the banner of Cao Cao and drove the Romans to the south bank of the Rhine in one fell swoop.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let's give a toast to General Cao, Speaker of the European Parliament." Qin Feng said with a smile. He felt very strange that the European Union had come out, and Cao Cao had become the speaker. He then said: "The Europeans want to build a country for Meng De, and Meng De is worthy of being a good son of my China, and he didn't agree to such conditions, but he still came back." ”

Speaking of which, whether it was Qin Feng or other princes, they sincerely admired Cao Cao.

Everyone drank it all, and Cao Cao's dark face was rarely red, and he said, "This is thanks to Zijin's strategy of launching the 'slave war'. He sighed, "This time in north-central Europe, I finally know the hatred of slaves for the Romans." Although these slaves lacked training, their fighting spirit made the Romans completely unmatched. ”

In fact, Cao Cao did not fight any tough battles in Europe. This is thanks to his sudden appearance, and the combat power obtained after freeing the slaves and gathering the fighters of various races, in addition, Qin Feng is also the absolute main force of the Roman Empire in the east.

However, Cao Cao's exploits in Europe were great. At this moment, the tribes of north-central Europe united to fight the Romans, but instead they held back too many Roman armed forces.

Now, Qin Feng's European strategy and African strategy began to play a follow-up effect, which allowed Qin Feng's alliance army to only face one-third of the Roman army. The rest of the Roman army had to go to north-central Europe and Africa to suppress the rebellion.

"When we succeed in annihilating Severus' army, Rome will surely be under pressure to release our Emperor Majesty, and we will be able to return home in triumph." Qin Feng raised his glass and said.

Afterwards, the princes celebrated enthusiastically, not mentioning the war, and it was rare to relax.

However, Yuan Shao was sullen. Yuan Shao's family background and power have always been the center no matter where he is. And now, Qin Feng, Cao Cao, and Liu Bei all have merits and are admired, but Yuan Shao has been forgotten in the corner.

Yuan Shao hated Qin Feng, he felt that Qin Feng was targeting him, "Essay Tao Wuluo I am not worse than Cao Mengde, as for the ringworm, you can win if you get lost." What they can do, I can do, so why not let me go? ”

Liu Bei saw Yuan Shao's dissatisfaction in his eyes, fanned his big ears, and an idea sprouted in his heart.

In the middle of the night, the banquet dispersed.

Liu Bei came to Yuan Shao's station.

"Ringworm, what's the matter with you?" Yuan Shao stared at Liu Bei with scarlet drunken eyes, undisguised his malice.

Liu Bei's ears fanned and said, "Brother Ben, all the way to here, the Romans are not our opponents at all. It seems that Qin Zijin had exaggerated Rome's combat effectiveness before. This time, the final big victory is coming, doesn't the first brother have any ideas? ”

"Thoughts? What can I think? Yuan Shao snorted wine and said with a helpless look.

Liu Bei immediately showed that you should have an idea. (To be continued.) )