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Momia pressed Sun Shao's hand, and her eyes waved: "Are you going back?" ”

Sun Shao smiled disguisedly, this woman was really shrewd, as soon as she showed a clue, she immediately caught the intention behind it, and she didn't even have time to divert her attention. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Sun Deng died suddenly, the news reached Temu City, Sun Luban was on fire at that time, and insisted that Sun He's mother and son killed Sun Deng, clamoring to go back to the Qingjun side, even Guan Feng couldn't persuade her, Guan Feng had to resort to delaying the army, saying that he wanted to ask Sun Shao. However, Sun Shao estimated that with Sun Luban's temper, he was afraid that Guan Feng's plan would only deceive him for a while, and at most a few months, Sun Luban would not be able to hold back, and then he would run back to Wu to make trouble.

He really had to go back and deal with it. Besides, Tai Xifeng's conquest is imminent, with Lu Xun's assistance, he is very relieved of Sun Feng, it no longer makes much sense for him to stay here, but it may have an adverse impact on Sun Feng, it is better to take this opportunity to leave and let him let go.

"My girl...... Others can't control it. Sun Shao admitted his idea.

Momia frowned, leaned into Sun Shao's arms, held Sun Shao's arm in her arms, and said dissatisfiedly: "Is a sister more important than a son?" ”

Sun Shao smiled and patted her face gently: "What are you worried about?" It was only a matter of time before Ctesiphon was conquered, and little Gordian was timid and timid in order to preserve his strength, and it was to be expected that he would not have credit this time, and Quintus's throne was as stable as a rock. Quintus and I have already agreed that Feng'er will lead the Teutonic people to cooperate with you to gradually conquer the barbarians, and as long as Feng'er is there, the northern frontier of Rome will be peaceful, and Philip will only wait to be the Taiping Emperor. ”

Momia rolled her eyes and thought for a moment. Although she didn't know why Sun Shao thought that Sun Feng would be able to conquer Tai Xifeng quickly, but with her understanding of Sun Shao, she knew that what Sun Shao said in front of everyone must be a lie, and he dared to let Sun Feng be the main general, so he must have the certainty of conquering Tai Xifeng. Sun Shao arranged for Sun Feng to conquer the barbarians, of course, it was not entirely for the sake of Rome, from another point of view, in fact, this was also Sun Feng's use of the power of Rome to conquer the barbarians, but it was beneficial to Philip - at least for now - she would not break it.

"Of course the prince is good, but after all, it's not you, and if there is anything to ask him in the future, there will be a layer of separation after all." Momia said coquettishly, "Are you going to leave me and Philip some more capital to save their lives?" ”

"Don't worry, I've already thought it out." Sun Shao squeezed Momia's slippery hand, leaned over and took a folded piece of paper from the desk, and shook it in front of Momia's eyes. Momia hurriedly straightened up, took the paper and glanced at it quickly, her eyes suddenly glowed with joy, but she was a little puzzled: "Bank of Rome? ”

"yes." Sun Shao smiled slightly: "Rome is not short of soldiers, and Rome is not short of land, but why is Rome in chaos?" It's because you're short of money. Whoever has enough funds will be able to sit on the throne of the emperor, and the throne of the Severus family is not inseparable from money? So, as long as you have money on hand, Philip's throne is foolproof. ”

After conquering Ctesiphon, Rome has become the most important business partner of the Han Dynasty, a large number of capital flow problems have been highlighted, every year the Han merchants have to transport a large number of gold and silver coins from Rome, this situation has developed for more than ten years, the gold and silver reserves of the Yue country have been very high, the need for Roman gold and silver coins has gradually slowed down, and the cost and risk of long-distance transportation has gradually become a headache. Therefore, Sun Shao considered opening a bank in or near Damascus City, and concentrated all the funds that usually flowed in Rome to this bank, so that on the one hand, it would be convenient for merchants to come and go, and on the other hand, it could also indirectly control the economy of Rome. The Roman aristocracy was extremely poor and luxurious, they possessed a lot of wealth, and they also needed to invest in reproduction to provide for their long-term luxury living expenses, and by absorbing all this money, they could kidnap these Roman nobles into his system and gradually increase their influence on Rome.

Of course, he couldn't have said all of that to Momia.

Momia only saw the importance of controlling this large amount of wealth to Philip, but she was a woman after all, and she did not think of the far-reaching intention behind Sun Shao's move. Thinking that with a huge amount of money in her hand, it would be much easier to do anything in the future, she was overjoyed and put her arms around Sun Shao's neck gratefully: "You are really thoughtful." ”

"Philip is my son, how can I not think about him." Sun Shao smiled and said, "I'm going to hand over this bank to your family to take care of, so that others don't gossip, what do you think?" ”

"Hmph, it's probably not for me, it's for Emily and Diana's family, right?" Momia was happy in her heart and deliberately twisted sourly. Sun Shao laughed, put his arm around her and patted her buttocks: "Aren't they your clansmen?" Do you have to say that I opened this bank for the sake of the Roman queen that you are satisfied? If that's the case, I don't object to it, but I'm afraid that Quintus will be upset when he hears it. ”

"you." Of course, Momia thought about this layer, and didn't really care about it. Whether it's Emily and Diana, or the Samie family, aren't they all tools in her hands, as Sun Shao said, if she really comes forward, it won't be appropriate.

"As long as you put up a name, I will find someone who is good at this way to operate, you just have to wait to receive dividends, this is a little compensation for my mother and son." Sun Shao sighed: "It's a pity, I may not be able to come to Rome in the future, I want to see if you and Philip can't do it, the long night is long, teach me how to live." ”

Momia was also a little sad, and neither of them spoke, and for a moment fell into the sorrow of separation. At this moment, Ao Lei's voice came from outside the tent: "King, there is a military report." ”

Sun Shao was stunned for a moment, then glanced at Momia, Momia raised her hand to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, kissed Sun Shao lightly on the cheek, and walked quickly into the back tent.

"Come in!" Sun Shao tidied up his clothes and shouted in a deep voice. Ao Lei answered, opened the tent door, strode into the tent, bowed and said, "My lord, Gordian has sent someone to ask for help, saying that the Sassanids are attacking his camp at night, and they are fierce. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Sun Shao sat up straight and asked Ao Lei to call the messenger in. The messenger looked anxious, and as soon as he saw Sun Shao, he knelt on the ground, and handed over the emergency document with both hands. This is an official document written by little Gordian himself, in Greek, and it is written in a very sloppy manner, and you can imagine the anxiety of little Gordian when he wrote this letter asking for help. Sun Shao didn't know Greek, so he hurriedly asked someone to call for an interpreter, realizing that as Ao Lei said, it was the Sassanids who attacked the camp of Little Gordian, and it is not clear how many people there were, but the attack was fierce, and the other side not only had heavy infantry but also heavy armored cavalry, and they even brought small ballistas and beat Little Gordian with a dull stick at the beginning.

"How could he be so careless?" Sun Shao slapped his palm on the bookcase, and was furious: "Didn't you remind him a long time ago, we didn't come here to fish idlely, to prevent the Sassanids from attacking from behind, why was he still caught off guard?" ”

When the envoy saw that Sun Shao was angry, he didn't dare to reply. In fact, little Gordian was not careless, but he didn't expect the Sassanids to come so quickly, today was the first day of Sun Feng's official siege of the city, and the Sassanids actually attacked the camp. According to his original estimate, at least when the two sides are in a stalemate, and the besieging side can't attack for a long time and is impetuous, this ambush can only appear, how can it be that the side has just begun to attack the city, and the ambush soldiers will attack the camp at night, can there be a chance at this time?

Little Gordian didn't know that although it was only the first day, the city of Tessie was already in crisis, forcing Ardashir to launch this ambush in advance, to teach the besieging army a lesson. He and Sun Shao set up camp here, and the other party found it clear, and the Sassanid people were apprehensive about the devastating battalion led by Sun Shao, especially the tiger general next to Sun Shao, and they didn't dare to easily pick up the tiger's beard, so they found the Romans who they had always ignored. Relying on their familiarity with the terrain, the Sassanids took advantage of the night to touch the camp of the little Gordian, and suddenly launched a fierce attack, the little Gordian was caught off guard, first by the Sassanids with ballista thrown over the artillery stone, and then was set on fire by the Sassanid rockets on the camp, if it were not for the fact that the two legions under his command were indeed elite, I am afraid that they would have collapsed now. In desperation, he had to defend the camp while sending a messenger to Sun Shao for help.

"How can I save it?" Sun Shao asked angrily: "I only have 10,000 people, didn't I rush out in the dark night, didn't I just fall for the tricks of the Sassanids?" If the Sassanids were going to steal his camp, how could they not set up an ambush on the way? Do you think you're the reincarnation of the god of war and can run to me unscathed? ”

When the envoy thought about it, he was immediately shocked, no wonder he ran so smoothly this way, and he didn't even see the shadow of a Sassanid, it turned out that the Sassanid people deliberately asked him to report the news and lure the Yue people into the ambush circle. But then he panicked again, listening to Sun Shao's meaning, he didn't plan to send troops to ask for help? Wouldn't the Romans be dead?

"Please king, for the sake of me that Rome and Yue are brotherly countries, don't give up the Roman soldiers of our two legions." The messenger fell to the ground and prostrated again and again.

Sun Shao's thick eyebrows were tightly locked, and he didn't speak for a long time. He and little Gordian each set up camp here with 10,000 people, as long as they are not negligent, there is no problem in holding the camp, but if they want to go out and fight with the Sassanids, then even if his 10,000 people are all the elite of the elite, he is not sure, not to mention that now the enemy is dark and I am clear, how many people are on the other side, he has not counted at all. It would not be a wise move to rush out of camp in such a situation.

He glanced at the messenger and snorted, "All right, you go back at once, tell General Gordian, and say that I will definitely come to save him." However, we Han people have an old saying that people must save themselves and live, and they can't save their lives by relying on others to rescue them. The God of the Hebrews also says, "God does not save the lazy, but let him cheer himself up first, or else, don't say it is me, even if your gods of Capitoline come to no avail." ”

…… In the barracks of little Gordian, the lights were bright, the lit tents and countless torches illuminated the camp as bright as day, the Romans did not have time to leave the camp, and did not dare to go out of the camp, so they counterattacked in the camp, and the soldiers rushed to the edge of the camp, pierced the fence with their spears, and started a cruel battle with the Sassanians who rushed to the camp.

The heavily armored Sassanids rushed out of the darkness, swords in hand, and kept pouring towards the camp, although they did not walk very quickly, but the coercion made people feel cowardly from the heart. The arrows of the Romans on their heavy armor only sparked a spark, but they could not hurt them in the slightest, and they rushed through the trench in front of the camp and rushed to the wall that pointed outward, and attacked the Romans, while some warriors climbed the camp post under the same cover, trying to climb over the camp pillar and kill the Romans.

The Romans did not dare to slack off, fighting the Sassanids across the camp and stabbing the Sassanids with their spears. Although the Sassanids were dressed in armor and were not afraid of spear assassination, the Romans stole them with spears and stabbed them down with spears, resolutely preventing them from turning over the camp, and some Roman warriors pierced them with spears in the eyes, forcing them to defend with their free hands. They were already very clumsy to climb over the wall in heavy armor, and it was even more difficult for the Romans to succeed if they were dealt with like this.

The two sides fought inextricably in front of the camp, and neither of them would budge.

Little Gordian is not stupid, he thought of the possible tricks of the Sassanids at the beginning, whether Sun Shao will send reinforcements is really a very unreliable thing, but he still sent a messenger, and then confidently said to the soldiers, you can rest assured, as long as you resist the attack of the Sassanids, and wait for the reinforcements of the Yue Kingdom to move, we will be safe. Of course, there were wise men among his men who knew that this was purely a morale-boosting statement, but they would not tell the truth, but instead made a confident appearance and passed on the orders of the little Gordian, so that every Roman knew that they were not fighting alone, and that their allies would soon come to the rescue. At their instigation, the Romans, who had been beaten by the Sassanids, quickly calmed down, relied on a strong camp, braved the rain of arrows and the roaring cannons of the Sassanids, fought back stubbornly, and miraculously kept the Sassanids out of the camp after paying heavy casualties.

It's just that he doesn't know how many Sassanians are coming, and he only sees a steady stream of Sassanians coming now, and it is really impossible to say how long they can support it. He estimated that Ardashir still had at least nearly 100,000 troops in his hands, and according to the convention, only 30,000 people were enough to defend the city, and the rest should be outside the city, that is, there were at least 50,000 or 60,000 people outside the city. If the whole Sassanid army came out to attack his large camp, he would definitely not be able to hold out for long even if he withstood the first attack of the Sasanians. Fortunately, there is Sun Shao's camp ten miles away, and the Sassanids can't help but take precautions, which requires at least a part of the men, and if the Sassanids plan to ambush Sun Shao, they may even send 20,000 to 30,000 people, then there are 20,000 or 30,000 people at most in front of him.

If that's the case, then he still has a chance to live. At the same time as sending an envoy to ask Sun Shao for help, he also sent someone to ask Quintus for help, the distance of ten miles was not too far, as long as the reinforcements from the rear arrived, the Sassanids could only retreat. Although Quintus and him are not on good terms, he believes that Quintus will not sit idly by at this time, after all, his 10,000 people are the elite of the Romans, and if the whole army is destroyed, it will be a heavy blow to the morale of the Roman soldiers.

Hold on, be sure to hold on. Little Goldian kept cheering himself up. He was paying attention to the battle at the edge of the camp, and to the movement on the right and in the rear, and how he wished that a torch would suddenly light up in the darkness.

Just when little Gordian looked in the direction of Sun Shao's camp from time to time, in the Sassanid battle array, Awad was also looking in that direction uneasily. Outside the Seleucid, he almost lost 20,000 cavalry, but to his surprise, Ardashir did not punish him, but sent him more than 50,000 men, more than the Sassanid army that remained in Ctesiphon. Ardashir's trust made him grateful, and all the previous unhappiness vanished, and he vowed to give everything for Ardashir. As soon as he received Ardashir's order this afternoon, he immediately arranged his action, and in the middle of the night he touched the front of the Romans' camp, and successfully launched a surprise attack, inflicting heavy losses on the Romans.

But while the Romans were overwhelmed, Gordian Jr. was very tenacious, and he withstood wave after wave of attacks to keep the camp. Seeing that several attacks had been defeated with only one last breath, Awad was a little anxious, and he decided to put the last of his reserves into battle and take the Romans' camp in one fell swoop.

However, before giving this order, he could not help but hesitate. Although according to common sense, even if Sun Shao received the news, it was unlikely that he would rashly go out to rescue little Gordian before he knew the strength of the Sassanids, as long as he left a small number of people on guard, he could rest assured that he would boldly attack little Gordian and defeat the Romans with superior forces. But, what if Sun Shao comes out? Will he have enough time to remove those elites from the battlefield to meet Sun Shao?

Awad was hesitant to make a decision, and the lack of a hint of determination in his surname once again made him hesitate.

At the urging of the generals sent by Ardashir, Awad gritted his teeth and decided to devote the forces used to prepare for the ambush of Sun Shao and launch an all-out attack on the Romans. He raised his arm, opened his mouth, and subconsciously glanced in the direction of Sun Shao's camp before giving the order.

Although he only glanced at it, his eyes immediately tightened, and the command he was about to give froze in his mouth.

He saw a fire dragon, and although it was far away, it seemed to be just a dot, but he stood tall and saw far away, and he could still tell that it was a marching team.

Sun Shao is here? Awad was surprised and excited at the same time. He glanced at the camp of the Romans, the Romans had been disabled by him, and even if the army was withdrawn at this time, the Romans did not have the courage to leave the camp, which was a good opportunity to ambush Sun Shao.

Killing Sun Shao is far more shocking than killing little Gordian!

(To be continued)