Ma Chao thought for a moment and ordered: "Ma Yue, you lead two thousand-strong teams to continue to clean up the battlefield!" Duan Gang, Yang Meng, you lead all the remaining troops to the valley mouth to ambush! ”

"No!" The three of them clenched their fists and promised. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The Roman army galloped all the way to the Aoki Bridge not far from the west side of the Bluestone Ridge, where Zhao Yun had charged alone a year earlier. Because of this incident, the locals have changed the name of the Aoki Bridge to Zilong Bridge, and the small river under the Aoki Bridge has been renamed the General River! There is a common characteristic of any nation, that is, the worship of heroes, even if they are heroes of other nations.

The 50,000-strong Roman army suddenly stopped advancing on the west bank of the Zilong Bridge.

It turned out that a general of the Wei army was immediately on the Zilong Bridge, handsome and majestic, which made people think of Zhao Zilong, who was bloodied a year ago.

A Roman officer couldn't help but whisper: "He, can't he be the general of the Wei people's expedition to the west, right?" "There is fear on the face.

The legion commander frowned and said, "No matter who he is, it is impossible for one person to stop our army of 50,000!" Get ready! ”

The 50,000 Roman army immediately prepared to attack.

At this time, the deputy corps commander whispered in the ear of the corps commander: "Your Excellency General, of course we are not afraid of him alone!" However, how do we know if there is an ambush of the Wei people in the Bluestone Ridge! ”

The legion commander couldn't help but frown as he looked at the bluestone ridge that was shining with fire on the mountain.

The deputy commander continued: "Your Excellency General, for the sake of insurance, let's return to Qinxifeng, and at the same time send someone to report to General Schneider immediately!" ”

The Legion Commander hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Just as Ma Chao was muttering, the 50,000-strong Roman army turned around and retreated one hundred and eighty degrees.

Ma Chao couldn't help but be stunned, and laughed: "A group of cowards! Then he rode back to the bottom of the bluestone ridge.

Yang Meng came up and said excitedly: "General, your single-handedly scaring away Roman army of 50,000 this time will definitely be a good story in the future!" ”

Ma Chao laughed, "Don't talk nonsense!" Send a message to General Ma Tie and Zilong immediately! ”

"No!"

Before the early morning, the follow-up troops of the Sixth Army arrived at Qingshiling, and Ma Chao immediately arranged defenses, first, to guard against a possible counterattack by the Romans, and secondly, to prepare for the arrival of Zhao Yun's main force.

At the same time, the Roman Nineteenth Army retreated to the city of Qinxifeng.

At this time, Schneider, who was the chief general of Assyrian Rome, had already learned about the situation in Bluestone Ridge!

Schneider sent out all the scouts to find out what was going on in Bluestone Ridge.

At noon that day, the scout reported, "This morning, about 100,000 troops of the Wei army entered Qingshiling!" Before, there were only about 10,000 people! ”

Upon learning of this, the commander of the 19th Roman Legion, who had previously decided to abandon the attack on Bluestone Ridge, could not help but feel remorseful.

At the same time, the Roman secret agents hidden in Ekbatana also sent information, according to which the main force of the Wei army would arrive at Qingshiling in two days.

So, Schneider wanted to take advantage of the time difference. Schneider said his plan, but most of the generals objected, for no other reason, everyone was worried that they would not be able to break through the Wei army's defense line in just two days, after all, the combat strength of the Sixth Army should not be underestimated, and the Roman army itself was limited, and even if it could capture the Wei army's front with 10,000 steps back, it would inevitably suffer heavy losses, and it would be even more disadvantageous in the next big battle.

Schneider listened to everyone's opinions and couldn't help but hesitate.

In the end, Schneider abandoned the counterattack plan and ordered the armies to continue to build fortifications according to the original plan. It must be mentioned here that many of the fortifications built by the Romans were aimed at the Wei army's catapults, such as the earthen slope flush with the city wall, which could greatly reduce the power of the Wei army's catapults, and there were also anti-artillery caves in the streets and alleys of the city, as well as obstacles that could prevent the cavalry from moving quickly.

The city of Rome was plunged into an atmosphere of apprehension, and the people were worried about the coming war, after all, the Romans had little advantage in the wars against the Wei, and the terrible strength of the Wei army and the astonishing force of the Wei generals terrified all the Romans.

Palace.

"Your Majesty, it has been determined that the Wei army has mobilized 750,000 troops to drive towards Qinxifeng!" Intelligence Minister Yushchenko reports.

Caracalla's mind couldn't help but flash a heroic figure, sighed secretly, and asked, "What are these 750,000 Wei troops?" ”

Yushchenko replied: "Including the First Legion, the Sixth Legion, the Eighth Legion, the Wei Cavalry, the Xianbei Legion, the Rest Servant Army, and the Western Regions Alliance!" Among them, the Xianbei Legion, the Rest Servant Army and the Western Regions Alliance Army totaled 400,000 people! ”

Caracalla pondered: "I'm afraid Schneider won't be able to resist it!" ”

Raising his head, he said resolutely: "The offensive of the Tarn Fortress has been canceled, and two of the regular legions have been transferred to Qinxifeng!" In addition, two of the newly formed regiments trained in Macedonia will be transferred over! Be sure to keep Qin Xifeng! ”

"Yes!"

Administrator Thomas said worriedly: "Your Majesty, we must repel the Jin army that invaded the province of Wright as soon as possible, otherwise the pressure on our eastern front will be too great!" ”

Caracalla nodded, thought for a moment, and said to Thomas in an inquiring tone, "Transfer all the four regular legions as reserves to Seth?" ”

Thomas nodded thoughtfully, "In this way, our regular legions in the province of Wright will reach twelve, with a total of 600,000 troops, which is not much different from the sixteen legions in the Jin Kingdom!" In addition, some of the local garrisons in the northern provinces can be transferred to reinforce General Seth, and the rest can be used as the general reserve of the entire northern front! ”

Caracalla nodded, "That's it!" Immediate Order! Also tell Batra to be vigilant, there is a good chance that there will be a problem with him at this time! Let Lielund closely monitor the movements on the Red Sea, and don't let the Wei navy take the opportunity to smuggle the rebels to Jerusalem! ”

Caracalla's concerns are very justified. At this time, the 160,000 Jerusalem rebels at the outpost of the Wei army were actively preparing for war, and everyone looked very excited.

"Master, when are we going to attack Jerusalem?" Leiter asked impatiently.

At this time, Ray was in Alex's army's own tent, and in addition to Alex, there were two other generals under Alex, Mohammed and Reeds.

Alex smiled and said, "The 750,000 troops of the Great Wei Empire have already suppressed Qinxi Fengcheng, and the nearly one million troops of the Jin people are pressing on Wright Province at the same time!" The situation of the Romans is not optimistic! ”

"Master, maybe the Romans will be completely defeated this time!" Muhammad said excitedly.

Alex shook her head, "I'm afraid it's hard! The strength of the Romans was very strong, and they were not inferior to the Wei people! The best result of this battle was to weaken the Romans to a certain extent, and at the same time to make the Romans lose control of Assyria and Wright! ”

Reeds smiled: "Master, you have one less place!" Jerusalem! ”

Alex smiled and nodded, "Not bad! We may be able to take advantage of this opportunity to establish the Kingdom of Jerusalem! Get rid of the Romans! ”

As soon as they heard this, the three people present couldn't help but boil their blood.

"Master, when exactly are we going to launch a counterattack?"

Alex pondered, "The timing of our counterattack must be decided by the Wei Empire!" But I believe that day is not far off! Otherwise, the general of the expedition to the west would not have let us be ready for war at all times! ”

Leiter said: "I wish this day came sooner!" Reeds and Mohammed nodded together.

Alex said, "Don't worry! All we have to do now is get ready! I reckon that when most of the Roman troops stationed in Jerusalem are transferred, it will be time for us to counterattack! ”

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Qinxi Fengcheng.

The flags were surging, and the black sea was slowly pressing towards Qinxi Fengcheng, and a cold killing breath made people breathless.

The large army of the Wei army finally arrived at the foot of Qinxifeng, and more than 600,000 troops slowly pressed towards Qinxifeng in an orderly manner, the footsteps were dull and neat, and the whole earth trembled, and the sonorous sound of the collision of soldiers and armor was mixed in, as well as the neighing of war horses, and there was no other noise.

The army of more than 600,000 is like the top of Mount Tai, like a thousand pounds, unstoppable.

The Roman garrison of Qinxifeng was urgently mobilized, and many of them looked very nervous, while many of them looked very excited, eager to fight.

The Roman army stationed in Qinxifeng was only 250,000 people, and the other 400,000 troops were in Dura Europos in the west of Qinxifeng and Altashat in the northwest.

The Romans waited for the Wei army to attack, but the Wei army did not attack immediately, but set up camp outside the city to rest.

Seeing this scene, the tense nerves of the Romans could not help but relax a little.

Schneider and several of his generals returned to the lobby of the office, and one of them suggested, "Your Excellency, can we raid them tonight?" ”

Schneider couldn't help but feel a little moved, but after thinking about it, he shook his head, "No! The Wei people's general of the expedition to the west has always been known for his wisdom and bravery, and it is impossible not to guard against our surprise attack! ”

Several generals nodded, and one general said worriedly: "Our army only has 250,000 horses, I'm afraid it won't last long!" ”

Schneider frowned.

The other generals also looked worried.

Schneider glanced at the generals and said in a proud voice: "But 200,000 of the 250,000 army are the main army, and one of them is the elite Spartan army, we will definitely be able to hold it!" The generals nodded together.

At that moment, a herald rushed in.

"Your Excellency General, the Emperor's Majesty's Message!"

Schneider took the book, read it quickly, and smiled excitedly: "Great! Glancing at the generals, "Your Majesty has ordered two legions from the fortress of Tarn and one legion from Jerusalem, as well as two newly formed legions, for a total of 250,000 troops to reinforce us!" (To be continued.) )