Israel, along the coast of Gaza, late at night.

More than a dozen large Raven warships approached the shore, and the drawbridges on the battleships were lowered to the shore ground, and then a large number of cavalry came down from the drawbridges of these Raven warships, and in less than half an hour, three thousand elite cavalry had been assembled on the shore.

"General, all the horses have disembarked! Where are the ministries going, please tell the general," said Hans, who came forward and saluted Balhan.

Balhan turned his head to look at the raven warships anchored in the sea, and said: "Order, the ships leave the shore and enter the open sea to find the islands to hide their tracks, so that the naval fleet of the Eastern Roman Empire cannot be discovered, and at this time in two days, they will still be here to meet the return of the army, and order the battalion officers of all departments to immediately count the number of people in their headquarters and isolate the sick."

"Yes!" Hans agreed, and said to the herald beside him: "Flag the order the fleet to go overseas to find the islands to hide their whereabouts, and come here two days later to meet the return of the army." In addition, the battalion commanders were ordered to count the number of people in their headquarters and isolate the sick people."

The herald saluted, "Yes, General!" ”

Soon, the ordered fleet lifted anchor and departed, and the battalion commanders had already counted the men and horses of their headquarters and isolated the sick soldiers, in order to prevent the sick from spreading to other soldiers, and on the other hand, to prevent the sick people from slowing down the movement of the army.

After counting the numbers, Hans came to report to Balhan: "General, eighty-four people in the whole army are sick and cannot move with the army!" ”

Barhan sat on horseback and observed the terrain around him, and noticed that there were two mountains by the sea in front of him. There was a valley in the middle, so he said, "Move those sick soldiers to the valley in front of them, and leave enough food and grass and a hundred men and horses to take care of them." When my army returns, I'll take them with me!" ”

"Yes, General!"

The sick soldiers were sent away, leaving them in good health and spirit, and the horses were soon lost into the night.

At daybreak, the army stopped at a great oasis. And hidden on the spot, this is the only way for the Eastern Roman Empire Janissaries to escort the wedding party of Princess Eudosia to Carthage, and Balhan led 3,000 iron horsemen here to prevent this family sending team to Carthage to destroy the marriage between the two countries.

The original plan of the Eastern Roman Empire was to send the family to Carthage by sea. Because the sea route was the shortest, but considering the many safety problems of taking the sea route, the fleet could sink in a big storm at any time on the sea, and the naval warships of the Hun Empire often entered the Mediterranean Sea from the port of Constantinople. It poses a great danger to the fleet of the family to send off relatives. Leo I, on the other hand, was determined to succeed in this marriage and would not allow unforeseen circumstances to occur. Therefore, the Eastern Roman Empire abandoned the plan to take the sea route for the sake of safety, and chose to take the overland route, starting from Ankara, passing through Syria, Lebanon, Jerusalem, Israel, and Egypt, and circumnavigating the eastern shore of the Mediterranean, although the journey was much longer. But at least there is no problem in terms of security, after all, all the way is the territory of the Eastern Roman Empire. Even if there are some small robbers and bandits, but do these bandits and robbers dare to confront the three thousand Praetorian Guards who escort the princess's wedding party?

If the Eastern Roman Empire could think of this, could it be that the Great Qin Empire couldn't think of this? Liu San, who was in charge of this matter, wanted to attack it unprepared, just when the Eastern Roman Empire thought that it was the safest to choose to take the land route, and it was impossible for anyone to dare to fight the idea of the princess's dowry team, he chose to send naval warships deep into the inland sea of the Eastern Roman Empire in the Mediterranean, landed on the coast of Israel, and ambushed the cavalry on the way to send off his relatives.

After the army had set up camp in the oasis, Hans came to report to Balhan: "General, the whole army has set up camp, what other instructions do you have?" ”

Balhan pondered for a moment and said: "We must be here for the first time, and we are not familiar with the people in this place, so we order all of us to change into Saracen clothes, and put on turbans and face bandanas, and in order to prevent our movements from being discovered, we will send reconnaissance cavalry to conduct reconnaissance patrols within ten miles of the surroundings, and all those who enter within a radius of ten miles within these two days will be captured!" ”

Hans listened and asked, "What about the guide, should you kill him, so as not to leak the news?" ”

Balhan thought for a while and raised his hand and said, "No, keep him for the time being, maybe it will be useful, and it won't be too late to kill him after this mission is completed!" ”

Hans saluted and said, "Understand, the last general will go and arrange it!" ”

……

Jerusalem.

The dowry team of Princess Odosia settled here for the night, after nearly a month of long travel, everyone in the wedding team was very tired, after all, in this era the long journey is a very hard thing, not everyone in the family team rode horses, at least those maids and eunuchs did not have horses, they basically walked on two legs, in addition to the three thousand Janissaries, only the maids and eunuchs in charge of the dowry team could ride horses.

After two days of rest in Jerusalem, the soldiers, maids, and eunuchs were refreshed, and the next night Anastasia, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, who was in charge of escorting the princess's dowry, was compelled to consult with her at the lodgings of Eudosia for fear of delaying his journey.

"Your Royal Highness Princess Qiyu, General Anastasia asks to see you!" A maid walked into the room and reported to Odosia.

Hearing this, Odosia's face showed a little joy, and he lightly opened his lips: "Please let him in!" ”

"Yes, princess!"

Soon, the maid walked in with a handsome and imposing young general of about thirty years of age, who was Anastasias, the commander of the Guard, who was in charge of the security of the escort procession.

Anastasias's position in the Praetorian Guard was originally the captain of the wing, and the military establishment of the Eastern Roman Empire followed the establishment of the Roman Empire, and there was no commander in the army.

Walking in front of Odasia, Anastasia knelt down on one knee with the hilt of his sword in his hand and bowed his head: "The last general, Anastasia, will see Her Royal Highness the Princess!" ”

Although Eudosia is only a princess of the Western Roman Empire, not a princess of the Eastern Roman Empire, Eudocia is the niece and nephew of the first queen of the Eastern Roman Empire, Pulkaria, and is equivalent to the niece of Leo I, and is the real blood descendant of Theodosius the Great of the Roman Empire.

Eudosia is close to forty years old, she has been exiled to Carthage for seven years, but she still has charm, seeing Anastasia saluting, Odosia got up with a smile and walked over and stretched out her hand to help her up, which frightened Anastasius panicked, and retreated again and again: "The last general deserves death, and he dare not touch the jade body of the princess!" ”

"Giggles......" Odosia laughed for a while and said: "The general doesn't have to be like this, this princess has to rely on the general's best escort along the way, of course, she can afford the support of the palace master, the general is exempt!" ”

"Your Royal Highness Princess Xie!"

Odosia said to the maid, "Go and get some drinks, and I would like to thank General Anastasia for his dedication to escorting him along the way!" ”

Anastasiaus hurriedly said: "Your Royal Highness the princess doesn't have to be like this, the last general came mainly to ask for the princess's opinion, the team has been resting here for two days, if the afternoon is delayed any longer, the last general may not be able to escort Her Royal Highness the princess to Carthage in time to marry Prince Vandal, and then the last general will really deserve death!" ”

Odosia smiled: "It's okay, you accompany the princess to drink tonight, and the princess will promise to leave early tomorrow morning, okay?" ”

Anastasiaus hesitated: "This ......".

"What's this, that's it!" Odosia made the final decision and said to the maid, "Why don't you go and get the food and drinks!" ”

"Yes, Your Highness Princess!" The maid said yes and turned around and ran out.

After the wine and food came up, Odasia took advantage of whether to leave tomorrow to blackmail Anastasius everywhere and let him drink, in terms of entertainment, where is Anastasius, a warrior, the opponent of Odasia, the old fritter of the palace government? He was drunk by Odosia one after another, and after a short time he became a little drunk, and his speech was a little unpleasant.

"Your Royal Highness, Princess, the last and last generals really can't drink anymore!" Anastasiaus shook his head as he shook his head at the glass that had been handed to his lips.

"That's good, if you don't drink it, you won't drink it!" Odosia put down the wine glass and progressed to the wind. Sao Zhi said in a flattering manner: "General, do you think the lord of this palace is beautiful?" ”

Anastasia was already a little drunk at this time, and Odasia, who had drunk wine and had a little blush on his face, was different at this time. Confused, he couldn't help but say: "Beautiful, very beautiful, so beautiful, there is no more beautiful woman in the world than Her Royal Highness the Princess!" ”

"Giggles, long night, what are the generals waiting for?" Eudosia writhed her serpent-like body and kept rubbing against Anastasia's body.

Although Anastasias was already a little drunk, he finally maintained a trace of sobriety, and hurriedly said: "No, no, no, the nobility of Her Royal Highness Princess's bloodline and identity is beyond the reach of the last general, and the last general will not dare to desecrate the nobility and holiness of Her Royal Highness the Princess!" ”

When Odosia heard this, his face showed pain, and he laughed miserably: "Noble and holy? Hahaha, didn't the general think that it was a pity that such a noble and holy person as a princess married into Carthage and was ruined by the lowly and savage Vandals? How can the savage and lowly Vandals accept the noble and holy body of this princess? Now that this noble and holy man is at the side of the general, is the general indifferent? Isn't there a little injustice in the general's heart? ”

Eudosia's words are like the temptation of the devil. Confusion kept echoing in Anastasia's mind, and then he only felt a stream of heat rise from the depths of his body, and that heat instantly swept through his body, making him feel as if his whole body was about to burn at any moment, which would quickly overwhelm his reason, and he picked up Eudosia and walked inside. (To be continued......)