By the time Li Long set out, Yu Wenyuan's army had already arrived in Hanzhong.

Under the tent, Wei Yan proposed: "My lord, Hangu Pass has just been broken, and Ma Teng's son Ma Chao has fled into Chang'an, should we join him now and take advantage of the fact that the enemy army in the Western Regions has just captured the city and is unprepared, and recapture Hangu Pass?" ”

The generals under his command are also waiting for orders.

Yu Wenyuan thought for a while and nodded in affirmative.

"After taking Hangu Pass! Stay in the city and wait for Luoyang's army to march west again. ”

Wei Yan smiled and nodded.

Now is the time to capture Hangu Pass.

Wei Yan took advantage of the night to lead an army of 20,000 to Hangu Pass, but they didn't know that in Hangu Pass, the iron knight was searching for materials and had already evacuated the city.

And in the desert on the border of the Western Regions, a huge army has arrived in Guo Huang City, they are armed with rectangular giant shields and spears, and unlike the steel cavalry they have seen before, they are pure infantry legions.

Then.

Lu Chen, who was in Zhangye City, learned that Guo Huang was coming behind enemy lines.

Immediately led 10,000 Praetorian Cavalry to investigate outside Guo Huang City.

Saw.

On the opposite side of the city, there are camp tents inside and outside the city, and there are only tens of thousands of war horses and horses as far as the eye can see.

"Could it be that the main Roman army is coming?"

Lu Chen's first thought was the legendary Roman legions, armor-piercing, shield-wielding, spear-wielding, arrays, etc., these are the most famous places for the Roman legions.

Their armor is heavy armor, stronger than the armor of the Iron Knight, the shield is a rectangular arc shield, higher than the shield of the trapped camp, their shields can also be arranged with each other, they can't help but be able to resist crossbow shots, but also defend against cavalry impact, to say who had the strongest infantry legion in ancient times, there is no doubt that it is the Roman legion, this seems to be the iron-blooded army.

"They're determined to arrest me?"

Lu Chen muttered.

While in Moontown, he had heard that the Roman Empire was at war with the Kushan Empire in Southeast Asia, and that the Kushan Empire's rugged terrain and the strong leaders of the regime had prevented them from attacking.

Secondly.

The Roman battle line was too long, and the Rest Empire was too poor, and now if they wanted to maintain an army of nearly a million, they could only transport resources from the sea to reach Tuku City.

But.

The long conquest of the Great Army consumes huge resources, and the number of armies must be expanded at any time, and they are now recruiting slave soldiers from other empires, and the propaganda and maintenance of the Holy See has also risen to the lifeblood of the entire empire.

It is also the existence of the Holy See.

After the occupation of the Sabbatical Empire, they also began to be domesticated by the gods brought by the Holy See, and the slaves who listened to the gods could all become nobles, and the nobles who rebelled against the gods would inevitably become the next slaves.

Imperial power has completely entered theocraticism.

One of their four major Holy See chief priests, the War Priest, Wente Ogu, the next successor to the real power of the Ogu family, he is the priest who died at the hands of Lu Chen.

Lu Chen secretly said in his heart: "The Roman Empire can open two battle fronts, which shows that the divine power of the Holy See has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the killing of the priest this time has given the empire an excuse to send troops to attack the Han Dynasty." ”

It's just that.

Lu Chen also has a plan in his heart.

Fifteen days passed.

The 400,000 Roman legions in Guohuang City were finally gathered.

Hangu Pass had also returned to Li Long's hands, and they were converging their 180,000-strong army to reach Zhangye City, which was located in the upper reaches of the Hetao, nestled between the Qilian Mountains and Valleys.

If you want to keep Liangzhou, you must keep Zhangye.

Li Long and the others converged in Zhangye City, and the battle of the empire was inevitable.

Yu Wenyuan was the first to question: "What's going on on the other side now?" Why are they all infantry regiments again? Isn't the Sabbatical Empire a nomad? Did they also start building cities and growing food? ”

After the previous attack on Hangu Pass, when they pursued the Iron Knight, they had already seen the power of the knight, the armor was wrapped all over, the big sword was held, and they rode the Western Regions Wanma, like an immortal body sweeping through the army.

Lu Chen explained: "They are Roman legions, and the most famous thing in Rome is the legion phalanx. ”

"Rome!"

"How are we going to fight now?"

"They have not only infantry legions under their command, but also elusive iron knights, and we must not only resist their eastward advance, but also prevent cavalry from sneaking up on our rear."

"Westerners also pay attention to tactics?"

Lu Chen explained: "There is a woman among them, named Unar, who is the commander of the Iron Knight, last time I was captured, it was she who led three thousand knights to sneak attack my rear, this time a big attack on the big man, it is impossible for her not to come!" ”

He thought of the frosty blonde Unal, who was already ready to leave when he was victorious, and then saw Lu Chen behead the priest, and it was the knight she sent to pursue him.

And that competition was actually about fighting for control of the Flame Knight.

Lu Chen took it for her, and at the same time, the priest died at the hands of Unal's slaves, and she had to take Lu Chen to the Holy See for an explanation, which is why Unar would definitely come.

It's just that.

Lu Chen will not tell the truth.

At least.

He won't let Li Long and the others know for the time being.

The

The Roman legions attacked the Han because Lu Chen killed their priests.

Li Long nodded.

said: "The number of our three armies combined, there is not much difference with them, if we really fight, we may not win or lose, but if we drag on, they will definitely lose." ”

Lu Chen directly refused and said: "Don't let them gain a foothold, now that West Asia has been occupied by the Romans, if we drag it out, once they increase their troops, we will definitely fall into huge attrition, and now my territory has long been overwhelmed due to the expansion of the army, and this battle cannot be delayed." ”

Putting it off doesn't necessarily work in their favor.

You must know that now that the places have just calmed down, once other players, or other NPC forces suddenly turn against the water, this will definitely be a fatal blow to Lu Chen and the others.

It is even possible to put the entire Han dynasty in the hands of the Romans.

Yu Wenyuan also nodded.

Now that the territory has just been pacified, if there is turmoil in the rear, will they not be attacked from the back.

He said: "I have ordered Huang Zhong to lead another 70,000 troops to come, and they will definitely arrive within three days, when I have 120,000 in my hands, Li Long 130,000, Lu Chen, how many troops do you have?" ”

Lu Chen replied: "There are 70,000 troops sent here, and 150,000 heavy cavalry are stationed on the edge of the border, and now the strength is far superior to them, but the only thing we don't know is that we have not fought against the Roman legions, and the scattered experience of the previous battles is not necessarily suitable for dealing with the well-trained, unified and orderly regular legions on the opposite side." ”

Yu Wenyuan and both of them were slightly surprised.

150,000 heavy cavalry??

It's all cavalry!

In fact, they naturally didn't know that in order to expand the heavy cavalry of Lu Chen, the war horses that Shengle had cultivated for several years had already been pulled into the battlefield, and now there were only horse breeds left in the entire Shengle and Youzhou.