Bai Nanyu sat next to Huo Quai, watching him push the other side to watch the fire and gain insight into the battlefield.

To her amazement, there were six or seven battlefields, at the same time, erupting in different parts of Parthia.

Among them, what attracted Huo Quzhi's attention the most was a peculiar battlefield that did not fight, but the two sides repeatedly played several times.

It was an elite of the forbidden army led by Zhao Ponu.

The opponent was the Roman tribe who had landed from the sea and approached the southwest corner of Parthia.

They wanted to secretly march and land, but Huo Qubing predicted their intentions and sent Zhao Ponu to intercept them and block them.

And the other party is not simple, and found Zhao Ponu waiting on the shore in advance and wanted to ambush them. But pretending not to know, another group of people was sent to land from the flank first, wanting to suddenly appear when Zhao Ponu attacked their landing troops, and the two cooperated to eat Zhao Ponu in turn.

But Zhao Ponu noticed it again and responded to it......

So the two sides did not officially fight, but secretly they played more than one round.

Huo Qu's illness was full of interest.

"Lord Wang, who is the other party?" Bai Nanyu asked.

"The Romans are hiding in a corner of the battle area in advance, trying to sneak up on our troops, the real main force of their Third Legion."

Huo Quzhi smiled: "It's a little interesting." ”

It's dawn.

The team that confronted Zhao Ponu finally retreated to the sea and did not fight.

……

Alexandria Hill City, also known as Alexandria.

Located west of the Nile Delta and on the southern shore of the Mediterranean, it is the largest port city in Egypt.

During the Ptolemaic Dynasty, the capital was moved here in order to strengthen the connection between Egypt and the countries surrounding the Mediterranean.

In the morning light, in the white royal palace, in the pharaoh's bedchamber, Ptolemy VIII was asking his close attendants to help him wipe his face with warm water and then cold water to tighten the skin on his face.

After the attendants had wiped their faces, Ptolemy VIII looked back in some surprise at the attendant who had come in to give the news.

He just asked, 'Where did you hit, did you tear through the Han army's defense line', and the attendant knelt on the ground, not daring to respond.

Ptolemy VIII's face slowly sank, and he realized that it might not be the good news he expected: "Failed to break through the Han defenses? ”

The attendant said in a trembling voice:

"It was the Han army that attacked us, and Haluf was killed on the spot. The priest of Ra was also wounded, and led the rest of the army to the south.

Word came that we had lost more than fifteen thousand people. ”

Ptolemy VIII was suddenly furious and incredulous: "What is the Golden Herus doing? ”

Halouf was the general who led the attack, and Kim Horu was Egypt's highest-ranking military commander.

Jin Horu did not personally lead the army to attack Parthia, but coordinated the battle.

He is now located in the eastern part of the Nile Delta, under the Ahmar Mountains, in the city of Said on Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.

The armies of Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt had to pass through and transit before they could approach the Parthian line of defense and enter the battle.

The attendant said, "The news of the battle was sent from Jin Helu. ”

Ptolemy VIII slowly got up, an old, fat figure, wearing a white robe, and walked out of the hall.

A quarter of an hour later, the Egyptian courtiers entered the main hall of the royal palace to see Pharaoh.

"Can anyone tell me why our mighty Egyptian army was defeated when the Han army was facing the onslaught of the Romans head-on?"

Ptolemy VIII looked solemn and angry: "In order to fight this battle, we are well prepared. According to intelligence, the Han army on the western front of Parthia was no more than 50,000 to 70,000 people, and counting the old Parthian army, it would not exceed 100,000. ”

"The troops that Rome moved to the east to participate in the battle were equal to the number of Han troops.

In this case, we unite the armies before Parthia...... Elite from multiple legions, but they were defeated by the Han army overnight! ”

Ptolemy VIII paused for the scepter in his hand, and the last few words were almost a roar.

The ministers were dumbfounded.

They didn't know the details of the front, so they didn't know what went wrong.

At this time, another Egyptian attendant came in from outside the temple: "Pharaoh! ”

"Say."

"New news from the front, the Han army pursued our rout all the way to the north of the Soya promenade, on the east shore of the sea (Mediterranean).

The Han army took advantage of the chaos of our retreat and attacked the temporary port where we transported troops back and forth. ”

Ptolemy's hands and feet trembled slightly.

"How many soldiers and horses did the Han army use to fight against my Egypt, and where did the Parthian rout team go?" A minister asked.

The attendant replied: "There is no specific news of the Parthian rout, and the number of Han troops is uncertain, there should be twenty or thirty thousand people." ”

This battle was fought, and I didn't know anything.

The attendant swallowed his spit, and said, "The Han army took advantage of the situation to attack the harbor and seized seven of our troop carriers, all of which were big ships. ”

Ga...... Ptolemi VIII began to feel dizzy before his eyes.

Under the impact of the bad news that followed, he suddenly had a thought: "What are the Han troops doing to grab ships, they want to cross the sea... Coming to my Egyptian proper? ”

The ministers also thought of a similar question and looked at each other.

"What are the Romans doing?"

"Didn't you say that Rome preceded me Egypt and had already started a war with the Han army?"

"The Han army has dispatched tens of thousands of main forces to fight us, what happened to the Romans?" The minister asked.

The attendant shook his head: "There is no news from the Roman side either. ”

Ptolemy VIII waved his hand and said, "Go down, all of you." ”

Waiting for the minister to retire, Ptolemy VIII took out a leather scroll sent by the Roman Senate not long ago, and delivered a message to the leather scroll: "Great Elder, the main force of the Han army is attacking my Egypt, and your attack has broken through the Han army's defense line." ”

After a while, the news sent back from the other side appeared on the leather scroll:

"The Han army attacked you, not with the main force. The main force is fighting against our fourth and fifth legions.

At dawn, there was also a confrontation between the Han army and our Third Army. ”

Ptolemy sat on his throne in astonishment, and read the news from the other side twice.

It was not the main force of the Han army that attacked them...... Can he defeat the elite of Egypt that he has drawn from multiple legions?

In other words, the Romans were too arrogant and felt that it was the main force of the Han army that was fighting with them. In fact, the Han army has no priority or priority, and every team is an elite of a hundred battles.

Ptolemy VIII had a stormy life, and the news of the defeat of his army made him angry and shocked for a while, but it was not enough to make him panic and fear.

He quickly calmed down and gave an order to Jin Helu, intending to mobilize the most elite soldiers and horses in Egypt, and the army would press the border and fight the Han army again.

Now that he has offended the Han army, he must take advantage of the opportunity to unite with Rome to defeat the Han army.

Otherwise, when the Han army eased up, Egypt's losses would be even greater.

Ptolemy VIII clutched the scepter and issued several orders in succession.

And in Rome, in the main hall of the Senate, the Grand Senate was also surprised by the situation of last night's battle.

In front of him was a detailed map of the topography of the countries surrounding the Mediterranean.

The hall was quiet, with only two people.

One is the Grand Elder.

The other man looked to be twenty-seven or eighteen years old, dressed in the white robes of a Roman nobleman, and his long dark brown hair was meticulously combed. He looked young, but he was forty years old.

His name was Claudius Augustus Lyon, the current consul of Rome, the second man of Rome under the Patriarchate.

In a sense, his status is actually parallel to that of the Great Elder.

In some of the aristocratic classes of Rome, the consul was called the golden sun.

The light that praised him shone all over Rome.

Others secretly call him the Demon King of Fear.

During his two consecutive terms, he brutally suppressed riots.

The means are so bloody that adults can hear his name at night and wake up from nightmares.

Unlike the Patriarch, who was accustomed to hiding behind the scenes, spreading his authority like a shadow over Rome, the Consul was a clever consul who acted in a very high-profile manner.

He faced his enemies as well as his own people, and liked to do it himself, and he had his traces and fame on many occasions.

"I just received the news that last night the Han army not only engaged us, but also blocked the Egyptians."

The elder elder's cloudy eyes seemed to be a little difficult to see the map in front of him.

He leaned closer, looked at it carefully, and said unhurriedly:

"The commander of the Han army has long seen through the purpose of the Egyptians and our first phase of warfare."

"He had only returned from the east when he went on the offensive, using troops on several fronts at the same time, and crushed the Egyptians in one night."

The consul glanced at the map and said disappreciatively: "From the map, Egypt can be approached to the southwestern corner of the Parthian border to the north.

Egypt's desire to unite with its rout in the southern mountains is something that is easy to associate with and not very clever. ”

The elder nodded: "What you said also makes sense. But you've just come back, apparently not yet.

I had the Third Army sail from our southeastern sea, pass the port of Carthage, and sail northeast by sea.

The Third Army entered the war zone, and when it was close to dawn, they planned to land by boat at the northernmost outlet of the Soya Promenade, but their landing was also detected by the commander of the Han army.

There are Han troops waiting there to ambush us. ”

The consul Augustus Lyons finally showed a look of surprise:

"The sea voyage from Carthage to the northeast will not show any signs of march on the vast sea, which can be traced.

On what basis did he predict the landing place of the Third Army? ”

After thinking about it, he said: "The Grand Patriarch saw that the Egyptian army was overwhelmed, and wanted to press the Third Army on it when they were engaged with the Han army and completely destroy the Han army's defense line.

And then cooperate with the Egyptians, and at the same time let the fourth and fifth legions, echo with the third legion, and defeat the Han army? ”

The Grand Elder was satisfied with the Archon's insight and judgment, and smiled: "Exactly.

It's a pity that the commander of the Han army is very sharp, and the Han army is waiting for the place where we landed.

Had it not been for the fact that I had sensed it in advance, received a revelation from the oracle, and sent a message to the Third Legion, I am afraid that our losses last night would have been more than the rout of the Egyptians. ”

The archon tuk tuk tucked a silver ring on his finger and tapped the table with a rhythmic sound.

"So the commander of the Han army still has some talent, no wonder he can fight all the way from the east. Hand him over to me, I haven't been active in a long time, but I hope he won't let me down. The Archon said.

Grand Patriarch: "Are you willing to deal with him, of course, preferably, I'm waiting for your good news?" ”

The consul got up, then abruptly disappeared.

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Although Tai Xifeng and Huo Qubing did not go to the battlefield, they were more tired than leading their troops to the battlefield in person.

It was approaching early in the morning, and last night's various fronts were on the verge of ending.

For the whole battle situation, last night's movement on the surface was not big, in fact, it had secretly crossed the Ten Thousand Mountains, and if the Romans' Third Army landed to achieve the strategic goal, the consequences would be very serious.

Looking at the overall situation by watching the fire from the other side is quite fulfilling.

The feeling of giving orders to the command, fighting everywhere, like an arm, and then completing the strategic intent, is also good.

What's even more surprising is the magic of watching the fire from the other side.

The effect of this strategy was not obvious in the early stage, and it was not until it became the best strategy that it showed an amazing effect.

At this time, the teams of Fulu Branch, Utis, and Zhao Anji robbed the Egyptian ship, cooperated with a medium-sized Han ship brought by the Shenfu of Shanghuo Quai, plus some shipwrights of the accompanying army, and several groups of people converged, and were preparing to go south and enter Egypt.

"Zhao Ponu, you led your troops to the south along the Suoya Corridor by land, launched an offensive against Egypt, pinned down its main forces, and provided support for Zhao Anji and others to penetrate into the sea."

Huo Quzhi used concentric lotus leaves to convey orders.

Zhao Ponu on the other side immediately received the order and made relevant arrangements.

Huo Quzhi rubbed his eyebrows.

In the past, when I fought in the front, my uncle coordinated the overall situation in the rear, but now I have to dispatch more than 100,000 troops by myself, cooperate with each other, use troops on multiple fronts, and grasp the battle situation, not be negligent in the slightest, it is really not easy.

Suddenly, he felt a pair of hands on his shoulders helping him knead his shoulders, and the tip of his nose lingered with a refreshing fragrance.

The hands on his shoulders were a little harder, and Huo Quzhi leaned back, and suddenly felt extremely plump to the touch.

Tut......

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