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The topography of the Syrian province is very peculiar, somewhat similar to North America, the coastal shore is protected by the towering and rugged coastal mountains, to the south, it is still the arid and barren Syrian desert, even if the Fujian army is 'elite', and it has requisitioned nearly 70,000 Nefud deserts, but desert warfare has never been the strength of the Fujian army. XsHuoTXt-79

Today's strategic situation is similar to the situation at the time of the original Sassanid "Both" Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire when the hegemony war, most of the original Sassanid "Both" territory has been annexed by the Great Min, and the fighting Eastern Rome occupies a small part of the western part of Mesopotamia, but the Syrian province that originally belonged to the Eastern Roman Empire, the Egyptian province has been reduced to an independent power, the Arab Empire.

Not only is the current situation similar, but even the strategic goals are exactly the same as back then, the main goal of Sassanid 'Bo's 'Bo' is to fight for West Asia, restore the territory of the ancient 'Bo's empire', and mainly compete for Syria and Egypt and other coastal rich lands, and now Damin is also the main goal to attack the Arab Empire, and the lesson of Eastern Rome is only secondary;

The most reasonable line of attack was to follow the line of attack of Sassanid 'Bo' Scus II, from the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, to capture Edessa, the largest town of the Eastern Roman Empire in Mesopotamia, and then south to Antioch, along the seashore to Damascus.

The main force of the Damin navy is arranged in the Suez Canal, and the navy of the Arab Empire is no longer worth mentioning after several naval battles, and in Palestine in southeast Syria, Damin and the Jews' kingdom of Israel as allies to destroy Hussein's main force, even if he is forced to withdraw from Syria and return to the Hejaz, the war of Damin is considered to be won.

The arid and barren southwestern Arabian Peninsula could not support the swelling Arab population, and if it was only three years to hold down Jerusalem and Suez, even if Hussein was reborn by the Prophet Muhammad, he could not suppress the war of plundering the tribes under his command for survival, and the Arabian Peninsula would return to the social form of civil strife and blood feud that had been centuries ago.

At that time, the Great Min only needed a few foreign 'diplomatic officials', and it would be enough to use trade as a 'lure' bait to select obedient spokespersons, and it would be enough to rule the entire West Asia in peace.

Of course, these are just grand strategies, and it is not so easy to realize, at least for the time being, Constantine IV is unwilling to give up Antioch and the rich West Mesopotamia, which he has won back, Hussein, a rare Arab with great perseverance, and the big-sighted master also knows that this is not the time to deal with the Roman Empire,,。

The two empires, which had been hostile to each other for more than seven decades, were now closely united, and from the inside information from the Arab tribal 'bastards' who had been bought, Hussein had consolidated almost all of Mecca and Syria, and 200,000 Arab light cavalry had come to reinforce Edessa along Mount Sheikh like rolling sand.

On the Roman side, there were also swords and soldiers, and the spirit of Gengjin was soaring into the sky and 'shooting'.

Although Li Jie personally drove the chariot when he sent out the army, in order to show the heart of the decisive battle and boost the morale of the whole army, but after embarking on the journey, he still had to live in his huge mobile palace, not that Li Jie was greedy for comfort, commanding an army of more than 600,000, as well as hundreds of thousands of people in the rear, controlling a large battlefield with a radius of more than a few hundred miles.

In the mobile palace dragged by almost seventy oxen and a few Tianzhu elephants, in the tents divided by felt cloth, hundreds of military officials were busy like ants, intelligence analysis, the dispatch of various armies, the distribution of grain and grass supplies, countless texts were sent in every moment, as many as hundreds of messengers of the forbidden army surrounded the surroundings, and people who were still busy turned over on their backs;

At this time, the commander in the center was the old Li Ji of the military department, and he really talked about experience, starting from the 'chaotic' era at the end of the Sui Dynasty, he participated in two Goguryeo wars, and even maintained the stability of Guanzhong when Li Jie invaded Guanzhong, and the command experience of Lao Li Ji was undoubtedly the best among the generals of the Fujian army.

Besides, such a troublesome and chaotic war also needs a careful old man to 'operate', but Li Jie himself is not idle.

In the last and most luxurious room of King Min, several large fans continue to fan the cool wind into the room with the linkage of the wheels and gears of the moving palace.

This time, many harem Li Jie stayed in Ctesiphon, the only exception was Concubine Qin Anna, after all, this girl was born in the Eastern Roman royal family, and she had an extraordinary deep understanding of the military and politics of Syria and the Roman Empire.

At this time, Anna really had a secret appearance, and she was also wearing a Min army helmet and a tight Fujian army leather armor skirt, but the bright helmet was worn on her fluffy curly hair and had a feeling of decoration, and the dark tight armor skirt was also supported by her bumpy hot body to support a kind of style of a later army jacket.

If it's not a little classical, it's a bit more classical, and she will get rid of the style of the 'female' literary and artistic soldiers of later generations.

It's just that Li Jie is not interested at all, and all he is focused on is the information that Anna is holding in front of his chest, listening to Anna's serious face and Zhu 'lips' reporting hurriedly.

"The information from my cronies in Constantinople is not encouraging."

"My brother is almost crazy, he can't care about the West, and almost all the troops guarding southern Italy, Greece, and the Balkans have been 'pumped' to the eastern battlefield, 20,000 militia in southern Italian towns, 30,000 Athenian infantry, 28,000 Macedonian mercenaries, 30,000 frontier legions on the Rhine defense line, 16,000 Janissaries in Constantinople, more than 20,000 mercenary guards of Slavic barbarians, more than 40,000 Bulgarian foot cavalry, and about 10,000 soldiers from Asia Minor."

"From Antioch, the Roman army entered Edessa exactly three days early."

Speaking of this, Anna shook her head very mockingly, but her expression was quite resentful, and she sneered and said: "Except for Attila, the whip of God, the Roman Empire has never concentrated the whole country on the front line so much, I am afraid that in my brother's mind, the king and Attila are equated;"

Anna's sneering joke Li Jieke didn't laugh at all, but stared at the city of Edessa leaning against the Tigris River with a tighter brow, muttering and shaking his head.

"Thirty and twenty thousand and fifty thousand, together it is more than two hundred thousand, plus the ninety-six tribes of Hussein, that is more than 400,000 people! It's a big rock to gnaw on. ”

Don't look at the Eastern Rome in the last 70 years or so of consecutive defeats, lost the city and lost the territory and retreated to Constantinople, but after all, it is the oldest empire in Europe, with its unique heritage, and even the Franks, the kings of the German states still lead the title of governor of the Roman Empire, and the Roman legion is still a very challenging opponent of the Great Min.

Moreover, there were more than 200,000 fanatical Arab light cavalry, also relying on supplies from the valley of the two rivers, and the baggage of the Byzantine navy from the Aegean Sea, relying on Edessa, the strongest Roman stronghold in Mesopotamia, and this war could be fought.

It's not that Li Jie doesn't have confidence in himself, now almost all the warlike races on the Asian continent, the 'elite' army is all under his command, and he still has an advantage in terms of troops, Li Jie believes that the future victory must be his own.

But it is not so easy to win, Li Jie does not want to fight the war into a war of attrition between Eastern Rome and Sassanid 'Bo', fighting for ten or twenty years, in that case, even if he wins, the national strength will be almost consumed, and it is difficult to guarantee that he will not follow the old road of the Tang Dynasty and collapse in the internal 'chaos'.

"What a roadblock!"

"Somehow must be found to separate the Arabs from the Romans!"

Listening to Li Jie's embarrassed muttering, Anna also frowned, but in just a moment, her heart suddenly jumped heavily, and she didn't know when, Li Jie's eyes actually fell on her.

"Anna, for the sake of Da Min, the widow needs some sacrifices!" With a burning gaze, Li Jie looked directly into Anna's eyes with difficulty.

In an instant, her chest rose and fell violently, but in just a moment, Anna seemed to return to her normal state, but her cheeks turned pale.

"I see."

"I owe you;!"

Seeing Anna's departing figure, Li Jie silently added, and Anna's footsteps froze, but she still didn't look back, and still hurriedly walked out of the mobile palace.

Behind the Praetorian Guards, there was a slight 'commotion' and 'chaos'.

Following Anna, many Romans also became officials in Damin, and this group of people was also quite supportive of the imperial court on weekdays, but today, a group of Min officials from the Roman knight class were angry and quarreled with the chariot riders around a gorgeous four-wheeled carriage.

"What's wrong?"

Among the Romans who followed Anna into exile in Damin, the biggest official position was Anna's uncle Amulie, who was now a young eunuch in the fourth Shaofu, and some of the food and salary supplies of these thousands of guards belonged to him to be in charge.

Seeing the arrival of Amurel, who was considered the number two person, a young and indignant Roman knight young man turned around in annoyance and shouted: "King Min has treacherously ordered Her Majesty Anna to be placed under house arrest!" It's in the carriage, and none of us are allowed to meet us! ”

As soon as these words came out, Amuriel's 'fat' face was obviously stunned, but a strange look flashed in his pupils, and then Amuriel was full of dignity and shouted at a group of Romans seriously.

"What's the use of waiting here to entangle, this is Da Min, everything has to be according to the king's wishes! If you wait here, you will anger the King of Min! ”

"But, just watching His Majesty imprisoned?"

Immediately, someone retorted unconvinced, but Amurlie shouted even more impatiently: "What's the use of you bombarding 'chaos' here, it's all scattered!" The old man will naturally meet the King of Min in a while and plead with His Majesty! ”

During Amurlie's drive, a group of Romans still dispersed in a daze, their heads were covered with sweat, and Amuriel himself hurried to the mobile palace, but when he entered his Shaofu, Amuriel was not busy understanding the situation, but looked at the 'door' vigilantly, turned over and rummaged in the box.

Covered under a pile of bamboo slips, a gagged pigeon was dragged out by him and placed on the table............