Sima Lang frowned and said, "What I'm most worried about now is not the army of Tukun, but how many of them are in the city, and who are they?" If this is not handled well, it is very likely that we will lose everything! ”

Several people couldn't help but nod their heads in agreement, and Kang Wenrui asked urgently, "What is the good way for that gentleman?" ”

Sima Lang shook his head, "Time is too short, it's difficult to make a difference!" For now, we can only firmly control the palace, armory, granary, and city gates! ”

Sima Lang briefly negotiated with King Kangju and others on some details, and finally King Kangju did not hesitate to hand over the entire royal capital to Sima Lang, to which Prime Minister Kangju disagreed, but King Kangju still insisted on doing so.

Sima Lang left the palace and met Xu Su of the Imperial Forest Army at the door.

"Xu Jianjun, this official is about to look for you!" Sima Lang took Xu Su's hand and said.

Xu Su hugged his fists and said: "Let the gentleman just say it!" ”

"General Xu, how many capable troops are there in the royal capital at present?" Sima Lang asked.

Xu Su thought for a moment and then replied: "One thousand Imperial Forest Army, two thousand foot soldiers of the Sixth Legion, plus five thousand palace guards and six thousand city defense troops, the total strength is less than 15,000!" Envoy, I heard that the army of Tukun is about to arrive! ”

Sima Lang nodded and frowned: "Although we only have to hold on for one day, this day is not easy!" ”

Xu Su nodded sympathetically.

"Now, the Imperial Forest Army has taken on the important task of protecting the palace, Xu Jianjun, you immediately order the foot soldiers of the Sixth Legion to take over the city defense army to take over the city gate guarding the city!"

"No!"

Xu Su hugged his fists and was about to leave, when he suddenly turned around and asked with a puzzled expression: "Envoy, the last general doesn't know why he didn't order General Ma's army to come to reinforcements until this time. If it had been a day or two earlier, wouldn't the risk taken by the royal capital ・・・・・・?"

Sima Lang said: "This is what King Kangju meant, he wants to take this opportunity to make all the opposition forces jump on the stage, so he will let me do this!" Okay, General Xu, let's do what needs to be done! ”

In fact, this is also the meaning of Chang'an Central. Take this opportunity to eliminate the entire Kangju opposition to the Great Wei, and at the same time weaken the Kangju forces, further let the Kangju fall on sovereignty, and finally go to become a state and county of the Great Wei.

"No!" Xu Su didn't understand these higher-level thoughts, so he took what Sima Lang said seriously, and immediately saluted Sima Lang with a fist and left quickly.

"Great King, why did you give full authority to a Han man for the royal capital?" In the Kangju Palace, Prime Minister Kangju asked very puzzled. There was also a look of anxiety on his face.

King Kangju said meaningfully: "Only he is the only one who does this, it is the most suitable!" Aiqing, the current Kangju is not as good as before! ”

"But the king ・・・・・・"

The prime minister wanted to persuade again, but was interrupted by King Kangju, and said earnestly: "This king knows that the prime minister is loyal to the country, but this king has already decided on this matter!" ”

The prime minister sighed, "Okay, I hope the king's decision is correct!" ”

Kang Wenrui couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "This battle is over. Regardless of whether you win or lose, Kangju will be devastated by her vitality! ”

King Kangju couldn't help but show a gloomy color. I felt only a wave of tiredness in my heart.

Just when the clouds of civil war were gathering and tensions were raging, a sudden upheaval occurred in the Roman Empire, thousands of miles to the west, when the first black Roman emperor died, and Caracalla's younger brother Septimius Gaita succeeded him as Roman emperor with the support of his supporters and the Senate!

Originally, the Roman emperor was supposed to die of illness in 217 AD. However, due to the more complex internal and external environment of Rome than history, coupled with Caracalla's disobedience, the confrontation of the Roman Senate, the invasion of the Jin barbarians, and a series of things, the emperor's life span was reduced by several years.

One more point. That is, unlike the historical Septimius Geta and Caracalla who became co-emperors, due to today's time and space, Caracalla led the army outside, coupled with the decrees he promulgated, the Roman emperor and the senate were disgusted with him, which also led to the fact that there is only one Roman emperor today, and Caracalla received an order from the Roman emperor to summon him back to China.

What is the fate of those in power after returning home, the fate of those in power above Roman history is telling this Caracalla, not to mention, covering hundreds of thousands of elites, Caracalla is not without ambition, asking him to surrender to his younger brother like this, from now on, one is high, and the other is as humble as the earth, which is absolutely impossible for Caracalla to accept!

Therefore, Caracalla, who led the successful crusade to the east, immediately announced that the Roman Senate and Septimius Geta had conspired to kill the Roman emperor, and then led 200,000 elites under his command under the leadership of the general Seth to tear apart Septimius's defense line in the east, and the troops went straight to the glorious Roman Empire capital city of Rome on the Italian halfway!

The sky gradually brightened, and the pedestrians on the streets of the royal capital gradually increased, but the royal capital did not make people feel the lively and prosperous atmosphere at all, but there was a panicked atmosphere permeating the mid-air of the royal capital.

Sima Lang, who was going to the city gate to inspect the city gate defenses, sensed the unsettling atmosphere on the street, and couldn't help frowning slightly, muttering, "How did the news of the enemy's arrival spread so quickly? Looks like someone must be doing something wrong! ”

Sima Lang called the Jinyi Wei official who was in charge of intelligence work beside him, and said a few words, but the man said yes and disappeared.

Sima Lang went up to the city gate tower, and Xu Su, who was on the city gate tower and didn't know how to defend, immediately greeted him.

"General Xu, how's the situation?" Sima Lang walked to the battlements and looked at the Yima Pingchuan outside the city wall and asked.

Xu Su said: "Our soldiers have high morale, but the morale of Kangju's army is very problematic!" ”

Sima Lang frowned, turned his head to look at Xu Su, "Is there someone in the military camp who is bewitching the hearts of the army?" ”

Xu Su shook his head, "Not really!" There are many of our informants in the Kangju army, and if there is such a thing, it is impossible for us not to know about it! ”

Sima Lang breathed a sigh of relief and advised, "General Xu, don't be careless!" ”

"No!"

"Why don't you open the gates? We're going out of town! Suddenly there was a commotion under the city gates.

Xu Su and Sima Lang exchanged a look, walked quickly to the inner edge of the city wall, and looked down the city, only to see thousands of people crowded at the city gate and clamoring to get out of the city, everyone carrying large bags and small packages, obviously to flee!

"Don't make a noise, everyone! There are horse bandits outside who are killing people and stealing goods, so everyone is still staying in the city for the time being! An officer shouted.

The crowd began to talk in a whisper, everyone showed hesitation, and a rough voice in the crowd suddenly shouted: "Don't lie to us!" We know that the great general Tukun has rebelled and is leading an army of 200,000 to kill him! (To be continued.) )