Chapter 1185: Preparing to Capture Constantinople
The young general of the Jin army is obviously talking the opposite, the Germans did not send envoys to discuss with the Jin army to attack the Roman Empire, on the contrary, it was Hua'an who sent envoys to the Germanic gathering place to ask the Germans to attack the western half of the Roman Empire. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Sure enough, Julian and all the Roman generals under his command all showed surprised expressions after listening to the words of the young generals of the Jin army, and it was obvious that they were greatly shocked in their hearts.
The Roman generals looked at Julian, waiting for Julian's orders.
Julian sighed, looked at the young general of the Jin army, and nodded: "Okay, our Rome and Jin will always be friendly neighbors, the previous unpleasantness was just a misunderstanding, we will evacuate soon, and in the future, we will never invade each other." ”
"Okay, that's it, let's leave three thousand men and horses to clean up the battlefield, and the rest of the soldiers and horses will leave immediately, and we will return to Ctesiphon, and you will return to Constantinople." The young general of the Jin army said.
Julian nodded, "Okay, I agreed." ”
"Farewell." The young general of the Jin army answered, and immediately rode away.
Looking at the back of the Jin army junior general leaving, Julian frowned, he was not sure whether what the Jin army junior general said was true, but he had a hunch that this matter was mostly true, after all, the Jin army had already taken the advantage just now, and there was no need to intimidate him with Germanic things at all.
"Your Majesty the Emperor, if what the young general of the Jin army said just now is true, the Germanic tribes should have launched an attack on the Gallic army by now, and the Gallic army does not have many soldiers and horses, I am afraid that it is not the opponent of the Germanic troops!" The confidant general Bainobades said worriedly.
"Your Majesty the Emperor, I think it's very strange why did the Jin army tell us about Germain? Could it be that the Jin Kingdom really intends to never invade us? General Severus said curiously.
"Your Majesty, should we immediately return to Constantinople, and then reinforce the city of Milan, and the west must not be lost to the Germanic tribes." Marcellus exclaimed.
Apparently, the Roman generals believed the words of the young Jin generals and believed that the Germanic tribes would soon attack the western Roman territory and capture the city of Milan.
Julian looked at the Roman generals and said softly: "I really didn't expect that the Germans would have colluded with the Jin State a long time ago, and we went stupidly to appease them, haha!" He laughed.
"Your Majesty, when we return to the west, we will teach the Germanic people a good lesson, and let them know the fate of opposing the Roman Empire." Severus said.
Julian nodded in approval.
In the camp of the Jin army opposite, Hua An was laughing and talking with his subordinates.
"Your Majesty, we have told Julian about the imminent attack of Rome in the west by the Germans, and I believe that Julian will be very shocked, and think about how to return to the west and teach the Germans a lesson, so that the main army of Rome will be caught in the battle with the Germanic tribes, and the defense of Constantinople will be extremely empty, so that our army can take advantage of the weakness to capture Constantinople." Wang San said happily.
Hua An nodded and said: "Yes, this is what the king thinks, as long as Julian transfers the main army to the west to attack the Germanic tribes, we will look for an opportunity to capture Constantinople, and use Constantinople as the seat of governance to establish the Roman Governorate." ”
When the generals of the Jin Army heard this, they all nodded happily and expressed their support for Hua'an's approach.
"Your Majesty, the main Roman force has begun to retreat slowly, so let's evacuate too!" Song Cheng looked at the Roman army that was evacuating and said softly.
Hua An nodded and said, "Leave three thousand men and horses to clean up the battlefield, and the rest of the soldiers and horses will return to Ctesiphon immediately." ”
"Yes, Your Majesty." The generals of the Jin army responded with a positive color.
Subsequently, the main force of the Jin army and the main force of the Roman army withdrew from the battlefield respectively, leaving only a small number of soldiers and horses to clean the battlefield.
It didn't take long for the main force of the Jin army to return to the camp on the outskirts of Ctesiphon, and the main force of the Roman army also withdrew more than 20 miles and set up camp, preparing to rest for a day before continuing to evacuate.
"Your Majesty the Emperor, according to the scout's report, the main force of the Jin army has returned to Ctesiphon and has not broken its promise." A Roman general said.
"Your Majesty the Emperor, it seems that the Jin army still keeps its promises and is trustworthy." Severo said appreciatively.
Julian sighed and said lightly: "The Jin army is very powerful, it wiped out 50,000 horses and horses of our army in a decisive battle, and our army suffered heavy losses!" ”
"What His Majesty the Emperor said is that the Jin army is much stronger than we thought, but the main force of our army still exists, which is enough to wipe out the Germanic tribes." Bynobardes said.
Julian nodded approvingly, and said softly: "If the Germanic tribes really dare to invade Milan, I will definitely exterminate them all, and no one will be left." ”
"Your Majesty the Emperor, news has just been sent back from the direction of Milan City, and the Germanic tribes are gathering troops and horses in the border area, and their intentions are unknown." At this moment, news came from the direction of the city of Milan that the Germanic tribes had gathered their troops and horses.
When Julian and his generals heard this, they were all stunned, and understood that what the young general of the Jin army said was true, the Germanic tribes were really going to attack the western part of the Roman Empire, and there were only the Gallic army and the British army in the west, which were not the opponents of the Germanic tribes at all, so if they wanted to defeat the Germanic people and keep Rome in the west, their main army must immediately return to the west for reinforcements.
"Generals, it seems that we must return to the west as soon as possible, the Germans are ungrateful, and will soon attack our city of Milan." Julian said.
When the Roman generals heard this, they all nodded in agreement.
"Your Majesty the Emperor, our main force of soldiers and horses can't all go to conquer the Germanic tribes, after all, the Jin army of more than 200,000 soldiers and horses stationed in Ctesiphon will always be a great threat to our Roman Empire, and we have to guard against it!" Marcellus asked softly.
Julian nodded approvingly, looked at Severus, and said, "Severus, you are responsible for guarding Constantinople, and the rest of the soldiers and horses are ready to return to the west and exterminate the Germanic tribes." ”
"Yes, Your Majesty the Emperor." The Roman generals responded in a straight way.
A few days later, the Roman army of more than 100,000 returned to Constantinople, and in the west, the Germanic tribes had officially launched an attack on the Roman defenders, and successively broke through several cities, which caught the Gallic army responsible for defending the west by surprise.
The urgent documents of the Gallic army flew like snowflakes to Constantinople and reached the hands of the Roman Emperor Constantius II.
Seeing the Germanic tribes attacking the western cities, Julian was unusually angry, he hated the Germanic tribes, and was determined to teach the Germans a good lesson.
"Your Majesty the Emperor, the Germanic tribes are progressing very fast, and they have broken through dozens of our cities in just over ten days, and if this continues, it won't be long before the city of Milan will be Germanic." Marcellus said angrily.
"Your Majesty the Emperor, we should immediately send troops to the west and wipe out the Germanic tribes in one fell swoop." Orleans said loudly.
Julian pondered calmly for a moment and asked softly, "Are the soldiers and horses of the Jin army still in Ctesiphon?" They didn't have any moves. ”
"Your Majesty the Emperor, news has just been sent back from the direction of Tai Xifeng, the main force of the Jin army has left Tai Xifeng and is heading towards Mulu City, it seems that it is going to return to the east." A Roman general said.
"Oh, the Jin army is returning to Mulu City, great, so that we can concentrate our efforts on attacking the Germanic tribes." Julian said happily.
"Your Majesty the Emperor, give orders! We're here to help. The Roman generals said excitedly.
Julian looked at the Roman generals and said, "Severus, you and 10,000 soldiers stay in Constantinople, and the rest of the soldiers and horses will follow me to reinforce the west, this time, we must completely solve the Germanic problem, so that the Germanic tribes can no longer threaten our Roman Empire." ”
"Yes, Your Majesty the Emperor." The Roman generals responded excitedly.
Subsequently, the main Roman army began to leave Constantinople and rushed west as fast as possible, leaving only Severus and 10,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Constantinople.
More than a hundred miles east of Ctesiphon, Hua An and the main force of the Jin army under his command stopped their eastward march and set up camp, waiting for news from the direction of Constantinople.
"Your Majesty, if the Germans had kept their word, they would have launched an attack on Rome in the west by now." Wang San said softly.
Hua An nodded and said: "That's right, now the Germans should have launched an attack on Rome in the west, Julian must be very urgent to reinforce the west when he hears this news, and our army takes the initiative to evacuate Ctesiphon, which will make him feel at ease and boldly transfer the main army to the west, which is very beneficial for us to break through Constantinople." ”
"Good news, Your Majesty! News had just been sent back from the direction of Constantinople that Julian had personally led the main army to reinforce the west, and Constantinople was only defended by 10,000 Roman soldiers. Song Cheng walked to Hua'an and said happily.
When Hua An and Wang San heard this, they both smiled happily.
"General Song, your news is really timely! I have just spoken to the king about Julian's desire to reinforce Rome in the west, and you have come with this good news. Wang San said happily.
"Oh, is it? Looks like I've come at the right time! Song Cheng said with a laugh.
Hua An nodded, and said with a straight face: "Okay, since Julian personally led the main Roman army to the west, we should also consider how to capture Constantinople." ”
"Your Majesty, Constantinople only has 10,000 defenders, including 5,000 sailors, and our army has nearly 200,000, and it is not a difficult thing to capture Constantinople." Wang San said confidently.
"Yes! Your Majesty, as long as our army can reach the city of Constantinople, we can break through the city. Song Cheng also said confidently.
Hua An smiled and said, "What you said is very right, however, the main city of Constantinople is in the northwest of the strait, and we have to cross the strait to reach the city of Constantinople, so the siege is not as easy as we imagined." ”
"Is there any good way for the king?" Song Cheng hurriedly asked.
Hua An thought for a moment and said softly: "With stratagem, we can completely use stratagem to attack Constantinople." ”
"What a plan, Your Majesty?" Wang San asked curiously.
"Temptation." Hua An said softly.
"Temptation." Song Cheng and Wang San were a little confused for a moment.
Hua An smiled and said, "Temptation is temptation, you will know when the time comes, but this requires the help of businessman Saladi." ”
"Saladi, the cunning merchant?" Wang San said disdainfully.
"Yes, it's him, and only he can help with that." Hua An Zhengse said.
Wang San nodded, and said with a straight face: "Okay, in that case, the last general will go to find Saladi and let him help the king." ”
"Okay, there you go!" Hua An responded.
Subsequently, Salade came to meet Hua'an, and under Hua'an's advice, he agreed to help Hua'an complete this task, but the scheming Saladei put forward his own request, he asked to be in charge of the business of the Roman Governorate, and Hua'an naturally nodded and agreed.
Subsequently, Hua'an mobilized the elite 30,000 Jin army iron cavalry and 60,000 auxiliary soldiers and horses, and rushed towards Constantinople.
More than ten days later, Julian's main army arrived in the west, and launched a fierce battle with the attacking Germanic troops, the sudden appearance of the main Roman force caused great pressure on the Germanic tribes, however, the Germanic people were more strong, for this reason, they withstood the pressure of the main Roman army, and held back the main Roman army, to a certain extent, for the Jin army to break through Constantinople, won valuable time.
In the direction of Constantinople, Hua'an and his 90,000-strong army arrived in a dense forest thirty miles away from Constantinople and cleverly hid it.
Not far from the jungle is the sea, where dozens of merchant ships of the merchant Saladi are parked.
"Your Majesty, the caravan of three thousand soldiers and Saladi is ready to set off at any time." Wang San Zhengse said.
Hua An nodded, and said with a straight face: "Saladi, are your merchant ships ready?" ”
Saladi patted his chest and said, "Don't worry! Your Majesty, everything is ready, and I will definitely be able to complete this task well. ”
Hua An nodded with satisfaction, and said with a straight face: "Okay, Saladi, go and complete your task immediately!" ”
"Yes, Your Majesty." Saladi accepted the order loudly, and immediately led a caravan of several hundred men and the elite of the 3,000 Jin army to the sea.
With the help of the cover of the dense forest, they soon reached the seashore, and separately boarded the merchant ships, preparing to go to the ferry to Constantinople, so as to take advantage of the situation to seize the ships of the Roman Empire and prepare for the capture of Constantinople by the Jin army. (To be continued.) )