Constantius II looked at several Roman generals beside him and said weakly: "What happened to the Spartan legions, haven't they escaped yet?" ”

"Your Majesty the Emperor, the Spartan army is surrounded by the main force of the Jin army, how can it have a chance to escape, and now it has been trapped for two days and two nights, and it is estimated that it will not last long. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" said the cavalry general Marcellus.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, the Spartan Legion has been trapped for so long and no one has surrendered, it is really worthy of the most elite guards in my Rome, even if they are finally wiped out, it is enough to show the momentum of my Roman Empire soldiers." The Roman general Orleans spoke.

When Constantius II heard this, he said: "It is all my fault that the Spartan army is besieged by the Jin army, and I really want to lead the troops to rescue them!" ”

"Your Majesty the Emperor, by all means, we finally escaped back from Mulu City, now our forces are extremely limited, and we are not the opponent of the Jin army at all, even if we concentrate all our forces, we will not be able to save the Spartan army, and even our only remaining soldiers and horses will be annihilated by the Jin army." The cavalry general Marcellus hurriedly stopped.

The Roman general Orleans said even more worriedly: "Your Majesty the Emperor, now our strength is extremely limited, and the Jin army has more than 200,000 troops after surrendering the soldiers and horses of Persia and Tianzhu, and the strength is much stronger than our army. ”

Obviously, Orleans has begun to consider a way out, after all, the main force of the Roman army has been lost, and the remaining 50,000 or 60,000 cavalry are not the opponents of the Jin army at all. The remaining 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses of the Roman army would also be completely annihilated.

The Roman Emperor Constantius II sighed slightly, what Orleans said made him very uncomfortable, obviously he also realized that there was not much point in holding on to Ctesiphon, but he was a little unwilling to go back like this, so that after returning home, his prestige would be greatly hit, and people with ulterior motives might be disobedient because of this.

However, the chance of winning by holding on to Ctesiphon was really small, so Constantius II still had a great retreat and wanted to retreat to Constantinople, and after accumulating enough strength, he would make a comeback and retake Ctesiphon.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, General Severus has sent an urgent message." A pro-soldier rushed over and reported loudly.

When Constantius II heard this, he was slightly stunned, he really couldn't understand what important things Severus could report to Constantinople, could Constantinople be attacked by foreign enemies, but looking at the entire Constantinople around, there was really no force that could capture Constantinople.

"What's the situation, tell me quickly." Constantius II hurriedly asked.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, Caesar Julian himself in the west has arrived at the foot of Constantinople with 100,000 soldiers and horses, and asks to borrow the road to Constantinople to come to Ctesiphon to reinforce His Majesty the Emperor." The pro-soldier said truthfully.

"What, Julian's 100,000 men and horses have arrived in Constantinople." Constantius II said in surprise, apparently he had no expectation that Julian's soldiers would suddenly come.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, now that our army continues to reinforce with soldiers and horses, if Julian's 100,000 soldiers and horses reinforce Ctesiphon, maybe we will have a chance of winning." Cavalry General Marcellus spoke.

"By no means, Your Majesty the Emperor, Julian's behavior is very suspicious, he is in charge of guarding the west, and without the order of His Majesty the Emperor, he actually gathered 100,000 soldiers and horses to arrive in Constantinople, this is very likely to be an other intention." A Roman minister disagreed.

Constantius II frowned when he heard this, he had always been wary of Julian, and the reason why Julian was made Caesar in western Rome was entirely because there was no one else in his brotherhood but Julian, and at this moment, Julian actually ran to the feet of Constantinople without receiving any orders, which made him very suspicious.

It took several months for Julian to gather his troops and march to Constantinople, that is, many months ago, Julian had already begun to prepare, and at that time, Constantius II was attacking Ctesiphon, the capital of the Persian Empire, and was in an absolute advantage, how could Julian suddenly think of gathering troops and horses and reinforcing him? No matter how you think about it, this is very unreasonable.

However, in order to defeat the Jin army, Constantius II very much hoped that the army under Julian could reinforce Ctesiphon.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, could it be that Julian had already guessed that our army would be defeated, so he made preparations to reinforce our army in advance, if so, our army should have a chance to turn defeat into victory." The Roman general Orleans said loudly.

"Yes! Your Majesty the Emperor, this situation is entirely possible, Julian has been loyal to His Majesty the Emperor since he became Caesar of the West, and has made great achievements for the Roman Empire, and we should believe in him. Marcellus, the cavalry general, spoke.

Obviously, both Orleans and Marcellus had a good opinion of Julian, and they preferred to believe in Julian, believing that Julian had really come to reinforcements.

However, Constantius II, who had done something wrong, was quite suspicious of Julian, in his heart, Julian was always his threat, the only person in the entire Roman Empire who could compete with him for the throne, and he was very worried that Julian would take control of Constantinople after entering Constantinople, and then count the responsibility for his defeat, so that the ministers and generals of Rome would obey his command and honor him as the emperor of Rome.

"No, we can't let his men and horses enter Constantinople until Julian's purpose is clear, and we can't take risks for the sake of victory." Constantius II broke Julian's established plan by deciding not to allow Julian to reinforce Ctesiphon through Constantinople.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, if there are no reinforcements, how can we compete with the Jin army, should we retreat to Constantinople?" The Roman general Orleans said loudly.

Constantius II nodded and said loudly: "That's right, we will immediately retreat to Constantinople, and now the greatest threat to us is not the Jin army, but the soldiers and horses under Julian, who is our biggest disaster." ”

"Give up Ctesiphon, His Majesty the Emperor has really thought about it." Marcellus asked softly.

Constantius II nodded lightly and said, "That's right, Julian is very uneasy, we must return to Constantinople immediately." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty the Emperor." The Roman generals responded in a straight way.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, the scouts have just sent back news that the Spartan Legion has all surrendered." At this moment, the news of the surrender of the Spartan army to the Jin army came.

"What, the Spartan Legion actually surrendered?" When Constantius II heard this, he was greatly surprised and very dissatisfied.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, the Spartan army was besieged by the Jin army and cut off all supplies of grain, grass and water, and it is very good to be able to hold out for two days and two nights." Roman General Orleans Masase said.

Constantius II spoke: "Forget it, we abandoned the Spartans, and if they can hold out for two days, they can be considered worthy of us, well, immediately prepare to withdraw the camp and return to Constantinople." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty the Emperor." The Roman generals answered.

Subsequently, the Roman Emperor Constantius II personally led the few remaining cavalry of Rome to run in the direction of Constantinople.

In order to prevent the Jin army from getting Ctesiphon's supplies, Constantius II ordered that most of the materials in the city be taken away, and all the materials that could not be taken away were burned.

Although the 50,000 soldiers and horses of the Jin army were blocked between Ctesiphon and Constantinople, these newly formed surrendered soldiers and horses were not strong in combat, and they were not too willing to die for the Great Jin, so they naturally did not risk attacking the same number of Roman cavalry, so as not to make themselves suffer heavy losses.

In the direction of Constantinople, the remaining general Severus received an order from Constantius II to hold the city and prevent Julian's soldiers and horses from entering the city, and ordered Julian's soldiers and horses to immediately withdraw from the outskirts of Constantinople and return to the western Roman administration. Immediately after receiving the order of Constantius II, Severus sent a personal soldier to convey the order of Constantius II to Julian.

"Caesar, Severus sent an order for us to leave Constantinople at once and return to the west, saying that this is an order from His Majesty the Emperor." Minister General Bainobades Zhengse reported.

"What, the emperor actually didn't allow our army to go to Taisiphon for reinforcements, so how could the emperor withstand the attack of the Jin army." Julian said dissatisfied.

Obviously, Julian always thought that Constantius II would agree to his rescue request to fight against the aggressive Jin army, but he didn't expect to guess wrong, Constantius II did not agree to his rescue request, and asked him to return to the west immediately, which is obviously distrustful of him, that is, even if Constantius II made him Caesar of Western Rome, he was still full of suspicion and defense of him, which made Julian very annoyed and more determined, To overthrow the reign of Constantius II, sit on the throne of the emperor of the Roman Empire, and become the only Augustus of the Roman Empire.

"Caesar, according to our detailed work, His Majesty the Emperor has abandoned Ctesiphon and returned to Constantinople with fifty or sixty thousand cavalry, and it is estimated that he will enter Constantinople in a few days." Bainobardes whispered.

"What, there is such a thing, it seems that this old fox has always had no trust in me, he must have thought that I led the troops to compete with him for the throne this time." Julian said earnestly.

"Caesar, in that case, let's attack the city at once! If the Emperor were to return to Constantinople, we would have no chance. Bynobardes said earnestly.

Julian thought for a moment, and said: "We may have lost the opportunity, since the emperor asked Severus to prevent us from entering the city, he may have been prepared to prepare for the attack of our army, our army may not be able to break through the city if it attacks rashly, and even if it can break through the city, the loss of our army will be very huge, so it is not cost-effective!" Let's go back to the west and look for another opportunity in the future! ”

Clearly, Julian had already retreated, fearing that he would not be able to put himself at a disadvantage by breaching the city before Constantius II returned to Constantinople.

The henchman Benobades immediately objected: "Caesar, this is a rare opportunity, if you miss this opportunity, you may not be able to find the next opportunity, besides, what we are doing now has aroused the emperor's suspicion, even if we return to the west, His Majesty the emperor will not let us go, has Caesar forgotten the fate of Gallus?" ”

Apparently, Benobades had Julian in mind his half-brother Gallus, who was slaughtered by Constantius II and the only two remaining males of Julian's family.

Gallus and Julian escaped the slaughter of Constantius II, but they also suffered a miserable life, although, after that, for the sake of the stability of the Roman Empire, Constantius II made Gallus the Caesar of the eastern part of the Roman Empire, so that the rest of Julian became the two vice-emperors of the Roman Empire together, and served Constantius II together, and then, Constantius II never really trusted Gallus and Julian, and when he didn't need them much, he used the excuse of ruling brutally, Gallus was put to death, and Julian was imprisoned, and if it weren't for Shapur II of the Persian Empire who frequently invaded Rome, Constantius II might never have released Julian, let alone made Julian Caesar in the western part of the Roman Empire.

Hearing this, Julian frowned and thought for a moment, and said softly: "What you say makes sense, but if we can't storm Constantinople within a few days, what awaits us is the fate of failure." Is it really necessary for us to take this risk? ”

Obviously, in this uncertain situation, it was difficult for Julian to make up his mind to tear his face with Constantius II.

Bynobades persuaded: "Caesar, the emperor has begun to suspect you, even if we withdraw our troops now, once the emperor returns to Constantinople, he will definitely find a way to transfer the army from the west to the east in batches to enrich the power in the east, so that Caesar will slowly lose his strength, and finally be taken by the emperor in one fell swoop, this is the emperor's means to deal with Gallus, Caesar should be very clear." (To be continued.) )