Julian saw suspicion and surprise in the eyes of the generals, which was completely expected by him, and he had already thought of a countermeasure, so he immediately glanced at several of the accompanying generals. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Bainobades understood, and hurriedly said: "What Caesar said is all the truth, the emperor personally led more than 200,000 main troops and horses to the east to conquer Persia, but was defeated by the Jin army in the east in the direction of Mulu City, only fifty or sixty thousand cavalry survived, and the remaining soldiers and horses were all wiped out by the Jin army. ”

When all the generals heard this, they all immediately showed dissatisfaction, and they all felt that the emperor Constantius II was too incompetent, and actually made the powerful Roman Empire pay such a huge loss, which made all the Roman generals a little disgraced.

Seeing this, Julian smiled slyly, and said: "Ladies and gentlemen of the Roman Empire, the Jin army of more than 200,000 soldiers and horses is still in Mulu City, and there is a possibility of westward expansion at any time, and His Majesty the Emperor will definitely ask the elite Gallic army and the British army to resist the Jin army in order to block the attack of the Jin army. After speaking, he looked at the soldiers of the Gallic army and the British army.

Obviously, Julian knew very well in his heart that the Gallic army and the British army were the most reluctant to go to the east to fight, because they were both local soldiers of Gaul and Britain, and Gaul and Britain were threatened by the Germanic people at any time, if they all went to the east to fight the Jin army, once the Germanic invaded Gaul and Britain, it was very likely that they would break through these two places, so as to carry out a retaliatory large-scale massacre of the people of Gaul and Britain, and this was the situation they feared the most, so, They don't go too far from their home country to fight.

Julian's guess was very accurate, when he said that Emperor Constantius II wanted the Gallic army and the British army to go to the east to resist the Jin army, all the Gallic army generals and British army generals showed suspicious looks, obviously, he was not willing to go to the far east to fight.

This naturally made Julian very happy, so he hurriedly glanced at Bainobades to his heart.

Bainobades understood, and hurriedly said: "Generals, it was the emperor's incompetence that led to the annihilation of the more than 100,000 main forces of Rome by the Jin army, and now, this responsibility should be borne by the emperor himself, with the emperor's incompetence, even if the Gallic army and the British army go to the east to fight, they will also be wiped out, and the Germans have been eyeing our homeland, once we leave, the entire Gaul province and the British province will be occupied by the barbarian Germans, the Germans are bloodthirsty and brutal, they will definitely kill all the people, These people are our own soldiers, so we cannot leave, we should not obey the incompetent Constantius II, we should support the new Roman emperor. ”

"Julian Caesar has outstanding ability, has repeatedly defeated the invasion of barbarians, and is the best talent in the Roman Empire, Julian is the person who should be the emperor the most, and we should support Julian as emperor." Another henchman said loudly.

When the generals of the Gallic army and the British army heard this, they all nodded in agreement, and the other generals saw that it was already the trend of the times to support Julian as emperor, and they all agreed, so as not to be isolated and die with a whimper.

"Well, since all the generals have proclaimed Julian Caesar as the new emperor of Rome, we will now jointly announce to the world that we will tell all the people of Rome the good news." Bainobardes exclaimed.

All the generals agreed.

Subsequently, Julian officially ascended the throne as emperor with the support of his generals, and began to compete with the Roman Emperor Constantius II, and the proclamation proclamation to the world was quickly distributed.

Julian officially ascended the throne as emperor and tried to outnumber Constantius II, describing him as a cruel, greedy, and shameless villain, so that his usurpation seemed very plausible.

And when all this reached Constantinople, the Roman Emperor Constantius II was completely mad, they did not expect that Julian would be able to make all the generals of Western Rome surrender to him, and had already ascended the throne as emperor and fought against him.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, it seems that the situation we are most worried about has appeared, now, Julian has obtained the support of 200,000 troops in the west, and ascended the throne as emperor, if we don't crusade immediately, it is equivalent to admitting Julian as the new generation of emperors of Rome, if we go to crusade, with the current strength, it is really not the opponent of Julian's soldiers and horses!" General Orleans said helplessly.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, although Julian has ascended the throne as emperor and proclaimed it to the world, we can completely disagree with it and continue to proclaim it to the world, saying that Julian is a traitor, a great traitor to the Roman Empire." Marcellus followed.

Obviously, at this moment, they have no choice but to not recognize Julian's status, after all, the most elite soldiers and horses under the command of Constantius II have been wiped out by the Jin army, and he no longer has the strength to crusade against Julian.

Constantius II looked extremely helpless and resentful, he now wanted to kill Julian immediately, but he no longer had this ability, and even he didn't even have the strength to launch a crusade against Julian, all he could do now was to honestly defend Constantinople, defend his capital, and not recognize Julian's status.

At this time, Constantius II was only forty years old, not very old, and his body was also very strong, but after experiencing the humiliation of being defeated by the Jin army, he suddenly aged a lot, and after learning that Julian had ascended the throne as emperor and was supported by more than 200,000 soldiers and horses in western Rome, he became even older and his body was much weaker, as if he would fall down when the wind blew.

"I'm tired, go down first! Let me rest for a while. "Constantius II was very tired and asked the generals to leave.

"Yes, Your Majesty the Emperor." The generals answered loudly and left one after another.

After all the generals had left, Constantius II reclined in his chair and stared blankly at the roof, lost in thought.

He was looking back on his life, he was a prince from birth, and at the age of twenty, he became one of the three great emperors of the Roman Empire, and in order to eliminate the threat of Julian's family to his throne, he brutally killed Julian's many brothers, and treated Julian and Gallus in a more cruel way.

After a battle, he eliminated all his enemies and became the only Augustus of the Roman Empire, during which time he reused Gallus and Julian several times to gain support.

In order to maintain his throne, he killed Gallus on the grounds of brutality and imprisoned Julian, but the provocation of Shapur II of Persia forced him to reactivate Julian, and directly caused Julian to fall into a tail, and finally openly ascended the throne as emperor and fought against him.

There is no regret medicine to buy in the world, Constantius II understands this very well, he knows that regret has no effect, but he still regrets a little, he feels that he should not be so confident, boldly appoint Julian, and at the same time devote all his resources to the Persian Empire to attack, after the capture of Ctesiphon, and mistakenly lead the army to invade the Khorasan region, if in time to break through Ctesiphon, stop the pace of attack, he is still a successful emperor.

At this moment, he had less than 100,000 soldiers and horses left, such a weak force, he could neither put down Julian's rebellion, nor defeat the Jin army in the east, he felt that he was really incompetent, very incompetent, once people lose confidence, they will become decadent and depressed, and Constantius II is in this state.

"If you kill Julian as soon as possible, if you don't attack Mulu City, how good it would be!" Constantius II, speaking to himself.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, are you remorseful?" Before he knew it, an old Roman courtier walked in and whispered.

Hearing this, Constantius II was slightly annoyed, he had just given the order for everyone to leave, and this minister could walk in without his consent, which was a contempt for his imperial power, which naturally made him very angry.

"I'm still the emperor of the Roman Empire, and I still have the power to execute you, do you want to defy the law?" Constantius II said angrily.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, don't be angry, I'm at this age, it's an honorable thing to be executed by His Majesty the Emperor, what is there to be afraid of?" The old minister spoke.

When Constantius II heard this, the resentment in his heart disappeared considerably, and he asked softly: "Say! What are you doing here, what's important? ”

The old courtier hesitated for a moment and said softly: "Your Majesty the Emperor, I am here for the future strength of the Roman Empire. ”

"For the future strength of the Roman Empire, what a big breath! Let's talk about it! I'm listening? Constantius II, lazily reclining in his chair, asked softly.

The old minister, after pondering for a moment, spoke: "Your Majesty the Emperor, you should know that our Rome is now facing a great threat, there is a threat from the Germans in the west, there is a threat from the Jin Kingdom in the east, in addition, there are many barbarian tribes in the north and south eyeing us, in this case, in order to maintain the Roman Empire from being violated, we have to make great efforts, but at this moment, my Roman Empire has fallen into division, for this reason, I really feel very worried, if His Majesty the Emperor and Julian start a large-scale fight, Rome is likely to die because of this! After speaking, he frowned worriedly.

When Constantius II heard this, he looked a little unhappy, and sarcastically said: "You should go to Milan and tell Julian these words, it was Julian's rebellion that caused the division of my Roman Empire, should I be responsible for such a responsibility?" ”

Obviously, Constantius II thought that what the old minister said was all nonsense, and he didn't want the Roman Empire to split, but Julian suddenly rebelled, and he was helpless, as for the defeat at the foot of Mulu City, it was not his intention, the old minister said these words completely to the wrong person, and he should have told Julian.

"Your Majesty, now you are forty or fifty years old, but you have no children, and Julian is your brother after all, you should consider the question of heirs, after all, the Roman Empire must have an heir, and it was because your father did not appoint an heir that led to the civil strife in the Roman Empire, so that the Persians and Germans had the opportunity to grow." The old minister said bitterly.

"Do you mean I'm dying?" Constantius II angrily reprimanded.

Since ancient times, the emperor's family affairs are not allowed to interfere with foreign ministers at will, and Constantius II has no son, which has always been a pain in his heart, the old minister said this matter to make him quite unhappy, and the old minister hinted that he would pass the throne to Julian, which made him very dissatisfied, after all, Julian is a traitor, how could he be willing to pass the throne to a traitor?

The old minister hurriedly said respectfully: "Your Majesty the Emperor, I definitely have no intention of cursing you, but these problems must be faced, and evasion will not solve any problems." ”

"Okay, I'm tired, you go out!" Constantius II said angrily.

"Yes, Your Majesty the Emperor." The old minister answered softly, and turned to leave.

After the departure of the old minister, Constantius II seemed unusually irritable, and he suddenly felt that all the things that did not go well had run to him, the lack of heirs to the throne, the rebellion of Julian, the annihilation of the main army by the Jin army, etc., all of which bothered him very much, and he could not change these situations.

Gradually, he began to calm down, and seriously thought about the future of the Roman Empire, he felt that his health was getting worse and worse, and it was very likely that he would not live long, but the Roman Empire must be inherited.

He had killed too many of his brothers, and now, apart from Julian, a traitor, he really couldn't find anyone who could inherit the throne, that is, the Roman Empire had no heirs other than Julian.

Constantius II was extremely depressed, and in order to prevent the Julian family from threatening his throne, he killed many people in the Julian family, but in the end he was surprised to find that he had no heir, and Julian was the only reliable heir.

If he insisted on not passing the throne to Julian, the Roman Constantine dynasty would be doomed, and the Constantine dynasty that his father had worked so hard to build would be completely destroyed in his hands. (To be continued.) )