Some time later, Julian and his army of more than 100,000 arrived in Constantinople and joined tens of thousands of soldiers and horses near Constantinople, so that a Roman army of 200,000 appeared on the outskirts of Constantinople. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Severus, Orleans, Marcellus, and other generals all stood outside the city of Constantinople to welcome the new emperor of the Roman Empire.

Julian was very happy to see that all the generals of Constantinople greeted him warmly, and he smiled and waved to them.

"Your Majesty the Emperor." The Roman generals cheered together.

Julian was overjoyed by the cheers of the Roman generals, and said with a smile: "Warriors of the Roman Empire, let's go into the city. With that, he rode into Constantinople.

The Roman generals followed Julian into Constantinople and headed straight for the palace.

In the palace of Constantinople, Julian sat very excitedly on the seat of Constantius II, and looked proudly at the Roman generals below.

"Warriors of the Roman Empire, you are the best, you may have been my enemy of Julian before, but as long as you are willing to join me and be loyal to me forever, I will be clear of the past, and we will work together to make the Roman Empire dominate the whole world." Julian looked at the Roman generals and said excitedly.

When the Roman generals heard this, they were all very excited, and those who had offended Julian were greatly relieved and decided to be loyal to Julian forever.

"Your Majesty, we will always be loyal to you." Severus spoke out first.

Obviously, Severus wants to make Julian trust him completely in this way, so as to win a better future.

"Eternal allegiance to His Majesty the Emperor." All the Roman generals cheered.

Seeing that all the Roman generals cheered loudly, Julian squeezed a smile out of his mouth, and waved his hand to signal the generals to stop.

When the Roman generals saw this, they knew that Julian had something to say, so they all stopped cheering and looked at Julian.

Julian smiled, looked at the Roman generals, and said: "Warriors of the Roman Empire, the Jin army in the east has lost more than 100,000 soldiers to my Roman Empire, and we must avenge this revenge. ”

"Willing to follow His Majesty the Emperor." The Roman generals shouted in unison.

Julian nodded with great satisfaction, and said loudly: "Okay, very good, as long as you follow my orders, you can defeat the Jin army, and after defeating the Jin army, we can occupy the whole of Persia, and when the time comes, all the barbarians will tremble when they see us." ”

"Your Majesty the Emperor, now the Jin army has nearly 200,000 troops in Taixifeng, and the strength is comparable to our army, but the main force of the Jin army is only 80,000 or 90,000, and the remaining more than 100,000 soldiers and horses are all captive soldiers and horses of Tianzhu and Persia, and the combat effectiveness should not be very strong, in addition, the 60,000 captives of my Roman Empire are serving as coolies in Taixifeng." Severus looked at Julian and said loudly.

"General Severus is right, in order to humiliate our Roman Empire, the Jin army actually let our warriors do coolies, these 60,000 captives include 20,000 Spartan warriors, they are suffering unprecedented humiliation, they need His Majesty the Emperor to come to the rescue, we are willing to follow His Majesty the Emperor to rescue the captured compatriots." Marcellus followed suit.

Obviously, they have always been very concerned about the direction of Ctesiphon, and for this reason, anything that happened to Ctesiphon could not escape their eyes, and the fact that the Roman captives were treated as coolies naturally could not escape their eyes.

Julian smiled and said contemptuously: "The warriors of the Roman Empire, these captives are not worthy of sympathy at all, since the moment they surrendered, they are no longer the warriors of the Roman Empire, however, the Jin army actually dares to humiliate us Romans, this is deliberately embarrassing us, so, no matter what, we must attack Ctesiphon, defeat the Jin army completely, and let them know the consequences of humiliating the Roman Empire." ”

When the Roman generals heard this, they all nodded in approval.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, the Jin army has a very powerful fire ox array, after nearly a thousand ploughing cattle rushed over, our soldiers lost nearly 10,000 horses, if the Jin army uses fire oxen on a large scale this time, how can we resist it?" Orleans, who had palpitations, looked at Julian and asked.

Julian naturally knew about the defeat of Constantius II for a long time, and naturally knew about the fire bull formation of the Jin army, but he didn't seem to be afraid.

"The Fire Bull Formation is indeed very powerful, but no matter how fast the mad cow runs, it is not as fast as the war horse, and in addition, to block the attack of the mad cow, you can use clever tools, and you don't have to use manpower." Julian said lightly.

Although the Roman generals did not understand, they also more or less understood the general meaning, and all of them cast adoring glances at Julian, after all, from Julian's confident expression, they knew that Julian had a way to deal with the Jin army.

Julian looked at the Roman generals and said, "I will give you three days to prepare, and after three days, all the armies will immediately set off for Ctesiphon and fight the Jin army." ”

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

Julian nodded, waved his hand, and asked the generals to go and prepare immediately.

The generals took the lead and left, preparing for the expedition, but Julian's henchman, Bainobades, stayed behind and asked, "Your Majesty the Emperor, are you really sure to deal with the Jin army's Fire Bull Formation?" ”

Julian looked at Baiobades with a little dissatisfaction, and said, "Why, do you think I don't have this ability?" Jin Jun just scared you like that? ”

Bainobades smiled and hurriedly said, "No, Your Majesty the Emperor, your subordinates don't mean that. ”

Julian smiled and said softly, "Don't worry! General Bainobades, I have a hundred ways to deal with the Jin army, how can I care about their fire bull formation? ”

"His Majesty the Emperor has any good methods, you might as well tell me and make your subordinates happy." Bainobades asked curiously.

Julian waved his hand, shook his head and said, "No, no, no, it's better not to say it for the time being, when our army fights with the Jin army, you will naturally understand." ”

Obviously, Julian also wants to sell a pass, so that his subordinates will be curious about him, so as to establish his dominance, if he has to tell his generals about any problem, this emperor will be too unqualified, and his subordinates will see through it at a glance, which is not conducive to the establishment of prestige.

Bainobades replied disappointedly, and turned to prepare for the expedition.

Julian looked at the figure of the generals leaving, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, now, he finally ascended the coveted emperor throne, can rule the entire Roman Empire, in the entire Roman Empire, everyone must obey his orders, this feeling is very wonderful, at least for Julian, it is very refreshing, recalling the previous persecution by Constantius II, he has a different feeling in his heart, he hates Constantius II's persecution of him, At the same time, there is a little gratitude to Constantius II for sparing his life, but this gratitude is very weak, much weaker than hatred.

After three consecutive days of active preparations, Julian personally led more than 200,000 Roman elite troops to leave Constantinople, and killed in the direction of Ctesiphon, this time the crusade, Julian had great confidence, he wanted to use the great victory of annihilating the main force of the Jin army in one fell swoop to establish his prestige, so that all the Romans worshipped him, admired him, and regarded him as the backbone of the entire Roman Empire.

On a small hillside, Julian and several of his generals stopped, and they stopped to look at the main army that was marching.

The black army was constantly marching towards the east, and Julian's eyes flashed with a greedy light, and from these armies, he seemed to see the whole world.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, seventy percent of our army is infantry, but the Jin army is mainly cavalry, so even if our army achieves a huge victory, it will not be able to pursue the Jin army very effectively!" General Severus said softly.

Julian said disapprerovingly: "If our army defeats the Jin army, the Jin army will be a defeated division, how much combat power can the defeated division have, I believe that only Marcellus's cavalry is enough, isn't it!" Marcellus. After speaking, he looked at the other general, Marcellus.

Marcellus nodded lightly and said, "His Majesty the Emperor is so right, if the Jin army has been defeated by our army, the defeated division will not have much combat power, in this way, our cavalry can completely defeat the rout of the Jin army." ”

Julian smiled at Marcellus with satisfaction and said with appreciation: "Marcellus, in this crusade, your cavalry is the key to destroying the enemy, and you have to behave well." ”

"Thank you for your trust, Marcellus will not disappoint you." The cavalry general Marcellus replied excitedly.

Julian smiled, looked at his henchman General Baiobades, and said: "Bainobades, this time in the East, you are responsible for commanding the main legion, except for me, you are the supreme commander of the legion. ”

"Thank you for the trust of His Majesty the Emperor, Bainobades will definitely defeat the Jin army." Roman General Benobardes said excitedly.

Julian smiled with satisfaction, and then began to look at the marching army again.

Rome's more than 200,000 troops were mighty to block Tessie, such a large-scale military operation, it is naturally impossible to escape the Jin army's careful investigation, for this reason, at the first time Julian sent troops, the Jin army scouts immediately reported this important news to Hua'an, who was sitting in Ctesiphon.

Knowing that Julian personally led more than 200,000 Roman main forces to seal off Tessie, a smile appeared on the corner of Hua An's mouth, in his opinion, Julian was here to send him to death, although the Roman army was very strong, but how could it be the elite opponent of the Jin army? Hua'an is confident enough to completely defeat the Roman legions, however, in order to reduce the losses of the army under his command, Hua'an will not do his best to attack the Roman legions, after all, Hua'an is very reluctant to lose both with the Roman army, which is not conducive to the Jin army's long-term domination of the west.

"Your Majesty, the Roman army is still coming to Ctessy, whether our army will attack to meet it." Wang San looked at Hua An and asked softly.

Hua An thought for a moment, and said: "Don't worry, the Romans have just set off, and it will take a long time to arrive at Ctesiphon, we don't have to rush to send troops, and when the Roman army is less than a hundred miles away from Ctesiphon, we will send troops to meet it." ”

"Your Majesty, this time there are more than 200,000 Roman troops, which is even larger than the last time, but there are 60,000 Roman prisoners in the city of Ctesiphon, if these Roman prisoners are combined with the main Roman army attacking them, it will be a huge threat to our army! Shouldn't the construction be suspended and all the Roman prisoners imprisoned? Song Cheng frowned and asked.

Obviously, Song Cheng felt that the 60,000 Roman prisoners under construction in the city were a barrel of explosives, and if these prisoners echoed Julian's main force and suddenly rebelled against the Jin army at the most critical time, it would very likely lead to a complete defeat of the Jin army.

Hearing this, Hua An nodded lightly, and said: "General Song is right, these Roman prisoners are barrels of explosives, and they must be properly arranged, in case they suddenly rebel, it will indeed be very unfavorable to our army, so be it!" Let these Roman captives work for a while, and after a few days, keep them all imprisoned until our army defeats the Roman Empire. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, leave this matter to me!" Song Chengmao then recommended himself.

Hua An nodded, acknowledging this.

Wang San took a step forward and asked, "Your Majesty, it won't take long for the main Roman army to arrive at Ctesiphon, how does the king plan to deal with the Roman army, or use the fire bull array to attack the Roman army like last time?" If so, we will now have to prepare a large number of ploughing cattle. ”

Hua An hurriedly waved his hand and said with a smile: "Ploughing cattle, there are no people near Ctesiphon, where are the ploughing cattle, the fire ox formation will definitely not work, and you can only use other tactics to defeat the Roman army." ”

"Your Majesty, the tortoiseshell formation of the Roman army is very strong, if you don't use the fire bull array to attack, you can only use the iron cavalry to force the impact, but in this way, our army's iron cavalry will definitely suffer a lot of losses." Wang San looked at Hua An and said softly.

Hua An nodded with a smile, and said softly: "You are right, the tortoiseshell formation of the Roman army is indeed very powerful, however, we don't have to use iron cavalry to impact, we can immediately transform all the baggage vehicles into heavy chariots, and use the chariot to impact the Roman tortoiseshell array, in this way, the impact force must be greater, and, do you remember the iron cavalry of Yan Kingdom?" If our army uses iron ropes to connect the iron cavalry at one time, it can form a fierce iron chain cavalry, and the impact force is much more powerful than that of a single cavalry, in short, there are still many ways. (To be continued.) )