Shapur II was unusually irritable and angry in his heart, and at the same time there was a trace of inexplicable fear, and the foolish advice of his courtiers made him even more annoyed, after all, at this moment, the soldiers and horses of the Roman Empire were gathering on the border, and they could attack Ctesiphon at any time, in order to defend the capital Ctesiphon, how could he transfer the most elite immortal army away from Ctesiphon? You must know that Ctesiphon is the capital of the Persian Empire, if you can't even hold the capital, how can the Persian Empire subdue the small countries around it?

Of course, the courtiers also understood this, but at this moment the Jin army was at war with the Persian Empire, and the Roman Empire was only gathering troops and horses on the border, and it was not certain that it would attack Persia. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Your Majesty, the Jin army's offensive is extremely fierce, if it is not stopped as soon as possible, Khorasan will be completely captured by the Jin army, and the Roman Empire is only gathering troops and horses on the border, and has not torn its skin to attack our Persia, so we should send envoys to Rome as soon as possible to make friends with the Roman Empire, if it goes well, maybe we can borrow tens of thousands of troops from Rome, so that we can defeat the Jin army more certainly." The courtier said bitterly.

"Yes, Your Majesty, my Persian Empire has been hit hard, and it is absolutely impossible to fight against the Jin State and the Great Qin State at the same time, otherwise there will be a danger of extinction, at this moment, we should go to make friends with the Roman Empire and return to them the Roman lands that we conquered a few years ago, so as to avoid being attacked on both sides?" Another courtier spoke.

"Hmph, do you think it's possible to be friendly with Rome?" Shapur II said angrily: "My Persian Empire and Rome have long been mortal enemies, each wants to destroy the other, how can it be friendly, even if Rome agrees to be friendly with me, as long as the king and the immortal army leave Ctesiphon, the Roman soldiers and horses will immediately attack Ctesiphon, when the time comes, Ctesiphon will not be able to hold on, in this way, my Persian Empire will not be destroyed." ”

Shapur II is telling the truth, now the Persian army has suffered heavy losses, the elite heavy elephant army has been wiped out, if the Roman Empire launches an attack on the Persian Empire, the Persian Empire must let the elite Immortal Legion rely on the easy-to-defend and difficult to attack Ctesiphon to be able to block the attack of the Roman Empire, once the Immortal Army leaves Ctesiphon, Ctesiphon will be captured by the Roman Empire again.

For the strong combat power of the Roman Empire, Shapur II was quite jealous, although he had defeated the Roman legions many times, and let the Roman legions have to flee in defeat, but he knew very well that the territory of the Roman Empire far exceeded the Persian Empire, in order to maintain the huge territory of Rome, the Roman legions needed to be stationed in various places, for this reason, the soldiers and horses that could be used to attack Persia were only three percent of the Roman legions, not all, if the Roman Empire launched an attack on Persia with the strength of the whole country, the Persian Empire may not be able to withstand, of course, This is also something that cannot happen, after all, it is impossible for the Roman Empire to mobilize its entire army in order to attack Persia.

Thinking of the Roman elite hoplite legion, Shapur II had a chill on his back, in many bloody battles with the Roman Empire, the Roman elite infantry phalanx caused great damage to the Persian Empire, Ctesiphon was also captured by the Roman Empire, of course, during the reign of Shapur II, Ctesiphon was never captured by the Roman Empire, and even, Shapur II also took advantage of the chaos in Rome to attack the Roman Empire and seize a large area of the Roman Empire, but, At that time, he had an elite army of 200,000 under his command, and there was a heavy war elephant army, and now, 100,000 troops have been wiped out by the Jin army, including the elite war elephant army, so he no longer has the confidence to win the Roman Empire, and his heart is naturally very afraid and nervous, he knows that the reason why the Roman Empire continues to gather troops in the border area is to take advantage of the crisis when Persia is facing a crisis, recover the land seized by Persia, and occupy Ctesiphon, in order to avenge the invasion by Persia for no reason many years ago.

Seeing that Shapur II was unwilling to make friends with Rome, the courtiers had a feeling in their hearts, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty the King's intention is to submit to the Jin Kingdom?" After speaking, he looked at Shapur II.

Shapur II sighed and said: "The capital of the Jin Kingdom is thousands of miles away, and attacking my Persia is just to make us submit, and the capital of the Roman Empire is only a thousand miles away from Ctesiphon, so I am afraid that we have long planned to destroy our Persian Empire, so we would rather submit to the distant Jin Kingdom than bow to the nearby Roman Empire." After speaking, he looked at the courtiers.

The courtiers naturally understood Shapur II's painstaking efforts, although the Jin army attacked the city all the way and occupied Tocharian and the Transoxiana region, but only asked these countries to submit, and did not destroy any country, while the Roman Empire in foreign wars, but directly aimed at attacking the enemy's territory, that is, attached to the Great Jin Empire, Persia can still exist, but if it shows weakness to the Roman Empire, Persia will be completely annexed by Rome, thus disappearing completely.

"Does His Majesty really want to submit to the distant Jin Kingdom?" The courtier asked incredulously.

Shapur II nodded, and said: "The Roman Empire will soon launch an attack on our Persia, we do not have the strength to win two wars at the same time, and it is only an expedient measure to annex the distant Jin State, and in the future, when the Jin State weakens, we can control Tocharian and the Transoxiana region again." ”

"Since His Majesty the King is determined to annex the Jin Kingdom, Paus is willing to go to the Jin army camp to discuss the annexation with the Jin army." The minister, Paus, then recommended himself.

Shapur II frowned and said softly: "Don't worry, let me think about it, even if it is attached to the Great Jin Empire, some conditions must be put forward, and the conditions of the Jin Army cannot be completely accepted!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Paus answered.

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In the eastern part of the Roman Empire, the city of Maiadin, the Roman monarch Constantius II and his more than 100,000 troops are preparing for intense war, as the only Augustus of the Roman Empire, Constantius II has great authority, he can mobilize all the soldiers and horses of the Roman Empire, to attack the surrounding countries, and this time to Persia with troops, Constantius II mobilized ninety percent of the troops in the eastern region of Rome, leaving only a small number of soldiers and horses to guard the eastern region, and the western region is far away, and faces the threat of the GermansTherefore, he did not mobilize a single soldier and sent his cousin Julian to recover the western part of the Roman Empire to ensure that the western territory was not invaded by foreign enemies.

As the second monarch of the Roman Constantine Dynasty, Constantius II can be described as a great monarch, you must know that after the death of his father Constantine I, the Roman Empire experienced a catastrophe, Constantine I's three sons, Constantine II, Constantius II, Constantius I succeeded to the throne at the same time, and divided the Roman Empire, and then, Constantine II and Constantine I had a war, and finally Constantine II was killed, and then, Constantine I was killed by his subordinate MagnentiusIn the end, the great and wise Constantius II killed Magnentius and became the only Augustus of the Roman Empire, and the Roman Empire was finally reunited after more than ten years of division.

However, in the more than ten years of Roman division, the power of the Roman Empire appeared extremely weak, and was attacked by the surrounding countries, especially the Persian Empire in the east gathered elite soldiers and horses to storm the Roman Empire, and captured a large area of the Roman Empire, which is the shame of the Roman Empire, but also the shame of Constantius II, at this time the Roman Empire has been reunited for many years, the strength has been greatly restored, and the Persian Empire has been greatly threatened by the east, so, Constantius II felt, This is a golden opportunity, we should take advantage of the favorable opportunity of the main force of the Persian Empire in the east, gather troops and horses to attack the Persian Empire, and use the achievement of capturing the capital of the Persian Empire, Ctesiphon, to completely wash away the shame of the Roman Empire being invaded by the Persian Empire.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, the army has all been assembled, and enough grain and grass for the army to support half a year has also entered the city." The Roman general Orleans walked up to Constantius II and whispered.

Constantius II smiled at the corner of his mouth and said gracefully: "Great, well done, General Orleans." ”

The Roman general Orleans also smiled, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, since we are fully prepared, it is better to attack Ctesiphon immediately!" The soldiers couldn't wait any longer. ”

"General Orleans, don't be in such a hurry, half of the soldiers and horses of Persia have been wiped out by the Jin State in the east, and it is not difficult to eliminate Persia now, but this Jin State is very strong, we still have to wait for a while, let Shapur II transfer the most elite immortal army to fight with the Jin State, so that our attack on Persia will be smoother, isn't it?" Constantius II said excitedly.

When the Roman general Orleans heard this, he said happily: "Your Majesty the Emperor is really wise, so that the soldiers and horses of our army can easily attack Ctesiphon, so let Persia and Jin fight first!" Let's rest. ”

At this moment, a Roman minister walked in, looked at Constantius, and said in a slow voice: "Your Majesty the Emperor, the scouts have just received news that Shapur II has once again refused to send more troops to the east, and the Persian Immortal Army has no intention of leaving Ctesiphon, it seems that it is to deal with us. After saying that, he put his hands forward, which looked quite funny.

When Orleans heard this, he looked at Constantius II and said loudly: "Your Majesty the Emperor, it seems that your wish cannot be fulfilled, Shapur II seems to have been guarding us, but I am afraid that it will be the same if we wait any longer, it is better to immediately attack Ctesiphon, so that Shapur II understands the price to be paid for attacking the Roman Empire." ”

Constantius II nodded and said with a smile: "In that case, General Orleans will lead the vanguard and set off!" The rest of the men will set off tomorrow. ”

"Okay, Your Majesty the Emperor, I'll go and prepare." Orleans said as he turned and left, walking in the direction of the barracks.

An hour later, the Roman general Orleans led ten Roman legions as the vanguard, marching mightily to the Persian capital Ctesiphon, preparing to take advantage of the weakening of Persia to conquer the entire Persian Empire in one fell swoop.

The Roman legions marched mightily in the direction of Ctesiphon, and such a large-scale military operation was naturally quickly discovered by the Persian scouts, who rushed back to Ctesiphon as fast as possible to tell Shapur II this important news, so that Shapur II could prepare for battle.

At this moment, Shapur II was still thinking about how to make his own demands to the Jin state, such as promising to submit to the Jin court, but not allowing the Jin army to garrison the Persian territory, only letting it garrison in Tocharian and the Transoxiana region, however, he did not have much confidence in whether the Jin court could agree to this request, however, it would not be wrong to put forward his own request, even if the Jin did not agree, they had nothing to lose.

"Report, Your Majesty, the Roman general Orleans is leading ten Roman legions on the march towards Ctesiphon, and it is estimated that it will be under Ctesiphon in three or five days." At this critical moment, news came that the Roman legions had marched.

When Shapur II, the king of Persia, and his courtiers heard this, they were all nervous and trembled involuntarily.

"Your Majesty, the situation is already very critical, we must immediately get in touch with the Jin army, promise to join the Great Jin Dynasty, and allow the Jin army to garrison Khorasan, so that General Pratt's 60,000 troops and horses can be drawn back to reinforce Ctesiphon." A Persian minister said nervously.

"Yes, Your Majesty, we don't have time left, please allow me to go to the Jin army camp and discuss with the Jin army commander about annexing the Great Jin." The Persian minister Paus said on his own.

Shapur II is already a little desperate at the moment, the ten legions of the Roman forward have set off, and the follow-up soldiers and horses are estimated to set off soon, Ctesiphon is facing a huge threat, and this threat is very huge, now, Ctesiphon only has 10,000 elites and 20,000 reserve men and horses of the elite Immortal Legion, in addition to these 30,000 elites, there are 20,000 old and weak defenders, but these forces are not the opponent of the Roman elite legion at all, at least in terms of strength, although the Immortal Legion is elite, but the Roman legion is not weak, In particular, the tortoiseshell formation of the Roman infantry legion was very strong, making many attacks of the Persian army ineffective.

"Alright! Paus, you immediately lead an envoy to Mulu City to meet the commander of the Jin army, remember, no matter what the Jin State asks, you must agree to it first, understand? Shapur II said.

Paus patted his chest and said, "Your Majesty, rest assured, this matter will be left to me Paus, and I will definitely be able to handle it properly." (To be continued.) )