Julian was full of hatred for Constantius II, so even if Constantius II asked for the throne to be passed on to him when he was dying, he could not get his forgiveness, after all, Constantius II had done too much damage to Julian, and Julian would not forgive him no matter what. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Your Majesty the Emperor, what should we do now?" A confidant asked.

Julian said lightly: "Since Constantius II is about to die, we don't need to do anything, just wait for him to die slowly, and then inherit the entire Roman Empire, what do you think?" After speaking, he looked at several of the heart.

The confidant general Benobades said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, I think we should make more preparations, many generals in Eastern Rome are at odds with His Majesty the Emperor, if they are worried that Your Majesty will clean up, they may rebel after the death of Constantius II, and we should appease them as soon as possible, and promise that Your Majesty will not clean them up after he ascends the throne, I don't know what Your Majesty thinks?" ”

Hearing this, Julian nodded approvingly, and said: "Bainobades, what you said is very right, many generals in the east are enemies of me everywhere in order to curry favor with Constantius II, as long as they are willing to belong to me, I can forgive them, and I will never liquidate them." ”

"It's great that His Majesty the Emperor can think so." Bainobades said happily.

Another henchman thought for a while, and Zhengse said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, the entire territory of Persia has been occupied by the Jin army, and next, the Jin army is very likely to invade our Roman Empire, we should prepare as soon as possible, and this is also what we should actively prepare." ”

Julian smiled at the corner of his mouth, nodded and said: "That's right, after the death of Constantius II, the entire Roman Empire will be I, Julian alone, and when the time comes, I will concentrate all the main forces of Rome and completely defeat the Jin army advancing westward, not only that, but the entire Persian Empire will belong to us." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty the Emperor, you will definitely be able to grant this wish." General Benobades said happily.

When all the henchmen heard this, they were all very excited, after all, they had not fought against the Jin army, and they didn't know how powerful the Jin army was.

Julian closed his eyes and meditated, thinking about how to pacify the Roman generals in the east, and how to mobilize troops and horses to confront the Jin army.

"You two go to Constantinople at once, and tell Constantius II that we will always be good brothers whose blood is thicker than water, and that I will inherit the Roman throne and make the Roman Empire stronger, and in addition, appease the generals in the east, and make them believe in me, I will not trouble them." Julian said.

"Yes, Your Majesty the Emperor, we are ready to leave at once." The two courtiers replied.

Julian Yu looked back at Bainobades and said, "I intend to let the British army and the Gallic army stay in the west, and the remaining soldiers and horses are ready to march east at any time and join up with the great army in the east, and then attack Ctesiphon, Persian Ctesiphon must be broken, and we must defeat the Jin army." ”

Bainobades nodded, and said with a straight face: "His Majesty the Emperor is right, I think so too. ”

Julian smiled with satisfaction, and then began to think about the details of the army's eastward advance.

In the direction of Constantinople, the Roman Emperor Constantius II was already dying, he was very unwilling, he didn't want to die, but he couldn't decide the matter of life and death, when it was time to die, he would still die, and he had no ability to resist it.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, Julian has sent someone to the capital, saying that he and His Majesty are good brothers forever, good brothers whose blood is thicker than water, and after he inherits the throne, he will wholeheartedly make the Roman Empire strong." General Marcellus said softly.

When Constantius II heard this, he said weakly: "Great, it's great that Julian can think like this, I really didn't expect me to treat him like this, and he can still recognize me as a brother." ”

"Your Majesty the Emperor, no matter what, you are brothers after all, and Julian will not hold a grudge against you." Orleans followed suit.

When Constantius II heard this, he showed a smile and said: "You are right, no matter what, Julian is my brother, and I really regret treating him like this before!" However, it is useless to regret it, and since Julian is about to succeed him, I have something to warn him. ”

"Your Majesty the Emperor, just say it, and we will convey your meaning." General Marcellus asked softly.

Constantius II nodded and said softly: "You have to persuade Julian not to confront the powerful Jin army, otherwise, my Roman Empire is in danger of ruin, can you do it?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty the Emperor, we will definitely convey your intentions to Julian." General Marcellus said.

Constantius II nodded in satisfaction and closed his eyes.

Seeing that Constantius II had closed his eyes, all the ministers and generals retreated one by one.

In the side hall of the palace, Severus and other Roman generals were discussing Julian's succession with his confidants.

Julian's promise not to pursue it reassured Severus and other generals, who did not have many soldiers and horses, and even if they rebelled, they might not be Yulian's opponents, so they had already made up their minds to pledge allegiance to Julian in order to maintain the unity of the Roman Empire.

"Generals, as long as you are willing to be loyal, Your Majesty will not pursue what you have done before, and in the future, Your Majesty will still expect you generals to assist him in defeating the Jin army in the east?" Yuli said with peace of mind.

"Great, as long as His Majesty Julian is willing to believe in us, we will swear allegiance to the death, but we have to wait until the old emperor dies, in addition, the old emperor has a last word, let His Majesty Julian not rashly make enemies with the Jin army in the east, the Roman army is not the opponent of the Jin army." General Severus said.

Yuli's reassuring courtiers smiled disdainfully, and said, "Generals, you can't be afraid of the enemy like a tiger just because you have fought a few defeats!" Even if the Jin army is strong, our wise and great Majesty Julian is not afraid, and I believe that under the command of the wise and great Eulian, the Roman army will definitely be able to defeat the Jin army and take all the territory of Persia. ”

"Your Excellency has never seen the strength of the Jin army, how can you be so confident?" Marcellus said dissatisfied.

Obviously, the understatement of Yuli's reliant courtiers made him feel very shameless, if the Jin army could be easily defeated, they would not flee back to Constantinople in embarrassment, and the Jin army did not launch a pursuit at that time, if the Jin army pursued, maybe they would have been wiped out long ago.

Yu Li's peace of mind courtier smiled, and said softly: "General, don't be angry, the reason why the Jin army won was completely because the old emperor was too light on the enemy, and in the case of insufficient preparation, he rashly launched an attack in the direction of Mulu City, if he was well prepared, he could completely defeat the Jin army." ”

The generals were naturally very unhappy when they heard this, but the person in front of them was a big celebrity around the future emperor Julian, so even if they were dissatisfied in their hearts, they did not dare to show it excessively, so as not to cause the minister's dissatisfaction, so as to let themselves be treated unfairly in the future.

Seeing that all the generals bowed their heads and were silent, Yuli asked softly, "I wonder how long the old emperor can live?" ”

"It's only been a few days." lest the general say.

"Well, then, I will send a letter back, and let His Majesty Julian immediately lead a large army to Constantinople to inherit the throne." Yuri said with a straight face.

Although the generals were dissatisfied, it was not easy for them to oppose it, so they all nodded in approval.

Immediately afterward, Julian's henchmen sent an entourage to relay the news of Constantius II's imminent death, so that Julian could go to Constantinople as soon as possible to inherit the throne.

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In the direction of Ctesiphon, the Persian soldiers and the Tianzhu soldiers, who are supervising the Roman surrendered soldiers who are working, these Roman surrendered soldiers used to be high-ranking existences, but now they are forced to work by Persian soldiers, and their hearts are naturally very uncomfortable, this sense of grievance makes them a little suffocated, but they have no ability to resist, a few Roman prisoners who refuse to work were brutally killed by Persian soldiers, and put their bodies on the construction site where they worked, so that the remaining Roman soldiers could take warning and stop making senseless resistance.

The 60,000 Roman captives, including 20,000 Spartan captives, all worked under the supervision of Persian soldiers, and their sweat soaked their clothes and made them look very tired.

Barbatio, the Roman general who took the lead in the work, wiped the sweat from his forehead and stopped to rest.

"You, get to work immediately, hurry up." When a Persian soldier saw that Barbatio had stopped and was lazy, he immediately stepped forward to stop him.

"It's not fair, it's not fair, we have surrendered to the Jin army, why are we only Romans working, and you are doing nothing." Barbatio yelled.

"Bastard, smack......" The Persian soldier whipped Barbatio angrily and scolded, "Where is all this nonsense, work immediately." ”

Enraged, Barbatio immediately leaned forward, grabbed the Persian soldier's neck, and broke the Persian soldier's neck with all his might.

"Kill him." Seeing this, the Persian officers not far away immediately commanded a group of soldiers and horses to kill Barbatio.

Barbatio was furious, looked at his subordinates behind him, and shouted, "Soldiers, fight with them, kill ......," and commanded the Spartan captives to kill the Persian soldiers.

The Persian soldiers had weapons in their hands, while the Spartans only had rudimentary tools in their hands, so the Persian soldiers had an absolute advantage in equipment, and stabbed many Spartan soldiers who rushed up to death with spears, but the Spartans also threw out the tools in their hands and stoned many Persian soldiers to death.

As the melee progressed, more and more Spartan captives joined the revolt, and the Persian generals mobilized more soldiers to suppress them, and a bloody battle seemed inevitable.

With the expansion of the scale of the melee, it soon attracted the attention of the generals under Hua'an's command, and immediately reported to Hua'an.

"Your Majesty, the Spartan captives are in rebellion, and now they are fighting with the Persian soldiers, and it is likely to intensify." One of the generals looked at Hua'an and reported loudly.

Hua An was stunned when he heard this, and said loudly: "The Spartans actually dare to rebel, it is really the opposite, the pro-guard army is immediately assembled, and this king will personally go to suppress it." ”

"Your Majesty, the rebellion of the Spartan captives is just a trivial matter, let the last general lead the soldiers and horses to suppress it!" Wang San said softly.

After all, the situation outside is relatively chaotic, and Hua'an will personally go to play the pressure, there will be security problems, and Wang San will naturally be more worried about this.

Hua An hurriedly waved his hand, and said, "No, this king is going to go and press it in person, okay, it's decided." After saying that, he strode out of the big tent.

Soon, 10,000 guards under Hua'an's command were assembled and slaughtered at the construction site where the Spartan prisoners were located under Hua'an's personal command.

Just when Hua'an led his troops to the area where the Spartan prisoners were in trouble, 30,000 Persian soldiers and horses had already arrived on the battlefield, and 30,000 Tianzhu soldiers also rushed to help in the battle.

"Your Majesty, these Spartan captives are stationed in a large number of houses, and it is difficult for our army to launch some attacks, and our troops have lost more than 500 people, and there are 1,000 Spartan prisoners." A Persian general shouted.

Hua An nodded lightly and hurriedly asked, "Why did the Spartans suddenly rebel, is there any reason?" ”

Obviously, Hua'an felt that there must be a reason for the Spartans to rebel, and they could not rebel for no reason, after all, they had already surrendered.

"Your Majesty, they feel that they have been wronged by working here, so they want to strike, and our morale went to persuade them, but they were killed, which caused a great scuffle between the two sides, and now, these Spartans rely on their houses, so that the rain of arrows of our army cannot exert its power."

Hearing this, Hua An nodded slightly, and had a general understanding of what happened, of course, Hua An would not fully believe what the Persian generals said, after all, in order to avoid responsibility, they would add fuel and vinegar to blame all the causes of the incident to the Spartan captives.

In addition, Hua'an also saw that the nearby terrain was very conducive to the resistance of the Spartan captives, first of all, all the houses were under construction, and the Persian soldiers' arrow rain could not exert their power at all, if they entered the house to fight, the spears in the hands of the Persian soldiers could not be used flexibly, and the individual combat power of the Spartan captives was very strong, in this case, they may not be able to fight the tools in the hands of the Spartan captives, so it was difficult to defeat the Spartan soldiers.

This kind of street fighting tactics can greatly offset the strength of the superior side, so that many powerful weapons of the superior side cannot play a role, so that a large number of soldiers and horses have to be invested, and then cause great losses. (To be continued.) )