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Volume 2 Set Sail Chapter 176 Bank of Rome

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    Chapter 176 Bank of Rome

    Momia held down Sun Shao's hand that was about to move, and her eyes flashed: "Are you going back?"

    Sun Shao concealed his laughter. This woman was really shrewd. As soon as she showed some clues, she immediately caught the intention behind her, and she didn't even have time to divert her attention.  Sun Deng died suddenly. When the news reached Temu City, Sun Luban became angry at that time. He insisted that Sun He and his son had poisoned Sun Deng. They clamored to go back to Qingjun. Even Guan Feng couldn't persuade her.  Guan Feng had no choice but to resort to a delaying strategy and said he wanted to ask Sun Shao for instructions.  However, Sun Shao estimated that with Sun Luban's temper, Guan Feng's plan would only deceive him temporarily, and within a few months at most, Sun Luban would be unable to hold himself back, and he would run back to the Kingdom of Wu to cause trouble.

    He really has to go back and deal with this matter.  Besides, Taisi Feng was about to be conquered, and with Lu Xun assisting him, he felt very relieved about Sun Feng. His staying here was of little significance. Instead, it might have a negative impact on Sun Feng. It was better to take advantage of this opportunity to leave and let him  Let go and take action.

    "My girlno one else can control her." Sun Shao admitted his thoughts.

    Momia frowned, leaned into Sun Shao's arms, hugged Sun Shao's arms, and said dissatisfied: "Is a sister more important than a son?"

    Sun Shao smiled and patted her cheek gently: "What are you worried about? It's only a matter of time to conquer Ctesiphon. Little Gordian was timid in order to preserve his strength. It's expected that he didn't get any credit this time.  The throne of Quintus is as stable as a rock. Quintus and I have agreed that Feng'er will lead the Teutons and cooperate with you to gradually conquer the barbarians. As long as Feng'er is there, Rome's northern frontier will be peaceful.  Nothing, Philip just wants to be a peaceful emperor."

    Momia rolled her eyes and thought for a moment.  Although she didn't know why Sun Shao thought that Sun Feng could conquer Ctesi Feng quickly, but based on her understanding of Sun Shao, she knew that what Sun Shao said in front of everyone must be lies. He dared to let Sun Feng make the decision.  The general must be sure of conquering Ctesiphon.  Sun Shao arranged for Sun Feng to conquer the barbarians, of course, not entirely for Rome. Looking at it from another perspective, in fact, Sun Feng used the power of Rome to conquer the barbarians, but doing so was beneficial to Philip - at least for now -  - She stopped talking about it.

    "Of course the prince is good, but he is not you after all. If you ask him for anything in the future, he will still be separated by one layer after all." Momia said coquettishly, "Are you going to leave some life-saving capital for me and Philip?"

    ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I¡¯ve already thought about it.¡± Sun Shao squeezed Momia¡¯s slippery hand, leaned over and took out a folded piece of paper from the desk, and flashed it in front of Momia¡¯s eyes.  Momia quickly straightened up, took the paper and took a quick glance at it. Her eyes suddenly shone with joy, but she was also a little confused: "Bank of Rome?"

    "Yes." Sun Shao smiled slightly: "Rome has no shortage of soldiers, and Rome has no shortage of land, but why is Rome in chaos? It's because you are short of money. Whoever has enough funds can be the emperor.  Throne, isn't the throne of the Severus family also inseparable from money? So, as long as you have money on hand, Philip's throne will be safe."

    After Ctesiphon was captured, Rome had become the most important business partner of the Han Dynasty. The problem of large amounts of capital flow had become prominent. Every year, Han merchants had to transport a large amount of gold and silver coins from Rome. After this situation had developed for more than ten years, the Yue Kingdom  The gold and silver reserves of Rome were already very high, and the need for Roman gold and silver coins was gradually slowing down, but the cost and risk of long-distance transportation gradually became a headache.  Therefore, Sun Shao considered opening a bank in Damascus or nearby, and concentrated all the funds that usually flowed around Rome into this bank. On the one hand, it would be convenient for businessmen coming and going, and on the other hand, it could also indirectly control the economy of Rome. Sun Feng  With the military support of Lu Xun and others, I believe that the development of this bank will not have too many difficulties.  The Roman aristocrats were extremely extravagant. They possessed a large amount of wealth and needed to invest and reproduce to finance their long-term luxurious living expenses. By absorbing all the money and saving it, they could kidnap these Roman aristocrats into his system.  Gradually increase your influence over Rome.

    Of course, he couldn¡¯t say all of these things to Momia.

    Momia only saw the importance of controlling this large amount of wealth to Philip, but she was a female after all, and she had no idea of ??the far-reaching intention behind Sun Shao's move.  When she thought that with a huge amount of funds in hand, no matter what she had to do in the future, it would be much easier. She was so happy that she hugged Sun Shao's neck gratefully: "You are really thoughtful."

    "Philip is my son, how can I not think about him." Sun Shao smiled and said: "I am going to hand over this bank to your family to manage it, so that others will not gossip. What do you think?  Sample?"

    "Humph, this is probably not for my sake, but for Emily and Dean."Did your family consider it?  Momia was happy in her heart and deliberately said sourly. Sun Shao laughed, held her hand and patted her buttocks: "They are not your tribe?"  Do you have to say that I opened this bank for the sake of the Queen of Rome to be satisfied?  If that's the case, I wouldn't object, I'm just afraid that Quintus will be unhappy if he hears it.  "

    "Fuck you." Of course Momia thought of this and would not really care about it.  Emily and Diana, as well as the Samie family, aren't they all tools controlled by her? As Sun Shao said, it would be inappropriate if she really stepped forward.

    "As long as you put up your name, I will find people who are good at it to run the business. You just have to wait to collect the dividends. This is a little compensation from me to you mother and son." Sun Shao sighed: "It's a pity, I  I may never be able to come to Rome again in the future. I want to see how you and Philip can't do it. It's a long night. Please teach me how to survive."

    Momia was also a little sad. Neither of them spoke, and they were trapped in the sadness of separation for a while.  At this moment, Ao Lei's voice came from outside the tent: "Your Majesty, there is a military report."

    Sun Shao was stunned for a moment, and then glanced at Momia. Momia raised her hand to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, kissed Sun Shao gently on the cheek, and walked quickly into the back tent.

    "Come in!" Sun Shao straightened his clothes and shouted in a deep voice.  Ao Lei responded, opened the tent door, strode into the tent, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, Gordian sent people to ask for help, saying that the Sasanians attacked his camp at night with ferocious force."

    "Is this the case?" Sun Shao sat up straight and asked Ao Lei to call the envoy in.  The messenger looked anxious. As soon as he saw Sun Shao, he knelt down and handed over the emergency document with both hands.  This is an official document written by little Gordian himself. It is written in Greek and is very sloppy. You can imagine the anxiety that little Gordian felt when he wrote this letter asking for help.  Sun Shao didn't understand Greek, so he quickly called for an interpreter. He realized that just as Ao Lei said, it was the Sasanians who attacked Gordian's camp. It's unclear how many people there were, but the attack was fierce.  The opponent not only had heavy armored infantry, but also heavy armored cavalry. They even brought small ballistae, which sapped little Gordian from the beginning.

    "How could he be so careless?" Sun Shao hit the desk with his palm and became furious: "Didn't I remind him a long time ago? We are not just here to fish, we are here to guard against the Sasanians attacking from behind.  , why was he still caught off guard?"

    When the envoy saw Sun Shao angry, he did not dare to reply.  In fact, little Gordian was not careless, but he did not expect the Sassanids to come so quickly. Today was the first day of Sun Feng's official attack on the city, and the Sassanids actually attacked the camp.  According to his original estimate, this ambush would only appear when the two sides were at least in a stalemate and the attacking side was unable to attack the city for a long time and became impatient. How could it be possible that the ambush would come at night just after the siege started?  Attacking the camp, is there a chance at this time?

    Little Gordian didn¡¯t know that although it was only the first day, the city of Ctesiphon was already in crisis, forcing Aldashir to launch the ambush in advance to teach the attacking army a lesson.  He and Sun Shao set up camp here, and the other party had a clear view of the Destroying Front Camp led by Sun Shao, especially the tiger general beside Sun Shao. The Sasanians were frightened and did not dare to tease the tiger's beard easily.  So they approached the Romans, whom they had always looked down upon.  Relying on their familiarity with the terrain, the Sasanians took advantage of the darkness to reach the front of Gordian's camp and suddenly launched a fierce attack. Gordian was caught off guard and was first thrown by the Sassanid's crossbow cannon.  Shi was stunned, and then the camp was set on fire by Sassanian rockets. If it weren't for the fact that the two legions under his command were indeed elite, they would have collapsed by now.  With no choice but to defend the camp, he sent an envoy to ask Sun Shao for help.

    "How to save him?" Sun Shao asked angrily: "I only have 10,000 people. If I rush out in this dark night, wouldn't I just fall into the Sassanid's trick? Since the Sassanid will steal his camp, how can it be possible?  Not setting up an ambush halfway? Do you think you are the reincarnation of the God of War and can run to me unscathed?"

    When the messenger thought about it, he was shocked. No wonder he ran so smoothly and didn't even see the shadow of a Sassanid. It turned out that the Sassanids deliberately asked him to report the news and lured the Yue people into an ambush.  go.  But he panicked immediately. Hearing what Sun Shao meant, did he not plan to send troops to ask for help?  Then the Romans are doomed.

    "Please, Your Majesty, for the sake of our brothers, Rome and Yue, do not give up the Roman soldiers of our two legions." The envoy fell to the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.

    Sun Shao frowned and said nothing for a long time.  He and Little Gordian each camped here with 10,000 people. As long as they didn't neglect, there was no problem in holding the camp. But if they wanted to go out and fight the Sasanians, then even if he and the 10,000 people were all elite  He is not sure about the elite, not to mention that now the enemy is hiding from us.? He didn't even count how many people there were on the other side.  It is definitely not a wise move to rush out of camp under such circumstances.

    He glanced at the envoy and snorted: "Okay, you rush back now and tell General Gordian that I will definitely come to save him. However, we Han people have an old saying, a man must save himself.  , you cannot save your own life just by relying on others to rescue you. The God of the Hebrews also said that God does not save lazy people, you let them cheer up first, otherwise, don¡¯t say it¡¯s me, even you are the best.  It¡¯s no use even if the gods from Mount Thorin come.¡±

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    The lights in Little Gordian's military camp were brightly lit. The lit tents and countless torches illuminated the camp as bright as day. The Romans had no time to leave the camp and did not dare to leave the camp, so they fought back in the camp.  Groups of warriors rushed to the camp, pierced the fence with their spears, and started a brutal fight with the Sasanians who rushed to the camp.

    The Sassanids in heavy armor rushed out of the darkness, holding swords, and kept pouring towards the camp. Although they were not walking very fast, the pressure made people feel timid in their hearts.  The arrows of the Romans hit their heavy armor, causing only sparks but not hurting them at all. They rushed through the ditch in front of the camp, rushed to the wall pointing outwards, and started to attack the Romans.  , some soldiers climbed up the camp pillars under the same cover, trying to climb over the camp pillars and fight their way into the Roman camp.

    The Romans did not dare to neglect. They fought with the Sasanians across the camp and stabbed the Sassanians with their spears.  Although the Sasanians were wearing armor and were not afraid of being stabbed by spears, several Romans worked together to stab them down with spears and refused to let them climb over the camp. Some Roman soldiers used long spears to stab them down.  The spears were aimed at their eyes, forcing them to use their hands to defend themselves.  It was very clumsy for them to climb over the wall in heavy armor, and it would be even more difficult to succeed if they were dealt with like this by the Romans.

    The two sides were fighting inextricably in front of the camp, and no one was willing to give in.

    Little Gordian was not a fool. He thought of the possible tricks of the Sasanians from the beginning. It was really unreliable whether Sun Shao would send reinforcements, but he still sent an envoy, and then confidently asked the soldiers  They said, don't worry, as long as we withstand the Sasanian attack and wait for reinforcements from Vietnam to move, we will be safe.  Of course there are smart people among his men who know that this is purely a morale-boosting rhetoric, but they will not tell the truth. Instead, they pretend to be confident and pass on little Gordian's general order so that everyone can  Every Roman knew that they were not fighting alone, and that their allies, the Vietnamese, would soon come to the rescue.  Under their instigation, the Romans, who had been stunned by the Sasanians, quickly calmed down. Relying on their strong camps, they braved the rain of arrows and roaring artillery stones of the Sasanians and fought back tenaciously, paying heavy casualties.  After that, the Sasanians were miraculously blocked from the camp gate.

    It¡¯s just that he doesn¡¯t know how many Sassanians have come. Now he only sees the Sassanids coming in a steady stream. It¡¯s really unclear how long they can sustain it.  He estimated that Aldashir still had at least nearly 100,000 troops in his hands. According to convention, only 30,000 people were enough to defend the city. The remaining people should be outside the city. In other words, the city  There are at least 50,000 to 60,000 people outside.  If the entire Sassanid army were to attack his camp, even if he withstood the Sassanid's first attack, he would never be able to last long.  Fortunately, there is Sun Shao's camp ten miles away. The Sasanians have to be prepared. This requires at least part of their troops. If the Sasanians plan to ambush Sun Shao, they may even send out 20,000 to 30,000 people.  Then there are at most 20,000 to 30,000 people in front of him.

    If this is the case, then he still has a chance.  While sending envoys to ask for help from Sun Shao, he also sent people to ask for help from Quintus. The distance of ten miles was not too far. As soon as the reinforcements from the rear arrived, the Sasanians could only retreat.  Although Quintus was at odds with him, he believed that Quintus would not sit idly by at this time. After all, these ten thousand of them were the elite of the Romans. If the entire army was annihilated, it would be a heavy blow to the morale of the Roman soldiers.  .

    Hold on, you must hold on.  Little Gordian kept cheering himself up.  While he was paying attention to the fighting situation near the camp, he was also paying attention to the movements to the right and behind. How he wished now that a torch would suddenly light up in the darkness.

    While little Gordian was looking in the direction of Sun Shao's camp from time to time, in the Sasanian battle formation, Awad was also looking in that direction uneasily.  Outside the ancient city of Seleucid, he almost lost all his 20,000 cavalry, but to his surprise, Ardashir did not punish him, but instead sent him more than 50,000 more cavalry than those left in Ctesiphon.  There were even more Sasanian troops in the city.  Ardashir's trust made him burst into tears. All the previous unhappiness disappeared, and he vowed to dedicate everything to Ardashir.  As soon as he received Ardashir's order this afternoon, he immediately made arrangements for action.In the middle of the night, he reached the Roman camp and successfully launched a surprise attack, inflicting heavy losses on the Romans.

    However, although the Romans were beaten dizzy, little Gordian was very tenacious. He withstood one wave of attacks and saved the camp.  Awad was a little anxious when he saw that several attacks failed just short of the last breath. He decided to put his last reserves into battle and capture the Roman camp in one fell swoop.

    However, before issuing this order, he couldn't help but hesitate.  Although according to common sense, even if Sun Shao receives the news, it is unlikely that he will rush out to rescue little Gordian before he knows the strength of the Sassanid troops. As long as he leaves a small number of people on guard, he can be confident and bold.  Attacked Little Gordian and defeated the Romans with superior force.  But what if Sun Shao comes out?  Will he have enough time by then to remove those elites from the battlefield to confront Sun Shao?

    Awad was hesitant to make a decision, and the lack of decisiveness in his nature once again made him hesitate.

    Under the urging of the generals sent by Ardashir, Awad gritted his teeth and decided to invest the troops used to ambush Sun Shao and launch an attack on the Romans with all his strength.  He raised his arm, opened his mouth, and before issuing the order, he subconsciously glanced in the direction of Sun Shao's camp.

    Although he only glanced at it, his eyes immediately tightened, and the order he was about to issue froze in his mouth.

    He saw a fire dragon. Although it was far away and seemed to be just a point, he stood high and could see far away, so he could still tell that it was a marching team.

    Sun Shao is here?  Awad was surprised and at the same time felt excited.  He glanced at the Roman camp. The Romans had been crippled by him. Even if they withdrew the army at this time, the Romans did not have the courage to leave the camp. This was a good opportunity to ambush Sun Shao.

    Killing Sun Shao is far more shocking than killing little Gordian!

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