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    Just when everyone was surprised and confused, the third urgent report arrived.

    After the Chu army captured Taixi Feng, they crossed the Euphrates River non-stop and swept through the cities west of Hexi. The front line of the Chu army was approaching the Aegean Sea.

    "Chu Jun, are you crazy?"

    ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????OUTSIDE 100,000 troops of Rhadamandis, then 100,000 troops of Hades, and now they immediately invade Roman territory and blatantly provoke Rome to war. This is too crazy.

    Crazy, Chu Jun was completely crazy.

    boom!

    Saga threw the cup in his hand to the ground and shouted angrily: "The Orientals are so arrogant that they dare to invade our Holy Roman Empire. We will never tolerate it. Empress Dowager, please order the entire army to attack. We have 400,000 troops.  Trample the Orientals."

    As soon as Saga became angry, Camus and other consuls shouted loudly for war, and the angry emotions filled the hall in an instant.

    The Romans were indeed angry. How could they, who were always proud, allow the Chu State to be so arrogant at their doorstep?

    Alexander was also angry and immediately wanted to order troops, but he still endured it and turned his attention to his mother Momia.

    Momia¡¯s face was also filled with anger, but she did not rush to issue an order to start the war. She just asked the generals to make preparations before the war.

    A banquet that originally had a pleasant atmosphere was disrupted in this way.

    Momia returned to the palace and immediately summoned her mysterious counselor, the Orientalist Sima Yi.

    When Momia told Sima Yi the news of the Chu army's great victory, Sima Yi was also shocked, as if he couldn't believe that Yan Liang could kill Hades' 200,000 troops so easily.

    But soon.  Sima Yi calmed down and said calmly: "Persia's morale is low, and Hades is a foolhardy man. It is normal for him to lose to Yan Liang. Queen Mother, now that the Chu army has fought so hard, it is at the end of its war effort. At this time,  It¡¯s the perfect time for us to march in large numbers, capture Persia in one fell swoop, and destroy Yan Liang.¡±

    Momia fell silent.  Biting her thin lips secretly, she began to feel inclined to start a war.

    Seeing this, Sima Yi hurriedly advised: "If the Empress Dowager does not attack at this time, after Yan Liang has secured Persia and the rear is stable, she will definitely send troops to invade the west and attack the Roman Empire. At that time, the war will be on Roman soil.  Come on, does the Queen Mother want to see that day?"

    Momia¡¯s figure trembled violently, Sima Yi¡¯s words deeply touched her vitals.

    After pondering for a long time, Momia¡¯s eyes revealed a look of determination.

    The Roman empress dowager was determined, so she ordered the Roman army of 400,000.  Crossed the Aegean Sea and marched towards Ctesiphon.

    The order is passed down.  Saga and other generals were naturally excited. The seven consuls led an army of 400,000 people and crossed the Aegean Sea within a few days and entered the Lydis district on the east coast.

    At this time, the Chu cavalry led by Wen Chou had approached the westernmost region of Persia.

    After Saga landed, he immediately led 200,000 Roman heavy infantry legions and advanced all the way east to meet the Chu army's cavalry.

    The Roman hoplite legions were extraordinary.

    Due to racial reasons, Rome was physically much stronger. The armor and stomach equipped by its infantry were very thick, and their defense and attack power were super strong.

    In addition, the Romans were also highly disciplined. It was precisely with these two advantages that their hoplite legions were able to travel across Europe and establish an unprecedentedly powerful Roman Empire.

    The cavalry led by Wen Chou was mainly light cavalry. It was okay to deal with the Persian heavy cavalry with cavalry shooting, but it seemed that it was unable to deal with the Roman heavy infantry.

    Because the Roman heavy infantry not only had strong defensive capabilities, but were also equipped with strong bows and crossbows in the military formation, which could effectively counterattack the Chu army's light cavalry harassment tactics.

    Facing such a powerful infantry regiment, Wen Chou naturally did not dare to fight without permission. What's more, he also followed Yan Liang's secret order and deliberately showed weakness to the enemy, so that the Romans could confidently and boldly advance eastward.

    So Wen Chou pretended to be defeated and retreated eastward.

    The Romans, who had won the first battle, were full of momentum. Their huge infantry legions advanced all the way and successively recovered Cappadocia, Cilicia, Western Armenia, and Syria and other western Persian regions.

    These western regions were originally the richest places in Persia, but unfortunately, what the Romans got were empty cities.

    Those wealthy cities were plundered by the Chu army long before the Romans arrived, and not even a grain of wheat was left for the Romans.

    Although the Romans were advancing with great success, they actually did not even touch a hair of the Chu army.

    And, they soon discovered that the four of themAn army of 100,000 people could not get food locally at all. They could only rely on grain ships from Greece to cross the Aegean Sea and then pass through a 700-mile land grain road to deliver food to the front line.

    This is what Yan Liang wants.

    Wen Chou retreated again and again. When he retreated to Assyria, he no longer retreated a step.

    The city of Assyria, the most important city on the west bank of the Euphrates city, will be Yan Liang's nail in holding back the Romans.

    150,000 Chu army cavalry were continuously massing towards the Assyrian front line. Nearly 100,000 Chu army infantrymen had crossed the Congling Mountains and entered the newly occupied Persian territory.

    Yan Liang personally led his army across the Euphrates River and established a stronghold outside the Assyrian city, forming a horned force with Wen Chou's troops in the city.

    A few days later, 200,000 Persian troops led by Saga arrived in Assyria.

    Facing more than 100,000 Chu army cavalry, Saga naturally did not dare to fight without permission, so he camped on the spot and waited for the subsequent arrival of 200,000 Roman legions.

    In the summer, 400,000 Roman troops gathered under the Assyrian city, and a 150,000 Chu army formed a confrontation along the Euphrates River.

    Although the Romans were mainly heavy infantry, they still had 70,000 cavalry under their command.

    So, not long after setting up camp, Momia ordered 70,000 cavalry to guard against the Chu cavalry attack on the flanks, and more than 300,000 infantry to launch a mad attack on the Assyrian city.

    However, the Chu army carried out Yan Liang's plan to the end and defended the city without going to war.

    Although the Romans had a large number of people, Assyria's city area was limited, and the Romans could not pile up all 300,000 people at once.

    Wen Chou only led 50,000 troops and relied on strong bows and crossbows to block the crazy attack of the Romans.

    The Romans were unable to attack the Assyrian city, and then turned to attack the Chu army camp that formed a horn outside the city.

    However, the Roman attacks were repeatedly frustrated by the Chu army's counterattacks with long-range weapons such as bed crossbows, Yuanrong Liannu, and chariot crossbows, and several strong attacks failed.

    With several unsuccessful attacks and nearly 10,000 losses, the Roman attack reached a stalemate.

    But Yan Liang's attack has just begun.

    A large number of generals such as Zhao Yun, Jiang Wei, Zhang Xiu, and Ma Dai were dispatched, leading tens of thousands of divine cavalry to launch a frantic attack on the Roman supply lines.

    From Western Armenia to Cappadocia, a distance of nearly a thousand miles, warriors of Chu were galloping everywhere.

    Roman grain carts were burned one after another, and hundreds of Roman husbands were crushed to death by Dachu¡¯s cavalry.

    In order to protect their supply lines, the Romans had to send cavalry to disperse the Chu army's light cavalry.

    But the Romans soon discovered that their efforts were in vain.

    First of all, they had a small number of cavalry, and they did not dare to allocate more cavalry to protect the supply line, lest they be counterattacked by the Chu army on the Assyrian frontal battlefield.

    And how could the limited number of Roman cavalry protect the supply line that was as long as Qianli?

    Moreover, the Roman cavalry was also dominated by heavy cavalry. They could drive away the light cavalry of the Chu army, but they could not annihilate them.

    In this way, the Chu army could go back and change places to continue attacking the Roman grain team.

    For a month, the Romans were helpless against Chu's "despicable" tactics. They could only watch as hundreds of thousands of their grain and grass were continuously burned by Chu.

    The 400,000-strong Roman legion required an astonishing amount of food and grass every day. The supply line suffered such a blow, the supply of food and grass was insufficient, and the morale of the army soon became unstable.

    The Roman legion, which originally had high morale, began to decline after a month of confrontation with the Chu army.

    But Yan Liang and his army were not in a hurry at all.

    Because behind him is a large area of ??Persian land, with countless grain and grass for him to "plunder", and countless Persian slaves to serve him.

    What Yan Liang has to do now is to wait patiently for that fatal moment.

    The Roman camp, the imperial tent.

    Momia sat there with a frown on her face, listening to the reports from the scouts. Most of those reports were bad news about the destruction of a certain food team, which only made Momia's frown deepen.

    "Great Empress Dowager, our food and grass are becoming increasingly scarce, and the morale of the military is beginning to waver. I think it's time to withdraw our troops first and reconsider whether this war is wise?" Veteran Harvey said.

    Momia was silent.

    At this point, she finally understood the power of Yan Liang. He could not attack Assyria for a long time, and the food routes were frequently cut off. In fact, Momia had also retreated.heart of.

    However, this time, with great confidence, she declared to the Roman nobles that she would conquer Persia in one fell swoop, push the Roman Empire to its peak, and seize endless wealth and slaves for the nobles.

    Now, after mobilizing troops and mobilizing people, spending countless money and food, but with no results, Momia is worried that when she returns to the country, her prestige will be greatly damaged, causing strong dissatisfaction.

    The Roman emperor has been overthrown not once or twice. If he returns without success, Momia is worried that what awaits her mother and son will be another tragic coup, and they will die without a burial place.  .

    With various considerations and internal and external difficulties, Momia could not make up her mind whether she should fight or retreat.

    While Momia was hesitating, soldiers outside the tent came to report that she was the legitimate son of the Emperor of Chu State, and there was a letter to send to Momia.

    Yan Liang¡¯s handwritten letter?

    "Could it be that Yan Liang wants to ask for peace?" Momia's eyes lit up, and her heart was suddenly filled with surprise.
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