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- It is one thing to return to the country in despair and gain nothing. If the Chu army takes the initiative to seek peace, the situation will be another.
Momia can take the opportunity to negotiate terms with Yan Liang, and at least she can keep the newly acquired Persian land west of the Euphrates River.
With this large piece of land, even if it is empty and desolate, it will be a great achievement. Momia returns to Rome with this huge achievement, which can at least quell the dissatisfaction of the nobles and save their mother and son. status.
"Quick, bring the letter quickly." Momia shouted impatiently.
The soldier hurriedly presented the letter, which was a letter written in Roman.
Momia opened the letter with great expectations, but as she looked at it, her beautiful face became more and more gloomy, until her eyes burst out with angry flames.
"This shameless Yan Liang dares to humiliate me like this. It's really hateful!" Momia yelled angrily.
It turns out that the letter was not a letter of peace at all, but a letter of humiliation.
In the letter, Yan Liang gave an ultimatum and ordered Momia to lead his army back to Rome. Otherwise, Yan Liang would destroy her army, capture her and punish her as a prostitute, and let the hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Chu Dynasty ravage her to their heart's content.
Arrogance, arrogance, open humiliation, these extreme words flooded Momia's mind like a tide.
As the supreme empress dowager of the Roman Empire, the noble Momia had never suffered such humiliation.
This was not only a personal humiliation for her, but also a humiliation for the entire Roman Empire.
"I have made up my mind and will never take a step back. I won't defeat the Chu army or kill Yan Liang. I swear I won't give up!" Momia blushed and roared sternly.
By this time, Momia could no longer retreat.
If she retreats, she will be afraid of Yan Liang's threat. If word spreads, her reputation will suffer a greater blow, and the subjects of the entire Roman Empire will complain that she has damaged the national prestige of Rome.
By now. Momia had no choice but to hold on and win the war no matter what.
Elder Harvey and some of the ministers who advocated retreat originally wanted to persuade the Queen Mother to retreat, but when they read the content of Yan Liang's humiliating letter, they were speechless.
The emperors of the East humiliated their empire and their empress dowager. Can they still persuade the Empress Dowager to swallow her anger and retreat back to Rome in despair?
The faction leading the retreat fell silent, while Saga and other factions leading the battle became even more angry and wrote letters one after another, demanding that the attack on the Assyrian Chu army be strengthened.
Angry Momia ordered. The Roman soldiers were again organized and mobilized to launch a second wave of unprecedented scale attacks on the Assyrian city and the Chu camp outside the city.
Yan Liang had already expected this, and more than two thousand Yuan Rong were furious, and five hundred crossbows were fired. Three hundred ballistas relied on this powerful long-range weapon. Yan Liang dared to kill as many Romans as they came.
After several days of bloody fighting, the Romans suffered 7,000 casualties, but still could not break through the Chu army's iron wall.
Momia is in trouble.
Attacking, the Chu army's solid barriers cannot be broken.
If you retreat, you will have to endure the humiliation of Yan Liang, and face the danger of rebellion by the nobles after returning home.
Momia was in a dilemma and had no choice but to waste her time in front of the Assyrian city day by day.
Yan Liang was not in a hurry at all. This time, he showed great patience.
For several months, the Chu army could not hold on and could only send out light cavalry to harass the Romans' food routes.
By the end of summer, the Romans¡¯ food routes had been almost completely cut off by the Chu army.
The morale of the Romans, who were short of food, hit rock bottom, and there were complaints about morale, and soldiers soon began to flee.
This is a precursor to collapse.
The situation of the Romans was deteriorating day by day, but the situation of the Chu army was getting better day by day.
The 100,000 infantry troops led by Gan Ning and others have arrived in Persia and are stationed in the newly occupied cities, completely controlling tens of millions of Persian slaves.
Driven by the Chu army, these Persian slaves could only work non-stop, and the fruits of their labor provided sufficient food and grass support for the Chu army on the front line.
The Roman camp, the imperial tent.
"Empress Dowager, our army is severely short of food and grass. The soldiers have low morale and have begun to flee in groups. I think it is meaningless to continue fighting this battle. It is better to order a retreat."
Even Saga, who had always taken the lead in fighting, could no longer hold on at this time. He changed his mind and advocated retreating.
The rest of the generals such as Kamiao, also requested to withdraw troops one after another, and the calls for withdrawal became louder and louder.
Momia looked at the consuls who were shouting to retreat one by one, gritted her teeth secretly, and a hint of anger flashed between her brows.
After a long silence, Momia sighed: "Since you are all clamoring to retreat, then retreat."
Momia has no choice. At this time, she doesn't care about avenging Yan Liang's humiliation. She knows that if she continues to spend time here, she and the 400,000-strong army will be annihilated here.
"Compared with dying here, if you go back to the country, you may face rebellion from the nobles, but there is always a glimmer of hope.
With desperation, Momia could only choose to retreat.
Saga and other consuls secretly breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly resigned to prepare for the retreat.
So, the entire Roman camp, with 400,000 soldiers, got busy and prepared for three days.
Three days later, the huge army abandoned the encirclement camp and began to move slowly towards the west.
South of the Assyrian city, the Chu army¡¯s camp was located.
In the palace, Yan Liang was drinking Persian wine and enjoying the cool breeze blowing from the Euphrates River.
Suddenly, Deng Ai came in excitedly, cupped his hands and said, "Father, the Romans have begun to retreat."
Rome, retreat!
Yan Liang's eyes flashed with excitement, he jumped up, strode away from the tent, and rode his horse straight to the Assyrian city. ,
Climbing to the top of the city, Yan Liang raised his eyes and looked down into the distance. Sure enough, he saw that the enemy camps were completely empty. Hundreds of thousands of Romans had withdrawn from the camps and were slowly moving towards the northwest.
"That stinky bitch Momia finally couldn't stand it any longer. Humph, it's not that easy to run away!"
Yan Liang sneered. Then he sent an order to summon the generals.
Returning to the imperial account, all the generals were gathered, and Yan Liang gave the order to counterattack.
150,000 cavalry came out in full force, following the retreating Roman legions, looking for an opportunity to deal a fatal blow to the demoralized Romans.
Although the Romans retreated, they retreated very rhythmically. The lineup is quite tight, and this time is obviously an excellent time to attack.
So, the 150,000 Chu cavalrymen followed the 400,000 Roman legions, eagerly looking for the opportunity to strike a fatal blow.
While following, Yan Liang kept releasing Qingqi. They attacked the Romans from all sides, disrupting their formation at all times and making their retreat uneasy.
In order to avoid retreating too quickly and being overwhelmed by the Chu army, Momia could only maintain a dense formation and move at a snail's speed.
in this case. The Romans could only retreat slowly at a speed of less than fifty miles a day.
Seven days later, the Romans were harassed until the tired army entered Carchemish Castle.
It was then that they could finally take a breath and rely on the defense of the fortress. They no longer have to worry about the Chu army attacking the camp at night, and can finally sleep peacefully.
Yan Liang rode his horse around the fort for a week. Observe the terrain.
At dusk, while stationed on a hill, Yan Liang looked at the enemy fort in the distance: "I think this is the ideal place for a decisive battle. What do you think, Fengxiao?"
Guo Jia nodded and said: "Although this fort is located on a high ground and is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is extremely difficult to obtain water. Our army has only cut off the water source outside the city. Within a few days, the Roman army will be in chaos. At that time, they can only choose Leave the city to break the siege, look north and continue retreating."
After a pause, Guo Jia continued: "If the Romans want to break the siege of our army, they must use their cavalry to break our blockade before they can go north. And the only road to the north from this fort passes through a stretch of land between two hills. I think this narrow place is an excellent place to set up an ambush, and I can use the terrain there to annihilate the enemy cavalry in one fell swoop.¡±
Guo Jia's words revealed his strategy.
His strategy coincided with what Yan Liangliang had in mind.
Yan Liang followed the Romans for a long time and never launched an attack. On the one hand, the Romans' military morale had not collapsed, and on the other hand, he was afraid of their 60,000 cavalry.
If the 60,000 Roman cavalry can be annihilated, then the remaining 300,000 Roman infantry will only be slaughtered.
"Fengxiao's plan is very good, let's do it like this." Yan Liang whipped his horse and made a decision.
The order was quickly passed down, and 150,000 Chu army cavalry surrounded Kachemish Fort, pretending to annihilate the Romans here.
Immediately afterwards, the Chu army cut off a small river outside the fort, cutting off the Romans' way of getting water from outside the city.
Guo Jia¡¯s move quickly achieved the desired effect.
The Romans were originally short of food and could barely survive their hunger, but the lack of water was even worse.Life.
The water source has been cut off, and the 400,000 Luo soldiers, who are short of food and water, and are hungry and thirsty, have reached the limit of their endurance and are on the verge of collapse.
In Kachemish Castle, there is an atmosphere of tragedy of failure and blame everywhere, and the resentment is as dense as a ghost castle.
In the imperial tent, Momia looked gloomy, Alexander looked panicked, and all the ministers looked sad and sad.
"Empress Dowager, the Easterners have surrounded the castle and cut off our water source. This time they clearly want to surround us here. We can't wait any longer. Please send cavalry to break through the enemy's obstruction in the north and create a way for the army to go north. road."
In a pessimistic atmosphere, Saga handed over his words.
Momia was shocked and fell into hesitation again.
The remaining 60,000 cavalry are already the last ones she can rely on. Once these cavalry are lost, her 300,000 infantry will be destroyed by the Chu army's cavalry in the blink of an eye.
How could she easily risk the cavalry unless absolutely necessary?
However, now the Chu army has made it clear that they will surround them and die of thirst here. If the cavalry is not used at this time, her army of 400,000 will be completely annihilated here.
By this time, under Yan Liang¡¯s pressure, Momia had no choice.
After pondering for a long time, Momia let out a long sigh and shouted: "Where is Camus?"
Kamu next to Saga stood up with a solemn look on his face.
Momia looked at him and said: "Camius, you are the best cavalry commander in our Roman Empire. I order you to lead 60,000 cavalry to attack and clear a way for our infantry to go north. The Great Roman Empire My life or death depends on you, don¡¯t let me down.¡±
Kamius took a deep breath and said resolutely: "Don't worry, Queen Mother, I, Kamius, will definitely fight my way out even if I risk my life!" - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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