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- At dusk, this brutal massacre finally came to an end.
The walls and ditches of the castle were densely covered with corpses. Nearly 20,000 Roman infantrymen were shot to death by the Chu army behind them because they could not escape into the city.
Outside Canakesh Fort, large tracts of land were dyed red with blood, and the entire wilderness seemed to have turned into an endless red swamp.
Yan Liang stood on horseback outside the city, looking at the cruel scene. There was no sympathy on Yingwu's face, only an unfinished indifference.
The cavalrymen of Dachu galloped outside the enemy fort, waving the heads raised on their blades, and showed off their power to the Romans huddled in the city.
Being so shocked, the Romans in the city were so frightened that their calves trembled and they did not even dare to breathe out. Everyone's face was flashing with extreme panic.
Yan Liang showed off his power for a long time before leading his army to leave and return to camp.
In the next few days, the Chu army continued to intensify the siege of the city, cutting off the water source and not letting a Roman go out of the city to get water.
60,000 cavalry were wiped out, and 50,000 infantry legions were completely wiped out. The Romans, who suffered heavy losses, had lost the chance to break out and could only cower in the castle and dare not go out to fight.
And the long-term water shortage exacerbated the collapse of the Romans' military morale.
All kinds of things, in addition to internal and external troubles, the Romans were on the verge of collapse after besieging the city for several days.
At this time, some Romans who were eager to survive began to ignore military orders and ventured out of the fortress in an attempt to cross the Chu army's defense line.
It¡¯s a pity that Yan Liang didn¡¯t give them a chance at all.
150,000 cavalry surrounded the area for more than ten miles, and teams of cavalry patrolled outside the fourth camp day and night. Block any gap.
With such strict defense, not even a fly can escape. What's more, it's a living person.
Within a few days, thousands of Roman deserters died under the Chu army¡¯s patrols, and no one could escape and ascend to heaven.
In the imperial tent, Yan Liang drank fine wine and listened to the generals' reports on intercepting and killing the fleeing enemies.
"It seems that the will of the Romans has been completely broken, Your Majesty. I think it is time to use a trick to lure the enemy out of the fort and give them a fatal blow." Guo Jia said with a smile.
"Let me tell you what clever ideas you have for being a filial piety." Yan Liang became interested.
Guo Jia then said: "If the Romans don't leave the castle for a day, we won't be able to wipe them out in a day, I think. Why don't your majesty let some prisoners go back and tell the empress dowager of Rome that as long as they pay tribute and cede territory and pay compensation, We can let them live. In order to survive, the Romans will definitely agree to these harsh conditions. When they leave the fort, we will launch a full-force attack and we will be successful."
Guo Jia unhurriedly revealed his plan to lure the enemy.
Yan Liang was not in the mood to spend any more time with the Romans. He could not wait to enter the city of Rome. He brought all three empires under his rule and established the world's largest empire spanning Europe and Asia.
In order to complete this ambitious goal as soon as possible. Eliminating the 200,000 remaining Roman soldiers huddled in the city is an urgent matter that needs to be solved.
Yan Liang didn¡¯t think for long before he adopted Guo Jia¡¯s strategy.
On the same day, several captives were released and returned to Canakesh Castle in dejection with the harsh conditions imposed by Yan Liang.
Yan Liang's message reached the fort and immediately caused a great disturbance.
Momia seemed to see a glimmer of hope, and immediately summoned the civil and military ministers to discuss whether to agree.
"How can our Holy Roman Empire surrender to the Easterners? Where is our face and where is our dignity? No, we absolutely cannot agree."
Saga was the first to shout angrily. He believed that the conditions proposed by Yan Liang were a blatant humiliation to their great Roman Empire.
There were not many people who responded to Saga. Even on weekdays, the consuls who yelled and killed each and every one of them remained silent, and no one agreed with Saga.
Because none of them want to die.
Harvey coughed a few times and said slowly: "In my opinion, we can agree to Yan Liang's conditions, as long as he lets go of the circle and allows us to successfully retreat to Greece. At that time, if we turn against each other and tear up the treaty, Yan Liang will What can it do to us?"
Harvey¡¯s words shocked the hearts of everyone present, even Saga¡¯s eyes lit up.
"Our great Roman Empire is a country that values ??trust and treaties. If we promise Yan Liang but then break the treaty, wouldn't it damage our credibility?" Saga's tone became much calmer.
Harvey sneered: "Yan Liang is a crazy aggressor. How can we show credibility to an aggressor? Wouldn't we be laughed at by everyone in the world?"??Big teeth. "
Harvey¡¯s words were echoed by many people, and everyone nodded in agreement.
Momia looked at Saga. As the leader of the military attache, if Saga did not agree to sue for peace, then she, the empress dowager, could not act arbitrarily.
Seeing Saga's hesitation, Harvey sighed: "If we don't agree to Yan Liang's conditions, everyone will be trapped here. At that time, the entire Roman Empire will collapse and be destroyed by Yan Liang's iron hoof. For the overall situation , We can endure the humiliation for a while, so what can¡¯t we do?¡±
These earnest words deeply stimulated Saga¡¯s soul.
After weighing it in silence for a long time, he gave up and gritted his teeth and said: "In this case, in order to preserve the Roman Empire, I agree with Senator Harvey's proposal."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Momia was secretly delighted, and immediately ordered an envoy to be sent to the Chu camp to sue for peace with a letter of credence seeking peace.
The plan was decided and the ministers retreated. At this time, Sima Yi came out from behind.
"Empress Dowager, you must not do this, you have fallen into Yan Liang's trick!" Sima Yi shouted excitedly.
"A trick?" Momia looked confused.
Sima Yi said in a deep voice: "Yan Liang deliberately put forward such harsh conditions just to make you think that he really wants to force you to sue for peace before he can induce you to come out of the castle. Once the Roman army enters the plains, he will immediately If they tear up the peace treaty and launch a massive attack, then the entire Roman legion will suffer disaster. "
Sima Yi¡¯s words frightened Momia so much that her whole body trembled with terror.
However, after being frightened for a moment, Momia sighed helplessly: "Even if Yan Liang has a trick, if we don't agree and continue to be surrounded like this, we will collapse completely. It will not be a dead end at that time. Now, at least, There is still a glimmer of hope.¡±
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"There is no need to be embarrassed anymore." Momia interrupted Sima Yi and glared at him: "Then tell me, other than this, do you have any other strategies that can help us return to Rome alive?"
The rhetorical question made Sima Yi speechless and embarrassed.
At this time, Sima Yi was speechless.
Although he thought he had seen through Yan Liang's trick, he had no way to help Momia get out of the predicament at hand.
Facing the general trend and Yan Liang¡¯s absolute strength, Sima Yi had nothing to do.
"You don't have a plan, then be prepared, follow us out of the city, and seize this last opportunity." Momia sighed.
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One day later, the messenger returned with Yan Liang's answer.
Yan Liang set out new conditions, asking Rome to cede the entire Greece to him before agreeing to the Romans' survival.
Facing Yan Liang¡¯s lion¡¯s open mouth, Momia had no room for bargaining and could only agree. She was just perfunctory anyway. Once everyone broke out, they would immediately fall out.
Yan Liang's new conditions made Momia and his ministers even more convinced that Yan Liang really wanted to force them to cede territory and become vassal.
After several back and forths, the two countries formally signed a treaty.
As for the Chu State, after receiving the document from Rome ceding territory and becoming vassal, they removed the besiegers outside the city as promised, and the cavalry retreated towards the Assyrian city in the south.
Momia did not dare to leave the city easily, so she sent several groups of scouts. Only when it was confirmed that the Chu army was indeed withdrawing south did she dare to give the order to leave the city.
In the early morning of that day, 280,000 hungry and thirsty Roman infantrymen carefully drove out of Carnaches Fort, and quickly headed north under the cover of morning fog.
When passing by the stream outside the fortress, more than 200,000 thirsty Romans rushed to the stream one after another, frantically filling their mouths with water.
The thirst of more than ten days was finally relieved. The Romans who had been in despair seemed to have seen hope again and began to boost their morale.
After taking a swig, Momia looked back to the south with a sneer on her lips: "Yan Liang, you will pay the price for your greed and arrogance. When I successfully withdraw to Rome, I will definitely find the account." You figure it out.¡±
Momia did not dare to stay for a long time, and with the thought of revenge in her heart, she ordered the entire army to continue retreating north as soon as possible.
More than 200,000 Roman infantry abandoned their armor and ran wildly. A few days later, they entered the great plains of Cilicia.
Thinking about getting closer to the Aegean Sea and Greece, the mood of the Roman soldiers became better and better.
It was dusk, and the army was marching on the endless plain.
Momia was in a daze, she had forgotten about Chu Jun.Threatened, he began to think about how he should explain to those nobles who wanted to kill him after returning to Rome.
The Chu army is no longer a threat to her. What she is thinking about now is how to prevent a coup and maintain her and her son's dominance.
"There's something moving behind!" A scream interrupted Momia's thoughts.
She and many Romans looked back in unison and saw dust and mist billowing from the south, as if thousands of troops and horses were galloping towards them.
The Chu army? Could it be the Chu army?
The two hundred and eighty thousand Romans suddenly changed their colors and fell into panic.
Right here, in the east and west directions, crazy dust was set off almost at the same time.
The ground beneath our feet was rumbling and trembling, as if countless beasts were approaching from far and near.
"Yan Liang, you're finally here!" Sima Yi, under the cloak, secretly gritted his teeth, his face gloomy to the extreme.
Momia, Alexander, Harvey, Saga, all the Romans looked shocked, as if they couldn't believe what they were seeing.
In the billowing dust and mist, countless Chu cavalry were coming towards the Romans from three sides like a torrent of steel. - 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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