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    When Persia fell into civil war, the Kingdom of Himiyar, which unified the Arabian Peninsula, set its sights on the Suez Canal.  In order to gain countless wealth in the future, Shemel was prepared to dig the Suez Canal at all costs.  At first, he sent an envoy to Rome to discuss with Emperor Constantine, hoping that the other party would agree to the proposal to dig the Suez Canal.  Unexpectedly, after more than ten days of negotiations, the Romans still rejected the Arabs¡¯ proposal.  Emperor Constantine was very worried that once the Suez Canal was built, it would become a shortcut for the Jin Empire to enter and exit the Mediterranean.  No matter how important economic interests are, they cannot be compared with national interests.  After learning that the Romans refused, Shemel knew that this matter could not go well, so he quietly withdrew the envoy, and then secretly mobilized troops to prepare for a raid on the Isthmus of Suez.  In order to ensure victory, Shemael armed 30,000 Arab cavalry through the Jin people, plus 10,000 First Legion, a total of 40,000 people joined the war.  Under the pretext of regaining the territory of the Arabian Peninsula, the Arabs attacked the Jerusalem area. At this time, Jerusalem was under the control of the Roman Empire and was an important center of Western Christianity.  Although the Jin Dynasty knew that the Arabs were no match for the Romans, Sima Yu still asked the cabinet to increase support for the Arabs, at least to make the war between the two sides last longer and harm the Roman Empire more severely, which would also be more beneficial to China.  It would be more advantageous, because then the weak Roman Empire would no longer pose a threat to the empire.  On October 11, the 14th year of Hongwu's reign, the Romans stationed in the Jerusalem area were suddenly attacked by Arab cavalry and lost two front lines in an instant.  When receiving a call for help from the frontline position.  Emperor Constantine's face was ugly. He did not expect that the Roman Empire would fall to this point.  Even the former ¡®nomads¡¯ dared to attack the great Roman Empire.  Not only did the Arab cavalry really start to attack, but they attacked so fiercely from the beginning that they almost tore apart all the defense lines in the Jerusalem area in one breath.  Emperor Constantine, who broke out in a cold sweat, immediately summoned all Roman officers and issued combat orders to stabilize the front line of defense and block the Arab attack.  Then Emperor Constantine immediately contacted the Persian powerful minister Pusidore, once again stated the importance of the Baltic Alliance to the other party, and asked the other party to send some troops to launch an attack in the northeastern part of the Arabian Peninsula.  This was used to contain the Arab forces.  In addition, he also urgently purchased a batch of weapons and equipment from Dajin.  Although the Jin Dynasty was angry because the Romans did not agree to dig the Suez Canal, Sima Yu still agreed that the domestic arsenal would work overtime to produce a batch of weapons and equipment and sell them to Rome.  Just to vent his bad temper, Sima Yu asked the cabinet to significantly increase the price of these weapons on the pretext of tight time and high shipping costs.  When Emperor Constantine learned that the Jin people had increased the price of weapons, his face instantly darkened.  This Jin people are so cruel, they just treat them like fat sheep to be slaughtered!  While he was discussing the Jin people in his heart, he had to hold his nose and agree.  After all, the war on the front line is unfavorable.  This is the moment when weapons and equipment are urgently needed.  He originally had high hopes for domestically produced weapons, but front-line soldiers refused to use them due to quality issues.  Because the steel-making technology of the Romans was not up to standard, the muskets they produced could easily explode. This caused the Roman soldiers to become discolored by talking about "muskets". They would rather fight with the enemy with daggers than use Romans.  Self-produced muskets.  If not, how could Emperor Constantine be willing to accept the high-priced weapons proposed by the Jin Dynasty? The reason why Emperor Constantine looked so embarrassed.  In addition to the fact that the price demanded by the Jin people was too high, on the other hand, he also felt the attitude of the Jin Dynasty towards Rome from the price. Obviously, due to the different attitudes towards the Suez Canal, the Jin Dynasty stood behind the Arabs this time.  Although Emperor Constantine was very unhappy, he paid for the weapons and equipment with gold, and then he transferred a legion of soldiers to Jerusalem.  Trying to take advantage of the Arabs' unsteady footing to hit them hard.  When the Romans were actively preparing for war, the Arabs took help from the Jin people.  He also began to prepare nervously for the battle.  In order to help the Arabs, Jin not only provided a batch of weapons and equipment to the other side at extremely low prices, but also told the Arabs the military intelligence it had gathered.  In order to make the Arabs pay attention to the value of intelligence, the person in charge stationed in the Arabian Peninsula coaxed Shemael and told him that the intelligence came from spies within the Roman Empire and was obtained from Rome at a huge cost by the Jin Dynasty.  Killed the lives of several outstanding spies.  The Jin people¡¯s words were half true and half false. They did go through a lot of effort to obtain this information, but they did not sacrifice any spies.  The Jin people knew that the Arabs were not as powerful as the Romans, so they could only take advantage of the Romans' unfamiliarity at the beginning of the war and seize the opportunity to hit the target with one strike, killing a large number of Romans' lives.quantity.  But once a single blow fails to severely damage the Roman legions, the Arabs may lose the opportunity to occupy the Suez Canal.  After all, in the war between the two countries, even if the Arabs had the support of the Jin Dynasty, they might not be able to defeat the Romans.  It was precisely because of being the person in charge of the great promotion in the Arabian Peninsula that Shemel seized this rare opportunity to severely damage the Roman legions, and then strive to drive the Romans back to Syria and completely control the Isthmus of Suez.  Just when the Romans were buying weapons from the Jin Dynasty, the Romans stationed in Jerusalem had been fighting with the Arabs for seven or eight days. During this period, the fighting between the two sides was fierce.  After receiving weapons assistance from the Jin Dynasty, the Arabs suppressed the Roman legions with firepower. However, the Roman legions had the advantage of occupying the city, and the Roman soldiers were powerful in combat. In order to protect the holy city of Jerusalem, the Roman soldiers showed great strength.  Not afraid of death and extremely crazy, both sides suffered heavy losses within less than ten days of the war.  Although the Arabs paid a heavy price, they still occupied the outer positions of Jerusalem and gradually approached the city of Jerusalem. However, at this time, Roman reinforcements also slowly approached Jerusalem.  At this time, the Persians suddenly sent a cavalry force of less than 10,000 people to cooperate with the Romans in Syria to launch an attack on northeastern Arabia. They successfully occupied the important northeastern border of the Arabian Peninsula while the main Arab forces were attacking Jerusalem with all their strength.  city, and tried to take the retreat of the Arab army that wanted to besiege Jerusalem.  After Schemaier received the intelligence about the Roman Legion's combat operations provided by the Jin Dynasty, he immediately began to plan a combat plan against the main reinforcements of the Roman Legion. A few days later, King Schemaier successfully found the Roman defense line according to the intelligence.  They exploited the loophole and mobilized superior forces to launch an encirclement and annihilation operation against the main force of the Roman legions.  Because of the accurate intelligence provided by the Jin Dynasty and the attention of the Arabs, they formulated a seamless siege plan for the Roman reinforcements. By late October, the Roman reinforcements finally arrived in Jerusalem. They immediately attacked the Arab defense lines as planned, but the Romans  This attack was surprisingly smooth. They advanced to the gates of Jerusalem without losing much troops, and almost made contact with the defenders in the city.  At this time, the Arabs had already set up a tight encirclement along the march route of the Roman reinforcements. The Roman reinforcements, which totaled more than 10,000 people who knew nothing about it, plunged into the area that the Arabs had laid out long ago.  in the pocket.  Following an order from King Shemel, the Arabs who had just been retreating suddenly came out from behind and around the Romans, catching the Romans off guard and soon surrounding the main Roman reinforcements less than 100 meters east of Jerusalem.  Five kilometers away, an encirclement and annihilation operation was launched.  Realizing that he had fallen into the enemy's trap, the general of the Roman reinforcements for this battle had no time to think about how the Arabs had surrounded them. His most important thing at the moment was to quickly organize troops to break out, otherwise the Arabs would open the gap in the encirclement.  If it is tied tightly, the Roman reinforcements will be gone by then. Once the reinforcements are gone, Jerusalem may not be able to be saved.  "Charge, rush up, tear open the opening, cover the large troops and rush out, otherwise we will all die here." A Roman officer waved his dagger and commanded his subordinates to charge crazily towards the Arabs, setting an example first.  They rushed forward, but were quickly beaten back by the fierce fire and artillery fire of the Arabs.  "Kill, kill, kill these heretics" After being tempered by civil strife, the Roman army's combat effectiveness was still considerable. The death of its companions did not scare the surrounding Romans, but instead stimulated others.  In order to survive, the Romans launched wave after wave of attacks.  Such breakout scenes happened one after another on this battlefield. By this time, the Romans no longer cared about how many people died. Their only purpose was to tear open the encirclement and cover the main force's breakout.  In order to break out of the encirclement, the Romans organized batch after batch of death squads to attack the Arabs' weak points of defense crazily. Life here became worthless. Soldiers from both sides fell every moment, and the Arab army's  The artillery pieces provided by the Jin Dynasty became important weapons for harvesting the lives of Roman soldiers. For the Roman soldiers who broke through, it was simply a lingering nightmare.  Thousands of Roman soldiers fell one after another under the bombardment of large-scale artillery. The flying shrapnel continued to take the lives of one Roman soldier after another. This was simply a massacre!  With gunpowder smoke filling the air, this place turned into a real hell, and blood stained the earth red. But the Romans had no retreat, and the Arabs were also jealous. Both sides started a life-and-death fight for the benefit of their respective nations.
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