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    The Roman Empire, a name as great as the Han Empire.  This glorious name was just an inconspicuous town more than 700 years ago.  After the hard work of generations of Romans, it finally reached its peak eighty years ago.  During the reign of Emperor Trajan, the territory of the Roman Empire stretched from Spain and England in the west to the Euphrates River in the east.  The south encompasses northern Africa, and the north reaches the Germanic Forest.  The Mediterranean became the inland sea of ??the empire, with a territory of more than six million square kilometers!  At this time, the Roman Empire fell into chaos fighting for the throne of the emperor after the death of the previous emperor, but their heritage was still there.  It has a developed economy, a large population and a huge territory.  Despite constant internal strife, it is still the top empire in the entire Western world.  The city of Anton was an extremely important city in the Syrian province of the Roman Empire.  The reason why it is important is not because of the dangerous geographical location of this city, but because this is the end point of the Silk Road.  The most prosperous economic belt in this era is the Silk Road. Countless countries rely on the tax collection along the Silk Road to nourish their lives.  At its peak, the tax revenue of Anton City accounted for more than half of the entire Syrian province!  Today, on a sunny day, this city welcomed a huge army from the starting point of the distant Silk Road!  "This is the end of the Silk Road, an important city on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea. From here to the south, we rush all the way into Syria and to Egypt. To the north is the Asia Minor Peninsula. If you go west." Before Gao Yang finished speaking, the origin  He had already continued the conversation by saying, "Enter the Mediterranean and go to Italy!" "That's right." Gao Yang smiled and nodded.  "What should we do now? Should we go north to south or directly into the sea?" Yuan Dian asked curiously.  Gao Yang raised his eyebrows and said loudly, "There's no need to go to sea. The distance here is a bit far, and Sun Jian's fleet can't come so fast." "You asked Sun Jian to drive the fleet over?! Just take a detour.  Cape of Good Hope?" Yuan Dian shouted in surprise.  "Of course." Gao Yang said with a smile, "How can I cross the sea without a fleet? I can't go around the Black Sea to Macedonia, right? Are you kidding me? Not only will I mobilize the fleet, I will also go south to occupy Egypt. Build the Suez Canal.  "Isn't this scene a bit big?" Yuan Dian asked in disbelief, "Are you sure you can do this in this era? That is an artificial canal of more than 100 kilometers.  This idea is a bit exaggerated. " "It's not a big deal. You have to believe in the power of the ancient Egyptian people!" Gao Yang said confidently, "They can even build a canal. What's the matter?  There must be a place where the prisoners can be used, right? "Even so, it will take at least several years, right? The speed of complete manual excavation is very slow."  "I know." Gao Yang looked at the troops of the Han army running towards Andun City with great momentum, and said with a smile, "The gunpowder produced in this time and space. Coupled with reasonable planning and the high labor force of hundreds of thousands,  Work hard. It won¡¯t take too long.¡± ¡°Okay.¡± Yuan Dian said, ¡°Are you ready to divide your troops now?¡±  , Jordan goes straight to Egypt. The end point is temporarily set at Alexandria. In addition, it goes northward into Asia Minor, crosses the Aegean Sea and goes directly to Greece, and then goes to Italy from Greece. "It goes without saying that you will lead the northern army yourself.  ?" Yuandian asked.  "That's right." Gao Yang smiled and nodded, and said, "How can the decisive battle with the Roman Empire be without me?" "What about the Egyptian battlefield in the south?" Yuandian asked with some confusion, "Who are you going to send to lead the army?  "Cao Cao?" Gao Yang waved his hand and said, "Cao Cao wants to follow me. He will be the first governor of the Western European Viceroyalty in the future." He paused and then said, "Let Zhang Liao go and use his ability to deal with the Roman Empire."  It is not difficult to garrison Egypt. The Egyptians have been under rule for so many years and have long hated the Romans! "Using the power of the locals?" Yuan Dian asked.  "That's right, and Zhang Liao must be allowed to bring as many elites and as many supplies as possible. Without my storage ring, they will have to take the path of being at the mercy of the enemy." After a pause, he continued, "Of course, if it's true,  If I encounter an unsolvable problem, I can just fly there and solve it. ""He is indeed a cheating man," Yuandian said with emotion. Nigel, the governor of the Roman Empire's Province of Syria, was there.??After the huge army of the Han Empire entered Syria, they retreated with the army, far away from the main force of the Han army.  There is no way around this.  Governor Nigel had only three Roman legions under his command, and they were ordinary legions without eagles.  Plus local mercenaries and auxiliary corps.  This urgently summoned army only numbered just over 50,000.  This is already an amazingly large army on the Mediterranean coast, but it is not enough in front of the huge Han army.  The sentry sent out by Governor Nigel reported that the number of enemy troops could not be counted at all, and they were everywhere in the mountains and plains.  And it's not the kind of barbarian tribe where the whole clan, men, women, old and young, play together.  They are all real soldiers wearing armor!  An enemy force of this size is simply not something Nigel¡¯s army can fight against.  Nigel led the Roman legions under his command all the way back to Damascus.  Letters for help were sent to the city of Rome at a rate of almost one a day.  And Rome is currently in the midst of a fierce battle.  Severus, the governor of Pannoia who had the strength to aspire to the throne of the emperor, that is, the founder of the Severus dynasty, and his rival, the governor of Gaul, Arnubis, both replied to Nigel, asking him to resist until  After they deal with each other, they will bring the main army to the rescue.  "These bastards!" Nigel slammed the letter in his hand to the ground.  What time is it now?  Such a powerful alien army has invaded the imperial territory on a large scale, and they are still busy fighting themselves?  Allow yourself to withstand it?  What to top it with?  A few days ago, in a desert more than a hundred miles north of Damascus, the two sides fought a small-scale outpost battle.  More than two thousand mercenary cavalry under Nigel were killed by a similar number of foreign troops, and only a few dozen cavalry escaped!  "Mr. Governor, what should we do now?" the legion commander who was Nigel's confidant asked worriedly.  The strength of the alien enemy forces is unusually strong.  And they marched very quickly.  It doesn't take long for them to arrive at the gates of Damascus.  Will they defend the city or continue to retreat?  "Let's go!" Nigel said decisively after thinking for a moment.  "Where to go?" This is a question that all officers are extremely concerned about.  What they wanted most was to board ships and retreat from the sea back to Rome as soon as possible. Only by returning there could they regain their confidence.  Only then will there be a sense of security.  ¡°We are going to Egypt.¡± Nigel gave the answer.  It is impossible for him to return to Rome with an army.  This legion was his hard work and the foundation for his future foothold in Rome.  Once he offered to return to Rome.  The mercenaries and auxiliary legions that accounted for the majority of the number were bound to be disbanded immediately. These were all locals.  ¡°What can Nigel, who only has three ordinary legions, count for after arriving in Rome?  For Nigel, if he wanted to preserve his strength at the moment but was unwilling to fight a powerful enemy, the best place to go was the Egyptian province in the south.  Egypt, covered by the fertile Nile Delta, is an extremely wealthy place.  Since Cleopatra and Antony were killed by the first Augustus Octavian, Egypt has changed from an independent country to a province of the Roman Empire, and it has always been among the top three in wealth.  Province.  Nigel is determined to retreat to Egypt and use Egypt's wealthy financial and population resources to expand his strength.  Regardless of whether those foreign armies are chasing after them, strong own strength is the most fundamental guarantee.  The military system of the Roman Empire was different from that of the Han army.  The army of the Roman Empire became more like a mercenary army after entering the imperial era.  No matter who it is, if he wants to command an army, he must feed these sergeants with massive wealth.  It would be a joke to want to command an army in Rome without money.  If you don't have money, the sergeants will not fight with you, and they will mutiny to fight for pay.  In history, several Roman emperors were killed by mutinous soldiers!  For Nigel, wealthy Egypt is the best place for him to go in this situation of massive chaos.  Chasing Nigel all the way to Egypt was an army of more than 100,000 people commanded by Zhang Liao.  In addition to a large number of cavalry regiments, there are tens of thousands of infantry and auxiliary troops.  These infantrymen escorted a large amount of logistical military supplies all the way south along the Mediterranean coastline, and followed Zhang Liao into Egypt.  The current governor of Egypt, Eusius, is a senator of the Senate who is over seventy years old.  He became the governor of the wealthy Egyptian province through bribery in order to make a lot of money here.  It was impossible to imagine that we would encounter a large-scale war.  After Governor Eusius came to Egypt, he concentrated on making money and was indifferent to anything else.  The three Roman legions and other auxiliary legions stationed in Egypt soon fell into disgrace  Because of the lack of military pay, they even acted as bandits and attacked local cities, bringing even more deep-seated hatred to the already unstable Egyptians.  Therefore, when Zhang Liao's army entered Egypt, they unexpectedly received help from the locals.  For those locals, as long as they come to fight the Romans, they are their own people!  The Han army, which also adopted the strategy of feeding on the enemy, was much stronger than the Romans.  After discovering the goodwill of the locals, Zhang Liao quickly ordered to stop the army's looting and spent military funds to purchase food and various supplies from the locals.  Anyway, the Han army at this time didn't have much else, and all kinds of goods were gone to the sea.  (To be continued)
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