Three Kingdoms Swept the World II

Chapter 270 Devil's Tears

It is said that on this day, Pompey was drinking water in the Zhizhi City mansion.

Due to the severe water shortage, drinking water has become extremely important.Fortunately, Pompey, as the supreme commander of the Roman expeditionary force, had sufficient water rations.

Pompey was wearing a traditional Roman robe, and Dama Jindao sat on a chair with his legs crossed, picked up a water glass, and drank.While drinking, he thought about the future, "The messenger hasn't returned yet, I wonder if the reinforcements from the empire are on their way..."

"Your Excellency, something serious has happened!" Unes, the tribune under Pompey, hurried over.

Pompey's thinking was interrupted, and he was shocked when he heard that something serious happened.But as the commander-in-chief, he had to keep calm at all times, and said lightly: "What's the matter, don't panic, just speak slowly." After speaking, he took a sip of water.

"There's no water." Tribune Unes couldn't calm down and said hastily.

Pfft, Pompey spit out all the water in one gulp.

When the tribune Unes saw it, he smacked his dry lips, thinking that he knew this earlier, so I went over to take a bite.He was exaggerating, but he could also see that the Romans were really short of water. Even high-ranking officials like the tribunes didn't have enough water to drink.

Pompey wiped his mouth, he couldn't calm down at this moment.This comes from the fact that there is everything in Zhizhi City, food is abundant and treasures are like mountains, but there is a lack of water.But water, a resource that is available everywhere, is more precious than gold, silver and food at certain times.

If there is no water, the Romans will never be able to defend Zhizhi City, and they don't need others to attack. They just ask others to collect the corpses, which are still mummy.

Pompei spit and yelled, "Why is there no water? The commander just inspected the circle just now. The wells in the city are in good water condition and the water line is very high. How could there be no water suddenly? Could it be? Have you finished?"

The tribune Unes was taken aback, and said in his heart that the Commander is confused, and I have that ability.He hurriedly argued: "Your Excellency Commander, it's not that there is no water, but the water source has been polluted, it's all turned black, and it's undrinkable!"

"Polluted?" Pompey forced himself to calm down, and said, "Take Commander to have a look right away."

After a while, Pompey led his guards to the public well on the street outside the mansion.

"my tummy hurts……."

"The water is no longer drinkable."

"Get out of the way, spread out, the commander is coming."

The guards drove away for a while, and the quarreling Roman soldiers gathered by the well retreated for a while.

When the centurion in charge of the well saw Pompey coming, he hurried forward to salute, and said: "Your Excellency, the water source is polluted. Some soldiers couldn't help but try to drink it, and immediately felt unbearable abdominal pain..."

"Oh, it hurts..."

Screams came.

"Get a bucket of water up and take a look." Pompey ordered with an ugly face, flicked his cloak, and scratched the red brush on his head.

Squeak Twist ~ Squeak Twist ~.

When the wooden barrel was brought up, it was completely dark on the outside, and black liquid was dripping continuously.

Pompey looked forward and saw that the liquid in the bucket was as black as ink, and it could not be water.His face changed drastically, and he exclaimed in surprise: "This is the "devil's sweat", the source of the evil fire. It must be the devil, cursing our expeditionary army!"

Devil's sweat!After the Roman officers and soldiers were shocked, they showed expressions of fear.

All over the world, there are flames emerging from the cracks in the ground, which are endless all year round, and are produced by pitch-black water. They are regarded as the opposite of the holy fire, which is the evil fire of the devil.

The emperors of the Roman Empire paid attention to the revitalization of traditional religion, that is, the Roman Catholic Church.Especially Augustus, he built a lot of construction and extensive construction. In Rome alone, he built 82 additional temples, supported the Alvaris community and restored various traditional religious festivals and celebrations.

Therefore, the Romans believed in theology very much, and it can also be understood that the Romans were very superstitious.

So when Pompey discovered that the source of evil of the cult appeared here inexplicably and affected the survival of the soldiers.He was shocked and thought it was a curse.

Pompey's face was extremely ugly, and he vigorously stroked the red brush on his head, "This must be... the devil is cursing our expedition... Where is the priest? Get him to see me right away!"

After a while, the Roman priests came.The priest wears a traditional Roman robe with a hood and holds a book of Roman doctrine.

The priest, as well-informed as Pompey, recognized the black fluid as "the sweat of the devil."

Therefore, as a priest accompanying the army, he has the responsibility to drive away evil.

Ever since, the priest found the holy water bottle, which is the bottle like the water bottle of Aquarius.He scooped up the black water over and over again, chanted the "mantra" composed of ancient languages, and poured the water back into the well.

But a day passed and nothing worked.

There are not many water sources in the city. As the supreme commander, Pompey, in order to keep his army going for a long time, usually suppresses the soldiers' drinking water as much as possible.Therefore, Roman soldiers were always in a state of semi-thirsty that would not cause them to die of thirst.

Now there is no water at all, and at night, the Roman soldiers can't stand it anymore.They asked Pompey to provide water, and if they did not, they would not obey his command.

Zhizhi City Mansion.

In the chamber, Pompeo was sitting, and a dozen senior military officers were standing.

The tribune Unes said anxiously: "Your Excellency, there is no water, the soldiers are very unstable, and there is a possibility of mutiny at any time, especially the adult soldiers."

Soldiers in the Roman regular army are divided into four categories. The first category is juvenile soldiers or light infantry, who are the youngest and most agile, but lack training; the second category is young soldiers, who are slightly older and have more experience; the third category is The middle-aged soldiers, with an average age of about 30 years old, are mature, tenacious, and experienced, and are the backbone of the entire army; the fourth category is the adult soldiers, the oldest, mature and steady.

Adult soldiers can't stand it anymore, let alone other people.

Pompey was devastated for a while.

Tribune Unes said: "Your Excellency, Commander, can you send someone out of the city overnight to fetch water from the Taros River?"

The water source outside Zhizhi City, the Talas River, has long been controlled by the Huns.Pompey once tried to fetch water outside the city, but all the people he sent were killed by the Huns, and the water was unsuccessful.Now that the Romans are facing an absolute water shortage, the army will not be able to persist if they do not fetch water from outside.

Therefore, knowing that fetching water was very dangerous, Pompey had no choice but to order people to go out of the city to steal water.

When the moon is full, the Xiongnu side.

"Father..." The eldest prince Yu Fuluo, who was on duty, came to Qiang Qu with excitement.

Qiang Qu woke up from his deep sleep, he knew that if there were no important matters during this time period, his son would definitely not disturb him.Therefore, he was not displeased, but immediately got up to see Fu Luo.

"What's the matter?" Qiang Qu asked.

Yuvro cheered up and said, "Father, the Romans came to steal water again. Most of them were caught by children, and only a few ran away, but they didn't let them take away a single drop of water."

Just catch the water thief, Yu Fuluo will not disturb the Qiang Canal overnight.Yuvro came here because he thought of other things through the story of the Romans stealing water.

Qiang Qu also thought of it, and he suddenly lost his sleepiness, got up and said in surprise: "The Romans have no water!"

Yu Fuluo hurriedly said: "Father Wang is wise, and the child thinks so too."

Qiang Qu immediately said: "Call everyone to my king's tent immediately, and bring some prisoners who stole water to interrogate."

Without kung fu, Hu Chuquan and others all came. After they learned what happened, they understood that the reason why Qiang Qu interrogated the water-stealing prisoners was nothing more than to understand the specific situation in the city.

Qiang Qu said to the crowd: "According to the calculation, it is impossible for the Romans to cut off the water so soon, and they will definitely question the prisoners strictly."

The Roman captives were brought up. At first, no one answered Qiang Qu's questions.

Qiang Qu brutally killed several of them, and then ordered the prisoners to be interrogated individually.The captives were afraid of Qiang Qu, and also afraid that their companions would speak first, so they all knew what to say.

However, although Qiang Qu was wise, he did not understand the Roman language, and none of his staff could understand Roman.

Fortunately, Qiang Qu was wise, he chose to use body language and simplified the problem.He took out a bowl of water and just asked why there was no water.

After the Roman captive understood, he responded with body language.The captives expressed surprisingly unanimously. They first drew a well, and then imitated drawing water.He picked up the water bowl from Qiang Qu, took a sip, and then vomited.

Qiang Qu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized, and said pleasantly: "This must be something wrong with the water source in the Roman city, and the water can't be drunk."

Others also suddenly realized when they associated the body language of the captive.

Hu Chuquan immediately couldn't hold back and said: "Father, the Romans are all dehydrated during the day. Now that the water can't be drunk, they must be weak. The generals of Rome are afraid that our army will attack the city. Stealing water overnight."

Qiang Qu nodded, and calmly said in excitement: "This must be the protection of the Longevity. Tomorrow, we will attack the city with all our strength. If we capture Zhizhi City, we will be able to use the wealth in the city to recruit Kangju people. From then on, Don't be afraid of Guishuang, this land will become my second home for the Huns!"

He made the decision to attack the city immediately tomorrow, firstly because he was worried that the water source of the Romans might be restored, and secondly because he was worried about the Guishan people.

The next day, amidst the rumble of war drums, the Huns launched a frenzied attack on Zhizhi City, which was stationed by the Romans.

However, the Huns, a nation on horseback, don't know much about siege.The Romans knew that they would surely die after the city was broken, and they all stood up.Therefore, the Huns did not break the city when it was dark that day.

"I didn't expect the Romans to be so tenacious, but tomorrow, they will not be able to stand up without water!" Under the night, the attacking party was even more disadvantaged, and the Xiongnu King Qiang Qu could only hope that the sun would rise again with hatred.

After all, the Romans defended the city in a thirsty state. Although they had the advantage of defending the city, they suffered more losses than the Huns.The battle reduced personnel by more than 3000%, leaving less than [-] people.

On the side of the Han army.

Qin Feng, who got Qiangqu to attack Zhizhi City with all his strength, was very worried while being happy.The joy was that the first half of the strategy was a great success, and Qiang Qu was not worried about attacking the city until now, but the worry was that the Romans would not be able to defend the city.Fortunately, the intelligence came, and the Romans held on today.

When Qin Feng breathed a sigh of relief, he began to worry again, whether the Romans would come to seek help.If the Romans did not come to ask for help, all previous efforts would have been wasted.

(End of this chapter)