Three Kingdoms Swept the World II

Chapter 709 In Asia
Armyani region, central city 'Yerevan'.

Teams of Roman soldiers escorted out of the city with a series of chains in units of hundreds of people.

Groups of Roman citizens and civilians, whose hands were tied with a series of ropes, also left the city in units of a hundred.

Women and children leave town in separate groups.

And outside the city, the Parthians, with the pleasure of revenge, took a red-hot iron and stamped the seal of a slave on every Roman who left the city.

Roman men covered their foreheads, and children covered their wrists.

The women are covered on their buttocks. I believe that when Master An Xi overthrows these women, he must be more happy because of it.

All over the city, the liberated slaves watched all this and kept cheering.

In the past, the Romans were so noble, but those who were of pure Roman blood distributed money and slaves without compensation, just like the Manchus in the Qing Dynasty later, they were supported by the state and lived a luxurious life.It stands to reason that after millions of Roman citizens, they should be as unaffordable as the Manchus.But don't forget that Rome was in its prime, plus it exploited tens of millions of slaves, so it was perfectly fine.

After the arrival of the Chinese, the most noble people in the world were immediately beaten into pariahs.

The Romans became slaves. This was the first time in Western history that local tyrants were attacked on a large scale.It is still dominated by the Orientals to fight local tyrants.

"Long live China, long live Thor's Hammer!"

Whenever a group of Roman slaves were stamped and taken away, the former slaves of all ethnic groups inside and outside Yerevan would burst into cheers like this.

Amidst the cheers, the Roman slaves lowered their once proud heads, fearing and trembling amidst the cheers.

In June 195 AD, the alliance of Chinese princes headed by Qin Feng sold 40 Roman slaves to the Parthians.The Romans became slaves for the first time, which marked that the pattern of the world was quietly changing.The source of the change came from China's expedition to Rome.

The prestige of China and the tyranny of the descendants of the Dragon shocked the world at this moment.

The people who were enslaved by Rome in the past thanked China for their liberation, and they joined the ranks of continuing to attack Rome without hesitation.This allowed the presence of foreign legions in the army of the alliance of princes.This supplemented the number of princes' coalition forces to a certain extent.

In the next July, the allied forces of the princes began to attack Asia Minor from three directions.

Due to the annihilation of the main army in the east of Rome, the coalition forces of the princes captured Istanbul, an important town in the northwest of Asia Minor, Ankara, an important town in the north, and Antalya, an important town in the south, without any effort.

The fall of the three important towns marked that the coalition forces of the princes had occupied more than three-quarters of the Asia Minor region, and the coalition forces pointed directly at the last important seaport town 'Ephesus'.This seaport city is also the key for the princes' coalition forces to enter the core circle of Europe.

And at the beginning of June, 30 troops headed by Severus landed in 'Ephesus'.

ephesus.

Also translated Ephesus, is the ancient city of Lydia and an important city-state of Greece on the west coast of Asia Minor.It is located at the mouth of the Baindel River near the Aegean coast, at 37°55 north latitude and 27°19 east longitude.

In ancient times, it was the worship center of Cybele (the goddess of harvest in Anatolia) and Artemis.The Temple of Artemis is one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

In Roman times Ephesus was the capital of the province of Asia and the seat of the Roman governor.

30 troops entered Ephesus, stabilizing the hearts of the Romans fleeing here, and turning Ephesus into a war fortress.

The Romans fleeing from Armenia and Asia flocked to Ephesus and returned to their homeland by boat.

Inside the council hall.

Severus sat high, and below were descendants of glorious blood such as Octavian, Pompey, Caesar, Tiberius, and Paulus, as well as Catullus, one of the commanders of the Imperial Navy and the commander of the Mediterranean Fleet.

Because Severus saved the lives of Octavian and others, these people swore their allegiance to Severus in this life.

With the fall of all the major towns in Asia and the death of the governor on the front line, Severus and others were shocked when the news came.

Another 40 Romans were sold to the Parthians as slaves, and the Romans were outraged.

The call to counterattack the alliance of Chinese lords has always echoed outside the council hall.The abuse of the Roman citizens almost overwhelmed the military leaders like Severus.Severus wanted to kill all these people many times, but facing Roman citizens, he did not have this right.

The Roman citizens clamored for a counterattack, desperate to die.But people like Octavian don't think so.

In the meeting room, Severus solicited opinions from all parties.

Octavian put forward his suggestion, "Commander, Asia is a plain area. The previous governor was incompetent, and major towns fell everywhere. The enemy's Chinese princes alliance and slave army came aggressively, and we had almost no danger to defend. It is better to retreat strategically, Withdraw from Asia, and block the enemy in the area around the city of Byzantium in the Black Sea Strait."

The city of Byzantium, later Constantinople.

Pompei came out and said, "Old man, General Octavian is right. The enemy doesn't have a navy, so Qin Zijin can't win against us at all."

Severus looked at Pompey, with some complaints hidden deep in his eyes.If Pompey didn't bring back the Emperor of China, something like this would have happened there.But fortunately, he also knew that no one could resist the temptation to capture an imperial emperor.

"I didn't expect Qin Zijin and his army to fight so well..." Severus secretly said.

Asia is the bridgehead to enter the core circle of Europe. It narrows at the place where it enters the European continent. It is a long and narrow strait channel, which is the Black Sea Strait from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea.

The Black Sea Strait is also called the Turkish Strait in later generations.The Black Sea Strait, known as the "throat of the world", is the only strait from the Mediterranean Sea to the Black Sea.It includes three parts, the Bosporus Strait, the Marmara Sea and the Dardanelles, with a total length of 345 kilometers.

The 'Byzantium' mentioned by Octavian was the central area of ​​the former Byzantine Empire.Located on the western shore of the Bosphorus, the narrow strait that separates southeastern Europe from Asia.

The city itself sits on a small hill, bounded by the Sea of ​​Marmara to the south, the Golden Horn to the north, guarding the entrance to the Hellespont (the Dardanelles) to the east, and overlooking the plains of Thrace to the west.

The whole city is like a fortress made in heaven, easy to defend but difficult to attack.Not only that, Byzantium is also the intersection of Egnandia Avenue, an important military avenue of the Roman Empire, and the military highway in Asia Minor.

It is precisely because of such a military fortress that it guards the passage to Europe just like Hangu Pass in China.Even the early ancient Persian Empire was unable to penetrate this fortress, and could only enter the core circle of Europe by defeating Greece through naval battles.

Fortifying such a fortress, plus the fact that the coalition forces of the princes have no navy, Severus is already invincible.

(End of this chapter)