Great Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 210 220 Despair and Hope
With the soldiers of the Great Food Kingdom as an example, Persia consciously chose to abstain, so the two countries could only retreat from Gaochang Kingdom in resentment.

Since then, Gaochang Kingdom has completely perished, merged into Datang, and became the Qinghai Road of Datang.

However, Zuo Ming, who has successfully expanded his territory, is not happy at all.Compared with this country, Zuo Ming hopes that Shen Ding can come back to life.

After handing over the task of taking over Gaochang to the small cabinet, Zuo Ming held a funeral for Shen Ding.

Shen Ding's funeral was very simple, and there were only four people in attendance. Besides Zuo Ming, there were only Wu Dazhu, Xu Jin, and Ming Quanyi.

And the place where Shen Ding was buried was just a quiet grove.

The sons and daughters of the rivers and lakes are always free and easy. After drinking a glass of water and wine, the grief in everyone's hearts eased a lot.Those who are alive must live after all, and now is not the time for them to be depressed.

After several months of recuperation, Li Chengqian finally healed his body and returned to Chang'an from Dongkaidao.

Li Chengqian came back, Zuo Ming naturally didn't have to be the regent, and Chang'an, who was sad, didn't want to stay any longer, so he brought his family back to Donghai Road immediately.

Today's Tokaido has become a city that never sleeps. In order to keep the power flowing, Zuoming built many large windmills and waterwheels. Originally, Zuoming wanted to build a thermal power plant, but in terms of the current status of Tokaido In fact, relying on wind power and water power can already meet the daily power supply of the entire Tokaido.

After all, at this time, the only place where the people of Tang used electricity was some electric lights.

In addition to supplying electricity to the entire island, Zuo Ming also ordered the construction of inter-island bridges to begin.He wants to build the Tōkaidō just like the later generations of Dongying, so that the travel between islands becomes more convenient, and there is no need to rely on ships as the only one.

In addition to bridges, trains have also become the most commonly used means of transportation for the people of Tokaido.It's just that Zuo Ming is no longer in Dongkaidao at this time.

After explaining to the mansion, Zuo Ming couldn't hold back after all, and flew towards the Kingdom of God in a hot air balloon alone.

It's not that he didn't think about taking away some ships and soldiers, but the Kingdom of God was facing the powerful Rome after all, and he really couldn't guarantee their safety. He couldn't let those soldiers shed blood and tears just because of his own selfishness.It is better for these soldiers to stay in Datang and defend Datang.

But when Zuo Ming flew all the way to the east in a hot air balloon, the Kingdom of God was already caught in a bitter battle.The Roman Empire, which had almost unified the whole of Europe, directly shifted all its attention to the Kingdom of God without daring to conquer Persia and Dashi.

The English Channel was filled with ships from the Roman Empire overnight. Although the Kingdom of God was powerful, it did not have artillery, and there were not as many ships as Rome, so it could only watch those Roman soldiers land.

And what followed was a bloody and brutal hand-to-hand combat.The warriors of the Kingdom of God are very brave. They seem to be fearless. As long as they hold the special cross in their hands, they will have endless courage.

However, after all, the British Isles are not as large as Europe, and the population is not as large as them.It can be said that there are fewer and fewer fighters in the Kingdom of God, but there are more and more Roman ships on the sea.

After burying batch after batch of warriors, the saint Sabo walked into the palace with a deep frown, and advanced to the rank of two queens.

"Sister Alice, it's not an option to go on like this. We must find a way to destroy those Roman ships, otherwise, they will always have a steady stream of people transporting them."

After entering the inner palace, Sabo poured himself a glass of wine, and said wearily.

"I know this too, but we don't have many ships. If we want to destroy their ships, we must first have enough ships. Otherwise, do you still expect them to hit the rocks?"

With a bitter smile, Alice said helplessly.

In the absence of artillery, the only way to destroy an enemy's ship in a naval battle is to collide. This is why many ships in that era had a head bump in front of them.

"Keep going! I believe that the gods will not abandon us. As long as we persist until his return, all this will be solved."

After hearing this, Sabo also smiled bitterly.

Although he didn't want to doubt it, it had been three years since their letter was sent back, and Zuo Ming hadn't returned until now, so it was really hard for him to convince himself to believe it.

"Sister Alice, Sister Anne, do you really believe that he will come back?"

After a moment of silence, Sabo said.Now he no longer wants to pin his hopes on an illusory promise. After all, even if Zuo Ming really came back, how powerful is one person?If he really had the power to repel the Romans, he wouldn't have been caught by a mayor of pigs.

"Sabo! You are still young and don't understand the bond between us and him. He is not an irresponsible man, so he will definitely come back."

Shaking her head, Annie smiled softly.At this time, Annie has lost the utilitarianism of the past, and looks more gentle.

"I hope! Just hope we're alive when he comes back."

Nodding his head, Sabo laughed at himself, and walked out of the hall after speaking.

The days that followed could be described as the most difficult period in the history of the Kingdom of God. The turbulent Roman army rushed ashore continuously, and the Kingdom of God lost three castles and seven towns within a month.

Those Romans were surprisingly cruel to pagans, and they didn't have the word "captive" in their eyes.This also makes many people who are not firm in their beliefs even have the chance to surrender.

Since there is no chance of surrender, it can only be fought to the death.It's just that the disparity in military strength is too great. Although Rome has suffered heavy losses, the Kingdom of God has been destroyed even more.

By June of the original six years, half of the land in the entire Kingdom of God had become a paradise for the dead.And because of this, the gods of the Kingdom of God were finally exposed to the sight of Rome.

As soldiers approached the city, almost everyone felt an unprecedented sense of despair.

"You two god queens, retreat! Keep the green hills here so you don't have to worry about no firewood!"

Galen, covered in blood, walked anxiously into the hall.

"Retire? Where else can we retreat? Now that the Kingdom of God has been mostly destroyed, where do you want us to retreat?" Alice shook her head slightly, and said bitterly.

"The smaller the country, the better it is for us. If it doesn't work, let's go to sea and avoid it for a while on the islands to the west!"

Wiping the blood off his face, Galen said seriously.

In his opinion, if the two queens are not dead, then the Kingdom of God will have a future. If the two queens die, there will really be no future.

What Galen said made sense, because the smaller the country, the smaller the place they needed to defend, and the longer the Roman front would be.However, in this way, it is possible for the Romans to gain a firm foothold on the British Isle.

"Hey! There is no other way! Back! Back south, the city in the south is relatively strong and should be able to hold off Rome for a while."

After sighing deeply, Alice could only order to abandon the capital of God, and fled back to the capital of the former Kingdom of Kent.

However, they wanted to retreat, and the Romans apparently refused.Just when they left the entire gods and left, a pair of Roman troops suddenly appeared on their way south.

"Hahahaha! People from the false kingdom of God, I knew you would be here! Die!"

The leader was a knight with a bald head and a scarred face, holding a huge ax in his hand. Looking at it, he was actually a Celtic.

——Rome has united these barbarians in the mountains long ago!
And the most amazing thing is that what that guy said was actually fluent in Chinese!

"The two queens go first, I will hold them back!"

Being blocked, Galen immediately roared and charged forward with the soldiers.

However, there were too many Celtics, and Alice and the others couldn't leave even if they wanted to.Facing this group of vicious people, Alice and Anne hugged each other with fear on their faces.

At this moment, Death was too close to them. Even if they were protected by a group of fully armed knights, they still couldn't feel any sense of security.Most importantly, they cannot see where the hope lies.

Now that even the Celts have rebelled and surrendered to Rome, what qualifications do they have to fight against Rome?

Ryan and De Laite also felt uncomfortable. The Kingdom of God was brought down by them with one hand and one foot, but they didn't expect it to fall apart in just seven years. This is the whole British island, which is enough to accommodate their ambitions. , They didn't even think about crossing the strait to fight against Rome, but Rome finally came to the door.

For the powerful Rome, they are nothing more than a bigger doll.They are even willing to spend 10,000+ people's bones to conquer this island, even though the people on the island don't actually have any ambitions, they just want to live their lives quietly.

It was also from this moment that Sabo finally understood what war is.Compared with other countries that they conquered the British Isles before, the march of the Roman Empire is a real war.

——Not only bloody, but cruel!

Most importantly, this was the first time in so many years that he felt the threat of death on the battlefield.

It turned out that he had never been a warrior like Galen. In the face of desperation, Galen was still as brave as usual, but he didn't even have the courage to draw his sword.

Being accidentally knocked to the ground by a knight guarding him, Sabo almost gave up resistance, staring blankly at the sky.

However, at the next moment, his nearly ashen eyes were filled with a burst of incredulity.Then, a violent roar filled his ears.

But at this time, he had never heard of it, and just stared blankly at a hot air balloon in the sky, and the familiar person on it who was constantly throwing grenades at the Celtic army.
(End of this chapter)