The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 365
Momia pressed Sun Shao's hand that was about to move, her eyes widened: "Are you going back?"

Sun Shao concealed a smile, this woman is really shrewd, as soon as she showed some clues, she immediately caught the intention behind her, and she didn't even have time to divert her attention.Sun Deng died suddenly. The news spread to Temu City. Sun Luban became angry at that time. He insisted that Sun and his mother and son killed Sun Deng. They clamored to go back to Qingjun's side. Guan Feng had no choice but to resort to the strategy of delaying the army, saying that he would ask Sun Shao for instructions.However, Sun Shao reckoned that with Sun Luban's temper, Guan Feng might only be able to deceive him for a while, and Sun Luban would not be able to hold back in a few months at most, and he would run back to Wu to make trouble.

He really had to go back and deal with this matter.Besides, Taixifeng is about to conquer, and with Lu Xun's assistance, he is very relieved of Sun Feng. It is meaningless for him to stay here, and it may have an adverse effect on Sun Feng. It is better to take this opportunity to leave and let him Let go.

"My sister...others can't control her." Sun Shao admitted his thoughts.

Momia frowned, leaned into Sun Shao's arms, held Sun Shao's arms in her arms, and said dissatisfiedly: "Is a sister more important than a son?"

Sun Shao smiled and patted her face lightly: "What are you worried about? It is only a matter of time before Ctesiphon is conquered. In order to preserve his strength, little Gordian fought timidly. It is expected that he has no credit this time." Quintus's throne is as stable as a rock. Quintus and I have agreed that Feng'er will lead the Teutonics to cooperate with you and gradually conquer the barbarians. As long as Feng'er is there, Rome's northern border will be peaceful It's all right, Philip is just waiting to be a Taiping Emperor."

Momia rolled her eyes and thought for a moment.Although she didn't know why Sun Shao thought that Sun Feng could conquer Taixifeng soon, but based on her understanding of Sun Shao, she knew that what Sun Shao said in front of everyone must be deceitful, and he dared to let Sun Feng decide Will, must have the certainty of conquering Ctesiphon.Sun Shao arranged for Sun Feng to conquer the barbarians. Of course, it was not entirely for the sake of Rome. Looking at it from another perspective, this is actually Sun Feng borrowing the power of Rome to conquer the barbarians, but doing so is beneficial to Philip—at least it seems to be— — She didn't point it out.

"Of course the prince is good, but it's not you after all. If you ask him for anything in the future, there will still be a layer of separation." Momia said coquettishly, "Are you going to save me and Philip some more capital to save our lives?"

"Don't worry, I've already thought about it." Sun Shao squeezed Momia's slippery hand, leaned over to take a folded paper from the desk, and flashed it in front of Momia's eyes.Momia straightened up quickly, took the paper and glanced at it quickly, her eyes suddenly shone with joy, but she was a little puzzled: "Bank of Rome?"

"Yes." Sun Shao smiled slightly: "Rome does not lack soldiers, and Rome does not lack land, but why is Rome in chaos? It is because you lack money. Whoever has enough funds will be able to secure the emperor's position." The throne, isn't the throne of the Severus family also inseparable from money? So, as long as you have money on hand, Philip's throne is safe."

After conquering Taixifeng, Rome has become the most important business partner of the Han Dynasty. The problem of a large amount of capital flow has become prominent. Every year, Han merchants have to transport a large amount of gold and silver coins from Rome. After more than ten years of development, the Yue Kingdom The gold and silver reserves in China are already very high, the demand for Roman gold and silver coins is gradually slowing down, and the cost and risk of long-distance transportation have gradually become a headache.Therefore, Sun Shao considered opening a bank in Damascus or nearby, and concentrated all the funds that usually flow around Rome in this bank. With the military backing of the army of Lu Xun and others, I believe that the development of this bank will not have too many difficulties.The Roman nobles were extravagant and desperate. They possessed a lot of wealth, and they also needed to invest in reproduction for their long-term luxury living expenses. By absorbing all the money, they could kidnap these Roman nobles into his system. Gradually increase your influence over Rome.

Of course, he couldn't say all these words to Momia.

Momia only saw the importance of controlling these large amounts of wealth to Philip, but she was a woman after all, and she never thought of the far-reaching intention behind Sun Shao's move.Thinking that with a huge amount of funds in hand, no matter what to do in the future will become much easier, she was elated, and hugged Sun Shao's neck gratefully: "You are really thoughtful."

"Philip is my son, how can I not think about him." Sun Shao smiled and said: "I am going to hand over this bank to your family to take care of it, so as to prevent others from gossiping. What do you think? Sample?"

"Hmph, maybe it's not for my sake, but for Emily and Diana's family?" Momia said with joy in her heart, deliberately twitching.Sun Shao laughed, put his arms around her and patted her buttocks: "They are not your people? Do you have to say that I opened this bank for the sake of the Roman queen, so that you are satisfied? If so , I don’t object, I’m just afraid that Quintus will be unhappy when he hears it.”

"Fuck you." Of course Momia thought of this level, and didn't really care about it.Whether it's Emily and Diana, or the Samier family, aren't they all tools under her control? As Sun Shao said, it would be inappropriate if she really came forward.

"As long as you have a name, I will find someone who is proficient in this way to run the business. You just need to wait to receive the dividends. This is a little compensation from me to your mother and son." Sun Shao sighed: "Unfortunately, I I may never be able to come to Rome again in the future, I want to see that neither you nor Philip can do it, the night is long, teach me how to live."

Momia was also a little sad, neither of them spoke, and fell into the sorrow of separation for a while.At this moment, Ao Lei's voice came from outside the tent: "Your Majesty, there is a military report."

Sun Shao was taken aback, then glanced at Momia, Momia raised her hand to wipe the tears from the corner of her eyes, kissed Sun Shao lightly on the cheek, and quickly walked into the back tent.

"Come in!" Sun Shao straightened his clothes and shouted in a deep voice.Ao Lei responded, opened the tent door, strode into the tent, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, Gordian sent someone to ask for help, saying that the Sassanids attacked his camp at night, and they came fiercely."

"Is there such a thing?" Sun Shao sat up straight and told Ao Lei to call the envoy in.The envoy looked anxious, and when he saw Sun Shao, he fell to his knees and presented the urgent document with both hands.This is an official document written by young Gordian himself. It is written in Greek and is very scribbled. It is conceivable that young Gordian was anxious when he wrote this letter of appeal for help.Sun Shao didn't know Greek, so he hurriedly called for an interpreter. He realized that, as Ao Lei said, it was the Sasanians who attacked the camp of the young Gordian. The opponent not only had heavy armored infantry, but also heavy armored cavalry. They even brought small ballistas, and they gave little Gordian a sap from the very beginning.

"How could he be so careless?" Sun Shao slapped the book case, furious: "Didn't I remind him a long time ago that we are not here to fish idle, but to guard against the Sassanians attacking from behind , why was he caught off guard?"

Seeing that Sun Shao was angry, the envoy did not dare to speak back.In fact, little Gordian was not careless, but he did not expect the Sassanids to come so quickly. Today is the first day when Sun Feng officially attacked the city, and the Sassanids actually came to attack the camp.According to his original estimate, at least the two sides have to wait until the two sides are in a stalemate. When the attacking side has been unable to attack for a long time and is impatient, the ambush is likely to appear. How could it be possible that the ambush came at night just after the siege started? Attack the camp, is there a chance at this time?

Little Gordian didn't know that although it was only the first day, the city of Taisifeng was already in crisis, forcing Ardashir to launch this ambush ahead of time to teach the attacking army a lesson.He and Sun Shao set up camp here, and the other party found out clearly. Sassan had lingering fears about the Destroying Front Camp led by Sun Shao, especially the tiger general beside Sun Shao, and did not dare to tease the tiger's beard easily. So they found the Romans, whom they had always looked down upon.Relying on their familiarity with the terrain, the Sassanians touched the front of the young Gordian's camp in the dark, and suddenly launched a fierce attack. Shi was dizzy, and then the camp was set ablaze by Sasanian rockets. If the two legions under him were not really elite, they might have collapsed by now.In desperation, he had no choice but to defend the camp, while sending envoys to ask Sun Shao for help.

"How to save?" Sun Shao asked angrily: "I only have 1 people, so rushing out in the dark night, isn't it just a trick of the Sassanids? Since the Sassanids will steal his camp, how could it be possible? Don't set up an ambush on the way? Do you think you are the reincarnation of the God of War and can run to me unscathed?"

The messenger turned pale with fright when he thought about it, no wonder he ran so smoothly all the way without even seeing a Sasanian. It turned out that the Sasanian deliberately asked him to report and lure the Yue people into the ambush circle go.However, he panicked again immediately. Hearing what Sun Shao said, did he intend to send troops for help?Wouldn't the Romans be dead?

"Please, your Majesty, because Rome and Yue are brothers, don't give up the Roman soldiers of our two legions." The envoy kowtowed repeatedly.

Sun Shaonong frowned and did not speak for a long time.He and Little Gordian each camped here with 1 people. As long as they are not negligent, there is no problem in guarding the camp. But if they want to go out to fight the Sasanians, then it is considered that his 1 people are all elites. He is not sure about the elite, not to mention that now that the enemy is dark and we are clear, he has no idea how many people the opponent has.It is definitely not a wise move to rush out of camp under such circumstances.

He glanced at the envoy and snorted: "Okay, you go back immediately and tell General Gordian that I will definitely come to rescue him. However, we Han people have an old saying that people must save themselves and live , You can’t save your own life by relying on other people’s rescue. The God of the Hebrews also said, God does not save lazy people, you let him cheer himself up first, otherwise, let alone me, even you Kapi It is useless for the gods of Torrin Mountain to come."

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In the camp of Little Gordian, the lights were brightly lit, and the lit tents and countless torches illuminated the camp like daylight. The Romans had no time to leave the camp, and did not dare to leave the camp, so they fought back in the camp. Groups of soldiers rushed to the edge of the camp, pierced the fence with their spears, and fought brutally with the Sasanians who rushed to the front of the camp.

Sassanians in heavy armor rushed out of the darkness, holding their sabers, and kept rushing towards the camp. Although they didn't move very fast, their coercion made people feel timid.The arrows of the Romans shot at their heavy armor, but only sparked, but they couldn't hurt them at all. They rushed through the ditch in front of the camp, rushed to the obliquely outward wall, and started a confrontation with the Romans. Under the same cover, some soldiers climbed up the camp pillars, trying to climb over the camp pillars and fight into the Roman camp.

The Romans did not dare to neglect. While fighting the Sasanians across the camp, they stabbed the Sasanians who were crawling with their spears.Although the Sassanids wore many armors and were not afraid of being stabbed by spears, the Romans worked hard together and stabbed them down with spears abruptly, resolutely preventing them from crossing the camp. Spears were aimed at their eyes, forcing them to free their hands for defense.They were already very clumsy wearing heavy armor to climb over the wall, and it would be even more difficult for them to succeed if they were dealt with by the Romans in this way.

The two sides fought inextricably in front of the camp, and no one would give in.

Little Gordian is not an idiot. He thought of the possible tricks of the Sassanids from the very beginning. Whether Sun Shao would send reinforcements is really unreliable, but he still sent envoys, and then confidently responded They said, don't worry, as long as we withstand the attack of the Sassanids and wait for the reinforcements from the Vietnamese country to move, we will be safe.Of course there are smart people among his subordinates, who know that this is purely a morale-boosting rhetoric, but they will not say anything, instead, they will pass on the general order of Little Gordian with a confident look, so that everyone All the Romans knew they were not fighting alone, and the Viet allies would soon come to their rescue.Under their instigation, the Romans, who were beaten by the Sassanians, quickly calmed down. Relying on their solid camp, they braved the Sassanian arrow rain and howling artillery stones, and fought back tenaciously, paying heavy casualties. After that, the Sassanians were miraculously kept out of the camp gate.

It's just that he doesn't know how many Sasanians have come. He only sees the Sassanids coming in a steady stream. It's really hard to tell how long they can support them.He estimated that Ardashir still has at least one hundred thousand troops in his hands. Normally, only 3 people are enough to defend the city, and the rest should be outside the city. There are at least 6 or 3 people outside.If the whole Sassanian army were to attack his camp, he would not last long, even if he withstood the first Sasanian attack.Fortunately, there is Sun Shao's camp ten miles away, and the Sassanids have to take precautions. At least part of their troops must be allocated. If the Sassanids plan to ambush Sun Shao, they may even send 3 to [-] people. Then there are at most [-] to [-] people in front of him.

If this is the case, then he still has a chance.While sending envoys to ask Sun Shao for help, he also sent someone to ask Quintus for help. The distance of ten miles is not too far. As soon as the reinforcements from the rear arrive, the Sasanians will have to retreat.Although Quintus is at odds with him, he believes that Quintus will not sit idly by at this time. After all, his 1 people are the elite of the Romans. If the entire army is wiped out, it will be a heavy blow to the morale of the Roman soldiers. .

Hold on, hold on.Little Gordian kept cheering himself up.While he was paying attention to the battle situation at the side of the camp, he was also paying attention to the movements on the right and rear. How he wished that a torch would suddenly light up in the darkness.

While little Gordian was looking in the direction of Sun Shao's camp from time to time, in the Sasanian battle formation, Awad was also looking in that direction restlessly.Outside the ancient city of Seleu, he almost lost all his 5 cavalry, but to his surprise, Ardashir did not punish him, but instead sent him more than [-] cavalry. The Sasanian army in the city was even greater.He was grateful for Ardashir's trust, and all the previous unhappiness disappeared, and he vowed to dedicate everything to Ardashir.As soon as he received Ardashir's order this afternoon, he immediately arranged for an action. He touched the front of the Roman camp in the middle of the night and successfully launched a surprise attack, inflicting heavy damage on the Romans.

However, although the Romans were beaten dizzily, the young Gordian was very tenacious. He insisted on withstood wave after wave of attacks and kept the camp.Awad saw that several attacks were only close to the last breath and failed, so he couldn't help feeling a little anxious. He decided to put the last reserve team into battle and take down the Roman camp in one fell swoop.

However, before issuing this order, he couldn't help hesitating.Although according to common sense, even if Sun Shao receives the news, he is unlikely to rush out to rescue the young Gordian before he knows the strength of the Sassanids. Attacked the young Gordian and defeated the Romans with superior forces.But what if Sun Shao came out?Will he have enough time to withdraw those elites from the battlefield to meet Sun Shao?
Awad dared not make a decision for a long time, and the lack of determination in his nature made him hesitate again.

Under the urging of the generals sent by Ardashir again and again, Awad gritted his teeth and decided to invest the troops used to ambush Sun Shao and launch an attack on the Romans with all his strength.He raised his arm, opened his mouth, and subconsciously glanced at the direction of Sun Shao's camp before giving the order.

Although he only glanced at it, his eyes tightened immediately, and the order he was about to issue immediately froze in his mouth.

He saw a fire dragon. Although it was far away, it seemed to be just a point, but he stood tall and looked far away, and he could still tell that it was a marching team.

Sun Shao is here?While Awad was surprised, he also felt a kind of excitement.He glanced at the camp of the Romans. The Romans had already been disabled by him. Even if the army was withdrawn at this time, the Romans would not have the courage to leave the camp. This was a good opportunity to ambush Sun Shao.

Killing Sun Shao was far more shocking than killing little Gordian!
(End of this chapter)