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"Why, do you think this plan will not work?"

Cao Mao glanced at Makrinus and said with a faint smile.

"This plan is not impossible, but it has great risks."

Macrinus looked a little hesitant.

You must know that the navy of the Roman Empire is the strongest in the world.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for it to cross the Mediterranean Sea to conquer Egypt, and cross the La Manche Strait (the English Channel in later generations) to occupy Britain.

Therefore, Macrinus is still skeptical about the combat effectiveness of the Dragon Kingdom Navy.

"Roman Emperor, don't worry!"

Wei Yan on the side smiled disdainfully,
"The enemy who can defeat our Shenlong Empire Navy, I'm afraid it hasn't appeared yet!"

Cao Mao smiled authentically,
"What Wenchang said makes sense, Makrinus, you can rest assured."

"What we have to consider now is whether the Suez Canal will be navigable."

Macrinus temporarily suppressed the doubts in his heart, nodded and said,

"Your Majesty, we will leave tomorrow and head to the canal."

"it is good!"

……

Silent all night.

The next morning.

Cao Mao continued to lead the army south, and soon came to the famous holy city, Jerusalem!

The only remaining Roman soldiers in the city were no match for the Dragon Kingdom army at all.

Jerusalem was easily occupied by the Dragon Kingdom army!
Cao Mao got off his horse and walked leisurely to the city gate.

This is an ancient city with a long history. Many legends have happened here, and there are countless disputes!

But today, it was conquered by himself!
Thinking of this, Cao Mao suddenly had a bad taste in his heart,

"Come on, help me engrave words here!"

Everyone was stunned.

"What words does Your Majesty want to engrave?"

Deng Ai asked.

"Just engrave one... well, let the emperor of the Dragon Kingdom come here for a visit!"

Cao Mao laughed loudly.

Everyone looked at each other with weird expressions.

How could His Majesty be so naughty all of a sudden?

But they didn't think much about it, and according to Cao Mao's instructions, they carved such a passage on the city wall of Jerusalem.

The Jews not far away witnessed all this, with dissatisfaction, fear, and anger in their eyes, but they dared not say anything.

"After taking here, how far is it from the Suez Canal?"

Cao Mao asked Macrinus.

He thought for a while, then said,
"Less than a day left."

"very good!"

Cao Mao thought about it, and said to Wei Yan,

"Lead the army here, and I will go to see the situation of the canal."

"Here!"

Wei Yan took the order.

Cao Mao led Macrinus, Deng Ai, Jiang Wei, Zhang Bao and other generals, and [-] cavalry, left Jerusalem and headed west.

After marching for half a day, Cao Mao, who was on horseback, suddenly saw a river on the Gobi Desert not far away.

"Your Majesty, that should be the Suez Canal."

Macrinus said loudly.

After a while, everyone came to the river.

Looking at the situation of the Suez Canal, Macrinus couldn't help sighing,
"Your Majesty, this...is probably an impassable warship."

The river in front of me is extremely shallow, and most of the riverbed is exposed, not to mention the warships of the Dragon Kingdom Navy, even the small fishing boats are a bit reluctant.

Cao Mao also frowned slightly.

He did not expect that the situation in Suez would be so bad.

If it is excavated now, I am afraid that there will be too little time.

Now it seems that if you want to attack the Roman Empire by sea, you can only let the fleet go around the Cape of Good Hope.

But in this way, it will take a lot of time, not to mention, there are still great risks in sea navigation.

How is this good?

Is it the only way to give up the sea attack?
When Cao Mao was frowning and thinking about what to do next, suddenly the guard in charge shouted loudly,

"Your Majesty, there is a situation!"

Cao Mao was startled and looked up.

On the Gobi Desert on the other side of the river, several figures could be vaguely seen running towards this side.

And behind them, there is a group of soldiers chasing!
"alert!"

Deng Ai yelled and pulled out the long sword at his waist!

The rest of the soldiers also stepped forward one after another, formed a formation, and protected Cao Mao among them!
……

"Your Highness, look quickly, there are people ahead!"

A follower screamed and pointed to the other side of the river!

Cassiopeia looked up, her heart suddenly turned cold!
She never imagined that the Romans would be so cunning that they set up an ambush on the other side!

It's over!

Could it be that the Philopator family will end here? !
Cassiopeia showed despair on her face!

However, at this moment, she suddenly noticed that the armor worn by the people on the other side of the river was completely different from that of the Romans!

Aren't the Romans on the other side of the river?
Could it be someone from the Canaan area, but it doesn't look like it!
No matter so much, if you stay where you are and get caught by the Romans, there is only one dead end!
If you cross the river, maybe there is still a glimmer of life!
Thinking of this, Cassiopeia didn't dare to hesitate, she quickened her pace, and brought a few followers to the river bank!

Glancing at the pursuers behind her, she jumped into the shallow river and ran towards the other side of the river.

"Your Majesty, what should I do?"

Deng Ai asked Cao Mao for instructions.

Cao Mao carefully looked at the few fleeing people in front, and found that the clothes they were wearing were not the same as those of the Romans.

But the soldiers catching up behind were obviously dressed in the Roman Empire army!
As the saying goes, the enemy of your enemy is your friend!
No matter what the identity of the people being hunted down is, since they are the enemies of the Romans, Cao Mao should help them!
"Save them."

Cao Mao ordered.

"As ordered!"

Deng Ai nodded to the soldiers beside him.

They broke away from the army formation and ran towards the shore.

At this time, the Romans on the other side also discovered Cao Mao and others.

They didn't know the identities of Cao Mao and the others, so after hesitating for a moment, they shouted,
"Listen, people on the opposite side. We are soldiers of Egyptian Governor Musius Emilianos. We were ordered to search for the rebels today. You'd better not ask for trouble!"

But Cao Mao and the others seemed to have not heard what they said!
Seeing this situation, the Romans raised their bows and arrows without any hesitation, and shot at Cassiopeia and the others in the middle of the river!

"Whoosh whoosh..."

Arrows flew across the river like locusts!

Although Cassiopeia dodged in every possible way, she was still shot in the shoulder!

Seeing this, Cao Mao frowned, and nodded to Deng Ai who was beside him.

The latter waved his hand, and a group of Dragon Army soldiers holding Rainstorm Pear Blossom Crossbows quickly stepped forward.

As they pulled the trigger, dense arrows shot towards the Romans!

For a while, the Romans ran away with their heads in their hands, and it was too late to continue shooting at Cassiopeia and the others!
In this way, Cassiopeia and her party boarded the river bank smoothly.

The soldiers of the Dragon Army who were in charge of responding raised their shields and escorted them to Cao Mao!