At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Caracalla looked at Cao Chongzhi gratefully, took a deep breath, and drew out her saber.

"You are all my most loyal and brave soldiers! Come back with me! After killing the shameful traitor, you will all become my most trusted officers! This is my promise as the emperor!"

When the guards heard "become an officer", they were immediately happy.

The so-called brave men must be rewarded under heavy rewards. It is common for the Imperial Guard to kill a few people and be promoted to a few officials. This kind of promise is visible. As long as they can kill the traitor who is the chief of the Imperial Guard, they can Have a great future.

And to be honest-they were born Roman citizens, and they really looked down on the slave-born general a little subtly.

So, the team rushed back with Caracalla.

They are about to do something big!

Chapter 1492 One thousand four hundred and two history has long been rewritten by another person beyond recognition

At this moment, in the place where the army was resting, Macrinus was planning what he would do after becoming emperor.

The war can't go on. He just killed the emperor, and his internal affairs are unstable. After being elected emperor by the army, he needs to return to the capital immediately to become the emperor, and then talk about other things.

Then it is necessary to lead the army to retreat and discuss with Emperor Anxi about ending the war.

In his mind, the Parthian Empire has run out of oil and lamps, and the news learned from various sources points to the fact that the war machine of the Parthian Empire can no longer continue to operate, all kinds of savings have been exhausted, and the army is unsustainable.

The Parthians are overdrawing their lives against the Roman Empire—compared to the vast territory, huge population, and abundant resources of the Roman Empire, the Parthian Empire is too small, and the strengths of the two sides are not equal.

The reason why the Parthians were able to resist the Roman army was mainly because they were still some distance away from the capital of the Roman Empire.

This distance added a resistance buff to the Parthian Empire, making it difficult for the Romans to completely conquer the Parthian Empire.

However, this also exhausted the Parthian Empire. In order to obtain more resources against the Roman Empire, they had to increase their bargaining chips to sell goods from China, raising the price higher and higher, constantly putting pressure on the Romans and sending troops to crusade The reason for the Parthian Empire.

So caught in a vicious cycle.

This battle has been fought for more than a year, and the Roman Empire still feels a little difficult, let alone the Parthian Empire. They feel that they themselves are already in danger, and the Roman invasion only adds to the length of their nightmare.

Ending the war at this time should be the dream of Emperor Anxi.

Therefore, Macrinus believes that once he proposes a truce, the other party will definitely agree immediately.

So external conflicts do not exist.

Only internal conflicts remain.

He needs to clear the existence of Caracalla and all his followers and become a brand new emperor.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help getting excited.

It's really unexpected that I, who was born as a slave, will also become the emperor one day?

This supreme position of power will soon belong to him!

He is imagining a wonderful future.

Then, Caracalla came back.

Came back with five hundred guards who decided to follow him.

Carrying Julius, who was almost dismembered, came back.

As soon as he came back, he drove directly to the location of Makrinus, and surrounded him with five hundred guards. Without saying a word, at the order, the guards rushed forward one after another, and grabbed him with red eyes. of Macrinus.

The guards rushed away Makrinus's guards without fear of death, tied him up when Makrinus was caught off guard, quickly tied him up, and controlled him.

Then, facing the sudden scene, the surrounding soldiers were shocked. They didn't know why the emperor rushed back suddenly, and then suddenly attacked Macrinus.

Macrinus, of course, did not understand either.

But when Julius, missing a hand, bound and pale, was thrown before him, Macrinus understood.

His mind went blank for a moment.

"You traitor, you actually ordered my guards to assassinate me! It's in vain that I trust you so much! You actually want to kill me! Now, what else do you have to say?"

Macrinus was speechless for a moment.

Time was running out, Caracalla rushed forward, pierced Makrinus' neck with a sharp knife, and killed him under his disbelieving gaze.

Fast and ruthless, without giving anyone time to react, Caracalla killed Makrinus directly.

When a person dies, everything is over.

Human beings and the hegemony established by human beings are so fragile, once they die, they will fall apart.

"The traitor has been executed by me! All soldiers must obey my orders! Obey the emperor's orders!"

Caracalla killed Makrinus, raised her weapon with red eyes, and shouted frantically.

Cao Chongzhi immediately encouraged the guards to shout loudly.

Shouting slogans of allegiance to the emperor.

As soon as the guards shouted, the shocked soldiers onlookers also shouted for no reason.

As soon as these soldiers shouted, more soldiers who didn't even know what happened behind them also shouted.

The farther you shouted, the louder your voice became. Everyone didn't know why, but they were all shouting the slogan of loyalty to His Majesty the Emperor.

The big picture is set.

Caracalla beheaded Makrinus, let the guards hang his head on the flagpole, and carried his head to send orders to all directions.

Let’s say that Macrinus tried to assassinate the emperor and was executed by the emperor. The benevolent emperor only held Macrinus alone and did not hold others accountable.

As long as they obey orders, even people who have a good relationship with Macrinus in the past will not be in any danger.

Within a day, the news spread throughout the Roman army, and the whole army was shocked.

But after the shock, there is no future.

No matter how shocking it was, Macrinus was dead, and it was impossible to come back to do something, or defend himself or something.

The emperor also publicly interrogated Julius, and asked Julius to confess that Macrinus ordered him to assassinate the emperor, recorded a statement, and sent it back to the Roman capital to the Senate.

The son of Macrinus who accompanied the army was also killed, and his family will also be killed by the special envoy sent back by the emperor.

The Praetorians and the remaining generals were required to follow orders directly from the Emperor himself.

It can only be said that Makrinus is really not popular, or that Caracalla has been the emperor for six or seven years and has the prestige of the emperor, so everyone habitually obeys his orders and sayings, and chooses to follow him .

The generals and middle- and lower-level officers of the Imperial Guard were summoned by the emperor in batches. The emperor appeased them, gave them money and things, and told them not to worry about the death of Macrinus.

In a short time, the death of Macrinus was quelled by Caracalla with extraordinary action.

In order to establish the established facts faster, Caracalla even asked the army to advance again, to the second line of defense of the Parthian army, preparing to further attack the Parthian army until they conquered their capital Tessiphon.

Caracalla promised that after the capture of Ctesiphon, the army would be allowed to loot unrestrainedly for three days and three nights, and they could do everything except set fire.

Ctesiphon has countless treasures waiting for them to plunder!

Obtaining such a promise, the army immediately forgot about the death of Macrinus, and excitedly followed their emperor and marched in the direction of Ctesiphon.

Caracalla herself felt a little surreal after having resolved a rebellion that should have caused an uproar so quickly.

Yesterday, Macrinus was still discussing military secrets with him, and today, Macrinus died.

But looking at Cao Chongzhi beside him with a calm expression on his face, he couldn't help asking Cao Chongzhi.

"Are you really not afraid at all? If the operation does not go well, or if a general declares a defection, and then attacks me, causing civil strife, don't you worry that I will fail?"

"Of course there are such worries, but I will not stop taking action while worrying."

Cao Chongzhi smiled: "The more worried you are, the more you need to act. If you don't act, what you worry about will definitely happen. Your Excellency the Emperor, if you act so quickly, others will not be able to react."

"It makes sense."

Caracalla put away the joy in her heart, and wiped away her fear.

He has already won. In the mutiny that happened not long ago, he became the winner. He quickly killed Macrinus and shocked the entire army. Now that Macrinus is dead, his power is also gone. Fall apart.

He no longer has the possibility and value of being followed, and as the supreme ruler of Rome, Caracalla has already occupied an overwhelming advantage in this army.

As long as he wins the next battle and invades Ctesiphon, he can kill two birds with one stone and achieve all his goals.

Not only can you defeat the Parthian Empire to plunder wealth and gain prestige, but you will also truly become the master of this army, from a not-so-powerful consul to a powerful emperor, and truly control the military power.

Once he mastered military power, his situation was completely different.

So the most important thing right now is to take down Ctesiphon and establish his own prestige quickly when Macrinus has just died and the internal forces of the Praetorian Guards have no time to integrate.

In this way, after the victory, you can take advantage of the void and integrate the interior of the Imperial Guard according to your own ideas, so.He decided to devote all his thoughts to the upcoming offensive.

Take Taixifeng, defeat the Parthian Empire, and achieve your own empire!

Cao Chongzhi didn't know that what he had done had rewritten history in a sense.

The history of the Roman Empire was rewritten.

But this is not important.

Because history has long been rewritten by another person beyond recognition.

Cao Chongzhi himself is the product of this man's rewriting of history.

And his appearance is just an insignificant point in this rewriting.

The real rewriting is that the Chinese Empire even ignored the constraints of the land and began to explore and occupy overseas.

The Chinese Empire has never stopped exploring overseas because of technological reasons.

There's never been a shortage of technology to explore overseas.

Since the Romans were able to travel from Egypt in Africa to southeast China to meet Sun Quan, it proves that the navigation technology in the third century AD was sufficient to support humans from Africa to Asia.

Then it proves that the Chinese can also start from the southeast coast, reach Africa, reach Egypt, and then reach Rome through the Mediterranean Sea, and see the wider world.

But no one does that.

This is obviously not because of technical reasons, but mainly because of political factors, with a little bit of cultural tradition and economic reality.

In other words, once it is decided politically that they can go to sea, the will of the central government is determined, and the Chinese will definitely explode with strong action power-such as the maritime trade in the Southern Song Dynasty, such as Zheng He's voyages to the Western Seas in the Ming Dynasty.

The existence of Mr. Guo provided the Chinese with sufficient political convenience, technical needs, and even economic support to go to sea, so the foundation for the Chinese to colonize foreign countries was established.

His five sons, who had to seek a way out for political reasons, were the precursors of this action.

Their existence will surely provide an excellent vision for the Chinese people's foreign development.

And Guo Jun is the pioneer of this action.

At this moment, Guo Jun, who is in the southeastern coastal area of ​​India, is doing his best to care for the foundation of the country he wants to build.

His long-awaited material transport fleet has successfully arrived at the brand-new port he opened up. He named this port Anhai Port, which means to make the sea stable.

Having experienced the hardships of long-distance voyages, he fully understands the danger and fear of the sea. It can be said that no one understands the sea better than him. He is very eager for the ship that transports supplies to him to arrive safely. Said it was all a blood loss.

Fortunately, luck was good this time, only one boat sank, no one was killed, and all the food on board was fed to the fish.

It was indeed not bad, compared to his last shipwreck in which three ships sank and more than 300 people died, it was considered stable and safe.

The huge sea fleet brought him the urgently needed food supplies such as food, as well as various craftsmen he needed, as well as city building experts, epidemic prevention experts, agricultural experts, etc., to fill in the vacancies and help him lay down the land as soon as possible. the foundation of a country.

In order to reduce costs, very few people come here. Except for sailors and naval soldiers, all the people who come here are expert craftsmen and the like. They all come here to work, and no one is here.

Their arrival solved Guo Jun's urgent needs and helped Guo Jun solve the food problem.

In the past few months, for the first time in her life, Guo Jun felt the urgency of not having enough food.

Chapter 1493 One thousand four hundred and three now, no one understands the importance of food better than him

Guo Jun has never been hungry since she was born.

He grew up on the fervent land where Guo Peng wiped out the warlords to vigorously develop production, and he never experienced the tragedy of being starved for thousands of miles.

So his views on hunger are always on paper.

But this time, he felt what hunger was and what food shortage was.