The Three Kingdoms

Bursts of goose-feather-like snow completely covered this majestic capital, and the whole world was covered with white caps. However, this icy and single snow scene could not suppress the atmosphere of the New Year. The bright red lanterns shone brightly, reflecting the The white snowflakes on the roofs and streets of the red streets and alleys.

The atmosphere of the New Year is approaching, Jinling City is the capital of the Great Wu Emperor, people come and go, the boiling of human voices overwhelms the cold weather.

"Auspicious snow heralds a prosperous year!"

Standing on the tallest tower in Miyagi City, Sun Quan was wearing a gorgeous brocade robe with dragon patterns. He gently stretched out his palm, letting the snowflakes fall from the sky to fall on his palm: "Jinling City can go down!" Such a heavy snowfall is considered a rare winter, and it seems that next year will be another good year!"

Although it snows every year in Jinling City, it's basically just light snow with frost and frost, and it's rare for such a heavy snow to fall.

It is also a miracle to be able to see the snow scene in Jinling that resembles the north.

"Your Majesty, good news, great news, great news!!!!"

At this time, Xu Shu hurriedly walked up from under the tower, and shouted again and again as he walked, with an extremely excited expression on his face.

"Good news?"

Sun Quan's eyes lit up slightly when he heard the words, he withdrew his thoughts, turned his head, looked at Xu Shu who was out of breath, and asked, "Yuan Zhi, now only the west is fighting. Is this a good news from the west?"

The Great Wu Dynasty's strategy for the Central Plains has been resting and recuperating this year. Even if they mobilized the two armies of Zhanxiang and Feihu to go north to the grassland, it was only a mobilization of troops, and the war with the Xiongnu had not yet started.

Now the only battle among the Wu army is the stalemate with the Roman army and the Parthian army on the battlefield of the Western Regions.

"Yes!"

Xu Shu stabilized his body, calmed down, and respectfully handed over a victory report: "Your Majesty, this is the victory report of the decisive battle of the Sicily River ten days ago. In a brutal bloody battle, our soldiers defeated the two main armies of the Roman Army with slight casualties, severely defeated the Roman Crusaders, and forced the Roman Army to withdraw troops to the Sicily River. This is an unprecedented battle since the war with the Roman Army. Big win!"

"Hahahahahaha!!!"

Sun Quan glanced at the slender content on the good news in his hand, his face as calm as a mountain trembled slightly, and finally couldn't help laughing up to the sky. Yes, they have brought me great news!"

"This battle was very good. I always thought that the Snow Leopard Army and the Guanzhong Army would not be able to integrate in a short period of time and could only fight on their own. However, with their joint efforts, they can achieve this result. There is a certain tacit understanding between them, and they can cooperate with each other instead of pulling each other's tails."

Sun Quan's voice became more and more excited: "This is already better than I expected, and I think their biggest role in this battle is not to defeat the two main armies of the Roman army, but to break through the enemy that is about to be encircled. danger!"

He is not an outstanding general, but he can be regarded as a military master.

As the second generation monarch of the Great Wu Dynasty, Sun Quan was not an emperor who sat in a comfortable palace and inherited the world.

Familiar with the battlefield, he understands that the emphasis on the battlefield is on-the-spot reaction, so many times he doesn't want to use the emperor's name or the court's name to interfere with the general's impromptu performance.

But during this battle, he did insert a lot of opinions and set up a lot of generous strategies, mainly because he was worried that the Central Plains warriors would look down on the Westerners and underestimate the enemy.

At first he thought he was doing well.

But when Vologassis V surrendered to the Roman Empire, he blamed himself a little. It was he who ordered the civil war in the Mesopotamian province, so he kept his hand on the Parthian Army, but the Parthian Empire was against Rome. The surrender of the empire, the Parthian Army became the Roman Legion, which was the biggest mistake in his calculations.

However, his mistakes have never been paid by himself, and can only be borne by soldiers on the battlefield.

So when he knew that the Parthian Legion, which was integrated into the eighth large legion of the Roman Empire, was about to go south, what he worried most was that the army stationed in the west would face a combined north-south attack. Several fierce generals are in charge, and they may all face collapse.

After all, the frontal strength of the Roman army has already surpassed the two legions of Wu.

If they are flanked and attacked directly, they will be defeated, and even the Anxi Territory that has just been conquered will be lost again before their hands are warmed up.

If this is the case, then Wu Jun's Western Expedition is a big joke.

It may even lead to the end of the Western Expedition, and the result of having to withdraw troops and return to the court.

After all, the Western Expedition is an expedition, and the expedition has a heavy burden on the country, and there are many people who voted against it. Now the smooth dispatch of troops depends on the brilliant results and victories one after another.

If you can't win, you have to give up.

Now Tai Shici and Zhang Yun preemptively sent troops to confront the main force of the Roman army in front, and defeated the strength of the two main Roman armies, breaking the intention of the Roman army in one fell swoop, which made Sun Quan heave a sigh of relief.

"What Your Majesty said is true!"

Xu Shu nodded and said, "After the battle on the Sicily River, the troops in southern Mesopotamia have completely lost their ability to fight. It is not enough. Only the troops on the northern front cannot compete with our main force at all. The stable resting territory, at least within half a year, it will be difficult for the Roman army to break into half a step!"

With a buffer time of half a year, the main force of the Wu army can pass through the Silk Road, which has penetrated more than half of it, and enter the Anxi territory.

Once the main force of the army goes west, the situation will no longer be so rough and rigid.

"Yuanzhi, you draft a reward edict and a letter to the world!"

Sun Quan thought for a while, and said: "The soldiers fought bloody battles for the Great Wu Dynasty on the front line. Now that they have won such a big victory, I must cheer up the Military Aircraft Department and make the people of the whole Dynasty happy!"

Of course, there was another reason he didn't say.

The brilliance of the victory in this battle will make the people all over the world boil, and this will also erase the previous adverse effects on the increase in troops. As long as the Military Aircraft Department works harder, it should be able to increase the number of troops on the battlefield of the Western Regions a period of time in advance.

He himself also hopes to increase his troops sooner.

It's just that as an emperor, he must look at the entire court, not only on military operations, but also on the operation of the entire dynasty, and he cannot ignore the cabinet's ability to bear it.

So the matter of increasing troops

"No!" Xu Shu nodded, accepting the order.

"One more thing!"

Sun Quan remembered something, narrowed his eyes slightly, lowered his voice, and said, "Yuan Zhi, the Firearms Research Workshop has produced twenty red-clothed cannons, which will be our great Wu's weapon that has transcended this era. , you arrange to transport it to the battlefield of the Western Regions as soon as possible!"

The red-clothed cannon, Ge Xuan's previous achievement, a new weapon recently researched by the Great Wu Dynasty, has been hidden and held by Sun Quan. After countless revisions, it is now considered to have reached Sun Quan's standard.

In the past few months, the firearms workshop has devoted all its efforts to improving and manufacturing, but in the end it only produced [-] qualified artillery pieces.

This will be an epoch-making weapon.

Sun Quan knew very well in his heart: if black powder opened the beginning of hot weapons landing on the world stage, then these red-clothed cannons with astonishing lethality will bring about the era of hot weapons.

"Your Majesty, the red-clothed cannon is too heavy. It would take a large ship to transport a cannon apart. Do you want to use the logistics department's ship to transport it by sea?"

As Sun Quan's confidant, Xu Shu naturally knew the red cannon that was the top secret of Wu's armament.

The lethality of the red cannon is not a little bit.

It was the weapon that made him blush.

If this thing was placed on the battlefield, it would be an iron monster that could instantly devour the lives of countless people.

But it also has a disadvantage, because it is too heavy, it is very difficult to transport, and it is difficult to move when it is fixed. From here to the Western Regions, including those artillery shells, it is necessary to use troop carriers to transport at least [-] troops.

"Ok!"

Sun Quan pondered for a moment, nodded, and said, "Although the craftsmen tried their best to reduce the weight, it is still too heavy. The Silk Road is so dangerous that even marching is not appropriate. It is very difficult to transport weapons of this weight. "

Ever since Mount Tai became Zen, he has been devoting himself to developing the power of silk. He has invested a lot in this area, with the purpose of opening up routes for transporting troops.