The Three Kingdoms

Byzantine city-state.

When the new year comes, there is always some festive atmosphere, whether in the East or the West, but in today's Byzantine city-state, the people are walking on thin ice and trembling in the face of the failure of the empire, but there is no such atmosphere.

The New Year's atmosphere in the city is basically the atmosphere brought by the Wu army hoarding outside the city.

The Great Wu Dynasty has been very successful in creating an atmosphere for the New Year in these years. Even though the soldiers are far away in the west of the front line, they have held many military activities during the Chinese New Year to pass the time and miss their hometown. .

However, after this year passed, the Roman people in the city-state became more at ease. After all, the Wu army had been stationed in the city-state of Byzantium for many days, but they never killed them. The thugs who plundered at that time did not offend the common people.

Therefore, for the people in the city, it is just a change of the ruling order, which has little impact on their lives.

Under such silent changes, the common people naturally reduced their sense of fear of the so-called demons. Human beings have to live forever. Under this atmosphere, they may not feel so dangerous anymore, so they began to take courage and walk out. house door.

To be honest, they don't have too much persistent belief in who will rule this land. As ordinary people, they only care about whether they can live well under the ruler's wings.

So even if they harbor some indescribable hostility towards Wu Jun, under Wu Jun's strong and orderly rule, they can only swallow their anger.

Under this weird atmosphere, the streets and alleys began to resume their bustle.

And Sun Quan spent his first year in Eastern Europe so gradually. In the following time, he was preparing, and Wu Jun had already begun to enter the intense preparation work.

The significance of this battle without an army is extraordinary to Sun Quan and to the Wu army.

There are millions of troops and a long-distance raid of tens of thousands of miles. The risk is very high. Of course, the benefits are also great. As the saying goes, high risk and high income. Once this battle can attack the city, at least Sun Quan will be saved. Ten years of time.

Win, once and for all.

If you lose, your vitality will be greatly damaged.

Sun Quan never thought that he would not be able to win a Roman Empire in his life.

As a time traveler who is ahead of the times, he came to this world. The most difficult thing is the beginning. When he made a good start, when he sat in Jiangdong, when he eliminated Cao Wei, in this world, he is already invincible up.

Regardless of the formation, morale, strength, equipment, and weapons of the Wu army, they far surpassed the soldiers and horses of the Roman Empire. They drove straight into it, and they were even more imposing. It will be a matter of time before they win the Roman Empire.

However, if the territory that dominates the western part of the earth is captured earlier, there will be relatively fewer wars. If the ten-year-eight-year war is maintained, Wu Jun will probably die on this piece of land, which is like an astronomical figure.

After all, Sun Quan is not willing to let the precious lives of the great Wu soldiers disappear under this war for ten years and one day.

An early end to the war is a good thing.

After conquering the Roman Empire, he still has many things to do, and he still has to lead the trend of the world. He can't waste all his time on wars.

The main forces of the first theater and the second theater have been adjusted in the past few months. Although the recruiting of the imperial court is at the end of December, but before that, the Parthian Legion has spared tens of thousands of elite veterans to fill the gap between the two legions, so The army has more or less recovered a lot of strength, and it only takes a month or two to replenish its full strength.

After recuperating energy, this battle, which Sun Quan had already decided to break the boat, was short of the last link.

forage.

From here to Rome, it is more than ten thousand miles away. Under such a long-distance raid, the military must predict the worst plan, that is, in the next battle, they will be on the border of the Roman Empire. , unable to seize a grain.

After all, in the territory of Rome, if the Roman Empire is ruthless, it is not impossible to fortify the walls and clear the wilderness.

Therefore, the reserves of grain and grass must be sufficient.

If they lose the support of food and grass, even if they have a large force, they will be defeated.

In this Western Expedition, the generals in charge of escorting logistics, food, armaments, and recruits were Sun Ce and Cheng Pu.

It was the decision of the Military Aircraft Department to put these two giants above the logistics and transportation, and it was also the result of Lu Bu's presiding over it.

On the one hand, Lu Bu was really worried about the impact of the Western Expedition due to logistical problems, and the second reason was Lu Bu's own worry, he just wanted to suppress the momentum of Cheng Pu and Sun Ce.

In his opinion, he would rather let Zhao Yun and Zhuge Liang gain power than Sun Ce, a general with royal blood.

Regarding Lu Bu's current status, politically speaking, Cheng Pu is the great enemy. After all, Cheng Pu is the former leader of the military aircraft, and Sun Bofu is a big problem after all. Even if Sun Bofu supported him at the beginning, it is only this Just from time to time.

Now Lu Bu is in control of the military power, relying on his offensive theory, showing his brave offensive momentum, so whether it is the high-level generals or the middle and lower generals in the army, there are many supporters, which is very popular. After all, everyone is now willing to fight Rome, those who follow the general trend, have the wind and the power.

Therefore, when the order from the Military Aircraft Department was issued, even the two of them, who were two of the thirteen courtiers of the imperial court, could only obey the order.

On the 27th day of the first month, Sun Ce personally escorted the second batch of grain reserves into the city-state of Byzantium.

After the Antioch War, Cheng Pu had transported the first batch of grain and grass from the Silk Road into Antioch. This batch of grain and grass was the majority of the Dunhuang warehouse, enough to sustain the consumption of the army for three months.

At the same time, after the Battle of Antioch was over, Sun Ce also transported batches of recruits by sea to rush to the battlefield.

And this second batch of grain and grass was transported by sea, it was grain and grass from the Nanhai warehouse.

Before the start of the war, the Wu army had already prepared for the war for several years. Not to mention the preparations for the Chang'an warehouse and the Jinling warehouse, but just the reserves of the Dunhuang warehouse and the Nanhai warehouse, which were enough to keep millions of Wu troops in the west for three full years. of fighting.

This is Wu Jun's biggest backing.

Sun Ce transported food into the barracks, and after the handover, he did not immediately go to Zhao Lvbu on business, but went directly to the city to meet the emperor Sun Quan.

"The last general, Sun Ce, pays homage to His Majesty, Your Majesty, long live, long live!" Above the main hall of the castle, Sun Ce stepped in, his one-armed body bowed slightly to salute the Ninth Five Lord above the hall.

"Brother, you don't need to be polite!"

Sun Quan raised his head, looked at the heroic Sun Ce, smiled slightly, gave him a little support, then stood up, took a step forward, looked at Sun Ce thoughtfully, and said, "My brother escorted the grain and grass to the city-state of Byzantium today. Before taking a breath, you came to see me, I'm afraid it's not to greet me!"

Sun Ce didn't respect him so much in his heart.

Submitting to him is a real thing, but in his heart, submitting to his younger brother is an unhappy thing after all. Normally, he avoids it as much as he can, how could he be so impatient? How about saying hello?

"Your Majesty knows everything!"

Sun Ce did not hide his intentions at all. He was majestic and his voice was thunderous: "The last general is here to invite the battle. The last general is willing to be the vanguard. Please allow your majesty!"

"Seeing that all the ministers have started to confer lands and knights, I can't sit still?" Sun Quan narrowed his eyes.

"The last general will eat whole grains, so emotions and desires are indispensable. I will fight bloody battles for the great Wu, bow cautiously, and die. But I also want to use my crotch to get off the horse and hold a gun in my hand to win a territory for my descendants!"

Sun Ce nodded and said in a deep voice.

"It's good to be self-motivated!"

Sun Quan pulled him and walked towards the height of the castle, and when he reached the highest point of the city wall, he looked into the distance and said, "Brother, do you know what our army will face after crossing this strait? "

"The end will know!"

Sun Ce nodded. As a famous general, he naturally has an ability that matches his reputation. Even in the logistics, since he dared to ask for a fight, he had already figured out the situation on the front line, so he had the courage to say: "Once our army has passed After crossing this strait, what our army will face will not be just a million soldiers of the Roman army, but tens of millions of people in the entire Roman Empire, and we will be unable to move an inch!"

"you are right!"

Sun Quan carried his hands on his back, his green eyes radiated a faint light, and his unfathomable expression gathered a touch of sharpness: "So we can only go forward indomitably. If this is a net, we have to make a knife that breaks the net. A knife with a handle has a blade, a blade, and a handle. Not to mention the third and fourth war zones, but the main forces of the two war zones that I personally command now, more than 100 million soldiers, and tens of thousands of miles of expeditions, if there is no one I trust It's a fault, and there are capable generals who can stabilize the rear wings, how can I charge forward with confidence!"

"Your Majesty's meaning, I will understand, but I think that it is our responsibility to charge the battle, as a subordinate. Your Majesty is the respect of the Great Wu, and the spirit of the 8000 million people of the Great Wu must not be so risky!"