The Three Kingdoms

In the center of the town, on a small island.

This small island has been listed as a forbidden area by the soldiers of the Second Division of the Imperial Guard, with three steps, one post, five steps and one point, and is heavily guarded.

On the island, in the lobby of the best house, Sun Quan and the entire imperial study were there. They wandered around this map of Venice, looking at the criss-crossing waterways extending in all directions, and kept pacing back and forth thinking.

After a long time, Sun Quan asked, "Is this map accurate?"

"Your Majesty, this is probably the most accurate map we have obtained!"

Zhuge Jin thought for a while, and said in a deep voice: "The soldiers of the Central Army took these from the hands of local fishermen, and then put them all together, and barely figured out an approximate terrain. I also asked the Imperial Guards to The soldiers asked many local people to read it, basically there shouldn’t be too many mistakes, but without our scouts personally proofreading, there must be some discrepancies, and most importantly, we don’t have time to proofread the terrain now!”

"The local people are so cooperative?" Sun Quan narrowed his eyes.

All the way through, they were all hostile, and even the young and strong Romans in some places suicidally attacked them, so now he has some conditioned reactions.

"Your Majesty, Venice is just a very remote town. The Roman Empire's rule over here is very weak. The fishermen here don't have much hostility towards us. I also sent soldiers and horses to patrol and ordered the ministries not to attack the local people. The common people will do it, and those who violate it will be dealt with according to the military law!"

Pang Tong said softly: "At present, they don't have much desire to resist!"

"well done!"

Sun Quan nodded: "Siege of the city is a matter of one day, but the harvest of people's hearts requires long-term subtle actions and a firm attitude. I firmly believe that Wu will rule here one day, so we will start now. Learn to face the people here like this!"

"I will wait for His Majesty's will!"

The staff members nodded in approval.

"Report!" A Janissary scout shouted outside the hall.

"Come in!"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I have just received news that the main force of the Roman army has begun to approach the small town of Venice. At three quarters of the day at noon today, on a coast ten miles southwest of Venice, I encountered the third regiment of the Parthian Legion, the first and last legion. The army fought fiercely, and the third regiment of the first army was wiped out, but it blocked the vanguard of the Roman army and delayed their advance time. Islands, form a defensive position, and drive them out of the town of Venice!"

"Break my regiment, they are in a hurry to pursue!"

Sun Quan sneered, but he was not surprised. It will be a matter of time before the Roman army pursues them. Their march cannot be compared to the Roman army with home court advantage. He pondered for a while, looked at Pang Tong beside him, and then asked : "Shiyuan, do you have any news from the Dolomites?"

It stands to reason that at this time the main force of the Dolomites Fortress in the first theater should break through. After all, he has already attracted the main force. This will be the best time for them to break through.

"Your Majesty, the Jinyi Guards have just sent a message that the main force of the first war zone led by Pan Feng and Zhuge Liang has successfully rushed out of the Dolomites, entered the province of Noric, and is marching towards Pannonia!" Pang Tong answer.

"Rush out?"

Sun Quan's emerald green eyes brightened, and he asked, "How about their casualties?"

"The casualties are no more than a hundred, or even negligible!"

"Why?" Sun Quan was surprised.

After all, even if he diverts the main force of the pursuit, there are at least tens of thousands of Roman troops in the Dolomites Fortress, and this must be a bloody battle.

"Zhuge Kongming took advantage of our scouts' single-soldier combat advantages to successfully intercept the messages sent back and forth between the Roman spies, and under the sway of stealing the dragon, he dropped a military order from Chax to the Dolomites Fortress, turning the defense into Reinforcements were sent out, and the Roman army guarding the Dolomites fortress was successfully drawn out, and they easily broke through the hard Dolomites fortress!" Pang Tong analyzed.

"Haha, this is good news!"

Sun Quan raised a playful smile when he heard this, clapped his hands, and said, "Zhuge Kongming is becoming more and more evil, and he really lived up to my expectation of bestowing on him the Longyuan Sword. He must be a pillar of the imperial court, yes, yes!"

He said two good things in a row, which can be regarded as affirmation of Zhuge Liang's military exploits.

"Shiyuan, you have to work harder, don't let Zhuge Liang take the lead!"

"Your Majesty, Kong Ming is the pride of my Lumen Mountain. He is naturally talented, but he is not humble!" Pang Tong's ugly face showed a trace of fighting spirit. The competition between the brothers of the same school has always existed.

"How about the situation in the west?" Sun Quan asked again with a slight smile.

Pang Tong shook his head this time: "How is the situation in the west? There is no news coming back. The distance is a bit far, and there is a battlefield in the middle. It is too difficult to pass the news back and forth. The most important thing is that this is not our home field. Even spies in brocade clothes can’t cross the battlefield to deliver news!”

"Zhou Gongjin is a great talent with the ability to command. His ability is not higher than that of Zhuge Kongming, and Zhuge Liang is better at strategic planning, but he is an all-rounder leader. Chen Dao is also an all-rounder in civil and military affairs. He is calm Fighters with a fierce aura, I hope they can break through!"

Sun Quan sighed and said in a deep voice.

Although Zhou Yu has been discredited a lot in history, it is undeniable that he is the pride of Jiangdong and the biggest support for the Sun family to establish Soochow. After Sun Bofu died, he supported the Soochow system and assisted Sun Quan was in power.

If it wasn't for the powerful Sun Quan who feared him too much after taking power, how could he have ended up like this.

As for Luo Guanzhong's big fool saying that he was pissed to death by Zhuge Kongming, it was a purely fabricated joke. He would be pissed off, probably more because of the lord's distrust.

Sun Quan has never underestimated Zhou Gongjin. This is a great talent who can display his ultimate ability when given a stage for him.

"Your Majesty, I guess the third war zone has received our request for help. Fortunately, Commander He Qi will inevitably lead troops to the Italian provinces. As long as they can break through Milan, the next step should be smooth. I am more worried. The first war zone!"

Pang Tong said: "Although the first war zone successfully broke through, it is equivalent to falling into a quagmire. It is not easy to struggle out of this quagmire. They went out from the Dolomites Fortress, and Panno It is not easy to return to the Byzantine city-state on the road back to Nia, even if there are no pursuers behind. If there are chasing soldiers and the fortified city in front blocks the way, I am afraid it will be even more dangerous!"

"Why don't I know, but I have done everything I can do!"

Sun Quan sighed, and there was a look of helplessness on his handsome face: "Now we can only live and die by fate!"

The reason why they finally chose a three-way breakout is that they divided the chance of breakout into three points, which greatly enhanced the chances of the main force's survival. However, it was equal to three points of danger. I'm afraid I won't be able to go back.

In the end, Sun Quan was able to take the initiative to lure the main force behind him. As the king of Wu, it was irrational in itself, and he had done his best.

What happens next can only be seen by the Roman army's pursuit.

"By the way, is there any sign of the Roman main force dividing its troops?" Sun Quan asked.

"Maybe not!"

Pang Tong thought for a while, and said: "According to the news from our scouts, the Roman main force that has been chasing behind us has been accumulating their main force and chasing desperately. Only then can they pursue smoothly, and even defeated the strength of one of our regiments. Breaking into the small town of Venice, it is obvious that there is no intention to divide our troops and go north to pursue the main force of my first war zone!"

"Then I'm a little strange. I guess they already know the situation in the first war zone at this time. Since they realized that they were fooled by Zhuge Liang in the pursuit, why didn't they react at all!"

Sun Quan asked in a deep voice.

"this?"

The staff officers in the main hall were also a little puzzled at this moment.

"Your Majesty, in fact, I think the main force of the Roman army has given up the pursuit of the main force of our first theater, but is preparing to concentrate their main force, intending to chase us and eat our army!" Pang Tong said.

"So, they are determined, and I am here?"

There was a chill in Sun Quan's eyes.

The Roman army's desire to kill him was so strong, they must be chasing the army that might have the existence of the Great Wu Monarch.

"Your Majesty, maybe they have no other choice!"

Pang Tong smiled wryly: "We may have done too much. We divided our troops into three groups, actively exposed them, counterattacked them, attracted their main force to pursue them, and then broke through the encirclement without bloodshed in the first theater. These actions must have disturbed their judgment in their hearts. Let them start to vacillate constantly. It would not be surprising if their leader made such a choice. Instead of vacillating back and forth and wasting time, it is better to take a gamble and bet that His Majesty is in their favor. Among the army in front of us, eating His Majesty is tantamount to an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, dealt a fatal blow to our Great Wu Dynasty, and thus won the Roman Empire a chance to breathe!"