Three Kingdoms Eschatology

Emil, who had been silent for a long time, waved his hand to end the argument of these people: "Okay, don't argue anymore."

He went on to express his decision: "Since we have done it, we must do it to the end. Of course, we can no longer act as before. If the enemy forces us to hook us, we will reduce the number of times we go to rob food roads. The robbery should be confirmed by the detective Ma Duojia before proceeding. At the same time, we increase the number of raids on their towns. They can set up an ambush for us in the food transport team, but they cannot set up an ambush in the countless towns scattered along the coastline and on both sides of the Nile River .Because the Liang army didn’t have much strength, as for the Roman security guards, they were vulnerable. When we killed them, they could only hide in the castle and let us loot.”

After the emir finished speaking, all the Bedouin chiefs bowed together and said: "Everything is done in accordance with the leader's instructions."

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Falstad is a small city located at the top of the Nile Delta, and the wide Nile River flows through the foot of its walls.It will have a world-famous name---Cairo hundreds of years later, but now it is still a small castle that can only accommodate hundreds of people.

The two Roman security guards who were patrolling the castle wall suddenly heard a rush of horseshoes.He leaned down, but saw two fast riders galloping under the city wall. They were two scouts from his side.The two scouts didn't wait to enter the city, so they hurriedly said, "Hurry up, the Bedouins are coming! When we found them, they were ten miles away. It should be five or six miles away now."

The Roman soldiers on the city wall immediately clanged a huge copper bell, telling the surrounding villages to take refuge in the city.At the same time, some people lit up smoke on the city tower.The blue-white wolf smoke rose straight into the sky.It can be seen in a radius of more than ten miles.

After doing all this, the soldiers heard a noise coming from the far west, which was definitely coming from a small village a few miles away, and black smoke rose from there.Apparently the Bedouins were burning and looting there.

Next, they saw a mass of people running towards the castle with their shoulders on their shoulders.All were farmers who had taken refuge from nearby villages.After a while, the small castle was overcrowded.

A few moments later, the Roman soldiers saw a large number of Bedouin cavalry riding towards the castle on horseback or driving camels in the distance.They also didn't care about the civilians who hadn't come and ran into the castle, and closed the gate ahead of time.Then these Roman soldiers lit braziers one by one, and then poured some liquid on the battlements with small buckets, but they didn't know what effect it had.

After a while, hundreds of Bedouin war cavalry arrived at the city. They first chased the desperate Roman civilians and killed them one by one before gathering in front of the castle.

The two people in the lead were laughing and chatting.Obviously, they didn't take this castle seriously.One person said: "Brother, the villages and towns in front didn't grab anything, and some people even ran away. It seems that they should have been transferred to this castle in advance. If we don't take this castle, this trip will be worthless." He ran away for nothing."

Another person said disapprovingly: "It's just a small castle. Don't worry, it only takes a moment. I have captured many castles like this in the past."

After he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and dozens of camel cavalry lined up and rushed towards the city wall.Another hundred Bedouin warriors bent their bows and set up arrows, aiming at the top of the city.

At this time, there were no people on the top of the city, and the security guards in Rome were gone.But as soon as they show up, the Bedouin sharpshooters will immediately shoot them with an arrow through the heart.

Chapter 954 Busy Cavalry

The Bedouin camel cavalry waved their ropes and threw them towards the city wall.This is not a rope with claws, but the rope they use to tie wolves every day.

A well-trained Bedouin can almost hit a hundred shots with this thing, even if it is thrown from below to a wolf squatting on a rock several feet high, it may trap it.And now they are setting up dead things like battlements, let alone.

The rope is woven from a special kind of palm hemp leaves, soaked in a special kind of oil and becomes extremely tough, no matter how sharp the knife and ax are, it is not easy to cut.Previously, they used this method to attack Roman castles, and they were almost invincible.

With a series of popping sounds, dozens of nooses were firmly attached to the battlements.At the same time, dozens of Bedouins stood up from the saddles of the camels, pulled the ropes and quickly climbed towards the top of the city.Dozens of other people jumped off their mounts and gathered under the city, intending to follow them and climb towards the top of the city.

The Bedouin leader squinted at all of this, and if nothing unexpected happened, his men would be able to climb to the top of the city in half a quarter of an hour.After being beheaded and killed more than a dozen of the idiot security guards of the Roman army, they would run away in panic while yelling.Then the gates of the castle will open and it will be over.

But this time it was beyond his expectations.When the dozens of Bedouin riders in the front were less than a battle away from the top of the city, the battlements suddenly burst into flames, and the ropes on the battlement walls naturally also caught fire.When the Bedouin riders climbed less than one step away from the top of the city, the almost burned rope snapped instantly.They screamed and fell from the high castle.Some even fell on Bedouin riders at the foot of the city, waiting for a second wave to climb up.

This was not over yet, and then dozens of fireballs were thrown from the wall.These explosive bombs thrown by bare hands detonated or exploded at the foot of the city wall.In the raging flames that soared into the sky, more than a dozen Bedouins were burnt into firemen or mutilated by iron nails and iron filings in an instant.At the foot of the city, there were screams and wailing one after another.

The muscles at the corners of the Bedouin leader's mouth twitched twice.He raised his eyes and looked carefully at the top of the city, but he still didn't find anyone. It was obvious that the Roman army was lying on the ground.He shouted to the archers: "Shoot the arrows! Shoot aimlessly at the top of the city."

With the sound of swishing arrows piercing the sky, one after another, the arrows shot towards the top of the city.However, it was of no use, because those Roman soldiers were all carrying large square shields, lying on the ground like tortoises, with only their feet, arms and helmeted heads exposed, the probability of being injured by blind random shooting was very small.

After firing arrows for a long time, there was no movement.The Bedouin leader shouted again: "Send the order to attack again." At this time, his deputy persuaded: "Chief, they are obviously prepared. If we attack again, the result will still be the same. And the other party fired We are afraid that we are calling for reinforcements, we can't stay here for long."

The chief who was in a fit of anger glared and shouted: "What are you afraid of? Most of them are bluffing. Take ten thousand steps back and say, what can they do if reinforcements have arrived? Just relying on those idiots, won't they be defeated by us? Don't Talking about the Liang army they invited, the Liang army has only so few people, how could it be possible to deploy defenses everywhere. We will not be so unlucky - a Liang army just happened to be stationed nearby. Don't be verbose, just keep fighting!"

Under his yelling, dozens of Bedouins rushed towards the city, still using the old method to attack the city, and the result would naturally be the same.These Bedouins did not know that because Liang Jun occupied the Great Bedouin Desert, which is what they call the Great Eastern Desert, they had mastered a large amount of basic materials for making naphtha and Greek fire—oil.In the Bedouin desert, there are inexhaustible artesian oil wells.

Although Greek kerosene still needs some special materials, naphtha does not.Therefore, Liang Jun's base in the Bedouin desert oasis has been producing naphtha and related explosive bombs and explosive bombs in large quantities nearby day and night.In this way, they can assist the Roman army with a large amount of related materials.

The Bedouin leader saw that he could not attack for a long time, and he suffered heavy casualties, his face was contorted with anger.Just when he wanted to withdraw but was not reconciled, and when he wanted to attack but was helpless, there was a loud sound of horseshoes in the distance.He looked up, his face turned green with fright.

It was Liang Jun's heavy cavalry who came.Although there are less than a hundred cavalry, every cavalry is a giant iron cavalry with both men and horses, and it is always taller than a battle.Their iron armor gleamed in the sun, and the rows of lances were leveled into a horizontal line.

"Fight with them." The Bedouin leader who had been stunned for a long time finally let out a loud shout. After saying that, he brandished a scimitar and followed him closely with the remaining three hundred horsemen. The army rushed away.

Soon they learned what iron horse Jingo is.Rows of cavalry spears knocked groups of Bedouins off their horses, and almost no Bedouin in the first row survived.Fortunately, the leader was not stabbed by the lance, but his scimitar only left a shining knife mark on the armor of the opponent's horse's neck, and then passed the opponent by mistake.

The knights of Liang Jun's heavy cavalry immediately let go of their spears, leaving their spears in the enemy's corpse, took out their maces, and then swung them, knocking away the scimitars that came from the second row of enemy soldiers, and knocking them with another stick. on the opponent's head.

The Bedouin in the second row also suffered heavy casualties, but it was slightly better than the first row, which was almost completely wiped out. Seven or eighty people were knocked off their horses by maces.The Bedouins in the third row, seeing this tragic situation, did not dare to confront them head-on, they all turned their horses and tried to escape.But only some people were able to escape. Some of those who ran slowly were knocked to the ground by Liang Jun's huge war cavalry company with men and horses, and some were knocked off their horses by maces.

On the top of the castle wall, the Roman guards poked their heads out, and they all cheered when they saw this scene.Hundreds of Liang Jun also slowed down and gathered together again.One of them asked their team leader, "Should we send scouts to follow them?"

The team leader glanced at the four or five captured Bedouin prisoners, and snorted coldly: "No need this time. With these prisoners, we can know their lairs, so there is no need to waste manpower. Our manpower is also limited, and now we have to Hurry back to the boat and continue cruising."

Soon, these Liang army warriors led the captives and ran towards the Nile River, disappearing from the sight of the Roman soldiers at the top of the city.Someone in the city began to chat.

One person said: "These Liang soldiers are so busy that they don't even have time to go to the city to rest?"

A man who looked like a leader replied: "You don't understand. A boat with a hundred people has to control a section of patrol tens of miles long. How can you have time to enter your city to rest?"

It turned out that in addition to teaching these Roman security guards how to fortify the walls and clear the fields, how to defend the city, and how to send signals, Ma Chao turned out to be the only one who taught them.He also divided his legion into dozens of groups, some guarded important strongholds, and more took ships provided by Rome to patrol along the Nile River and important parts of the Mediterranean coastline.Attack the invading Bedouins at any time.

Chapter 955

The sun is setting and the desert is yellow sand.A Bedouin camel caravan of two hundred or so riders was marching in the red and bloody sunset.Bedouins leading camels are happily chatting.The reason why they lead the camels instead of riding them is because the camels are full of things.These are the supplies that have just been looted.

Now no more than before, they have to be extremely careful whether they plunder Roman caravans or food convoys or directly loot towns.This time, they launched the operation after scouting the horses for a long time, and they finally succeeded safely.Beheaded more than a hundred Roman soldiers. Although no food and grass were seized, it was unexpectedly discovered that the escorted items turned out to be a batch of spices and cloth.These things are also precious to these Bedouins.

It's just that the color of these cloths is not the light yellow of the linen cloth of their robes, but bright red.

Half an hour later, at the place where the camel team passed by.Another team with only three camels appeared.They are Liang Jun's scouts.Among the three riders was a Chuandong chasing mountain dog, sniffing here and there on the sandy ground. The scent left by the spices was easily tracked by it, leading the scout team to bite the Bedouin camel team in front and not let go.

At this point the dog looked sluggish.One of the three riders said: "Brother, there has been no water for half an hour. The camels are fine, and the people and dogs will die of thirst if they don't drink any more water."

The leading scout nodded and said, let's rest for a quarter of an hour.We drank water and continued tracking.They got off the camel, crouched in the shadow of the camel, and took out the water bladder.The leader said: "There is not much water left, save it, we don't know how long we have to go to follow them to their lair. One person is only allowed to drink two sips."

One of them took two sips of water and suddenly thought of something and said, "That's not right. Think about it, the Bedouins have to travel back and forth from their lair, and the camels have to carry heavy loads when they return. It is impossible for them to have more water than us. It stands to reason that their water should have run out a few hours ago."

The leader pondered, pondering his words.Another, who was pouring water from the hound's bowl, said: "Don't forget we have a dog."

The person who raised this question continued to disapprove: "Hey, how much water can a dog use?" As soon as he finished speaking, he found that the hound suddenly rushed behind a sand dune.The faces of the three changed, and the leader said: "It must have discovered something."

The three hurriedly followed, but they didn't see anything unusual, but the hound kept digging in the sand with its paws.The three of them quickly took out their portable shovels and started digging, and soon they exposed the rock surface.Then they discovered that it was a stone slab, and when they removed the stone slab, they discovered that there was a huge water cave underneath.

One person suddenly realized: "It's no wonder that the Bedouins can travel hundreds of thousands of miles in the desert. It turns out that they built secret water caves as supply points. This water may be collected rainwater, or it may be artificially transported. "

The leader said humanely: "Record this situation, we will restore it as it is after taking the water, and don't startle the snake. Be quick, and we will continue to track down their lair!"

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Alexandria city government office.Ma Chao and the governors of Egypt, Mauritania, and Africa, the three provinces of North Africa, and a group of important officials of the three provinces are holding a meeting.

The meeting was extremely confidential, and the officials who attended the meeting were not informed of the contents of the meeting in advance.As soon as they entered the lobby, they were told that they would stay in Alexander's special post house for a few more days, during which time they could not have contact with anyone including the entourage.

Seeing that everyone was here, the Governor of Egypt cleared his throat and said: "I believe everyone here is aware that during these days, with the help of the Daliang Allied Forces, we have carried out a merciless attack on those Bedouin rats. It has greatly curbed their evil deeds of intercepting our food transportation team and harassing our villages and towns. Of course, these evil deeds have not been completely eliminated, but at least they dare not rob my property and kill our soldiers and civilians as if they were in no man's land. Burn my town!"

He stopped talking when he said this, and everyone took this opportunity to thank Ma Chao.Then the Egyptian governor changed the subject and continued: "But Liang's allied forces cannot stay here for a long time. And it will take quite a while for our Majesty Alexander to put down the rebellion in the north. Once Liang's allied forces leave, I am worried about these Bedou Because the bandits will revive and come back. After discussing with General Ma Chao of Liang State, I think that to solve this problem, the only way to solve this problem is to completely uproot the Bedouin in the desert. Even if it cannot be eliminated 100%, At least [-]% of their lairs must be wiped out, so that we can keep the three senior officials in North Africa safe for a long time."

When he said this, some people had suspicious expressions on their faces.The governor of Mauritania first questioned: "This idea is good, but it is impossible to do it. The North African desert is thousands of miles wide from east to west, and thousands of miles deep from north to south. To cross the desert, you can only follow the Mediterranean Sea. Walking along the coast, there is only one road through the great desert, the Nile River Valley. Except for these Bedouins riding camels, no one dares to go deep into the hinterland of the great desert. Let’s not say to wipe them out, but to find the oasis where they live There is no way to do it.”

The rest of the people also echoed, and some people added: "As far as I know, dozens of their tribes are distributed in dozens of oases in the desert. Even if we know the location of their lair, we risk dying of thirst or getting lost. It's dangerous, if you go through hundreds or even thousands of miles of desert, others may have already escaped."

After listening to the translator's retelling, Ma Chao smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about this. Our army has found out the location of 63 Bedouin's oasis lairs through various methods such as scouts tracking, torture prisoners, and buying insiders. We even found out about them. The secret water storage point. These 63 oases are not all the old nests of the Bedouin, but most of them. In addition, these oases of the Bedouin are different from the Eastern Great Desert. Except for a few, each They are all very far apart. With us controlling their water supply points, it is difficult for them to escape from one place to another. Now all you have to do is to get some of the best soldiers and call them to us. Ben will send you Guaranteed, within a month, the Bedouin lairs of all sizes will be wiped out."

The governor of Ophelia asked, "How many troops does General Ma need?"

Ma Chao stretched out a slap and replied: "Not much, five thousand is enough. But we need the most elite soldiers. In addition, all provinces and cities need to provide supply support for our special operation."

The governor of Egypt immediately said: "This is not difficult. There is a regular army in the city of Alexandria. Although His Majesty Alexander is required to mobilize, His Majesty has issued a warrant to inform us that General Ma Chao can mobilize them. It shouldn't be difficult to carefully select the tens of thousands of security forces in the city. This is the reason why everyone here is here, please write a handwritten order, and let the various departments under General Ma Chao's command to mobilize on their own."

Everyone in the room can promise one after another, get a pen and paper and start writing the warrant.

Chapter 956 Dahongpao

On the blue sea, two large galley warships from the Roman Navy rushed onto the beach.One hundred Liang soldiers jumped off one of the warships one after another.They brought down a hundred and ten camels from another boat, and unloaded a large amount of goods, all of which were dry food and water.

Led by two scouts and a dog, they headed for the desert.After three hours, they found a Bedouin cistern.After replenishing the water source, they walked for more than an hour, but the hound started circling.The two scouts were also discussing something with red faces.

The face of Liang Junjun turned pale with fright, he knew the consequences of getting lost in this desert.Quickly and eagerly asked: "What's the matter, why did you come back after going around in circles?"

"If you go back to the team, something will happen to the humble hounds, and suddenly they can't find their way. When we tracked the Bedouins, we sprinkled spice powder along the way. It is impossible for the hounds not to smell it. It must be because of a rare sandstorm here. , so that there is no trace of the spice powder left."

The captain's face became even more ugly, and he shouted: "So we are lost, and the whole army will be wiped out!"

The scout immediately comforted: "It's okay for us to go back." The team leader felt relieved, but he still said: "But we ran such a long way, but the task has not been completed because you can't find the way. Is it wrong? "

Another scout asked, "How long has it been since we last fetched water from the water cave?"

Someone immediately replied: "Over an hour. Why are you asking this?"

The scout said: "Then we still have hope. We still have a way to find the Bedouin lair."

After speaking, he took down a box-like thing from the camel and opened it to see that it was a cage.Inside the cage was a falcon.It is Liang Jun's unique special falcon that can find people based on the color of their clothes.

The falcon then rushed to the sky and soared in the air.The scout explained: "Although there is no reference in the desert, it is impossible to remember the location of the Bedouin lair. But we remember that after passing the water supply point last time, they arrived at the lair oasis in about an hour. So we A falcon might find them."

Liang Junjun asked, "But as far as I know, if the falcons want to find people, they need to have a special color that they are trained to recognize. Moreover, the color must have a clear contrast with the surrounding environment. And those Bedou Because the robes that people wear are all made of linen, and they have not been dyed, and the original light yellow color is very similar to the color of the desert, how did the falcon find it?"

The scout smiled strangely and said: "The team leader may have forgotten that a few days ago, we deliberately let the Bedouin rob a lot of red cloth. They will definitely use this cloth to make big robes, which men may not wear. But it will be worn by women. So as long as one of them wears this big red robe, our falcons can find them."

The team leader suddenly realized: "That's how it is!"

At this time, there were bursts of eagle howling.The released falcon had already circled in a small area about seven or eight miles away in the air, apparently having discovered something.

The hundred Liang Jun dared not neglect, and hurriedly drove the camels to that direction.After a while, they saw an oasis emerging from the skyline.

The team leader made a gesture to stop the hundred riders, and then said in a low voice: "We can't go forward any more, we don't want to scare the snake, we hide and pretend now, and don't act until dark!" It landed on the scout's shoulder with a flutter.

At night, the temperature drops extremely block.Liang Bing, who was lying in the sand nest, was so cold that his teeth were chattering.The team leader said in a low voice: "Brothers, bear with it. After another hour, we will be able to kill the Bedouin lair. There is fire, meat, and woolen blankets."

After hearing this, everyone cheered up, and a young man interjected: "There are women." But the team leader slapped his head and said: "At the moment of the battle, I still think about these things, and be careful not to lose my mind during the match." head!"

The time for the attack finally came. The soldiers of the Liang Army carried well-stringed and safe individual ballistas on their backs, and held the first knives and small round shields to touch the oasis.

Through the moonlight, they could already see the wool felt tents in the oasis clearly.They didn't expect that the Bedouins were so loosely defended that they didn't even have a sentry.In fact, this strange, this oasis can only be found by the Bedouins.In previous years, these Bedouin tribes would fight each other in civil wars, and they would be vigilant day and night.But now that almost all the Bedouin tribes in the great desert have formed an alliance, this danger no longer exists. Who would send a few people to stay up all night to be boring.

Therefore, when Liang Jun rushed into these tents, the Bedouins didn't know what happened.Some people were pierced through the chest or neck in their sleep in a daze.It took a few minutes to hear the howls of men, the screams of women, and the cries of children.The tents were being burned one after another, and the flames that rose into the sky illuminated the scene brightly.Some Bedouins who ran out of the tent naked were also chopped down one by one by Liang Jun.Some women wrapped in large robes were also caught by Liang Jun, and the robes on them were indeed red.

This oasis has hundreds of acres of land and nearly [-] Bedouins live there.Although Liang Jun entered with lightning speed, there were few people after all.In the end, three or four hundred Bedouins found something was wrong.Before Liang Jun came, they found their weapons, put on their armor, and rushed out of the tent with a yell.

When they rushed towards Liang Jun, rows of crossbow guns from individual ballistas fired at them continuously.After several rounds of shooting, there were countless Bedouin corpses on the ground. The remaining hundreds of people turned around and fled in a hurry, but Liang Jun chased after them, shooting and killing them.The few people who finally ran out of the oasis were shot and knocked down one by one by Liang Bing, who was chasing up on camels.An oasis of Bedouins was wiped out.

More than [-] Liang troops were divided into [-] or [-] special attack teams, some of which were equipped with a large number of Roman soldiers.Together, they launched raids on dozens of Bedouin oases that same night.Only in this way can we prevent leakage of information and achieve unexpected results.Before that, the secret water caves of the Bedouins were also occupied by the Roman army, and the Bedouins who escaped scattered could not escape from the desert to other places.

Tens of thousands of Bedouins living in the great desert were wiped out, and the few remaining people ran south into the African savannah and tropical rainforest, never to be seen again.

Chapter 957

Alexandria, Egypt.More than [-] large galley warships slowly sailed out of the port and headed for Syria in the northeast along the coastline.They were warships heading to Beirut to transport food and supplies.

At the same time, on the coast, the Ma Chao army regrouped in the city also drove out of the city and went to the Syrian front.Ma Chao and his generals, who were riding horses, saw the ships in the sea and began to discuss.

One of Ma Chao's lieutenants asked: "Although there are not many ships in Alexandria, there are [-] or [-] large ships, which are enough to accommodate our soldiers. But why don't you let me wait for the boat to go to Syria? We have to travel a long distance This nearly two thousand miles away?"

Ma Chao responded: "Naturally, I told their officials about this matter. But they said that the fleets of their Roman kingdom do not obey the dispatch of Alexander, and they still obey the usurping king Macrinus in name." Of course, in fact, none of them kept talking and kept a neutral state. But for the sake of safety, I think that it is still not possible to use ships to transport troops. Otherwise, if these fleets attack, we can only catch them without a fight. You guys Most people get seasick when they are in a boat, let alone fighting on the sea as a sailor."

Another general said: "This Roman country, I think their situation is similar to that of our Central Plains in the late Han period in the past few decades. It is time to fall apart. At present, they are more than divided into two parts. The Nagato faction all have their own ghosts, and they support their own self-respect."

Ma Chao seemed to agree with this, but he still asked in a flat tone. "Oh? Why did you say that?"

The man immediately replied: "Some time ago, I led troops to their Mauritania to carry out a surprise attack on the Bedouin tribe there, and found a military camp near their capital, Sograha. There are probably thousands of soldiers in it, and they are training. From humble observations, their equipment and elite levels are comparable to those of the regular Roman legions, but they are not Roman legions, but they bear the name of the provincial security forces. The general remembers that these local officials all said that the security forces are powerful Insufficiency is the reason why the Bedouins are rampant, and we have seen that the security guards stationed everywhere are old, weak and untrained. They obviously have such an elite army, but they have not used it from the beginning to the end. Only to When we launched a full-scale raid on the Bedouin, we didn’t show it. It means that this is the private army of the Governor of Mauritania. The humble official can also conclude that this is not the only governor.”

Ma Chao nodded and said, "That's true, but it doesn't have much to do with us, don't meddle in other people's business. We just do what we should do according to the orders of the Holy One."

The army marched until the afternoon of the second day, and then came to the Isthmus of Suez again.Everyone saw a strange scene again. It turned out that a large number of peasants of various skin colors were wielding picks and shovels, and they didn't know what to dig.Ma Chao already knew this, and explained to everyone: "These people are digging a canal, which will connect the large lake in the middle of the isthmus with the sea to the south and north, so that the ships in our fleet can enter the Mediterranean Sea. Of course, that does not include those A multi-masted ocean-going galleon with a deep draft."

Previously, the letter Ma Chao sent to Feng Yu suggested that the latter organize manpower to dig a canal to connect the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.In addition to allowing Liang Jun's fleet to enter the hinterland of Rome, it also made trade more convenient.

Feng Yu couldn't help laughing when he saw it, thinking that he, a future generation who can see foresight, let the natives take the lead.He immediately organized manpower and material resources in Mesopotamia and Persia to go to the Isthmus of Suez.Because the Sinai area to which the Isthmus of Suez belongs is under the jurisdiction of the Roman Jewish Province, and Alexander has entrusted the Liang State to manage the garrison of the Jewish Province, so Liang State does not need to obtain Alexander's prior consent before proceeding.

Digging a canal is no small project.In the original world, the famous Suez Canal took 11 years to complete with the help of modern engineering equipment.But the canal Feng Yu wants does not need to be able to pass through an aircraft carrier, as long as it can pass through his girder fleet.The first phase of the project only needs to be excavated four feet deep and two battles wide, which can pass most fleet ships except ocean-going multi-masted galleons.According to this requirement, six to seven thousand laborers can dig more than one mile a day, and it will take more than half a year to complete the work.

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The endless army set out from the city of Beirut, winding its way north.On the side of the blue sea, there are hundreds of warships

After eliminating the Bedouin problem in the rear, and receiving the help of Zhao Yun and Ma Chao's two Liang army corps, Alexander finally began his journey to the west to suppress the rebellion.

"Report! General Qi, the front is the Hatay Fortress in Asia Minor. Frontier scouts have found out that the enemy defenders have already relied on the fortress and are waiting for our army on the other side of the river." A commanding soldier said to Zhao Yun.Zhao Yun was the vanguard in this expedition, after hearing this, before the other party finished speaking, he had already galloped forward with his legs clamped on the horse's belly, and the guard camp hurriedly followed behind.

Zhao Yun immediately stood by a small river and looked at the enemy's defense line on the other side of the river.This is the northernmost point of the Lebanon Mountains, and if you go northward, you will leave the narrow coastal plain between the Lebanon Mountains and the Mediterranean Sea and enter the Asia Minor Plateau.The Hatay Fortress is located at this throat.In front of it is a river that originates from Mount Lebanon and flows westward into the Mediterranean Sea. It is more than fifty battles wide.The river is also named after Hatay.

At the moment, thousands of Roman troops under the orders of Macrinus set up a square formation across the river, and there are also multiple groups of rangers of varying numbers galloping along the upper and lower reaches of the river bank.Obviously they wanted to use this natural barrier to prevent Liang Jun from crossing the river.At least it can inflict a lot of damage when Liang Jun crosses the river.

Zhao Yun snorted coldly and ordered: "Send out scouts on horseback to look along the river to see where there is a place where you can cross the river on foot or by horse."

A soldier immediately replied: "General, some scouts have just checked over and reported the situation. This river flows from the dense forest of Mount Lebanon until it merges into the sea. In addition, there are enemy cavalry everywhere along the river. Even in the dense forest upstream of the river, there seems to be traces of hidden piles and checkpoints."

Zhao Yun frowned when he heard this.With Liang Jun's river crossing equipment, it is not difficult to cross this river by force.But Zhao Yun didn't want to lose tens of hundreds of soldiers in the first battle, he wanted to find a better way to break through this line of defense.In just a moment, he made up his mind and planned to cross the river with a tricky strategy.