Three Kingdoms Eschatology

Some galley warships loaded a large amount of ordinary kerosene and Greek kerosene in order to destroy the pontoon bridge.Now they are being backfired by these flame retardants.Some galley warships were drilled through the portholes by fireballs, and the entire ship suddenly became a ball of fire.

On the entire waterway, more than a hundred Roman galley warships have become a mess.They are all eager to turn the bow, causing each other to huddle and collide.This made it easier for the ballistas on both sides of the strait to hit them, and the fireballs continued to be thrown overwhelmingly.

Soon, most of the decks of the ship were engulfed in flames.Even because some explosive bombs hit the side of the ship, kerosene was splashed on the sea surface, causing a sea of ​​fire to ignite on the water surface.

Twenty or so warships turned around by chance, and fled in embarrassment the same way they were covered in fire.When they were about to escape, they realized that the back road was also cut off by Liang Jun's iron chain to block the river. The iron chain sank underwater. After these Roman warships passed by, they were straightened by Liang Jun's winch and raised to the surface of the water. .

The Liang Army ballistas distributed on both sides of the river concentrated on these twenty remaining Roman warships. In addition to explosive bombs, stone bombs were also used.More than [-] ships immediately turned into fire boats, and then their charred bodies were blasted to pieces by stone bullets.The battle lasted for two hours, and none of the more than a hundred galleys escaped, and all of them were buried in the bottom of the sea.The wreckage of warships and fallen Roman sailors were everywhere on the water.

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Thrace Roman army camp, Chinese army camp.Macrinus paced back and forth anxiously. Whether the hundreds of ships could destroy the enemy's pontoon bridge was the key to this battle.He sent scouts to the coast early on to investigate, but unfortunately, these scouts were all intercepted by Liang Jun's scouts, and some of them disappeared without a trace like a stone cow sinking into the sea.Some escaped with wounds all over their bodies, but no one was able to sneak to the front to check for information.

At this time, a guard from the Guards Corps broke into the large tent of the Chinese Army and reported: "My Majesty, there are sounds of fighting coming from the coast, and thick smoke is rising into the sky."

Macrinus laughed loudly and said: "Our fleet must have launched an attack, broke down their pontoon bridge and then set it on fire." He rushed out of the big tent and looked into the distance as he spoke.Sure enough, billowing smoke rose from the far side of the sea, and the end of the flame could still be vaguely seen jumping on the horizon.

But when he looked at it, he frowned, feeling something was wrong in his heart.The secret channel, if the enemy pontoon bridge was burned, there should be only one place of thick smoke rising, but now the entire area of ​​that waterway is full of thick smoke.When he listened carefully to the noise of fighting, it didn't seem like the enemy's pontoon bridge was destroyed.

Macrinus immediately ordered the scouts to investigate again.This time the scouts didn't need to get close to the beach, they just ran out for more than a hundred battles and climbed a big tree to discover the real situation.When Macrinus learned that his fleet was ambushed, he was struck like a thunderbolt.He was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses, and shouted anxiously: "Gather the soldiers and horses quickly, the whole army will move forward and drive Liang Jun into the sea."

In the Roman army camp, drums and trumpets sounded one after another, and finally merged into one.Nearly [-] Roman infantry and cavalry poured out of the tent, and skillfully arranged a square formation in the open space in front of the camp.Then, in the sound of the drums, they stepped forward in unison on the drums.

But at this time, Alexander's army, which had already crossed the sea, had already lined up in a square formation, and two infantry battalions of Zhao Yun's army were on his flanks.The only thing missing is that Liang Jun's cavalry troops have not yet crossed the sea, only the Roman cavalry of Alexander's army are guarding the extreme points of the left and right wings of the army formation.

When the distance between the two armies was less than [-] steps, Liang Jun's longbowmen were the first to attack, and hundreds of longbows and heavy arrows were thrown towards Macrinus' army.

The Roman army of Macrinus apparently did not expect the enemy to have weapons with such a long range.Caught off guard, more than a hundred soldiers were shot and fell to the ground one after another, and some chaos ensued in the army formation.Only then did they react, and hurriedly put their shields in front of them and raised them above their heads, forming a "turtle shell" that protected the phalanx, and continued to move forward.It's just that their speed has slowed down a lot.

Macrinus waved his hand forward and said: "The cavalry on both wings charge!" A large number of Roman war cavalry galloped out from the two wings of the army formation, and charged towards the coalition army formation.

Chapter 972

The first confrontation between the coalition forces and the Macrinus army was the Roman cavalry on both wings.In addition to being not good at bow shooting, the Roman Empire during this period also did not like cavalry warfare.It is not the same as the Eastern Rome's emphasis on cavalry in the history of the original world.The cavalry is only used as an auxiliary to their unique infantry phalanx, or as a scout ranger.So these Roman cavalry were light cavalry.

There are many reasons for this phenomenon, but there are two main reasons. One is that most of the territory of Rome is mountainous and hilly, and even the plains are mostly forests or separated by rivers and fjords. The advantages of cavalry on such terrain are limited.The second is that the early cavalry did not have stirrups, and the combat effectiveness of the cavalry was very weak.Of course, the Romans have learned to use stirrups now, but under the influence of historical inertia, they still don't pay much attention to cavalry combat.

The cavalry on both sides have fought sword to sword and gun to gun.In the eyes of General Liang Jun, the skills of these Roman cavalry were not as good as the recruits in their cavalry battalion who had only been in the army for a few months.The fighting method is that after the two horses approach, each slows down their horses and greets each other with knives and guns.Except they were on horseback against infantry.

Ma Chao looked anxiously.He roared loudly: "Erlang, come with me." After speaking, he raised his gun and urged the horse to gallop towards the fighting horsemen on the left flank.None of the cavalry under his command had crossed the sea yet, only forty or fifty of his personal guard cavalry followed him closely.

At this time, the main phalanx of the two armies was already less than [-] battles away.Both sides unfolded the top of the shield of the turtle shell formation, and attacked each other with dense javelin projections.The densely packed javelins from both sides staggered across from each other in the air, casting mottled light and shadow on the ground, which can be described as covering the sky and blocking out the sun.

Blood spattered and screamed in pain. A large number of soldiers on both sides were pierced by javelins and fell down in pieces.

The Liang Army infantry guarding both sides of the Alexander Army's phalanx did not launch an attack. Their individual ballistas were not good at projectiles, and projectiles at such a short distance were even more inaccurate.

So they all crouched close to their large shields.However, many javelins still penetrated the shields and killed them to the ground.However, the longbowmen behind the infantry phalanx of the Liang army were not idle either. Relying on their own feelings, they threw heavy arrows one after another towards the back of the opponent's shield wall.

Some pawns in the opponent's formation were about to throw their javelins, but the heavy arrows flying over the shield wall in a parabolic trajectory pierced their uplifted chests instantly.In addition to longbowmen, some portable ballistas were also set up behind the infantry phalanx.

Fist-sized stone bullets and explosive bullets flew over the crowd and the shield wall, and landed in Makrinus' phalanx.The rising flames and the terrifying killing effect of the stone bullets immediately caused a lot of confusion.

The phalanxes of the two sides finally came into contact and began to fight at close quarters.The soldiers of the Liang army who were crouching behind their shields suddenly stood up and raised the individual ballista over the top of the shield with both hands.There are two plungers under their shields, which can fix the shields to the ground.Their crossbow spears fired in rows at the enemy soldiers who were only three feet away from them.And the other party was also stabbing at them with a sword.

When the sword tip of one of the Roman soldiers was only a foot and a half away from the face of a Liang soldier, the latter's crossbow shot through his head in an instant.When another Liang Jun infantry was pulling the lever up and down to fire the crossbow, his throat was slashed by the opponent's dagger.

However, at the same time, the Roman soldier who drew out his dagger was also shot by two crossbow spears at the front and back, and lay on the ground sprawled.These two crossbow spears were fired by soldiers of the Liang army in the back row.

After a short-range confrontation, the Alexander infantry and the Macrinus infantry, who were both Roman infantry, still fought inextricably, and it was impossible to see who had the upper hand.But on the side where Liang Jun was facing each other, Liang Jun's soldiers clearly had the upper hand.This is not difficult to understand. For the Roman soldiers with short swords in close quarters, the people behind cannot help the front.Before the soldiers in front fell, the people behind could only idle.But the soldiers in the back row of Liang Jun can continue to output damage.

The cavalry of both sides in the battle, just because Ma Chao and Zhao Yun joined with more than a hundred cavalry, Makrinus's side was already on the verge of collapse.I saw Ma Chao and Zhao Yun, two silver spears flying up and down, and two horses, one white and one black, galloping back and forth among the chaotic army.The horsemen of Macrinus who appeared near them were all stabbed and fell under their horses.

Makrinus, who was watching the battle behind, groaned secretly in his heart when he saw the battle.He also regretted that he shouldn't have ordered the army to press forward. It was better to guard the fortifications that had already been built and were used to surround and kill the Liang army.This is called one wrong step, wrong step by step.

However, the situation continued to develop in favor of the other side.Macrinus said in a heartbroken way: "Withdraw the troops, quickly retreat to the camp and stick to it."

It's not that he doesn't know that withdrawing troops at this time can only lead to the collapse of the troops fighting ahead.However, this is the only choice he can make now.Waiting to spend more time with the other party will still be defeated after a short time.Actively retreating now can save some soldiers and horses who are still in the rear and have not confronted each other.

The soldiers behind the Macrinus army fled to the camp like a tide.Those soldiers who were fighting with Liang Jun and Alexander's army were also defeated in an instant.The army was defeated like a mountain, and the coalition forces chased and killed them all the way. The road extending from the battlefield to the Macrinus camp for several miles was full of dead bodies.

Macrinus, who had fled into the camp, hurriedly set up defenses, only to find that less than [-]% of the troops successfully fled back to the company camp.It is almost impossible for such a small force to defend this company that is seven or eight miles long and seal off the entire headland, not to mention the morale of his soldiers has declined to the extreme.

Fortunately, the coalition forces did not launch an attack on the camp immediately. This was not because they were not brave enough to pursue the "poor bandits", but because their ballistas had not been brought up yet.In the evening, the coalition forces finally transferred five or six hundred ballistas to the front line.

Under the night sky, hundreds of fireballs soared into the sky and rushed towards the camp of Macrinus, which was spectacular.After a while, the camp was on fire everywhere.Nearly ten thousand coalition forces launched a general offensive on a front several miles long.Liang Jun's heavy cavalry first broke through the opponent's weakest two wings, where there were almost no enemy defenses.

Then two thousand light cavalry and five hundred longbow chariots passed through these two gaps, interspersed backwards, trying to encircle the remaining army of Macrinus.

At the same time, the Roman infantry under Alexander's command also broke through the line of defense and poured into various camps.In this form, there are almost no soldiers from the Macrinus side who are still resisting.They either threw away their weapons and begged for surrender, or they rushed out of the camp from behind and fled to the northwest.

Chapter 973 Death of Macrinus

In the Thrace camp, Makrinus began to command the soldiers to resist desperately.But when the cavalry of the allied forces broke through the two wings, he knew that it was impossible to hold on anymore, so he hurriedly fled westward with a few soldiers around him.

As he fled, he was still thinking about what to do when he got back to Rome.Just relying on the soldiers and horses around him, plus the half legion left behind in the Roman city of Apennines, let alone keeping his position as emperor, it is impossible to gain a foothold in the center of the Roman Empire.So he came up with an idea, and planned to flee back to his hometown of Maotania with his soldiers and horses.The governor there is insufficiently defended, and his soldiers and horses are weak, so maybe he can still gain a foothold there.

But soon, Macrinus found himself thinking that these were superfluous, because it was still a question of whether he could escape from birth.Two lines of enemy cavalry had penetrated to the front, blocking his way.

Now, there is a large group of pursuers behind him, and the coast of the headland is within five or six miles on the left and right sides, and it is impossible to escape.Macrinus's heart was broken, and he rushed forward with twenty or thirty personal guards, trying to break a bloody path.But soon two generals with lances stopped in front of him. The barrels of these two lances were both metallic silver, and they were both wearing white robes, but their mounts were one black and the other white.

The second generals are Zhao Yun and Ma Chao.Their cavalry and longbow chariots pierced the enemy's rear along the coasts on both sides, and then spread out to intercept the rout.It's also no coincidence that the two collided with Macrinus here.Macrinus's appearance and complexion are quite eye-catching among the thousands of troops, and he was targeted by the second general early on.They all knew that Makrinus was a black man, so they all guessed Makrinus' true identity by coincidence.

At this time, Zhao Yun and Ma Chao had only dozens of cavalry behind them, which was even less than the cavalry around Makrinus.But in just a few rounds of confrontation, all the soldiers around Macrinus were stabbed off their horses.Makrinus was about to escape, but was stabbed in the ribs by two long spears, one left and one right, and he was picked off his horse.

After Zhao Yun retracted his gun.However, Ma Chao picked up Makrinus's body abruptly with a lance, then cut off his head with the dagger that he carried with him, and galloped back and forth on the battlefield on his horse on the tip of the lance. He shouted in his mouth: "The enemy chieftain is dead, you wait to surrender quickly, or you will be killed."

Of course, those Roman soldiers who were defeated and still resisting did not know what he was shouting, but they recognized the head on the tip of his spear.They had no choice but to surrender to the coalition forces one after another.

At this time, Alexander also led the infantry to cover up from the rear. When he saw Ma Chao holding a human head, he couldn't help but frowned.He said with great joy in his heart that once Macrinus died, the overall situation was basically settled.

After Macrinus was beheaded.The coalition forces of Alexander and Liang took a shortcut and directly passed through the three former Greek provinces of Thrace, Macedonia, and Achaia. They escaped the Adriatic Sea by boat on the west coast of Achaia and arrived in the hinterland of Rome. Apennine Peninsula.

The provinces and towns along the way all looked forward to the wind and surrendered, unanimously recognizing and supporting Alexander as Roman emperor.When the army arrived near the city of Rome, the city's judges, elders, and the heads of the legions had already traveled ten miles out of the city to meet them.

In fact, as early as six or seven days ago, when the news of Macrinus' death reached the city of Rome, various forces in the city who had long been dissatisfied with Macrinus launched a mutiny.The mutiny lasted only half an hour, and it wiped out half of the legion that Macrinus left in the city.The legionnaires were either dead or surrendered.

Zhao Yun and Ma Chao followed Alexander from left to right, and slowly drove towards the city of Rome along the wide avenue.The exotic scenery along the way made them overwhelmed, and the Roman soldiers and civilians on both sides of the road had already raised their hands in salute, and the unison cheers of Ula Ula made them feel fresher.

On the third day of their entry into the city, when Alexander completed the official inauguration ceremony in the imperial palace in Rome.Zhao Yun and Ma Chao came to the palace and bid farewell to Alexander: "Your Majesty Alexander, now that our country has quelled the rebellion for His Majesty according to our covenant, it is time for us to return home. I hereby bid farewell to Your Majesty." .”

After two polite words, Alexander asked: "When you go back, please express your gratitude to the monarch of your country on behalf of XX. I have a gift here, and please bring it back with you. In addition, according to the covenant, doesn't your country want Is a certain person naturalized in our country and come to our court as an official? What is his identity?"

Zhao Yun grinned, and then said: "Your Majesty is indeed a man of faith. First, we came here to say goodbye, and second, it is precisely for this purpose. This person is actually a member of the royal family of our country. He is A cousin of our son of heaven. It’s just that this person doesn’t like the life of a prince. Instead, he likes to travel around the world and collect knowledge from all over the world. And he also heard that your country is different from many foreign countries, so he wants to live in your country for a long time in order to understand Your country’s cultural customs, geography, physical appearance, etc. Our emperor couldn’t resist him, so he added such a clause to the covenant between the two countries. Of course, our country’s assistance to your country’s chaos is not just for this, the main purpose is that your country’s internal chaos will affect our country The stability of Persia and Mesopotamia within the borders is not favorable."

Alexander nodded and continued to ask: "Then when will he arrive? What kind of official position does he want?"

Zhao Yun lowered his head and thought for a while, before he said: "After we return to Cetsyphon, that person should have reached Mesopotamia. So, counting by foot, he can go by sea in the fastest way, within a month. Come here. As for what official position he wants, I don’t know about it. His Majesty needs to ask him personally and make arrangements accordingly.”

Alexander immediately decided: "Okay, there is no problem with this matter." Then he took out a golden seal from his arms and said: "This is the order made by His Majesty Caracalla in the early years when my grandfather was in power. card. The holder of this token does not need to pass through the customs, and it is unimpeded. It was abolished during the usurpation of Macrinus, but I have issued a decree to restore it. Give this token to this person, so that if he does not blocked on the road."

Zhao Yun and Ma Chao left after receiving the token, Liang Jun's soldiers and horses had already been prepared.Alexander had already found a way to raise seventy or eighty large and small galley warships. They would take the sea route directly to the Syrian province, and then cross the mountain pass of Mount Lebanon to return to Mesopotamia.

During the turbulent journey, Zhao Yun was fine. Ma Chao and his soldiers, who had never been on a boat before, were completely dizzy from seasickness.Fortunately, in the end they successfully landed in Syria and returned to Mesopotamia.

Chapter 974 A Big Event

Taixi closed the city, in the majestic and grand palace.From time to time, chattering sounds could be heard from a side hall.Sitting in this hall was Feng Yu, and a Persian with red hair and beard.But the one who sat quietly was the Persian, and the one who muttered was the Emperor of Liang, Feng Yu.

It turned out that Feng Yu was learning Latin from this Persian.At this moment, a blue-eyed, chestnut-haired Persian court lady stood timidly at the entrance of the hall, but did not dare to enter.Feng Yu stopped reading aloud, and asked loudly to the door: "Shuying, what's the matter with you? Hurry up and report."

The woman named Shuying dared to enter the palace and reported to Feng Yu in unfluent Chinese: "His Majesty, a messenger has sent an urgent letter. Please have a look at it." Letterhead.Feng Yu took a look and said happily: "I didn't expect them to come so soon."

It turned out that this letter was sent by Zhuge Liang from the sea.A few months ago, Feng Yu summoned Zhuge Liang and some civil servants and military officials to serve in Mesopotamia.When sending this letter, the fleet escorting Zhuge Liang had just arrived at Ceylon Island.Zhuge Liang sent a messenger to take a fast boat and reported his itinerary to Feng Yu in advance.

A week later, the Euphrates River wharf in Ctesiphon was full of gongs, drums and lanterns, as if it were a festival.Both Hanchen and Persian officials in Taixifeng gathered on the pier to welcome Zhuge Liang.Because many of them have heard that Zhuge Liang is likely to be the person who will hold power under one person and over ten thousand people in Mesopotamia in the future.

It has been nearly a year since the Liang army destroyed Sassanid and brought the Persian Plateau and the Mesopotamian Plain into the border of Daliang.After Feng Yu's hard work, the situation in the whole territory was finally stabilized and Liang Dynasty's rule in this area was consolidated.

At present, civilian life is stable and healthy, and the number of bandits in the territory is even less than that of the Sasanian heyday.In this regard, those who benefited the most were those Mesopotamia border people who were close to the Bedouin desert.In previous years, they would be harassed and looted by Bedouins from time to time.And now, they have not seen the shadow of the Bedouin for a long time.

The biggest change felt by the local commoners is that taxes have been greatly reduced, and their lives are much richer than before.There is a very important reason here, Feng Yu does not need a lot of money to support a huge army.In fact, at this point, Feng Yu continued to use the strategy of weak soldiers used in the Brahman kingdoms.It is to deliberately weaken the combat strength of the local army.

One of them is the small number of troops. Now there are only [-] Persian soldiers and horses in Mesopotamia and Persia, which is less than [-]% of the Sasanian heyday.Therefore, the civil servants and military generals in Taixi Fengcheng guessed that the emperor Feng Yu recruited Zhuge Liang and entrusted him with full authority to manage Mesopotamia and Persia, and then returned to the Central Plains.

On the pier, which was already full of people, suddenly there was a high-pitched singing and drinking sound behind everyone. "The emperor is here, and all the ministers welcome him!"

Following the sound, the crowd spread out into a wide road, and knelt down on both sides of the road.When Feng Yu's sedan chair was driven through the crowd under the guard of the guards.A huge shout of long live erupted.None of the people present knew or guessed that Feng Yu would come to welcome Zhuge Liang in person.After Feng Yu's sedan chair drove through, the voices of whispering suddenly gathered together.

A quarter of an hour later, when everyone had shut up and waited quietly.Someone suddenly started screaming: "Here we come, here we come. The fleet is coming." Everyone hurriedly stretched their necks to see that a long line of fleets appeared on the surface of the Euphrates River.There are still more than ten warships clearing the way ahead.

The ships docked one after another, and after the largest of them docked and boarded the gangplank, an old man with gray hair walked slowly across the gangplank surrounded by his followers.This person is not a beneficiary, but Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang heard a familiar shout: "Kong Ming, you are younger than me, why is your hair all gray now!"

Zhuge Liang raised his eyes to see the person calling, and immediately knelt down and said, "My minister, Zhuge Liang, bows down to His Majesty. Your Majesty personally went out of the city to meet him, which really made me feel terrified and grateful..."

Before he finished speaking, he was helped up by Feng Yu and said, "Kong Ming, you don't have to be polite with me. Besides, I didn't come here to greet you alone. I read in your letter that you said Yes, my queen and several concubines were also brought by you. Why did you bring them here?"

Zhuge Liang said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty doesn't know something. When I got your majesty's edict, I thought that this journey of tens of thousands of miles would make it difficult for me to return to Central Earth in my life. I simply brought my family and prepared for the rest of my life." They are all rooted here. Unexpectedly, after hearing the news, the empress and several concubines of His Majesty also insisted on coming with me."

When he said this, Feng Yu's queen, Cai Yan, and several childless concubines including Sun Shangxiang also got off the boat.Feng Yu looked at them, frowned and said, "Queen, my beloved concubines, why do you bother to come here? You must know that the distance from here to Zhongtu is tens of thousands of miles, and even by boat it will take several months and half a year." It’s been a long time since you’ve been here, and going back to China to visit relatives in the future will not be as easy as going from Chang’an to Jianye.”

Cai Yan wriggled his lips and opened his mouth, but Sun Shangxiang spoke first: "Your Majesty, your return date is uncertain. This time you summoned Prime Minister Zuo to come to Persia to rule, but still did not say that you will return to the Central Plains. We are afraid that Your Majesty is obsessed with this A coquettish girl from a foreign land. If I don’t travel thousands of miles to see you, I’m worried... I’m worried that you will never go back in this life. If that’s the case, I’m going to have to wait for my concubine to stay a widow all my life. But don’t worry, your majesty, we come here unless Your Majesty wants to go back, and has no plans to go back to the Central Plains."

Feng Yu smiled wryly after hearing this: "I intend to stay here for a long time, and I have no plans to return to the Middle Earth. But I am not obsessed with foreign enchantresses. In fact, I only accepted a few local concubines, which is completely It is out of the consideration of marriage with a local family."

He paused and continued: "Well, it doesn't matter if you come here, it is really possible that I will never go back in this life. It is good for us to stay together for the rest of our lives. But we can't see each other every day, because I There is another plan..."

Speaking of this, he stopped talking, and asked Cai Yan: "Queen, they have no sons and no daughters, so they can come here to accompany me for a long time. But you have several children, and one is the current prince. Don't you want to see me in the future?" them?"

Cai Yan sighed and said, "Thank you for being able to think of these children. They are all married now, and some of them are already parents. I don't have to stay by their side anymore, so I will naturally accompany my sisters to accompany Your Majesty."

Speaking of this, Zhuge Liang's expression suddenly became solemn, because Cai Yan's words reminded him of a major event related to the Liang court.

Chapter 975

Zhuge Liang waited for Feng Yu and his concubines to finish chatting, before he opened his mouth to say the big thing that was on his mind: "Your Majesty, the queen mentioned the crown prince just now, and this reminded me of something. Your Majesty has no plans to return to Central Earth for a long time. But it is not a long-term solution for the court to let Donggong act as the crown prince to act as an agent of state affairs for a long time!"

These words obviously meant that Feng Yu would rectify the name of the Crown Prince Jian Guo, in other words, he wanted Feng Yu to give way to the Crown Prince.Among the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty in Daliang, only Zhuge Liang dared to say such words that were suspected of overstepping.

Feng Yu bowed his head and pondered for a few breaths.In just a few breaths, the civil servants and generals around him from the Central Plains became nervous, for fear that Feng Yu would punish Zhuge Liang.

Unexpectedly, Feng Yu finally raised his head and laughed loudly, and said to Zhuge Liang: "The prime minister is right, I will not return to the Central Plains for many years, and I want my son to always supervise the country as a prince. You people use this to do something. And the world cannot be without a king for a day. Although I am alive, but tens of thousands of miles away, it is equivalent to having no king in the native country of Daliang. In fact, I have been thinking about this matter for a long time. I wanted to find an opportunity to talk about this matter in court. But now that the prime minister mentions it, I will explain it here."

Speaking of this, Feng Yu paused again, took a deep breath for a few moments of silence, and then solemnly said: "I am going to issue an imperial decree to abdicate as the Supreme Emperor, and let the prince succeed in Chang'an as the Emperor of Daliang!"

Except for Zhuge Liang and those Persians who didn't care much about the affairs of the Central Plains, poisonous officials and ministers, the rest of the people were all shocked when they heard this.

Some people have already begun to persuade, and the voices of chattering and whispering have filled the scene.

"Your Majesty, please think twice about such an important matter.",

"Yes, the supreme position is related to the safety of the country, so you must not be so hasty. Your Majesty, please think twice!"

Feng Yu smiled and waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.Then he continued: "I have been thinking about this matter for a long time, and I have already thought about it thoroughly, so why think twice. Besides these, I have another decision, which is to limit the future emperor of the Central Plains, that is, the current prince. The authority is limited to the [-] local prefectures including Myanmar and Dongqingzhou, plus the Western Regions' chief envoys, and the control of Funan, Langyaxiu, Malajia in the south, and Weiguo in Dongying. As for the rest of the place, there will be another monarch , only recognizes its position as the co-lord of the world, but is no longer subject to its restraint. The rest of the territory controlled by the Liang State will be divided into four parts, one is Shendu, the other is Guishuang, the third is Persia, and the fourth is Prairie North Mansion. Among the four major regions, except for Persia and Grassland North Mansion, which will be under the personal command of the Supreme Emperor, Shendu and Guishuang will be ruled by my two princes."

When everyone heard this, they were even more astonished.Now even Zhuge Liang is not calm. He expected that Feng Yu would abdicate as the Supreme Emperor, but he never expected that Feng Yu would seal off the lands of Daliang and divide the tens of thousands of miles of land into five parts to rule them.

Zhuge Liang said anxiously: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, you want to stay in this foreign land to live your life, so you gave up the throne to the crown prince. This minister can understand. But why do you want to crack the soil and seal the border? Doesn't your majesty know the meaning of the Son of Heaven?" What does it mean? It means that the shore of the land is not the land of the king, and the whole world is not the king's subjects. Today the world... no, it should be that there are several actual independent monarchs in our Daliang territory at the same time, and it will not be chaotic after a long time It will cause the consequences of fratricide. No, this is absolutely not feasible, even if His Majesty entrusts Guishuang and Body Poison to several princes in the name of enfeoffing the country, and let them rule the country in the name of the prince, but in fact the power Holding it in the hands of the imperial court is better than this..."

Feng Yu calmly asked Zhuge Liang a question: "Prime Minister, how long did it take you to come to Taixi to seal the city?"

Zhuge Liang was taken aback for a moment, and then replied: "It took me nearly three months to arrive at Tenglong City in Myanmar from Chang'an, and it took another three months to sail from Tenglong City to Taixi Fengcheng. More than half a year."

Feng Yu nodded and said: "Our Daliang built a large number of well-developed plank roads in the Bashan Mountains of the Qinling Mountains, and used water conservancy projects to build well-developed shipping waterways in the Yizhou Basin, the southern plateau, and the jungles of Myanmar. Our Daliang also It has the most developed navigation technology since ancient times. It will take half a year for the prime minister to come from Chang'an to Taixifeng, a place connected to the river and the sea. Then the prime minister thinks carefully, from Chang'an to Lanshi City, Fulousha. From Chang'an How much time will it take to get to the ancient city of Ani on the northeast coast of the Black Sea?"

Zhuge Liang bowed to Feng Yu and said, "It will take at least a year and a half. Your Majesty doesn't need to ask any more. I already know where I was wrong just now, and I also understand your Majesty's intentions. Your Majesty means so tens of thousands of miles. In such a vast territory, it is impossible for government decrees and local newspapers to arrive within the time limit. If the government decrees are unreasonable, it is impossible to govern with the laws of the Qin and Han Dynasties, and can only follow the example of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties and rule by enfeoffment."

Feng Yu praised: "Kong Ming is Kong Ming after all, you don't need to talk too much, you can understand the essence of it with a little bit of advice. At the moment, I am still here, and the remaining prestige of Liang Jun is still there. Only now can this seemingly stable unified situation be maintained. But no one can waste time. After several generations of my children and grandchildren, in such a vast territory, there will definitely be some heroes and heroes from all over the place who will become kings. If so, Why don't I entrust some of my princes in advance. In this way, at least the world can still recognize the status of the emperor of the Central Plains as the co-lord of the world. Just like in the Zhou Dynasty, all the countries surnamed Ji took the emperor of Zhou as the co-lord."

In fact, Feng Yu's thoughts are not just from his thinking, but also from the historical events of the original world.

In the ancient history of mankind, there has never been a country that can maintain centralized imperial power for a long time after the width of a certain longitude or latitude exceeds [-] miles.From the Alexander Empire to the Mongol Empire without exception.After the death of a generation of heroes in the Alexander Empire, the entire empire was immediately split into several pieces.It was divided among several generals under Alexander.The Mongol Empire also reached its peak in its territory. Not long after Mengge Khan's death, it was divided into four major khanates by several Borjijin queens.

Even in the British Empire, where the technical conditions of communication and transportation are nearly modern, the frontier where the sun never sets in its heyday lasted less than half a century.

The conversation between Zhuge Liang and Feng Yu made most people present understand Feng Yu's intentions.But they were very surprised that Feng Yu summoned Zhuge Liang to preside over the military and civil affairs of the entire Persian region, why did they still stay in Taixifeng.

Chapter 976

In the early morning drizzle, several boats quietly docked on the pier of Raqqa, a small town on the Euphrates River.These ships appear to be ordinary civilian ships, but the underwater sterns are equipped with hard bronze rams.The oarsmen in the cabin were all big men with weapons and crossbows beside them.

Dozens of people quietly dismounted from the boat, and a large number of horses were also unloaded.This attracted the attention of a few residents who got up early in the small town of Raqqa, and they looked over here.Before they could see the situation clearly, dozens of people had already mounted their horses and rode away.

A few hours later, the group arrived at the Hama Pass in Mount Lebanon, but there were several Persian soldiers from the Liang Army standing guard here.These Persian soldiers became nervous when they saw the tall horses galloping forward.Although the world is peaceful during this period of time, if the other party is some bandit character, his life will be gone.

But when the other party approached, they immediately felt relieved. Judging by their attire, these people couldn't possibly be bandits, let alone their appearance.Because most of them have an oriental face, and they are probably of the same race as the people sitting in the world in the western Taixi city today. How could they come here from thousands of miles to be bandits.