Three Kingdoms Eschatology

Less than three miles away from them, in another mansion, seven or eight people dressed as Roman nobles were also anxious.Among them, Augustus the officer, Gaius, the chief senator of the Senate, and Proseus, the inspector, are impressively listed.

Proseus first said impatiently and anxiously: "What should we do? So far, Alexander has not turned out as we expected. He neither expressed compromise nor sent troops to Mount Aventino to quell the rebellion. Instead, he strengthened vigilance in the city. Now the city is full of his Guards."

Augustus, who kept his eyes closed all the time, pretending to be calm, opened his eyes and said, "Young man, don't worry. Although the current situation is not as we expected, it is still within our plan. Alexander does not move, Felic and After the meeting of Mossolis in Sicily, we should go to Rome. What we have to do now is to prepare, cooperate with them, defeat the Guards, and occupy Rome. According to the plan, a new consul, Rome emperor."

After finishing speaking, he stood up, scanned everyone present with sharp eyes, and said, "According to the plan, let's start now, each leader and each department is ready!"

Except for Gaius, everyone stood up solemnly and walked out silently.Most of these people served in the army, but they did not belong to the Guards.The smallest official rank is also a commander.

Gaius, who had no soldiers and never led soldiers, sat on the spot and said to Augustus cautiously: "Officer, do we really want to take action? Then...be cautious before doing it. Make sure the conditions are met. You have to be mature to do it. We have given our lives to this action."

Augustus scolded a coward in his heart, but comforted him in his mouth: "Don't worry, Grand Elder. We will definitely be able to succeed. If something goes wrong with Felic, we will stop immediately and play by ear." You just need to do your affairs with the Senate afterwards."

The two sat down again, but Gaius was still fidgeting and chattering non-stop: "We asked Ma Luoer to send Mossolis' army across the sea, but please don't do anything at sea. thing…"

Augustus was actually in a hurry. Gaius couldn't bear the nagging anymore, and shouted: "Shut your crow's mouth. Why do you act with us when you're so looking forward and backward."

Augustus obviously overwhelmed Yous in momentum, and the latter shut up.But I still muttered in my heart: "You guys dragged me in at the beginning, I didn't want to do this with you guys."

At this time, a confidant of Augustus rushed into the mansion and said, "Here we come, we are here. Our eyeliner at the top of the city found a troop emerging from afar!"

Augustus said happily: "Everything is still in our plan, let's go! Go to the top of the city to watch the battle." He didn't want Gaius to be willing or not, so he took his arm and walked out.

They walked through the city accompanied by several retinues.As celebrities in the city of Rome, most of the patrolling guards recognized them, so naturally they would not stop them.

The two came to the head of Beicheng City and looked down the city.Sure enough, a large group of people was meandering forward, but they immediately discovered that something was wrong.The huge army seemed to be doing something while moving forward.Gaius had sharp eyes, and when he noticed that the soldiers who seemed to be wearing the uniforms of the Roman army were hanging corpses, he immediately exclaimed: "No, they should not be Felic's men."

Augustus hurriedly shouted: "Keep your voice down, are you afraid that others will not know what we are doing?"

At the same time, the sentinels of the Guards Corps on duty on the city wall also noticed the clues and shouted: "An army is coming from a distance, hurry up and be alert."

Augustus and Gaius exchanged winks and hurried down the city wall, but a large number of Guards soldiers rushed up the city against them.When they went down to the top of the city, they ran into Alexander head-on.The two of them suddenly seemed a little flustered, especially Gaius, who almost fell to the ground with his legs giving way.

"Hey, officer, and Elder Gaius, why are you here?"

Gaius was about to reply, but Augustus, who had recovered his composure, said first, "Oh, the two of us had a small banquet in the mansion today, and people said that the atmosphere in the city is not right today, so we came to the top of the city. Look what happened."

Alexander laughed and said, "It's nothing serious, it was Felic who launched the rebellion. So I asked the soldiers to be more vigilant. Now that the army that conquered the rebel army has returned in triumph, I will go to meet them in person."

Chapter 1034 Felic's Death

Augustus heard the news of Felic's defeat like thunder, and Gaius trembled.Fortunately, Alexander was in a hurry to meet Feng Yu, so he didn't notice anything unusual about them.When Augustus was about to ask which army was the army that conquered Felic, Alexander had already bid farewell to the two, and led the soldiers out of the city gate in a hurry.

Augustus dragged Gaius into the city, commanding the followers around him, "Quickly, notify the ministries, stop the action immediately! Stop the action!" The seven or eight followers around him rushed away.

When Augustus and Gaius came to an alley, they found that Proseus was coming with 400 people, and hurriedly stopped him: "Brother, Felic made a mistake, the operation was canceled, we Hurry back to the government to discuss."

Hundreds of people turned around hastily and walked towards Augustus' mansion in the city.The three discussed as they walked, and Augustus was already sweating.Gaius said worriedly: "No! Then Felici will definitely confess to us. How can a person like him survive the torture?"

Hearing this, Proseus also nervously said: "If I don't do one thing, I'll just turn it around now. Otherwise, if Felicity really confesses, we will all be ruined. We can't sit still and wait for death."

Augustus wiped the sweat from his brow and said, "Calm down, calm down. All we know now is that Felic was defeated. We don't know if he was killed, captured or escaped. We Don't take any chances. They have two whole legions."

He then ordered: "Quickly disperse and hide our soldiers and horses, and prepare with both hands."

Gaius said in surprise: "In this situation, we still disperse our troops. What if... Alexander comes to suppress us, what should we do?"

"Stupid, if we gather soldiers and horses, nothing will happen. At this point, we can only gamble that Felici is dead. If he doesn't die and confesses us again, We can only temporarily gather people and horses to fight to the death."

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At the same time, Alexander warmly greeted Feng Yu, and after a simple gesture of raising hands, they entered the city side by side.Alexander turned around for a moment, and saw a corpse hanging in front of the city gate, and a second corpse hanging outside more than ten battles.He said in surprise: "My God, how many rebels have you killed, from Mount Avantino all the way here?"

Feng Yu smiled slightly and said: "Your Majesty, 3000 and 23 rebels were killed in this battle, including Sicilian gangs and artisans who launched the rebellion at the Mint. More than 2000 people were captured alive. More than [-] pounds of gold were seized."

Alexander laughed loudly and said, "Feng Hu, I saw you right, I knew you were a general." Suddenly he thought of something again, and asked, "But can the bandit leader Felici be captured or killed?"

Feng Yu picked up a package from his side, opened it and showed it to Alexandra: "This is Felic's head. It's a pity that Mossolis, the leader of the Sicilian gang, got away."

Alexander said with a little regret: "The Sicilian gang is a trivial matter, but beheading Felic is a great achievement. It's just that I can live better."

"Oh, why does Your Majesty say that?"

Alexander curled his lips and said: "My mother told me that if a small person like Felici dared to do such a thing, there must be a huge force behind him. I think if he is captured alive, he will be able to follow the vine and wipe out the rebellion in the city."

Upon hearing this, Feng Yu wrapped the head in a package and said, "It's so easy, we hide the news that Felici is dead. I believe we can lure the snake out of the hole, and then annihilate it with one blow."

Alexander grinned again and said, "That's a really good idea. After finishing the arrangement, come back to the mansion with me and have a good drink. My mother is still waiting for news."

Afterwards, Feng Yu and Alexander summoned some generals and commanders under their respective command to come before them, and after whispering and discussing in the pergola by the street, they continued towards the palace.In the rear of the troops, under the guidance of the guards, those who escorted the prisoners and those who escorted the gold were arranged separately.

When they entered the palace, Amias saw Feng Yu appearing in front of him, and he knew that the matter was done.After she listened to Feng Yu's retelling of the incident, she patted her chest and said, "Thank God, this crisis is over. Even if we quelled the rebellion, we did not lose our prestige."

At this time, Alexander told Amias about the plan he had discussed with Feng Yu to lure the snake out of the cave.He originally thought that his mother would greatly appreciate his intelligence, but Amiyas changed his face and said: "This is nonsense, you should spread the news of Felic's death now, otherwise it will Make more trouble!"

Alexander frowned and said, "Mother, are you worrying too much? Oh, I forgot, you are a woman after all. Mother, don't worry, how much trouble can those rebellious youngsters cause in the city of Rome? If we don't take this opportunity to arrest them Catch them all in one go, and there will be another disaster in the future.”

Amiyas smiled wryly and said, "Son. We have no proof of who is behind Felici, but we can guess..."

Before she finished speaking, Alexander interrupted her: "Of course I know who it is, Prosecutor Proseus and Officer Augustus are the biggest, and there are some veterans and officers under their wings, Officials. So what, now there are two major armies in Rome, General Feng Hu and I, and they can't make waves no matter what."

Amias continued: "You. Your mind is still too simple. They can't make waves in Rome, but they can make huge waves outside Rome and the Apennine province. Otherwise Why do we have to wait until today when they make trouble to deal with them, set up a banquet to ambush them, and then announce that the evidence of their crimes is over. But things are not that simple, they are dead, the governors and generals they installed in other provinces are not Are you rebelling immediately?"

Alexander Pass was speechless.Feng Yu on the side also said in his heart: "This woman is not simple. She can see the direction of things, clarify the context, and make the most suitable choice. I planned to take this opportunity to take a few steps forward. I don't want to have to wait now."

It turned out that Feng Yu had the same thoughts as Amy Ya before, but he wanted to take advantage of the chaos to obtain greater benefits to help him complete his plan as soon as possible.So he said, "His Royal Highness is right. We should cancel this plan now and spread the news of Felic's death as soon as possible."

Alexander nodded solemnly.

After a while, Felic's head was hung on a bamboo pole and paraded around the streets.Augustus and the others got the news soon, and they let out a long sigh of relief.

Chapter 1035 The Expanded Legion

In the Palace of Alexander in Rome.Generals such as Feng Yu, Amias, Alexander, and Douglas were still feasting.But they had less time to eat and drink and more time to talk, and they unconsciously turned the banquet into a formal meeting.

Amias picked up the crystal glass, took a sip of the dark red wine and said, "The Mint must be restarted immediately. Otherwise, the empire will be in a crisis of money shortage. Because some of the Roman gold coins are taken out by traders every year, we have to Supplement the liquid currency on the market."

Alexander immediately replied: "The factory buildings are still there, and all the gold was seized by Feng Hu. The rebellious craftsmen were not beheaded. Most of them were captured. It is not difficult to recover theoretically. But according to our Roman law All these little rebel craftsmen will become slaves of Feng Hu's army, and [-]% of the gold will be distributed to His Excellency Feng Hu as a reward. Feng Hu will preside over the distribution of each member of each army. Therefore, there is a shortage of personnel and raw materials, and it will be difficult to recover for a while. .”

As soon as he said this, the banquet fell silent, and everyone lowered their heads and ate the dishes.Feng Yu naturally knew what the other party meant but he didn't speak for a long time. Ulysses, the treasurer of the legion sitting next to him, touched him lightly with his toe, but Feng Yu still went his own way and cut a piece of beef with a knife and fork.

Seeing that the atmosphere was going to be awkward, Amiyas quickly opened his mouth to smooth things over: "The matter of gold is a trivial matter, and it can be replenished from the treasury treasury. It's just this manpower. It's not difficult for us to gather the number of people. The difficulty is that the coinage is also a technical task." .It’s not something that can be done by a single person..."

Feng Yu then put down the knife and fork and said: "Your Highness, don't worry. The prisoners of our army can be sold back to the public at a discount. I believe the generals in our army can understand. And it is convenient for us to use cash to distribute."

"Then what price do you want?" Amiyas asked cautiously.

Feng Yu extended a slap and said, "It's [-]% off the market price."

Alexander and Amias were overjoyed.Alexander said: "Feng Hu, I don't know how to thank you, but you have solved a big problem for me and Rome."

Feng Yu replied: "This is what I should do for Rome. There is another thing I don't know if I should talk about it or not?"

Amiyas said: "Now we are sitting here are all our own people, if there is anything we can't talk about, His Excellency Feng Hu will just let us know."

"As far as I know, the Sicilian gang's lair should be on the Sicilian island in the southwest of the Apennine Peninsula. According to this, it is thousands of miles away, and it is absolutely impossible to come from land. There will be several legions along the way to intercept them. If they come by water, although they have ships and fleets, how can they travel thousands of miles, land in the northern part of the Apennines, and rush to help the bandit army on Mount Avantino? You know, there are a large number of imperial fleets cruising in the waters near the Apennines. "

Alexander frowned and said: "It's not difficult to guess the reason. It must be the commander of the Apennine fleet, Marlowe, who assisted him. This Marlowe's family is a close friend of Prosecutor Proseus. His younger brother Thomas is also in charge of a An irregular regiment of vigilantes stationed near the city of Rome."

Feng Yu actually knew that he would get this answer, but he still pretended to be thoughtful and hesitant to speak.Amiyas saw it, and asked: "Your Excellency, do you have anything to say? As I said before, everyone here is my own, please feel free to speak."

Feng Yu then said: "Your Highness, although your point of view is correct, in order to temporarily stabilize the overall situation, we must not startle the enemy and let these people attack in advance. But we must guard against them, especially the Marshall family. There are two major armed forces on land and water near the city of Rome. Like a crocodile that can go up the mountain and into the water, it can poke its head out and bite at any time, so it's hard to defend against it."

Amias said: "Of course we understand this truth, but it is impossible to liquidate the Proseus and Marshall families now. Otherwise, as I said before, the balance between the forces in Rome will be destroyed, and the world will inevitably be destroyed." Chaos."

Feng Yu said again: "Your Highness, that's not what I mean. I want to expand the armament just in case. The auxiliary army in my army organization is about to form an army, and the land forces are only used for the Apennines. Provincial defense is not a problem. But the Apennine Peninsula has thousands of miles of coastline, and Marshall has a vital naval fleet. This..."

Alexander immediately understood Feng Yu's intentions and asked, "Do you want to build another naval fleet?"

"Yes, that's exactly what I mean."

Amias shook his head again and again and said: "Your Excellency, this suggestion is naturally good. However, it is still a matter of money. You know, many provinces are now refusing to pay under the pretext of disaster, and all kinds of late payment should be turned over to Rome. The cost of building a navy is far greater than that of a legion. With the current income of the empire, it is impossible to build such a large fleet. The ships, as well as the recruitment of naval personnel, are huge The figure. Such a large sum of money, we can not come out."

Feng Yu said with a smile: "I can find a way to get the money. Don't forget, Your Majesty and Princess, I was once a Marquis of the Liang Kingdom, and I had a large area of ​​fief farmland in the Indus River Basin, as well as a caravan. So I also With a lot of wealth, it is still possible to pay for such a fleet. It only needs to be allocated by the government to pay the soldiers and generals on a daily basis."

Amiyas pondered for a moment and said, "That's it, I'm going to trouble you to spend the money. In the future, when the treasury is abundant, I will make up for the general. As for the daily military salary, there is no problem. The matter of the mint happened, the financial officer Even if he is not executed for the crime of joint rebellion, he will not escape the responsibility. So this position will be replaced by our people. As long as the accounts are borrowed from other places, it will not be a problem at all."

At the end, Amiyas added: "Since General Feng Hu wants to build a new navy, it is better to expand the military establishment under the general's command into a large army, that is, a group army. Add a naval fleet."

Alexander smiled and echoed: "Actually, I had this intention, but I gave up because I didn't have enough money in the treasury to support it. Now that you can pay the money for the formation of the army for the empire's bailout out of your own pocket, it is natural that you should expand the establishment." The Roman Empire has no precedent for mixed land and water legions. Since we have made an exception, it is better to make it bigger. Conventionally, a large legion only contains two legions, and a fleet is equivalent to a legion. Then Feng Hu’s large legion Add an Army Corps, and two Army Corps and a Sea Fleet."

Chapter 1036 The problem of fighting will

After Feng Yu, who was a little drunk, came out of Alexander's palace, he and a group of generals walked to the temporary barracks set up by his army outside the city.When they were blown by the cold wind, they woke up a lot, and chatted while walking.Simmons beside him asked in a low voice in Chinese: "General, I don't understand something. Just now you agreed so readily to expand the army at your own expense. Why did you deliberately appear stingy when the mother and son asked for help to restart the mint?"

Feng Yu smiled and said, "So you also know that I pretend to be stingy on purpose."

"Naturally, as a general, what is this little money?"

Feng Yu replied: "In fact, this is an attitude. I am an alliance with their mother and son, not a relationship of loyalty between a master and a servant. Restarting the mint has nothing to do with me, so I can't be careless. But the expansion of the army is It is to expand my own army, and the money is for myself. Naturally, there will be no hesitation. The mother and son of Amias will understand what I mean. In this case, they are willing to allocate my military salary, and I am willing to accept it. It represents the formation of a tacit alliance between us."

Simmons nodded half-understanding.

The group of them didn't find two pairs of eyes staring at them in a hidden corner behind them until they walked out of the city gate.Those who stared at them were none other than the spies of Tribune Quintus.

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Rome, the residence of the tribunes.The tribune Quintus was sitting behind a few desks in the lobby waiting for the news from his subordinates, and beside him were two of his trusted aides.Throughout the morning, several groups of spies came to report the situation to him.

"Reporting to the Tribune, at about ten o'clock this morning, a large number of soldiers were found in the Ivory Lane, Sunset Street, West City, about 300 people, and Thomas, the commander of the Rome City Security Corps, was also found."

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"Report, Lord Tribune, at [-]:[-] this morning. I waited and found five or six hundred soldiers in the open space behind the Nancheng Grand Arena. Among them, I saw the figure of Prosecutor Proseus."

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"Report to the Lord Tribune. A troop of thousands of people appeared outside the city. The identity is temporarily unknown."

When Quintus heard this report, he immediately became nervous.He knew that a bloody storm was coming in the city of Rome, and when he was thinking about what choice he should make, another detective came to report:

"Report, Lord Tribune. This army is all wearing the armor of the regular imperial army. But we haven't investigated which army it is." Quintus was a little relieved.

Then someone came to report that the army that came was the brigade of Feng Hu, a rookie in the political and military circles.Under the orders of Alexander, they wiped out the rebel craftsmen at the mint on the hill of Aventino, and beheaded the bandit leader Felici.And also killed countless Sicilian mercenaries who colluded with Felic.From the hill of Aventino all the way to the city of Rome, the corpses of these bandits and rebels were hung.

Only then did Quintus feel relieved, and asked the two confidantes beside him: "It seems that Feng Hu has only been in office for three months. And as far as I know, his so-called army is not full yet."

A confidant replied: "That's right. He has only been in office for three months and seven days. If you count the time on the road, the actual control of this army is less than three months. This army is not only dissatisfied, but also almost an empty shell. According to what I know, before Feng Hu took office, Douglas, who managed the legion, only recruited a few hundred soldiers."

Quintus added: "So, he recruited so many soldiers in such a short period of time, and he was able to give them a big victory. The rebellious mint craftsmen are a bunch of mobs with little fighting power. But the Sicilian gang is A group of fierce and good fighters. They can also be easily dealt with. It seems that Feng Hu is a person, and I still underestimate him at first."

Another confidant said: "My lord, this Feng Hu has the full support of His Majesty Alexander, so it is not surprising that he has achieved this level."

Quintus shook his head and said, "You have never led soldiers, so you don't know that this is a very difficult task. This Feng Hu is absolutely extraordinary. I will have to pay close attention to him in the future."

The confidant nodded and said: "My lord, I don't think we need to worry so much. These years, the emperors in the consul's mansion have changed one after another, and the nobles in the city of Rome are also fighting each other. .Why should we bother for them. Even if you don't want to join any party, you can just take care of yourself and follow the trend."

Quintus frowned and said: "If everyone thinks like you, Rome will perish. Yes, everyone thinks that the Roman Empire will exist for granted and will last forever. At most, they only predict that the Roman order will be chaotic, It will endanger their property and their lives, but they will not imagine the destruction of Rome. After all, Rome has existed for thousands of years. But I think that if the current chaotic situation in Rome continues, Rome will really perish. So I did Everything is for Rome, not for Alexander."

The two confidantes were silent for a long time after hearing this, and one of them couldn't help but said: "But my lord, if this is the case, you alone will not be able to turn the tide."

Quintus, who had converted to Christianity, said slowly: "It is up to man to plan, and God to make things happen. As for the final result, it depends on God's arrangement. If Rome really perishes, that is also God's will. I just want to do my best." Be worthy of your duty, worthy of Rome."

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Three days later, cheers came from the military camp outside Rome.It turned out that Feng Yu's army was distributing gold coin rewards in batches.These gold coins were naturally exchanged for prisoners of war slaves and [-]% of the captured gold.Each soldier received two to five gold coins according to their military merits, which was enough for their daily military pay for half a year to a year.After the barbarian soldiers got the money, they asked the generals for leave one after another, and wanted to go to the city to have fun.Feng Yu had to send gendarmes to the city of Rome to prevent them from going wild and making trouble after drinking.

Feng Yu looked at the happy faces of the soldiers when they received the gold coins, but he had a question in his mind.The fighting will and morale of most of these soldiers are fully supported by material rewards.Obedience to oneself is also dependent on rewards and military law deterrence.Especially for those barbarian soldiers.Such an army can fight some daily battles, but it is still easy to be defeated when encountering a stubborn enemy.

Feng Yu thought to himself that he needed another method to improve their morale and obey him.There is a traditional culture and way of thinking that is different from Middle-earth.Therefore, Liang Junzhong's approach cannot be applied here.After much deliberation, he couldn't think of a suitable solution.

Chapter 1037 No King, No Law

Three hundred miles south of Milan, in a small town called Geraya on the coast of the blue Tyrrhenian Sea, countless slaves and peasants are working extremely busy here.

This Reraya was originally just a fishing village, but now a well-equipped military port has begun to take shape.At this time, a group of people appeared on the construction site.The leader is Feng Yu, surrounded by Bonnie, Dianqing, Simmons and other cronies.

Obviously, the Genoa naval port was built by Feng Yu for the newly raised fleet.He came this time not only to inspect the progress of the project, but also to welcome the arrival of a caravan.

Bonnie had the best eyesight, and when she jumped up and yelled, "Come, come," the others looked and saw nothing.After a quarter of an hour, they finally saw the shadows of the heads of several masts on the sea level.

After more than half an hour, more than a dozen merchant ships finally arrived at the port of Genoa.The first person to jump down was General Lin Tao, the chief of Liang Jun's Western Fleet. Feng Yu transferred him and a few of his men to let him train the navy under his command.

But when another large group of people rushed onto the pier along the springboard, some people behind Feng Yu were surprised.Especially Dian Qingfei rushed forward, it turned out that his wife and two children were among the group.Feng Yu asked Lin Tao to bring the family members of the generals who followed him to Rome.

Lin Tao met Feng Yu, and habitually kowtowed to Feng Yu with Zhongtu kowtow, and said in his mouth: "I kowtow to the Supreme Emperor..." Before he finished speaking, Feng Yu pulled him up and said, "Isn't it a letter?" Did you tell me not to do this when you are in Rome. Just call me a general and act with Roman etiquette every day."

Lin Tao spread his hands in embarrassment and said, "But I don't know Roman etiquette."

Feng Yu said disapprovingly: "Roman etiquette is very simple, I will ask Dian Qing to teach you in a moment later. Hey, where is Dian Qing..."