When Wei Yan walked out of the tent with an unconvinced look on his face, Zhuge Liang shook his head and said that it still needed to be polished.

Wei Yan likes to take unconventional and risky moves, which is a good idea, but you can't treat your opponents as idiots.

Winning by surprise is indeed a good idea, but the prerequisite is that you have already thought about what to do if your surprise move is cracked by others, or there is someone who can help you to defend against the opponent.

Huo Qubing's surprise attack on Mobei was successful not only because he was a top-notch warrior, but also because Wei Qing was there to defend him head-on.

Only the combination of the positive and the strange can bring out the best effect. Of course, Zhuge Liang couldn't tell Wei Yan these things now. He had to correct the rebellious nature in Wei Yan first.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang specifically sought out Lu Xun and Lu Meng, and used the method of multiple denials to grind down Wei Yan's arrogance.

A general should have pride, but this pride should be in his bones and not turn into arrogance.

"What do you think about Wei Wenchang's surprise attack plan?" Zhuge Liang asked after thinking for a while.

Lu Xun and Lu Meng were stunned for a moment. If it was Wei Yan who proposed this plan, then they could completely conclude that Wei Yan was stupid.

But when these words came from Zhuge Liang's mouth, they had to think carefully about whether they had missed something.

"Even if Xun You and I use our spiritual talents, we can't do this. Rome will not make a mistake in such a place!" After thinking about it, Lu Xun shook his head and denied it.

"To be more precise, we don't have enough manpower. If we want to achieve the desired effect, we need to at least double the manpower!"

Lu Xun simulated it. Even if he used his spiritual talent to make Rome make a wrong judgment, and then used Xun You's spiritual talent to cover up their whereabouts and intentions, there would still be a problem in the end, that is, they did not have enough manpower.

If they want to carry out multiple operations at the same time, manpower is a fatal weakness that they cannot avoid.

"Double the manpower... Are you planning to get all the soldiers in the city to rush out?" Lu Meng suddenly had an idea and looked at Zhuge Liang in surprise.

"How about a plan of empty city?" Zhuge Liang smiled.

"Theoretically, it is possible to achieve this, but..." Lu Xun frowned.

"Once Rome reacts, it is very likely that they will directly take control of Jumeng City. We will lose our foothold in Rome, and the impact on subsequent trade will be immeasurable!"

"You are right. However, does Rome dare to come in?" Zhuge Liang showed a wise look.

"Why not..." Lu Meng wanted to ask subconsciously, but suddenly reacted.

"You plan to have our people blend in with Maximinus' barbarians, march south from the north, and head straight for Rome when the enemy is at the gates?"

Lu Meng understood Zhuge Liang's plan.

What Zhuge Liang wanted to gamble on was not whether Rome dared to take Jumeng City by taking advantage of the empty city plan, but to use the large army mixed with barbarians to march south to intimidate Rome and create the impression that they deliberately gave up Jumeng City in order to obtain an excuse to start a war.

This method is useless against brainless reckless people, but for the smart people in Rome, it is an invisible deterrent.

Of course, this thing is more of a calculation based on the unstable morale among the Roman senators.

Would the Roman senators really dare to gamble their own assets on such an illusory possibility?

Does Rome’s finance really dare to cut off trade with Xinghan?

The Roman senators still want to do business with Xinghan.

Even if they occupied Jumeng City, the initiative of trade was still in Xinghan's hands. Moreover, after losing Jumeng City, there was still the threat of the territory of Maximinus, the Duke of the North.

No matter what, Xinghan always has the opportunity to open a space gate from the north and march south. If the imperial war breaks out again, the disintegration of Rome is almost a foregone conclusion.

Wei Yan is on the first level, Lu Meng and Lu Xun are on the second level, and there is no doubt that Zhuge Liang is on the fourth level.

Following Zhuge Liang's line of thought, Lu Meng and Lu Xun even felt that if they angered Rome and let Rome send troops to occupy Jumeng City for themselves, the benefits that could be brought to the Xinghan Empire would be more obvious.

After all, trade is not as fast as dumping. Once the Roman economy collapses, everything they have lost will be taken back again.

Octavian set a trap for Zhuge Liang, and now Zhuge Liang also wants to set a trap for Octavian.

Actively breaking one's own invincible golden body as a god of war and causing the collapse of reputation is certainly using reputation to exchange for real benefits, but in many cases, reputation and credibility are difficult to rebuild once they collapse.

Since Octavian had entered the game himself, Zhuge Liang seized the flaw created by Octavian himself and attacked it fiercely.

When Octavian lost the support of the Roman senators and the grassroots, even being the god of war would be meaningless.

For the lower classes in Rome, the moment their lives collapsed, an invisible hand would push them to the opposite side of Octavian.

The past glory and the reality of life trapped Octavian and Rome.

When the wall falls, everyone pushes it. When the situation reaches the point where everyone is pointing fingers at the wall, Zhuge Liang will not just sit there and watch. He will only add fuel to the fire.

Since Octavian made him fail once, he would not make the same mistake a second time, and he would definitely make Octavian fail again.

Zhuge Liang's eyes flashed with brilliance. To win by surprise and to coincide with the enemy, Wei Yan's plan seemed to be similar to his, but in fact, they were completely different.

"Lu Boyan, you and Wei Wenchang move our soldiers to the north, meet up with Maximinus and wait for news. Gather the troops and wait for any movement from Rome. Once Rome sends troops, you must send them out immediately!"

Zhuge Liang waved his feather fan and gave orders to Lu Xun.

With the cooperation of Lu Xun and Wei Yan, it was enough to transfer the soldiers in the city to the territory of the Northern Duke quietly. After all, the number of caravans coming and going in the city every day was endless.

It was difficult for ordinary troops to leave the city, but Lu Xun's misjudgment, coupled with Wei Yan's reflection of Xun You's spiritual talent, was enough to complete the transfer without the Romans noticing.

"Lü Ziming, go to Rome to discuss the alliance for attacking the Kingdom of Heaven. At that time, all the people who can still enter the Kingdom of Heaven will be assigned to you!"

"It is enough to leave Zhao Zilong and five hundred guards in the city. As long as we maintain law and order, we don't need to worry about anything else!"

"Pass the order down, when the Roman army is at the gate, open the city gates, no need to be on guard!" Zhuge Liang covered his face with his feather fan.

Octavian, this move is aimed at checking your army. How will you respond?

Rome acted quickly. After gathering its troops, it used a counter-summoning ritual to enter the kingdom of heaven. Zhuge Liang was not to be outdone and led all the soldiers in the city into the kingdom of heaven.

Octavian came personally on behalf of Rome to discuss the attack plan with Zhuge Liang. He showed no other expression at all and acted as if he regarded Zhuge Liang and others as allies.

"This scale..."

Octavian noticed the number of troops under Zhuge Liang. As a god of war, counting the number of people was a fairly easy task for him.

"Did they leave all the previous wave of soldiers in the city? Then wouldn't Jumeng City be an empty city now?" Octavian's eyes lit up instantly.

For Rome, the city of Jumon was like a thorn in the throat. It was not fatal, but it made it uneasy.

Octavian was constantly thinking about how to remove this thorn before Xinghan could react. As long as he made it a fait accompli, he could then use alliances and agreements to appease Xinghan, and it might not be impossible to bring this trading city under Rome's control.

Even if they occupied the city, they could not tear up the previous agreement, but no one in power could tolerate someone sleeping soundly next to his bed.

This was even more unbearable for Octavian, who had led Rome to glory and witnessed Rome's greatest glory.

Zhuge Liang quietly gave Octavian the aura of Zhou Yu's mental retardation. Octavian didn't need to make any big mistakes, just a small mistake would be enough.

Lu Meng looked at the two people who seemed to be chatting happily on the surface, but were actually full of intrigue. The corner of his mouth twitched, and then he put on his armor silently. He had a dirty mind when playing politics, and he was really afraid that one day he would be played to death by these people.

“Should I also learn about politics?”

This thought popped up in Lu Meng's mind, but after thinking about it, Lu Meng gave up this seemingly good idea.

Even if his spiritual talent can promote learning, this thing cannot be solved by paper knowledge. It is better for him to study military tactics honestly and have a future.

"Our army will lead the attack, and your army will help defend our right wing. How about that?" Octavian conveyed Nero's strategic deployment.

Zhuge Liang took a general look and discovered that Nero's battle plan was aimed at destroying the Kingdom of Heaven, so he had no objection.

If Rome dared to use the entire empire's military force to hold a fake match this time, Zhuge Liang would accept it.

After all, Nero's battle deployment was perfect. Unless Nero wanted to destroy Rome directly, Zhuge Liang didn't know how to lose this time.

The outcome of the game in reality is unknown, but it is indeed time to resolve the issue of the Kingdom of Heaven.

The two sides briefly exchanged views on strategic deployment and happily reached an agreement.

For Zhuge Liang, it was already very good that they could get to the right wing battlefield. After all, their strength at the moment was relatively weak. Even if they tried to put together a large army, it would still be far from enough compared with the overall military strength of Rome.

On the other side, the army of angels, just like before, rushed towards the coalition forces with a flood-like charge.

However, Octavian's previous waterproofing gave the angels too many illusions, so that these angels did not realize what kind of opponent they were facing this time.

Although in the previous confrontations between the two sides, the angels had learned to fight in a connected formation, and had also learned cross-cover, mutual suppression at medium and short range, and joint attack, the angels still rushed forward in a swarm.

Because nothing they had learned could defeat Octavian, but the unanimous charge won them the last victory.

The so-called God, the god of light who had usurped the throne, did not realize that Octavian's failure was intentional.

The main purpose was to trap Zhuge Liang and, incidentally, drag God into the ditch as well.

"Demonize and attack!" Nero calmly used his God of War special effects. A dark light bloomed from Nero's body and spread in all directions.

The Roman army instantly transformed into an army of demons. There was no significant improvement in strength, but the special attack attributes against angels were greatly improved.

The angels were defeated as expected. The Tenth Knight Legion charged at the front like evil spirits, and directly opened fire in the angel army, killing the angels completely.

For the angels, the miracle legion of the Tenth Knight is their natural enemy. The angels stabbed to death by them cannot even be resurrected and can only consume their power to generate new angels.

"Angels...are just a bunch of bird-people with wings!"

Nero looked at the defeated Angel Vanguard Legion and said with some disdain.

Apart from being able to float, being able to resurrect on the spot, and being able to come in sufficient numbers, they don't have any special abilities.

They even actively chose to attack in a swarm, with no cross-cover, no coordinated suppression at medium and short ranges, and no coordinated joint attack. They were completely a group of mobs.

On the other side, Lu Meng and his men also encountered the angels' vanguard. Chen Dao, who was in charge of the troops, rushed forward directly, and then the enemies were chopped to death without any resistance, just like mowing the grass.

The last time they were betrayed by Rome and defeated by the angels with numbers. In the flood of angels, Chen Dao's Bai Er Army performed quite well. This time Zhuge Liang specially selected Chen Dao's Army as the vanguard.

The Bai Er Corps is somewhat vulnerable against top-level defensive arms, but it is a natural nemesis against most legions with normal defense. Its killing efficiency is extremely terrifying, and it has its own pursuit ability, which allows it to defeat the angels in a very short time.

Moreover, this time Zhuge Liang brought out the Changshui Camp, which was his last resort. Originally, it was supposed to stay in the city and rely on the city's favorable terrain to launch sniper attacks on the enemy, but this time Zhuge Liang pulled out all the troops.

The Changshui Battalion, which was specially designed to deal with large numbers of enemies, would naturally not let them go. Under the heavy bombardment, the Angel Legion was unable to organize an effective formation and could only be killed indiscriminately after being dispersed.

After the test, the angels did not realize that the human wave tactic had completely lost its effect, and still chose to come out in full force and launch a swarm attack.

People are always superstitious about their own successful experiences, which is quite fatal to any intelligent creature.

God apparently didn’t realize this because he had been away from human society for so long.

Under Nero's operation, the Roman Senate Guard activated the military soul blessing. The First Italian Legion held high the will of the Roman Empire. The Fifth Skylark and Fourteenth Combination jointly controlled the command system. The main combat legions cooperated with each other. The Second Augustus broke through from the front, and the Tenth Knight on the side and rear was ready to break through.

Simply put, this cautious response is basically equivalent to Rome going all out.

Fighting a war for the empire was no different, so the Angel Legion was crushed by the Roman iron torrent without any resistance.

It was not until the entire army was annihilated that God finally realized that something was wrong.

However, it was too late. It did not realize that it had already lost the qualification to play chess and became a weight in the game between Octavian and Zhuge Liang.

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