Conquer all worlds starting from the mythical Three Kingdoms

Zhuge Liang returned to Jumeng City safely.

Ludovico was defeated by Wei Yan and his personal guards, and was imprisoned in the dungeon together with Palmiro.

Before the dust settles, these two people still have value, and simply killing them brutally is not in line with the strategic deployment.

In the evening, the three barbarian army commanders came to visit Zhuge Liang together.

"Please punish us for not being able to keep Trajan undefeated!"

Cha Xilan's face was full of guilt. They had sent out all their elite troops, but still failed to keep Camillo, which made them anxious.

Everyone knows that only when one's own value is sufficient can one gain better status and treatment.

However, they messed up the first task Zhuge Liang gave them.

Even though they were the undefeated Trajan's three gifted legions, their numbers were five times that of the enemy, and they were also burdened with Zhuge Liang's improved secret techniques and specially designed military formations. However, they still failed to achieve the desired results.

At this moment, they could only apologize to Zhuge Liang in fear.

"What crime have the generals committed?" Zhuge Liang waved his feather fan and chuckled.

"Come here, give the three generals seats!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Cha Xilan and the other two thanked him anxiously and then sat down.

Zhuge Liang's eyes twitched slightly. This title was really frightening and unsettling.

However, before he took the position of the first citizen of Rome, there was really no suitable title for him, so he could only let these people do whatever they wanted.

He would make corrections after he captured Rome's first citizen.

"The order I gave to the three generals was to intercept the enemy. The three generals completed the task very well. What crime have they committed?"

Zhuge Liang calmed the emotions of the three barbarian legion commanders. The reason why he could become the first candidate for the Roman emperor was, on the one hand, due to the support of the Tenth Knight, and on the other hand, naturally, due to the support of these barbarians.

The Tenth Knightly Legion was not on a completely different level from other Roman legions. All of its members were knights, all of whom were Roman aristocrats. It could be said that they controlled one-third of the voice of the Roman aristocracy.

In the past, the Tenth Knights basically played badly during the Roman emperor elections, and like the Roman Soul Legion, they were assumed to be a force that the Roman emperor could use after taking office.

Of course, most of the time, the Tenth Knight Legion only obeyed orders and not announcements, staying in their own little piece of land, looking completely isolated from the world.

This time, when he stepped into the competition for Roman emperor to support Zhuge Liang, everyone had to face up to the huge gap between the Tenth Cavaliers Legion and other legions.

That was a huge force that could truly influence the position of the Roman emperor.

The remaining two thirds went partly to Caracalla, partly to Octavian, partly to Nero, and partly to the two border dukes, Niger and Arnubis.

With Zhuge Liang's actions, half of the Roman nobles finally sided with Zhuge Liang's camp.

The focus of the struggle among various forces was naturally the Roman Eagle Legion, which was represented by the Roman emperor with the strongest military force.

Zhuge Liang relied on his economic advantage to win over the former Sixth Eagle Flag, now the Roman Triumphal Army, the former Third Eagle Flag Cyrene Legion, the Seventh Eagle Flag Legion, the remaining forces of the Ninth Spanish Legion, the Sixteenth Steadfast Legion, and the Twenty-second Devouring Legion.

Especially the remaining forces of the Seventh Eagle Flag and the Ninth Eagle Flag. Because their legions were completely destroyed, they had no power to protect their interests and were almost divided up by other forces. Zhuge Liang secured some of their interests for them, so they naturally turned to Zhuge Liang.

Although the legion was completely destroyed, there were still some old and young Roman nobles left. For Zhuge Liang, even a mosquito leg was meat, so he naturally recruited them.

As for the Third Cyrene, there is no need to say much. The First Italian Legion and the Second Augustan Legion have already opened up an essential gap with them.

Octavian and Nero's analysis of the fantasy soldiers could not compare with Zhuge Liang's. Especially since Zhuge Liang had research progress on the four forces of Rome, Han Dynasty, Xiongnu, and Mongols, he developed the fantasy soldiers to an extreme.

Under the temptation of power, Kirby finally chose to join Zhuge Liang.

There is nothing much to say about the sixteenth and twenty-second ones. They were simply achieved by Zhuge Liang with his own interests.

In addition, Zhuge Liang’s biggest supporter was naturally the Roman barbarians.

Maximinus, the Celts, Germans, and Slavs who served as the Duke of the North were all staunch supporters of Zhuge Liang because Zhuge Liang could bring them identity and status.

Zhuge Liang promised the three barbarians, the Celts, the Germans and the Slavs, that after he became the Roman emperor, they could form an Eagle Flag Legion and grant them their former territories.

Seventy percent of the barbarians in Rome were won over by Zhuge Liang.

Although the combined number of Celtic, Germanic and Slavic forces in Rome was less than one-third of that under Maximinus, Zhuge Liang still attached great importance to these three forces.

After all, the Roman barbarians and the three major barbarians have the same origin and the same ancestor.

Now everyone is divided into you and me, but when the three major barbarian forces grow stronger, naturally some people will choose to return to their roots.

After seeing off the three legion commanders, Zhuge Liang sat in his study and began to think about how to use this incident to sound the clarion call for final success.

Zhuge Liang didn't care about those small fish and shrimps, as they couldn't cause any big waves.

However, Zhuge Liang had to take the treasurer Pippianus seriously. After all, he was his opponent who controlled the entire Roman finances. In a sense, he was his biggest opponent.

But this time the handle fell into his hands, and things like conspiracy and assassination could not be made public.

Moreover, the failure of the assassination was itself a symbol of incompetence and would deal a heavy blow to Pippianus' reputation.

Once it is exposed, with the power that Zhuge Liang currently controls, Pippanus will definitely step down and be liquidated.

However, Zhuge Liang had other ideas. He did not intend to let Pippanus die directly. This was a capable man, and he wanted to try to see if he could make him one of his own.

More importantly, he needed someone to maintain Rome's finances for him. His eyes were never on the Roman Empire, so after he left, who would maintain Rome became a very important issue.

At present, it seems that Pippianus is the only candidate.

"Wen Chang, send someone to notify the Tenth Knight to come back, and transfer a group of experts from the country. Also send someone to summon the Senate to prepare for the preliminary decision!"

"Activate all hidden players and start propaganda to build momentum for the convening of a citizens' assembly to elect the Roman emperor!"

Zhuge Liang narrowed his eyes, intending to cut the Gordian knot quickly and take it step by step. It was almost a foregone conclusion. However, if he wanted to subdue Pippenanus, he had to do it as quickly as possible and put Pippenanus in a position where he had no way to retreat.

Moreover, he convened the Citizens' Assembly in order to bring back the two Dukes of the border counties, Arnubis and Nigel. If they did not come back, he could just dispatch Tianzhou to attack directly and support two of his own people at the same time.

When the appointed time came, the Senate meeting was held in due course.

Almost all the Roman senators gathered in the Senate, and everyone's eyes were focused on Zhuge Liang.

Caracalla looked at Zhuge Liang with complicated eyes. He wanted to succeed his father Severus, but he failed. There were too many constraints, and his power was not enough to overwhelm other senators. In the end, he was abandoned.

This is also the reason why Zhuge Liang personally took action.

However, even so, Caracalla could not feel hatred towards Zhuge Liang. The other party did plan a lot of things for him. Unfortunately, the upper and lower limits of a monarch can never be determined by the advisers behind him.

Many times, Caracalla was simply unable to withstand the fierce and ferocious Roman senators.

Having come to this point, Caracalla also understood that his time as Roman emperor had come to an end.

But he was very calm. After all, he was impressed by Zhuge Liang's gentlemanly character. He only hated that the Roman senators under him had their own ulterior motives, which led to the division of such a huge Roman Empire.

Zhuge Liang promised that he could take over Severus's former position and go to North Africa to serve as the Duke of a border county. This was the last honor for Caracalla.

After all, Severus started out as just a border duke, and it was already a honor for him to keep his position as duke. After all, in name only, the Roman emperor was only the first citizen and could not inherit his father's career.

As usual, the Roman Senate was filled with roars, all of which were about insignificant disputes over interests, verbal battles between the two sides, and some policy discussions, which made the Senate as lively as usual.

But everyone knows that this is just the appetizer, the real highlight is yet to come.

When the meeting entered the second half, Zhuge Liang stood up from his seat.

"Everyone!" Zhuge Liang said loudly.

Almost in an instant, the noise in the Senate began to quiet down, and everyone turned their eyes to Zhuge Liang.

Caracalla, Pippianus, Octavian, Nero, Arnubis, and Niger were all waiting for Zhuge Liang's next words.

"Rome needs a new helmsman. Caracalla cannot control this huge country. Rome needs a new first citizen to lead Rome's recovery!" Zhuge Liang said loudly.

Caracalla looked gloomy. Although he had known it for a long time, when Zhuge Liang said it, he still felt extremely unwilling.

Pippenianus' eyebrows jumped. He originally thought that this scene today was aimed at him, but he didn't expect that Zhuge Liang would skip him and charge towards the position of the Roman emperor.

Octavian was as steady as a rock, while Nero was just watching from the sidelines. The two had anticipated the current situation and had long been prepared not to interfere. Naturally, they were unmoved now, but they were also quite curious about what Zhuge Liang was planning to do.

"Everyone, please nominate the candidates you support. We will hold a citizen vote later to elect a new first citizen. What do you think, elders?"

As soon as Zhuge Liang finished speaking, someone stood up and nominated someone.

"Zhuge Kongming, you have devoted all your efforts to Rome. I recommend Zhuge Kongming!"

Immediately after Nigel and Arnubis, someone stood up and nominated two others.

"I nominate the treasurer Piponanus!" a Roman senator stood up and said loudly.

Pippenanus was suddenly shocked, then instantly understood what Zhuge Liang meant. He looked at Zhuge Liang in disbelief.

Pippenanus's face was pale, and he could already feel that many people were looking at him with strange eyes.

The most incredible thing was the look from Palmiro and Ludovico.

If before this, he was a remnant of the old Rome, he was a loyal Roman minister who stopped Zhuge Liang for the sake of justice.

So at this moment, he is a politician who talks about benevolence and morality.

Especially when someone nominated him, the elders behind him naturally stood up to support him, leaving him speechless.

Yellow mud fell into my crotch, it didn't matter whether it happened or not.

At this moment, in everyone's mind, he has become a political politician, and all his previous slogans, beliefs and rhetoric have become his political tools.

He could clearly feel that the way Ludovico, Palmiro and Camillo looked at him had changed dramatically, and Pippenanus had no way to defend himself.

If he stood up and denied it now, he would be pushing himself into the fire pit, but if he did not deny it, he would be pushing Ludovico, Palmiro and Camillo to Zhuge Liang's side.

What's even more annoying is that the forces behind Pippenanus have already begun to exert their strength and engage in verbal attacks with other forces. If he stands up now and betrays the forces behind him, he will be cut off from the world.

Pippenianus never thought that Zhuge Liang would play the yellow robe trick on him, and the Roman senator who supported him was actually arranged by Zhuge Liang.

But now it was too late, he had no way to break the impasse.

And even if he broke through, Zhuge Liang would immediately make a big fuss about the affairs of Palmiro and Ludovico.

The former is being cheated, and the latter is really seeking death.

He didn't know why Zhuge Liang didn't kill him first and then run for the election of Roman emperor.

But now, he felt a breath stuck in his chest and stared at Zhuge Liang with mixed feelings.

Zhuge Liang would smile at Pippianus.

If you want to destroy a person, you must make him crazy.

Since Pippianus dared to do this to me, he must have made arrangements for his funeral, and he would have no regrets even if he died.

How could Zhuge Liang let Pippenanus go so easily? So he gave Pippenanus a push and created public opinion to make Pippenanus's subordinates think that Pippenanus really had a chance.

This would drive the family of Piponanus crazy.

When the dust settled, even if Pippenianus wanted to retreat, he could no longer do so.

Ludovico, Palmiro will become a knife staring at Pippanus, being deceived is the greatest pain.

But Zhuge Liang said nothing to them.

Once Pippenanus retreated, he would be on the edge of an abyss of no return. As long as his position was used to put Pippenanus' family in danger, Pippenanus would have no choice but to fight for finances all his life.

When Zhuge Liang thought of this, his smile towards Piponanus became even more intense.