As the king of a kingdom, Jesseti suddenly felt very useless because her kingdom was too small.
Facing the invasion of a powerful enemy, when the country may fall at any time, he actually did not have any courage to fight with the enemy.
Who should I depend on?
This is what Jesseti is thinking about now.
Attached to the Roman Empire, water from afar could not quench the thirst nearby, because the Ming army was already approaching the city, and they might launch a fierce attack on Panjicafe City at any time.
If you rely on the Ming Dynasty, you will offend the powerful Roman Empire. This is completely trying to lure the wolf away from the tiger.
What to do?
"Your Majesty the King!"
At this time, the high priest of the Bosporus Kingdom said calmly: "Your Majesty, you can first agree to the conditions proposed by the Ming army, and then wait for reinforcements from Rome."
"In this way, I, the Bosporus, can have both sides and remain invincible."
"Huh???" Jesseti was stunned when he heard this, thinking why didn't the king think of this? We can first agree to the Ming army's request, and then secretly ask for help from the Roman Empire. As long as the Roman army arrives, Panjica
Isn’t the crisis in the Philippines easily solved?
"Okay!" Jesseti nodded and said: "According to the opinion of the high priest, Vicki -" Jesseti looked at Vicki: "Go to the Ming army camp again and agree to all their conditions.
As long as we can stabilize them."
"Yes!" Vicki responded.
Outside the city——
At the Ming army camp, Guan Xing was waiting for the Bosphorus people's response. He was not worried about any tricks these Bosphorus people would play.
In front of the Ming Dynasty's cavalry, the Bosphorus could only surrender humbly.
"Come here!"
Guan Xing suddenly called out, and the guards outside the account hurried in: "General!"
"Go and fetch Guan Suo." Guan Xing said.
Although he was not worried about the Bosporans, he was worried about the Romans in the west. After all, the Bosporan Kingdom was dependent on the Roman Empire before this.
Not long after, Guan Suo came to the Zhongjun tent.
"Asuo!" Guan Xing pointed to the map and said: "This is the only way for Rome to enter Panjcafe. I am worried that the Romans will come to rescue the Bosporus."
Guan Suo heard this and said, "Second brother, do you want me to lead the troops to defend this place?"
"Exactly!" Guan Xing nodded in confirmation.
Talking to a smart person is as simple as that. Guan Suo immediately handed over his hand and said: "I will lead my troops to guard it."
There is a canyon southwest of Panjicafi, which is the main passage from Panjicafi to Rome.
As long as a troop of troops is placed in this canyon, even if the Romans want to rescue the Bosporus, it will be difficult for them to pass.
As soon as Guan Suo left, Vicki came to the Ming army camp again.
Seeing Weiqi, Guan Xing laughed and said: "Your envoy has left and returned. Could it be that your king has already made a decision."
"Come back to the general!" Vecchi saluted, and then said with a smile: "The Kingdom of Bosporus is willing to attach itself to the Kingdom of Ming, and from now on it will become a country that is surrendered to His Majesty the King of Ming."
Haha, I agreed so readily.
"Very good!" Guan Xing nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "Since your king is aware of current affairs, and I am very satisfied, please open the city gate immediately. I will re-canonize your family on behalf of His Majesty the King of Ming Dynasty.
King."
"Ah?" Vicki was stunned for a moment.
He did not expect that the Ming army would show up like this. He originally thought that since he agreed to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, the matter would be settled. If the Ming army withdrew, everything would be fine. If the Ming army did not withdraw, then they would have to wait for reinforcements from the Roman Empire.
Arrival.
But——
The Ming army actually wanted to re-canonize the King of Bosporus.
Just when Vicki was stunned, Guan Xing said coldly: "Is it possible that your king is pretending to surrender, but in fact he is trying to delay time and wait for the Romans to come and rescue you?"
"No!"
"Nothing!"
Vicki hurriedly denied it, but Guan Xing laughed loudly and said: "Go back and tell your king that you don't have to hope that the Romans will come to save you. They can't protect themselves now. Our Ming Dynasty's hundreds of thousands of troops have been assembled.
Be ready to attack Rome at any time."
"This——"
Vicki was so shocked that cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
These Orientals are too arrogant.
Returning to Panjikafei Palace, Vicki once again conveyed Guan Xing’s words to Jesseti.
"Your Majesty!" Vicki shook his head and said: "This time the Ming army is bound to win. If we, the Bosphorus people, are unwilling to rely on us, I'm afraid..."
Everyone was stunned.
Orientals don’t play by the rules.
Jesseti paused, sighed, and said: "In order to prevent the Kingdom of Bosporus from being destroyed, I have decided to attach myself to the Ming Dynasty."
He has no other choice.
In a deadly fight with the Ming army, the Bosphorus were no match for them. They were waiting for reinforcements from Rome, but they were unable to quench their thirst.
As for the consequences of offending the Romans, we can only wait until the Romans come to kill us.
Two days later, Guan Xing led 10,000 fine cavalry and marched into Panjikafe City. At Panjikafe Palace, on behalf of the Ming Dynasty King Liu Yan, he re-canonized Jesseti.
"King Jessiti!" Guan Xing said with a smile: "Now that Bosphorus is a subordinate kingdom of our Ming Dynasty, please follow the will of my Majesty the Ming Dynasty and abolish the slavery system in the Bosphorus Kingdom immediately.
”
"Yes!" Jesseti reluctantly agreed.
Small countries have no negotiating capital in front of big countries.
The day after receiving the canonization of the Ming Dynasty, Jesseti sent envoys to Rome in accordance with the orders of His Majesty the King of the Ming Dynasty.
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AD 3rd.
Roman Palace.
"Asshole!"
"Asshole!"
Emperor Valerian of the Roman Empire roared in the main hall: "The Han people in the East bully others too much."
As the saying goes, what is unbearable is that not only did we seize the kingdoms affiliated with the Roman Empire, but we also asked this small country to send people to Rome to break off diplomatic relations.
This was an insult to the Roman Empire.
Valerian immediately ordered the execution of the Bosporus envoys. For the rebellious vassals, only killing was enough to punish them.
"Send the order!"
Valerian said solemnly: "Order the Second Danube Corps to attack the Bosporus immediately and let all the Bosporans have a taste of the swords in the hands of our Roman warriors."
"Those who betray our Roman Empire will be destroyed and their people will be destroyed!"
Bosporus abandoned Rome and attached itself to the Ming Kingdom, which made Valerian furious.
February 3, 258 AD.
Thirty-four thousand men of the Second Danube Corps marched into Bosporus in a mighty manner. They were going to attack this small country that had abandoned the Roman Empire.
Thirty miles southwest of Panjkafi.
Canyon mouth.
As soon as the Roman troops entered the canyon, arrows suddenly rained down from the cliffs on both sides, and every arrow dropped, making a shocking explosion.
Bang bang, bang bang bang.
The Romans had never encountered such a battle, and the explosion shocked the Roman soldiers and fled in panic.
On the cliff.
Guan Suo looked at the chaotic Roman soldiers in the canyon with a proud smile on his face.
The Wei people's thunder cannons are quite useful... Guan Suo praised in his heart that when Liu Chan came to the Ming Dynasty this time, he also brought the thunder cannons modified by Ma Jun to Taixi Feng.
When Liu Chan went west to Rome, the production of thunder cannons and other weapons was actually being stepped up in Taixi Feng City.
In the last Western Expedition, Liu Chan used more explosives. Now that the Han Dynasty has unified the Central Plains, to deal with the tyrannical country of Rome, we must suppress our opponents in terms of weapons.
The effect is good.
Thirty three-bow crossbows, after less than half an hour of shooting, more than 30,000 Roman soldiers were killed and injured, and only a small number of people took advantage of the chaos to escape.
The five thousand Ming troops did not lose a single person, and the entire Second Danube Corps of the Roman Empire was almost destroyed.
The news quickly spread to surrounding countries.
In the Kingdom of Panjikafi, after receiving the battle report, Jesseti was a little doubtful whether it was true or false.
He asked in surprise: "Is the Ming army really so powerful?"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Vicki nodded affirmatively and said, "No one in the 5,000 Ming army was injured, while only 2,000 of the 30,000-strong Roman regiment left the battlefield alive."
"Oh God!" Jesseti muttered silently with a lingering heart: "Fortunately, the king made a wise decision, otherwise there would probably be no one in Panjicafe City now."
Jesseti was really shocked.
When he learned that Roman Emperor Valerian had dispatched the Second Danube Corps to attack, he began to wonder whether he should send someone to the Roman Corps to tell the Romans that we were also forced.
If the Romans are willing, we Bosporans are willing to cooperate internally and externally to attack the Ming army outside Panjicafi City.
But now, he is glad that he was not stupid.
Otherwise, if the Ming army is offended, not only the Bosphorus may be destroyed, but the Bosphorus people may also be exterminated.
It was also because of this great victory of the Ming army that Jesseti became very determined in attaching herself to the Ming Kingdom.
……
Roman Palace.
Valerian's reaction was almost exactly the same as Jesse's. He didn't believe it was true at all.
But when the exact battle report was sent to him, he was stunned. He had heard that the Eastern Han people were very powerful before.
But I didn't expect it to be so ridiculously powerful.
Because the frontline battle report made it very clear that even the Roman regiment did not see the Ming army, and more than 30,000 people were killed by 70%.
The arrogant Roman regiment suffered a heavy blow this time.
Completely opposite to Jessiti and Valerian, there was the Han Emperor Liu Chan in the Palace of Ctesiphon.
"Congratulations, father!"
Liu Yan smiled proudly and said: "Our army won a complete victory. From now on, the Romans did not dare to go further eastward."
"Haha!" Liu Chan smiled, then looked at Liu Yan and said, "Yan'er is wrong. It won't be long before there will be no more Romans in this world."
Before this battle, although Liu Chan had decided to conquer Rome in the west, he was still a little worried. After all, the Roman Empire was very powerful in history.
Although the Han army has advanced weapons, the Romans will definitely not be idiots. They will not sit still and wait for death. If they fight to the death with the Han army, how much will it cost the Han army to defeat this powerful empire?
Now he has confidence.
The Han army has firearms. For the army of this era, it is a dimensionality reduction strike.
"Yan'er!" Liu Chan said immediately: "Immediately send someone to declare war on the Roman Empire."
This time, Liu Chan wants the whole world to know that the Han Dynasty is the master of the world, and even the arrogant Roman Empire will surrender under the iron heel of the Han Dynasty.
Two months later.
The declaration of war from the Han Dynasty was sent to the Roman Palace.
Because of the battle a few months ago, it is already known to the world that the Roman Second Danube Corps of more than 30,000 people was defeated by 5,000 Ming troops and almost all of them were destroyed.
Therefore, when the Roman Emperor received the declaration of war from the Han Emperor, the whole of Rome immediately fell into panic.
Of course, the declaration of war has been delivered.
Although the Romans were afraid, Roman Emperor Valerian still made an emergency mobilization. He quickly mobilized corps from all over the country, and a total of 160,000 people gathered in the eastern city of Byzantium.
Byzantium borders the Ming Kingdom. Once the Han army begins to attack Rome, Byzantium will be the first to bear the brunt.
May 28, 258 AD.
Thirty miles southwest of Byzantium.
One hundred thousand Ming cavalry crossed the border of the Ming Kingdom and went straight to Byzantium to kill.
The Chinese army is in formation.
Liu Chan was wearing a golden battle armor and riding a snow-white sweaty horse. He seemed a little excited.
In previous lives, many people were imagining who would win if the Qin or Han armies faced off against the Roman legions.
In the previous life, this matter could only be imagined and guessed, but today, the Ming cavalry led by him finally set foot on the land of the Roman Empire.
Conquer Rome—Go to war.
This time, the 100,000 Ming troops led by Liu Chan were all composed of Persians, but now they are no longer called Persians. They now have a unified name, Ming people.
In addition to 100,000 well-trained Ming cavalry, Liu Chan also brought 300 three-bow crossbows, 5,000 sets of thunderbolt cannons, and 8,000 rounds of rocket launchers.
With the blessing of these firearms, Liu Chan seems to have seen the outcome of the war, and the big man will win.
Byzantium was an important city in the eastern part of the Roman Empire.
Own a fortified city made of stone.
In the past, the Roman legions would have been arrayed outside the city at this time, waiting for enemies coming from afar.
However, because of the war a few months ago, the Roman regiments suffered a heavy defeat, so even though they knew that the Han army had crossed the border, not a single Roman soldier left the Byzantine fortified city.
"The Han people have infinitely powerful advanced weapons!"
Inside the Council Hall.
A middle-aged general looked at the crowd and said in a deep voice: "Therefore, it is difficult for our army to fight against them in a head-on confrontation."
"But we must keep them out of Byzantium."
As he spoke, he paused and then said: "Give me an order. From now on, the entire city of Byzantium will be on alert. No one is allowed to enter or leave Byzantium without my order."
"As you command!"
Everyone responded in unison.
Then, the man said: "This battle is related to the survival of our Roman Empire, so I hope that everyone must fight the enemy bravely and never allow the Han people to break through Byzantium."
"Yes!"
This man has a very high prestige, because he is the son of Valerian, the current emperor of the Roman Empire - Gallienus.
Gallienus was originally stationed in the west to resist the Germans, but now it seems that the real enemy of the Roman Empire is not the Germans, but the Han people from the far east.
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This chapter has been completed!