Chapter 2556: There are only two hundred people at the start
Ma Chao turned his head and glanced at his camp leader indifferently. Thinking about what he had done in the past few months, Ma Chao had an incredible feeling.
In short, Ma Chao, who is currently riding on Li Feisha and standing in front of the army with a cold face, is the commander of the Seventh Eagle Legion of Rome, and he was the commander of the legion who was killed by his military exploits. During the Zagros Passage War a few months ago, He established his position through military exploits.
As for why the Romans have not thought that Ma Chao is Han until now, on the one hand, it is because the Armenian princess Edela is the guarantor. After all, her father is the former king of Armenia who was pro-Roman, and he is also the kind of monarch who has always been in sync with Rome. .
On the other hand, it was Ma Chao's own problem. Ma Chao himself was of mixed Han and Qiang descent. He was famous for his wild beauty and had a high nose bridge. In addition, he had the same black hair and black eyes. In fact, the Romans did not doubt Ma Chao at all. Origin.
In addition, after Edela had no choice but to reveal her identity, Ma Chao was considered to be the husband that the late king of Armenia had found for his daughter.
Of course, although Ma Chao had his telepathy at that time, he still couldn't understand the Romans if he didn't pay attention. Although Edela didn't say so explicitly, others saw the princess serving tea and water to Ma Chao, and there was this All the Romans thought so because of the hint.
After all, most of the descendants of the previous king of Romania had been killed, and Adela was considered the first heir. Although Adela actually wanted to go to a place where there was no one and live on her own, fate was sometimes so unpredictable.
Ma Chao is a handsome guy no matter what, and he is also a very strong handsome guy. He himself has been in a high position. Although he has been in the second-hand mode for a long time, he was not a Qiang man at that time half a year ago. Betrayed? I'm just in melancholy mode.
One is handsome and powerful, and even when there is a language barrier, one can still see a touch of sadness in the other's eyes that reflect the soul. Doesn't this just hit the heart of the young girl?
Although Edela is already seventeen or eighteen years old, when she was in the palace, the only people she met were those vulgar aristocratic sons who coveted her, and Ma Chao, who was powerful, handsome, and had the melancholy of a vicissitudes of life. The handsome man was completely incomparable, and Edela fell decisively.
Moreover, Adela did not have a very correct concept of migration at that time. She just wanted to go to an ideal land far away from the world under the protection of her captain Nehemiah.
Although this concept is actually correct, but how to put it, it was just before meeting Ma Chao. Now that she has met Ma Chao, Edela has been shaken. Her naturally fragile mentality makes her naturally want to rely on Ma Chao. .
Ma Chao was saved by Adela at that time. Although this guy was a scumbag, he was still very reliable in some aspects, especially when he was sure that Adela had no ill intentions and just hoped that Ma Chao could take him to a safe place. place, far away from his hometown that has been captured.
Naturally, Ma Chao agreed without hesitation for the sake of saving his life. However, what can I say? Ma Chao has never been to this place of rest. Although he has a way to return to Congling, what he did before was really too embarrassing. , so Ma Chao just wanted to calm down.
So he let the horse go and let Li Feisha lead him away. Although Adela later found out that he was going in the wrong direction, Adela, who was already in love at that time, didn't care.
The turning point of the matter occurred when Ma Chao was running around. The envoys sent by Kushan to Rome left shortly after the envoys from the Han Dynasty. However, it was different from when they came. This time the envoys from Kushan left.
I don’t want to go to Egypt and take a boat back to Kushan.
They wanted to take the overland route for a very simple reason. They also wanted to see the war between Rome and Parthia, so as to provide a reference for their next development. Severus naturally agreed to this request, and after Zhuge Liang and the others took Jane
After Yong and others left, Severus ordered the three centurions of the Seventh Loyalist Legion to take people to protect Kushan and leave the battlefield by land.
At that time, the war between Rome and Parthia had not become so frenzied, and the Parthian nobles were still watching the fun. Ardashir and Atratome were still stationed in the Zagros Mountains.
I have to say that Aldashir is indeed worthy of the glory of the third century. He stayed on the mountain. Even Severus had no good solution for a while, especially since Aldashir successfully escaped from Grupatland.
The family captured a real Janissary army, and the strength of the Zagros defense line began to rise sharply.
Even though the Guards of the Grupatlan family are not guards who are good at defense, but rangers and heavy cavalry who are famous for their mobility and lethality, but relying on their own grasp of fighter opportunities, Ardashir harassed
Rome's rear side firmly defended the defense line.
In the end, Rome could only block Ardashir as much as possible and cut a straight passage from the Zagros Mountains.
This method is no longer a plan that wisdom can withstand. Even Ardashir can only watch Rome's plan to penetrate the Zagros Mountains advance day by day.
This feeling is like a drowning man holding on to the last rope, but someone is cutting it off bit by bit. Even Ardashir cannot bear this kind of empire being pushed towards the end bit by bit.
Feel.
However, beyond the Zagros Mountains, Ardashir was unable to fight Rome at all. This place could be defended against the mountains or against dangers. Ardashir could still barely fight due to its geographical advantage, but outside the
Once here, even if Ardashir is the natural king, facing the Romans who are now dominant, there is only a dead end.
Therefore, Aldashir had only one choice, which was to mobilize the nobles, chiefs, and city-state lords east of the Zagros Mountains. He did not believe that there were no smart people among these people, and they could not understand the current situation.
This is also the reason why even the nobles from the easternmost part of Parthia have led troops to come to the rescue. Although Aldashir failed to defend the Zagros Mountains, Aldashir's advance arrangements gave Parthia a glimmer of hope.
However, at that time, the Romans also tried to bypass the Zagros Mountains from other places and enter the eastern Parthian plateau, and the all-out war between Rome and Parthia also started at that time.
Although Ardashir wanted to prevent this situation, he also understood that only this kind of war across the Zagros Mountains could make the nobles in the east wake up to what kind of enemy they were facing.
In this situation where Ardashir was half-reluctant and half helpless, part of the Roman regular army successfully crossed the Zagros Mountains, and the chaos east of the Zagros Mountains began.
It was also at this time that Ma Chao successfully reached the position of army commander.
Let's talk about that day, Ma Chao casually killed a group of unknown opponents, and his inner frustration was once again relieved. However, the recent frequent rebellious troops made Ma Chao know that he could no longer run around, and he was going to lead them.
Take Adela back to Congling.
Although Ma Chao still had a lot of anger that he had not vented, he still couldn't do such a thing as joking with his savior's life.
"Chao, do you like killing enemies?" I have to say that Edela is quite powerful. Only a month later, she could barely communicate with Ma Chao in sign language and broken Chinese. Of course, this
Ma Chao also noticed Nizi's thoughts.
After all, Adela did not hide his intentions at all. Compared with the degree of openness of the Central Plains and the Han Dynasty, Armenia was a little more extreme. Naturally, it was taken a fancy to.
"Except for drinking the enemy's blood on the battlefield, I have no way to express my grief and anger!" Ma Chao roared sadly. However, this sentence was too difficult for Edela, so Edela could only
Yan Yi looked at Ma Chao and smiled crazily.
"I told you, but I didn't tell you." Ma Chao rolled his eyes and pulled the simpering Edla up, "Kill for one more day, and after this fight, I will take you home to get married!"
Although this girl looks stupid and silly, Ma Chao, who has just been betrayed, is in need of comfort from a silly girl. Adela can even speak Chinese fluently, but when facing Ma Chao,
So silly and sweet.
However, before the day was over, Ma Chao encountered more than 200 Roman infantry who were surrounded by about 300 rangers, and of course the Kushan envoys.
Seeing that her father was pro-Roman, Edela hurriedly asked Ma Chao to save the people, and Ma Chao successfully rescued the group of people, thus receiving a thank you gift from the Kushan envoy, who was the one who knew him well.
Zhuzi, only then did Ma Chao clearly know Aidela's identity.
"This is Chao? Mamikonyan." Aidra introduced him like this. Ma Chao didn't want to reveal his identity. He just wanted to kill some enemies and vent his inner anger. It doesn't matter what you call him. It's over.
Hiding merit and fame, well, that’s the attitude.
Therefore, Ma Chao pretended to be indifferent. The Kushan envoys had already been tricked to death, so they decisively gave up taking the land route. The current land route, without the protection of the legions, would only lead to death, so they had no choice but to cross the Zagros Mountains again.
Ma Chao originally had no interest in this kind of thing, but Adela finally managed to communicate with Ma Chao and realized that Ma Chao was a born warrior. For her own sake, Adela, who had already taken it upon herself to restrain Ma Chao from leaving here, couldn't do it at all.
arrive.
So Adela asked Ma Chao for help in her own name, and Ma Chao's proposal to return to his hometown to get married was just to take care of Adela's emotions. Now that Adela has the intention to stay here, Ma Chao, who had long wanted to kill her, agreed.
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After that, Ma Chao started with 200 people in the Seventh Loyalist Legion, and successfully enjoyed a wave of treatment like Sun Ce, which is the so-called start with only 200 people, and all weapons and equipment depended on fighting, and he attacked all the way to Chaoshen.
