Chapter 704 Constantius
After the founding of the Crusades, Sima Ji quickly transferred back the 20,000 Eight Banners, calling it mutual cooperation to make achievements. Only real military forces can be independent. This kind of scene is a set of things.
Sima Ji Yezhen acted as if both sides were in charge and cooperated with each other to resist Rome's counterattack. Speaking of which, this kind of cooperation with others has been done for a long time. Although he always prepared for independent combat, he wanted to cooperate with others when things came to an end, even if he didn't need the Allies, he could win.
Now we are waiting for when Rome will take action. Sima Ji summoned the generals and generals of the troops in the headquarters to act as a mobilizer before the war started. This is already a normal situation.
Because this battle is different from the past, this time it is defense rather than attack. King Yan has indeed not fought a defensive battle for many years. He relied on the city to defend. He had imagined it this way, otherwise he would not have made Jicheng like an iron barrel. But it still didn't come in handy.
"Although we are a strong defense, strict defense is different from mobile defense. You must know that we are really hiding in the city and waiting for the Romans to attack. We are simply sorry for our partners who are together day and night." Sima Ji analyzed the current situation indifferently, "If nothing unexpected happens, the attack comes from the sea and west. Of course, it is not ruled out that Diocletian goes crazy and transfers the Roman legion that confronts Persia from the east."
"I have agreed with Christians that the Roman legion of Afilica in the west will be handed over to them. However, these Christians who were once civilians can rely solely on religious fanaticism to fight against the Roman legion. To be honest, I am not optimistic. I have never relied on them, but just wanted to share the casualties. And here we..." Sima Ji pointed to the location of Alexandria on the map. "Where we come to the east, keep a cavalry guarding the main threat may still come from the sea, but we cannot be completely relieved just because Christians defend the direction of Afilica. What if Christians collapse without any accident?"
"Along with the Eight Banners, there are nearly 100,000 troops. Of course, I am enough to win, but I still have to take the children of my hometown back as much as possible. Once I rely too much on Alexander's city, I will fall into a passive state." Sima Ji analyzed the situation and spread his hands, "I have no idea this time. You should be alone. Give me a mobile defense deployment and let me listen."
In the face of the enemy, the King of Yan looked like a hand-off manager, and seemed to care about the outcome of the war. To put it nicely, this is called planning in the tent and winning thousands of miles away. To put it bluntly, he has become a match for Emperor Huizong of Song to form a bean and retreat to the enemy.
But he just wanted to do this. He had trained more than ten years of talent, so he should have given the Jin Empire some reward. He will die sooner or later, so should he keep everything in mind until he dies?
Now Sima Ji is like letting these students be responsible for their own destiny. Anyway, the troops he brought are enough to be in Europe and Asia, and it is not easy to lose. He has the capital to play freely.
"I am not kidding, how to beat you this time is the final decision!" Sima Ji was about to hug Mao Mei to sleep, and Tang Qiang and Zhou Rong and others began to discuss. This is a completely unfamiliar place, with different customs and customs from the Great Jin Dynasty. It is a bit nervous for them to personally formulate a strategy to fight hostilities, and most of them are suspicious when discussing.
After not knowing how many times you received the look of King Yan, Sima Ji had to speak, "This is the first time I came to Rome, it is the first time. What are you afraid of?"
Finally, dozens of generals and schools joined forces to come up with a strategy to fight the enemy. Sima Ji took a rough look and ordered, "That's it! Longque and Jin Guard stayed as reserve teams, and the battlefield situation changed rapidly to prevent accidents. The strategy to fight the enemy was formulated by you. You must be responsible for the lives of the soldiers in the army and be worthy of the trust of the soldiers."
Of course, the cities and boats in Alexandria still have value in utilization. Sima Ji asked someone to pull all the ships ashore. He also used a trencher to measure the distance. After obtaining satisfactory data, he began to deploy according to the generals' strategy of defending the enemy.
Just one month after Egypt had fallen into the hands of the Jin army, news of the gathering of the Roman legion came from Afriga, west of Egypt. This news was sent by Christians. Even if Sima Ji thought he was a strong dragon, it would not be possible to establish his own intelligence network in a strange country in such a short time. Christians were suppressed for a long time, and they had rich underground front experience in this, which could make up for his shortcomings.
Sima Ji directly let the 30,000 Crusaders advance westward to resist and sent a team of 10,000 people as a backing. He no longer cared about this matter. Even now, he still believed that in the Mediterranean environment, the enemy would definitely not attack from one direction.
The person who led this Roman legion was Constantius. He crossed the sea from Rome to enter the original Carthage to reorganize the army, and also brought four Roman legions stationed in Gaul and Spain. After joining the Roman legion in Afilica, it turned into an army of more than 40,000 people, plus the African cavalry driven, with a total of 50,000 people.
The huge movement of Constantius personally leading the army to advance east naturally could not be hidden from Egyptian Christians in the east. Christians along the way kept reporting to Egypt's holy land in their hearts, the kingdom of Christ. It was soon known to Egyptian Christians. After learning that Constantius' army was coming towards Egypt, they immediately gathered all the newly established crusaders to resist Constantius's Roman army to the west.
The Romans came faster than Sima Ji expected. The reason for saying this is because the King of Yan had just thought of a way to slap fire. What does Christians lack? The answer is the Pope.
Without the leadership of the Pope, the establishment of the Crusader would be unworthy of its name. Furthermore, there is also an advantage to electing the Pope. That is, completely let Christians and Rome be enemies. Once the Pope appears, the Roman Empire, which already has four consuls, will also add a pope who is now regarded as a rebellious one, which will arouse hostility from all Roman rulers, including Diocletian. Christians themselves are now hated, and once the Pope appears, they will never die.
Because this has changed from separatist to the possibility of replacing the Roman Empire, it is a pity that Sima Ji had just thought of this when news of the gathering of the Roman legions came.
This made Sima Ji very regretful. He really hoped that he had thought of this a long time ago. However, although the time is wrong now, it is still possible to make a wave of chicken soup. If you can't choose the Pope, you can announce this idea first.
This can also play a role in encouraging Christian morale and making the Christian group clamor for jihad like a tsunami, Sima Ji knew it would work. Even if the Christian Crusade was not as big as the Roman legion, it would be possible to destroy the other party's blood. You should know who can play an important role in the confrontation with the Roman Empire. It is probably his that the first pope, which can also attract some people with high self-esteem to flock.
These Christians were all civilians in the past, and their combat effectiveness must be different from that of the Roman legion. Sima Ji could only give these Christians some spiritual victory.
Seeing the 30,000 Crusaders leaving Alexandria with an unyielding momentum, Sima Ji felt that he was not unable to have a little expectation in his heart. What if a miracle happened?
Helplessly, the 50,000-packed Roman legions were already on the road that the Egyptian Crusaders had to go westward. If the Egyptian Crusaders wanted to protect their country of Christ, they had to defeat the Roman legions led by Caesar Constantius, and they could not escape this battle at all.
The combat effectiveness of the Roman legion is naturally unquestionable, but after being recently a crusader formed by a pagan who changed his tricks and made chicken blood every day, he was not a vegetarian. The two sides who were both religiously dissatisfied and class conflicted, just met the battle between the two sides and fell into an extremely fierce battle as soon as they began. The Egyptian Christian crusaders were desperate to defeat the Roman legion that advanced eastward and protect their own Kingdom of Christ. The Roman legion tried their best to smash the rebellion that opened the door to meet the enemy and recover Egypt, the granary of the Roman Empire.
The enemy was particularly jealous when they met. If it weren't for Egypt, Constantius would have been Augustus now. It was because of the accident in Egypt that he did not become a deputy from his subordinate as he wished. For this reason, Constantius and the Roman legion mobilized from Spain and Gaul just met the crusaders and began to chase and fight.
For the glory of the Roman Empire and God's blessing, we finally came to the showdown stage early in an era when there would not have been conflict, because a large army of pagans appeared.
The Egyptian Christian Crusaders resisted desperately with their fanatical religious enthusiasm, but the scale of the crusaders was not as large as that of the Roman legions, and the quality was inferior to that of the Roman legions mobilized by Constantius; however, the Egyptian Christians formed the crusaders who had just turned over and became their masters, and their fighting will was even stronger than that of the Roman legions that had been through battle. Many crusaders had to take a cushion before they died, which shocked the soldiers of the Roman legions.
However, some will advantage cannot change the gap between the two sides in overall strength. Although the Crusaders were very strong at the beginning and were difficult to resolve the battle with the Roman legion, they could not change the lack of combat skill among civilians, although they also took the weapons of the Roman legion's surrender.
Chapter completed!