Crete, Roman military camp.

Under the starry sky and on the coast, Monica, with blonde hair flying in military uniform, stood there looking into the distance, just like the legendary war goddess Athena.

The burly and blond veteran Shearer, like a Lion King, walked from a distance. He glanced at Monica and saluted, "Your Majesty!"

Monica withdrew her gaze, glanced at Shearer, and asked, "Is there anything wrong with the old general?"

Hiller frowned and said, "I can't understand something, I want to ask His Majesty." Monica nodded and signaled him to continue.

Shiller looked at Monica and said in a fury: "Your Majesty, why do you promise to hand over the Byzantine region to those barbarians? You must know that the Byzantine region is extremely rich and has been a territory belonging to our Roman Empire since ancient times, so it can be handed over to outsiders!"

Monica sighed, looked into the distance, and said leisurely: "How could I be willing to hand over the imperial territory to the barbarians!"

Shear was puzzled and couldn't help but say, "Why are you, your Majesty...?"

Monica's eyes showed a cruel expression and said coldly: "Because I want the Han Dynasty and the barbarians to fight!..." Monica's eyes flashed with an unfathomable light.

"Precisely because Byzantines are rich, the barbarians will never let go after they get it. In order to be able to permanently grasp there, they will inevitably cross the Black Sea Strait to continue to march in order to completely defeat the main force of the Han people. This is exactly the situation I want to see.

But our army was still holding its troops in Crete at this time. What would you do if you were from the Han Dynasty?"

Hiller was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up and he said excitedly: "Since there is no threat on the sea, it must be mobilizing all the forces that can be mobilized to go north to resist the attack of the barbarians. In this way, the army of both sides will collide in Asia Minor..."

Monica nodded, her eyes turned to the distant east, and murmured: "And this time, it is the time for our entire army to dispatch and regain Antioch in one fell swoop.

After we regain Antioch, the war between the barbarians and the Han people will almost end. No matter who they win, their war will inevitably suffer heavy losses. At that time, we can take the opportunity to launch an attack and destroy them in one fell swoop!

Isn’t it easy to regain Byzantium when the two major forces are destroyed? And regaining Rome is not a big problem."

Shear was surprised and looked at the beautiful queen in front of her and couldn't help but sincerely bowing: "Her Majesty the Queen is so wise!"

Monica sighed leisurely and said to herself: Are you wise? These strategies were learned from the Han Dynasty when I was in the Han Dynasty! Use barbarians to control barbarians, and the mantis stalks the cicadas orioles behind them!

At this time, the sound of rapid footsteps came.

Monica withdrew her thoughts and looked in the sound. She saw a female soldier and general coming quickly and bowing to Monica: "Your Majesty, the messenger of Count Nicosia is here."

When Hiller heard this, he showed surprise, while Monica smiled slightly, as if everything was in his control, and said lightly: "It's finally here. He didn't disappoint me." Then he walked towards the tent, and the others followed closely behind.

The Count Nicosia, as the name suggests, is the Count of that place in Nicosia. This Nicosia is the capital of Cyprus Island in the eastern Mediterranean.

This place is located in the Mediterranean Sea not far west of Antioch, and it can be regarded as the gateway of Antioch in the Mediterranean.

Before, the Han army swept across the eastern part of the Roman Empire, and the troops were invincible. Nicosia was afraid of the Han army's attack, so she chose to surrender to the Han Dynasty and accepted the title of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, the Earl of Nicosia should now be considered a nobleman of the Han Dynasty.

Monica and his men walked into the tent and saw a middle-aged man wearing traditional Roman aristocratic costumes and gentle temperament standing in the tent waiting. Needless to ask, he knew that he was the messenger of Count Nicosia.

The messenger saw a figure like Athena coming in surrounded by the crowd, and was shocked and hurriedly said, "The messenger of Count Nicosia pays homage to Her Majesty the Queen!"

Monica nodded and walked straight to the upper seat to sit down. The others stood around Monica.

Monica looked at the messenger and asked, "Is everything okay in the Count?"

The messenger hurriedly said, "Okay..."

Monica nodded and said, "That's good. The Count is an important nobleman of the empire. I am still worried about whether he will be persecuted by the Han people!"

The messenger originally thought Monica would be guilty, but he didn't expect that he was so caring. He couldn't help feeling ashamed and moved, and could not speak for a moment.

Monica smiled as if she had seen the envoy's thoughts, "I will not pursue or care about the past. In that case, the choice made by the Count to protect himself was not wrong.

I also want to thank him for protecting that power in Cyprus!”

The messenger said with emotion: "Thank you for your understanding!" Then he said: "The Earl has decided to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, return to the empire, and help the empire regain the lost land!"

As he said that, he took out a roll of parchment from his arms, solemnly presented it to Monica, and said, "This is the oath of Lord Earl!"

A female soldier next to Monica immediately left the scene, took the oath and submitted it to Monica.

Monica took the oath, opened it and read it, and nodded with a smile: "I have always believed that Count Nicosia is a loyal minister of the empire, and he did not disappoint me!"

He turned his head to the female soldier beside him and said, "Go and call General Koqin." The female soldier responded and walked quickly.

A moment later, a handsome general with a blonde hair and a temperament like a sun god followed the female soldier in, threw infinite admiration at Monica, and then said, "Greetings to Her Majesty the Queen!"

Monica nodded, pointed at the general and said to the messenger, "His name is Kochin, and he is my trusted general. I will send him to Nicosia with you, and he will tell the count what to do."

The sight turned to Byzantine.

Since the fierce attack of the barbarian army failed, the two men fell into a confrontation. On this day, just as Ma Chao and his subordinates were discussing affairs in the hall, the messenger suddenly came to report: "Report to General, the Asian Minor coalition forces have been assembled and are on the way to arrive."

Ma Chao nodded, looked at the map in front of him and thought: "The Asian Minor coalition forces have more than 100,000 troops. Although these people cannot be used for attack, if they defend the city, they should be able to make Byzantium foolproof."

Everyone nodded and agreed, and Ma Xiu smiled and said, "With the Asian Minor coalition, coupled with this solid city, it's okay to have more enemy troops!"

Ma Chao smiled and then said to Ma Xiu: "Add a scout, I don't want to be exploited by the barbarian army!"
Chapter completed!