Liu Xian is not the only one who can't sleep all night. Monica, the Roman queen who is far away in Crete, the Mediterranean, did not rest. She stood on the cliff by the sea and looked into the distance.

She had no intention of sleeping because she knew that the key to the Battle of Byzantine was about to come, and the Battle of Byzantine determined the success or failure of this war.

Although everything is under her control, she faces an opponent like the Han army and is guarding Byzantium, Ma Chao kept coming to her mind, making her unable to calm down at all.

Suddenly, he shook his head vigorously, frowned and murmured: "I can't think about it anymore! I don't really love him! I'm using him! That's right, I'm just using him!"

As the sun rose from the east, the Asian Minor coalition forces set off again. However, the atmosphere of the coalition forces was a little abnormal at this time. Because Rao and his friends controlled the nobles, the officers and soldiers of the nobles were very uneasy and angry.

But no matter how uneasy or angry they were, they could only obey Rao and the others, because their lords were controlled by Rao and others, and they couldn't do it if they didn't want to obey the orders.

Less than thirty miles away from the strait, the army arrived at the shore before noon, and then the army immediately used the rafts that had been prepared before and began to cross the strait.

In Crete, Monica was anxiously waiting for the news and paced back and forth in the big tent.

Time passed by in this anxious waiting. Unconsciously, the day passed and night fell. Suddenly, a messenger rushed over and presented a book to Monica with a flying pigeon and said, "Byzantine, urgently!"

Monica walked quickly to the commander, took the letter, opened it and looked at it, and said with surprise on her face, and she shouted excitedly: "Great! The operation was successful, the enemy was dispersed, and the remaining troops of Ma Chao retreated to the southern part of Thrace!"

Then he shouted at the female soldier beside him: "Call the generals and the nobles to discuss matters immediately!"

Early the next morning, the Roman army, which had been staying in Crete, finally set off. The entire army embarked on countless ships of all sizes, but the speed was not fast.

At this speed, it will take at least five or six days to reach Cyprus.

However, this was a carefully calculated action by Monica. She estimated that Jia Xu would soon receive an urgent report of the Byzantine defeat and immediately sent troops north to rescue Ma Chao. Five or six days later, those troops must have been far away from Antioch.

At that time, there will be no effort to attack Antioch and there will be no variables.

Not long after, Monica received a detailed report, and Jia Xu urgently dispatched the Huns' army and the main force of the Persian army, and some Han troops rushed north to rescue Ma Chao.

At the same time, Monica received a report from the north, and learned that after occupying Byzantium, the barbarian coalition divided the troops into two units, besieging the remnants of Ma Chao in Thrace, and crossed the Black Sea Strait with its main force to fight against reinforcements from Antioch.

At this moment, everyone's attention was on the north side, and no one noticed that she was leading the army to approach Antioch.

A few days later, Jia Xu, who was in Antioch, received an urgent report from Cyprus. Cyprus was attacked by the Roman army. Earl Nicosia could not resist it. He had led more than 20,000 tribes and family to flee from Cyprus on a boat and fled to Antioch.

Jia Xu frowned and looked thoughtful.

Everyone standing beside Jia Xu looked a little panicked. It was not their fault, because the situation turned sharply and went too far. No one expected that the situation in the north and south would become so dangerous almost overnight.

An aide couldn't help but say worriedly: "I received news not long ago that the reinforcements led by General Guan Yu had already fought with the barbarian army. The battle situation was not ideal, and it was almost impossible to escape and retreat.

Currently, there are only more than 10,000 Han troops and more than 10,000 Persian troops in the city. This force faces 250,000 Roman troops. This..."

Another aide hurriedly said: "Count Nicosia has withdrew more than 20,000 people, plus them, we have about 50,000 troops. Relying on the Antioch City, we may not be able to fight!"

The rich aide next to him said angrily: "There are just more than 20,000 defeated soldiers who escaped in a panic, and what's the use of them?"

Everyone felt that what he said made sense, and their hearts couldn't help but sink. They all looked at Jia Xu, hoping that Jia Xu would have a solution, but they saw Jia Xu silent and said nothing, and everyone's hearts were even more panicked!"

A day later, the defeated soldiers and people led by Count Nicosia fled to the coast west of Antioch by boat and raft, and then flocked to Antioch and fled to Antioch.

The city of Antioch, which was originally calm, became noisy and uneasy because of their arrival.

The Antioch people, whether they were the Romans who originally belonged to the Roman Empire or from other tribes around, looked at the Cypriots who fled into the city, frowned and looked uneasy.

In recent years, they lived and worked in peace and contentment under the rule of the Han Dynasty, and their quality of life was far beyond the previous day. Therefore, they all recognized the rule of the Han Dynasty and regarded themselves as Han Dynasty people.

Seeing this scene at this time, I heard that the Roman army was about to arrive, and naturally I felt panic and angry.

Jia Xu met Count Nicosia in the lobby of the Protectorate. This was a middle-aged man with a rich and glamorous temperament. Although he was a little panicked, he was not embarrassed at all. He should be in danger.

When the Earl of Nicosia saw Jia Xu, he immediately saluted and said, "Sir!" He spoke Chinese.

Jia Xu quickly stepped forward and helped Count Nicosia up and comforted him, "Sir, the Count is frightened!" Then he asked Count Nicosia to sit down and asked the maid to serve tea.

The two maids quickly walked in, put the tea in front of them, and retreated.

Jia Xu looked at Count Nicosia. Seeing this, Count Nicosia sighed and said with a bitter face: "I didn't expect that the Roman army would come so suddenly, and caught us off guard! Alas!..."

Jia Xu frowned and said, "Sir Earl, I heard that the walls of Nicosia are also very tall and strong. Why was the Earl defeated by the Roman army overnight?"

Earl Nicosia showed anger and cursed: "It's all because my subordinates have traitors. They have colluded with Monica for a long time, and they opened the city gate shortly after the war began!

Alas! We had no idea at all. We realized when we saw the Roman army pouring in and started to fight back immediately, but it was too late!" As we said, we shook our heads repeatedly, looking like we felt infinite regret and regret.

Jia Xu nodded and thought, "Someone betrayed the Count and defected to the Roman Empire, which is not unexpected!"

Earl Nicosia glanced at Jia Xu and said with a worried look: "The Roman army has captured Cyprus, and the next target must be Antioch! You must be careful!"


Chapter completed!