Lu Xuan waited for Guo Jia to stand up and said, "Fengxiao, tell me what you discovered in Constantinople and what situation you encountered?"
Guo Jia looked helpless and said: "At the beginning, I followed Valens back to Constantinople together with General Zhang Liao. At first, reporting the news to Victoria went smoothly and there was no suspicion."
"Valens is quite famous because he escaped and was one of the few survivors. Unexpectedly, he said something to a woman while drunk, causing the news to leak."
"Fortunately, on the day of the incident, General Zhang and I left the city of Constantinople and went out to arrange things."
"So, we got away with it."
"After we returned to the city, we found that something was wrong and evacuated quickly. In order to escape Seppus' capture, we first escaped from Constantinople, and then quietly returned to Constantinople to hide."
Guo Jia said: "Sepuus thought we had run away, but he didn't know that the most dangerous place is the safest. Sepuus had no idea that we would be under his nose."
Lu Xuan nodded and said: "Well done, you can stay in Constantinople so that you can continue to inquire about information."
Guo Jia said: "We stayed in the city and did not dare to do anything rashly at first, because the Valens incident had just happened, and Sepuus was very sensitive. After waiting for almost three months, the Valens incident was completely settled. , General Zhang and I just started taking action."
"At the beginning, we won over Zhao Qianqiu, a businessman who was doing business in Constantinople. This man's name was after Ming Dynasty, but in fact, he was an out-and-out Roman. He just married with such a name to facilitate business. .”
"Zhao Qianqiu is a businessman who travels between Rome and Xiangzhou. He deals in agate, jade, and ivory, as well as spices and silk."
"After establishing a relationship with Zhao Qianqiu, we gradually attracted people. The last person we won over was David, a big nobleman in the city. He was a grand duke, but because of his failure in the palace battle, he was marginalized and has no power. .”
"The most important point is that David and Sepuus have a grudge. The contradiction between the two parties has destined David to always be in fear, for fear of being liquidated by Sepuus. But Sepuus did not take care of it, which made David I’ve been in panic all day.”
"This gives us an opportunity to win over."
Guo Jia solemnly said: "The biggest gain so far is that David has this grand duke who is willing to serve the Ming Dynasty."
Lu Xuan looked calm in his eyes and said: "David is a grand duke, but how many troops does he have? How much influence does he have among the Roman aristocracy? In other words, we are going to attack Constantinople, how can he help us ?”
Guo Jia replied: "Your Majesty, David's troops are not many, only two to three hundred, they are just private soldiers of his own family. His influence among the Roman aristocracy is not great. However, David is a grand duke. He also has the blood of the Roman royal family. If he is willing to surrender, we can support him to recruit people, allowing us to gain a foothold in Rome and further change Rome little by little."
After hearing this, Lu Xuan was not in a hurry to express his position. He looked at Cao Cao and said, "What do you think, father-in-law?"
Cao Cao said: "Your Majesty, Commander Guo's suggestion is feasible. However, this suggestion is also based on our original plan. If Sepuus is not defeated, no matter who David is, it will be useless."
"The implementation of the plan must have a general trend."
"Without the general trend, even all the plans will be difficult to implement. With the general trend of us defeating Rome, David's surrender can be the finishing touch and have the real effect."
Cao Cao said seriously: "This is what I think."
Lu Xuan nodded, and stated the original plan in front of Guo Jia, and said in a deep voice: "That being the case, David's line remains unchanged for the time being. At present, we are still adopting the original plan, directly in Station here and wait for Sepuus to go into battle."
"Here!"
Cao Cao, Guo Jia and others all responded.
Now that Guo Jia has returned to the camp, Lu Xuan directly delegates power and leaves many government affairs that need to be handled to Guo Jia to arrange. Before, Guo Jia seemed to be free and easy-going, but his trip to Rome and his plans in a foreign land failed. His personality was still free and easy, but he was no longer as bohemian as before and became more calm.
Guo Jia handled the matters assigned by Lu Xuan meticulously.
When Lu Xuan stationed his troops in place and stopped advancing, the news quickly spread to Constantinople.
In the Holy See, in the magnificent hall.
Sepuus was looking through the information sent back by Altifa. Everything was as he predicted. Because of Sepuus's order, troops were withdrawn from various places. No one in the local area stopped Lu Xuan's army, so Lu Xuan was coming. Fierce and already approaching the imperial capital.
Sepuus also looked forward to it.
When Lu Xuan's army arrived at Constantinople, they found that the city was strong and difficult to attack. At the same time, more armies began to come from all directions to besiege Lu Xuan's army. Under continuous attacks, Lu Xuan would definitely be defeated.
If he captured Lu Xuan, it would be equivalent to capturing the thief and capturing the king.
Everything is progressing according to his plan.
Everything went extremely smoothly.
While Sepuus was looking through the information, a burst of footsteps came in a hurry. After Altifa entered, he saluted Sepuus and reported respectfully: "His Majesty the Pope, the army led by Lu Xuan entered the army. In the territory of Fort Titanium, still more than thirty miles away from the city, the army stopped and garrisoned, and never continued to advance."
Sepuus raised his brows, somewhat surprised by Lu Xuan's arrangement.
It stopped unexpectedly.
According to normal circumstances, Lu Xuan rushed towards Constantinople in a hurry. It was like a peerless beauty in front of Lu Xuan. As long as Lu Xuan takes one step further, he can take off the woman's clothes, then mount the horse with the gun.
However, Lu Xuan actually stopped and looked at him from afar.
Sepuus was thinking in his mind. After a while, he looked at Altifa and asked: "Lu Xuan is garrisoning now because the army is tired from coming from afar and needs to stop and rest. Or is it that the garrison will not stop?" Moving forward.”
Altifa said: "It is no longer necessary to stop advancing, because our people have been observing for two days and found that Lu Xuan's people have been reinforcing the camp and expanding the camp. At the same time, they began to clean up the surrounding areas and control the area. In your hands. Camps are being built one after another, and the terrain is getting wider and wider, as if they are building a city to compete with us."
Sepuus frowned deeply, and there was a hint of solemnity in his eyes.
The Ming Emperor was not simple.
He must have seen through his plan to use the city to weaken the Ming army, so the army stopped and garrisoned, and both sides exhausted each other.
"Hahaha……"
Sepuus suddenly laughed.
Hearty laughter.
Altifa looked incomprehensible and said: "Your Majesty, why are you laughing?"
Sepuus said: "What I laughed at was that Lu Xuan was interesting and had some tricks. However, he thought that Rome was too simple and too weak. I mobilized soldiers and horses from various places to evacuate, and chose to lure the enemy deep in order to let him face the king. Come to Constantinople.”
"At the same time, it is indeed necessary to use the city of Constantinople to weaken Lu Xuan's elite and weaken the morale of his army."
"However, this is not the only method."
"Lu Xuan's garrison is not moving forward. In this case, I will take the initiative to fight."
Sepuus stood up, the golden crown shining brightly, and his tall body showed endless majesty. He ordered forcefully: "Give me the order, mobilize all the armies gathered near Constantinople, and go directly to Attack Lu Xuan’s camp. Our army has withdrawn from various places, now it’s time to launch an attack.”
"As you command!"
Altifah bowed and answered.
After Altifa left to deliver the order, Sepuus arranged for someone to call Gaia and informed Gaia to summon all the troops in Constantinople to fight. Although Rome dispatched nearly 200,000 troops to fight in the Ming Dynasty, Sepuus still had troops.
This is the benefit of strong national strength.
Rome had a vast territory and the integration of politics and religion made it easy to mobilize local people.
After Gaia received the order, she quickly mobilized the army stationed in Constantinople. In less than half a day, Sepuus and Gaia, together with a total of 60,000 elites, left Constantinople and headed towards Lu Xuan's camp.
At the same time, local Roman troops stationed in various surrounding areas had received orders from Altifa early. Troops from various places had already approached Lu Xuan's camp and were preparing to launch an attack.
