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Xu Ding's change from the previous style made the people in the city a little frightened, feeling that something big was going to happen.
Fortunately, the military discipline of Xu Ding's troops remained unchanged. As Macedonians, although they did not admit that Xu Ding was a descendant of Alexander the Great, they did not deny it by default.
So I dare not make trouble.
Then Xu Ding ordered people to remove all the flags hanging from the city, and the number of people on duty dropped sharply.
Rome in Thessaloniki sent spies to watch Alexandria day and night but found nothing.
"Everyone, now that the governor is dead in battle, we have no one to make decisions here. Tell us what we should do." The head of the Ninth Army made a start.
Next, it is roughly divided into two factions, one faction is to continue to guard the city of Thessaloniki.
Some were more radical and advocated attacking Alexandria.
The reason is also quite good.
"Everyone should have heard that there was a disagreement in the rebel army. One army went north, and some stayed in Alexandria. The leader of the rebel army, Alexander Qin, brought his remnants of the defeated general to rescue a general named Meng Yu. , the result also went north.
Now what we have in front of us is only a spearman force of about 1000 people. We should take the initiative to attack and take back Alexandria, otherwise we will all be written into the shame of the empire. "A radical general stood up and said.
His words were endorsed by all the radicals, and then he said humanely: "Our spies have found out that Alexandria is preparing to defend the city. They have restricted the entry and exit of the city and carried out food rationing. Make tools and materials for defending the city.
It is not enough preparation to fight the opponent early, and our losses will be even greater if we fight late. "
However, the general who advocated defending Thessaloniki also stood up and said: "I am afraid that the rebels deliberately confuse us. They just want to lure us to attack the city so that they can use the strong city to consume our soldiers and horses. Less is more.
I think we should still stay in Thessaloniki to ensure that the provincial capital is not lost, which is the best choice.
To fight Alexandria, it is better to wait for other legions to come over and we will besiege Alexandria together and attack and eat them together. "
The radicals quit on the spot and said: "You are cowards, you dare not fight with only about a thousand enemies, what is the face of your Great Roman Empire?
We have to wait for other legions to come and fight together, shame is not shame.
Besides, they may not come here. They have a more important task, which is to chase down Alexander Qin and the main force of the rebel army, so we still have to fight Alexandria in the end. "
"Hmph! What's the shame? Your Excellency the Governor was killed. What could be more shameful? Is it a shame to lose Thessaloniki for a little Alexandria? Is the empire fighting for face?" The conservative just now continued with a red face and a thick neck:
"It is the best help for the empire that we don't lose Thessaloniki. When other legions kill Alexander Qin and his main rebel army in the north, they will naturally go south to join us.
It's just a matter of time, why is there such an urgency, if the siege is not going well and one of us is killed by the rebels, wouldn't it embarrass the empire even more. "
"You...you are cowards!"
The head of the Ninth Army was quite dissatisfied when he saw that everyone was arguing, he slapped the table and shouted: "Quiet the fuck, when are you arguing like this?
Those who want to fight like this, surround Alexandria with soldiers, and trap the rebels inside first.
Those who don't want to fight, stay in Thessaloniki for me. Whoever has an accident over there will be responsible. "
The commander of the Ninth Army had a cold face and glanced to the left and right, showing that he was domineering.
However, it did not calm down the differences among the people. Instead, everyone scolded the cunning fox in their hearts.
This guy obviously didn't want to take responsibility, so he came up with such a compromise method with Si Ni.
And to surround Alexandria, this t is no different from not fighting, and it also divides its own strength for no reason.
Seeing everyone going down, the Ninth Army showed a sneer.
Of the two factions just now, one represents the new emperor, and the other represents the Senate.
And he, the legion commander, is a neutral faction, no one supports it, no one opposes it, and of course he will not stand in line to express his opinion.
Interests are eternal, and the honor and face of the empire are nothing in front of their own interests and family interests.
This is the case in both the East and the West. This is the bad side of human nature.
Every country has moths and good generals, the difference lies only in the social atmosphere.
At this time, the land of Rome was still strong, and even during the reign of the new emperor Severus, it could still be maintained.
However, the hidden dangers and hidden contradictions of the empire have long been unable to reconcile and resolve.
In history, once Severus died, the Roman Empire completely turned from prosperity to decline, from strong to weak, from basic stability to chaos.
The fall of Xu Ding's avatar now directly exacerbated the outbreak of conflicts and brought the Roman Empire into turmoil in advance.
Xu Ding and others did not know that the Romans in Thessaloniki had such a dispute.
Soon he received a report from his subordinates that a Roman army was coming, and then set up camp in the east of the city, and surrounded Alexandria in a half-encircled manner.
Xu Ding took Meng Yu to look at the city from afar, Xu Ding only took a few glances, then looked away, and asked the two of them: "Do you see what's going on?"
The two thought about it for a while, and Meng Yu first said: "There are not many enemy troops, not even one legion, and I see that they only set up camp to besiege the city, and have no preparations to attack the city."
Xu Ding looked at the shopper, and the shopper added: "Meng Yu is right, I didn't feel that the other party wanted to attack the city, they didn't bring any siege equipment, and they camped very firmly, it seems I just want to besiege the city and don't want to attack the city.
And one thing is strange, they are only half besieging the city, and they don't mean to completely seal us off.
Attacking and not attacking, siege is not siege, there is something weird in it! "
The two waited for Xu Ding to analyze it, and they understood that Alexander Qin's strategy and vision were no worse than his bravery.
On the contrary, he is taller, he is a very insightful and strategic person.
Look at the problem straight to the point and hit the nail on the head.
Xu Ding pointed his eyes at the Roman barracks outside the city and the invisible city of Thessaloniki and said, "It's very simple, our rebel army has a division, and a split has arisen.
There were also differences among the Romans, and there was also a gap between the New Emperor faction and the Senate faction. "
Meng Yu nodded compared to the goods, and they knew this somewhat.
Both the emperor and the senate want to gain more power. They are a pair of contradictions. If you are strong, he will be weak, and if you are weak, he will be strong.
Xu Ding went on to say: "The Governor of Macedonian Province was killed by us. These Roman armies have no direct commander and no supreme officer who can restrain everyone, so opinions are at odds. You have also seen the final result. Some of them want to Attack us, but want to save some strength, because the siege will have losses to some extent, and it may not be possible to win.
So they simply encircled and did not attack. In addition, they did not have many people, so they semi-surrounded, one is to gather troops so that they will not be defeated, and the other is to surrender without fighting. I hope we will abandon the city and die. Let's go, so they picked up a great merit prison for nothing.
As for those who didn't want to beat us, they stayed in Thessaloniki city, guarding the provincial capital, and this part still accounted for the majority. "
Only then did Meng Yu understand thoroughly.
That's what happened.
"But commander, this is not the way to go. If they don't attack, we can't kill or weaken them. Once the two guys in the north are dealt with by the Romans, and the chasing army moves south, we won't be able to run even if we want to." Shop around worriedly said.