"This is a snow-covered glacier mountain area surrounded by steep cliffs. When I followed the Tang army across the Sarikol Ridge, I realized what a great expedition this was..."
Putting down the pen in his hand, Phocas looked at the white snow-capped mountains and plateaus around him, and felt that Hannibal's crossing of the Alps was no different. They had been in the maze-like Sarekol Mountains for three days, and he was completely unable to determine the direction of their march.
"Master, have a bowl of soup to warm yourself up."
Aulus brought the steaming hot broth to his master. He was now a captain of the foreign soldiers of the Suiye Army. In addition to more than 20 veterans of the legion who had followed his master from Constantinople, he had also recruited a number of Roman guards from the caravans passing through the Burning City in the past six months.
Many of these people were legionnaires from the Armenian Military District and the Anatolian Military District. Some were captured by the Arabs and became slaves of the Sogdian merchants. Others were retired veterans who wanted to make a fortune.
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