"What, Spartacus is all gone" Liu Bang was shocked after receiving the bad news, and his face changed sharply, from disbelief to surprise to pessimism and finally even mixed with a desperate expression.
Spartacus can be called the first military general in Rome, stronger than his own son Luo Shixin and Ma Yuan, the 100,000 soldiers he commanded are also carefully selected soldiers, but he didn't expect that the whole army was wiped out in just one day, like a mud cow into the sea silently, the combat effectiveness of the Han army is really terrible The Han army in Athens is only 780,000, and in about two months, the 600,000 Han troops led by Zhuge Liang and Li Jing will arrive one after another, and when the 300,000 Han troops led by Bai Qi enter the territory again, the Roman Empire will inevitably be in flames everywhere and be cut to pieces by the Han army.
"The Han army is strong, our army might as well abandon the Balkans and retreat to the Apennines, with the support of the people, maybe we can also deal with the Han army.
When the Han army is short of food and grass, maybe our army will be able to usher in the opportunity to turn defeat into victory" Liu Xiu stepped out of the ranks and put forward his own suggestions.
Liu Bang sighed: "So far, it can only be like this, General Napoleon and I originally wanted to use the important town of Athens to resist the advance of the Han army, but who knew that in the end it was still a step too late, not to mention the loss of the city, but also the loss of Spartacus and 100,000 soldiers, the situation is really getting worse."
Napoleon also frowned, at a loss: "The offensive of the Han army is too fierce, no wonder Guishan and Anxi perished one after another."
General Liu Xiu lost 300,000 soldiers in Babylon last year, which caused a great loss of vitality on our side, and the whole country could only make up these 600,000 soldiers, and before the battle began, another 100,000 soldiers were folded.
If the remaining 500,000 were defeated again, the Han army would drive the president straight in, and the Roman Empire would have no more defense.
It is also a good strategy for the whole army to retreat to the Apennines to defend at risk, step by step, and resist with the help of the people. ” After some urgent deliberations, Liu Bang decided to abandon the Balkan Peninsula with his whole army, and follow Corinth to the north, divided into two routes by the Sasalonian army, one way to cross the Mediterranean Sea by boat and land on the Apennine Peninsula, and all the way north to Macedonia and Solo to retreat to Rome.
For a time, the flags were unfurled, the dust was vast, and the Roman soldiers of the 500,000 laborers on the expedition did not have time to catch their breath, so they turned around and retreated, and they inevitably complained and complained along the way.
However, the Romans have been frightened by the Han army, after two consecutive tough battles between Babylon and Athens, the Roman soldiers were afraid of the Han army like a tiger, and it was rumored that the Han people were as strong as oxen, extremely powerful, and were the most powerful race in the world, and the Romans fighting against them was tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.
Under such rumors, the Roman soldiers were depressed, lest they would run slowly and become prisoners of the Han army, so they did not need Liu Bang to do too much mobilization, so they rushed to retreat to Ssalonica one by one.
After receiving the news of Liu Bang's withdrawal, Wu Qi and Yue Fei quickly gathered heavy troops to chase after them, from Athens all the way to Corinth, and then to Ssalonica, and chased 400 miles in a few days, so that the Roman army could not shake off the footsteps of the Han army.
When the Roman army retreated to Lion's Camel Ridge, they received bad news from Tholo from the scouts: "Report to Lord Zaiheng, when Wu Qi and Yue Fei attacked Athens, the Han general Huo Quji, under the guidance of Joan of Arc, with Huang Feihu as the vanguard, led 70,000 cavalry all the way to the west, and has now arrived in Ljuble. ” Liu Bang and Liu Xiu suddenly changed color when they heard this, Luble was the only place to retreat from the Balkan Peninsula to the Apennine Peninsula, and the Han army cut off this retreat route was equivalent to cutting off the land route of the Roman army to retreat to the Apennines, and the ships at sea were limited, and it was difficult for the 500,000 Roman troops to retreat to the other side of the sea Seeing that Liu Bang was anxious, Napoleon smiled and said: "Hehe, Lord Zaiheng don't worry, I have already ambushed a team of 30,000 people near Ljuble before sending troops.
Even if you can't defeat this Han army, you can still kill Huo Quji by surprise, and Ljuble's retreat is still guaranteed."
Liu Bang was relieved and thanked Napoleon: "Alas, General Napoleon is still far-sighted, if you don't take precautions, I'm afraid that our army will not be able to return to the homeland."
After a false alarm, Liu Bang ordered the army to continue to retreat, with Ma Yuan and Deng Yu as the vanguard, and he and Liu Xiu and Napoleon led the Chinese army.
Just when the Roman army was only 150 miles away from Ssalonica, the bad news came again, the Han general Su Lie had led a cavalry of 50,000 men to make a detour to capture the port, burned more than 500 warships, and cut off the way for the Roman army to retreat from the sea.
"This, this retreat on land is guaranteed, but the retreat at sea is cut off, hehe, it is not the destruction of my Roman Empire" Liu Bang couldn't help crying after receiving the bad news, and was taken advantage of by the Han army everywhere, which was no longer a factor of luck but the ability to transfer troops, as the commander of the three armies, Liu Bang was undoubtedly completely exploded by Wu Qi and Su Lie.
"Pass my order and retake the port at all costs" Napoleon, who was a head shorter than Liu Bang, overstepped his command and gave the order at the top of his voice.
Ma Yuan and Deng Yu, who served as the vanguard, immediately launched a fierce attack on the Han army, and were led by Su Lie Jiang Song, Zhang Han and others to occupy the advantageous position, and repelled with a fierce rain of arrows, making it difficult for the Roman army to cross the thunder pool.
The fierce battle was in full swing in the front, and Wu Qi and Yue Fei in the rear led the army to kill, and six or seven hundred thousand tails came, and the smoke and dust of the trampling were mighty, and the flag covered the sky, and the dust covered the sun.
In the direction of Ljuble, there was bad news, Huo Quji and Huang Feihu defeated the ambush set up by Napoleon, captured the fortress of Lubl in one fell swoop, and cut off the way for the Roman army to retreat to the Apennines.
At this point, the 500,000 Roman army had no way to retreat, and there was only one way left to defend Sasalonica.
Standing on a high place and looking at the mountains and fields, the mighty Han army is like a surging wave of people, covering the sky and thrilling.
Liu Bang could only take Liu Xiu's suggestion, stationed troops under the city of Ssalonica to fight a protracted battle with the Han army, and sent people to break through the siege and return to the Apennines to ask for help from home, begging the Roman king to urgently recruit a reinforcement to cross the sea to rescue.
After occupying the fortress, the two armies of Wu Qi and Yue Fei were not in a hurry to attack, but scattered and camped in the wilderness of Ssalonica, waiting for the arrival of reinforcements from Zhuge Liang and Li Jing, gathering heavy troops to annihilate the Roman legions with superior forces, and striving to complete the battle.
"It's not okay not to frustrate the prestige of the Han army, please ask your father-in-law to allow the child to fight" Luo Shixin rode a five-flowered horse, holding a big iron spear with a thick bowl mouth, and asked Liu Bang to fight, with an expression of death. t1706231537: