Roman Empire, British Province.
Hadrian's Wall.
This majestic Great Wall rises from the mouth of the River Tyne on the east coast to the Solway Bay on the west coast, crossing the neck of the British Isle, like an iron fist holding the throat of the British provinces of the Roman Empire, the walls are more than two feet high, the total length of more than 100 miles.
Although this Great Wall is far inferior to the majesty of the Great Wall in the Central Plains, it is also an extraordinary building in this era.
It was a fortress that defended the northwestern frontier of the Roman Empire.
The Roman Empire rose for hundreds of years and was a giant empire with a rich history.
Even without counting the republican system that preceded it.
Since Octavian Augustus seized power in Rome, forced the senate to cede power, and reformed the head of state, the Roman imperial era was ushered in, and it has a history of more than 200 years.
For more than two hundred years, there was no peace and quiet in this land of Western Europe, and countless wars were fought every day.
If it is said that the Han Dynasty played an East Asian orthodoxy in the Central Plains.
The Roman Empire also produced a Western European hegemon here.
The Roman Empire passed hundreds of years of southern conquest and northern warfare before it gained the orthodox position on the land of Western Europe today, but in the land of Western Europe, there were actually many non-Roman tribal forces, which were uniformly called barbarians by the Romans.
The so-called barbarians are actually a collective term for many minority tribes, such as the Scots, Pirts, Sarmatians, Franks, and Angles, but for the Roman Empire, most of them refer to the Celts and Germanic peoples.
Before the invasion of the empire by the Eastern Wu army, the major tribes of the barbarians were the main troubles of the Roman Empire.
Over the years, most of the battles were fought because of barbarian invasions.
The province of Britain has always been the northwestern battlefield of the Roman Empire.
The Roman Empire fought for many years and conquered many barbarian tribes, but they also had the same helplessness as the Han Dynasty in the Central Plains.
Therefore, they also built a great wall system of imperial defense in their own frontiers to prevent barbarian invasions.
This set of defense system is composed of three great walls.
The three Great Walls are the Germanic Wall, the Antonine Wall, and Hadrian's Wall.
Hadrian's Wall was the front line for the defense of the barbarians in the province of Britain.
This is the reign of the former Roman Emperor Hadrian, presided over the construction of a great wall.
Hadrian was a virtuous emperor of the Roman Empire.
During his reign, the Roman Empire had already begun to stabilize its expanded territory after a hundred years of expansion wars, and it was just in need of a time to recuperate, and in order to stabilize this period of recuperation in the Roman Empire, he ordered the construction of Hadrian's Wall.
It took more than six years to build the treasury by consuming countless amounts of soldiers, mainly by three Roman legions, and recruiting millions of barbarians from Britain.
Since the completion of the Great Wall, the northwestern frontier of the Roman Empire has become stable, and the order of the British provinces has been completely stabilized.
This Great Wall was built for nearly a hundred years and was the northwest gateway to the Roman Empire, guarding the borders of the Roman Empire against the Celts and Germans of Northern Europe.
The defensive structures of Hadrian's Wall include walls, battlements, watchtowers, Fort Lee, inner city and castle.
The main castle is located in the middle of the Great Wall, on the north bank of the River Tyne, with the strongest wall in front and the back of the water, which was a command center of the Gallic legions.
The Gallic legions were one of the main legions of the Roman Empire.
This legion was a heavy legion established by the Gauls after Julius Caesar conquered Gaul in the Roman Republic, and his successor, Augustus the Great, the greatest of the Roman Empire, was established by the Gauls.
The archons of the Gallic legion would be a Gaul named Vickers.
Vickers was very tall, two and a half meters tall, standing up like a hill, with a pair of blue pupils, a hooked nose, a square face, a full beard, and fierce.
Born as a slave gladiator, he was the most peculiar of the Seven Legions, he was so powerful that even William, the commander of the Augustan Legion, could not necessarily defeat him, and he was also the sharpest and most domineering axe under Severus.
The Gallic Legion is a heavy legion, the smallest number of major legions, less than 150,000 troops, but it is the most ferocious legion, the main defender is good at attacking, each soldier is a giant spear in his hand, the lethality is soaring, and the two soldiers are equipped with a giant iron shield invented by the Kyles, once erected, the entire legion is an unbreakable iron mountain, and the means of attack are domineering and violent, and the general situation is to sweep through.
In the eyes of the barbarian soldiers, this is one of their natural enemies.
A few years earlier, Heqi's offensive had been thwarted by this legion step by step, and finally had to retreat back to Indian.
This is a legion with a great reputation.
On this day, in the castle, all the generals gathered, and Vickers was looking at a map of the deployment of the Great Wall, discussing the military situation with several lieutenants.
"General, all our camps outside the city have been pulled out, these eastern demons have approached less than five miles from us, but we can't find out any news, this is not good for us, and some fleets have landed from Solway Bay in the west to attack our western flank, once the two sides are encircled, we will face a two-front battle, this battle may not be so easy to fight" "Hmph, what are you afraid of, four years ago I could have been able to drive them out, and today we can fight and destroy them at the same time, the darkness can never be above the Lord's divine light, and the demons cannot be our opponents for our knights, the knights of the Gallic Legion are invincible" A fierce general's heroic way.
"It was before, now is now, before we had three legions in Britain, and we were not afraid, but now we only have one Gallic legion, and the strength of these Eastern demons is at least twice as many as before, and the most important thing is that we have not yet had a way to resist the powerful weapons of those demons, before the Great Wall was blasted open a gap, almost let us lose the Great Wall defense, this matter must be guarded."
It was the commander of the First Legion of Gaul, a slightly thin Gaul, Fidpeps, who spoke.
As soon as his voice fell, the atmosphere of the castle was somewhat quiet, and the pin drop could be heard.
The Wu army had already begun the era of widespread use of thunderstorms, and this kind of time-ahead and powerful weapon became a nightmare for the Roman Empire.
Vickers's blue eyes swept over, and he sighed in his heart, although he understood that this was an unavoidable problem to face, but as the commander of the first army, he naturally couldn't let his morale continue to be low.
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"You don't need to be too pessimistic, four years ago, they were defeated in our hands with such an artifact, which means that God still favors us, no matter how magical the weapon is, it will eventually have to be used by people, and if it can't be used, it will only be scrap metal after all."
Vickers's words weren't big words.
Although the Great Wu Dynasty was at the forefront of the times, the power of the thunder was far inferior to that of modern grenades, and the power that could be exerted was only auxiliary, and it was far from being able to destroy the end of the war.
"Darkness will never stop the light, God will protect us" A devout religious general said truthfully.
The Roman Empire was a system of theocracy and imperial power.
"God will protect us" "God will protect us" The generals shouted in unison, dispelling the fear in their hearts, and their spirit recovered a lot.
Nowadays, Christianity cannot affect the imperial power, but it is enough to affect the morale of the military, and after Severus succeeded to the throne, he did not suppress the sect's religious will, but used it to suppress the power of the Senate for him, and the effect was remarkable.
The Christian-turned-general said a word, but it stabilized the panicked army.
After half a ring, another corps commander spoke out of another concern: "General, Brooke, who was driven into the northern frontier before, is now also ready to move, our spies have already developed some traces before, I am afraid they will take this opportunity to counterattack us."
Brooke was a leader of the Barbarian Celtic tribe.
A few years ago, Severus led an army to conquer the barbarians of the British provinces, and swept away the blood of the British barbarians, and only a few remnants of the tribes fled north, and the Celtic tribe of Brooke was one of them, and it was relatively strong.
In peacetime, the Gallic Legion would naturally not be afraid of these lost dogs, but now, I have to admit that under the pressure of the Wu army, they have to consider this force that can influence the situation of the war.
"Serra" Hearing this, Vickers' face became solemn, and he suddenly spoke, looking at a Germanic general, and said in a deep voice: "Now that the Eastern Devil is powerful, the east and west are approaching my Roman Empire, looking down on the land of Western Europe, once they seize Britain, the Celts will not end up well, now is the moment for us to unite with the outside world, can you contact Brooke and talk?"
"I can give it a try" Serra was a barbarian general who surrendered in World War I, leading one of the Germanic tribes to surrender to the Roman Empire and join the Gallic Legion, which is now the commander of the Fourth Legion of Gaul.
"Honorable General, Your Majesty has a secret order from the city of Rome," a guard walked in, whispering a message.
"Another Secret Order" When Vickers heard this, there was a trace of helplessness in his pupils, and with a wave of his hand, he retreated from the generals: "You go to prepare, you must stabilize the military spirit of the soldiers, once the Eastern Demon attacks the city, we must have the heart of preparation for a bloody battle to the end."
"Yes" The generals took the orders and left.
Vickers took Severus's secret order from the guards, opened it and looked at it, no surprise, it was the same content, but it made his face a little ugly.
"Abandoning Britain at this time" Vickers was redeemed by Severus from the gladiatorial arena back then, loyal to Severus, and has always obeyed Severus's military orders, but this time he shook his head and sighed: "Dear Your Majesty, I'm afraid that even if I want to retreat, the Eastern Demon will not allow me to retreat, this battle still has to be fought."
In fact, it has been more than a month, and this is already the seventh secret order.
Severus wants to exchange space for the concentration of troops, and take the initiative to fight to the death with the Eastern Demons, this strategy is good, it can be called death and resurrection, but he can't ignore the safety of the Gallic legions.
That's why he's been dragging this secret order.
He knew very well what kind of troops and horses the Eastern Demon was that was directly opposite them right now.
Once they withdrew from the Great Wall of Harryad, he would lose one of the most advantageous geographical positions, and he would face a risk of defeat in the face of fierce pursuit by the enemy.
So even if he withdraws his troops, he needs a war.
Only in a victorious war did he maintain the absolute strength of the Gallic legions and retreat to the city of Rome.
"Take the initiative to fight, maybe you can kill him suddenly" Vickers had a thought in his mind, a thought that was out of control.
If he was destined to abandon Hadrian's Wall, then he would not need to defend it strictly, and he would be relatively much more flexible in tactics.
North of Hadrian's Wall.
The third theater of the Wu army is the headquarters.
The third theater gathered the two main forces of the Flame Legion, the Jiangdong Legion and the Sea Shark Legion, with as many as 300,000 troops.
The commander-in-chief of the theater of operations is He Qi, and the chief of staff is Huang Gai.
"Report to the commander-in-chief, in the early hours of this morning, our army has cleared the Roman military camp on the periphery of the Great Wall, and the main Roman force has forced us all into the Great Wall."
"Very good" He Qi's eyes showed a hint of essence, and said: "Let our scout cavalry continue to sweep, do not leave a trace of dead ends, I will lock them all inside, let them become blind, deaf, and panic." ” Tianquan's three-year defeat is one of the few defeats he has had, and if he wants to wash away this shame, only the blood of the battlefield can do it.
He had to win this battle "No" The herald took the order and departed.
"Commander" Huang Gai opened his mouth, looked at He Qi, and said: "We have more than a month of soldiers, and the consumption of grain and grass is huge, and if we continue to consume like this, we may not be able to consume more energy than them."
"I don't know what to taste" He Qi smiled bitterly: "After the warship landed, we have been transporting troops, and now the troops are sufficient, but the grain and grass have become our shortage." ” "Commander, it's better to start the war in advance," said one of the army commanders, "as long as you take Hadrian's Wall, everything will be solved." ” "Nope" A corps-level chief of staff immediately stood up and objected: "We have never figured out the intentions of this force behind us, and it is not good for us to start a war rashly, which will put us in a situation of being surrounded in front and back. ” The island of Britain is divided into north and south by Hadrian's Wall, with Gaul to the south and a land of prosperity and abundance to the north.
After the comeback of the Wu army this year, it quickly occupied the northern frontier, and the Roman army was defeated and retreated, all the way south, approaching Hadrian's Wall.
At this time, a group of soldiers and horses appeared in the north of the northern frontier, and suddenly fought out and captured several cities in the northeast.
This sudden appearance of soldiers and horses is not the soldiers and horses of the Roman Empire, but the strength is not weak, and they can't distinguish friend from foe, they are like a poisonous snake, coiled on the back of the Wu army, without showing their fangs, but the Wu army has to be careful to guard against it. t1706231537: