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Chapter 1440: The Death of Severus IV


Zhuge Liang set a big war after the killing, taking advantage of the truce between the two sides, suddenly night attack Damascus City, although this strategy is good, but the people are not as good as the world, a battle failed to attack, has lost the opportunity.

Subsequently, the Wu army did not dare to stay outside the city, after all, there were still three main legions of Roman troops in the city, so they had to quickly withdraw the army to the camp.

The night had passed, and it was dawn.

The darkest night has passed above the sky, a round of red morning sun between the horizontal lines, that is, before it appears, the misty sunlight has appeared, shining on the Wu army camp, and at this time, the horns have begun to blow before the barracks, and the soldiers of each battalion have quickly begun to walk out of the camp tents and start a day's training on the spacious school grounds.

The main battalion of the Chinese army.

Pan Feng opened the curtain and strode in, sitting in his position with a gloomy face.

"Commander-in-Chief, how did the battle go?"

Tai Shi Ci Zhang He and the other lords came up and asked in a deep voice.

"Failed" After Pan Feng spit out two words hatefully, he looked at Zhuge Liang who walked in behind him, and asked with some puzzlement: "Kong Ming, in the battle last night, although there were some surprises, the Roman army moved troops too quickly, so we couldn't break the deadlock quickly, but as long as we worked hard, I believe that we have a chance to break through their blockage, why should we retreat in a hurry."

In the battle last night, from the time they raided the city gate and then fought the Roman army, it took less than an hour before and after, and the knights quickly retreated after only a preliminary confrontation, which made him a little unhappy.

You must know that because of the defeat in the first battle during the day, the army's heart is a little lost, and he must save the army's heart, so he has great expectations for this battle.

It is hoped that by virtue of the sneak attack, he can forcibly break through the defensive line of Damascus City, seize the Syrian province, and then use the Syrian province as a springboard, the main force of the first theater of war, and drive straight into the hinterland of the Roman Empire.

But in the end, they fell short.

This made him unwilling.

"Commander-in-chief, let's take a sip of tea first."

Zhuge Liang was behind, he followed the pace and walked in, after he walked in, he personally poured a cup of tea for Pan Feng, and then said: "Last night's battle, we underestimated the Roman army commander Olveli, on the surface it seems that our two armies are evenly matched, and even we have some leads, but in fact, they are actually luring the enemy to go deeper, if Commander Ma Chao's soldiers and horses are deep into ten miles, last night's battle, I am afraid we will suffer a big loss."

At this time, Ma Chao and Jia Xu also walked in from behind, they put down their helmets, sat down and heard Zhuge Liang's words, Jia Xu was very calm, but Ma Chao couldn't help frowning, he quickly said: "Chief of General Staff, although the Roman army seems to be quite numerous, but in the battle last night, I have already made a preliminary estimate, they do not have enough troops to cut off the connection between us, as long as I give me another half an hour, I can break through their defensive circle and drive straight in, so I dare to lead the army to continue to go deeper" "You saw it right, as a commander-in-chief, I never doubt your judgment on the battlefield, but I tell you, it was they who deliberately relaxed their defenses" Zhuge Liang spread out a map, it was a map of Damascus City, very rough, not very in-depth, but enough to see, the general buildings and streets were depicted.

"Look carefully, this is the south gate of Damascus City, Commander Ma Chao's vanguard army has a full army of soldiers and horses, they entered from the city gate, the first step to break through the city gate, and the commander-in-chief's soldiers and horses at the city gate and the Roman army entangled, Commander Jia's soldiers and horses outside the city gate, our attack formed a triple offensive formation that echoed back and forth, even if we encountered an ambush, we could retreat with all our bodies" Zhuge Liang pointed to the map and said carefully: "But if Commander Ma Chao's vanguard army enters ten miles, no, five miles, it will arrive here, the terrain here is a little special, very narrow, there are only three people on the left and right, tens of thousands of people marching, it will inevitably lengthen the longitudinal line, at that time, the Apollo Legion and the Iron Blood Legion will inevitably cut off General Ma Chao's vanguard army, as far as I know, there are three major legions in Damascus City, and there is also a Germanic legion, if the Germanic legion is here, Commander Ma Chao's vanguard army will face an ambush in the narrow streets, and when the time comes, the soldiers and horses of the two Roman legions on the left and right will go one step further, control the city wall, and cut off the commander-in-chief's Chinese army, and Commander Ma Chao will inevitably encounter the situation of total annihilation, and even the commander-in-chief's Chinese army will suffer a heavy setback."

"Good insidious layout" After listening to Zhuge Liang's analysis, Pan Feng, Ma Chao and the others suddenly lost their unwillingness, and they were all drenched in cold sweat.

"With such a careful layout, could it be that they already knew that we would attack at night, so they arranged such a formation to meet us" Jia Xu looked at this battle map, his eyes were like rainbows, and he asked in a low voice.

"Definitely" When Zhuge Liang heard this, he shook his head: "If they have been prepared, I'm afraid it will not be this formation that will greet us, if it is me, calculate the situation of the night attack, as the general who defends the city, and even put us into the city, and then there will be another door to beat the dog, and then our army will suffer a huge blow, even if it can be killed, it will only be one or two out of tenth."

"The Chief of General Staff Zhuge is the top military division of my Wu army, and even His Majesty praises you, and his wisdom is almost demonic."

Tai Shi Ci said in a deep voice: "Among the Roman army, is there such a shrewd person?"

"Don't underestimate the Roman Empire" Zhuge Liang said: "You and I have read a lot of Roman history books, they can dominate this land in the Western Regions for hundreds of years, comparable to the position of the Han Dynasty in the Central Plains, how can it be so simple, last night's war, I am more inclined to do so, they are just a temporary layout" "They shouldn't have noticed that we killed a horse pistol, and suddenly our soldiers and horses appeared on their city walls, they should have been unexpected, but their defense was too meticulous, and their response was as fast as thunder and lightning, and the troops they arranged were basically in the direction of the city gate, and they mobilized as fast as thunder and lightning, and finally their main general, in such a short period of time, arranged a strategy to lure the enemy into depth, it is not simple."

"Why don't you do it again tonight?"

Ma Chao's tiger eyes burst into a scorching light: "They may not think that we will kill again" "There's no chance anymore" Zhuge Liang said: "If you don't succeed once, you will inevitably startle the snake, and after you beat the snake, they will inevitably strengthen their defense, and if we want to play the trick of night attack, it will be difficult to work, and even let them plan it, but the gains outweigh the losses."

"This group of Roman barbarians is not simple" Jia Xu said with a gloomy mouth: "The Roman lord in the city of Damascus is a powerful character."

"Hundreds of thousands of main forces are stationed here, but we have been unable to break through the Syrian province for a long time, how can we live up to His Majesty's expectations" Pan Feng was furious, and slammed his fist on the table, smashing this ironwood table to pieces.

The camp suddenly calmed down, and the generals looked at each other, and they couldn't think of a good way to break the enemy.

"Commander-in-chief, Syria has hoarded heavy Roman troops, and if you want to break through, it will be difficult to work in a short time, and the only way to do this is to use our last hole cards" Zhuge Liang sighed and said in a deep voice.

In the end, Pan Feng was puzzled.

"Commander Zhou Tai" Zhuge Liang glanced at Admiral Zhou Tai.

"It has to be like this," Zhou Tai sighed.

"I have no choice," Zhuge Liang said.

"It has been hidden for nearly four years, and once it is actively exposed and unsuccessful, then they will face the encirclement and suppression of the Roman army," Zhou Tai said.

"This is the fastest way I can think of to break through Syria right now" "Oh well" Zhou Tai nodded: "I will immediately let him act with the secret order of the Sea Eagle Legion" "Who do you say it is?"

asked Tai Shici.

"You have forgotten that a few years ago, when the Sea Eagle Legion withdrew from the Roman Seas, the First War Zone issued an order to leave the hidden fleet behind and establish a Wu army base in the Roman seas."

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "This is our strange soldier, a strange soldier inserted from their belly and back like their heart" "I remember this, but I remember that there were not many soldiers and horses left, but only thousands of soldiers, and it was good to survive alone in the Roman sea, can you use it?"

asked Pan Feng.

"Commander-in-chief, you are underestimating Lu Ziming" Zhuge Liang's eyes crossed a gleam: "Lu Ziming, worthy of being a general selected by His Majesty, in a few years, he relied on a small fleet of the Wu army, but gathered a large number of pirates in the Roman seas, and now the soldiers and horses in his hands are a force that we can not imagine, as long as we attack from the front, they land from the coast, and then attack Damascus City from the west, they will attack back and forth, and break into the city."

The Roman Sea, the Mediterranean Sea of later generations.

The sea breeze is gentle.

The salty smell blows against the sea breeze on a hidden island.

The front of the island is foggy all year round.

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There is a huge harbor in the back gorge of the island, where it meets another island, and on the harbor, there are one by one sea ships moored, these are not ordinary sea ships, they are basically regular battle ships, and a skull flag is hung on the bow of the ship.

On the island, there are many houses built, built in rows, at least 100,000 people live, the most important is a stone to build, more majestic palace, this hall imitates the building of the military machine pavilion, with a strong Central Plains style.

Above the hall, there are six big characters written in Chinese on the horizontal plaque, the skull military meeting hall.

In the hall, the style of furnishings is also in accordance with the Central Plains style.

A rectangular table.

On the left and right of the table, there are more than a dozen big men in the shape of a man, there are many races, some are Romans, there are black people from Africa, there are people from the rest of the country, there are Egyptians from the provinces of Egypt, but sitting on the top is a long robe, Confucian robes, the Central Plains Wu people.

"Dear Chief Poseidon, there has been news from Quinta that the Almo Pirate Regiment is willing to submit to the Skeleton Army, but please keep the Almo Regiment," a red-bearded Greek man reported in standard Greek language.

"Negotiate terms with me, it's too late" Hearing this, the young man in the Confucian robe waved his hand, asked the red-bearded man to sit down, and said indifferently: "Sidra, for your sake, I have already given him a chance, but kill my messenger, burn my skeleton military flag, challenge my skeleton from the majesty of the head, you must not kill, the rules of the skeleton army cannot be broken, but you are my most loyal subordinate, I can't ignore your feelings, you don't have to worry about this matter, Turas" "Dear Lord Poseidon, your faithful general is here," a black man as burly as a mountain walked out.

"I now order you, lead 10,000 troops, within five days, take Almo Island for me, I want Quinta's head, as for the others, they can be exempted and merged into your vanguard group" "Yes" The black general led the tiger talisman of the young man in the Confucian robe and left the council hall.

"This is the end of the meeting, you continue to train soldiers, we used to conquer this sea area in the name of the god of the sea, and create a land for us to live in, but the army is still insufficient, you need to be more attentive" The young man in the Confucian robe said majestically.

"Yes" The generals took orders, stood up, and rushed out.

"Conquer another one, the Almo pirate regiment has at least 3,000 people, expand the army by 3,000, my soldiers and horses are enough for 50,000, although there is some moisture, but the elite soldiers are also enough for 30,000, which can be confronted with the main force of the Roman army."

The young man in the Confucian robe stood up, looking at their departing backs, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but raise a relaxed smile.

This is the family foundation he has accumulated through hard work in the past few years.

"Deputy Commander" At this time, a middle-aged man walked in and addressed him in pure Chinese.

"Brother-in-law, how many times have I said it, if you want to integrate into them, you must get rid of the language barrier, here, call me Poseidon" Hearing this, the young man in the Confucian robe looked at the person who came, and said in a deep voice.

He is the leader of the Skeleton Army, which has risen to dominate most of the Mediterranean in the eastern Mediterranean during these years.

In this sea, everyone is called the king of pirates.

He had a name, Poseidon.

This name, in Greek mythology, was called the god of the sea.

The god of the sea.

This is the honor he won by crisscrossing the Roman seas, conquering everything, being invincible, and calling for wind and rain on the sea with his excellent naval combat skills.

But he also has a name.

It's called Lu Meng.

He is Lu Meng, who took the initiative to stay when the Sea Eagle Legion retreated.

With these thousands of soldiers and horses, with strong warships, and with excellent naval skills, he quickly made a name for himself in the Mediterranean in a few years.

There's not much in this area.

The most numerous are pirates.

In the course of hundreds of years, the Roman Empire swept across the land of Western Europe with this super strength, and I don't know how many state regimes were exterminated, how many tribal enemies were swept away, and how many families were forced to go into exile in the world.

The moment Lu Meng stayed, he had already begun to realize that the existence of these pirates was his future strength.

Because these pirates were basically not tolerated by the Roman Empire, most of them had a grudge against the Roman Empire, so they basically stood on the opposite side of the Roman Empire.

They would not be as hostile to the Wu people from the East as the Romans did.

So it gives him a good chance to build up his strength. t1706231537: