Outside Milan.
Hurriedly dozens of miles of Wu military camp.
At this time, the sky was pouring rain.
It was June, the weather was very naughty, as if it was like a child's face, it was said to change, in fact, in the morning it was still cloudless and sunny, but in the afternoon it was directly thunder and lightning, and it rained heavily.
"It's not a good time for this rain" The main camp of the Chinese army, Zu Mao stood at the door of the big tent, staring at the dripping rain falling in the sky, and there was a trace of bitterness on his face.
Heavy rain was not conducive to the offensive.
"Commander-in-Chief" At this time, Zhou Yu walked in with an oil umbrella, and hurriedly saluted Zu Mao.
"Gong Jin, drink a cup of hot tea, you're talking" Zu Mao personally poured him a cup of hot tea to warm his stomach.
"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief" Zhou Yu patted the raindrops on his body, sat down, took a sip of warm tea, and then began to report: "Your Majesty personally sent an edict" "Say" Zu Mao sat steadily in front of the conference table next to the sand table, his eyes like a rainbow.
"Only twelve words" Zhou Yu said: "At any cost, rush in, and the soldiers will come to the city" "Is there any news other than that?"
Zu Mao frowned slightly.
He was a little confused.
"Lu Bu from the Military Aircraft Department also came with a secret letter, which must be opened by the commander-in-chief himself" Zhou Yu handed over a secret letter, which was still sealed with fire paint and not opened.
Zu Mao opened it in front of Zhou Yu, looked at it, understood the beginning and end of the matter, and had a hint of relief on his expression: "I see" "What's wrong?"
Zhou Yu didn't look at it, and asked with some doubts.
"See for yourself," Zu Mao handed over the secret letter.
Zhou Yu hurriedly looked at it, and his brows suddenly locked: "Our million-strong army is actually surrounded."
"You didn't expect the Roman Empire to have such a hand, but it made us a little passive, and now there are 500,000 strictly trained Roman Empire soldiers behind us, if we want to break through, time is a big problem," Zu Mao said.
"So Your Majesty has decided to deal a blow to the city of Rome," Zhou Yu looked serious.
"Hmm" "Commander-in-Chief, will Your Majesty be in too much of a hurry?"
Zhou Yu has always been cautious, he said in a low voice: "At this time, I think we should still break through, after all, Your Majesty is a golden body, how can you take the initiative to enter the encirclement of the Roman army."
"If we break through, do you know what we're going to face?"
"I naturally understand that the Romans set up a trap to surround us, once we break through, we will face a tendency to attack back and forth" Zhou Yu naturally understood this: "But our army has a million elite main forces, and the grain and grass are quite sufficient, and it is not a big problem to protect Your Majesty and kill it directly."
For this battle, they have been preparing for several years, although the logistics are insufficient, but the carrying is sufficient, and there will be no shortage of food and grass within two or three months, so they have enough time to break through.
"But such a breakthrough will definitely hurt the vitality of our main force, right" Zu Mao's eyes were like torches.
"Indeed" When Zhou Yu heard this, he nodded gloomily, but his voice was very resolute: "But for the safety of His Majesty, it is better to obey, Your Majesty is the king of our country, heavier than Mount Tai, he is the spirit of my Great Wu Dynasty, if he has any accidents on the battlefield, no matter how much victory we achieve in the western battlefield, it will be a blow to Great Wu, and even the Central Plains, which has just entered a peaceful and prosperous era, will fall into civil strife, and the gains outweigh the losses."
At this time, if you want to protect Sun Quan to break through, there is still a chance.
However, the millions of soldiers and horses in the first and second theaters faced the front and rear encirclement, and even if they rushed out, they would suffer huge casualties.
However, for Zhou Yu, a million soldiers is not as heavy as Sun Quan alone.
This is the priority of the imperial court.
"Gong Jin, you are a military advisor, a very smart military advisor, you have to calculate three points in everything, and you have to estimate all aspects, but Your Majesty is not" A sharp light appeared in Zu Mao's cloudy eyes: "Our Great Wu generals, over the years, have won a hundred battles, few defeats, from Kushan all the way into the Roman Empire, invincible, arrogant and arrogant, this time the crisis is a lesson, the most admirable thing is that even if Your Majesty has been stable for many years, controlling the world, not impatient, but facing danger on the battlefield, still maintain such a strong fighting spirit, Your Majesty has such a fighting spirit, my Zu Mao is a battlefield general, how can I not be as good as him, and accompany him to fight once."
"I said, what kind of person is Your Majesty, he has never been a person who innocently killed soldiers on the battlefield in order to escape" Since the Wu army unified the Central Plains, it has aimed at the Roman Empire.
In these years, there have been victories and defeats in the battles in the west, but on the whole, there are still more victories and fewer defeats, and they have conquered most of the Roman Empire in just a few years.
This made the Wu army, from the emperor Sun Quan to a small soldier, have a sense of arrogance of winning all battles, and at the same time, there is also a trace of conceited and arrogant self-aggrandizement.
This time he led the army to drive straight in, without completely conquering Thrace, Greece, Pannonia, etc., and went straight to the Italian province in the hinterland of the Roman Empire, which was the biggest manifestation of self-aggrandizement.
However, what made Zu Mao happy was that even though Sun Quan had been sitting firmly above the court all these years, he still maintained his sharpness on the battlefield.
On the battlefield, no matter whether you win or lose, you must at least maintain this sharpness in order to maintain the morale of the soldiers.
"The commander-in-chief's meaning is understood, it is a certain family that underestimates His Majesty" Zhou Yu sighed, it was no problem to think like this from his point of view, but from Sun Quan's point of view, it was a little wrong for him to think like this, so he adjusted quickly, and a pair of bright eyes became tough and sharp.
"Since Your Majesty is going to break the cauldron and strike a blow, we must give him the greatest cooperation, and in the shortest possible time, conquer the city of Milan, drive straight from the southern front, and approach the city of Rome, and the troops will come to the city."
Zhou Yu was categorical.
"I think so too, but the current situation is that the sky is not beautiful" Zu Mao looked up and looked at the pouring rain outside the tent door.
"It's man-made" Zhou Yu also looked at the heavy rain, but had a trace of confidence: "This rain is not necessarily a bad thing, it may still be a good thing for us" "What do you say" Zu Mao's eyes lit up.
"In this kind of weather, I'm afraid the Roman army in the city won't think that we will steal the city."
Zhou Yu said: "This can catch them off guard."
"But after the past few days, I feel that the coach of this Gallic army is also an experienced general, and his defense is very tight."
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"So we're going to use some methods" "What method" "Feint first" "Feint" "We have taken advantage of the heavy rain and pouring weather to carry out a large-scale feint attack on the city of Milan, launched five feints in a row, completely broke the vigilance of the Romans, and then launched a real offensive on the sixth time, when the time will inevitably break through the city in one fell swoop."
Zhou Yu said with a smile.
He's scheming.
Everyone has a preconceived idea.
When four or five consecutive feints made the defending Roman army feel familiar, the next attack in their eyes was also a feint, and the most important thing was the weather, now that the weather was pouring rain, they were forced to rain on the city wall in the face of the meaningless feints of the Wu army, and they would feel tired and overlapped with consciousness, so that they completely let down their guard.
At this time, the real attack of the Wu army will encounter the weakest resistance.
"Good" Zu Mao trusted Zhou Yu very much: "Just fight according to your tactics, immediately go and gather all the departments, get ready, start today, you must break through the city within three days" "Obedience" Zhou Yu took the order and left.
In the city of Milan.
On top of a circular hall.
Vickers's straight body stood like a mountain, and his momentum was high, not angry but mighty, so that all the legion commanders under his command looked solemn.
However, at this moment, there was a trace of bitterness on his face.
"The province of Gaul has been conquered by the demons of the East" Vickers gently put down a roll of leather from Gaul in his hand, and sighed: "I am sorry for the people of the Gallic province."
He was a true Gaul.
When the Gallic province faced a demonic invasion, he should have led the Gallic legion to the front, but for the sake of the empire and His Majesty, he chose to lead the army back to the Italian province.
The province of Gaul was breached, and he had a great deal of responsibility.
So he was somewhat ashamed in his heart.
"General, in fact, you have done your best, your majesty's secret orders were issued repeatedly, and we couldn't hold it in the battle of Hadrian's Wall, so we had no choice but to return, we can't blame you for this matter."
General Sierra whispered comfort.
"Generals don't need to be like this" Vickers swept his gaze, looked at the faces of the generals, and soon found that his mood had made the generals in the army a little low, so he immediately adjusted his emotions, and a smile appeared on his face: "I'm just a Gaul, I just have some feelings, I have never regretted this decision, if you can't even keep the empire, Gaul will be trampled by the devil's iron hooves sooner or later, Your Majesty is right, only by completely defeating the demons from the east, can the empire last forever and let the people of Gaul be safe."
"The general is right" "We want to defeat these demons from the East once and for all" The commanders of the legions quickly turned cloudy and clear, and their emotions became high.
"Newspaper" "Come in" "Report to the General, the devil is coming" This is a captain, Abner.
"It's the time" Vickers' eyes were cold, and he stood up: "They chose a good time, all obeyed the order, and followed me to the city wall."
"Yes" The legion commanders were ordered to follow Vickers' footsteps and walk up the city wall in the heavy rain.
The city of Milan was the most important city of Imperial Italy, the city was high and thick, and standing on the city walls, you could look down on the scene from miles away.
"Knock Knock" This is not the sound of war drums, but the neat pace, hundreds of thousands of soldiers in unison, knocking the ground out, the sound breaking through the sound of rain dripping, forming a sonic offensive above the sky.
The pace of hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the two major legions of the Flying Tiger Legion and the Bashu Legion is actually the same, which is enough to show that Zu Mao, Zhou Yu, and Chen Zhi have achieved the extreme in training.
This momentum made the hearts of the soldiers of the Gallic Legion in the city burst out and was a little depressed.
"What a sharp shock" Vickers had a gloomy face, drops of rain dripped from his face, his fists were already clenched tightly, in the face of this momentum, he shouted loudly: "Fight" "Battle" "Battle" With Vickers' angry shouts, the Roman soldiers on the city wall quickly woke up from the shock of the Wu army and roared angrily.
Sonic countermeasures.
The Great War is on the verge of breaking out.
Zu Mao rode his horse in the middle, stared ahead, slowly pulled out his long sword, and pointed at Milan: "Attack" "Attack" "Attack" "Attack" The first wave of Wu's attacks was as fierce as a tiger.
"Shoot the Arrow" The counterattack of the Roman army was also as swift as lightning.
"The Shieldmen Stepped Up" The Wu army changed its formation, and immediately dispatched all the large shield soldiers in front of it, advancing against the overwhelming number of arrows.
The rain is still falling, and it is getting heavier and heavier.
In the rain, the offensive and defensive battles under the city of Milan were in full swing.
However, just when the main force of the Wu army paid some casualties and entered the city less than ten steps under the sky with arrows, which was enough to build a ladder, the army retreated.
Attack fiercely.
The retreat is also fast.
Half an hour later, looking at Wu Jun who had disappeared in the hazy rain, Vickers frowned a little: "What do they mean?"
He was ready to fight to the death.
But this time the attack was anticlimactic, and the thunder and rain were small, which made him a little puzzled.
"General, the demon is a feint," Legion Commander An Mo said in a low voice.
"Maybe" Vickers instructed: "But don't give up your guard, the demons are cunning, and it is hard to guarantee that they will not turn a feint attack into a real attack."
"Yes" The commanders of the legions nodded, braved the heavy rain, and still held on to the city wall, not giving the Wu army the slightest chance.
In the evening, before dark, the rain in the sky seemed to be much lighter.
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And Wu Jun also began a second attack on the city of Milan.
Just like the first attack, this attack was still thunder and rain, and the main force drove straight in, but when it came time to attack the city, it directly retreated.
"Damn demons, what are they doing" "Playing with us, is it fun to get drenched in the rain?"
"Hmph, a group of cowards, if you have the ability to attack it, we will fight to the death" Two successive feints made the soldiers of the Gallic Legion in Milan a little impatiently scolded.
At night, the rain was not heavy this night, but it had been falling, and the defense of the city of Milan was very tight, but it was very quiet, and the Wu army did not launch another night attack.
The next day came.
In the morning, the weather improved for a while, and there was no rain for about an hour, but when the hour came, pea-sized drops of rain fell from the sky again, ticking and ticking.
"Knock Knock" Wu's third attack broke out in the heavy rain.
"Pass the order, the demon may be a real attack this time, and he must be carefully defended" Vickers is a general with a keen and experienced battlefield experience, he has seen a lot of things from the previous two feints, and his expression is very solemn.
"Yes" Although the army commanders were a little tired, they still adhered to the defensive position and strictly guarded it.
However, the third attack of the Wu army was still a feint, entering the city, without taking a ladder or attacking the city gate, and directly retreated and left.
Three successive repeated feints raised the anger of the Roman soldiers.
Gathering back to fight in the heavy rain again and again, the condensed fists again and again seemed to hit the hollow.
Two hours later, at noon, the fourth attack was launched In the evening, the fifth attack For two consecutive days, the Wu army made a total of five feints, and each attack only stopped ten steps under the city, making the Gallic soldiers defending the city feel up and down, and exhausted. t1706231537: