Byzantine city-state.
The Eastern Theater was heavily garrisoned in the city-states, sharpening their swords against the Roman army on the other side of the strait.
Pan Feng, the commander-in-chief of the theater of operations, was dressed in a murderous uniform, with a straight body like a giant bear, standing on top of the highest observatory built in the city, his eyes shining through the military binoculars in his hand, staring carefully ahead, observing the majestic fortress on the other side of the strait.
"What a majestic fortress" He muttered something from the inside of his mouth.
"This fortress is indeed terrifying" "It's hard to get a foothold, it's impossible to attack at all" "Unless you blast it open" "But our redcoat cannons don't have such a long range at all" Standing behind Pan Feng were the commanders of the various legions under the command of the Eastern Theater, the chief of staff, the army commander, the chief of staff of the army, dozens of generals, and the incomparably strong fortress on the other side of the strait reflected in the eyes of every general.
"This fortress is too strong, the fortress wall is only 100 meters away from the strait, we can't stand on the shore at all, the fortress wall is three feet high, it is too difficult to climb, if there is no ten times the force, it is difficult to attack, and it is located in the center, blocking our footsteps, if we advance, we must break through, but if we want to break through, how easy is it to talk about" Pan Feng observed for a long time before putting down the binoculars in his hand, sighed, and said calmly.
"Commander-in-chief, the Roman Empire has spent a lot of money on this fortress in recent years, and it has been strengthened every year, and now this fortress has connected the entire strait shore, it is indeed a fortress that is difficult to impregnate, even if we barely break it, I am afraid that our army will have to pay a heavy price" Tai Shici stood beside him, his body like a straight javelin, his hands behind his back, and his eyes looked into the distance.
If anyone knows this fortress best, it is that he is too Shi Ci.
After all, in the past few years, he Tai Shi Ci has led the Snow Leopard Legion to defend the entire border fortress of the Byzantine city-state, against the Roman army of the fortress of Severus across the strait, and he has also sent troops to attack this Roman fortress several times, but they have all returned in vain.
"Even so, we had to break through this fortress because it was blocking our way" Zhuge Liang, chief of the general staff of the theater of operations, was dressed in a white robe, holding a feather fan, with a graceful demeanor and awe-inspiring eyes: "And we must break through them as soon as possible, land in Thracian Province, just feedback from the Central Plains news, Your Majesty has come from the Central Plains to the west, if we can't break through the fortress of Severus before Your Majesty arrives at the Byzantine city-state, this will appear the incompetence of our Eastern Theater of Operations, and at the same time will delay our strategy of attacking the Roman Empire, don't forget, it's already June, and our time to fight is running out, Once we enter winter, we don't have any ability to attack at all."
"Who is stationed on the other side of the strait?"
Pan Feng thought for a moment and asked.
"A famous Roman general, Macrinus who has fought countless battles on the battlefield with our Wu army" A staff officer of the brocade guard standing behind the generals walked out and reported: "He is the chief general of the Predator Legion, after the government of the Roman Empire was completely controlled by the generalissimo of the Roman Empire, Caracalla, Caracalla was also hollowed out, as the confidant of the Roman Emperor Caracalla, he was naturally assigned to the fortress of Severus, but we must not underestimate this person, this person can fight with us countless times and retreat, it is not simple."
"In the fortress, the geometry of soldiers and horses" "In the fortress of Severus, there are two legions, one is the Iron Legion and the other is the Crusader, but there is a Legion of Holy Angels in the Greek seas in the distance, and there is also a Greek legion in the Greek province, ready to reinforce at any time" "Greek Legion" Pan Feng's eyes widened, and he looked at this brocade guard staff officer: "I remember that there doesn't seem to be this legion in the Roman Empire."
The legions of the Roman Empire, he has always kept in mind, knows himself and the enemy, and will not be defeated in a hundred battles, how can he not remember and understand the enemy.
"Returning to Commander-in-Chief Pan, this is after Chaks killed the Greek governor, collected the Greek army under his command, and created a new legion, and the chief consul of the legion is Chaks's henchman, a Roman general named Wahlberg" "I haven't heard of this man," someone whispered.
"This Roman general was born in the Holy See, he is a believer, and he is also a knight, not only with us, even in the Roman Empire, he is very low-key, few people know him, but in the Holy See, he is famous, it is rumored that he is the chief judge of the Holy See's Inquisition, specially for the Holy See's executioner of heresy, no one knows how strong his martial arts are, but the entire Holy See is afraid of him, he can be ordered by Chucks to be in charge of Greece, not just a confidant, this must be a hard stubble" "Hmph" Pan Feng snorted coldly: "Although the Greek soldiers fought with us on the battlefield back then, and also participated in the battle to round up His Majesty, it does not mean that they are elite soldiers, the soldiers and horses in these places are not well trained, and the military discipline is lazy, so it is not enough to suffer."
"Commander-in-chief, let's not underestimate the enemy" Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan, pondered for a while, and said: "The Greek province is the flank of the Severus Fortress, although it is separated by the sea in the middle, but they have the Holy Angel Legion, a sea legion, if we want to storm the Severus Fortress, they will easily attack us from the flank, so we may have to pull out this nail in advance before we can attack the Severus Fortress."
"How to pull" Zhou Tai, who was late, walked up head-on, just heard Zhuge Liang's voice, and asked directly.
"Youping, you're here" Pan Feng still had a lot of respect for Zhou Tai, and after seeing him walk up, he smiled slightly and had a kind attitude.
"The commander-in-chief summoned us to discuss the military situation, and the commander-in-chief should not have waited, but last night a small fleet of the Holy Angels Legion and one of our regimental fleets encountered and fought an encounter, so I hurriedly switched the main defensive area, it was late, please forgive the commander-in-chief" "No problem" Pan Feng waved his hand, and then asked, "Another encounter was fought, what were your losses?"
"We lost two fighting ships and sacrificed three hundred and eleven soldiers" Zhou Tai said bitterly: "As soon as we encounter, we fought hard, and we still fought hard."
"What about the enemy?"
"Their casualties were greater than ours, and without complete counts, we crushed at least a small fleet of fifteen of their warships, and killed more than eight hundred."
"It's not bad," Pan Feng nodded.
"But because of this encounter, we exposed the main force of the fleet, and we were almost surrounded and suppressed by them."
Zhou Tai smiled a little bitterly, and had lingering palpitations about this battle, and said: "The commander of the Holy Angel Legion is even more terrifying than the commander of the Italian Legion back then, this person is ruthless, in order to find out where our troops are, he did not hesitate to sacrifice more than a dozen warships under his command, if I didn't react faster and evacuate that sea area in time, I'm afraid the whole army would be wiped out."
If it was just a Holy Angel Legion, he would naturally not be worried, but the sea area where his fleet was located originally relied on the Greek provinces, and if the Holy Angel Legion and the Greek Legion joined forces to encircle and suppress, he would have to take off a layer of skin if he didn't die.
"Who is the leader of the Holy Angel Legion?"
asked Pan Feng, whose face sank.
"The commander-in-chief of the report is a Roman noble knight named Arles Blake" The staff officer of the Jinyi Guard next to him once again explained his doubts, and reported respectfully: "The Holy Angel Legion is a skeleton legion similar to our Wu army, a navy formed by pirates, and their lord will be the eldest son of the Black family of the Roman Empire, Arles Black, who once betrayed the Black family and independently established the Black Pirate Regiment at sea, and later Caracalla collected the strength of these pirate regiments and personally promoted him to be the chief general consul."
"At first, many of the leaders of the pirate group were very dissatisfied with this Arles Black, who was obviously from the Black family of the Senate but was outside the sphere of influence of the Senate, but it only took one year for Arles Black to regain the loyalty of all the leaders, and those who did not submit to him have died under his sword."
"This person is decisive in killing, and his ability to use troops is very strong, and the skeleton army led by General Lu Meng also suffered losses at his hands, and almost let him be surrounded and suppressed" "He is now a rising star in the Roman army, and not only Caracalla is very important to him, but even Chucks is impressed with him" Listening to the explanation of this Jinyi Guard's staff officer, the faces of the generals became solemn.
Undoubtedly, this is also a tricky adversary.
"This Roman Empire is full of talents" Pan Feng sighed: "Don't despise it" "Heroes emerge in troubled times, and heroes are shown in danger" The corners of Zhuge Liang's mouth raised a slight indifferent smile, he was not afraid at all, and said softly: "It is a matter of time before the Roman Empire is broken by us, and now that they are in danger, how can it be that a few heroes have not stepped forward, this is not strange."
When it comes to the survival of any country or any nation, there will be several saviors working hard, and this is an unchangeable thing.
He wasn't surprised by that.
"But now they're holding us back."
Pan Feng said a little ruthlessly: "We must break through the fortress of Severus. ” "Commander-in-chief, I still say the same thing, if we want to break through the fortress of Severus, we must first cut off the obstacle of the Greek legion, and only by losing the reinforcements from the flank, can we break through this fortress wholeheartedly" Zhuge Liang said in a deep voice.
"It's easy to say, the Greek Legion is stationed in Greece, how can we cut off the Greek Legion?"
Someone asked.
At this time, all the generals standing on the lookout were silent, pondering the question.
Zhuge Liang's eyes swept over, looking at their silent appearance, he took the lead in breaking the silence and spoke.
"Kong Ming, don't talk to me in a scheming way, just say it if you have a plan" When Pan Feng heard this, his eyes lit up, and a big hand slapped Zhuge Liang on the shoulder.
"Commander-in-chief, you light, my weak body can't stand the power of your palm" Zhuge Liang suddenly hurt a little, Pan Feng's palm can slap a fierce horse to death, he is just a literati, how can he stand it.
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"Hehe, mistake mistake" Pan Feng suddenly smiled and hurriedly withdrew his hand.
After Zhuge Liang loosened his shoulders, his face was straight, and he said: "Generally speaking, this plan is to feint and attack the fortress of Severus directly opposite the strait, and then concentrate the main force to attack the Greek provinces and defeat the Greek legions first."
"It's that simple" The generals looked at each other.
"Nature is not that simple" Zhuge Liang's eyes were as bright as the moon, the feather fan in his hand shook rhythmically, the corners of his mouth outlined a smile, and he said leisurely: "First of all, the first step we have to do is very difficult, we can't let the Holy Angel Legion make trouble, but we must let the Sea Eagle Legion cooperate with us to fight." t1706231537: