Fast forward to a few days ago, when the battle of the fortress of Severus was still in full swing, and above the Greek province to the south, there was a bloody battle between the Wu army and the Roman army.
The province of Greece, an important economic and political center of the Roman Empire, was the eastern core of the empire.
To the north of the province is the Attica Peninsula centered on the provincial capital city of Athens, and to the south of the province is the Peloponnese Peninsula with the city of Sparta as the core, which is a peninsula surrounded by the sea.
The two peninsulas that make up the province of Greece are separated by several straits, the two most important of which are the Gulf of Corinthia and the Bay of Patras.
These two bays were battlegrounds for the battle of the Greek land.
In the past, the Wu army conquered Rome, and Sun Lang was entrusted with the important task by Sun Quan, leading the army from Byzantium, which was the first to seize the Peloponnese Peninsula strongly, and then relied on the Gulf of Corinthia and the Bay of Patras as a natural danger to fight against the Roman army in the Greek provinces.
However, when the main force of the Wu army was defeated in Rome, the whole army was forced to retreat to Roman territory, and Sun Lang was also forced to lead his army out of the Greek province.
It was a great opportunity to seize the provinces of Greece.
And this time, the Wu army regrouped and marched westward again, Zhuge Liang personally led his troops to land, and the war naturally befell the Greek provinces again.
The strategy used by Zhuge Liang is the same strategy as Sun Lang.
After he landed with a large army, he immediately captured the city of Sparta, and then he relied on the city of Sparta to resist the attack of the two legions of the Roman army, but this time, he did not have Sun Lang's luck, in the past, Sun Lang was able to gain a firm foothold in Greece, because of the support of the Sea Eagle Legion at sea, so he was able to rely on the Bay of Patras and the Bay of Corinthia as a natural risk, and stabilized his plan to seize southern Greece.
Moreover, in this battle, except for one army, the other main forces of the Sea Eagle Army have basically been transferred north to assist the main force of the Eastern Theater to break through the fortress of Severus, and he has lost the help of the navy, so he can only rely on the terrain of the Peloponnese Peninsula to confront his own soldiers and horses several times.
But the start of this battle was good.
Zhuge Liang first used the terrain of the sea to get rid of the shell of a golden cicada, and after getting rid of the pursuit of the Holy Angel Legion, he quickly landed from the port of Sparta and joined the army of Cao Zhang, who had entered the Greek province, and then he took advantage of the time difference when the Holy Angel Legion was still pursuing him at sea, and ambushed the pursuers of the Greek Legion.
In that battle, he took the lead and ambushed, annihilating the First Greek Army in one fell swoop.
At the same time, the cavalry led by Cao Zhang was also frantically plundering the territory of the Peloponnese Peninsula in southern Greece, not only taking Sparta City, but also more than a dozen towns around Spartan City in one go, almost seizing most of the territory of the Peloponnese.
In this way, it was natural to give the Roman army the illusion that they had gathered heavy troops to land in the Greek provinces and seize Greece strongly.
His purpose was achieved.
Because of the outbreak of this battle, he used the strength of two armies and one cavalry regiment to not only drag down the main Greek legion and the Holy Angelo legion of the Roman army in the eastern battlefield, but also let the crusader legion leave the fortress of Severus and go south to reinforce, winning the best opportunity for the army in the eastern theater to attack.
But at the same time, he also put himself, the 37th Army of the Sea Eagle, the 42nd Army of the Snow Leopard, together with the cavalry regiment directly under the Snow Leopard, and tens of thousands of soldiers of the Great Wu completely fell into a desperate situation surrounded by the Roman army.
After the Holy Angels Legion found out about the circle, they quickly returned to the right path, and led the main army to land and attack Sparta.
The Greek Legion was annihilated in the First Legion, but it was not afraid, and the Legion's ruling general, Wahlberg, personally led the main force south, and the Second Legion, the Third Legion, and the Fourth Legion, gathered 130,000 main forces, and within three days, they had crossed the Gulf of Corinthia, and went south to the city of Sparta.
All the warships of the 37th Army of the Sea Eagle under Zhuge Liang were burned by themselves, and they could not escape by sea, and there were the main Roman armies in the north and south, and there was no way to retreat, and the situation suddenly became precarious Spartan City.
In the city, a queue of Wu soldiers is holding shields and spears, walking in a neat pace, patrolling the streets one by one, realizing the strict military order of the whole city.
This is the territory of Rome, the Romans hated the Orientals very much, Sparta is still a Greek main city, with a large population, in order not to affect the army, Zhuge Liang ordered that the whole city be under martial law, no one is allowed to haunt, and the root of the people's uprising and restlessness is eliminated.
In the middle of a large circular hall.
Zhuge Liang sat down cross-legged and sat on top of the head, and on his left and right were Cao Zhang, the commander of the cavalry regiment, Ling Cao, the commander of the 37th Sea Eagle Army, and Liao Hua, the commander of the 42nd Snow Leopard Army.
And below their four main generals, there are also the chief of staff of the military department, the division commander, the chief of staff of the division, and more than a dozen generals gathered together to discuss the military situation.
"Chief of the General Staff, the scout has just reported that the main force of the Greek Legion has begun to move south" Liao Hua arched his hand and said: "We have crossed the Gulf of Corinthia last night, we have no warships to respond, we can't stop it, I have let the second division under my command have retreated thirty miles away to monitor them" "This is to be expected" Zhuge Liang squinted slightly, the feather fan in his hand was still shaking gently, and his calm expression made the generals: "One legion, or two" "Three" Liao Hua said: "Look at the banner of the Greek Legion, the second, third, fourth, and the only remaining three main forces of the legion have all gone south."
"My plan has been done" Zhuge Liang smiled: "The more they pay attention to it, the more they will want to ask for reinforcements from the Severus Fortress, so it proves that as for whether the soldiers and horses of the Severu Fortress will go south to reinforce it, it depends on our luck."
His face became serious: "Now we have done everything we need to do, and the next thing is to survive" The army is pressing, and although his state of mind is stable, he also has a trace of uneasiness.
He is a human being after all, and careful calculation is not considered providence, and whether he can survive the attack of the Roman army and stabilize the time of more than half a month depends on whether God will help him.
"Chief of the General Staff, the Holy Angel Legion has also begun to land one after another, and in a day at most, it will be Spartan City," Ling Cao said.
"It was also expected" Zhuge Liang said: "Sooner or later, they will converge and attack us before and after."
"So what should we do now?"
"Attacking before and after, their soldiers and horses are several times more than us, if the city is fortified, hold it for three days at most, if there are no reinforcements, it will be defeated."
The generals became a little worried.
The army is pressing, life and death, they are not as confident and stable as Zhuge Liang.
"Perseverance is the next step" Zhuge Liang shook his head, his eyes were dotted with stars, and his voice was calm and with a hint of a tone that could appease the generals, and said: "This is the territory of the Roman Empire, and the people in the city are even more hostile to us, but they are only succumbing to our troops, once our main force is dispatched to defend the city, they will inevitably make trouble for us, and when the time comes, we will definitely be defeated by internal and external attacks, but I have a better strategy, so that we can survive in the cracks."
"Please make it clear to the Chief of the General Staff" The eyes of the generals were bright.
"Sand Table" Zhuge Liang waved his hand, and more than a dozen pro-soldiers rolled out a giant sand table that had just been prepared, which indicated the geographical situation of the entire Peloponnese.
"You see, we are in the south of Greece" "This is a peninsula, surrounded by the sea, and we don't have naval support, so we can only stick to the land to deal with them."
"But I can't hold it."
"Defend the city, the hearts of the people in the city are turned away, and they can't hold it" "It is even more impossible to guard the mountains and rivers, after all, the geographical location of our army is familiar, they are definitely more familiar than us, some small roads and rivers, they are clear, but we are not clear, once something happens, the whole army will be wiped out."
"Therefore, the time, place and people of this battle are not in our army" Zhuge Liang stood up, pointed to the terrain of the sand table one by one, and began to talk endlessly.
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The Wu army had fought with the Roman army in Greece, and was not very familiar with the terrain here, but it was certainly certainly not unfamiliar.
Coupled with the ability of Jinyiwei, it was enough for Zhuge Liang to feel the terrain here clearly before the war, the location of the mountains and rivers, the interval between the cities, and the trend of the rivers, all of which he had already remembered in his heart.
"But our army is not without a chance of victory" Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan, as if he played with the confidence in the applause of everyone in the world, so that the generals raised their spirits, his voice was deep, but full of burning passion: "This battle, I don't defend, I don't attack, I freeze it as a sports battle" "When I was talking about Wutang, I said that the so-called sports warfare is a new way of naming battles, but since ancient times, this method of warfare has existed, that is, to use space in exchange for time to move and fight, the advantage is flexible movement, and the disadvantage is that the troops are insufficient and the attack is difficult."
A staff officer from a professional class said in a low voice.
"That's right" Zhuge Liang smiled: "What we have to do is not care about the gains and losses of one place, we don't care about the success or failure of a battle, lead them away, if we win, we will fight, if we can't win, we will flee for our lives, avoid the main force of the enemy, and gather the advantages of our army and annihilate it."
"Chief of the General Staff, your strategy is very good, but I have a question, how to make our food and grass supply better" Cao Zhang's tiger eyes burst into a fierce light, and he directly expressed his doubts: "The 37th Army, the 42nd Army, plus my cavalry regiment, now there are more than 60,000 soldiers and horses, and if the army's grain and grass are cut off by them, they will definitely starve to death."
"Feeding War with War" Zhuge Liang's elegant voice revealed a ruthlessness of the battlefield.
He was never a benevolent villager.
Since following Liu Bei, he has done killing, betrayal, and cruelty countless times, and this time, he doesn't mind killing as a battle, slaughtering the whole of Greece in exchange for the survival of all their soldiers.
"In fact, since the capture of Sparta, I have sent people to collect grain, and the captured grain and grass are not much, enough to sustain us for ten days."
The division commander of the 42nd Army, a calm veteran from the Jiangdong Army, said in a low voice.
"That's a good thing" Zhuge Liang stared at the division commander with a touch of appreciation, and then said: "We will effectively use these ten days, and if we drag on these ten days, the entire Greek battlefield will undergo great changes, and they may not be in the mood to encircle and suppress us at that time."
Once the fortress of Severus was breached, the Roman army's defense system in the entire eastern theater would be crushed, and at that time, Thrace and Greece would be difficult to balance between the front and the rear, and they would inevitably have to fight for defense, and it would be impossible to have enough troops to encircle and suppress them.
But these ten days were also crucial ten days, and with the strength of the Roman army, once they found the weakness of their army, it was not a problem at all to annihilate them.
"You see, in the whole of southern Greece, although there are many towns, but in fact, the most important thing is only six or seven main cities, and we can use these six or seven main cities to form a circle with them."
"Sparta will definitely give up" "And we, too, divide our troops" "The point of dividing the forces is to draw their attention and make them uncertain about our strength and intentions."
Zhuge Liang began to enter the focused tactical arrangement: "Cao Zhang, the cavalry regiment you lead is the key driving force and the core of our battle, whether we can survive depends on whether you can attract their ideas."
"Please ask the Chief of the General Staff to assign tasks, and Cao Zhangding will live up to the weight of the Chief of the General Staff" "Very good" Zhuge Liang smiled: "From now on, their cavalry regiment withdrew outside the city and hidden, bringing enough food and grass for ten days, and when we lure the main force of the Roman army to the west, you set off to the north, go around the east road, from Polis, Corinth City, face on, and then cross the sea, cross the Corinthian Strait, attack the city of Athens, you will inevitably encounter resistance, and what you have to do is not to fight, to retreat when you encounter resistance, if you can break through, you can break through, if you can't break through, you will detour" Cavalry power is his only advantage today.
So Cao Zhang will be his trump card to win.
"Attack on the city of Athens" "It's just a momentum" Zhuge Liang said: "I can't let them think that I can only be beaten and not counterattack, I have to scare them, maybe they will come back."
"What about us?"
Ling Cao and Liao Hua asked.
"The 42nd Army and the 37th Army will take the division as a unit, break it into parts, and retreat westward along the way, towards the target Olympia City" Zhuge Liang handed out a march route map, which clearly marked the direction of each division's advance and detailed route.
This is a strategic deployment that he racked his brains and combined all the staff wisdom of the staff departments of the two armies to complete.
The six main divisions of the two armies, that is, the six withdrawal routes, will form a multifaceted retreat.
This was also his ploy to lure the Roman army.
"After six hours, the camp will be pulled, so in these six hours, you will use all the materials and workshops in the local area, and use local materials, and I will use all the manpower and material resources of the whole city to complete all the necessary armaments for the retreat of your own troops and horses."
"No" Zhuge Liang's eyes swept over the generals one by one, and said in a deep voice: "This battle is about the life and death of all of us, and the slightest mistake may wipe out our entire army, so I hope you can do every instruction I give you, arrive where you need to arrive on time, and don't deviate from the route I set for you."
"The Chief of the General Staff is assured that we will absolutely obey every order of the Chief of the General Staff" The faces of the generals were solemn, and they bowed their heads in obedience.
"Okay, let's go get ready" "Yes" The generals left the Ring Hall.
Zhuge Liang asked people to quietly catch up with Cao Zhang, and invited Cao Zhang back.
Cao Zhang was confused and stepped into the hall again.
Zhuge Liang stood on the side of the sand table, looking at the sand table, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Ziwen, I will put all the gains and losses in this battle on you" After half a sound, Zhuge Liang spoke.
"Zhang will never delay the strategic deployment of the Chief of General Staff, no matter what the situation, I will definitely attack the city of Athens" Cao Zhang nodded.
"Wrong" Zhuge Liang shook his head: "Your task is not to attack Athens City, it is a good strategy to encircle Wei and save Zhao, but it is not suitable at this time, if Greece is gone, then Athens City is not so important, even if we attack Athens City, at this time, I am afraid that the Greek army will not come back to help, annihilating us, it is more important than the so-called Athens City" "What does the Chief of the General Staff mean?"
"In this battle, we are not strong enough, the geographical advantage is not enough, the environmental situation is also at a disadvantage, it is inevitable to be beaten, our army is divided into six routes, it is a very risky decision, once any road is pursued, it will inevitably be annihilated, God will not be perfect for us, this six-way army, there will be damage, but I can't take care of it" Zhuge Liang's figure looked a little bleak in Cao Zhang, manpower was sometimes exhausted, and he had done his best, but sacrifice was inevitable in today's environment.
"I pinned my last hope for this battle on the cavalry regiment" Zhuge Liang continued: "To deal with two Roman legions, even if it is matched with the environment, the strength of our army is definitely insufficient, and now we can only drag one and fight one, my goal, the Greek legion" "After the division of the army into six routes, it will cause distraction in the Roman army" "My division of troops has caused their two legions to not be able to converge, after all, they divided their troops to pursue, but the route of my division of troops is carefully chosen, as long as our army is smooth, we can complete the confluence at the end, and the final confluence is the city of Olympia."
"This will form a time lag between them and the best chance for us to defend and attack."
"But our army is still not enough to deal with the Greek legions."
"And the cavalry regiment is the only key that can determine whether we can cripple the Greek legions" Zhuge Liang spread the strategy in front of Cao Zhang, and also gave a new marching map, which is the marching map of the cavalry regiment: "Three thousand cavalry, can block ten thousand troops, and on the battlefield it is the momentum that determines the attack, after all, the cavalry is often a knife that breaks the net, your task is very heavy, and it is also very critical, you must hide your whereabouts, and there can be no mistakes in time, you can do it" "The end will guarantee the completion of the task" Cao Zhang was puzzled for a moment: "It's just that the last general doesn't understand, why don't you tell them" "You are a trump card, I don't want everyone to know the trump card, not only the enemy, even if it is our own people, not enough, only in the absence of reinforcements, they will stimulate their maximum ability before life and death to complete the deployment of this battle" Zhuge Liang's eyes were as deep as an abyss, and he said lightly and calmly.
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