Saint Qin Batu

The distance from Ctesiphon to Damascus is not short, and it would take more than a month under normal marching.

However, fortunately, almost all the Roman soldiers who escaped were elite.In addition, along the way, Anthony kept people one after another to rely on the cities along the way.Finally, the chasing team was delayed.

"Damascus!" On the loess, the Roman army, who had fled hard for nearly a month, couldn't help cheering.

"Enter the city!" The disheartened Anthony also breathed a sigh of relief, and he didn't even have time to think about why no one in the city came out to respond.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

However, just as they reached the gate of the city, the gate that was originally wide open was suddenly closed.Immediately afterwards, a dense rain of arrows fell from the sky.

Anthony, who walked first, was the first to suffer.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

A cavalry force of less than [-] people, divided into two parts, rushed towards them from the south and north.

Without a unified command, the defeated Roman officers gave the order to retreat almost immediately.

They didn't know how many Qin troops came from the south and north. Under conditioned reflex, the 10 Roman army had to run east again.Although, there are more Qin troops waiting for them in the east.

Wang Jian and Bai Qi were born and died together, and they have a natural tacit understanding.

Facing the powerful Romans, neither Bai Qi nor Wang Jian wanted to push the Romans to a dead end.

Driving away the Romans like driving sheep was a joint decision between the two of them with a tacit understanding.

Not to mention the main force of Rome, there was already a turbulent wave in the city of Rome, which was defeated on the front line.

"Immediately organize all citizens over the age of 15, we need to hurry up and train an army!" In the palace, the chief consul said a little excitedly.

"Seconded!"

"Seconded!"

This time, the Senate unexpectedly agreed with all of them.Even, the speed of voting is much faster than before.

"Consul!"

Just when the consul breathed a sigh of relief and was about to announce the decree immediately.A Roman soldier, however, rushed in in a somewhat chaotic manner.

"What's wrong?" The consul looked at his subordinates, obviously a little displeased.

"Outside Syracuse, a large number of Qin ships were found!" The soldiers didn't care whether their chief was angry.Hastily said his own information.

The soldier's words shocked everyone present at the same time.

"How many?" A senior member of the Senate immediately stood up and asked.

"At least hundreds of ships!"

"Hundreds of ships..." The palace suddenly fell into silence.

"It seems that we can only do our best!" The consul said with a deep worry in his eyes.

Qin's merchant ships are very large, and each time they bring a lot of Qin's goods.However, although Qin's merchant ships are much better than those of Rome, Rome also has its own fleet.

However, compared with the terrifying number of Qin State's hundreds of ships, it is much less.

"It's impossible to fight the Qin people on the sea. We can only go along the coast so that the Qin people can't go ashore. Or give them a blow after they land!"

A veteran who seemed to be five or sixty years old stood up and shouted at everyone at the same time: "The Qin people are about to arrive in our city of Rome. At this time, everyone, don't hesitate any longer. Take out everything you have. Go! Otherwise, when the Qin people go ashore, our family and our wealth will all be destroyed!"

"I can surrender my guard!"

"My family still has a lot of weapons!"

"..."

The elders, who were in danger, finally stopped cherishing themselves.He began to take out all his family assets.

Even if the Qin army on land was unimpeded all the way, it would take at least several months to arrive.However, the Qin fleet at sea was already under their noses.

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Chapter 469 The End of Rome

"Wow! Wow! Wow!"

The sound of the waves hitting the hull became more and more clear.The huge Qin army fleet is already looming.

On the river bank, the conscripted Roman army clenched their spears tightly.Those who were a little younger had expressions of fear in their eyes.

"Such a behemoth, can we really stop it?"

Although someone had vaccinated them in advance, when they actually faced it, the intuitive experience they saw with their own eyes still overwhelmed them.

What's more, among these more than [-] Roman troops, only half were real soldiers.The rest are just temporary recruits.

"The trebuchet is ready!"

On the river bank, Roman officers received the news and began to command loudly.

During the construction of the canal, in order to facilitate the merchant ships of Qin State to directly enter Rome and the Roman court, a huge port was built here.

However, it is precisely because of this that the pressure on the Roman army is unprecedented.

Although the infrastructure of the port has been dismantled in sevens and eighties, the tidied up harbor can still allow Qin's warships to approach.

"Prepare the ballista, aim at those trebuchets!"

On the warship, Wang Ben, who was the flagship, naturally also saw the Roman ships on the coast, and the Roman army waiting on the coast.

However, the number of Roman ships is not only inferior to that of the Qin army, but also the size is not the same level.

The smaller the boat, the less stable it is.Wang Ben, who has been at sea for a long time, knows that it is impossible to carry any long-distance weapons with the size of Roman ships.

Therefore, the only thing that can pose a slight threat to the Qin army's warships is the trebuchet on the coast.

"Hu! Hu! Hu!"

A whistling sound sounded above the Qin army warship.The Roman army, which had been prepared for a long time, launched an attack earlier.

What's more, to Wang Ben's surprise, although the Roman trebuchets looked a little shabby and shabby, they had a fairly long range of strikes.

"Clap! Clap! Clap!"

The accuracy of Roman trebuchets was not high, but many still fell on warships.The crisp cracking sound also sounded on the deck of the warship.

"Oil!"