The Three Kingdoms

"..."

Although the fighting has been suspended, the tense atmosphere in the city has not been relieved.

The soldiers of the Germanic Legion, some shouted, some were too tired to stand up, and some hugged their comrades around them and cried aloud...

A good start is a prerequisite for success.

At the beginning of this battle, the Roman army at least believed that they had fought well. Being able to keep the Eastern Demons out of the outer city was the greatest victory. They believed that even if this battle continued, they still had a chance of winning.

At this time, Olveri was wearing a reddish-brown cassock with large sleeves and a gold crown on his head. He walked slowly, and his eyes swept over the wounded soldiers being bandaged. Looking at the unsightly city wall that was bombed by shells, I feel a little heavy.

"Savidis!"

Olvelli looked at a general and spoke softly.

"Honorable Pope!" A Germanic general with blond hair and blue eyes still held a Macedonian spear in his hand, and stood up from the ground.

His name is Sevedis Mario.

He used to be one of the guards around Severus, and also one of the most powerful king knights in the empire.

At that time, the chief consul of the Germanic Legion, Karl, was beheaded by Ma Chao's army in the battle of Uruk city-state, and lost his life. Diss, Olveri appointed him as the chief consul of the Germanic Legion after some inspections. Although his command was not as good as Karl's, his martial arts skills were still better than Karl's.

"How about the casualties of the German Legion?" Olveri asked.

"Currently, more than 800 warriors have died on the city wall, and there are countless wounded. The crossbows, bows and arrows of the Eastern Demons are too sharp, and even ordinary leather shields can't stop them. Iron shields are necessary. Block it, but there are not many iron shields in the legion, and we face the long-distance sniping of the eastern demons, and we are too disadvantaged!"

Sevedis said calmly: "The morale of the warriors has been suppressed, and I am afraid that the combat effectiveness will continue to decline tomorrow!"

"It's my lack of consideration!"

Olveri said quietly.

Naturally, his arrangements are already cautious and meticulous enough.

But when fighting on the battlefield, victory is never determined by arrangement. This tough battle, from the very beginning, has been crueler than he expected.

After a day of bloody battles, the number of Germanic legionnaires killed in battle has reached [-] soldiers, and there are countless serious and minor injuries. The combat effectiveness of the legion must be reduced by at least [-]%, and this is the first day, so next...

Although there is still a Crusade in the city, the two major legions add up to 40 million soldiers.

But the eastern demons who attacked outside the city were only a part of it. The troops outside the city were too strong, far above him. If he wanted to retreat here, he suddenly lost the confidence. Can he Leaving Antioch alive had become a suspense for him.

"Report to the respected Pope!"

"Say!"

"The spies in the north discovered that the cavalry of the Eastern Devils had suddenly set off and were heading west!"

"Western? They couldn't attack Antioch, but they set their sights on Byzantium. How many troops are there?" Alveli asked, looking at the scout officer who came to report.

"It is estimated that there are as many as [-] to [-] cavalry!"

"The force is not weak!"

Olvelli raised his head and gazed into the distance, seeing the dense flames coming out of the invisible tent outside the city, a sneer sneered at the corner of his mouth: "It's delusional to want to raid the city-state of Byzantium!"

Wu Jun headed west, and the goal was already very clear, that is, he wanted to bypass the city of Antioch and attack the Byzantine city-state directly to the west.

The Byzantine city-state was Antioch's strongest backing in this battle.

As long as the Byzantine city-state is still there, the army in the city of Antioch can advance and retreat freely, and can withdraw from the sea at any time. After all, the strength of the three legions is here, and the main force of hundreds of thousands is the more important main force of the Roman Empire. Even if Li wanted to fight head-on with Wu Jun, he would not bury all three legions here.

In addition, the grain and grass stored in the Byzantine city-states were the greatest guarantee for the Battle of Antioch. If there was no supply of grain and grass from Byzantium, with the grain and grass stored in Antioch City, the Battle of Antioch would last for half a month at most, and the Roman army would be defeated. It is necessary to break through, and even if you are unlucky, you will be trapped to death.

Therefore, the importance of the Byzantine city-state to the Battle of Antioch, Olveri knows better than anyone.

It is also because of this that the Parthian Legion was put down.

No matter how weak the Parthian Legion's combat power is and how low its morale is, at least it has a main force of 10,000+, and he has deployed hundreds of elites from the Knights Templar, which is enough to stabilize the morale of the Legion, and then stick to the Byzantine city-state. It is not clear how the Wu army could break through this city.

Unless Wu Jun is willing to send hundreds of thousands of main forces to drive straight in.

But if this is the case, the Wu army will take a great risk. Once Olvelli is willing to abandon Antioch City and lead an army of hundreds of thousands, under the front and back attack, this Wu army will face the possibility of annihilation.

So Olvelli is not worried, as long as the sea can be stable, he believes that the Byzantine city-state is as stable as the Alps.

"Biography of Dio!"

"Yes!"

A knight quickly passed on to Dio, the chief general of the Crusaders.

"The last general, Dio, pay homage to the Pope!" Dio was completely at odds with the time when he led the Crusaders into the eastern battlefield from the west. He had fought in the east for several years. The arrogance has been suppressed, in other words, it is a steady and steady momentum.

As the chief consul of the Crusaders, he is also one of the most famous generals in the Roman Empire.

Although the Roman army has faced the mighty oriental demons on this battlefield for many years and retreated repeatedly, but the Crusaders who have gone through countless bloody battles still maintain the peak strength and the strongest state. ability.

"Dio, how many cavalry do you have?" Olveri asked.

Olvelli was a little worried about Dio before, but now he is still practical. He led troops back to the Roman army in the Jagged Legion and the Apollo Legion, but the Crusaders were willing to stay in Antioch for the bloody battle to the end. I feel that Dio, who has no political stance and never participates in political struggles, is a knight who can fight to the end for the Roman Empire.

"After the Battle of Sicily, the cavalry of our Crusaders has been greatly weakened. Even if they are all gathered now, they are less than [-]!"

"Immediately send the most brave knights under your command to lead the cavalry to clear the grain road from Antioch to the city-state of Byzantium, and never allow a single grain to pass!"

Olveri thought of a good way to force back the cavalry of the Wu army who wanted to attack the Byzantine city-state even without chasing them.

Food must be the most scarce cavalry.

Tens of thousands of cavalry attacked westward, so they could only travel lightly, carrying at most three to five days of dry food, but including the travel time on the road, it was impossible to attack the Byzantine city-state within three to five days.

As long as they can get stuck in the grain road, this group of cavalry can only retreat obediently in the end.

"The last will obey!"

Dio led away.

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The offensive and defensive battle of Antioch should have started with the bombardment of the artillery field army led by Ding Feng himself. After three days of bombardment and one day of storming, four days have passed.

When the beating drum sounded on this day, it was already the fifth day of the offensive and defensive battle.

The strong attack of the two major armies of the Wu army did not achieve a breakthrough yesterday. For the soldiers of the two major armies, the morale of the two armies was somewhat demoralized. The main generals gathered together again and started the attack together.

It was not the first time that Tai Shici and Ma Chao cooperated. They had a good cooperation once in the Uruk city-state battle, but it is undeniable that both of them are proud warriors, confident and conceited.