The Three Kingdoms

If the Skeleton Corps of the No.16 Legion of the Wu Army wants to cross the sea to the west, leave the Egyptian waters and enter the Alifega waters, a barrier must be faced, which is a nail in the Tunisian Strait, the island of Carthage.

At this moment, more than a dozen pirate forces in the African waters have gathered around Carthage Island. Although these fleet forces are only pirate forces, their equipment and strength are not inferior to the regular imperial army.

One after another, the warships connected the north and the south with the island of Carthage, and connected the Sicily Islands with the province of Africa.

On the island, there is a city.

This city has a long history, even longer than the city of Rome. It is said that it was founded by the Phoenicians before the ninth century AD. With the consent of the local indigenous people, Carthage was established as a transit for a large number of slave trade and maritime trade.

Since then, this most important city located in the Tunis Strait has been named Carthage Island, and the city on the island is also called Carthage City.

On this day, the wind and waves on the sea were still the same, and the waves hit the protruding reef one after another.

On the island, more than a dozen pirate regiment leaders from the African waters have gathered together.

In the western waters, many pirate groups in the empire are actually composed of caravans. When they gather together, they become powerful pirate groups. After they are dispersed, they become caravans. Therefore, the pirate groups in this sea area have There are hundreds of large and small pirate regiments, but they are all small-scale pirate regiments. There are only seven large pirate regiments with thousands of generals and tens of thousands of troops in this western sea area.

Among them, the strength of three large pirate armies has gathered on this island at this moment. Their combined strength, plus the dozen or so small pirate regiments, has gathered nearly [-] troops in the Tunisian waters.If you add the strength of other pirate regiments in the western sea area, it is enough to form another Italian legion.

Of course, the current major nobles in the empire are vacillating, and the various forces are intriguing. Naturally, it is difficult for them to fully integrate together.

This time, a dozen or so pirate groups were able to gather together because of a piece of news.

The Skeleton Legion under the command of the Eastern Demon has led troops approaching. This news has caused huge waves in the western waters. The Eastern Demon has become synonymous with a powerful enemy in the empire.

When they began to rush to the hinterland of Rome, they felt a sense of crisis in their hearts.

At this time, as long as they are not stupid, they are very clear that they can only fight against the enemy together.

Of course, the alliance belongs to the alliance, and who is the master and directs the battle is an eternal topic of debate.

"Old Edward, the news has come from the empire to leave. The fleet of the Eastern Devils is coming. Your Edward Island will bear the brunt. How do you plan to deal with it?"

In the central hall of the castle, there are more than a dozen pirate leaders. Among them, the Edward Pirates, the Fernando Pirates, the Erie Pirates, and the three powerful pirate groups are the main ones. The one who speaks is Fernando. 30 years old, quite brave Roman knight.

And what he asked was an old Roman man, about sixty years old, with white hair, a pair of cloudy blue eyes but with a touch of sharpness that cannot be ignored. This is the leader of the Edward Pirates, Hernan Edward, who was born in the Roman Senate An offshoot of the noble Edward Patriarch.

Hearing Fernando's voice, he smiled lightly and said, "Fernando, I believe that God will always take care of his most devout believers. I, Edward, am a believer of God. God will not let the devil defeat the light!"

The Edward Pirates were established by twelve caravans of the Edward family, with about [-] warships and [-] troops, and the soldiers under their command were well-equipped. They were the top pirate groups in the entire western sea area, and their main forces were located in the Tunisian Strait.

If Wu Jun came to the west, the first one to face would naturally be the Edward Pirates.

But Edward thought he possessed great power, and he didn't believe that the so-called demon legion could enter the western sea, where the empire was deeply rooted.

The empire once had countless enemies, but in the end they all fell under the golden eagle banner of the empire.

This time, it is no exception.

"Edward, you should be careful. Today is different from the past. Even the imperial army has been defeated by the sword of the devil one after another. The respected General William was killed and discarded his armor. The Stu army was also completely annihilated, and during the Battle of Antioch, the great Pope Saint Olivier also returned to the embrace of God!"

The person who spoke was a young, about 40-year-old, steady and mature leader of the Doug Pirates, Remo Doug.

"The power of the eastern demons is unquestionable. The empire is already at a disadvantage. Above the sea, even the Italian army has been caught off guard and retreated in a row. But this time it is Poseidon himself who came to attack us. Skeleton Army!"

Doug added.

"Poseidon?"

"That oriental man known as the son of the Sea God!"

"I heard that he once led the Skeleton Army to defeat the Italian Army of the Empire!"

"This person single-handedly achieved such an achievement in our Roman sea area, it should not be underestimated!"

The expressions of the leaders of the pirate group became serious.

"This Poseidon is an oriental demon, but he is like a fish in water above our Roman seas. He recovered batches of pirate groups who did not surrender to the empire, forming the most powerful force in the eastern seas, the Skeleton Army, even if the empire The powerful Italian army has suffered a lot, we must not underestimate them, why don't you lead your troops to leave Edward Island, return to Carthage, unite and fight together!"

There was also a deep look in Fernando's expression, and he said in a deep voice.

The army assembled by more than a dozen pirate groups is basically concentrated on the Tunis Strait, but the distribution is not concentrated, and it is very scattered. The forces of the Doug Pirates and Fernando Pirates are concentrated next to Carthage Island, but the others The troops were scattered.

The strength of the Edward Pirates is strong, and they are unwilling to give up their old lair that has been in business for half a century. They are stationed on a small archipelago [-] nautical miles east of Carthage Island, which is suspended outside the Tunis Strait. If there is any situation, if you want to Rescue is too late to rescue.

"Hehe, don't worry, if they dare to come to Edward Island, I will dare to fight. I will let them know that the strength of the empire cannot be despised by them having attacked the Italian army. I will let them know that the Edward family's army, unbeatable!"

Edward said proudly.

On this sea area, the Edward Pirates have been established for more than half a century, and he believes that no enemy is his opponent.

Doug and Fernando looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly.

The strength of the Edward Pirates was already higher than them, and this old guy likes to rely on the old to sell the old. He has always been regarded as the number one force in the African Seas. He is usually arrogant, but now he doesn't listen to it.

But they are worried. Compared with Edward, their judgment on the situation is more pessimistic.

Although they usually think that as long as they unite, the Italian Legion is not their opponent, but they know in their hearts that the Italian Legion is a regular legion of the empire. Even if their strength is not as good as their combined strength, their combat power can definitely sweep them.

The Skeleton Army, with the strength of a pirate regiment, was able to resist the Italian Legion, which was enough to make them careful.

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At this moment, in the interlaced seas located in the eastern and western seas, less than three nautical miles away from the Edward Islands, a fleet emerged.

This fleet is on the flag, Dawu No.16 Legion Skeleton Corps No.80 Army.

"Report!"

"Come in!"

Cao Zhen stood solemnly in the command cabin, surrounded by staff officers, including Wu people and Westerners, his eyes flickered, looking at the criss-crossing navigation charts, a little absent-minded.

This was the first time he led an army to fight at sea. He was not familiar with sea battles, so he was somewhat uneasy about commanding battleships.

He rarely felt this anxious.

Even if he entered Jingzhou with Zhang Xi's army alone and killed one in and one out back and forth, he didn't have such a disturbed mood.

The topic of naval warfare was too unfamiliar to him.

But he didn't know why Sun Quan suddenly ordered him to join the Skeleton Army himself.

But he is also very clear that this is a challenge, but also an opportunity.

Cao Xiu, the most outstanding young general of the Cao clan, is still struggling in the position of deputy general of the army.

If you want to get ahead, at least you need the credit made by Lu Meng. In order to ascend to the position of the general of the legion, Lu Meng entered the sea area of ​​Rome alone, and fought a bloody way in the dangerous situation surrounded by wolves. In the end, he not only brought out A Roman army also raided Syria, allowing the army to take down the battle of Damascus without any effort. As the youngest legion commander, he was unconvinced by everyone.