The Three Kingdoms

His analysis is so accurate that if General Chucks, the commander-in-chief of the Roman Empire who now holds the greatest military power, hears it, he will definitely applaud him and speak completely to his heart.

"Ha ha!"

Sun Quan laughed: "This Roman general is quite decisive, it's really extraordinary!"

"Your Majesty, according to the news returned by Jin Yiwei, since Severus died, there are now two people who are really in command of the Roman army. One is Chaks, a disciple of Olveri, the leader of the Knights Templar, and more It is the coach appointed by Severus, and the other is William, the patriarch of the Augustus family and the former general of the Augustus Legion. After the Augustus Legion was annihilated by Commander Zhao Yun in Egypt, he was not affected Viru's punishment, on the contrary, gave him more trust, Severu asked him to command the coaches of the three newly formed legions in Rome, and surrounded us from behind!"

Zhuge Jin spread out a piece of information and muttered in a low voice.

"Chucks, William!"

Sun Quan narrowed his eyes slightly: "The previous generations of Jiang have talented people, each leading the way for hundreds of years. After killing Orveli and Severus, I thought that the Roman Empire did not have any good coaches, but after all, it took hundreds of years. The powerful empire with its foundation cannot be underestimated!"

"Your Majesty, in fact, we have already drawn up the way forward, and we can evacuate Venice at any time!"

"No!"

Sun Quan's eyes flashed with fighting intent, his expression was extremely firm, and he said, "I want to fight them in Venice!"

"Fight them in Venice?"

All the staff officers looked at each other.

Shouldn't they hurry up and fight out along the coast now?

Stay and fight, I am afraid some will be worn down by time!

Sun Quan knew they were puzzled, but he thought it was their best decision so far.

The Roman army pursued too closely.

Some things were beyond his expectation. Under such circumstances, it might not be a good way to chase after each other. You must find a way to suppress their pursuit in order to leave the Roman Empire smoothly.

Fighting a war is the best choice at this time.

"Biography to Lu Bu, Guo Jia, Ju Yi, and Ma Chao!"

"promise!"

Several staff officers led the way.

Soon, several generals of Wu Jun had arrived on this small island and walked in to face the saint.

"The last general waits, and pays homage to Your Majesty!"

Several generals bowed down to salute.

"I asked you to come here to tell you that I have made a decision, and I am going to fight the Roman army here in Venice!"

Sun Quan looked at the topographic map of Venice with a calm expression, but his tone was hesitant, and what he said was an order, not for them to discuss and could not be refuted: "Instead of letting them chase us all the way, consume our resources little by little. Strength, it is better to be here and give them a fatal blow!"

Venice is a good battlefield.

As long as they can defeat the pursuit of the Roman army here, they can win enough time to allow them to enter the Greek province smoothly and join the Greek Praetorian Guards and the Sea Eagle Legion on the Greek sea.

"Since your Majesty has decided so, the last general will take orders!" Lu Bu stepped forward with a single step, his tiger eyes were like lightning, and he arched his hands with awe-inspiring fighting spirit.

"We will respect His Majesty's will and fight Rome to the end!"

The generals looked at each other and nodded, their fighting spirit became firmer.

[Text 540, Chapter [-], The Battle of Venice II]

Now that Sun Quan has decided on a strategic goal, the rest is up to Lu Bu Juyi and the others.

How they should fight this battle, how to deploy soldiers and horses in all directions, what tactics to use to meet the enemy, whether to lure the enemy in deep, or to meet the enemy outside, are all things that they need to discuss carefully now.

As for Sun Quan, he sat down peacefully, took a sip of his tea, and then quietly watched them discuss tactics.

"This is a topographic map of the town of Venice!"

Pang Tong came up, spread out a huge map, pointed at the map, and said in a deep voice: "This map is not very detailed, but it is enough for us now, and it should be able to deal with this battle!"

All the generals stepped forward and stared at the topographic map carefully, as if they wanted to keep in mind the scale of each island, the position of each island, and the length of each waterway.

"The terrain of this small town in Venice is very unique. The roads here are basically waterways, entangled by waterways, running through all the islands, forming a small town, and even a city of extraordinary scale. Therefore, the most important thing in our battle Strategic reserves are ships!"

Guo Jia's gaze was like a torch, and he said in a deep voice: "Controlling the ship is equivalent to controlling the entire battlefield!"

Although the town of Venice is only a remote town in the Roman Empire, the surrounding terrain is not small. Generally speaking, there are at least hundreds of small islands and more than a hundred criss-crossing waterways. The terrain is intricate, and it is definitely a natural battlefield.

But on this battlefield, the most important strategic reserve is the ship.

With a ship, you can penetrate the entire battlefield.

It's impossible to move without a boat.

Ships have become the most important key to success in this battle.

"I have already noticed this problem when I led the Vanguard of the Central Legion into the small town of Venice!"

Ju Yi stood up and said in a deep voice: "I have dispatched soldiers from various armies a long time ago, and I have collected all the ships, bamboo rafts, rafts, as long as the tools that can run on water, I have asked the soldiers to collect them back. , but despite this, we only have nearly a thousand ships and hundreds of rafts at most, and it may be very difficult to carry the mobility of our hundreds of thousands of soldiers!"

For the Roman Empire, this place was a remote and backward coastal town, and the surrounding population was originally small, so the ships they could collect were actually not many.

"What should I do?"

"Without a ship, there is no mobility. If you want to coordinate operations, I'm afraid something will go wrong!"

All the generals frowned, helpless.

"Can we take advantage of the connectivity between these small islands to form a unique tactical arrangement, the army stays in place, breaks up into parts, guards each island, and forms a stronghold fortress, with defense as offense !"

Lu Bu narrowed his eyes slightly, pondered for a long time, and then came up with an idea.

That's a good idea.

Unfortunately it doesn't work.

"Disaster!"

Both Pang Tong and Guo Jia shook their heads one after another.

Guo Jia said: "My lord, if it is normal, this is a good tactical deployment, but it is not feasible now, because this tactic requires a patient wait, but the Roman army has the home court advantage and has enough food and logistics. Guaranteed, so they must have time to endure, but we may not be able to endure time. After all, our current food and grass can at most support us to break out. If time is delayed, even if it is only three or five days, hundreds of thousands of soldiers will die It is unaffordable, once there is a gap in our food and grass, and we cannot break through in the end, then we will lose without fighting!"

"So, we must make a quick decision!"

A flash of fighting intent flashed across Ma Chao's tiger eyes, his voice was loud, and he said coldly: "That can only trigger an attack, and then lure them into the battlefield. If you don't draw them close to the battlefield, they may not dare to rush in easily. After all, we can understand the situation here. Terrain, they are more familiar with the terrain here, we will suffer if it is exhausted, and they will gain power!"