Three Kingdoms Eschatology

When Amiyas heard this, the knife and fork in his hand jingled and landed on the plate.After pondering for a moment, she said: "We should immediately find a way to help the Sicilian province to quell this riot."

Alexander waved his hands disapprovingly and said, "Hey, mother, what are you panicking about? The quelling of the rebellion will definitely be quelled, but we don't need to worry. Wait until Sicily is in chaos and the strength of the Prosius family is seriously injured, we will It’s not too late to clean up the mess.”

Amias frowned and said: "My son, why are you so confused. By the time the Prosius family is seriously injured, the flames of riots may have spread throughout the Apennine Peninsula. You must know that although Sicily is a The island is not an isolated island. The narrowest point of the Strait of Messina between it and Apennines is only a few hundred meters. Ordinary people can swim across the strait. Will those rioting slaves be limited to activities on the island of Sicily? The scary thing is, if we don't quell this riot, it will greatly damage your prestige, and it will make people feel that you are weak, and have the idea that you can replace you or become king on your own."

Amy Yas paused and continued: "Remember, we fought with those nobles to the death and life, but the slave uprising threatened the entire Roman Empire. As a consul, the Roman Emperor has the right to do so at this time. Responsibility carries the burden of quelling the insurgency."

Alexander frowned and said, "But my son knows an old saying in the Eastern Liang Kingdom, which is called the battle between the crane and the clam, and the fisherman wins. I couldn’t swim away. I was caught by the fisherman in the end. My son, I don’t want to be that crane, and after fighting the rioting slaves, I was blacked out from behind.”

Amias shook his head and said: "Since you accepted Feng Hu to come to Rome, I also asked someone to find some translated books to understand Dongfang and Liang Kingdom. I found that they are quite different from us. What do you say I also know this story, but it doesn’t apply to Rome, so I can’t apply it mechanically. Because the relationship between you, the rebel slave, and those Roman nobles is not a relationship between a crane and a fisherman.”

Chapter 1042 Advancing into Sicily

Alexander asked suspiciously: "Aren't these all fights between people, what's the difference?"

Amias said calmly: "To be more precise, the relationship between you and those Roman nobles and rioting slaves is the relationship between the wolf king, the rest of the wolves in the wolf pack, and their prey sheep. Your power is only a small proportion Most of the soldiers and horses you directly control come from the support of other nobles, or other male wolves. And this support comes from your prestige in their hearts. This prestige comes from what you have done for the empire or the wolves. What. No matter how powerful an individual's army is, it is impossible to rule the whole of Rome by pure force. That is to say, it is impossible for a wolf to rule a pack of wolves only by virtue of its strong body and sharp claws, but also conform to the rules of the pack. Of course , Over the past hundred years, our Rome has become more and more different from before, and these rules have become weaker and weaker. But they still exist. According to these rules, there will be no so-called fisherman's profit. You go and settle it During the Sicilian riots, no one dared to lay hands behind your back, at least they dared not openly send troops to attack you. On the contrary, you will strengthen your current position because of this victory."

After Amiyas finished speaking, Alexander didn't know if he actually understood. He just put his elbow on the table, put his chin in one hand and thought for a while, and said, "Let's not talk about these big reasons. I just have this in my hand." Two legions, one of which was exhausted and carefully built. No matter what, one legion must be left to look after the house and guarantee logistics. Only one legion went to Sicily to quell the chaos. It is impossible to win an overwhelming victory with such a small force. So it is inevitable There were a lot of casualties, and I estimate at least 3000% to [-]% casualties. That’s two to three thousand people, and I don’t think it’s worth sacrificing two to three thousand soldiers and horses. After a long time, this matter will be forgotten. And How long will it take me to restore my legion?"

Amias smiled and said, "No, you don't need to send out your own guards." She looked at Alexander with a confused face, and continued: "I want you to send out troops to suppress the rebellion, but I didn't say that you will definitely send out the army." It's the Guards."

Her answer made Alexander even more puzzled, and he continued to ask: "Do you mean to send legions from other forces? But this... First of all, I may not be able to mobilize them. They can find 1 reasons if they don't want to. But It's not important, the most important thing is that after putting down the rebellion, in the eyes of outsiders, this is not my credit. Why..."

Amias interrupted him and said, "I want you to send out your own army, and it must be the strength of your own guards. Think about it, apart from your guards, which ones are still under your command. "

Alexander rubbed the back of his head and said, "Then only the army of Lower Egypt is left. The Egyptian province is where I started, and the governor there and the four legions are all from us. I originally asked them to guard and monitor Those from North Africa, there is nothing wrong in North Africa now, so we can call them here, but... it’s just that this far away water can’t quench the near thirst.”

Amiyas still shook his head and said, "You also forgot about an army, the Feng Hu Army stationed near Milan. At least in the eyes of outsiders, he is also part of your power. Sending him to Sicily to suppress the rebellion is perfect. He won the battle, and he deserves some of the credit for it."

"So you were talking about Feng Hu. He is likely to be willing to obey my orders, but can the Sicilian rebellion be put down with him alone?"

Amiyas said firmly: "He will definitely be able to."

……

Only two days later, Feng Yu received an urgent letter from Rome.When Feng Yu saw that the messenger's mount was running and foaming at the mouth, he knew that the situation must be extremely urgent.After hastily opening the letterhead, he realized that something had happened in Sicily, and Alexander urgently sent himself to lead troops to counter the rebellion.

Without the slightest hesitation, Feng Yu immediately summoned the generals from Liang Guo and the local factions to arrange the dispatch schedule.He decided to leave only one legion to guard the barracks, and go to Sicily with the other regular legion and two subsidiary auxiliary legions.At the same time, he also asked Gan Ning to take the pocket fleet to sail along the coast to Sicily in the southeast, and the land and water armies finally met at the Strait of Messina.

On the eve of Feng Yu's departure, Floyd, the mayor of Milan City, brought a group of officials to the barracks to see Feng Yu off.Milan was originally a small town at the junction of the Apennine Province and the Shannan Gaul Province.Because Feng Yu's army was stationed here, the population of Milan City increased day by day, and it became a prosperous city.Moreover, Feng Yu also trained the security forces for the local government in Milan, which made the local bureaucrats in Milan grateful to him.

At the banquet, Floyd said sadly: "Brother Feng Hu, I'm afraid that the city of Milan will be depressed once you leave."

Feng Yu laughed and said, "How do you say that? It's not like I'm gone and never come back. I'm even confident that it won't take long for this rebellion to be quelled."

Floyd continued: "Hey, the general still doesn't know about some things in Rome. According to our Roman practice, once this kind of rebellion is put down, the leader of the army or the consul of the army will take full power to lead the local army and civilians for several years. Years, until the local area is basically restored. Even after recovery, the consul has a high probability of being retained as the highest local governor. For Sicily, that is the Governor of Sicily."

"I see." Feng Yu responded casually, but an idea popped into his mind.

Feng Yujun finally marched to the southeast along the coastline.Gan Ning's small fleet also left the port, riding the wind and waves and approaching Sicily along the coastline.

When Feng Yujun passed through Rome, Alexander, Amias and a group of noble Roman officials went out of the city to meet him. After staying in the city for one night, they sent him ten miles outside the city.Alexander patted Feng Yu's chest to ensure that his logistics supply would be worry-free.In fact, Feng Yu only needs them to transport food and grass. As for the daily consumption of military supplies such as arrows, crossbow guns, and hot bombs, Feng Yu will solve them by himself.

When Feng Yu was fifty miles away from Rome, Dian Qing, who accompanied Feng Yu, couldn't help complaining: "There are so many legions in Apennines, why should our new army go? It's so unfair. It's clear It’s because they each want to preserve their strength, but let our legion be cannon fodder. The general can actually find an excuse to push this matter away.”

Feng Yu smiled slightly and said: "This place is different from our Middle Earth, and it is also different from the troubled times at the end of the Han Dynasty. This is actually a good thing, and it is beneficial to our development in Rome. Because here, strength In addition to being strong and strong, they are also governed by an invisible thing."

Dian Qing naturally found it difficult to understand these words, but Feng Yu stopped talking and just kept his head on his way.

Chapter 1043 Messina Strait

On the sea west of Roman Port, Gan Ning is leading his miniature fleet swaggering through this sea area.Gan Ning's task was to use warships at sea to provide support for the army corps fighting in Sicily when necessary, and also shouldered the important task of transporting arrows, crossbow guns, Greek fire and other necessary combat materials from the port of Genoa to Sicily.

At this time, dozens of warships were anchored less than five miles away from Gan Ning's fleet.It was a warship of the Apennine Fleet.Their commander, Malor, was watching from a flagship with a group of subordinates.

A centurion-class captain yelled: "General, let's launch an attack quickly and intercept them! It's too late!"

Ma Luoer stared at him and said, "Who said I'm going to attack and intercept them? I'm going to attack them at this time. Will I be able to mix in Rome's political and military circles in the future?"

The centurion muttered unconvinced: "Hey, don't we always have to..."

Ma Luoer interrupted him impatiently and said: "Idiot. You don't even know what time it is. If I still take the initiative to fight with Feng Hu right now, I will become a public enemy." He paused After a pause, he went on to say: "My military order, from today onwards, no more ships coming to my port of Genoa will be intercepted. Until further notice."

Because Feng Yu's land army set out before Gan Ning's fleet, his army was less than a hundred miles away from the Strait of Messina.Along the way, local officials from various towns came to report the situation—either there were traces of the rebel army, or there were local slaves responding to the Sicilian slave riots.Fortunately, Feng Yu judged based on the overall situation that the main force of the slave rebel army should not have crossed the Strait of Messina, otherwise the southern part of the Apennines would already be in flames.

Feng Yu thought to himself that he should first send a small team to reach the Strait of Messina as quickly as possible, so as to ensure that the main force of the rebel army can cross the strait and enter the hinterland of Apennines before he arrives at the strait.He looked left and right, only Bonnie and Bonnie's brother, John Lawrence, were present.The rest of the generals commanded and controlled the army in different positions in the army.

Feng Yu didn't want to bother to order the soldiers to call for someone from a distance anymore, so he simply ordered John directly: "John, you take a team of thousands of people and rush to Reggio Calabria day and night. When you get there, you don't need anything Do, just be careful not to let the main force of the rebels pass through the Strait of Messina."

After getting the order, John took the soldier talisman and was about to ride his horse and lead the army away.But was stopped by Feng Yu again.Feng Yu jumped off his horse, spread out a map on the side of the road, and explained to John in detail, including where troops should be stationed, which section of the coast should be dispatched for ranger patrols, and so on.

Finally, Feng Yu said to him: "In order to make it easier for you to lead troops, you will now be promoted to commander-in-chief." After that, Feng Yu paused, and said with a serious face: "If the bandit army really wants to pass through the Strait of Messina, If you cross the sea, then your task is quite difficult. But no matter what, even if you fight to the last person, you must block these rebels on Sicily."

John replied solemnly: "Don't worry, general, as long as it is on the coast where I am stationed, I guarantee that not a single rebel soldier can pass safely." Then he got on his horse, and when he was about to leave, he remembered something and added: "General, if something happens to me, please take good care of my sister." After finishing speaking, he shouted loudly, and drew about ten centurions from the brigade to lead the troops.

Bonnie may have heard the conversation between him and Feng Yu just now, watching his disappearing back, she couldn't help showing a worried expression on her face.Feng Yu saw the clue and comforted him: "Bonnie, don't worry, your brother will be fine." But in fact, Feng Yu didn't know what would happen to John, who only led less than a thousand people.

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John was immediately on the shore of the Strait of Messina, with blue-black water under his feet. Although the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Ionian Sea on both sides of the strait were rough, the water in the strait was calm.

The trees and rocks on the mountains of Sicily on the other side of the strait are clearly visible.John glanced around, but found no human traces.He turned his horse's head again, and said to several rows of soldiers and horses lined up neatly behind him: "Deploy manpower along the coasts on both sides, within twenty miles on each side, and set up lookout posts on high ground every two miles. The cavalry team dispatched forty rangers, two in groups, to patrol and cruise between the watchtowers to prevent enemy soldiers from swimming across the strait. Be careful when you find enemy soldiers, don’t make a noise, and don’t let the enemy find you. You only need to come here to report the enemy's situation. The rest of the troops will camp and rest on this flat-topped hill, ready to meet the enemy!"

After the Roman soldiers agreed in unison, they dispersed and acted separately.John is confident that he will be safe in this way. Unless the enemy soldiers cross the sea through the Strait of Messina, they will be noticed by him no matter where they cross the sea.

John's soldiers and horses of thousands of people traveled day and night, so except for the first sentry and patrolling soldiers and horses, the rest fell asleep as soon as they rested in the temporary camp.It's just that they had only slept for less than three hours, and the sentries in the camp sounded warnings one after another.It turned out that a lookout post two or three miles away discovered the situation.

"The sentry three miles to the left is calling the police, there is an enemy situation!"

"A large number of people and horses appeared on the other side, not our soldiers and horses!"

"Get up, get up, there is an enemy."

But because of John's previous entrustment, their shouts were not loud.Sitting under a big tree, John, who was half asleep, was awakened by the sound, and he hurriedly shouted: "Everyone remember what I said before, pay attention to concealment, and don't startle the snake!"

After all, John climbed to the crown of a big tree, looked into the distance, and secretly observed the movements of the enemy soldiers.Although separated by a strait hundreds of battles wide, John could still see clearly.A mass of black soldiers and horses gathered on the opposite beach in a disorderly manner. Mao estimated that there were at least 3000 to [-] people.

Most of these thousands of enemy soldiers did not wear armor on their bodies, and their weapons were miscellaneous. Some even held hoes for farming as weapons, but most of them were large shields and daggers commonly used by Roman soldiers and spears that could be thrown as javelins. .Those who wear armor also have various armors.However, the ring armor of the Roman Legion system accounted for the largest proportion.

There is no doubt that these must be those slave movies.The weapons and armor on their bodies were obviously also seized from the officers and soldiers of Sicily.

At this time, these rebel soldiers had begun to get busy like worker ants on the beach.

Chapter 1044

The location where the rebels were busy corresponds to the narrowest part of the Strait of Messina.Obviously what they were doing here could only be one thing, John said to himself: "The general guessed right, they are planning to build a pontoon bridge at the narrowest position."

John immediately summoned the centurions under his command and arranged military orders for them one by one.John did not dismantle the guard posts and rangers set up along the coast. While preventing the rebels from building the pontoon bridge, he also had to guard against them swimming across the sea from other places.

The pontoon bridge that lasted hundreds of battles cannot be built in a short period of time. John estimated that it would take three hours for the other party to lay the pontoon bridge. Rest, sleep soundly.

John himself couldn't fall asleep, staring at the busy rebel fighters on the sea with his red eyes.Only they laid the pre-built components into the sea one by one.These components are composed of a large number of barrels and the frames and top plates that fix these barrels.Each component is connected with iron cables instead of being directly fixed together with wooden boards.In this way, the waves can only make the pontoon sway, but it will not be broken by the wind and waves.

When the sun was westward in the afternoon, almost three hours had passed.The pontoon bridge is only a dozen battles away from the coast of the Apennine Peninsula.The rebel soldiers who built the pontoon bridge tried to jump into the water, but the water only came up to their chests.

Several rebel soldiers brought another "component" from the opposite bank and rushed to the water.At this time, one of them seemed to have a flying shadow in front of his eyes, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.He rubbed his eyes, thinking that he was in a trance and had an illusion.But he heard another thud, and another soldier who was carrying the component at the opposite corner suddenly jumped into the water.

The heavy component lost a support and suddenly lost its balance. The other person on the same side as the person who fell into the water could no longer hold it and let go, and the component slid to one side.Someone began to scold: "How stupid, why did you fall into the sea..." Before he finished speaking, he was stunned, because the person who fell into the water had already floated up, but a thick arrow pierced his back chest, the sea water next to it is already bright red.

"No, there are enemies..." Just as he came to his senses, a four-foot-long super-large "arrow" shot into his belly, and he fell down on the bridge in an instant.

The people behind them didn't understand what was going on at first, and only after the people in front fell to the ground or fell into the water one after another did they realize that something was wrong. At this time, they discovered that there were flickering figures behind the rocks on the beach ten yards away.

"Official soldiers! There are official soldiers on the beach!" The rebels shouted one after another, but the crossbow guns fired from the individual ballistas became more and more dense.The soldiers on John's side didn't hide at all. They jumped out from hiding places such as behind rocks and trees, and poured crossbow guns onto the pontoon bridge with individual ballistas in their hands.

The rebel soldiers at the front of the pontoon bridge all staggered and fell down, while those who reacted quickly ran back.At the same time, John held a large shield and a short sword and plunged into the sea water, stepping on the waist-deep water and rushing towards the pontoon bridge.Behind him were more than [-] people who dared to die.

The main force of the enemy forces on the other side had already responded.Hundreds of rebel soldiers gathered together, raised their swords and guns, held their shields, and rushed along the pontoon bridge in black and shouting.When John and others approached the pontoon bridge, the crowd of rebel soldiers almost rushed to the end of the pontoon bridge.

The crossbow guns on the shore were still firing continuously and intensively. Although there was a shield wall composed of a large shield in front of the rebel tide, these crossbow guns could still penetrate the shield wall.From time to time, someone fell screaming and screaming after being shot into the arm or chest by the crossbow gun passing through the shield, but the people behind would immediately fill the gap.

John finally climbed onto the pontoon bridge with more than [-] soldiers.In order not to injure them by mistake, the Feng Yujun soldiers on the shore stopped the short-range direct fire of individual ballistas, but instead threw them deep into the pontoon bridge.Of course, whether this kind of shooting can kill or injure enemy soldiers depends entirely on God's decision.

John and more than [-] soldiers lined up side by side, also using shields as walls, colliding with the surging crowd of enemies.The dagger in John's hand flew up and down proficiently, stabbing left and right, and he didn't know how many enemy soldiers fell in front of his shield.The fighters beside him also fought hard.

But those slave rebels also fought equally tenaciously. Some people kept falling, and some people kept filling the vacancies. It seemed that they would not give up until they drove John and others into the sea again.The two sides fell into a stalemate for a while.But after all, the strength of the rebel army is more than ten times that of John, and the latter side will be exhausted and defeated in the long run.

John didn't need to look back to know that the pontoon bridge behind him was full of his soldiers. He shouted loudly: "We must advance at least one battle distance before our plan can be implemented. Otherwise, we will lose everything!" "

As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier beside him was pierced through the neck by a spear from the opponent.A rebel soldier wielded a broadsword and took the opportunity to drill into the vacated gap, but was lightly scratched by John with the tip of the sword, cutting off the main artery in his neck.Blood spurted out a few feet away, all over the head and face of a Feng Yujun soldier who had just climbed onto the deck of the pontoon bridge.The bloody Feng Yujun soldier quickly filled the gap.

At this time, some Feng Yujun soldiers waded to both sides of the end of the pontoon bridge with individual crossbow guns, and fired a round of crossbow guns at the densely packed enemy troops on the bridge.This move greatly relieved the pressure on John, who was fighting hand-to-hand with the enemy.John led more than [-] soldiers in an explosive charge, and finally pushed back the rebel tide by three or four feet.

Those Feng Yujun soldiers who were still standing in the water at the end of the bridge took the opportunity to climb up the pontoon bridge, took out the Greek fuel tanks that had been prepared in their leather bags, and threw them behind the enemy's shield wall.Some leaders of the other party immediately understood what was going on, and shouted anxiously: "The officers and soldiers are about to set fire, so back up quickly, back up."

Just when the crowd started to surge backward, a lit torch was thrown towards the crowd.After a muffled bang, a flame that filled the entire width of the pontoon bridge rose into the sky.Many rebel soldiers covered in fire screamed and jumped into the water.

The crowd of rebels suddenly accelerated and panicked. Many people were squeezed on the bridge and trampled past.Feng Yujun threw dozens of Greek cupping cans behind the wall of fire, further expanding the scope of the fire.In the end, the fire did not go out until it reached the center of the pontoon bridge, but John had managed to destroy half of the pontoon bridge.

Chapter 1045 The Tragic and Passionate Rebel Army

When the lingering smoke over the Strait of Messina dissipated, the charred wooden buoys also scattered away under the action of the waves.But there is still half of the pontoon bridge wriggling back and forth on the sea like a snake with its tail caught by someone.

The slave rebel army on the other side also saw no movement, and seemed to have given up crossing the sea from here.John knew that if they gave up building a floating bridge to cross the sea from here, they had completely given up their plan to let the main force cross the Strait of Messina.

Because Feng Yu told him that after the slave riot broke out in Sicily, the Governor of Sicily immediately concentrated the ships of the whole island in the provincial capital Palermo Port.Since then, as the flames of the slave uprising spread to the whole island, the whole of Sicily began to lose control.The governor was forced to concentrate the remaining troops on the island to the port of Palermo.Then he sent a letter to the city of Rome stating that once the city was broken, all the ships would be burned.

Judging from this, even if the Governor of Sicily did not fulfill the oath that the city is alive and the people are there, the city will be destroyed and the people will die.But on the day of breaking the city, he was still able to escape from the sea by boat, and set fire to the boats that he couldn't take away.So the slave rebels in Sicily were unlikely to have ships, at least not in large numbers.

Just when John thought that the rebel army in Sicily was really going to give up their plan to cross the sea, an urgent message was sent from the farthest guard post ten miles away.

The soldier who came to report said eagerly: "Report to the commander, an unknown ship has been found on the northwest sea! The soldiers on our sentry sent out semaphore, but the people on the ship never responded. It is obvious that they do not understand the semaphore of the Roman army. At least it can be determined that it is not our ship or a friendly ship!"

Startled, John thought to himself—could it be that the rebels on the island got the ships?He then asked, "How many ships are there in total?"

"The number is not many, less than ten, and they are all medium-sized and small ships."

Only then did John feel relieved, as long as there were not many ships, it was still possible to prevent the rebels from crossing the strait.On the contrary, even if he has three heads and six arms, it is impossible to stop the opponent from crossing the sea.After a little calculation, John gave the order: "Order to dismantle all sentry posts, and all infantry must gather here for defense. All cavalry must also gather, and I have another order.

John's reasoning for doing so is also clear.Now that the opponent has a boat, it is impossible to try to completely prevent the opponent's soldiers from crossing the sea.Now they can only retreat and stop their main force from crossing the sea.

It would take several months for tens of thousands of slave rebels to ferry back and forth across the strait with an average width of more than [-] miles with a few small boats.So John concluded that they would continue to build the pontoon bridge at the narrowest part of the strait, but they would use boats to smuggle a small number of soldiers over here in an attempt to occupy the beachhead here, so as to prevent the failure of the previous pontoon bridge building and burn down half of it.

When John's nearly a thousand soldiers gathered, according to his instructions and instructions, the infantry built a semi-circular defensive position on the beach corresponding to the pontoon bridge, and built a small position on a high ground not far away, guarding more than a hundred soldiers, and deployed his only dozen or so longbowmen on it.The sniper range of these longbowmen covered the entire semi-circular beachhead under the high ground.

John Lawrence guessed right, the rebel army was using a few ships to continuously smuggle troops across the strait.The location of each landing is different. After these rebel soldiers landed, they immediately went deep into the inland to hide.

Naturally, this method of mercury-splashing landing was to avoid being discovered by the Roman cavalry and being raided by the assembled Roman cavalry.

They have agreed on the time and place of the final assembly.When this time is up, all the troops who have crossed the sea in batches will gather at a certain place, and then attack the beach opposite the pontoon bridge, occupying this place, and ensuring that the pontoon bridge can be successfully paved in the end.

Of course, the rebels didn't know that the other party had removed the guards and rangers.Therefore, in order to avoid the guard posts on the coastline, they chose to land far away from the pontoon bridge.This also means that the boats they use to smuggle people have to go around a long distance each time they go round and round, and it takes a long time.

So it took a whole day, and it was not until the next afternoon that the rebels were ready for everything.They boarded a small group of troops on the Apennine Peninsula from different locations, and gathered along different paths to two assembly points. These two assembly points are on the left and right coast points of the beach corresponding to the pontoon bridge.When the left and right groups of soldiers and horses, each with more than a thousand soldiers, were less than three or four miles away from John's preset position, they were discovered by Feng Yujun's soldiers on the high ground.

The loud arrow with its tail flame soared into the sky, warning the main force on the high underground beach.During the whole day, Feng Yujun's soldiers on the beach had already consolidated their positions and were waiting for the enemy to come.

John Ben was still worried about what happened if things did not develop as he expected, but at this moment he was delighted to hear the scream of the arrow.

John's men had already made targeted preparations.Moreover, even though the enemy army crossing the sea had twice as many troops as John, the twice as many troops was not an absolute advantage.So John had no doubts that he could hold his ground.

As John expected, the enemy suffered a large number of casualties in front of their own positions.The dense arrows fired by the individual ballista pierced through a pair of shields.The longbow shot heavy arrows from the high ground and took the life of a rebel general.

What surprised John was that the soldiers of the slave rebel army had a strong will to fight.They shouted and charged forward without fear.Every time a person falls in front, more people will fill it up.

Although John couldn't understand their shouts and roars with their accents, he could also hear their tragic and passionate emotions.These slave rebels insisted on using huge casualties to push the shield wall at the front of the general formation to a place less than seven or eight feet away from the beach position.

At this time, among the soldiers under John, most of the crossbow guns in the individual ballista magazines in their hands were shot out.The enemy was so close that they didn't have time to install new crossbows.They had no choice but to throw away the individual catapults, draw out their daggers, and pick up the shields leaning against the low wall of the ramparts to fight hand-to-hand.

Suddenly the tide of rebels threw javelins like a torrential rain.John was taken aback. He hadn't expected that the other party would suddenly start investing in javelins when they got so close.While raising his big shield high, John shouted with all his strength: "Shield up, defend!" Poof, a javelin pierced through his shield, and the blade of the spear slashed along his forearm, cutting a long line. mouth...

Chapter 1046 Crisis Moments

on the beach.After two rounds of javelin throwing, hundreds of John's soldiers were killed in battle, and more than a hundred were seriously injured and incapable of fighting. In addition, there were countless others who were slightly injured like John.

The slave rebels stepped over the corpses of their own and the enemy, and fought closely with John's men.A centurion beside John shouted: "John, we can't stand it anymore! We must use Greek fire to drive back the enemy army."

John turned his head to look at the sea and above, gritted his teeth and said, "No, we may not have much Greece with us. They have to be saved for burning bridges! They are coming from the sea!"

It turned out that just as the rebel soldiers were attacking the positions on the beach, the rebels on the other side of the strait began to build pontoon bridges again.This time they were fully prepared and had built enough components in advance instead of laying out one component after another.So the speed of laying the pontoon bridge this time is extremely fast.Three-quarters of the length of the entire floating bridge has been paved.

The pontoon bridge doesn't need to be fully paved at this time, it only needs to be paved a few dozen battles forward, and the rebel soldiers on the other side can rush across the pontoon bridge in large numbers, and then wade ashore.

Just as John finished speaking, two more rebel soldiers came to kill him, one on the left and one on the right.Enduring the pain of his left arm injury, he stabbed the dagger into the chest of the rebel soldier on the right, but it must be too late to pull out the dagger and stab another enemy soldier, and his injured left arm could not stand up A large shield with three javelins inserted.When the spear in the opponent's hand was about to pierce his chest, there was only a muffled pop, and the head of the enemy soldier on the left had been pierced by a long bow and heavy arrow, and he fell straight on the ground.The longbowman on the high ground barely saved his life.

John shouted to the soldiers behind him: "Shoot the arrow! It's time for the cavalry to attack!" Another loud arrow with a trail pierced into the air.After a while, there was a sound like thunder in summer in the valley on the side of the beach.More than a hundred warriors rushed out, and then lined up to sweep towards the rebel formation.

Although these slave rebels relied on their high fighting spirit and crushed John's defense line to the point of collapse, their own casualties were huge even in front of the solid defense line.After all, their military strength is not an absolute advantage, and this kind of casualties also quickly depletes their military strength advantage.