December 25, 516.

Yamazaki arranged the affairs of the Port Leptis area, and the Engineer Corps also set up twelve large catapults.

According to Mei Daizi's meaning, it was directly bombarded with an iron oil can, but Yamazaki did not agree, it was too lethal, and it was not needed now.

Large trebuchet throwing clay pots, the current technology can not make clay pots that can withstand such a force, and they are crushed by the wind pressure in the air, so the iron pot is chosen.

Barrels poured with molten iron were covered with iron sheets and sealed with cloth, and were used to fill oil to blow up the city gates.

Some added white phosphorus, and some also added a large number of copper bullets, the effect is comparable to that of an oversized fragmentation grenade, with a flame range of more than 30 meters, a burning range of more than 50 meters, a copper bullet piercing heavy armor range of more than 50 meters, and a killing range of more than 100 meters.

The reason why copper is used is because lead bullets, iron bullets are not good in the human body, and patina seems harmless.

Mei Daizi had fun, and she also made another iron can, adding phosphorus powder, aluminum powder, and magnesium powder, and Yamazaki didn't even let me try it, so he dismantled it directly.

This time, the trebuchet was only used for show, to lure the Eastern Roman army to attack, the purpose was to capture as many prisoners as possible, and it was best to capture all the 500 mobile city defense ballistas.

Sure enough, the appearance of trebuchets made the Eastern Roman army a little uneasy.

But if you want to charge the battle, you have to pass through the blockade of five crossbow cavalry regiments, and the rain of crossbow arrows is not so easy.

But I can't help it, I still have to try.

Ten legions of non-warrior slaves stepped forward, their goal clear, to destroy the trebuchets with crowd tactics.

The equipment was very poor, and there were all kinds of things, there were small round shields, there were large wooden shields, there were tree trunks, there were several people holding the door panels, and so on.

Behind them were three legions of slave cavalry, a legion of nomadic archers, and the remnants of the last night's army, reorganized into one large legion, outnumbering two legions.

When non-warrior slaves attract crossbows, they will cross over the remains of non-warrior slaves.

At the sound of the trumpet, the slaves began to charge.

At the sound of the trumpet, a rain of crossbows began to fall, and the catapult retreated under the pull of the catapults.

The ballista corps used three sections of fire in a six-row formation, and after one group had finished firing, it retreated, extending the distance.

After running for a while, the slave found that the charge seemed to have no end, and that people kept falling with arrows, and their morale plummeted and collapsed.

They stopped and retreated, and the slave cavalry regiment and the nomadic archer regiment burst forward and became crossbow targets, and a large number of them fell in an instant.

Seeing this, the Eastern Romans gave the order to retreat.

Three regular legions, two archers, and two archers retreated against the mobile city defense crossbow legion, and were the first to withdraw from the camp.

As soon as they left, the morale of the entire army plummeted, and the entire front collapsed suddenly.

Yamazaki didn't pursue, and the movement speed of the mobile city defense crossbow corps was insufficient, so they ran slowly.

Now it was to collect the prisoners, and then occupy the region of Cyrene and invade the area of Aegoptus in Eastern Rome.

Since the fight has started, let's fight to the Red Sea first, and then occupy the granary of Eastern Rome. ......

On the other side, the camp of nomadic tribes in the Cyrene region.

The news brought back by the rout army made the upper echelons of the tribe panic, and the next thing was to fight, surrender, or leave, which was a difficult choice.

Although the tribe of Cyrene still lives in tents, they have been urbanized, just like the Shaka tribe where the Gelong family used to belong, they have become familiar with paying taxes and abiding by the law, and they are not used to leaving.

war, and can't be beaten.

After discussing and deciding, they decided to surrender, they had a calculation, according to the Gelong Declaration, they would not be treated as slaves, the only problem was to pay taxes.

But that's not now, if the Eastern Roman Kingdom wins, it will still be the same.

......

On the edge of the battlefield, the temporary camp of the Gelong army.

Yamazaki receives a report that the nomadic tribes in the area have come to surrender and asks Flo to receive them.

After listening to their conditions and following the "Gelong Statement", Yamazaki immediately knew their thoughts, and asked Flo to inform him that they could agree.

The Gelong family is not short of money, taxes, for the rich, it is a kind of check, reducing their ambitions, for the kingdom, it is a balance, reducing the gap between the rich and the poor.

Now it is enough to be able to collect the horses of the nomads as a transport capacity, and without horses, there is no rush.

According to Yamazaki's understanding, the Cyrene region, where there are millions of slaves, is more developed in agriculture and animal husbandry than in the port of Leptes, and can have more than 100,000 tons of grain surplus every year, which is two months' food for a million people.

Such a grain-producing area can just make up for the grain gap, but the only pity is that a lot of grain has been transported away. ......

Before evening, in the area of Eguputos.

The Eastern Roman reinforcements, four hoplites and twelve slave cavalry corps, were still about fifty kilometers away from joining the retreating army.

And Yamazaki led three legions, and one person rode fast horses over the retreating army and caught up with the reinforcements.

Read the "Gelong Statement" first to lower the morale of the other party.

Then, three regiments of ballista cavalry stepped forward to suppress them, and when the opposing regiment of slave cavalry charged, they retreated and beat them, and shouted for them to surrender, promising them civilian treatment.

The Slave Cavalry Regiment was demoralized and lowered.

The four hoplites of the opposing side dismounted to form a shield formation, and tried to throw a javelin, but they couldn't throw it, so they gave up and honestly raised their shields and waited.

The weapons of the slave cavalry regiment were confiscated, and they were thrown in small piles at designated locations to make a wall to stop the advance of the mobile city defense crossbow vehicles.

After that, two regiments of crossbow cavalry escorted them on horseback to the area of Port Lyptis.

There was only one ballista corps left, keeping an eye on the four hoplite legions and the mobile city defense ballista corps, resting while slowly harassing and forcing them to surrender. ......

December 26, Setif Fortress.

Yamazaki's letter bird brought news of the war, as well as new military orders.

The Gronn family recruited patrol officers for a salary of one silver coin per month, and required them to be able to ride horses and shoot arrows, and bring their own bow horses.

Groups of 12 patrolled the seashore, set up beacons, and if the Eastern Roman army was found to have landed, they immediately retreated to report the news, and at night they could report the news by horn.

In addition to the six Gothic heavy infantry legions, the remaining army of the Gelong family moved south one after another after preparing their equipment.

After settling their families, the six Gothic heavy infantry regiments went to each city to take turns to garrison and familiarize themselves with the terrain.

The legions of the Kingdom of Gelong also took turns to garrison and familiarize themselves with the terrain.

The city where the participating legion is located will give priority to the supply of food. ......

December 27, Eguptos region.

Yamazaki had food and water delivered to the Eastern Roman legions so that they would not kill their horses and eat them.

The seven Eastern Roman legions converged, but they were also nailed there and could not walk.

The equipment of the twelve slave legions intermittently formed a wall that surrounded them on three sides, making it difficult for the power of the city's defense crossbows to be exerted.

Although the heavy soldiers had the ability to tear down the wall, they gave up after watching the crossbow cavalry throw an oil can.

They can't disband their shields, and if they want to slowly step forward and crash away, they will go into range of throwing fuel canisters and will take more damage.

And the crossbowmen were behind the equipment wall, and the thrown javelins could not hurt them at all.

The Eastern Roman army could only wait for reinforcements, and Yamazaki was also waiting for reinforcements, and if he wanted to occupy the vast area of Eguptos and resist the war machine that had been activated by the Eastern Roman Kingdom, it was not enough to rely on the current five ballista regiments and other military forces. ......