Late November 516.

After arranging the mercenary redemption, Yamazaki took the three crossbow cavalry legions of the Kingdom of Gelong to the area of Port Leptis, an enclave of the Moorish Roman Kingdom.

In the previous battle, more than twenty disgruntled regiments had been captured, and they could not be spared because of the need to set an example of punishment.

People were selected by horseback, bows, and long-distance running, and organized into twelve legions, and the rest were incorporated into the engineer corps.

There were ten regiments of crossbow cavalry and two regiments of regular hoplites.

However, in order to complete the ransom transaction with the Goths as soon as possible, the existing golden crossbow was used, which would be handed over to the Goths in batches, so it was not distributed.

Mei Daiko can build it at once, but that's not the right way, so she has to wait for the arsenal to assemble it, and then turn the real thing into an alloy crossbow.

The arsenal is hurrying to pinch the mold for pouring, and without that thing, it can't be molded.

Ten smelting furnaces are using pure iron ore to make armor and supply it to the legions of the Kingdom of Gelong.

The regiments in each city have been reorganized, and due to financial relations and wait-and-see sentiment, there are only ten regular legions in the Kingdom of Gelong, and there are no alloy crossbows for the time being.

Dorsio Army, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, a total of 5 ballista corps.

Army Group Aures, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, a total of 5 infantry corps, the first two were hoplites, and the last three were light infantry.

The 3th and 6th, 7th Ballista Corps, and the 2nd and 3rd Ballista Corps, which accompanied the company this time, were to rest.

The mount was a horse, two camels, one man and three riders, along the Roman road along the coast.

There was food and water along the way, but men and horses needed more water, using seawater distillation and desalination, fueled by high-quality anthracite coal.

The trip took five days, arriving in the port city area of Lyptis in early December, but once they arrived, they had to face an army of nomadic tribes.

When the Gelon Army demonstrated the range of the alloy crossbow, it immediately caused uneasiness.

The advantages of the nomadic tribe are good horsemanship, the ability to ride and shoot, not the lack of armor, but the unaccustomed to wearing it, and the lack of professional warriors.

Now the crossbows of the Gelong army, with a range far greater than their bows, are known to everyone, and this battle will be a loss.

Yamazaki had the Gelong statement read out and then gave them the choice to either surrender or leave.

As a result, the other party said that he would think about it for a day and use a delaying tactic.

Yamazaki gave the other party an hour, which was enough time for the other party to gather hundreds of thousands of troops.

In the past few days, Yamazaki has drawn a map of the Port Lyptis area from the air.

It was a nomadic guide, who lived in tents, and the city was dilapidated and unsuitable for defense, and they did not repair it, but only used the city as a meeting point.

There are plains and plateaus along the coast, agriculture is developed, animal husbandry is superior, fishing looks good, there are iron mines in the mountains, there are smelting workshops, and camel caravans go to the Red Sea.

The population here is large, estimated to be a million people, but the vast majority are slaves, those who are not clothed, those who are shackled, those who are tied to hemp ropes, everywhere as far as the eye can see, an average of more than ten slaves per household.

Flogging, assault, killing, almost all the time.

These are not what Yamazaki and Midako like to see.

While waiting, the other party mobilized his forces and issued slave war knives, apparently preparing to fight.

Yamazaki also divided a regiment and took the camels away.

Gradually, the other party gathered nearly 200,000 people, but the nine CDs were slaves, only short swords.

Seeing this, Yamazaki also had the announcement of the Gelong statement to persuade the slaves to give up resistance.

The lingua franca of ancient Greek was used, because a considerable number of these slaves were probably descendants of the Western Romans, perhaps two or three generations.

Speaking of which, this is also a causal cycle, when Western Rome was strong, it enslaved the tribes, and now the tribes enslave the Western Romans.

And the other party immediately attacked, not giving the Gelong army a chance to speak.

The Gelon army retreated, and rode the horses with the slaves, and it was impossible for these slaves, who might not have enough to eat, to catch up with the horses.

In the field, you can get rid of them casually, and then go straight to the opposing regular army.

At the moment of Golden Eagle Nika, the other party's arrangements are all there, and all the movements can be seen clearly, and they are all covering in vain.

Yamazaki led two crossbow cavalry legions and made an arc to strike at the opponent's flank.

After two rounds of crossbow arrows, the opponent collapsed, and then fled.

The Gelong army drove away for a while, and the other party said that they wanted to negotiate.

Yamazaki agreed, but he didn't see the other party in person, and since the fight had already begun, it was another courtesy.

The other party is willing to surrender, or surrender, and is willing to pay tribute every year.

Yamazaki refused, and there were only two to leave or surrender, and surrender meant to use the laws of the kingdom of Gelong from now on.

If you leave, you can take everything except slaves and grain, slaves who follow voluntarily can take with them, each person can take ten Roman pounds of grain, and you can sell animals that you don't want to take.

The other party chose to leave, not wanting to be assimilated by the Kingdom of Gelong.

The next step is to supervise the other party, and at the same time, Yamazaki also asked Nobuya to call for reinforcements, in order not to let the situation get out of control in the future.

The Gelong army escorted the other party, and then followed the other party all the way to the various ethnic groups to inform, receiving the land and slaves in one place after another, and watched the other party pack up and pack up the tent and leave.

When the number of opponents exceeded 60,000, the three archers of the Gelong family arrived, and they were one man and three horsemen, carrying water, and quickly rushed over.

Under the pressure of the six legions, the other party did not do anything treacherous and obediently retreated.

The whole process took seven days, and they took away the mountains and fields, about 100,000 slaves, and more than 600 tons of wheat.

There are mountains of grain in the granaries everywhere, and the problem is that I don't know how much there is.

The remaining slaves, with a population of more than 700,000, would consume 1,500 tons of grain a day, 50,000 tons a month, and 600,000 tons a year.

If we estimate the area of the field, 100 square kilometers will produce 50,000 tons of grain, which is only a lot more than the annual output.

But this is just an estimate, another headache.

Another headache is the management of this place, those people are basically enslaved, and it is very difficult to make them free people.

The slaves in the cities were different, and most of them were able to adapt to the life of a free man.

And here, work, reproduction, that's all, and although many people speak ancient Greek and know what life was like in Rome, that's just a childhood story for them.

A very beautiful woman named Hybea Lyddice approached Flo and tried to seduce him, and she was willing to help manage the place and build an army of his own.

Flo's face was strange because Yamazaki was next to her, and Midaiko was already holding her stomach and laughing.

Mei Daizi smiled: "It's so fun, this woman will be yours in the future." ”

Yamazaki said, "Yes. ”

"Thank you hosts. Flo fell to his knees overjoyed.

"Master?" the woman quickly knelt down and fell to the ground.

Mei Daizi raised the woman's head with her little feet, "You are really beautiful, but remember, don't think about it, you can't fight me." ”

The woman kisses the top of Midaiko's feet, "Supreme, lovely master ......"

"Stop, stop flattering. Mei Daizi said, "Remember what I said, honestly, you can still have a good result in your life." He said and walked away.

"Yes, master. Hybea Lyddice replied solemnly.

Yamazaki said, "Then, Hybea Lydis, this is up to you." ”

"Don't whip them at will, violate them, and don't kill people at will, these slaves may not be converted into civilians because of the bondage of thought, but you, as a manager, must treat them as civilians, civilians like you. ”

"I hope you won't let me replace you and cut off your pretty head. ”

"As for Flo, you can't stay with her just yet, until after this mission. ”

"Not even overnight, this bad example can't be erected in the army. ”

"That's all, get up. ”

"Yes, master. The two of them rose in response.

Later, Yamazaki asked Hybea Lydith about it, and learned that it was a place where food was produced, but only if there were livestock and fish to replenish it, and now she couldn't say clearly.

In addition, the people in the Cyrene region and the area around the Red Sea were similar to those here, with a large number of slaves. ......