On January 13, outside Alexandria, Yamazaki and Maidiko's camp.

Yamazaki and Midaiko seem to be studying the sand table in front of them, but they are actually calculating food in the spiritual world.

The kingdom of Gelong is on the southern shore of the Mediterranean, and a considerable part of the area has a temperature of more than 10 degrees Celsius in winter, and it can be sown and planted all year round.

But once a field is sown, it takes at least 90 days or 100 days for it to bear fruit, and continuous cultivation will affect the harvest.

Barley for at least ninety days and wheat for at least one hundred days.

At present, for the sake of grain, the Gelong Kingdom has increased its reclamation efforts, but the newly reclaimed land, the grain harvest is not easy to say.

After taking the Nile Delta, there is a large amount of ready-made farmland, and the question is whether the yield of this batch of farmland can make up for the shortfall.

It's just that, after calculating, it is only theoretically enough, but in fact you still have to look at the heavens, especially if there are gods in this world, the supreme god worshiped in Eastern Rome, or Zeus.

When it was time for the harvest, Zeus sneezed, and it rained, and the harvest should not be considered.

Yamazaki had a headache and said, "I still have to buy food." ”

"The question is, who to buy?" said Mei Daizi, "the kingdom of Axum in the East Horn and the kingdom of Gassanid in the Fertile Crescent are good, but they don't border us. ”

Mei Daizi smiled again: "Just advance the army to the Sinai Peninsula, take the Nabataean region and the Herod region, and hit the border between the Silesian region and the Cappadocia region, just past Anatolia, which is not suitable for large-scale cavalry combat"

Yamazaki sighed, "To be honest, I don't like war, but if I really can't help it, I can only do it." ”

Mei Daizi smiled: "Hehe, watching the growth of my own territory is actually quite fun." ”

Yamazaki said: "Okay, hurry up and practice, strength is the foundation." ”

"Yes, yes. Mei Daiko smiled. ......

In the morning, the trapped Eastern Roman reinforcement army of the 7th All-round Heavy Corps surrendered to the 5th Crossbow Cavalry Regiment of the Kingdom of Gelong, and there was no strength to raise the shield anymore.

At noon, the 6th and 7th Legions of the Kingdom of Gelong, the 1st and 2nd Gothic Hoplites of the Gelong Family, crossed the river again.

The Eastern Roman army sent mercenaries to harass, but the mercenaries did not contribute to their work, and slowly grinded.

An afternoon passed, and the four corps retreated across the river. ......

At night, the Palyuhiam Fortress.

The Eastern Roman army held a battle meeting to discuss an all-out attack, and the navy and merchant ships transported the soldiers and horses of the seven legions, plus themselves, to Alexandria together, and landed on the night of the 14th.

The army was divided into two groups, one to defend on the banks of the Nile Delta, and the other to cross the river in the area of the Neo-Babylonian fortress tomorrow night, and after crossing the river, surprise the two opposing legions, and then go directly to Alexander.

But then the question arises, what if the Gelon army should not fight, give up Alexandria, or even other cities, and insist on fighting a field war?

In that case, let alone more than thirty legions, no matter how many legions there are, there will not be enough to fill them.

The strength of the kingdom of Gelong lies in their army, in their equipment.

So, to transport the army with water to surprise them behind them?

The information of Africa is unknown, and if you are not careful, you will be drowned by a sea of people.

So, if there is a lot of destruction in the Segalan area, it will definitely withdraw troops from the Aeguptos area, which will quite reduce the pressure on the local area.

The problem is that the whole operation of transporting troops from the sea to the Segaland region will take at least three days, and although this period can create the illusion of harassment, the emptiness of the army is real and dangerous.

If the opponent attacks in an all-out way, then the consequence may be a total loss.

It's just that more reinforcements will take time, and judging from the new Gothic hoplites, the reinforcements of the Gelong Kingdom are also on the way.

It's hard to say whether the Kingdom of Gelong will give them this time.

In the end, the chief decided to take a gamble in order to keep his position.

How to say that it is forty legions facing more than a dozen legions, and the guys in the country will not care about the quality of weapons, but only the numbers of both sides.

If he really has to wait for reinforcements to come before he can win, then after he goes back, the word incompetence will definitely be planted on his head. ......

Outside Alexandria, January 14.

For the movement of the Eastern Roman army, Yamazaki saw it very clearly through the animals.

The reinforcements of the first, second, third, and third all-round heavy legions, four miscellaneous mercenary legions, and seven legions are loading ships, and the estimated itinerary is to go to the Cyrene region by looking at the food, grass and water they bring.

Because the Cyrene region was previously the territory of Eastern Rome, although the tribe surrendered, they would not immediately help the Gelon Kingdom, which invisibly reduced the resistance.

On the other hand, the Gronjun has more troubles.

The hoplites opened the situation, the mercenaries did the sabotage, and later they could blame the mercenaries for the sabotage, saying that they were on their own, so that when the Eastern Rome took over the Cyrene region again, the tribe would have nothing to say.

It's calculating, but it can only succeed.

I don't know if it's really the blessing of the god of war, when the Eastern Roman army arrives in the Cyrene region, the reinforcements of the Gelong Kingdom will be there first.

Due to the great increase in the military strength of the city-states, the second and third crossbow cavalry regiments of the Kingdom of Gelong, as well as the five infantry regiments of the Aures Army, were already riding horses.

Together with the 1st Heavy Armor Regiment and the 4th Catapult Regiment of the Gelong Family who stayed behind, it was enough to wipe them out.

And here, it is only time for the legions to hire locals to send the equipment of the captured eleven legions across the river, so that they will not be able to resist for a short time, and it will be time for a general attack.

The 2nd and 3rd All-Round Cavalry Legions of the Neo-Babylonian Fortress, plus two Slave Archer Legions.

The 1st and 2nd All-Round Cavalry Corps of the Palyus-Em Fortress, plus four Mercenary Legions, and the 7th All-Round Hoplite Legion of the reinforcements.

The Gelong army had to deal with two armies, twenty-two legions.

Along the eastern bank of the Nile Delta, in the area of the Palyushiam Fortress, there were ten legions, the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 3rd All-Armored Regiments of the reinforcements, the two All-Powerful Heavy Regiments of the Palyusiam Fortress, the 3rd All-Powerful Light Cavalry, one Engineer Regiment and one Slave Archers, and two mercenary regiments.

The port area of the Nile Delta, that is, the Neo-Babylonian fortified area, had twelve legions, the 8th to 157th all-round hoplite regiments of reinforcements, two all-round hoplite regiments in the Neo-Babylonian fortified area, the first all-round light cavalry in the Neo-Babylonian fortified area, one engineer regiment and one slave archers.

And the Gelon army is local, with eighteen legions available.

The fifth, sixth, seventh, and third ballista regiments of the Kingdom of Gelong, the first to the ninth of the Gelong family, the nine crossbow cavalry regiments, and the first and second Gothic hoplite regiments of the Gelong family.

In addition, there were four engineering regiments, forty-eight large catapults, and five hundred mobile city defense ballistas.

There are more than one million alloy crossbows, more than 10,000 crossbows for city defense, and more than 200 iron oil tanks. ......

In the afternoon, the east bank of the Nile Delta.

The 6th and 7th Legions of the Kingdom of Gelong, the 1st and 2nd Gothic Hoplites of the Gelong Family, crossed the river again.

And this time, the Eastern Romans did not come to harass, they fought the idea of waiting to be ready, using crowd tactics to attack, and wanted to take the lead in crippling the four legions sent to the door by the Gelong Army.

In the evening, the four corps retreated to the west of the river, acting the same as before. ......

On the other side, on the east bank of the river in the Lake Morris Oasis area.

After the prisoners were disposed of, the Fifth Crossbow Cavalry Regiment of the Gelong Kingdom and the Fifth and Sixth Crossbow Cavalry Corps of the Gelong Family were assembled and advanced to the New Babylonian fortress a hundred kilometers away.

The Neo-Babylonian Fortress had to react by sending the First Legion of the Neo-Babylonian Fortress All-Round Light Cavalry and Slave Archers, as well as six all-round hoplite legions, to be placed in the south and southeast of the Neo-Babylonian Fortress, forming a prismatic array expanded from a diamond shape.

While avoiding the night attack on the reinforcement camp outside the fortress by the three legions of the Gelong Army, it can also drag the three legions of the Gelong Army.

Because of the distance, the six hoplite legions can walk back with their shields, while the 1st All-Round Hussar and Slave Archer Legion of the Neo-Babylonian Fortress can patrol with confidence and withdraw to the defense zone composed of six hoplite legions if they find a problem.

If the crossbow cavalry army wants to attack, it will inevitably face the heavy army army, but the Gronn army does not want to attack at night, just wants to drag them out. ......