516, Summer, City of Aurez.

After capturing the city of Aureth, Yamazaki asked 5,000 heavy troops to suppress the city, buy food and horses from the rich people and chambers of commerce in the city, prepare armaments, and the rest of the troops seized the time to rest.

Yamazaki had people parade through the streets with flags and preach about the gods of war and other gods, and although the people in the city were skeptical at first, they later believed it more or less.

After all, the gods are watching in the realm of the gods, and in the name of the gods, there is only one way to die, and maybe they will stay in the underworld forever to be punished.

As for the church, they were dumbfounded by the banner raised by the Gelong family, and did not say a word about the policy of the Gelong family, because it was obvious that this team had something to do with God, otherwise God would have killed them a long time ago, and now God has no opinion, and they dare not have an opinion.

The banner representing the Church of the God of War has a shield and a crossed twin sword on the front, a vulture on the shield, and an empty chariot with spears erected on the chariot.

The flag representing the Church of Eros has a dove holding a rose on the front and standing on a large red apple, and on the reverse is a dolphin in a large shell with pearls in the shell.

The policy is the same, but this time there is no support from the god of war, just by what he said, whether he can make those greedy guys rein in, Yamazaki doesn't know, but Yamazaki is ready to make an example of him, confiscate the property of these people, and beat their entire families into slaves.

The armaments collected, Yamazaki didn't let Mei Daiko do anything, it was all recorded in number, and it would make people suspicious if it was too much.

After the iron mines, ironworks, and arsenals of Dorseo were built, it was better to replenish them, and some of the things made by the craftsmen were transformed into alloys.

It's normal for no one to know who did it, it's classified.

Yamazaki asked Mei Daiko to purify a batch of the collected gems, and also changed the shape, so that they could be kept for trading.

No one knows the outcome of the war.

However, at worst, it is believed that it is possible to fight all the way to the area of Wassenice and get a beach.

Then you can trade grain with the Visigotic kingdom across the Mediterranean, and even with anyone.

10,000 Roman pounds of wheat had more than three tons, enough for 10,000 people to eat one meal.

100 million Roman pounds of wheat, more than 30,000 tons, can feed 10,000 people for 10,000 meals and 500,000 people for 200 meals, plus their own grain and livestock, that's about the same.

Of course, the more food, the better, but transportation is a problem.

A small merchant ship of about 30 tons will be transported 1,000 times.

Yamazaki calculated that if the Vandal kingdom did not trade grain, perhaps it would be the best option to occupy the entire Moorish Roman kingdom, at least in the area of Wassenices, in order to use enough grain for self-sufficiency. ......

On the other side, the expatriate teams returned one after another, and the tribes retreated, evacuating their own districts, and they also did not want to give up their autonomy.

By this time, it was already evening, and Yamazaki told them to rest.

Yamazaki looked at the map and planned his next battle.

The city of Hadra is about 400 kilometers away from here, and the bird that reported the news should have arrived.

The elite forces of Moorish Rome will soon be assembled, of course, to the extent of the original city of Dorsio.

In the field, the crossbow cavalry can beat any current class of troops by relying on the range, and there are no worries.

The problem is that if there is a disparity in numbers, it will be difficult to fight.

In addition, some of the tribes will go to the Nimega and Kapus regions, and the increase in numbers and lack of food will force them to attack the Dorseo and Aures regions, and even to the territory of the Vandal Kingdom.

There are 20,000 sets of heavy armor in the city of Dorsio, and there is room for the city to defend.

But there were less than 10,000 horses left, and at the same time the personnel were not well trained, the bows and arrows could not be used well, so they could only use wooden crossbows, and the light horses of the tribes of the field battle teams were bound to be defeated, and could not take care of the entire Dorseo region.

Headache, but don't worry about it for now, let's see the move, the important thing at the moment is food. ......

In the middle of the night, 3,000 crossbowmen and 3,000 light cavalry were organized into a second legion, with one man and three horses, with enough food and crossbow arrows, and set out for the Hadera region to meet the incoming troops.

The terrain was open and suitable for field warfare, and the purpose of this battle was to harass, slow them down, and lower their morale.

Nika the Golden Eagle will follow them in the air, warning them of their enemies.

Six hours later, the new Third Army will depart, and another six hours later, the new Fourth Army will depart, and Yamazaki's main camp will also be dispatched. ......

A day later, the 2nd Legion of Gronn met a legion of the Moorish Roman kingdom, 6,000 crossbow cavalry with wooden crossbows, including 3,000 hoplites.

Both sides discovered each other, a field battle.

The alloy crossbow hangs the wooden crossbow and wins.

Half a day later, the Third Legion of Gelong arrived, and the Second Legion of Gelong could rest peacefully.

At the same time, the army of the Moorish Roman kingdom, after hearing the report of the rout, turned to the city of Hadra.

Half a day later, the 4th Army of Gelong and the main camp of Yamazaki arrived, the 3rd Army of Gelong rested, and the 2nd Army of Gelong went to open the way and go to the city of Hadra.

Yamazaki saw clearly through the golden eagle Nika that the army in Hadera City not only included the regular army and slave army of the Moorish Roman Kingdom, but also the mercenaries from the Visigothic Kingdom.

Mei Daizi also saw it, "Ha, if this battle starts, don't think about trading with Visigoths, this diplomatic method is really good, but without Visigothic trade, this is forcing us to go all out to capture the Moorish Roman Kingdom." ”

"There are still two and a half months to go, and they know that," Yamazaki said. ”

Mei Daizi asked, "Brother, do you say, is the Vandal Kingdom going to sit on the ground, or are you planning to occupy it?"

Yamazaki said: "I don't know, it's all possible, he is also hesitating, whether to watch us fight first, or take advantage of our war to seize the territory." ”

"To say it is to say nothing. Mei Daiko asked, "So what do you do now?"

Yamazaki said, "You have people copy our statement, and then you have the vultures go behind them and drop leaflets, and then you mess with people's hearts. ”

Mei Daiko smiled: "Do you want to throw oil bombs, I made a lot of oil bombs." ”

Yamazaki said, "No, if it's not necessary, it's better not to use that thing." ”

Before the words fell, the golden eagle Nika made a new discovery, the army of Hadera City used a shady trick to sprinkle something on the grass outside the city, needless to say, it was a drug against horses.

Presumably, the other party found that the Gelong army did not bring forage, and the grass in the field was the main food for the horses.

If the grass around the city is not edible, it will be difficult to besiege the city.

If you can't attack it for half a day, and the horses have nothing to eat, you will make trouble, so you can only withdraw, so the day will pass.

Yamazaki hurriedly asked Midaiko to control the Golden Eagle Nika to send a message to the Second Legion of Gelong, asking them to stop nearby. ......

The city of Hadra is on a hill, overlooking below, and is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Of course, that's for someone else.

However, Yamazaki's choice was to give dry rations to the Third Army and let them guard the perimeter, while the others made a direct detour to the Wassenice area.

There are many farms in the Wassenice area, and food for 20,000 people can be grabbed along the way.

And this choice, the Moorish Roman Kingdom also recorded, arranged for three legions to block the road, dug horse traps, and built fortifications.

Yamazaki opted to throw an oil bomb, and a large fire burned the fortifications to the ground.

A large amount of phosphorus combustion brought a thick smoke, which not only made people unable to see clearly, but also choked people with tears and coughing, and there was no time to defend themselves.

The alloy crossbow rain down, and immediately brought a continuous scream.

The army was disheartened, the three legions were useless, they were crushed in one blow, most of them fled, but the horses were not under their control and did not run away.

Three legions, one regular hoplite and two slave legion engineers, all armed with wooden crossbows.

The engineers took a lot of ordnance, although a lot was destroyed, but there were still some left.

They brought a lot of food, enough for twenty days, which meant that they had wanted to stop the Gelon army for at least fifteen days.

However, even if they were defeated, they still held back the Gelong army for a day.

To build a road, if you don't take this road, it will take more than three days to detour.

It was time to rest, and by the way, a batch of horses and food was sent to the Third Legion, so that they could run faster and hold on longer.

A day later, the Gelon army stopped again near the Great Forest, there were ambushes, the number is unknown, but no less than one legion. ......