When Antigone returned to the barracks, he received a military briefing from Admiral Phillips:

The Macedonian Navy won the first battle. In the southern Adriatic Strait, defeat the Roman Brutus family fleet. Six enemy ships were sunk and two supply carriers were captured.

In the afternoon of the same day, Antigone learned of the victory of the First Legion. Damasos reported that the XIV legion of the Roman Brutus family was eliminated. The Macedonian First Army also suffered heavy losses.

Antigone was glad that his days of hard work had finally borne fruit.

He reorganized the Fourth Army and sent some supplies and recruits to the First Army barracks.

The king used his free time to personally visit the wounded soldiers, giving them encouragement and comfort.

When Tiberius Brutus returned to the city, he began to fortify the fortifications. He needs more recruits and labor.

However, the high-pressure policy was originally implemented, and now the city of Apollonia has been doubled, causing extreme dissatisfaction among the citizens. This forced the Romans to guard the inhabitants. In fact, General Brutus also had no choice.

After the battle, his expeditionary corps was seriously short of men, and the excellent weapons became scarce, and the rations for the soldiers became less and less day by day.

The prestige of the expedition was halved at once. Tiberius ordered that all the strong men who could participate in the war be recruited in Rome itself, and weapons were distributed and transported to the army.

He knew that this was just a way to go, and he had to ask the Senate for help.

Brutus sent three of his cronies, each of whom brought three of the general's personal belongings to the Senate to bring rescuers.

He sensed that the situation was unfavorable, and he did not expect that the degenerate people of the Greek Peninsula would organize such a powerful army.

Isn't Alexander's Macedonian era over? Hasn't the Macedonian phalanx become a legend and become a rigid formation? The Greeks introduced by the Senate were not all playboys, politicians and orators with a corrupt lifestyle. Are there more homosexuals who are depraved in thought and behavior?

When the senators saw the token of the Roman general, they understood that it must be Brutus who was in a critical situation at the front. Otherwise, Tiberius, who has always been stubborn and self-serving, would not have thought of allies in the "nursing home" at all, let alone asked for help.

When everyone looked at the contents of the letter, it was clear that there was a problem at the front. The senators and nobles of the Senate agreed that Brutus was to contribute to the Republic and expand the territory, and resolutely chose to support the Roman League to the end.

The Senate issued a call to all Roman citizens to cross the Adriatic Sea and go to Greek soil to support the allies in the war.

The call immediately aroused the fervor for war in Roman land.

First of all, the Senate stated that it would give the Brutus family a large amount of supplies and gold coins, and in addition, a war force would be selected from the troops of the Senate to participate in the war directly.

Scipio responded positively, and they had agreed to help, but they had not taken action. Now they have made up their minds and will directly send troops to help them with all their might.

The Julius family of Northern Rome was busy with the northern wars and was far less laborious than Scipio's family.

However, they were still active this time, and even planned to open the Veneto-Illyria-Dalmatia land corridor, thus connecting Brutus's forward position of Epirus with the Italian mainland. It sounds a bit far away and the water doesn't quench the thirst of the near.

However, they also claimed that even if the northern front was tight, the Julius family would send a full army to land in Greece across the sea to fight.

In this way, the Roman League was formally formed.

The army lineup is very strong.

The Navy is still stretched. The Senate had no navy, and Julius contributed half of the fleet to aid in the war; Since the navy of Scipio was busy dealing with the navies of Greece and Carthage, the fleet sent here was pitiful.

In the end, when it comes to shipping and escorting, you have to count on the navy of the Brutus family, which is already exhausted.

After a short rest, Damasos was ordered to lead the First Army into the city of Apollonia. The intention was to quickly pull out this Roman wedge at Epirus by surprise attack.

The king's legions provided strategic cover for the siege forces.

Of course, the Romans will do everything possible to keep this beachhead.

It is foreseeable that the two sides will fight fiercely, move, fight over this narrow stretch of coast.

The first reinforcements to arrive were the troops of the family of Scipio, led by the general Gaius Scipio. Their landing point was on the northern coast of Apollonia.

Because the city is close to the sea, there are high winds and high waves, and cliffs. To do this, the landing point must be in the north or south of the city.

The Romans landed smoothly and marched in formation towards Apollonia.

The Macedonians discovered the whereabouts of the enemy army, and Antigone immediately arrived with the main force.

The two armies lined up and set up, and the battle began.

The Macedonian cavalry was the first to launch an outflanking attack. The Roman side used infantry on top and cavalry as cover.

Aloyos led the heavy cavalry from behind the phalanx, and together with two light cavalry brigades, he pulled the line behind the enemy flank.

Two Roman youth marches forward to intercept them. The cavalry chose to go around in a large circle, and the infantry could not keep up with the speed of the cavalry, and Aloyos continued to run.

They circled the enemy for the most part of the circle. The Macedonian light cavalry on the right flank, seeing the general's intentions, also gathered from the right side.

Alous' cavalry reached directly into the enemy's second line and flanked the Roman cavalry left and right. Static cavalry could not withstand a strong impact with kinetic energy.

The Macedonian cavalry inflicted heavy losses on the Roman cavalry units. Get an edge.

Seeing that the cavalry was at a loss, the Roman general immediately ordered the entire army to shrink its front, forming a concave formation. Foot riders cooperate with each other and act as a whole.

The two armies returned to the standoff. The Romans began to fight a war of movement, trying to concentrate their forces to open a gap, and then advance in one direction as a whole.

They were clearly approaching the city of Apollonia. Antigone saw a loophole in the movement of the Roman army, and used an infantry phalanx and cavalry to intercept the enemy soldiers who were lagging behind, and then encircled this part of the weak enemy. The cavalry continued to attack forward to block the opponent's return response.

After destroying this small part of the enemy force, the soldiers found that Scipio's army had withdrawn far away. Their large army was not in love with the war, and had already rushed to the city of Apollonia.

At this time, the army of Brutus in the city went out of the city to welcome reinforcements into the city.

The Macedonian army did not continue to catch up and chose to collect its troops and return to the camp.

Although the new landing force was not eliminated, it was still weakened by a third of its strength during the battle.

Antigone had his soldiers ready for the possible arrival of new reinforcements from the enemy. If it is a small force that comes ashore, it must be annihilated. In addition, whenever you have an advantage in your forces, you must also forcibly eat the enemy's army.

The soldiers returned to the barracks before settling down for a meal.

After eating, I enjoyed the afternoon sunshine, took advantage of this moment of tranquility to squint my eyes, lay down on the ground for a while, and take a nap.

But before they could fall asleep, the assembly number remembered. Scouts have discovered a new transport fleet.