The coalition forces could attack at any time, and when the time comes, I am afraid that these 70,000 people will be driven out of the sea.

These 70,000 people are still a very valuable asset to the Roman Empire, this is 70,000 warriors with combat experience, no matter how rich the Roman Empire is, it is not easy to get 70,000 powerful warriors at once.

Marcus sent men to row a small boat across the channel to ask for help from Lucis on the other side of the channel, and explained the stakes, but he did not receive a reply.

Just when Marcus was in a hurry, his men came again to report that the Romans and Thracians on the coast had fought, and hundreds of people had started a group fight.

Marcus hated it so much that the roots of his teeth itched, when was it, and he still fights, you must know that the military discipline of the Roman legions is very strict, and this kind of private fighting is a capital crime.

Marcus and his guards rushed to the coast, and less than 20,000 of the 70,000 troops were crowded into the city of Nicaea, and many more troops were indiscriminately pitched tents on the coast, and there were no camps left.

Even if the camping sergeant major wanted to build a standard Roman camp, there were no materials, and Nicaea was a deserted beach without any trees or rocks.

On the coast, hundreds of soldiers of the Roman legions scuffled together, but fortunately, they did not dare to use their weapons, but only used their fists to teach each other a lesson.

There were tens of thousands of bored Roman soldiers watching, and many were even clapping and whistling, cheering for each other's supporters.

Marcus rushed over angrily, whipping the onlookers with his horsewhip, and the Roman soldiers scurried out of the way.

Marcus's guards burst into the arena and struck everyone in the brawl with the butt of their rifles, whether they were Romans or Thracians.

Then the two sides were separated with muskets with good bayonets, and hundreds of soldiers with blue noses and swollen eyes, divided into two parts, still glaring at each other like angry roosters, greeted each other's female relatives in all sorts of wonderful dialects.

Marcus finds the two highest-ranking centurions from both sides and asks about the cause of the fight.

In fact, it was very simple, that is, when the few food was distributed, the Romans felt that they were regular legions, and they should eat better than auxiliary legions, so they snatched some of the mashed potatoes from the food of the Thracians.

Marcus hate, when did the Roman warriors fall into the same room for a bite of mashed potatoes?

Marcus lined up all the onlookers of the Roman soldiers, and he was to give them a lecture himself.

"Roman warriors, citizens, even if we lose the battle, even if we lose a lot of land, we cannot dishonor the glory of our ancestors, we cannot dishonor the glory of the Roman soldiers."

"No matter how difficult it is for us, we are still alive, and there is hope if we are alive!"

"Although there is a difference between regular legions and auxiliary legions in the establishment of the legion, in essence, we are all Roman warriors, Roman citizens, and we are all treated the same, and the sacrifices made for Rome are also the same!"

"I'm trying to figure out how to organize a ship, I'm going to take you home, and I hope you can unite and fight back to Rome together, and don't leave your body and soul in this foreign land."

Marcus's words were simple, but they were also the most profound, and the onlookers raised their arms and shouted, "Go home!" "Go home!"

For the two groups of soldiers who were fighting, Marcus did not cut off their heads, and at this time, the warriors were a valuable resource, but they were rewarded with ten whips each, and the mashed potatoes that the Romans had stolen were returned to the Thracians.

It was just after Marcus had dealt with all this that he finally received the good news that Lucis's carrier pigeons had brought him.

In the letter, Lucis told him that Lucis had contacted the naval fleet of the Roman Empire and, using his army, collected all the ships along the Greek coast.

Together with the ships of the naval fleet, they came to their rescue and asked them to stay until the arrival of the fleet.

Marcus was overjoyed, and he immediately began to arrange the retreat.

How to make the 70,000-strong army retreat safely is a complex and large project, which must be carefully planned, and fortunately Marcus is a delicate person.

He redivided the army on the coast into hundreds, according to their numbers, and numbered them.

When evacuating, it is necessary to evacuate in the order of numbering, and it is strictly forbidden for anyone to scramble to get on the ship, disturbing the order, and orderly boarding can ensure the shortest time.

To this end, he also specially selected 1,000 Roman veterans to form a military discipline supervision group, which was responsible for maintaining order on boarding.

In addition, he gathered together his legions and a few Roman legions of Syria and Asia, numbering about 15,000 men.

They serve as the rearguard for all retreats, and are responsible for blocking possible attacks by coalition forces.

He thought very carefully, the legion under his direct jurisdiction did not dare to have any complaints against him, and the legion formed by the locals could not stay in the local area, presumably the Han army would not be too embarrassed.

He had heard that the Han army treated prisoners favorably, and was quite polite to the captured Romans, only the Persians were more ferocious.

History loves coincidences, and just as Lucis's Roman fleet reached the waters off Nicaea, the Han-Polish army also relaunched its attack on Nicaea.

The reason why the coalition forces stopped their offensive for several days was actually waiting for their ammunition supplies, especially artillery shells.

With the development of the firearms age, the offensive of the Han army, especially this kind of offensive operations, has increasingly relied on the support of artillery to reduce casualties.

The Han army already has a modern army in later generations, and the trend of pursuing zero casualties is to pursue zero casualties, of course, zero casualties can't be achieved, but fewer casualties can still be worked on.

Under the indoctrination of Lu Bu's philosophy, the commander of the Han army had formed the view that human life was more important than artillery shells, and that it was nothing to waste fewer dead people and some artillery shells.

On the seventh day of the fifth month of 214, a fierce battle broke out over Nicaea, the last important stronghold of the Roman Empire in Asia.

Marcus drew on the advanced experience he had learned from fighting with the Han army in recent years, and built defensive positions inside and outside the city of Nicaea.

Artillery shelters were built on the city walls, and barricades were built on the streets.

When Lucis retreated, he left all the artillery, mortars, ammunition, and explosives to Marcus.

Therefore, although Marcus has a small number of people, the density of firearms and equipment is unprecedented.

He planted explosives in positions outside the city where he expected a possible Han attack, and calculated the coordinates for the mortars and artillery on the city.

Therefore, the Han army, which had never suffered a blow in the offensive initiation stage, suffered a big loss under the city of Nicaea.

A full regiment of Han troops preparing to attack the city was blown into the sky by explosives planted by the Romans, and suffered heavy casualties.

The Han army, which was preparing to rescue their comrades, was blocked by the Roman artillery, because the coordinates were calculated in advance, so the Romans' artillery was very accurate.

The Han army then launched a retaliatory artillery bombardment, but the Romans built anti-artillery bunkers and suffered little losses.

At the same time, the Roman fleet, taking advantage of the rising tide at night, began to rush to the coast to pick up the Roman legions, which had long been lined up on the coast.

In the shortest possible time, the Roman navy mobilized all the warships that could be dispatched in the eastern Mediterranean, as well as all kinds of ships along the coast of Greece, including fishing boats.

More than 40,000 Roman legionnaires on the coast boarded the ship in an orderly manner in a predetermined order, and those who dared to make trouble and boarded the ship first were all beheaded on the spot by a military discipline supervision group composed of veterans.

Therefore, although there were thousands of ships on the scene, and forty or fifty thousand people were boarding the ship, they were all in an orderly manner, and in the shortest possible time, everyone boarded the ship.