This new weapon is Ma Jun's latest invention, which was called the monster of the Malcolski machine gun by Lu Bu, and its principle is to manually accelerate, so that the ten barrels rotate in turn and shoot in turn.

This was the famous Gatling machine gun in later generations, and Lu Bu brought his shooting concept over and told it to Ma Jun, who studied it for nearly ten years, and only after the invention of the bolt-action rifle did he make a major breakthrough.

Although this is not a machine gun in the true sense of the word, it is not an automatic weapon, but it is still very powerful, and it is still a mass killer in this era.

The attack of the Han army, armed with Ma's machine guns, on the Roman army simply turned into a one-sided massacre once again.

Even the heavily armed shield bearers could not resist the continuous fire of Ma's rifles, and a large number of Roman soldiers fell, unable to rush into the Han line.

Each division of the Han army had a machine-gun battalion, a machine-gun company with nine machine guns, and a battalion was twenty-seven machine guns.

The three divisions were 80 machine guns, lined up on the defensive line, and there was a feeling that they were at a loss.

However, the machine gun was very enjoyable to fight, and the consumption of bullets was also very great, and in the end, it was the machine gun that ran out of existing bullets and saved the lives of the Romans.

After all, this was the first actual combat of the Ma's machine gun, and the Han army did not expect the machine gun to be enjoyable to fight, but the consumption of bullets was so great.

As soon as the machine-gun fire stopped, the Romans lost the courage to continue charging and turned around and fled back to their camp.

In this way, the six Han divisions in the center and on the right repelled the massive attack of the Romans, and tens of thousands of Roman soldiers fell under the guns of machine guns.

Lucis was supervising the battle in the back, he could only hear the sound of machine guns, but he couldn't see the picture of machine gun torture clearly, and he was very puzzled to see his soldiers fall in pieces.

When the officers and soldiers who came back described to him the devilish weapon of the Han army, he also poured cold water on his fiery head and quickly calmed down.

At this time, the barbarian army was also repulsed by the Persian army, and the tide of defeat returned.

Lucis immediately changed from being brave and radical to cowering and conservative, and he ordered the whole army to retreat and return to the Adriana Fort.

The Han and Persian armies pursued them slightly and then retreated to the camp, after all, the coalition forces were small, and the Romans still had a numerical advantage.

However, this numerical superiority was wiped out on the third day, after the arrival of the coalition forces.

Although Lu Bu had received the battle report of the great victory on the front line before, he still asked Ma Chao to make a detailed report in person, and when he heard that the machine gun showed its might, Ma Chao and others respected it very much.

Lu Bu just smiled, but he didn't think so, the machine gun could play a huge role, which was completely expected by him.

Now the main problem is how to solve the 300,000 Roman army that held on to Adrianaburg, although yesterday's battle destroyed 50,000 or 60,000 enemies, but half of them were barbarians, and most of the rest were auxiliary legions.

The main army of the Romans was not yet wounded, and they had more artillery, food, and ammunition in the city, which was reliable information from the undercover agents of the Ministry of Intelligence.

If this enemy is not resolved, it is difficult to make a bold march into Italy with confidence.

Lu Bu consulted with Zhuge Liang, Fa Zheng, Ma Chao, Zhang Liao and others to see how to solve this problem, but with so many people with extraordinary wisdom, what other way can't be thought of?

The next day, the Han and Persian armies tentatively began the siege.

The Adriana Fort sits on a hillside, and the entire castle is built along the hill and has been built and fortified over the centuries.

Although the Han artillery bombarded the Adriana Fort, the walls made of huge stones were very strong, and only some shallow craters were blown out.

The Persian army served as the main force of the siege army, as they had a large number of hoplites and were suitable to serve as the vanguard of the siege.

The defense of the Romans was still very tenacious, condescending, just enough to give full play to the power of the front-loading rifled guns, and the cover of the artillery was also very timely, and for the use of firearms, when defending, the Romans had obviously adapted to this rhythm.

The siege lasted for three days, and the Han army and the Persians suffered tens of thousands of casualties, although the Romans also suffered tens of thousands of casualties, but the Romans were obviously able to hold on.

This time, the Han army changed their tactics, and they only left half of the army to surround Adrianaburg, and with their own numerical advantage, they divided their forces.

The other half of the coalition army left the Adriana Fort, turned south, and attacked in a southwesterly direction, looking at this posture, it was to attack Athens, after all, Athens was one of the most important cities on the Greek peninsula.

Seeing that the Han army was just trapping itself with a large army and turned around to attack Athens, Lucis was not calm again.

If the Han army really defeated Athens, its involvement would be of little significance, and the Han army could choose two paths: sea and land to continue attacking the Italian mainland.

At that time, he would really be alone, and the defense of Athens was very weak, after all, the army of the entire eastern half of the empire was concentrated in his own hands.

Lucis planned to send an army to fight the Han army inside and outside with the Athenian defenders, but Marcus naturally strongly opposed it.

Marcus thought that this was a trap for the Han army, and that the defenders of Adriana Fort should get out of the city so that they could be surrounded and annihilated.

Now the safest thing is to hold on to the city, and be a nail firmly inserted into the enemy's back.

It's a pity that Lucis didn't listen at all, and this time Marcus didn't back down, but argued with reason, and the last two broke up unhappily.

Two days later, they received a message from Athens that a coalition of Han and Persian forces had appeared on the outskirts of Athens, and that strongholds around Athens such as Philippi and Falsala had been captured by the Han army.

Athens sent a letter to Lucis asking for help, claiming that the enemy army besieging Athens had at least 300,000 troops, and that Athens would not be able to hold on without foreign aid.

This letter of help helped Lucis to make up his mind, and he decided to leave the city by night and take a detour to support Athens.

This time, however, he couldn't take most of the army with him, and Marcus used his power to keep half of the army, and he was going to hold on to Adrianaburg.

Lucis led his army of 150,000 men around the Han camp and made a detour to Athens instead of the avenue of Farsala, but from the small road.

As a result, fifty miles away from Athens, it was blocked by the Han army, which had been waiting for a long time.

Most of the troops under the city of Adriana and Athens were Persian troops, and many Han troops were also pretended to be Persian troops, and the main force of the Han army was waiting for Lucis here!

The Han army surrounded Lucis's army in a small basin, and because he was in a hurry to march, Lucis did not carry artillery, and left it to Marcus to defend the city.