"No, no, no! Appis! You lunatic! I'll kill you! ”

Mark Antony stood at the head of the ranks, frantically slashing at the Roman hoplites in front of him, and he saw that in the rear, his own army was crumbling. The reason was simple, Appis's cavalry unit did not know when it went around his rear and launched a fierce charge.

Now, not to mention the Egyptian militia and the mercenaries of the East, even the regular Roman legions will not be able to afford it. The road ahead was blocked, and the rear was flanked by the ferocious barbarian cavalry, and in this situation, even Alexander was afraid that he could not do anything while he was alive.

Anthony swung his sword and scolded his mother.

However, in such a situation, there was nothing he could do.

"Retreat, get out of here!"

Anthony roared, and the generals around him immediately did the same. The trumpeter blew the horn of retreat, but was choked by the Creek archers hired by Apis in the fortifications, and the arrow passed through the throat of the trumpeter, and the legionary trumpeter, who had just puffed out his cheeks, let out a strange short trumpet sound, and then fell to his death, in a pool of his own blood. At this time, Alexander's army and the Egyptian army were completely in chaos.

Fortunately, the other trumpeters blew the horn of withdrawal.

But it was too late, and the charge of the Germanic cavalry made Antony's large army uninterested in fighting, and the soldiers were terrified. The entire battlefield has almost been dominated by Appis.

Due to the continuous rout of the soldiers in the rear, fear spread to the front, and even many soldiers on the front line had no intention of fighting. The orderly retreat finally turned into a chaotic escape.

In the Cold Weapon War, most of the people who died on the battlefield were not killed heroically, but were knocked down after fleeing and trampled to death by their companions. At this moment, the scene of the great migration of animals in the past has reappeared. Everyone didn't distinguish between friend and foe, they just ran back in frenzy.

"It's now! Brothers, follow me, rush out, Rome will win! ”

In the gap in the fortifications, Apis sensed that the fighters were coming. Rush to the front line, encourage the soldiers, and take this opportunity to rush out.

Finally, Alexander's corps, which was the last to resist, also collapsed.

The gap in the fortifications really became a gap, and Appis's Roman army poured out of the gap like a red torrent. Like bloodthirsty beasts, slaughtering Egyptian soldiers and Antony's citizen soldiers along its way. These real main forces of Anthony have really fallen today.

Appis stood in the center of the crowd, waves of people rushing by, and those rushing shadows seemed to rush by like the cutscenes of the past. Blood dripped down his face, and the entire world was almost shrouded in thick blood.

The rain washed the land, and the blood of tens of thousands of Roman soldiers flowed.

In the end, in the Battle of Apollonia, more than 20,000 Antony legionnaires were killed, which is equivalent to four legions. The number of prisoners is even more numerous. The Egyptian and Syrian soldiers who surrendered were all taken into slavery. Send back to Rome.

A battle that made Appis earn a lot of money.

These tens of thousands of slaves alone are a terrible fortune.

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"I've failed, have I failed? Oh yes, I failed, my soldiers, my legions......"

After the defeat, Antony took refuge in the Greek seaport city of Athens with the remnants of his defeated army. Once the most glorious place of Greek civilization, it is now Antony's last refuge in Greece. Appis' army pursued them all the way, capturing all the towns and villages along the way, and distributing food to the hungry people. And those grains were originally stored by themselves for the expedition to Italy. Thinking of this, Anthony gritted his teeth with hatred. However, the fact is that with the defeat of a campaign, everything changes. The hearts of the people were lost, and the legions were destroyed.

Anthony collapsed on the floor of the balcony of his apartment, watching in despair as the sun set over the harbor.

"No, General, you still have a chance. We still have a chance. We can go to Silesia, we can go to Asia Minor, and then we can plan. There are plenty of troops and funds there. Pergamon and your legions, all of whom fought alongside me, are true Romans and loyal to your men, except that you left them in the east to keep them safe. Now, as long as you go back, they are still willing to follow you and fight Greece and Italy again. I have faith, General. ”

Antony lost confidence, but neither did Domitius, the general who was close to him, and he still tried to encourage Antony to cheer up. "History should not be like this, General Anthony, you still have Egypt, and Syria, and Asia Minor, Rhodes, and Cyprus, and the legions and people of these places are still loyal to you. We still have a chance, General. ”

Domitius picked up Antony, who had fallen to the ground, and said affectionately.

This situation reminded Antony of the time when he and Caesar were in Greece sixteen years ago, when they were cornered by Pompey's army of 100,000 men, and Caesar had been so desperate at that time, and asked himself, "Did we lose?" Anthony, you can feel like we're losing right now, and if you're leaving, I'm not going to keep you. ”

Yes, Caesar used to say that, Caesar used to be so desperate. At this moment, Domitius in front of him is like himself back then. However, is he Caesar? Anthony felt genuine helplessness in his heart.

Two days later, Alexander's grain ship arrived, but it was too late. The battle was over, and watching the countless sailboats sail into the harbor, Anthony just smiled helplessly, his heart dripping blood. Why is Cleopatra always so untimely? At that time, he was about to conquer Italy, but the eastern countries rebelled, and for this reason, Cleopatra wanted him to go back and persuaded him to go back. Now, he asked the queen to deliver grain and grass, which could have been solved in more than a week, but it took the queen nearly a month.

Hiding in his apartment in the city of Athens, Anthony thought a lot.

In the end, it was decided to accept the advice of Domitius, get on the ship, and go to Asia Minor, to Pergamon. The legion is gone, and it can be rebuilt, as long as there are funds, yes, he does have funds, and over the years, he and the queen have managed the vast territories of Egypt and the East, and have reserved a lot of money. In the East, as long as you have the money, you can hire countless troops. Well, without experience, without discipline and tactics, let's train them. Let the soldiers of the eastern kingdoms wear Roman armor, wear Roman weapons and shields, and use Roman tactics. Yes, Anthony suddenly had such an unreliable but feasible solution.