"Kill! Push the Qin people off the city walls! ”

Above the city walls, Anthony roared, his body covered in blood. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 On Info's arm, there was also a mark of being scratched by an arrow.

However, on the high cloud ladder, the Qin army that poured down seemed to be inexhaustible. One died, and the other quickly took the man's place.

Moreover, on the city wall, which was not too wide, the spears used by the Romans were more than a step shorter than those of the Qin people. The square shield of the Qin people, compared to the round shield of the Romans, provides no comparison.

The cold Changge, the rock-solid shield, formed a wall like a long thorn, crushing towards the Romans.

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, the city gate made of bronze poured into the city finally shattered in front of the huge siege vehicle of the Qin army. Not only that, but the walls that connected the city gates also showed huge cracks.

The loud noise completely annihilated the last trace of hope in Anthony's heart.

Among Ctesiphon, the Roman army was replenished with these months, and nearly 300,000 men. However, Anthony is well aware that the combat effectiveness of these supplementary troops is not at all comparable to that of his former subordinates.

Rome is huge, and has a much larger population than Rome in another world.

However, less than half of these people were true Roman citizens.

In the Roman Republic under slavery, there was no power without citizenship. Even if wealth is gained, it will soon be plundered.

Therefore, it is conceivable that in Rome, the contradiction between citizens and non-citizens was almost irreconcilable.

And Ctesiphon, the 300,000-strong Roman army, almost a third of them were non-citizens.

Before, when the Qin army had not used all its strength to attack the city, these non-citizen armies would still defend under his oppression, but now that he has lost his position, these 100,000 people are lucky not to fall back.

"General! Let's get out of here! ”

Beside Anthony, several soldiers dragged Anthony to the west.

The east, as the main attacking side of the Qin army, has completely fallen. The south and north were not breached. However, everyone knows that it will be sooner or later.

As for the city after the city was broken, it fought with the Qin army in the streets. That's impossible, the disadvantage in numbers makes the Qin army only need to close the main street, and they don't even have a chance to leave.

The sound of shouting and killing is getting closer and closer. There was another loud bang, and Anthony knew that the gates to the north had been broken.

"Let our men withdraw from the city as soon as possible, to the west, to Damascus!" The loud noise made Anthony's thinking a little clearer.

"Let those slaves stop the Qin people!" Before leaving, Anthony added.

"What if they don't want to?"

"Then block the gates with their corpses!"

Anthony, who was a little angry, turned over a horse that the servant had led, and rushed towards the west without hesitation.

"Your Majesty, the Romans are beginning to retreat to the west!" Han Xin, who was stained with blood on his armor, said with a slight arch of his hand towards Bai Qi.

"Ouroboros!"

"Whoa!"

The journey from Ctesiphon to Damascus is not close, and it will take more than a month under a normal march.

However, the Roman soldiers who escaped were almost all elite. In addition, along the way, Anthony continued to keep people behind, relying on the broken cities along the way. Finally, the pursuing team was delayed.

"Damascus!" On the loess, the Roman army, which had been on the run for nearly a month, couldn't help but let out cheers.

"Into town!" Anthony, who was disgraced, also breathed a sigh of relief, and didn't even have time to think about why no one in the city came out to answer.

"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! ”

However, just as they had reached the city gate, the city gate, which had been wide open, was suddenly closed. Immediately afterwards, a dense rain of arrows fell from the sky.

Anthony, who was the first, was the first to suffer.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

A cavalry of less than 10,000 men, divided into two parts, poured towards them from the south and from the north.

Without a unified command, the defeated Roman officers gave the order to retreat almost immediately.

They didn't know how many Qin troops came from the south and north, and under the conditioned reflex, the Roman army of 100,000 people could only run east again. Although, in the east, there are more Qin troops waiting for them.

Wang Jian and Bai Qi were born and died together, and the two have a natural tacit understanding.

In the face of the powerful Romans, neither Bai Qi nor Wang Jian wanted to drive the Romans to a dead end.

The drive of the Romans like a sheep was a joint decision between the two of them.

Not to mention the main force of Rome, the city of Rome, which learned of the defeat at the front, had already set off a stormy wave.

"Organize all citizens over the age of fifteen at once, we need to hurry up and train another army!" In the court, the archon said with some excitement.

"Seconded!"

"Seconded!"

This time, the Senate unexpectedly chose to approve. Even, the speed of voting is much faster than before.

"Archon!"

Just when the consul breathed a sigh of relief and was ready to announce the decree immediately. A Roman soldier, however, rushed in with a somewhat chaotic look.

"What's wrong?" The archon looked at his men, obviously with some displeasure.

"Outside of Syracuse, a large number of Qin ships have been discovered!" The soldier also didn't care if his commander was angry. hurriedly told his information.

The soldier's words shocked everyone present at the same time.

"How many?" A senator of the Senate immediately stood up and asked.

"At least hundreds!"

In the court of "hundreds of ......", there was a sudden silence.

"It seems that I can only fight hard!" The archon said with a look of deep worry in his eyes.

The merchant ships of the Qin State were very large, and they brought a lot of Qin goods each time. However, although Qin's merchant ships were much better than those of Rome, Rome also had its own fleet.

It's just that compared to the number of horrors in the hundreds of ships of the Qin State, it is much less.

"It's impossible to fight a decisive battle with the Qin people on the sea, we can only follow the coast, so that the Qin people can't go ashore. Or give them a blow when they come ashore! ”

An elder, who looked to be fifty or sixty years old, stood up and shouted at everyone at the same time: "The Qin people are already about to arrive in our Roman City, at this time, don't hesitate any longer. Whatever you have, take it all! Otherwise, if the Qin people go ashore, our family and our wealth will be ruined! ”

"I can hand over my guards!"

"I still have a lot of weapons in my family!"

“……”

The elders who came to the end of the disaster finally stopped cherishing themselves. began to dig out all the money of his family.

The Qin army on land, even if the road is unimpeded, will not arrive until at least a few months later. However, the Qin fleet on the sea was already under his nose.