Chapter 1259: Exercise
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"General, according to intelligence, there is Roman naval activity in the waters of this area!" Zhou Tai's subordinate general Li Tao reported to Zhou Taiyu. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Zhou Tai frowned, "The herald ordered the cargo fleet to move forward in two columns, and the warships were escorted in a fan-shaped formation. ”
"No!"
An hour later, the soldier in charge of the lookout from the main mast suddenly shouted: "I have found the situation about ten miles ahead on the left!" Ten ships! Not a big ship! ”
Zhou Tai looked to the left front, but did not see anything. Immediately ordered: "Drop the patrol boat!" Ships ready for battle! ”
"No!"
The six frigates quickly lined up, while the five cargo ships halted their advance and hid behind the line of frigates.
About a quarter of an hour later, a small black shadow appeared in the distance where the sky and water intersected, and at the same time, the patrol boat that had been lowered earlier released two green signal rockets.
Zhou Tai breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, but he did not order the withdrawal of combat readiness.
About two quarters of an hour later, the ten boats passed by the flotilla, and the Wei soldiers could clearly see that these ships were only about ten meters long, with low sides and loaded with goods, and the people on board were dark-skinned and ugly, and they looked at the Wei army's fleet with a look of surprise.
The Wei fleet regained and arrived at the delivery location agreed with Alex in the evening of the same day.
It was a port near Jerusalem, with rudimentary facilities and not many inhabitants.
A scout rushed into the woods where Leiter's 50,000 elites were hiding.
"General, they're coming!" The scout reported urgently.
Leiter, who was anxiously waiting, waited for Huo Ran to get up, "Have you entered the port?" ”
"Just outside the port! Haven't entered the port yet! ”
Just then, another scout rushed over and reported, "General, their messenger has come ashore!" ”
"The front team will follow me to meet you, and the army will still stay in the woods!"
"Yes!"
Moments later, Reiter led thousands of soldiers to the docks.
At this moment, not far in front of him stood a young man dressed in a local uniform with a clean face, next to him two retinues, and one of the officers under the command of Reit.
Rett jumped off his horse and hurried in front of the other party. He glanced at the other party and asked, "Are you the envoy of the Wei Empire?" Speaking the local language, one of the people next to him hurriedly spoke it in jerky Chinese.
The other party nodded, hugged his fist at Leiter, and asked, "Your Excellency is responsible for receiving the goods?" ”
Leiter nodded and asked with some eagerness, "What about the goods?" ”
The other party pointed to the fleet outside the harbor, "It's on the cargo ship!" Now I'm going to confirm your identity! What about tokens? ”
Leiter took out a bronze medal from his bosom and placed it in front of the other party, "This is a token left by your messenger, no problem, right?" ”
The other party took a closer look and nodded, "That's right!" Then he asked one of his attendants to summon the fleet.
Moments later, six cargo ships slowly sailed into the harbor.
As soon as the cargo ship stopped, Leiter couldn't wait to board a cargo ship with a dozen personal soldiers. When he saw the mountain of armor in front of him, he couldn't help but be excited.
Hurriedly ordered the soldiers of the front team waiting on the dock to unload!
The docks are bustling.
Thousands of soldiers brought down the cargo from the cargo ships. Thousands of other cavalry were on guard for miles around.
After about two hours, the dock was quiet.
Moments later, five cargo ships slowly left the dock, joined up with the six frigates outside the harbor, and left along the same route.
In the middle of the night, Jerusalem was under the city.
The battlefield that had been noisy all day quieted down.
It's so quiet, as if there's a peaceful atmosphere, it's hard to imagine that not so long ago it was a battlefield of life and death.
Kill!! The shouts of killing suddenly erupted, and almost at the same time more than a dozen fires burst out in the Roman camp.
Immediately after the southwest, tens of thousands of Jerusalem rebels rushed into the camp and routed the Roman vigilance by surprise.
At the same time, another rebel army broke through the stables into the Roman barracks, drove tens of thousands of horses out of the stables, and the galloping horses swept towards the Roman barracks tents like a torrent.
Batra, who came to his senses, hurriedly ordered a counterattack.
The Roman army deserves to be compared with the Wei army, after the chaos in the early stage, quickly stabilized, and launched a counterattack against the Jerusalem rebels who broke into the camp, fierce battles were staged all over the camp, the rebels were indeed brave, but the Roman army was more capable of group combat.
The battle lasted about an hour, and the Jerusalem rebels who had broken through the camp were repulsed.
Batra couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and said secretly: "If it is not these rebels who are raided tonight, but the Wei army, then the result is really unimaginable!" ’
Batra immediately ordered vigilance and ordered the damage to be counted.
Soon after, a subordinate general reported to Batrayu: "Your Excellency, the total number of dead and wounded in each army is about 5,000, and the corpses left by the enemy are more than 6,000!" ”
Batra nodded in satisfaction, "Good! ”
The general then said: "However, our army's military horses and grain and grass have suffered serious losses!" ”
Batra's heart couldn't help but skip a beat, and she asked urgently, "How much did you lose?" ”
"More than 10,000 military horses have run away, and the grain and grass!"
"How?"
"Almost all of them were burned!"
"What?!" Batra was shocked.
The other side. Reiter led his elite to withdraw from the Roman barracks, counted the losses, and then repatriated 20,000 of them back to Jerusalem, while he led the remaining 20,000 soldiers into the mountains and forests not far from here to wait for an opportunity. At this time, Leiter did not know the results of his battle, and he thought that the operation just now had completely failed.
The next morning, the defenders of Jerusalem nervously awaited the enemy's attack, only to find that they had suddenly withdrawn. Everyone couldn't believe that someone had reported this to Alex.
Alex climbed the wall with the support of the female guards, looked in the direction of the Roman barracks, and sure enough, saw the Roman army retreating to the north.
Alex couldn't help but be overjoyed and a little incredulous, because last night's report from Reiter that the raid was not successful.
Alex hurriedly dispatched scouts.
Soon after, the scout's intelligence cleared Alex's mystery.
Batra led the Roman army to retreat to the point of departure not long ago, at the junction of Assyria and Jerusalem, and set up camp to await instructions and disposition from the Romans.
Batra was forced back by the Jerusalem rebels twice in a row, for whatever reason, but this time he was not spared!
At the same time, Alex expanded his army in Jerusalem, and the surrounding people gathered towards Jerusalem like a swarm, and in less than ten days, Alex's army increased explosively to 300,000 people, which is already a very powerful force in terms of number alone, but Alex knows that the overall combat strength of these 300,000 troops is not as good as the two regular armies of Rome, and Alex is eager to improve their combat effectiveness.
"Hasn't the Wei instructor arrived yet?" Alex asked, the third time Alex had asked the same question today.
Reiter replied, "Not yet!" ”
Just then, a scout rushed in from outside.
A scout hurried into the lobby and reported, "Master, the envoy of the Wei people has arrived!" He brought the instructor! ”
Alex's eyes lit up, and she said excitedly, "Let's go!" ”
Alex hurried out of the prison, followed by Rett and a dozen other female guards.
At this time, there were more than 100 people standing at the gate of the office, one of them was Li Jie, who had signed a secret agreement with Alex as a secret envoy, and the others were dressed in civilian clothes, but their physique and temperament were extremely strong, and one of them turned out to be Xu Zheng, the deputy general of the Royal Forest Army.
Alex's gaze was immediately attracted by the more than 100 murderous warriors in front of her, and she asked in surprise, "Lord Emissary, what are these?" ”
Li Jie smiled and said, "General, let's go in and talk about it!" ”
Alex realized that this place was indeed not the place to talk, nodded and invited Li Jie and the others into the Governor's Mansion.
"My lord, they should be the instructors that the Emperor gave me, right?" Alex asked.
Li Jie nodded and introduced, "They are all warriors in my Wei Army's Imperial Forest Army!" ”
Alex's eyes lit up, "The Guards?!" But the Imperial Guards beside His Majesty the Emperor? ”
Li Jie nodded and smiled: "Not bad!" I'm sure the general has heard of the achievements of the Imperial Forest Army! It's not me who blows! There are only a handful of armies in the world that can compete with the Imperial Guards! And in terms of defense capability alone, there is no force in the world that can compare with the Royal Forest Army! ”
Alex smiled and nodded.
The subordinate general on the side, Leiter, snorted coldly, and said in a humming voice: "I'm afraid it's not like!" "A look of challenge.
Alex didn't reproach and was silent.
The soldiers of the Imperial Forest Army looked calm, and did not seem to be affected in the slightest. In fact, in their eyes, Leiter is just a beam-jumping clown, how can a beam-jumping clown make them react to the call?
Li Jie smiled: "If this general doesn't believe it, you can give it a try!" ”
Turning his head and glancing at Alex, "I think the general also wants to see with his own eyes the skills of my Great Wei soldiers!" However, fighting alone cannot show the real combat effectiveness of the army, so why don't we have a drill? ”
"Drill!?" Alex and Rett both looked puzzled.
Li Jie explained: "It's to let your people fight with our people!" ”
Alex frowned, "How can this work?" ”
Li Jie smiled: "The general misunderstood!" I mean simulated combat! And not really fighting! ”
The two couldn't help but be confused, and Alex asked, "This, how should this be done?" ”
Li Jie briefly explained.
Alex nodded and smiled, "That's a great training method!" ”
Reiter pleaded excitedly, "Master, please allow us to have a drill with them!" ”
Alex hesitated. (To be continued.) )