As soon as the captain finished speaking, a rain of arrows whistled from the night below, and more than a dozen soldiers, including the captain, fell in a pool of blood. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Kill!!" Like a thunderclap, hundreds of Wei soldiers rushed out of the thick night, rushed to the fort, and started a fierce battle with the unprepared defenders of the fort.

"Kill! Kill the Wei people! A Roman officer shouted with a long sword.

The soldiers of the two sides fought in a scuffle on the fort, the Wei soldiers were like a raging wave, the sound of killing shook the sky, and the Roman soldiers fought back desperately, the battle was extremely fierce, and at the same time, on another fort, it was the same scene.

Taken aback by the anxious report from his subordinates, he hurriedly ran out of the tent and looked towards the fort, only to see the figures of the people in the firelight, and the shouts of killing could be heard clearly.

Lielund grabbed a subordinate general and shouted, "Lead your garrison to counterattack immediately!" He shoved him away.

The general answered and hurried down.

The offensive of the Wei ships became more violent, and the catapult ships with the fortress ships as the core continued to pour arrows at the Roman navy, and the water column on the sea rose to the sky, as if it was boiling, and from time to time the ships were overturned by the fierce artillery fire.

The Wei commandos jumped onto the opponent's ship with their swords and engaged in bloody hand-to-hand combat with the opponent; An assault ship slammed into a Roman capital ship, and with a loud bang, a huge fireball rose up and stood out under the night sky.

A Roman fire-breathing ship rushed towards the Wei group and slammed into a fourth-class ship, only to see the flames burst out, and then the two ships were enveloped in raging flames.

Another fire-breathing ship also rushed towards the Wei warship group, and suddenly an arrow hit it, and when it landed, it was reduced to debris in the sky-rushing flames.

After a fierce battle, thousands of soldiers of the Wei army finally occupied the fort on the west bank of the Roman navy, and at this time, nearly 10,000 Egyptian garrisons under the leadership of a Roman general poured towards the fort.

The Wei army pushed the oil drums on the fort down the hillside, and some of the oil drums were smashed in the process of rolling.

The Wei army fired rockets down the hillside.

When he climbed the hillside, there were many fires, and suddenly there was a loud bang, and a fire oil drum exploded, and dozens of nearby Roman soldiers were lifted into the sky.

Explosions occurred one after another, and the Roman soldiers in the middle suffered heavy losses.

The Romans fled down the hill one after another, allowing the leading generals to shout at their throats.

The Roman general had no choice but to retreat. "Your Excellency, General, we can't attack it! The Egyptians simply can't! ”

Relund frowned, and looked at the fort on the east side, there was a scene of scuffle on the fort, but I was afraid that the Roman army would not be able to support it for long.

"Your Excellency, General, we are almost unable to support it! It's better to ・・・・・・," suggested one of the generals.

"No!" Lielund said categorically.

As if in response to his words, there was a roar from the western fort, and almost at the same time they heard the screams that had reached their ears, and they all changed color.

Before they could react, the horde was swept away by a whistling arrow. One of the generals hurriedly threw Lielund to the ground, and almost at the same time, an arrow whistled past the two of them, stirring up a cloud of smoke and dust not far in front of them.

The people of Lielund got up from the ground in embarrassment, and there were several corpses lying on the ground, which had been killed by the arrows just now.

"Your Excellency General, the fort has been occupied by the Wei army, and it is impossible for us to hold it! Hurry up! Otherwise, you will only pay more losses! The subordinate general Tere Ge hurriedly persuaded.

Again and again glanced at the fiery battlefield in front of him, sighed unwillingly, and ordered: "The whole army retreats to the fortress on the left bank!" ”

The Roman navy fought and retreated, and the Wei navy pursued closely.

Another major battle ensued on the narrow waterway to the Mediterranean, in which the Roman navy suffered heavy losses, with a third of its ships sunk, but the Wei army also paid a considerable price.

Subsequently, the Wei navy retreated to the right-bank fortress.

It should be noted here that the Romans built two fortresses on this road to the Mediterranean, one on the left bank and the other on the right bank of the waterway, the right bank fortress was located to the south, on the side of Jerusalem, and it was this right-bank fortress that the Wei army attacked.

The left-bank fortress is roughly the same size as the right-bank fortress, but it is more difficult to defend and attack because of its steep cliffs and the main force of the Egyptian garrison.

The Great Tent of the Wei Army, which was originally the location of the command post of Lielund, was previously demolished by Wei artillery fire, and now it has been rebuilt.

"The Romans withdrew to the Left Bank fortress! It's not an easy place to fight! Zhou Tai frowned.

Gan Ning scratched his head and said with some distress: "It's definitely useless to seduce them now!" What to do? ”

Zhou Tai spread his hands, "You are the boss, you should find a way!" Isn't that what you were thinking about? ”

Gan Ning waved his hand, "I came up with it purely out of whims!" ”

Zhou Tai smiled: "Then Xingba can't just think about it a little more!" ”

"you!" However, Gan Ning still did what Zhou Tai said, puffing out his cheeks and rolling his eyes.

Zhou Tai couldn't help but feel a little funny.

After a long time, Gan Ning said dejectedly: "I can't think of a way!" ”

Zhou Tai smiled, "In that case, let's attack from the front first and see if we can find a flaw!" ”

"It's good!" Gan Ning nodded.

The Roman navy retreated to the fortress on the left bank in disarray, and the nearby Egyptians were shocked and inexplicably thrilled to see that the Roman fleet, which had been imposing and majestic, had fled back like a lost dog.

"Gather all the Egyptian garrisons at once!" Lielund ordered.

"Yes!" One of the generals answered and retreated.

Treen asked Tere Pavilion, "How many ships do we have?" ”

Teregor said with a dejected expression: "There are only five Spitfires left!" There are still one hundred and seventy heavy crossbow ships, and only twenty-nine fire ships left! ”

Although Lielund had already expected this, he was still taken aback, frowned, and asked, "The loss of the Wei people should not be small, right?" ”

Trege nodded, "The losses of the Wei people are also large, but the losses of their catapult warships are not large!" ”

Lielund walked up to the top and sat down, thought for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "The fortress on the left bank is the last fortress stuck on the way to the Mediterranean, and we must defend it!" And to hold this place, the forts around the water village are the key! ”

Raising his head, "Trege, you immediately transfer all the men and horses you can mobilize to the three major forts!" ”

"Yes!" Treco said yes and hurried out of the tent.

The so-called 'three forts' refers to the three forts on both sides of the fortress on the left bank, all of which are located on three cliffs near the sea, the terrain is extremely dangerous, each fort is equipped with more than 100 heavy catapults and Roman ballistas, which can pose a great threat to the enemy fleet entering the waterway, if the Wei army cannot capture these three batteries, then the Wei army will not be able to capture the fortress on the left bank, let alone enter the Mediterranean.

Two days later, the report of the battle was delivered to Caracalla, who was discussing military affairs with his ministers.

After reading the information, Caracalla's face changed suddenly, and the ministers present were keenly aware that something bad must have happened.

Caracalla instantly stabilized his mood, glanced at the ministers, and said in a deep voice: "Two days ago, the main force of the Wei Navy attacked the right bank position of our army,"

After a pause, "Our army is lost, and the position on the right bank is lost!" ”

As soon as these words came out, all the ministers couldn't help but change their faces.

"As soon as the position on the right bank is lost, the entire strategic situation will be extremely unfavorable to us!" There is a minister's way.

Many ministers echoed one after another, looking very worried, and whispered, and the whole hall seemed very noisy for a while.

Caracalla quieted everyone down, looked at Thomas, and asked, "Administrator, what do you think we should do now?" ”

Thomas frowned and said, "Your Majesty, now we have no choice!" ”

Everyone's hearts couldn't help but move, and everyone understood what Thomas meant.

Caracalla hesitated, "Is this really the only way?" ”

It is clear that Caracalla was not willing to take Thomas's advice.

Thomas shook his head, "Your Majesty, the current situation is very unfavorable for us! We must shift the focus of war to the battlefields that are more favorable to us! ”

Everyone looked at Caracalla, waiting for his decision.

Caracalla hesitated for a moment, glanced at the ministers, and slowly stood up, "Good! Since the gods have set the moment for the decisive battle, let us not hesitate! Command General Seth to attack the Wei army immediately! ”

"Yes!"

A few days later, the Wei scouts of Assyria noticed signs of a sudden mass movement of the Roman army, and the situation was very different from the previous one.

Zhao Yun looked at the situation between the two sides based on the information of the scouts in front of him, and frowned: "It seems that the Romans want to attack!" ”

Ma Chao said: "There are 250,000 people in the cavalry alone, and this time the Romans are afraid to do their best!" This must be reported to His Majesty at once! ”

Zhao Yun nodded and called the herald to order him to send the message back to China. A series of orders followed.

Just when the war clouds were gathering on the Western Front, there were also signs of large-scale mobilization of the Jin people in the north, and the four main forces newly formed by the Jin people had all arrived at the Durant Fortress, and there were also eighteen main army corps, and the Jin people had transferred ninety percent of their main forces to the front line.

A few days later, Chang'an.

"Have you read all the latest information?" Cao Cao asked, at this time Cao Cao was in the Qianqing Palace, and in front of him were a group of cabinet ministers.

Everyone nodded, and Jia Xu said, "It seems that the Romans and the Jin people are determined to have a fateful battle with us now!" ”

Cao Cao said with some excitement: "If my Great Wei Empire wins this battle, then the hegemony of a thousand years will be achieved!" (To be continued.) )