Ever since the Wei army landed in the desert and marched into Jerusalem a dozen days ago, the Roman admiral had been hesitating, suspecting that the Wei army's landing was just a smoke. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

However, the news came a day earlier that he had changed his mind, and two days earlier, Alex's vanguard had finally appeared at the edge of the desert and engaged in a fierce battle with the Roman defenders who had arrived earlier, and to everyone's surprise, the rebels were as strong as they had left Jerusalem, and the 20,000 local garrisons had been repulsed head-on by the rebels of equal numbers, while the Roman scouts had discovered that a large army of rebels was moving behind the rebel army.

Based on this, Lielund judged that this action of the Wei army was not a feint, and immediately ordered the navy to attack.

"Your Excellency, the patrol speedboat has summoned you that everything is normal!" A subordinate general rushed to the front of Lylund to report.

Lielund nodded and asked, "How far is it from the landing site of the Wei army?" ”

"More than thirty miles!"

"Pass the order, and the fleets will slow down and form battle formations!"

"Yes!"

About two hours later, the sun hung high in the sky and the sea was breezy and sparkling.

The Roman fleet saw a rolling coastline rising and falling in the distance, faintly moving many figures on the shore, countless supplies were piled up not far from the coast, and hundreds of Wei warships were hurriedly turning their bows to meet the Roman fleet.

Seeing this scene, Lielund couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, because the scene in front of him was indeed what the landing site should look like. "Pass the order, the second fleet will attack the left flank, the third fleet will attack the right flank, and the rest will follow me to attack the center!"

Hundreds of Roman ships swooped down on the shore like giant eagles, splitting into three attack arrows, each of which was flanked by heavy ballista ships, then by the fire-breathing ships characteristic of the Roman navy, and finally by the main gunboats of naval warfare.

The Wei side did not have many fewer warships than the Romans, but many of them had a strange look, unnatural appearance, and clumsy movements, but other than that they were not much different from the others.

The most powerful second-class ship of the Wei army stopped when it was still a mile and a half away from the enemy, turned its hull sideways, spat out tongues of fire, and crossbow arrows whizzed across the sea, falling into the Roman army, only to see the water column rising into the sky, and the sound was deafening.

The Romans' heavy gunboats stopped when they were still nearly a mile away from the Wei army, turned their hulls sideways, and began to fire.

The ballistas roared as a meteor shower pierced the sky and the sea was like boiling water, as the other ships on both sides continued to rapidly approach each other.

Moments later, light ships, ballista ships, and Roman fireships fought.

The flames of the Roman fireship were extremely powerful, and it could turn a Wei warship into a moving torch in an instant, and it was not without a weak point that once it was hit by a cannonball in the fuel tank at the bow of the ship, it would often explode with a bang, leaving no armor behind.

There was a strange phenomenon in this battle, many of the Wei warships did not enter the battle, but put on a posture of preparation for war in the rear of the show.

This caught the attention of the Roman admiral Relund, who ordered a part of the ships on the left and right flanks to slowly roll out of the battle in case of contingencies.

The fierce naval battle lasted about half an hour, and both sides paid a heavy price for it, and the Romans had already lost more than thirty ships, including two heavy ships, in addition to dozens of ships that suffered varying degrees of damage.

The losses of the Wei army were no less than those of the Roman army, and even more heavy, but fortunately, only one of the second-class warships, which was the pillar of naval warfare, suffered heavy losses.

At this moment, the nearly two hundred Wei warships that were originally in a state of readiness rushed towards the battlefield, the speed was not too fast, and the front was uneven.

Spirited couldn't help but feel a little weird, but he didn't hesitate to order all the ships under his command to attack.

What ensued came as a surprise to all the Romans, as the new naval ships of the Wei army were completely vulnerable, often capsizing and sinking quickly after a single shell, and the Wei ships never returned fire.

At the same time as the surprise of the Romans, a signal rocket representing an emergency suddenly rose in the southeast.

Seeing this scene, Lielund and the surrounding generals did not react for a moment.

When Lielund and the others came back to their senses, they saw a fleet of nearly two hundred warships approaching at full speed.

Lielund was taken aback, and subconsciously felt that he had fallen into a trap.

At this time, the main force of the Roman fleet was still entangled by the Wei fleet in front of it, and it was impossible to get out at all.

The sudden appearance of the Wei warship surrounded the Chinese fleet in the shape of a crescent, and then the rain of cannonballs whistled down into the sea, and the ship was instantly hit by seven huge crossbow arrows, three of which crossed its superstructure, three of which hit the side directly, and the other fell on the deck.

Relund, who was observing the enemy on the deck, was immediately seriously wounded.

The flagship was immediately chaotic, and the lieutenant immediately ordered a retreat.

The Chinese fleet, including the flagship, first retreated to the north, and the Wei army immediately besieged it, and the guns and arrows of cannonballs and heavy ballistas rained down, and the Chinese fleet struggled to resist, and ships continued to capsize and sink in the terrible rain of bullets.

Seeing this scene, the main force of the Roman navy, which was fighting head-on, couldn't help but panic and wanted to get out of the battlefield, but was held back by the Wei fleet in front of them.

As the first ship left the battlefield without permission, the entire Roman army and navy were in chaos in an instant.

The Wei army took advantage of the momentum and pounced, and the Roman navy was beaten to the point that it lost its armor and was overwhelmed.

At this moment, nearly 200 Wei warships that had previously besieged the Chinese navy of the Roman army suddenly returned.

Two waves of Wei troops fiercely flanked the already chaotic Roman navy, and the Roman navy was dizzy.

The battle lasted about half an hour, and the Roman navy completely collapsed.

The Wei navy pursued for dozens of miles before returning, at this time the sun had set, and the sea under the full moon was peaceful and quiet, but the air was still filled with a heavy smell of gunsmoke.

In this battle, the Wei army used the tactics of attracting the king into the urn to defeat the main force of the Roman navy, destroying more than 150 of its warships, the Roman navy was severely damaged, and the losses of the Wei army were not small, a total of more than 60 warships of various kinds, but as a bait, the hundred or so 'warships' of Lyon were basically all finished, these 'warships' were not actually warships, but were converted from cargo ships, and they looked similar.

Gan Ning disembarked from the warship, and at this time Zhou Tai was standing on the shore.

Gan Ning laughed and said, "This battle is really grandma's joy!" ”

Zhou Tai smiled and frowned: "But our loss is not small!" ”

Gan Ning said indifferently: "This is inevitable!" After all, the enemy is not paper paste either! Youping, the enemy navy has been heavily damaged, and we can act according to the original plan! ”

Zhou Tai nodded and said with a smile: "It's my turn this time!" ”

Gan Ning laughed, "Don't worry! I'm not going to rob you! ”

The two looked at each other and laughed together.

That night, Zhou Tai led nearly 100,000 Alex's rebels on a cargo ship and escorted by a navy toward the shores of Jerusalem.

At this time, the Roman navy was rushing to its base, and the people were panicked, worried about whether the Wei army would catch up.

As the Roman admiral, Lelund fell unconscious, which made the entire Roman navy seem to have lost its backbone.

Two days later, when the Roman navy finally fled back to its base, a patrol ship reported that a large Wei fleet was approaching.

Everyone was shocked to hear the news, but Lielund was still unconscious.

In desperation, the adjutant general issued an order for the whole army to be on alert.

The Roman navy closed all the gates of the water wall and pushed all the catapults on the shore to the front line.

However, the next day was calm and there was no.

Just when the Roman army was in doubt, the patrol ship sent another message that the Wei army had landed on the coast of Jerusalem.

The Romans were taken aback, but at the same time breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhou Tai led Alex's 100,000 rebels to land on the southernmost coast of Jerusalem, and then went north, and a day later, the army arrived at a mountain pass nearly dozens of miles from the city of Jerusalem, which was the land pass south of Jerusalem, and the only way to enter Jerusalem from the south.

Zhou Tai led 100,000 rebels to defeat the 20,000 local garrisons that tried to intercept them, and a day later arrived at the city of Jerusalem and surrounded Jerusalem.

At this time, there were only 40,000 Roman regulars in Jerusalem, and the other 30,000 Roman regulars and 20,000 local garrisons had been transferred to the edge of the desert.

At this time, Batra, who was the commander of Jerusalem, also received an urgent message from the Roman navy.

After reading the book, Batra smiled bitterly and said, "What's the use of coming to the message now!" ”

"Your Excellency General, what should we do now?" A subordinate general asked urgently.

Batra thought for a moment and smiled: "Although there are 100,000 rebels outside the city, the combat effectiveness of these rebels is limited after all, and we are completely able to hold Jerusalem!" ”

When the general heard Batra say this, the nervous mood calmed down a lot. A subordinate general asked: "Your Excellency, do you want to transfer all the troops on the edge of the desert back?" ”

Batra shook his head in thought, "No! If you transfer them back, there is a high chance that they will be ambushed on the way! Pay for one's whistle! Tell them to stay where they are! Jerusalem will not be lost! ”

The generals agreed, but they all looked a little worried.

Corresponding to the tension of the Roman army, the people of Jerusalem were so excited when they heard the news of the rebel siege that they rushed to tell each other. (To be continued.) )