Chapter 178: The Roman General Aetius
On the battlefield of the National War, Chutian's legions avoided the Egyptian legions and the Persian legions, and began to march towards Pompey, one of the three emperors of the Roman Empire.
Chutian temporarily agreed to the request of the Persian emperor Ardashir not to start a war with Ardashir and to attack Pompey.
The Western Lords had a basis for cooperation in the Fifth National War, and Chu Tian was uneasy about this, thinking that this time he was competing for a saint-level commander, and he could consider accepting an ally.
Pompey participated in the Zurich Council of the Western Lords, and Chutian regarded Pompey as an enemy.
"Pompey, one of the three giants of Rome, whose power once surpassed that of Caesar."
Chu Tian knew the former Roman triumvirate in history.
The former Roman triumvirate, Crassus, was good at speculation and business, and was not very good at war. Pompey, for the Roman conquest of the eastern provinces. Caesar, conquering Gaul.
When Pompey debuted, Caesar was not so strong.
However, in "Lords", the NPC lord Caesar and the player lord Constantine are stronger than Pompey, and Pompey's power is the smallest.
So Chutian decided to attack Pompey's legions.
"The cavalry of the Han Empire is approaching us!"
Pompey learned from the Roman scout cavalry that the legions of the Han Empire were marching on him, and his face was gloomy.
Pompey was a little unlucky and attacked the city, but Chutian took the initiative to come to the door.
Ten Roman and Gothic generals assembled under Pompey, and Roman generals such as Brutus, Aetius, and Pompey the Younger were present.
"Are we going to fight to the death with the Han army?"
Pompey asked the opinions of the ten generals.
The city in front of him is about to be captured, and it is really unwilling for Pompey to give up this city.
However, the Han army was menacing, and Pompey had no bottom in his heart.
Caesar and Constantine were not there, and although the Roman Empire was full of famous generals, it was unable to reach its peak because of the dispersion and the recruitment of other lords by the military generals of the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire.
Aetius, the famous Roman general who fought against Attila, the whip of God, said to Pompey: "Your Majesty can let the Han army attack the fortified city, and wait until the Han army has suffered heavy losses and exhausted its physical strength, and then we will fight with it?" Defeat it. ”
Pompey was still hesitating: "That's a good idea. But the timing is hard to grasp? In case the city is breached by the Han army, the name in the city will be plundered by the Han army? The gains will outweigh the losses. Even if the Han army suffered losses because of the siege? Our legion may not be able to defeat it. ”
Aetius reminded Pompey: "Your Majesty seems to have forgotten? The ...... of the Zurich City Secret Meeting
"It makes sense."
Pompey immediately came to his senses about what Aetius meant.
So Pompey gave the order to withdraw his troops and give up attacking the city? Move in other directions.
Chutian's legion is like a plague? But whenever they saw Chu Tian's legions, these lords couldn't wait to go as far as they could.
The lords who can persist in "Lords" for seventeen years, there is no one who is not scheming.
Without certainty, these lords will not go to war easily.
The Egyptian legion avoided Chu Tian's edge? The Persian legion sued for peace with Chutian? When the Roman legions saw Chutian's arrival, they took the initiative to abandon the siege and wait for an opportunity.
Chutian received the favor of the Persian emperor Ardashir and came to the city.
"Pompey fled, if Caesar or Constantine? They probably wouldn't be so flustered. ”
Chu Tian was a little surprised.
Pompey was so arrogant that he did not dare to engage him head-on.
Chu Tian had already done a good job after a fierce battle? Then the preparation of Pompey to defeat, as a result of which Pompey retreated......
Xia Liang said: "According to the information provided by the Roman player? Pompey recruited a group of generals of the Roman civilization, as well as a group of barbarian generals? Especially the Goths. The most famous of Pompey's generals was Aetius, the 'Last Roman'. ”
The "Last Roman" wasn't just Aetius? Rather, the title of some people in Roman history who had the spirit of the ancient Roman tradition? The passing of these men is indicative of the loss of this spirit.
Roman generals and emperors with this title, as well as Belisarius, Styricus, Justinian I, and others.
Aetius is one of the most famous figures, because his military and political talents enabled the Western Roman Empire to defeat internal and external enemies many times, and avoided the early demise of the Western Roman Empire.
Aetius's opponent in the same era was the Visigothic king Theodoric I, and later, Aetius united with the Visigoths against Attila, the "whip of God".
Aetius and Attila were both friends and rivals.
Compared with a simple general, Aetius, who is good at commanding soldiers and horses, and good at diplomacy, is undoubtedly a more formidable opponent.
Unlike the unified Han Empire, the kings of the Western continent attached great importance to diplomacy and never lacked alliances, betrayal and exploitation of each other.
Chu Tian deduced that Aetius's ability was to drive barbarian soldiers into battle, somewhat similar to the military generals of the Western Regions of the Han Empire and the Anxi of the Tang Empire, but they were very different.
In addition to Aetius, Pompey also had a number of famous generals under his command.
The Roman civilization did give birth to many famous generals, if you add the Eastern Romans, there are almost 2,000 years.
"Pompey should not be willing to give up a city that is about to be acquired, send the Iron Eagle Scout Cavalry, and go around to check around, pay attention to whether there are any allies of Pompey nearby."
Chu Tian thought that things were not so simple.
Since the Roman military general Aetius recruited by Pompey had one ability to be diplomatic, and there seemed to be some agreement between the Western lords, Chu Tian had reason to suspect that Pompey would join forces with other lords.
On this sub-island, the Egyptian legions were besieging the second city, and the Persian legions were besieging the third.
Chu Tian had already captured the first city and robbed Pompey of the fourth city, so only the fifth city remained.
There are no lords left in the city, and there is a possibility of union.
After sending cavalry to reconnoitre, Chu Tian ordered the craftsmen to set up trebuchets and prepare for the next city.
The main general of the fourth city is not the military general of the ancient Chinese civilization, but the ......
"It is very likely that he is a military general of the Persian civilization."
According to the armor system of the defenders, Chu Tian can quickly distinguish the civilization to which the opponent belongs.
Chu Tian thought for a moment, his forces didn't seem to have recruited any Persian civilization generals, so if he captured this city, he might recruit the first Persian general.
In the Persian civilization, what Chu Tian coveted the most was the two absolute elite legions of the Immortal Army and the Holy Fall Cavalry.
This general, who was supposed to belong to Pompey, was about to fall into the hands of Chu Tian.
That's why Pompey was unwilling.
The fifth city of this sub-island, the elderly Julius Caesar has broken through this city, Octavian, Antony, and Lepida have invaded this city, and they have been driving straight in!
"Your Majesty, Pompey has sent an envoy to Aetius."
"Bring Aetius to me."
"Yes."
Soon, the famous Roman general Aetius came to Caesar and said to Caesar: "Your Majesty Caesar, we have met the legions of the Han Empire, they are about to attack the second city, please send troops to help." ”
"The Han Empire got Chu Zimou, so fast?"
Caesar defeated a civilized lord and captured another city, after all, it was a step too late, and Chu Tian was already attacking the second city.
"What was Pompey's idea?"
"Please ask His Majesty Caesar to send troops to stop the Han army from attacking the city."
"He's not easy to deal with."
Caesar fell silent.
Last time, a group of Western lords joined forces in the national war, and they were able to suppress Chu Tian by virtue of their superiority in strength, and they were also pitted by Chu Tian, this time he and Pompey had little chance of winning.