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The most frustrating thing of this era was the unusually slow transmission of information, when the Augustan Empire launched a full-scale attack on the Seleucid Empire and the Brutus Empire on the Greek Peninsula and on the Eastern Continent; The army of the Brutus Empire on the Eastern Continent had no knowledge of the affairs of the Greek Peninsula, and the rulers of the Brutus Empire on the Greek Peninsula did not know anything about the affairs of the Eastern Continent.

After the fleet of the Augustan Empire completely blocked the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas, the connection between the Eastern and Western continents was completely severed; Even the Greek Peninsula, which is only a step away from the Eastern Continent, cannot obtain any news from the Eastern Continent.

However, the wars that took place on the Greek peninsula could not be hidden from the empires of Julius and Rome, which were connected to the Greek peninsula by land, but the speed of transmission of this information was far inferior to the speed of the passage of time; When the news reached the Empire of Julius that the Augustan Empire, together with the Sulla and Pompey families, had sent sixteen legions to attack the Greek peninsula, it had already been more than a month.

At that time, the six legions of the Sulla family and the Pompey family had all annihilated the three legions of the Brutus Empire, and stationed the large army in the Dalmatia region of the Brutus Empire; The three-way army led by Tuka also successfully completed their respective tasks, and after annihilating the three legions of the Brutus Empire in the Thessaly region, they also converged again.

Compared with the great army of the Augustan Empire on the Greek Peninsula, the Julius Empire was more concerned about the six legions of the Sulla and Pompey families stationed in the Dalmatian region; Although these six legions paid a terrible price in annihilating the three legions of the Brutus Empire, the supply forces from the rear continued to flow to the Dalmatian region.

The armies of Otis and Amos were rapidly regaining strength in the Dalmatian region, and just north of the Dalmatian region, the Illyrian province of the Julius Empire was connected to the Dalmatian region; More crucially, the Ulius Empire was only stationed in the province of Illyria with a Third Legion, and it was not capable of withstanding a large-scale attack.

Now that the Augustan Empire had united with the Sulla and Pompey families, and launched a fierce attack on the Brutus Empire itself on the Greek peninsula; Coupled with the fact that the entire Mediterranean Sea and the waters off the Apennine Peninsula had been blockaded by the naval fleet of the Augustan Empire, Flavis and Marius would have been emperors for so many years if they did not understand the seriousness of the problem.

Flavis of the Ulius Empire immediately sent the 2nd and 16th Legions and the 17th Legion of the Ulius Empire to reinforce the province of Illyria, and five more recruit legions began to be formed in the Ulius Empire itself; In order to better prepare for the possible outbreak of war, Caesar was also asked to lead the forces of four legions back to defend the territory of the Julius Empire.

The Roman Empire did not face as quickly as the Empire of Julius, but it was certainly not to be underestimated; The tight naval blockade of the Augustan Empire made the entire Roman Empire already highly nervous, and no one knew when the Augustan Empire would launch a landing operation against the Roman Empire, but no one dared to deny the determination of the Augustan Empire to war.

Especially after the news of the war on the Greek peninsula reached the Roman Empire, the Roman Empire itself directly became noisy; The Roman Empire's army of ten legions was divided into five parts, and in addition to two legions in each province to guard the coastline, the most elite First Legion and the Sixth Legion were located outside the city of Rome to protect the absolute security of the city.

Frequent military movements and hurried imperial dignitaries made the environment of the Roman Empire and Julius Empire extremely tense; Even the most ordinary citizens know that something earth-shattering must have happened, otherwise how could the recent situation become so serious and tense, everyone's nerves are tense unconsciously.

Fifteen legions of Calabis and five legions of Aulus remained in the area of Narpung Gaul until the time of the planned offensive; The combined forces of the twenty legions of Calabis and Aulus officially crossed the border between the Empire of Ulius and the Empire of Augustus, and advanced towards the Iberian Peninsula of the Augustan Empire.

The Augustan Empire's garrison on the Iberian Peninsula was commanded by General Luquis, and the three infantry legions and one cavalry legion under Luquis were naturally not enough to cope with the attack of the enemy's twenty legions; Just as Luquis noticed that the Empire of Julius was massing troops in the region of Narpungaul, across the mountains from the Iberian Peninsula, he reported the situation to Oscar.

Originally, Luquis planned to ask Oscar for the Empire to send troops to reinforce the Iberian Peninsula, but Oscar informed Luquis of the detailed information sent back by Calabes, the response of the Augustan Empire, and the true identity of Calabes; In order to ensure the absolute safety of these things, Oscar even sent a henchman directly to the Iberian Peninsula with these things.

After learning of these top-secret information, Lucis also understood what Oscar meant; So he led his four legions into the region of Tarragonanis, the closest to Narpungale in the Iberian Peninsula, and waited for the arrival of the 'enemy army'.

The five legions of Aulus had only 50,000 troops, while the fifteen legions of Calabis had 170,000 troops; In order to balance the military power of Julius and the Roman Empire, the two legions under the command of Aulus were sent to the left and right flanks, and the army of Calabis had four legions on the left and right flanks.

As for the main army in the center, the three legions led by Aulus himself were all in this army, and the seven legions under the command of Calabes, including the First Army, were the absolute main force of this army; The Roman Empire, with only five legions, was already under siege by Calabes's army, and Aulus had no sense of the looming crisis.

After half a month of marching, the armies of Carabis and Aulus finally crossed the mountainous terrain on the border between the Empire of Julius and Augustus, and entered the region of Tarragonance in the Iberian Peninsula of the Augustan Empire; At this time, the position of their twenty legions was only three days' march away from the four legions led by Luquis himself.

It never occurred to him that Karabes needed to deal with the five legions under the command of Aulus by fighting, and he had a better way to turn all 50,000 soldiers of these five legions into prisoners; Half a month of climbing mountains and mountains made all the soldiers of the army extremely tired, and after entering the territory of Tarragonanis, Carabis ordered his soldiers to set up camp and rest before continuing the march.

In Aulus's view, after entering the Iberian Peninsula, it is considered to have entered the territory of the Augustan Empire, which means that war has broken out; At this time, he did not allow the army to advance quickly, and even stationed himself in the same place to rest for two days, which he did not approve of.

But Calabis was the supreme commander of the coalition forces, and the strong side with fifteen legions; In addition, Calabes has been widely known to the Romans in recent years, and he himself was praised by the Julius Empire as a once-in-a-century genius commander among the Romans, because his record is indeed an unparalleled presence in Rome in recent years, and Aulus has to admire Calabes's success.

However, the success of the past does not mean that it will continue to be successful in the future, and Aulus always felt a little inappropriate about Karabes's decision; But he could not compete with Karabes, who was the supreme commander of the coalition forces, in this matter, so he could only choose to accept it reluctantly.

It was impossible for an army of twenty legions to share a single barracks, so Calabis ordered the creation of seven barracks large enough to accommodate three legions, in order to allow each legion to get enough rest; Fifteen legions under the command of Calabes and five legions under the command of Aulus will be mixed and reorganized, and each barracks will have two legions of Calabes and one legion of Aulus.

Carabes's reasoning for this was that he wanted to promote friendly relations between the two armies before the battle began; Because Aulus's army was stationed under the orders of Calabis when he was in Narpungaul, and this time Aulus did not object to this arrangement made by Calabes, but Aulus did not know why he had a hint of foreboding in his heart.

After the barracks were built, the soldiers of the various legions were stationed in the barracks one by one, but Carabis invited Aulus and all his generals to the tent to discuss the next battle plan after twilight; Without the slightest hesitation, Aulus took his legion commander and legion lieutenants to the military tent in Calabes.

After entering the military tent of Karabes, Aulus saw only Karabes sitting alone on the first seat, and there were no generals in Karabes's army on either side, but full of personal guards around Karabes; Looking at the short swords clenched in the hands of these warriors, Aulus finally realized that something was wrong, but unfortunately it was too late by this time.

Aulus and the others, who wanted to escape from the tent, were immediately captured by the Gallic warriors who surrounded them from all sides, and the five legions of the Roman Empire were directly disarmed by the ten legions under the command of Carabes; Who would be wary of the friendly forces around them, even Aulus was captured by Karabeth in one fell swoop, not to mention the ordinary soldiers.

The generals under Karabes did not know why Karabeth did this, but they followed Karabes without hesitation; After dealing with the five legions of the Roman Empire, Carabes confessed his identity to his generals, and what would the generals from Gaul and robber do not mind so much? (To be continued.) )