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- Aesop (Greek fabler, Phrygian)

The army of the Brutus Empire on the Greek peninsula at this time had only four leading legions and fifteen regular legions, and there were two special legions, one was a royal legion composed of Macedonian royal pikemen and Macedonian royal cavalry, and the other was a cavalry corps composed of ironclad cavalry; Among them, the number of ironclad cavalry of the cavalry regiment exceeded 5,000.

This cavalry legion, which was still commanded by Harold, had a total strength of 10,000 people; In addition to the 5,000 most elite ironclad cavalry, the remaining 5,000 cavalry are elite cavalry that were eliminated during the training of the ironclad cavalry.

Although these elite cavalry were eliminated in the process of being trained as ironclad cavalry, their combat effectiveness was extremely strong; Compared to the real ironclad cavalry, they lacked nothing more than high-quality war horses and heavy full armor.

A full set of armor is indeed not a big deal for the wealthy Brutus Empire, but it is not easy to get enough high-quality war horses in the Greek Peninsula, which is not rich in war horse resources; It is precisely because of the lack of sufficiently high-quality war horses that the elite cavalry of the Brutus Empire cannot wear a heavy full set of armor to fight, let alone become ironclad cavalry.

Even so, this cavalry legion of 10,000 people was extremely powerful, especially on the eastern continent where Phrygia was located; The combat effectiveness of such a cavalry army has been infinitely expanded, and the role it can play is unimaginable.

When Tiberius chose to go to the army, the reason why he did not choose this cavalry legion as the army to attack Phrygia was because the transportation of the cavalry legion was too troublesome; Especially for the cross-sea transportation from the Greek peninsula to the eastern continent, Tiberius would not have considered putting the cavalry legions into battle until the great armies of the Brutus Empire had not gained a foothold in the eastern continent.

As for the Royal Legion, as the name suggests, you know what kind of legion it is; The Brutus Empire was accompanied by Corinth, and all the members of the royal family were also in Corinth, so the mission of the Royal Legion was naturally to defend Corinth.

In fact, the Royal Legion was also the only garrison in the Peloponnese, and the armies of the other Brutus empires were scattered throughout the Greek peninsula; The Peloponnese region was the area where Corinth was located, and was garrisoned only by the Royal Legion.

The first landing army of the Brutus Empire's attack on the Kingdom of Alexandria was served by the four leading legions with stronger combat effectiveness, and General Rex would also be the commander of the first batch of large armies; The second group of the subsequent army was led by General Gnieus, who commanded the first legion, the fifth legion, the sixth legion, and the seventh legion.

The third group of armies was led by General Nero, who commanded the four legions, including the Second Legion, the Eighth Legion, the Ninth Legion, and the Tenth Legion; The army of these twelve legions was the entire strength of the Brutus Empire's attack on the Kingdom of Alexander.

With the completion of the preparations for the war, the army of the Brutus Empire also began to board the ships on a sunny morning; In order to reach the Phrygia region of Alexandria more quickly, the departure port chosen by the Brutus Empire was the port of Attica, where the city of Athens was located, and all the food, grass and other supplies needed for the expedition were also concentrated in the port of Attica.

After four days of sailing, the fleet of the Brutus Empire finally reached the port of Phrygia, and the First Leader Legion led by Miles took the harbor with lightning speed after the transports were anchored at the mooring; Afterwards, the soldiers of the four leading regiments quickly boarded the port, and the follow-up logistics soldiers also began to unload the supplies on the transport ship.

Pergamon, the capital of Phrygia, was only four hours away from the port, and when the fleet of the Brutus Empire annihilated the fleet of the Kingdom of Alexandria outside the port, the garrison in the port had already sent a request for help to the 20,000 troops stationed in the city of Pergamon, and informed them that the army of the Brutus Empire had launched a surprise attack on their fleet!

When the defenders of Pergamon got the news, they did not dare to delay the time, and immediately set out in the direction of the port; From the time the defenders in Pergamon received the news to the time when the 20,000 troops had assembled and set out, the army of the Kingdom of Alexandria had spent a total of two hours.

And after the fleet of the Brutus Empire annihilated the fleet of the Kingdom of Alexander, it only took five hours for all the officers and men of the four leading legions to have landed in the port; Therefore, when the 20,000 troops of Alexander's kingdom arrived at the port, the 40,000 troops of Brutus' fleet had already reorganized and were waiting for the arrival of the enemy.

In the past five years, in order to enhance the combat effectiveness of the leadership legions, Tiberius has expanded the size of each leadership legion from the original 7,000 hoplites to the current 7,000 hoplites and 3,000 light infantry; With 20,000 Phrygian garrisons of Alexander's Kingdom and 40,000 Brutus Empire's invading elites, this war is simply no suspense.

Because in the later expansion of Alexander's army, it was inevitable that a large number of young men from non-Ionian regions were recruited into the army, which directly led to the relatively diversified composition of Alexander's army; For example, the 20,000 troops stationed in Phrygia accounted for the majority of the soldiers from Ionia, but there were also many soldiers from Phrygia itself.

Forming an army of the former invaders and those who were invaded in the past, it is fine when there is no war, but once there is a fierce war; Naturally, such an army cannot have a stubborn will to fight, still less can it have strong combat effectiveness.

Rex's army of 40,000 took only two hours to completely defeat the 20,000 garrisons of Alexander; Rex left the soldiers of the two legions to clean up the battlefield, while the remaining two legions were responsible for chasing down the enemy along the way.

That night, Rex was stationed in the city of Pergamon with three of his legions, and the other legions were left in the harbor by Rex to garrison; Soon, the next eight legions will arrive in Phrygia one after another, and that is when the Brutus Empire's offensive will officially begin.

While Rex was leading a large army to garrison the city of Pergamon, Alexander, the king of Alexander, also received the news that Pergamon had been captured by the Brutus Empire three days later; After receiving the news, Alexander was not shocked by the undeclared war of the Brutus Empire, but began to actively prepare for a counterattack on the Phrygian army.

As Brutus Empire analyzed, it was impossible for Alexander's kingdom to draw enough troops to counterattack Phrygia in a short period of time; In addition to the 30,000 troops he still had at hand, Alexander could only send 20,000 troops from the garrison in the border area between Alexander's kingdom and the Seleucid Empire to reinforce his homeland.

Even with the reinforcements of 20,000 troops from the border areas, Alexander had only 50,000 troops available for a counteroffensive; At this time, there were only 40,000 troops left in the border area of Alexander's kingdom to defend against the Seleucid Empire, and it was impossible to draw any more troops, if there were any less, the Seleucid Empire would directly attack the kingdom of Alexander.

Alexander, who had no choice but to turn to the Kingdom of Pontus, which had 40,000 troops in the Bithynia region, plus 60,000 elites in the rear and 40,000 troops stationed in the border areas; The Pontus Kingdom is absolutely capable of reinforcing the Kingdom of Alexander, and coupled with the alliance between the Kingdom of Alexander and the Kingdom of Pontus, such reinforcements are even more justified.

Alexander hoped that the Pontus Kingdom could send 30,000 elite troops from the mainland to support his counteroffensive army, and that the Pontus Kingdom's 40,000 troops in Bithynia could also attack Phrygia from the north of Phrygia; In the face of the request for help from the Kingdom of Alexander, the Kingdom of Pontus did not refuse the request of its allies, but also made adjustments in the number of troops.

After receiving Alexander's request for help, the Pontus Kingdom immediately sent 30,000 elite troops to follow the envoys of the Kingdom of Alexander to the Galatia region of the Kingdom of Alexandria; However, in response to Alexander's request for 40,000 troops from the Pontus Kingdom in the Bithynia region to attack Phrygia, the Pontic Kingdom said that it could only send a maximum of 20,000 troops to attack Phrygia in the south.

It's not that the Pontus Kingdom is unwilling to help its allies, it's just that the Pontus Kingdom also has its own interests; The Brutus Empire can directly attack the Phrygian region of the Kingdom of Alexandria through the fleet transport army, why can't it directly attack the Bithynia region of the Pontic Kingdom through the fleet transport army, the Pontic Kingdom has to guard against this!

Alexander also understood the fact that the kingdom of Pontus was only willing to send 20,000 troops from the Bithynia region to attack Phrygia; After all, the Pontus Kingdom and the Alexander Kingdom were only allies, and the Pontus Kingdom was willing to send 50,000 troops to help the Alexander Kingdom counterattack the Phrygian region, and Alexander was already very grateful in his heart.

While Alexander was asking for help from the Kingdom of Pontus, the second and third armies of the Brutus Empire also arrived in Phrygia without any problems. In other words, the two-way counteroffensive army that Alexander had painstakingly organized needed to face was not the Brutus Emperor ** team of four legions at all, but the Brutus Di ** team of twelve legions!

While the Brutus Empire and the Kingdom of Alexander were each actively preparing for the next battle, Seleucus VII of the Seleucid Empire was not idle; In order to be able to gain more benefits in this war, Seleucus VII has personally led 10,000 of the most elite ironclad cavalry and 10,000 sickle chariot troops to the Silesian region! (To be continued.) )