Tribulation is a good teacher, and the pain that cannot be forgotten even in our sleep, little by little, falls on our hearts and arises in our despair and sorrow through God's awesome grace and wisdom!

- Aeschylus (ancient Greek tragic poet, father of tragedy)

On the same day that Spartak led his army across the border and almost completely annihilated the 80,000 defenders of the Seleucid Empire's Coro-Syrian region, 55,000 cavalry and 50,000 infantry from the Kingdom of Armenia and Parthia also crossed the border and launched an attack on the Seleucid Empire's province of Elemes. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The province of Eleemias in the Seleucid Empire was nothing more than a barely qualified governor, not even an experienced general; With such a man to command a large army, Seleucus VII may have too much confidence in his empire, and too much to underestimate the kingdoms of Armenia and Parthia, which has to be paid a price.

The combined armies of the Kingdom of Armenia and the Kingdom of Parthia had 25,000 ironclad cavalry, and the 50,000 infantry of the Seleucid Empire in the province of Lymes soon collapsed under the fierce attack of these ironclad cavalry; Later, the allied archers pursued the defeated troops of the Seleucid Empire on a large scale, and the allied forces wiped out the 30,000 troops of the Seleucid Empire in a single battle.

The governor of the province of Elemes led the remaining 20,000 troops and retreated directly to Susa, the capital of the province of Elemes, who was the tallest and strongest city in the province of Elemes; The governor of the province of Rimes had no choice but to lead his army to defend Susa desperately, and on the other hand, he quickly sent a letter to Seleucus VII in Syria asking for help, and made a detailed report on the situation in the province of Remes.

As it turned out, the ambitions of the kingdoms of Armenia and Parthia were still too great, and Oscar once asked the envoys of the Augustan Empire to go to these two kingdoms to inform them of the specific time of the attack, and to warn the two kingdoms as much as possible not to attack the Seleucid province of Pontus, so as not to introduce the army of the Brutus Empire into the north to occupy it.

But they ignored the advice of the Augustan Empire, perhaps because their ambitions were too inflated, or perhaps because their hatred of the Seleucid Empire was too deep; In short, the kingdoms of Armenia and Parthia did not heed the advice of the Augustan Empire, and while they were attacking the province of Elemis in the south, they also launched an attack on the Pontic region to the west.

The 20,000 archers and 30,000 infantry of the allied army marched from the border of the Kingdom of Armenia into the Pontus province of the Seleucid Empire; Although the 30,000 infantry of the Seleucid Empire stationed in the Pontus area was much stronger than the 30,000 infantry of the coalition army, the infantry of the coalition army still had 20,000 archers to cooperate with the attack, and in the end, the 30,000 troops of the Seleucid Empire were defeated and retreated.

As the capital of the province of Pontus and the capital of the former kingdom of Pontus, Sinop naturally had no problems in terms of city defense; However, when the Seleucid Empire attacked Sinop a year earlier, it caused great damage to Sinop's walls.

These ruined walls were not rebuilt within a year, and the commander-in-chief of the Seleucid garrison knew that Sinop would not be able to stop the attacks of the Armenian and Parthian kingdoms; As a result, the remnants of the Seleucid Empire's 10,000-strong army abandoned Sinopas and their entire province of Pontus and retreated directly to the more fortified region of Cappadocia in the south.

At the cost of less than 20,000 infantry casualties, the coalition forces captured the most prosperous province of Pontus in the northern part of the Eastern Continent, which undoubtedly excited the elites of the Armenian and Parthian kingdoms; Seeing that the Seleucid Empire's army was so vulnerable, they even regretted agreeing to the alliance of the Augustan Empire.

At this time, the war between the two alliances had just begun, and the reason why the Seleucid Empire was so vulnerable was mainly because their elite armies were all gathered in the border areas of the Kingdom of Egypt; When the alliance of the four empires came to their senses, the kingdoms of Armenia and Parthia would not feel so relaxed.

In addition, sooner or later, the two kingdoms will pay the price for their recklessness; They thought that the capture of Pontus was their victory, but such a victory would put them face off against the mighty Brutus Empire, which they would soon regret.

Compared with the self-assertions of the Kingdom of Armenia and the Parthian Kingdom, Oscar was more concerned with the war situation of the Augustan Empire on the Greek Peninsula; This Augustan expedition on the Greek Peninsula was not only the first collaboration between the Augustan Empire and the Sulla and Pompey families, but also the first time that Oscar's younger brother Tuka led a solo battle.

Although Tuka had already assumed the position of corps commander seven or eight years ago, he had no experience in leading the army alone; The reason why Oscar sent Marcus's Third Army and Tetius's Fourth Army to Macedonia was so that the two generals, Marcus and Tetius, would be by Tuca's side to assist Tuka in commanding the army.

As the Augustan Empire flourished day by day, Oscar also felt more and more that the Augustan family lacked blood family members; Oscar's own children are still babbling, and Oscar has to focus on cultivating his two younger brothers, who are also the closest people in the world to Oscar's own blood.

As for Oscar's second uncle who was sent to the Balearic Islands, Oscar didn't dare to trust this second uncle who had plotted against him; What's more, his return to the Augustan Empire was also forced to return under the premise of helplessness, how could Oscar really trust him.

After Tuka led his army to the Macedonian region of the Pompey family, he was immediately warmly received by the Pompey family and the Sulla family; Even Sulla, the head of the Sulla family, personally rushed to Cesaloniki of the Pompey family to welcome Tuca's arrival.

In the face of the hospitality of the Sulla family and the Pompey family, Tuka also coped with it with ease; After giving Marcus and Tetius the two lieutenants in charge of the placement of the various legions, Tuka spent four days in the city of Thessalonica.

Unlike Oscar, who was very disgusted with this kind of aristocratic hypocrisy, Tuka showed enough talent in this regard when he followed Spartak to North Africa; So much so that Tuka once became a fusion agent between Spartak and Adheba.

The four days passed quickly after Tuca's conversation with Sulla and Pompey, after which Tuka returned to the camp of the Augustan Empire outside Thessalonica; The three legions sent by the Sulla family were commanded by the family's General Otis, and the three legions sent by the Pompey family were also commanded by the family's General Amos.

The biggest thing these two generals have in common is that they served as captains in the army of the Brutus Empire for several years; Whether or not they have grown into excellent commanders in the past few years, it cannot be denied that they know and are familiar with the army of the Brutus Empire, which is why Sulla and Pompey chose these two as commanders of the army.

Since the Sulla family and the Pompey family officially joined the alliance of the Augustan Empire, the Sulla family and the Pompey family not only tied the future rise and fall of their families to the Augustan Empire, but also tied the life and death of their respective families to the chariot of the Augustan Empire, and they must do everything they can to help the Augustan Empire win this war.

As long as they helped the Augustan Empire win the war, they would not only be the beneficiaries of the war, but also the founders of a new kingdom; This temptation is probably hard for anyone to refuse.

Before Tuka officially led his army to attack the Greek peninsula of the Brutus Empire, the head of the Dead of Sorrow on the Greek Peninsula also provided Tuka with a great deal of information about the Brutus Empire; Since Oscar took charge of the Augustan family, until the official establishment of the Augustan Empire, the appearance of tragic dead people has become more and more frequent, and gradually it is natural that it can no longer guarantee its mystery.

In fact, in the current Augustan Empire, the Tragic Dead and the Brocade Guard have become known to the nobles and ministers of the Augustan Empire; Of course, they only knew about the existence of these two organizations, and the others were still unknown to outsiders.

Based on the information provided by the Dead of Sorrow, Tuka determined the distribution of the eight legions of the Brutus Empire on the Greek peninsula; In addition to the most elite royal and cavalry legions, which were deployed in the Peloponnese, the remaining six regular legions were deployed in the northern part of the Greek peninsula, in the regions of Thessaly and Epirus, and in Dalmatia.

Among them, the Thessaly region was stationed with the Fourth and Eleventh Legions and the Twelfth Army of the Brutus Empire, the Epirus region was stationed with the Thirteenth Army of the Brutus Empire, and the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Legions of the Brutus Empire were stationed in the Dalmatian region; As long as these six regular legions are completely annihilated, there will be only two legions left in the army of the Brutus Empire on the Greek Peninsula!

Tuka's plan was that on the day of the official attack, General Otis of the Sulla family and General Amos of the Pompey family jointly led the forces of six legions, directly crossing the Thessaly region of the Brutus Empire, first annihilating the 13th Army Corps of the Brutus Empire in the Epirus region, and then advancing west to annihilate the 14th and 15th legions of the Brutus Empire in the Dalmatia region.

With a total of six legions under the command of these two generals, it should not be difficult to divide into two total annihilation of the three legions of the Brutus Empire; Especially under the premise that Generals Otis and Amos also knew everything about the Brutus Imperial Army, such a task was even simpler, and Tuka himself personally led an army of ten legions to attack the Thessaly region! (To be continued.) )