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- Solon (ancient Athenian statesman, legislator, poet, one of the Seven Sages of Ancient Greece)

The six legions of the Brutus Empire that invaded the Kingdom of Armenia were not able to penetrate and occupy the Colchis region of the Kingdom of Armenia for a long time; Because the defeated archers' troops in the Kingdom of Armenia and Parthia had been harassing the invading armies of the Brutus Empire as much as they could, the advance of the Brutus Empire's army was unusually slow.

This is also the tragic result of the defects of the army of the Brutus Empire, who made the army of the Brutus Empire seriously lack cavalry troops; Unless the archers of the Kingdom of Armenia and Parthia were hot-headed and crashed directly into the hoplite clusters of the Brutus Empire, the soldiers of the Brutus Empire would have nothing to do against the enemy archers.

The main forces of the coalition forces that had been drawn back by the kingdoms of Armenia and Parthia, the cavalry units among them, also rushed to the Corchis region with all their might at the urging of the two kings; However, it would take at least a month for these cavalry to reach Colchis from the region of Elemes, and no matter how slow the army of the Brutus Empire was, it was close to taking Colchis.

In fact, in the course of a month, the army of the Brutus Empire succeeded in occupying the Colchis region of the Kingdom of Armenia; In retaliation for the harassment of the Armenian archers, the enraged army of the Brutus Empire took Kutaisi, the capital of the Colchis region, and then washed the entire city of Kutaisi in blood.

More than 100,000 Armenians in the city of Kutaisi were all slaughtered in the fury of the Brutus Empire's army, and even newborn babies did not escape this earthly catastrophe; By the time the armies of the Brutus Empire had been regrouped and marched again to the capital area of the Kingdom of Armenia, the main cavalry of the Kingdom of Armenia and the Kingdom of Parthia had finally driven back.

A torrent of more than 20,000 ironclad cavalry and nearly 30,000 archers engaged the hoplite clusters of the Brutus Empire, and the news of the slaughter of the city of Kutaisi had already been known to all the soldiers of the Kingdom of Armenia; Such a deep hatred cannot be described in any words, and only the blood of the butchers of the Brutus Empire can be used to honor the innocent civilians who died.

It was a life-and-death battle, and a contest between the strongest armies of two peoples; Who will be better against the hard-armored cavalry and archers of the Armenian and Parthian kingdoms?

Needless to say, in the end, it was the cavalry that lived up to their reputation as kings of the Cold Weapon Era; After the invincible charge of the ironclad cavalry began, supplemented by the two flanks of the archers, the hoplites of the Brutus Empire paid extremely heavy casualties, but were unable to organize an effective counterattack, and the mobility of the cavalry was best illustrated in such battles.

The army of the Brutus Empire with six legions was finally wiped out on the land of the Kingdom of Armenia, and less than 20,000 of the more than 50,000 cavalry of the Kingdom of Armenia and the Kingdom of Parthia remained; Even though the two kingdoms still had tens of thousands of infantry at their disposal in the rear, they had lost all the advantages they had gained in this war, and they had no chance of turning the tables around.

The Augustan Empire originally expected to use the cavalry forces of the Kingdom of Armenia and the Kingdom of Parthia against the Seleucid Empire, but the two kingdoms were fiercely placed together on the battlefield; Not only did they not bring any help to the Augustan Empire on the battlefield, but they almost disrupted the entire plan of the Augustan Empire.

If Spartak hadn't been willing to believe in the so-called allies, and chose to fight for the more than 30,000 ironclad cavalry of the Seleucid Empire with the lives of 70,000 soldiers, the situation between the Augustan Empire and the Kingdom of Egypt would have collapsed long ago; How could the 40,000 ironclad cavalry be completely crippled if they were under the personal command of Seleucus VII?

Since the kingdoms of Armenia and Parthia did not keep their covenants to the alliance, the Empire of Augustus would use the sword of its own empire to teach them how to keep their promises after the war; But before that, the first task of the Augustan Empire on the Eastern continent was to defeat the alliance of the Seleucid Empire with the Brutus Empire together with the Kingdom of Egypt.

More than 60,000 troops of the Brutus Empire were already stationed in the city of Sidon in the Phoenician region, while the 70,000 troops under the command of Posinius were facing the army of the Brutus Empire. The army of the Brutus Empire waited for reinforcements from the Seleucid Empire to arrive in Sidon, and the army of Bosinus was tasked with holding the Phoenician region.

The army of 80,000 under the command of Seleucus VII himself was violently slaughtered into the Syrian region of Koro, and the walls of Damascus were not very tall, and they had little to do with fortification; However, Spartak decided to hold on to the city of Damascus.

At this time, the army under the command of Spartacus was still 30,000 more than Seleucus VII in terms of quantity, but it was not as good as the army commanded by Seleucus VII in terms of quality; In addition, the destruction of the Seleucid Empire's chariot troops in infantry battles was too strong, and Spartacus was not willing to let the hoplites of the Augustan Empire under his command make fearless sacrifices.

Forty-five thousand Augustan infantry and twenty-five thousand Egyptian infantry were all left in Damascus by Spartak, and the Seleucid army did not have as many siege weapons as the Romans; Even if Seleucus VII himself led a large army, he would have to pay enough for a long time to capture the city of Damascus, which was defended by 70,000 soldiers.

Spartak himself led 40,000 cavalry troops of the Augustan Empire and the Kingdom of Egypt to quickly evacuate the city of Damascus, and after leaving the city of Damascus, Spartak ordered his own soldiers to quickly go to the fortress where Bosinus was stationed, so that the 50,000 chariot troops under the command of Bosinus immediately and secretly rushed to the north of the Jewish region to wait for the next order.

In addition, Spartak also sent his own soldiers directly south to Memphis, the capital of the Kingdom of Egypt, this time Spartak asked Cleopatra VII to reinforce himself with 20,000 pharaoh janissaries and 20,000 pharaoh's chosen archers; Spartak did not explain too many reasons, saying only that the 40,000-strong army would determine the life and death of the Kingdom of Egypt.

After sending two cavalry in succession, Spartak withdrew with his 40,000 cavalry to the northern part of Judea; The war, which decided the hegemony of the Eastern Continent, was decided on the defenders of Damascus and Cleopatra VII.

Five days later, Bohynius' 50,000 chariot troops arrived in the northern part of Judea, and Spartak directly placed this chariot army under his command; At this time, the fighting in Damascus had also entered its most intense period, and the 70,000 defenders in the city had lost nearly 30,000 troops in three days of fierce enemy attacks.

Only 30,000 soldiers of the Silver Shield Legion in the attacking force of the Seleucid Empire were suitable infantry for siege, but Seleucus VII actually used his armored war elephants to break open the gate of Damascus, and let his cavalry troops launch a fierce charge against the open gate, and Seleucus VII even sent iron cavalry at the peak of the battle.

This kind of fighting at all costs was also a wrong decision made by Seleucus VII based on a wrong judgment, he really believed the report of the ironclad cavalry commander to him, and believed that the existing 70,000 troops in Damascus were already the combined strength of the Augustan Empire and the Kingdom of Egypt; This also included the Egyptian army that attacked Pamela and the Arabs, otherwise the enemy would not have even 70,000.

In order to completely annihilate the invasion alliance between the Augustan Empire and the Kingdom of Egypt as soon as possible and restore the disadvantage of the Seleucid Empire in this war, Seleucus VII tried his best to attack the city of Damascus; I have to admit that the combat effectiveness of the armored war elephants is too strong, and the infantry soldiers of the Augustan Empire and the Kingdom of Egypt paid at least 2,000 casualties in order to kill these thirty armored war elephants.

Even the combat effectiveness of the ironclad cavalry when they stormed the city gate was terrifying, perhaps because they wanted to be disgraced, but in short, their presence also brought extremely heavy casualties to the defenders; In just five days, the 70,000 defenders lost 30,000 soldiers, not counting the many wounded, and Seleucus VII's 80,000 army had only 40,000 soldiers left, and his casualties were also heavy.

There was a daily account of the battle of Damascus, which was sent to Spartac, whose scout cavalry had been carefully scouting the perimeter of Seleucus VII's army; After determining that the army under the command of Seleucus VII was less than 50,000, Spartak personally led 50,000 chariot troops and 40,000 cavalry to return to the Syrian region of Koro.

The curtain of the war finally fell when Spartacus' army of 90,000 appeared behind Seleucus VII's besieging army; The 45,000 troops of the Seleucid Empire were caught in the charge of 50,000 chariot troops and 40,000 cavalry, and the defenders of the city also took the initiative at the right time, and the army of Spartak regained was flanked by the Seleucid Empire's army on both sides.

The fierce army of the Seleucid Empire was finally annihilated under the city of Damascus, and Seleucus VII himself resolutely refused the breakthrough of his guards, and died under the city of Damascus with his own soldiers; Of course, before he died, he didn't forget to kill the ironclad cavalry commander who deceived him.

Spartacus's army, having won the battle that almost decided the ownership of the Eastern continent, immediately made a detour from the northwestern part of the Syrian region of Koro to the northern part of the Phoenician region; The army of the Brutus Empire, which was caught between the armies of the Augustan Empire and the Kingdom of Egypt, had to choose to hold on to the city of Sidon, but at this time, the Pharaonic Praetorian Guard of the Kingdom of Egypt came to the battlefield! (To be continued.) )