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

Tuca's battle plan was actually very simple, that is, let the six legions of the Sulla family and the Pompey family annihilate the three legions of the Brutus Empire in the Epirus and Dalmatia regions, and he himself led a large army to completely annihilate the three legions of the Brutus Empire stationed in the Thessaly region; In this way, the six regular legions of the Brutus Empire on the Greek peninsula would be quickly wiped out.

After the ten legions of the Augustan Empire had completely annihilated the enemy forces in the Thessaly region, Tuka could draw at least eight legions of troops for the attack on the Peloponnese region of the Brutus Empire; No matter how powerful the cavalry legions and royal legions of the Brutus Empire were, it was impossible to defeat the eight legions of the Augustan Empire.

You must know that among the eight legions of the Augustan Empire, there are elite garrison legions, the third legion and the fourth legion, and these three legions are the three legions with the longest history among all the legions of the Augustan Empire; The so-called elite garrison legion is actually the chengguan legion commanded by Tuka before, but later Oscar thought that the name was not atmospheric enough, so he changed it to the elite garrison legion.

After all, it was a matter of name, and who would object to the decision of His Majesty the Emperor, Oscar; As a result, the Chengguan Legion in the battle sequence of the Augustan Imperial Army became the current elite garrison legion.

Although five of Tuka's legions were newly formed, the centurions of these five legions were all graduates of the Augustan Military Academy, and the captains were all experienced captains drawn from other legions; In addition, these five regiments have nearly a year of training experience, and their combat strength should not be underestimated.

As for the Tenth Legion and Hannibal's Legion, neither of these two legions has a history of formation comparable to the first three, but it was also the Augustan Empire that was formed before the formation of the Empire; The vast combat experience and nearly eight years of military experience were enough for Tuka to believe them.

In fact, with the strength of these ten legions of the Augustan Empire, even if the six regular legions of the Brutus Empire were put together, there was no possibility of victory in a head-to-head battle; However, the royal legions and cavalry legions of the Brutus Empire are relatively mysterious, and the tragic dead do not know the specific combat effectiveness of these two legions, and can only analyze their combat effectiveness from the composition of their troops.

Out of prudence, Tuka drew up the battle plan for now; First use the superior forces to annihilate the six regular legions of the Brutus Empire on the Greek Peninsula, and then gather at least eight legions to advance to the Peloponnese, if the Brutus Empire can still turn defeat into victory, then Tuka feels that he can also die on the battlefield.

As the war on the Greek Peninsula began to kick in, Seleucus VII, who was still discussing the upcoming war with the generals Rex and Helenius of the Brutus Empire, received news that shocked him; How is it possible that the 150,000 combined forces of the Augustan Empire and the Kingdom of Egypt launched an attack on the Syrian region of Koro from Judea?

Before Seleucus VII could recover from his shock, the news that 40,000 ironclad cavalry had been routed head-on in the Syrian region of Koro came to the Syrian region with more than 6,000 defeated ironclad cavalry; Seleucus VII looked at the dejected ironclad cavalry, and almost ordered all the more than 6,000 ironclad cavalry in front of him to be beheaded in a fit of rage.

The combined forces of the Augustan Empire and the Kingdom of Egypt are only 150,000 troops, even if there are only 40,000 ironclad cavalry, it is impossible for 40,000 ironclad cavalry to lose to 150,000 infantry cavalry; Even when the commander of the ironclad cavalry explained to Seleucus that they had killed at least 100,000 enemy troops, Seleucus VII could not accept this reality.

These 40,000 ironclad cavalry were the trump card force created by Seleucus VII with all the strength of the Seleucid Empire, how could it be almost wiped out in a war? If Seleucus VII knew that the commander of the ironclad cavalry under his command was still deceiving him in terms of the number of enemy soldiers, I am afraid that he would have the heart to kill this guy who did not regret his death.

Even the loss of 40,000 ironclad cavalry, Seleucus VII had to choose to accept, and the total annihilation of 40,000 infantry in the Syrian region of Koro and the fall of Damascus were no longer unexpected by Seleucus VII; However, after a brief period of shock, Seleucus VII had a foreboding feeling in his heart, why would the Augustan Empire and the Kingdom of Egypt provoke war at such a critical juncture?

Was it the Augustan Empire and the Kingdom of Egypt who coincidentally chose this time to strike first, or did the Augustan Empire already have insight into the alliance attack plan of the four empires, so they launched the war in advance; When Seleucus VII informed the two generals of the Brutus Empire of his doubts, the two men agreed that it was just a coincidence.

After all, the alliance of the four empires was only known to the emperors of the four empires and a few participating generals, and as for the specific attack plan, only fewer people knew about it; Everyone who knows about the existence of the alliance and the offensive plan is a direct participant in this offensive plan, and they are also the core members of the four empires, and it is impossible for any of them to leak secrets.

With the resolute veto of Rex and Helenius, Seleucus VII finally dispelled his doubts; However, he could not ignore the occupation of Corosya by the Augustan Empire and the Kingdom of Egypt, so Seleucus VII decided to lead the main army of his empire of 70,000 to launch a counterattack against the enemy forces in Corosyria.

At this time, it was only twenty days before the four empires launched an attack on the Augustan Empire, but Rex and Helenius proposed that they could counterattack the Augustan Empire and the Kingdom of Egypt in another way; Since the Augustan Empire and the Kingdom of Egypt had taken the lead in attacking, the Seleucid Empire could have joined forces with the Brutus Empire to attack the Phoenicia region of the Kingdom of Egypt first.

The words of these two generals of the Brutus Empire are not unreasonable, anyway, the army of the Augustan Empire and the Kingdom of Egypt attacking the Syrian region of Koro is only 150,000; After the losses suffered by the 100,000 killed by the ironclad cavalry and the 40,000 infantry annihilated, the current maximum number of troops is only about 30,000, which is not enough to affect the overall situation, after all, the Seleucid Empire still has 70,000 garrisons in Syria.

Seleucus VII made a wrong judgment based on erroneous information, and led the 76,000 troops of the Seleucid Empire and the 100,000 troops of the Brutus Empire twenty days in advance, and launched a fierce attack on the Phoenici region defended by the 150,000 troops of the Kingdom of Egypt; All the infantry of the 150,000 troops under the command of Posinus were stationed in the city of Sidon, and he was only able to defend in the face of enemy attacks.

The walls of Sidon were strong and tall enough, the city was well fed, and with 40,000 desert axe soldiers and 40,000 Nile pikemen to defend it, the more than 170,000 troops of the Seleucid Empire and the Brutus Empire could not be captured in a short time; In a military fortress south of Sidon, there were 50,000 chariot troops, 10,000 desert cavalry, and 10,000 Nile cavalry under the command of Bohynius.

The existence of these 70,000 mobile armies completely cut off the possibility of the Seleucid Empire and the Brutus Empire dividing their troops south; As a result, the Seleucid Empire and the Brutus Empire had no choice but to capture the city of Sidon first, regardless of casualties, and then continue southward.

After a delay of more than half a month outside the city of Sidon, Seleucus VII received urgent information from four regions on the same day; The province of Elemes was attacked by the 100,000-strong armies of the Armenian and Parthian kingdoms, the province of Pontus was captured by the 50,000-strong army of the two kingdoms, the province of Pamela was captured by the Egyptian army, and the Arab province was also captured by the Egyptian army.

Things have come to this point, and fools understand that everything is not a coincidence at all, but a conspiracy of the Augustan Empire; At the same time, the attack on the Seleucid Empire was not only the 150,000 troops of the Augustan Empire and the Kingdom of Egypt, but also the four armies from three countries launched an attack on the Seleucid Empire, and the Seleucid Empire had already lost five provinces!

When Seleucus VII received a letter of help from the governor of the province of Elemes, he knew that the province of Elemes must have fallen; The only thing that Seleucus VII could have felt a little relieved about was the performance of the Brutus Empire, which was driven into Pontus by six legions after the Armenian and Parthian kingdoms combined to conquer the Pontus region.

The allied forces of the Armenian and Parthian kingdoms, which were arrogant and arrogant, did not gain a foothold in the Pontus region at all, and were completely routed by the six legions of the Brutus Empire; With the exception of less than 10,000 archers who fled from the Pontus area, the other combined forces of the two countries were all annihilated in the Pontus area, and then the army of the Brutus Empire directly attacked the Kingdom of Armenia.

Now the flames of war have burned into the territory of the Kingdom of Armenia, which has finally stopped the armies of the Kingdom of Armenia and the Parthian Kingdom from raging in the territory of the Seleucid Empire; As for the attacks of the Kingdom of Egypt on the region of Pamela and Arabia, and the attacks of the Kingdom of Armenia and the Kingdom of Parthia on the region of Elemes, Seleucus VII, who was beyond his reach, could only vent his anger on the city of Sidon.

The current situation doomed the Seleucid Empire to capture the Phoenki region of the Kingdom of Egypt, and then let the army of the Brutus Empire continue to penetrate deep into the hinterland of the Kingdom of Egypt, and the army of the Seleucid Empire returned to the territory of the Seleucid Empire to counterattack; Only in this way could the situation of the Seleucid Empire be saved, and Seleucus VII had to desperately launch an attack on the city of Sidon.

The ten legions of the Brutus Empire had not yet used all their strength to attack the city of Sidon, after all, there was no need for the Brutus Empire to fight to the death for the benefit of the Seleucid Empire; However, after learning about the current situation in the Seleucid Empire, the army of the Brutus Empire also used all their strength to attack the city of Sidon, and only four days later, the city of Sidon in the Kingdom of Egypt was finally captured! (To be continued.) )