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- Aristotle (one of the great philosophers, scientists, and educators in the ancient history of the world)

The warriors of the Spartan city-state were still making their last resistance, and the Spartan hoplites in red armor and red cloaks were still guarding the walls of Corinth; Twelve days of bloody fighting left the defenders of Corinth almost dead and wounded, but the Spartan heavy infantry of the Guards, who had been fighting at the forefront, were the defenders with the least casualties.

There were nearly fifteen hundred warriors left of the three thousand Spartan hoplites, and less than two thousand of the hoplites of the Spartan city-states; As for the auxiliary armies made up of routs, they had long since been exhausted in the brutal fighting.

The powerful Spartan Heavy Guards proved their title of 'invincible in land warfare' with the blood of the soldiers of the Brutus family, and the army of the Brutus family, who had used ironclad cavalry to almost completely annihilate the Spartan heavy infantry units of the Greek coalition army in the border area, really saw the power of the Spartan heavy infantry in this Corinthian city, and they were indeed called 'invincible in land warfare'!

Even Tiberius himself had to admit that if it weren't for the ironclad cavalry of the Brutus family who took the lead in destroying the Spartan heavy infantry units of the Greek coalition in the previous battle, it would be really hard to say which side the victory would have belonged.

Unfortunately, no matter how strong the Spartan heavy infantry was, it was impossible for fifteen hundred Spartan heavy infantry warriors to defend the huge city of Corinth; Twelve days of fighting cost the Brutus family extremely heavy casualties, and the defenders of Corinth were almost exhausted, and the battle was soon over.

On the evening of the twelfth day, after the forty-seventh attack of the Brutus family had been repulsed, Tiberius gave the order to stop the attack today; By this time, the reinforcements of the three leading legions had entered the Peloponnese, and it was only three hours away from Tiberius' main army, and tomorrow would be the day when the Brutus family would capture Corinth in one fell swoop.

That night, the three leading legions led by Rex himself marched into the barracks of the main army of the Brutus family; Seeing the arrival of more than 20,000 reinforcements from their side, the soldiers of the Brutus family in the barracks did not show the slightest excitement, and the twelve consecutive days of hard fighting had made these soldiers numb, and they had long been indifferent to this battle.

Perhaps, before attacking Corinth, these soldiers hoped to conquer Corinth easily; Or perhaps, when the battle broke out, these soldiers prayed that the battle would not be too fierce; And now, accustomed to the robes around them spilling blood one by one, accustomed to the opponent's defenders fighting until the last moment, these soldiers of the Brutus family are just numb and continue to fight.

The defenders of Corinth, not all of their warriors were Spartan hoplites, and the auxiliary armies consisting of routs had more than once collapsed in battle; However, the Spartan hoplites in the defending army were cruel to the enemy and cruel to their own people, and they used their spears to force the soldiers of the crumbling auxiliary army to the walls again.

The soldiers of the Brutus family are not all brave warriors who died generously, and the tragic battle made many soldiers who had just joined the Brutus family army fearful; During the twelve days of fighting, the soldiers of the Brutus family inevitably suffered several collapses.

The strength of the Guards Spartan heavy infantry is unimaginable to the soldiers who have not experienced it, in a battle in which more than 5,000 Brutus hoplites besieged 700 Guards Spartan heavy infantry; These nearly invincible Spartan Guards hoplites repelled the attack of 5,000 Roman hoplites at all costs, leaving behind the corpses of more than 2,000 infantry in heavy armor.

Such a terrible battle, such a powerful enemy, the remaining nearly 3,000 hoplites simply collapsed and fled from the city walls; Would Tiberius allow the army of the Brutus family to collapse on all fronts in battle? That's impossible!

Seeing that nearly 3,000 fleeing hoplites were about to arrive at the main army, Tiberius directly ordered his own guards cavalry to form a warlord and carry out a bloody suppression of these fleeing hoplites; After at least 300 hoplites were killed on the spot by the warlords, the rest of the hoplites were terrified to stop the rout and launch another assault on the walls.

The collapse of the attacking forces of the Brutus at the defeat of the Spartan heavy infantry of the Guards in Corinth took place three times in twelve days of fighting; From the smallest of the 700 hoplites to the largest of the 3,000 hoplites, Tiberius did not condone any of them, and he used a butcher's knife to force his soldiers back into battle.

It is no exaggeration to say that both the defenders of the Spartan city-state in Corinth and the army of the Brutus family outside Corinth have reached the point of exhaustion; The biggest advantage of the defenders of the city was that they were already pure Spartan warriors, and without those auxiliary armies, the Spartan warriors' fighting will was sublimated.

The Brutus family had the advantage of a steady stream of reinforcements and a larger number of soldiers in their own army, and the day after the arrival of the three leading legions, Tiberius had the three leading legions that had rested all night simultaneously attacking the walls of Corinth.

More than 20,000 elite hoplites of the Brutus family attacked a Corinthian city with only 3,000 enemy troops, even if all the 3,000 men on the other side were fierce warriors of the Spartan city-state, and the battle was about to end; After all, the opponent's 3,000 men were a tired army that had been fighting for twelve days in a row, while their own 20,000 heavily armed infantry were newly arrived reinforcements.

From eight o'clock in the morning to two o'clock in the afternoon, the Corinthian garrison was completely annihilated, and the more than 20,000 infantry of the Brutus family spent six hours paying the price of more than 6,000 soldiers in casualties, and finally occupied the city of Corinth!

The supreme commander of the defenders of Corinth, the heir to the throne of the Spartan city-state, fought until the last moment with dozens of Spartan hoplites around him in the final battle; Even he and the warriors around him did not escape the fate of death in battle, but their bravery shocked the entire Brutus family.

A mere Corinthian city held back the main army of the Brutus family for thirteen days; Although in the end, the Brutus family still completely annihilated the defenders and occupied the city of Corinth, but the price paid was also extremely heavy, with more than 30,000 casualties, leaving the main army of the Brutus family with less than 40,000 troops left.

You know, this is the number of troops that have been reinforced by the three leading legions, not the number of the main army led by Tiberius; In any case, and no matter how terrible the price was paid, Corinth, the most prosperous city on the Greek peninsula, now belonged to the Brutus family, and this was the result of the Brutus family.

With the successful conclusion of the Brutus family's conquest of Corinth, the entire Peloponnese region would soon become the sixth province of the Brutus; This is the most prosperous area of the Greek peninsula, and it is also the foundation that can support the rapid development of the Brutus family, in Tiberius's opinion, in order to get the Peloponnese, the Brutus family paid more price is worth it!

From the perspective of population alone, the population of the Peloponnese is as high as more than 1.5 million, which is the sum of the provinces of Dalmatia, Epirus, and Etoria of the Brutus family; From an economic point of view, the Peloponnese region is more economically than the first three provinces plus the province of Thessaly combined, which is the degree of prosperity of the Peloponnese.

In addition, the region of Attica, where the city of Athens is located, is also an extremely economically developed area with a population of more than one million; As the second most prosperous region of the Greek Peninsula after the Peloponnese, the prosperity of Attica is difficult to compare with any other province of the Brutus family, and the significance of the Brutus family's conquest of Attica is also extraordinary.

In fact, even if the Brutus family gave up the attack on the Spartan city-state now, and only gained the dominion of the Peloponnese and Attica, the Brutus family could increase their family's strength more than three times the current level within three years; Over time, it is entirely possible for the Brutus family to achieve a five-fold increase.

However, the Brutus family still had to continue to attack the Spartan city-state, or could not give the Spartan city-state a chance to breathe; For the Brutus, a united Greek peninsula was the most valuable and stable place to base it.

The existence of the Spartan city-state will not only seriously threaten the border security of the Brutus family, but also allow those unwilling Greeks to find new spiritual sustenance; Sooner or later, the Spartan city-state would replace the Athenian city-state as the spiritual pillar of the Greeks, and at that time, the Spartan city-state would become a major problem for the Brutus family on the Greek peninsula.

Tiberius still understood the truth that cutting the grass does not eradicate the roots and the spring breeze blows and grows again; No matter what the angle of consideration, it is impossible for the Brutus family to give up the attack on the Spartan city-state, even if the army of the Brutus family is now unable to continue to launch a large-scale attack, Tiberius will fight to destroy the Spartan city-state at the cost of heavy casualties!

The Greeks must lose all their spiritual sustenance and become the people under the rule of the Brutus family, and the Spartan city-state must also disappear into the Greek Peninsula to become a historical term, and no one can stop the Brutus family from unifying the Greek Peninsula! (To be continued.) )