Not being timid in the face of danger is equivalent to winning half the victory on the battlefield.

- Plautus (the most important comedy writer of ancient Rome)

That is, among the 22,000 defenders of the city of Tulbo; Pylos could really command only two kilograms of litre archers to fend off the attacks of the Brutus, as well as an army of 5,000 non-Semon city-states in the Greek legion, and 2,000 of the Semon city-states in the Greek legion, for a total strength of 9,000 men.

As for the two thousand troops of the Greek legions of the non-Semon city-states and the eleven thousand of the Semon city-states, the total army of thirteen thousand men is now completely out of control; As long as Pyrus continued to lead the army against the Celestial Legion in the border area, they would not be able to follow Pylos's orders, let alone participate in the battle against the Brutus army.

Once Pyrrhus really launched an attack on the city-state of Semon; Pylos believed that the thirteen,000 army in front of him would not only disobey his orders, but might even mutini on the spot and change the flag and kill Pyrus in the back. In order to avoid the worst outcome, Pylos had to let the 7,000 Greek legionaries under his control keep a close watch on the 13,000-strong army.

In fact, both the watcher and the watched were once comrades in the same legion, and they did not have any contradictions with each other, but based on some friendship and friendship, the situation in the city of Tulbo and the interior of the Greek legion were temporarily stabilized; This is the key to why Pylos did not take any action after learning of the actions of the Brutus army.

At the moment, Pylos only had two kilograms of litre archers available to defend the city of Tulbo, and there were no other troops to intercept the army attacking the Brutus family; He could only choose to watch as the army of the Brutus family took all the prisoners in the iron mine camp and left, and he was powerless to save even the two thousand iron mine camp defenders.

Pylos's lack of soldiers is not something that the people of the Brutus family can know; However, this did not affect the army of the Brutus family to march towards Turbo in a step-by-step manner. On the third day after Gnaeus took the iron ore camp, Nero arrived on Tulbo's left flank with an army of 16,000 men on the right; Forming an angle with Gnaeus, he surrounded Tulbo.

After another three days, the main army of 27,000 led by Tiberius himself also arrived at the city of Tulbo; At this time, the twelve cities west of Turbo were all taken over by the soldiers of the Fifth Legion, and the Brutus family officially occupied half of the land of the Epirus Kingdom, and Turbo once again became the turning point of the Brutus family's attack on the Epirus Kingdom!

If the Brutus family can successfully take Turbo, then the other half of the Epirus kingdom east of Tulbo will also be conquered by the Brutus family; If the Kingdom of Epirus once again performs a miracle in Turbo, then the Brutus family will never have the opportunity to attack the Kingdom of Epirus from now on, and the Kingdom of Epirus has truly risen!

The fate of a kingdom and a family is all on the castle of Turbo, and the winner is naturally king, and the loser is bound to be doomed! Standing under the city of Turbo again, Tiberius's heart was also full of emotion; Gnaeus and Nero, who had been ordered to come to the Great Tent of the Chinese Army to discuss the attack, also accompanied Tiberius and looked at Tulbo in the distance, feeling a little different.

Before Gnaeus and Nero could recover from their unspeakable sadness, Tiberius swept away the gloom from his face, laughed and said to Gnaeus and Nero, "Gnaeus, Nero; Last time we suffered the worst defeat in the history of the Brutus family under this city of Tulbo, this time we will join hands with me to take Turbo and recast the new glory of the Brutus family? ”

Gnaeus and Nero smiled at each other, and at the same time replied to Tiberius, "Take Turbo and reforge the glory of the family!" In the hearts of the three of them, the haze of the last Battle of Turbo has vanished; Some are just a vision of a bright future for the Brutus family. As long as the Brutus family can take Turbo, from now on, the rise of the Brutus family will really begin!

With such an awakening, Tiberius did not waste any more time here; Together with Gnaeus and Nero, they rode back to the camp. At this time, Tiberius's central tent was not in his tent, except for Osis, the commander of the Fifth Legion; The remaining seven legionnaires had already sat down in the tent, along with Sulla and Pompey.

After Tiberius sat down on his throne, he said to the generals below with a smile on his face: "Recently, our Brutus family has been able to triumph all the way to the kingdom of Epirus, all relying on the efforts of the generals. Here, I would like to thank the generals for their great contribution to our Brutus family. ”

This is the great truth in Tiberius's heart, if it were not for the conscientiousness of these generals present, where would there be a smooth march of the Brutus family; However, Tiberius's politeness is one thing, and whether the generals can accept it is another. For the praise of His Excellency the leader, the generals naturally refused to accept it, insisting that His Excellency the leader commanded well.

After some hearty compliments, Tiberius began to enter into the theme of this gathering of generals; I saw Tiberius in the center of the tent, preparing a map of the kingdom of Epirus for the generals, and then Tiberius said to the sign of Turbo on the map:

"Generals, we are halfway through the conquest of the kingdom of Epirus; Half of the territory of the Kingdom of Epirus west of Turbo is already under our control, and the remaining half of the territory only needs to be taken by us after we take Turbo, and we can take it all the way east!

Here, I would like to share with you another piece of good news; The king of the Kingdom of Epirus, Pyrus, has been confirmed to be leading the most elite 2,000 ironclad cavalry and 30,000 hoplites of the Kingdom of Epirus in the border area of Serbia and Mongolia. And our family has reached an agreement with the city-state of Semon, and the city-state of Semon will drag Pyrus and his main army for them; We can attack Tulbo with all our might! ”

Tiberius broke out the new situation and directly shocked every general present, they did not expect that the family had reached an agreement with the city-state of Semon, and the city-state of Semon actually helped the army of Brutus to hold back Pyrus and his main army; This is really a surprise for the generals of the Brutus family, and even more so a surprise!

Tiberius, who had long expected the reaction of the generals, only smiled secretly in his heart, and then continued to himself: "It is precisely because Pyrus has taken away his most elite 2,000 ironclad cavalry and 30,000 hoplites, so the defenders in the city of Tulbo are at most more than 20,000 Greek legions led by Pylos and less than ten war elephants.

And the army that our Brutus family has now assembled is as high as fifty-nine thousand, and if we add the fourteen thousand soldiers we have saved; The total strength of our Brutus family under the city of Tulbo is already as high as 73,000! I believe that as long as we can continue to attack Turbo steadily, we will be able to beat Pyrrhus and take Turbo in no time!

I have gathered all the generals here today, on the one hand, to commend you for your outstanding performance during this time, and on the other hand, I hope that you can share your own opinions. Let's discuss a safe way to attack Turbo to ensure that our family can take Turbo before Pyrrhus returns. ”

Of course, the generals knew that the theme of the military conference could not be simply to commend themselves and others, and discussing how to take Turbo as soon as possible was the real theme of the meeting; However, all the generals are more cautious about this. After all, the lessons of the Brutus family's last fiasco are still vivid, and it is better to be cautious in such a battlefield where a fierce battle has taken place.

This time it was General Gnaeus who was the first to come forward and make a suggestion, and his left flank army was the first to arrive at the city of Tulbo, and it was by far the largest number of troops (everyone involuntarily added the 14,000 men); Therefore, it is not surprising that Gnaeus should be the first to speak. I saw Gnaeus calmly looking at the map in the military tent, and analyzed to everyone:

"Your Excellency, Commanders, Generals; Judging by the reaction of the defenders of Tulbo when I led my army to attack the iron mine camp outside the city of Tulbo a few days ago, the number of defenders in the city of Tulbo was not very large, and there were not necessarily more than 20,000 of them. Otherwise, with Pylos's personality, he would not have watched me take the iron mine camp and rescue the 14,000 captives; There must be something hidden in the city of Tulbo.

Of course, it is not denied that this may have been a ploy by Pylos to confuse us in order to make our army fall into his trap; However, if it is really Pylos's trap, I don't think it can be explained. After all, 14,000 people is not a small number, and after rescuing them, this is a great increase in our strength!

Coupled with the information just mentioned by Your Excellency the Leader, since Pyrus and his elite army are no longer in the Kingdom of Epirus, then I dare to conclude that the defenders of the city of Tulbo must be insufficient in number; Because Pylos simply doesn't have the capital to set a trap for us! With this in mind, it will be much easier for us to attack Thurbo.

In addition to leaving the necessary reserves, we can attack Thurbo from the west, south, and north at once; Your Excellency can send two full legions to attack the west gate, I can send two full legions from the north to attack Thurbo, and General Nero can send one and a half legions from the south to attack Tulbo.

In this way, we can attack Tulbo with nearly 40,000 troops from three sides at once; If the defenders of Tulbo are insufficient, they will be quickly routed by our attacks from three sides. If Pylos had had another plan, we would have had enough back strength to stabilize the formation; As for the possible nine-headed war elephant, aren't our archers already ready? (To be continued.) )