Graeber and Illicia personally led the cavalry troops to the vicinity of the manor on the west coast of Capua. According to the reaction of the local population, the rebels fled all the way south after looting.

Graeber hurried to follow in the footsteps of the rebels fleeing for another day.

When they found that the rebels had left more and more traces, the time was getting closer and closer. Suddenly, I found several hillsides in front of me.

Graeber sighed heavily, gritted his teeth, and said, "These hateful thieves are very cunning. ”

Illicia asked, puzzled, "Why did they retreat much faster than we expected?" ”

One of Graeber's lieutenants stepped forward and replied: "According to the return of several estates that have been robbed, their belongings have not suffered much damage. That is, the enemy is very self-aware, and after grabbing too much food, he immediately retreated, leaving us not too many opportunities. ”

Illicia was furious and said, "It must have been the idea of Spartacus who was brought in your army before, and we knew that we shouldn't have been merciful and let him live." ”

Why didn't Graeber think so? But even so, he felt that Spartacus showed far more planning skills than he had performed in his own army at that time, which made Graeber's heart difficult for a long time.

But no matter what, at present, his light cavalry unit does not have any funds and logistical supplies, and does not dare to continue the pursuit at all, so he can only return to the army and then go out again after resupplying.

Looking at Illicia's irritable and depressed expression, Graeber comforted: "Don't worry, now the enemy has completely exposed his whereabouts. We can attack with the whole army behind us, and all the way south, they will not be at ease for a while. ”

In a ruined temple in the middle of the barren mountains, the rebels gathered in the square in the center of the temple to celebrate their victory. This time, Spartacus's troops brought back a considerable amount of rice, flour, grain, dried fish, and ham from the western estates.

But what puzzled everyone was that they had given up so much gold and silver treasure, and where did the wine go?

In a hidden hut in the temple, Spartacus pointed to the mountain of wine jars and said to Jin Zhan, "How is it?" I'm not up to my mission, right? I brought you all the wine I could bring with you according to your request. It hurt everyone to see that all kinds of gold, silver, jewelry, and silk and silk could not be taken away, and I was criticized a lot along the way. ”

Jin Zhan smiled and said, "Great, with these things, our combat effectiveness has increased a lot." ”

At this time, Kress and several other important people from the team also came in to discuss the military situation together, and when they saw the wine jar full of wine, they were puzzled.

Kress was the first to ask, "Wow, what do you two want to do with so much wine?" I just heard you say that these wines can improve your combat effectiveness, do you think that you have developed a special martial art that you can use after drinking wine? ”

Looking at Kress's serious nonsense, Jin Zhan was also very happy. He replied, "Then you will understand." Now that we're running out for time, Graeber estimates that we'll soon be overwhelmed. ”

The crowd was not puzzled by this, after all, it was impossible not to leave a trace after their large-scale ransacking. And once his whereabouts are revealed, Graeber's side can have the whole army to go out without fear. In this case, even though they had just won a victory, they did not dare to be careless at all.

Spartacus asked, "How do you feel when you see the appearance of Graeber's army?" ”

Kress replied, "Just like that, if Jin Zhan hadn't stopped them that day, I would have rushed into their camp to burn and loot." ”

Drogba sarcastically said: "Don't brag, he just became a knight under Jin Zhan's transformation, and he has somewhat forgotten his surname." The number of troops on Graeber's side is probably close to 10,000, and his cavalry alone is probably one or two thousand. ”

Jin Zhan nodded and added, "This is only part of his strength. He must have left half of his troops in Capua. In this way, his actual combat strength is probably about 20,000, and the cavalry strength is probably about 3,000. ”

Hearing this data, none of the people present could be calm. Now, with the slaves freed from the West Coast manor this time, the total number of the rebel army is only about 1,500, and the number of combatable forces is less than 1,000.

Even though the gladiators were far more powerful than the average Roman soldier, the number of gladiators was too scarce. Their height and weight are amazing, and they are originally one in a hundred, and there is no way to mass produce them at all.

Once sacrificed, there was no way to replenish it, so once the number of their absolute main gladiators decreased, the outcome of the rebel army was unimaginable.

When everyone was anxious, Eligang stood up and said, "I have a way, we all came from the port of Napolus in the first place. I think it was a major base of trafficking, and almost all the strong men from all the countries on the Mediterranean coast were concentrated in Napolus for distribution. So we can storm the port of Napolus and free more gladiator slaves. ”

As soon as Eli Ligang said this idea, it caused an uproar in everyone's hearts. Omennas was the first to speak out in agreement.

Spartacus also immediately agreed: "What a plan, with a large number of gladiator-level strong men from Napoles joining, the combat effectiveness of the rebel army will increase by leaps and bounds. ”

Drogba said: "Without further ado, let's hurry up." ”

"But there's a problem, the port of Napoles, as the largest gladiator trading market, must have a strong enough guard force to maintain law and order. Coupled with the fact that we have been in revolt for more than a week now, I am afraid that the surrounding areas will strengthen their precautions against us. ”

"It's very dangerous if you accidentally get caught in a grappling and can't get out." The proposer of this plan, Eligang, instead questioned the rush of the crowd.

Spartacus agreed, again: "If we don't get out of the way, we will be caught in the flank of the Napolus army and the Graeber army going south, and we will be very passive. ”

Kress began to get anxious, and said a little impatiently: "We can't beat Graeber head-on, and we don't dare to raid Napoles, can't we wait for death in this place?" ”

Barka was also as irritable as Cress, and couldn't help but say: "There is no need to dispatch our brigade, it is enough for our gladiators to dispatch, and when the time comes, after liberating the gladiators of Napoles, our combat power should not be underestimated." ”

Jin Zhan secretly sighed in his heart, although this group of gladiators is fierce in combat, they are aggressive and impulsive by nature, and they will not look ahead or backward at all. It is no wonder that the uprising of Spartacus in history fell apart, and I am afraid that it was caused by the short-sightedness and greed of Kress and other leaders.

Jin Zhan spoke up at this time: "How about you listen to me?" ”

Seeing Jin Zhan's opinion, everyone was completely quiet. Even a thorn like Kress is obedient and convinced of Jin Zhan after experiencing a few things.

Jin Zhan paused and continued, "Eligang's idea of sneaking up on Napolus is very good. It's just that from the implementation level, we need to do more planning and consideration. ”

"First of all, the Graeber army that Eligang and Spartacus took into account just now is the most important thing, and after a period of rectification, they will inevitably move south."

"And even after we attack Napoles, we still have to clash with them head-on. The key now is that our forces are at an absolute disadvantage, and we must not be able to compete with Graeber head-on. ”

Kress asked impatiently, "Brother Jin Zhan, I also understand what you said." But if we manage to rescue enough gladiators, then our strength will be completely different. If there are 500 gladiators, even if we can't confront Graeber's 20,000 troops head-on, we can fight along the way and occupy other places, right? ”

Jin Zhan glanced at him angrily and said, "You may not know that there are powerful armed forces all over the Roman Republic, and if we are not careful, we will inevitably be surrounded." ”

It is true that Kress has never been involved in any social activities of the upper classes, and he has no knowledge of the armed forces of the Republic of Rome, so he is embarrassed to express any more opinions.

Spartacus spoke: "Then the key now is not to avoid Graeber's positive forces, and at the same time quickly develop and expand our strength. ”

Jin Zhan frowned and said that Spartacus could still keep up with his rhythm, so he continued: "That's right, from the previous battle process, we can probably find that Graeber is cautious in his use of soldiers, and he will never take risks. Therefore, our way to deal with him is to put enough pressure on Capua so that Grebo Strike will not dare to leave Capua Far from Asia. ”

Hearing this idea, the eyes of several people in the audience lit up at the same time. Eligang took the lead in asking, "Then are we going to divide a team of men and horses to lurk around Capua, ready to wreak havoc in the surrounding area at any time?" ”

Jin Zhan shook his head and said, "This won't work. The situation of that army was too dangerous, and if the other side made up its mind to destroy him, that army would have to flee all the way east. Although Graeber's main force was restrained to a certain extent, it was inevitably difficult to maintain normal supply over time. In the end, it is likely that he will either die in battle or starve to death. ”

Eligang nodded in acceptance. Spartacus thought for a moment and then said, "I want to be able to threaten the city of Capua, and at the same time I want to go to the port of Napolus to get more living forces. Then we could have sailed from the harbor to the west side of Napolus for a surprise raid after the surprise attack on Napolus! ”