Chapter 52: A Plan Full of Holes
"Hahaha!" Knowing of Cabal's condition, the gladiators let out a good-natured laugh.
"Arres, do you have a plan?" Chisonis asked with a smile.
"What else do you need to plan, tomorrow we will sneak over, kill the guards, and release the prisoners of war on the ship!" Ragseus said with a big grin.
"No, it still needs to be planned!" Xu Mo said with a deep gaze.
According to information provided by Cabal, the three merchant ships belonged to a slave owner in Rome, who followed the Roman navy and exchanged the ship's material and dinar for civilians and prisoners of war captured by the Roman army along the way, and transported them back to Rome for slave trade.
The reason why Xu Mo said that they needed to plan was because the focus of their operation this time was not to free the slaves, but to the three Roman warships. Rescuing slaves is very simple, there are only more than a dozen people on the slave ship every night, but the actions of their large number of people cannot not not alarm the Romans, gladiators are not well-equipped special forces with night vision devices and firearms in later generations.
Once the Romans were alarmed, they had only two choices, either to fight to the death or to retreat immediately. The Romans numbered more than six hundred on three warships, and with the merchant guards, it was estimated at seven to eight hundred. There are still more than 80 gladiators, and the other 10 or so female dependents cannot be counted as combat effectiveness.
Even with the prisoners of war from the slave ships, they numbered only 400 people, and they lacked weapons, and the newly rescued prisoners of war were not very physically strong, and they were sure to be wiped out in the end.
If you want to escape, on land, there is a Roman legion to encircle and suppress, even if you can escape for a while, sooner or later you will be found by the Roman legions who are searching for the net. What's more, the supply of 400 people is not so easy to supply, even if they pull the pole and plunder the slave estates, it is equivalent to drinking to quench their thirst, but the momentum is louder and they die a little more vigorously.
If you want to escape to the sea, it is not easy to achieve. On the Brution Peninsula, they had to gather a large area to collect fishing boats that could cross the sea for more than a hundred people, and the four hundred men were not just a change in number, but were different in nature, and they needed the large ships of the harbor.
After careful analysis, in fact, Xu Mo and the others only had one way to Huashan, that is, to grab merchant ships to rescue prisoners of war, and then gather people to destroy the other three ships, so as not to catch up with the Romans. The only good news was that the slaves on all three ships were prisoners of war, possessed a certain obedience and will to fight, and nearly 200 Carthaginians among them were naval soldiers who knew how to control the ships.
Whether Xu Mo and the others robbed merchant ships or warships, in fact, there was not much difference, the key was that they had to destroy other ships. If four hundred people rob two ships, they must destroy at least three ships, and if they rob three ships, they need to destroy at least two ships. In this way, the Romans, who had only one battleship left, did not dare to catch up.
In the end, Xu Mo set the plan to rob the three merchant ships, one was that the slaves were all on board and could prepare for sailing as soon as possible, and the other was that there were more materials on the merchant ships, which could be consumed by four hundred people at sea.
"BOSS, what's wrong, looking at your appearance, it doesn't seem to be very confident!" Seeing that after the plan was arranged, Xu Mo was still frowning, and Dinah walked up to him and asked softly.
"Yes, I really don't have faith! This plan is too complicated! Xu Mo said with a wry smile.
"There is no problem in rescuing prisoners of war in the front, but destroying other ships requires the participation of many prisoners of war. Some of them were to steer the ships, while others were to destroy the others. Those who remain on the ship must wait for their shipwrecked companions to return. What do you think would happen if something unexpected happened, such as if the Romans showed up early? ”
"Is it possible that the people on the ship will escape? Will the shipwrecker give up burning the ship and return immediately? Dinah was shocked, "If that's the case, the whole harbor will be in shambles!" BOSS, it's easy to go wrong with this plan! ”
"I know!" Xu Mo lowered his head, a trace of helplessness flashed in his eyes, "Although the prisoners of war are also soldiers, they are not an army after all, not to mention that they accept orders from our group of strangers, if there are officers among the prisoners of war who disagree with us, it is easier to have problems!" ”
Dinah suddenly quieted down, and looked at Xu Mo with blazing eyes, "BOSS, you have other backup plans!" ”
"Yes, there is!" Xu Mo raised his head, a hint of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes, "It's just that I hope I don't need this plan!" Go and call me the Spartans! ”
"Arres, really...... Do you do that? Omes asked in a deep voice.
"What, you don't agree? Do you know why I gave this task to the Spartan regiment! A cold light flashed in Xu Mo's eyes.
"I ...... Know, only we can do it...... This kind of task! Eumes said bitterly.
"Omus, Arres is not wrong, I felt that there was a problem with this plan before, but I didn't expect it to be so serious!" Chisionis said helplessly, "Then so be it, if there is an accident on the battlefield at that time, then only let us Spartan regiment plug all the mistakes!" ”
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Under the moonlit night, more than 80 gladiators took off their heavy armor and went to the dock in batches. Sheet metal armor had put an end to its mission, one to avoid alarming the Romans with the sound of metal clashing, and the other to fight in cramped ships, requiring more agility than protection.
They were followed by more than a dozen women carrying large bags and small bags, and they had to follow them because they would go to sea as soon as they had seized the boat, and they would get on board as soon as they had seized the boat. The women's packages contained only precious metals looted by Claudia and the gladiator rebels, and other supplies, which they could only obtain on ships.
"Haha!" Seeing Lagerseus in front of him, Cabal lowered his voice and chuckled excitedly.
"Laugh fart, if it weren't for you, Lao Tzu would have returned to Thrace!" That being said, Lagerseus had a smile on his face.
"Hey, you two stupid pigs don't talk nonsense, hurry up and go to those two Carthaginian prisoner of war ships and act according to the plan!" Chisonis stabbed the buttocks of the two men in front of him with the hilt of his sword, and cursed in the back.
"Whew!" In the darkness of the night, the guard on a merchant ship let out only a brief muffled cry, and then his eyes were glazed and he collapsed to the ground. Xu Mo, who used the Wind Demon Chain Hook to climb onto the merchant ship, wiped the short sword on the guard's clothes, and quietly touched it towards the other guard who was dozing off......
To Xu Mo's surprise, the other two merchant ships also came with news that everything was safe. They got off to a good start, Xu Mo secretly breathed a sigh of relief, in this short quarter of an hour, he felt that time had passed so long.
Xu Mo tilted his head towards the gladiators behind him, and the gladiators rushed into the cabin and cautiously groped towards the cabin where the prisoners of war were imprisoned......
"Which of you is an officer!" Xu Mo said in the Spartan Dorian language.
"I am, my lord!" A tall, sturdy Spartan warrior stepped out from among the prisoners of war.
"Take half of the people and follow him!" Xu Mo pointed to Omus beside him and said.
Looking at the orderly movements of the prisoners of war, Xu Mo nodded appreciatively. It has to be said that the Spartans were indeed the best warriors of their time. Even after becoming a prisoner of war, he regained good obedience and discipline as soon as he was rescued, and restored his original appearance as a soldier.
After the Spartan warriors walked out of the cabin where they were imprisoned one after another, several people standing at the back of the cabin also appeared in front of Xu Mo. These people made his pupils shrink involuntarily, and his body tensed involuntarily. Dinah's hand hidden in the sleeve of the shirt next to her tightly grasped the gypsy crystal ball.
But immediately Xu Mo relaxed again, a confident smile appeared on his face, and he looked at the six people lightly, now he knew why this task of liberating the slave ship would be a competitive mission.
"Long time no see, old K!" A handsome young man among the six said with a wry smile, the crescent-shaped pendant on his earlobe swaying.