Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Skeletons
"Max, wait until after noon tomorrow to inform the others, this rescue mission, we can't complete it from the beginning!" Xu Mo shook his head regretfully.
"Boss, are you afraid this is a trap?" Max said cautiously.
"Without intelligence, I can't tell if it's a trap or not, I'm just judging from the difficulty of the mission, we can't complete it. Max, compare the difficulty of the uprising mission with the rescue mission! Xu Mo said lightly.
Max Moran, the uprising mission is only a C+-level competitive mission, and the three reincarnators who compete with them have fallen into the pit that Xu Mo dug for them beforehand. Even so, the task of the uprising was only accomplished, and the victory was extremely accidental. This shows that in the calculation of space, Xu Mo's gladiator rebel army can only fight against the enemy forces in the C-level competitive mission when it is in a full state.
The rescue mission is a B+-level competitive mission, although Xu Mo is now completely in control of the rebel army, and the gladiators are also armed to the teeth, but most of them are wounded, and their strength is probably lower than before the bloody battle, of course, they can't fight against the enemy forces in the B+-level mission.
The power comparison is weak, in terms of reincarnation, they don't even know who their opponent is, the most important thing is that the time for this rescue mission is too tight, and there is no time for Xu Mo and others to collect intelligence at all, and they have time to calmly lay out, in this case, it is wisest to give up the task.
Thinking of this, Max had no choice but to sigh and completely give up the idea of completing the rescue mission. After following Xu Mo, Max rarely thought about the difficulty of a certain task, and Xu Mo's strong performance in resourcefulness often made him ignore the comparison of strength between the enemy and the enemy.
In fact, in addition to the reincarnations on both sides, the choice of the Governor of Pompeii Lucius to execute the more than 100 slave gladiators was really not a trap for the rebels. Because the Roman nobility of Pompeii, no one believed that the rebels would return to Pompeii to rescue their fellow gladiators who were about to be executed.
The Roman army responsible for escorting the slave gladiators and crucifying them consisted of only two centurions and two reserve centurions. Although it was not much larger in numbers than the rebel army, and it was not superior to the rebel army in terms of equipment.
But obviously, the space has comprehensively counted the strength of this Roman army, and it has simply raised the difficulty of the rescue mission to a notch, and may not even count the follow-up support of the Roman army, which shows how strong the combat effectiveness of these Roman reserve uncles who have passed their youth are.
Roman cities like Pompeii, without the permission of the Senate, were also unable to retain a large standing army in peacetime, so they basically kept only a sparse number of reserves, and then set aside a small number of vacancies for young soldiers who were trained in rotation.
Once in a state of war, Pompeii would expand its army in large numbers, and these reserves would immediately become the backbone of the army, so that the newly formed Roman legions would quickly have a certain combat capability. The reserve of 2,000 men could be expanded to 20,000 in wartime, two or three regular Roman legions, and an equal number of auxiliary legions.
The loss of the three youth soldiers hundred is not painful for Pompeii, but if it is the loss of the three reserve hundred people, I am afraid that Governor Lucius will be called to tea by the senate.
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The corridors surrounding the inner courtyard are paved with neat cyan basalt slabs that were mined from Mount Vesuvius. The corridors are spacious and supported by majestic marble columns, each more than half a meter in diameter, each with a large circular pedestal that touches the ground and the roof of the gallery.
The pedestal, also made of marble, is intricately carved with mythological motifs, showing that the courtyard where the corridor is located has a wealthy owner. There were a few people walking slowly in the corridor, and the two people at the front were obviously the highest, and the people behind them who were following with their heads bowed should be their subordinates or slaves.
"Your Excellency Lucius, after a few years of not seeing, you have finally fulfilled your wish and become the governor of Pompeii!" A tall middle-aged man spoke. The middle-aged man's voice is low, with a strange penetrating power, and it is deeply magnetic, so that those who hear it can't help but have a sense of convincing.
"Shepbys, where have you been in the past few years, I have sent someone to look for you, but there has been no news of you in the empire!" Lucius said happily, "This mansion, you are still satisfied!" You and your minions will rest here for the time being, and I'll throw you a party in the evening, and then tell me about your adventures over the past few years! ”
"Just some overseas travel, if you're willing to listen, I'll be happy to tell you, Governor Lucius!" The tall middle-aged man bowed slightly.
Seeing Lucius leave with his servants, a woman with a veil on her face and a silk kunika walked out behind Shepis, "Head, I don't like this dress, and I don't like you to become such an old middle-aged uncle. ”
"Yiyun, bear with me! The last time I entered the world of Sparta was a few years ago, when Lucius, although he was also a great nobleman, had not yet become the governor of Pompeii, and I also had some credit for his appointment as governor! The middle-aged man smiled and shrugged his shoulders indifferently, "Xiu should have brought the reincarnators in Pompeii City who belong to our space, let's go, go meet them!" ”
The two walked through the courtyard to a large living room with a rustic olive wood chaise longue. Xiu was holding the emerald green dogtail grass and lying comfortably on it, and in front of him stood five restrained reincarnators.
Seeing the two of them coming in, Xiu yawned and stood up, "Head, in Pompeii, I only found the five of them for the time being, and that white-haired man is their regimental leader, or an official baron!" ”
"Patton has seen the Skeleton Leader!" The white-haired man among the five reincarnators, his face twitched slightly, and he leaned over and said respectfully.
"You don't have to be nervous, the skeleton group will not bully the big and the small, nor will it interfere in your competitive tasks, but I have two conditions......" The middle-aged man's deep and magnetic male voice sounded in the ears of the five.
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"Captain Patton, why did you agree to their terms, are the Skeleton Regiment amazing?" After walking out of the mansion, a reincarnation asked dissatisfiedly.
"With your strength, you can't reach their level, and I only learned a little about them after I became a full-fledged councilor. Each member of the Skeleton Regiment is a baron or above, with official parliamentarian status. The head of the regiment is an earl, a candidate for the next speaker, the strength of a second-order peak transferor, killing us is like killing an ant, do you think I can refuse them? The white-haired Barton said with a wry smile.
“…… Captain Patton, with such strength, why can they still enter this low-end space-time intersection and compete with us for profit......"
"I don't know, but I've heard a rumor. Although the high-end team is restricted from entering the low-end space-time intersection, if this low-end space-time intersection appears in the home world of a high-end team, then after spending a huge price, a high-end team like the skeleton group can also enter the low-end space-time intersection, but they will not gain any benefits from completing any tasks! Barton said with a frown.
"Maybe they have another purpose......
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"What, they were betrayed to Lucius by Bardax?" Omus looked at Xu Mo in shock.
"Well, it's going to be crucifixion this afternoon, and we're going now, it may be too late!" Xu Mo's eyes flashed, and he said lightly to everyone, "I want to hear your opinions on this matter, if you insist on going, it's okay, but you must follow my arrangement!" ”
"So...... Let's go and see, if we can't save them, at least we can make them suffer a little less! Cabal consulted with the other two and said bitterly.
"Well, the companions of Pompeii have received news that the captured companions and the rookie gladiators who remained at the manor will be crucified in the Grand Square of Pompeii. My plan is for us to infiltrate Pompeii through the sewer system to the outside world......" Xu Mo smiled slightly, and said the plan he had prepared a long time ago.
"No, don't bother, someone in Pompeii will help us!" As soon as Xu Mo finished speaking, Cabal smiled strangely.
"Someone will help us?" Xu Mo looked at Cabal in surprise, he really couldn't think of anyone in Pompeii who would help the rebels. Jeanne and Serna were not capable of turning more than 150 heavily armed gladiators into air and bringing them into Pompeii.
(Guess what kind of people in Pompeii will help the rebels, use your imagination, ho ho, hints have been given more than once!) )