Chapter 83: Operations Research-5000
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As for what happened after eliminating the opponents and becoming emperor, both Octavian and Kirk knew very well, and when the time came, it would naturally depend on who had the biggest fist and who was the truth.
Queen Dido grinned as Kirk swore to her that he would ensure the rise of Carthage. smiled approvingly: "Okay, it's not early, don't delay your little lover, I'm leaving!" Remember to build me a lot of temples and spread the faith, I need the power of faith of thousands of believers to restore the divine power and fight against the Roman gods. ”
Princess Wen Lita looked at Kirk, suddenly jumped over, and smashed her little pink fist on Kirk's chest: "It's all you!" I have to pull people, and now they have been seen by Queen Dido, how can I see my ancestors and ancestors in the future???"
Kirk was speechless for a while, women, whether they are Pharaoh Cleopatra or Princess Lori, are unreasonable creatures.
The two hurriedly walked out of the temple, rushed to the oasis where the team was located, and told Wang Han and the others about it.
Wang Han, Chubby and Sheva were all very excited. For contractors, there is no temptation of anything compared to a high-grade piece of equipment!
Because they are always on the edge of life and death, once they fight, what gold coins, power, and beauties are all vain, and all they can rely on is their attributes, skills and equipment!
If Carthage and Egypt, as Kirk expected, become ATMs for them to dig deep into the plot, brush up on favorability, and exchange for high-grade equipment and rare rewards, then all the previous efforts will be rewarded with the highest value!
Little Fat shouted: "It's still the big brother, you made the right decision at the beginning, follow Caesar." Not to mention birth and death, you can only eat some leftovers! An adventurous battle can only be exchanged for a mere 20 opinion points! And if you want to win a country, you can actually borrow the strength of the army and power in exchange for dark gold equipment! ”
Wang Han smiled and said: "The ancients said that the benefits of working and standing up are ten times more profitable; Pearls and jades are priceless, and their benefits are a hundred times greater; The benefits of the country will be inexhaustible! In Rome, the world of the world, the limit of the peak of force is nothing more than Volonos and Plo, who have killed countless people, experienced all the great wars, and in the end they are just reduced to pawns. At the mercy of Caesar, Antony, Brutus and Octavian. ”
Kirk looked at Princess Winrita, "We still have a lot of difficulties to overcome. Space doesn't give the contractor an obvious hole to exploit. If you want to drastically change the plot. For Carthage to rise again, it was necessary to defeat the Roman conquest that followed! Due to our previous strength and performance, Caesar took us extremely seriously, estimated in two or three months. The beginning of spring. The conquest of the Roman army will come. That's the key battle for us to rebel against space and change the plot. ”
Sheva touched his gun: "That's it." This time it's for ourselves, not for the sake of that plot! ”
Kirk chuckled, "For yourself!" For the team! ”
Wen Lita, Wang Han, Xiaopang and Sheva shouted together: "Fight! ”
Hearing the news of the fall of the Roman naval fleet, Caesar remained unmoved for a long time.
Anthony is unruly though. But in front of the furious Caesar, he never dared to be arrogant. The generals Octavian and Lepida were also holding their breath and the atmosphere was solemn.
"One Kirk sank 400 warships?" Caesar's gaze wandered: "In two months, we will have a large army to conquer Numidia, how can we ensure the safety of the sea route?" ”
Octavian boldly said: "You can find the temple of the gods and worship Nepton on a large scale." The Roman gods will surely protect our legions on an expedition! ”
Caesar nodded: "That's it?" There's no other way? ”
Anthony advised: "Blockade the news, march covertly, make a detour through Sicily, and reach Africa by sea from the north, which is not often traveled. ”
Caesar nodded: "Let's do it both ways, presumably that skill can only be used once, otherwise Kirk has become a new generation of sea gods." Lepida, how is your cavalry corps picking and gathering places? ”
Lebida said respectfully: "I have carefully selected 20 cavalry legions from all the war zones in Rome according to your instructions!" There are 80,000 elite cavalry! ”
Antony and Octavian exchanged a look of shock, a news that Caesar had never told them. Lepida has always been respectful to Caesar, carrying out orders without compromise, and receiving Caesar's trust.
Caesar shook his head: "Not enough! Go pick 20 more! ”
Lepida was shocked: "Caesar, our Roman legions have always been dominated by heavy infantry, and the cavalry is mainly responsible for reconnaissance, outflanking and pursuit, and is the accompanying force of the infantry, and the entire Rome cannot draw 40 cavalry legions!" ”
Caesar Huo Ran opened his eyes, supported his hands on the table, and looked directly at Lepida, and the tiger's eyes made everyone dare not look directly!
"In the desert of North Africa, Spartacus, with an all-cavalry formation, will fight a positional battle with us? Thanks to you, Lepida is also known as a good use of cavalry! He now has a 50,000 well-trained, experienced, and well-equipped cavalry corps, and it is estimated that it will grow. We have drawn 40 cavalry regiments, that is, 160,000 cavalry, and we must be able to encircle him in the desert! If the troops are not enough, they will go to conscription training, and I will handle it here in the Senate. In this battle, Lepida's cavalry will be the main force! Anthony's heavy infantry support! Two months later, the army was sent to Africa! ”
Antony, Lepida and Octavian beat their chests together and gave the Roman military salute: "Yes! Caesar! ”
Kirk meets Spartacus, the guy who is training troops.
Looking at the clashes of cavalry regiments on the Yellow Sand battlefield, Kirk praised loudly: "You have added 50,000 ironclad cavalry? We've won this battle! ”
Spartacus glanced at Kirk: "Do you know where the gap is between yourself and a good general?" ”
Kirk scratched his head: "Looks like I'm saying the wrong thing again." ”
Spartacus smiled, "Yes, never say that the next battle is won, look at this" He threw over a piece of information.
After reading it, Kirk's face began to turn pale: "40 cavalry regiments? Was Caesar crazy? He wants to abandon the Roman way of warfare? Fight an all-cavalry war with us? ”
"Yes," Spartacus smiled, "since I first met Caesar as a priest more than 20 years ago. As far as you know, he is definitely not a person who follows the rules. A priest who had been pushed out of the core of power dared to support me, a gladiator who was openly rebellious (Caesar did write to Spartacus at the time to support his rebellion, and the more trouble Sulla and Pompey had for the authorities, the better his chances of profiting from it). How could such an adventurous and gambling man take the Roman battle formation in his eyes? ”
Kirk mused, "But if there are 40 cavalry regiments, that's at least 160,000 people!" ”
"200,000!" Spartacus said astonishingly: "The Roman cavalry legions, although they are equipped with 4,000 men as standard, generally have reserve legions, if Caesar mobilizes them in reserve." Take out 200,000 cavalry to fight a full-scale war. It's not a lie! ”
Kirk swallowed hard and spit, "But their command must not be as good as ours?" ”
Spartacus smiled: "It is estimated that the leader of the cavalry corps must be Lepida." He was a military wizard of Caesar's ranks, especially skilled in the use of commanding cavalry. In addition, Caesar and Anthony are both military masters, and they are old commanders who fight wars, how can they be called bad commanders? Caesar's name as the conqueror. It's not blown out! ”
Xiaopang was anxious: "On the strength of troops." They are at least twice as many as us! On training. They are all regular legions, and we have 50,000 still training! In terms of command, they have many famous generals. We only have one Spartacus! How will this battle be fought? ”
Spartacus muttered, "You haven't said yet, the sea route is firmly controlled by the Roman fleet, and Egypt will no longer dare to support us. This morning, the Egyptian pharaoh sent a letter saying that under pressure from the Roman authorities, food could no longer be supplied on a large scale. ”
Princess Wen Lita said indignantly, "How can Cleopatra be so unrighteous? If you don't dare to support under pressure, what kind of good friend is it? ”
Kirk persuaded: "Don't worry, Cleopatra has written to me explaining the situation. The Roman governor of Syria and the governor of Greece had amassed 100,000 troops to threaten Egypt's borders. In this case, she did not dare to support us openly, but the grain bypassed the Mediterranean, through the desert caravans, and it was still possible to reach Numidia. Don't worry, everyone. ”
Spartacus said: "But the food supply will definitely become scarce and unstable, but fortunately, we have imported a large amount of grain from Egypt before, and hoarded a lot of military rations, so we don't have to worry about the problem of grain and grass for the time being." Another problem was the military situation, and I needed to be the first to know the movements of the Roman legions, especially the cavalry legions. But if you think about it with your ass, you can also know that Caesar, an old fox who has fought an old war, will definitely keep this kind of military secret properly. ”
Kirk pushed Wang Han out with a grin: "This is our joint AWACS aircraft. ”
Wang Han also took on the responsibility of chief intelligence officer. Not to mention that she is equipped with superb equipment, which greatly strengthens her magic detection function. The golden plot equipment in his hand, [Xavier's Ring of Mind Control], is even more powerful reconnaissance equipment. Whether it is the [Induction] with a reconnaissance range of 500 meters, or the [Mind] that can control the enemy's officers, they are all anti-heaven existences.
Kirks did his best to the end, took out the only dark gold equipment [Victory Goddess's Battle Banner], and temporarily lent it to Spartacus. Even if he is as calm as Xiao Si, he is stunned in front of the [Goddess of Victory's Favor] attack speed, action speed, attack power, critical strike chance, evasion rate, ignoring defense chance, and blocking success rate all attributes increase by 20% (such as 10% for contractor teammates and double for your own plot characters).
After a long time, he let out a long breath: "With this treasure, I led 100,000 iron cavalry to defeat Caesar's 200,000 cavalry, and my grasp has increased by one percent." ”
Kirk sneered, "This battle flag has a special effect in the Roman plot world. Although we are not a Roman legion and enjoy less than 200% bonus, the enemy Roman legion suffers a 10% reduction in all stats. Morale doesn't hurt at all every 10 minutes -1. ”
Spartacus smiled knowingly: "I have a better tactic for Caesar." ”
Time flies, and two months later, on a dark and windy night, a warship with an extremely heavy waterline slowly approached the port of the city of Africa.
After the two sides exchanged lights and flags, the battleship sailed into the military port. Subsequently, thousands of warships under black pressure slowly sailed into the military port.
Caesar slowly stepped off the warship in a red lion's cloak, and was greeted by Antony, Lepida, and Octavian, who had arrived earlier.
"When will our legions be fully unloaded?"
Anthony said: "40 cavalry regiments. All of them have been unloaded, and the Starry Night has begun to secretly sneak to the staging area we have set up in the southern part of the province of Africa. The 20 heavy infantry regiments used for siege field battles have also begun to disembark, and it is estimated that they can drive out of the city of Africa before dawn. We used a total of 320,000 soldiers in this campaign! ”
Caesar nodded: "This speed of action is about the same, how is your cavalry training Lepida?" ”
Lei Bida said proudly: "There are 40 legions, each of which is the elite of a hundred battles. ”
Caesar smiled coldly: "In that case, let's surprise Spartacus first." I've scheduled a large-scale operation that must have surprised Kirk. ”
Kirk follows Spartacus into the desert of North Africa.
"What tricks is Caesar playing?" Fat was puzzled: "Obviously, the army has arrived in North Africa. But he always stood still. Neither attacking nor sweeping, always hiding in the city of Africa, is he going to fight a silent war with us? ”
Kirk came and spoke. I heard the news from the intelligence officer Wang Han: "I just got bad news from Cleopatra!" Caesar actually made a tough demand on her at this time. Ordered her to go to Rome. Become a hostage, or face off against Egypt! At the same time, he ordered Octavian to lead an army of 100,000 men from Syria and Greece by land. Antony with 200,000 heavy infantry attacked Alexandria from both sides by sea! Cleopatra has come to us for help. ”
Little Fat said triumphantly: "It seems that Caesar is in a hurry, panicking and hungry, and actually attacking Carthage on the one hand, and provoking Egypt on the other, this is really a stupid trick??? What's wrong with you guys? ”
He looked at Spartacus and Kirk's faces were very gloomy, and he felt very bad.
Kirk smiled bitterly: "It's really old and strong, this Caesar is indeed a big deal!" ”
Spartacus laughed, "So I said he wouldn't play according to common sense at all." ”
Chubby touched his head: "Why don't you understand what you said?" ”
Kirk said with a gloomy face: "Caesar has jumped out of the gains and losses of Carthage, and has played the whole of North Africa and even the Mediterranean Sea as a game of chess!" On the one hand, he mobilized 200,000 cavalry as the main card against Spartacus, but he was not in a hurry to march, but lurked in the desert, quietly monitoring and pinning down our movements. On the other hand, he ordered Octavian and Antony to attack Egypt by land and water. In this way, the initiative is firmly in your own hands! ”
Wang Han understood: "I see, if we reinforce Cleopatra, Caesar will send Lepida's 200,000 cavalry to block our retreat in the desert. From Numidia to Egypt, the sea route was blocked, and our reinforcements could only go by land desert. The march of thousands of kilometers will take time, not to mention the time, even the army will be sleepy and tired, and I don't know how much strength there will be to fight in Egypt. As soon as the main force is gone, all the Numidian tribes will fall. ”
Spartacus smiled: "And if we sit back and watch Cleopatra's Egypt be wiped out by Antony and Octavian's 300,000 Roman legions, our Numidian base will also lose Egypt's food supplies, and the enemy will besiege us and trap us in this barren desert!" ”
Kirk, Wang Han, Chubby, and Sheva were all silent, and Caesar was worthy of being the conqueror of the Mediterranean world. It's a brilliant trick that is foolproof. If Egypt is saved, the Numidian base will be lost, and if it is not saved, Egypt will fall, and Numidia will not be able to survive alone.
How do you solve this sphynx-like puzzle?
For a moment, Kirk's heart was in turmoil, and from the letter from Cleopatra just now, this woman with a delicate appearance and a strong heart had made up her mind to live and die with Egypt. In the letter, she said that she had sent people to transport the largest batch of grain and grass in Egypt by land, hoping to give her the most help in the future. At the end of the letter was a moist lip print.
If she hadn't rescued Cleopatra, she would have been burned with the Antony Legion in Alexandria. Although Kirk believed in Cleopatra's determination and the support of the Egyptian people, Egypt was poor and weak, and the pharaoh's legions were only 100,000 men, most of whom were newly recruited, and could not compete head-on with the 300,000 Roman tiger army and warship group. The end result was that the Romans paid tens of thousands of men to capture Alexandria.
Although this loss is a bit much, Caesar was already the dictator of Rome, and no one could contain his decision-making. Besides, it was in Rome's interest to control Egypt, and it didn't matter if the cost was higher.
After destroying the East Numidian tribes, Kirk felt that he was strong enough to compete with the Romans. But as soon as Caesar made a big move, Kirk suddenly found that the combined military strength of his two countries was only 200,000, but as soon as Caesar made a move, he threw out 500,000 troops!
Rome's family background is still much stronger than Kirk's nouveau riche!
What does it take to get the best of both worlds?
Spartacus stood up: "Let's go and save Egypt!" ”
Kirk awaited his explanation.
Spartacus walked over slowly: "There is only one key reason, and that is the grain produced in Egypt!" Numidia is lost, but it is just a desert that can be fought back at any time, but Egypt is lost, and Cleopatra is dead, master, you can never control Egypt again! ”
Kirk's heart lit up, and his eyes looked at Princess Winrita. To give up the inheritance here, you must get the nod of Princess Winrita.
Who thought that Princess Wen Lita didn't think about it, and nodded directly.
Kirk wondered, this Princess Wenrita doesn't want to restore the country?
Princess Wen Lita leaned on Kirk's arms: "Restoring the country is a great cause that I must complete in my life, but brother, your career is my priority to support." Besides, Numidia is not a Carthaginian city, as long as you don't forget the mission of Winrita and Queen Dido, brother, people don't care about helping you. (To be continued......)