For the whole winter, Wang Jun stayed in Augusta Emérita.

Augusta Emerita, located in south-central Spain, is the headquarters of the Second Army of the Roman Empire after the military reform, and it is also the most important military town in Spain. Because the Spanish region belonged to the imperial security zone, there was no war, and the local people had been fully integrated into the Roman Empire, so the second army only existed as a symbolic meaning, with a legion and a corresponding auxiliary legion, as well as some city guard units stationed in various towns within the jurisdiction responsible for anti-theft, fire prevention, and anti-theft.

With the support of the Emperor, the Second Army gave great support to the royal army in Spain to form a new legion. Half of the officers were transferred to Wang's army to ensure that his newly built corps could quickly build up combat effectiveness; And organized a number of exercises between the two sides to confront. Interestingly, because there was no war to fight in Spain, the more capable officers of the Second Army took the initiative to apply for transfer to the new corps of Wang's army, which led to a direct drop in the combat effectiveness of the Second Army at that time, and it took several years to gradually recover.

During the recruitment process, Wang Jun had a new understanding of the strength of the Roman Empire at this stage.

No need for conscription? It is usually said that there is no need for strong men, compulsory service, etc., which was extremely rare in the 2nd century AD. As soon as the recruitment notice was posted, there was an endless stream of people who came to sign up for the army; The crowded scene at the recruitment registry made the loyal guards think that the registry office was surrounded by rebels, and almost did not cause bloodshed.

Villeries took a group of officers who were transferred in, and they trained the new army all night, and the Wang army was not idle, and they learned the battle formations and commands of this era, and they actually gained something.

Time flies, and before Wang Jun arrived, he was in a hurry to come to Spain for such an affair, and received an order from Rome to go on an expedition.

In the late spring of 183 AD, one of the most prosperous cities in Britain, Lentinny (present-day London), welcomed a Roman legion with more than 10,000 strong soldiers, and the Fourth Army under the jurisdiction of the Ninth Army of the Empire. Because of the tight front, the Third Army Corps (formerly the Twelfth Army of the Reich), which was originally stationed under the Ninth Army of Lentini, has been moved to the area of Devar, which is closer to Hadrian's Wall, to deal with the First and Second Corps (formerly the Seventh and Eighth Army Corps of the Reich) under the Ninth Army, which has been overwhelmed; The only people who came to greet Wang Jun and his party were the city guards and local officials of Lentini.

According to local officials, because Lentini is far from the front line, the whole city is still in stable condition, but Ebolac, the city closest to the front line, has many wounded soldiers carried down from the front line; Although the enemy had not yet broken through the defense line of Hadrian's Wall and could not appear near the city on a large scale, the inhabitants were already panicking, and some of the timid fellows had already dragged their families and ran more than 300 kilometers to live in Lentini.

It seems that the situation in Britain is not too bad, but it is not optimistic.

The enemy was mainly the Picts and Scots of northern Britain; Their tactics were obviously based on attacking at night and harassing during the day, and something similar to the encirclement and annihilation of the former Ninth Army had happened once. The problem was that on this mountainous island, the Roman generals, who were mainly hoplites, were clearly unable to do anything about the enemy who was whizzing and whistling away, and had to rely on the 4.5-meter-high and 120-kilometer-long Andrian Wall to the north of the wall.

After seeing the garbage-like combat effectiveness of the city guards, Wang Jun understood that what he really could use was the strength of about 40,000 troops in the four legions under the command of the Imperial Ninth Army.

1st Corps, General Lanno, Adjutant Benari;

Second Corps, General Clark, Adjutant General Otata;

Third Army, General Detes, Adjutant Alex;

Fourth Legion, General Wang Jun (part-time), Adjutant General Villeries (part-time)

The current situation is that most of the troops of the First Army and the Second Army are staying in the area of Andrea's Wall to prevent the enemy's increasingly frequent sabotage activities; The military town of Ebolak became the common headquarters of the two legions, but most of the soldiers in the city were city guards, only two brigades of hoplites remained in the city, and all auxiliary legions were dispatched. The Third Legion, which is not currently in the war, is only camped in the middle of Devar and Ebolac, only a few dozen kilometers away from both cities, so that it is convenient to rush to help.

The largest number of troops was naturally the Fourth Army led by Wang Jun himself.

At the beginning of the formation of the Fourth Legion, it was positioned as the type of mountain army in later generations according to the needs of the British War, so the configuration of the troops was very different from the common Roman legions.

Establishment of the 4th Army Corps:

Generals: Wang Jun, Villeris

Guards: 1 centenarian, 100 people;

4 brigades of hoplites, 2,400 men;

4 light infantry brigades, 2,400 men;

4 brigades of crossbowmen, 2,400 men;

4 brigades of infantry archers, 2,400 men;

4 brigades of miscellaneous soldiers, 2,400 people.

The entire army was 12,102 people, Wang Jun did not bring a war horse, a trebuchet, or a bed crossbow, the whole army was infantry, and the hoplites were only equipped with 4 brigades; If it weren't for the fact that there would be a small-scale attack or a small-scale hard shock, it is estimated that Wang Jun would not want a single hoplite. The concept of auxiliary legions was abolished, but relatively speaking, the number of miscellaneous soldiers of the Fourth Legion was somewhat large, which was also prepared with the large number of consumables such as arrows and crossbows; Among the miscellaneous soldiers, there are a large number of craftsmen, who are responsible for professional logistics services such as the repair and production of weapons for crossbows and archers.

The northern part of Britain is the magnificent scenery of Scotland, where the mountains and rivers are beautiful, but it is the mountains that are all his sister here for Mao! Except that mountains are mountains; If anything, then... There are also mountain forests and mountain valleys.

The navy, the Roman Empire had no opponents around the territory, and the king said that there was no pressure on the sea. In Ireland, where the cavalry is in the second phase of the Western Expedition Plan, there is a very good market for cavalry, but all the cavalry of the First, Second, and Third Legions under his command together have more than 5,000 numbers, and there is no problem in integrating training and then putting them into use; The priority now is how to conquer Scotland mountain after mountain, mountain after mountain.

I have to say that the scenery of Britain at the beginning of summer is unusually beautiful, the sky is incomparably blue, and the fresh smell of earth and plants in the air makes Wang Jun feel very happy.

Twelve days later, Wang's army arrived directly at Hadrian's Wall with the Fourth Legion; Also arriving were the generals of the 1st and 2nd Army Corps who had received orders, as well as all the personnel of the 3rd Corps.

After seeing the Great Wall of China in later generations, Wang Jun did not have much feeling for Hadrian's Wall, which was 4.5 meters high and less than 3 meters wide; he was now busy with military meetings, and the sooner he won the Battle of Scotland, the sooner the group army could march to Ireland in the west to fight; Wang Jun did not want to continue to fight the enemy in the ice and snow with tens of thousands of horses and horses in the cold winter.

The main tent of the Fourth Army naturally became the command post of the Ninth Army, and the tall and strong Hogg led the personal guards to surround the main tent tightly; Wang Jun and seven other generals, including Valerius, were discussing the conquest of northern Scotland; The Ninth Army camp was slaughtered, and the tension of the pre-war atmosphere infected everyone in the camp.

The atmosphere in the main tent ...... It's quiet, well, cold.

The four generals of the 1st and 2nd Corps remained silent on the summer offensive proposed by the commander Wang Jun after their opposition was ineffective; The two generals of the Third Army did not have much experience in dealing with the Picts and Scots in the north, and could not judge the viability of the commander's plan, so they had to choose to remain silent.

The deputy commander of the group army, Villeris, had a very ugly face, could these guys have been beaten by the enemy in the north and have no courage at all?

The royal army did not care, and originally did not expect the three permanent legions of Britain to play a great value; If they were very, Britain would have fallen into the hands of Rome a long time ago, and perhaps Ireland would have surrendered, so why do they need to do it themselves?

The First and Second Corps together had just 14,300 available troops; The Third Army Corps had just arrived at the front line, and there were no battle losses, with a total of 8,300 troops, and the above personnel included the men and horses of the auxiliary corps of the three corps.

What is the value of the line of defense?

When Wang Jun brainwashed these generals, he clearly gave a different answer: the stepping stone to the enemy's victory.

In memory, whether it is the Great Wall of China in China or the famous Maginot Line in France in World War II, the final result is like that; Countless facts have proved that offense is the best defense.

In the end, Wang Jun gave the first, second, and third legions two simple tasks, which could be regarded as allowing these generals, who had become accustomed to defending the city, to find some places where they could play their value.

The first task was to put all the troops on Hadrian's Wall to ensure that the royal army had no worries; If a small group of the enemy were lucky enough to pass through the naval blockade and land on the coast behind the Great Wall, the city guards and the local people would be able to do it themselves, and the number would be small enough to make a big wave.

The second task, integration.

All the cavalry of the three corps were integrated together to form the cavalry corps directly under the Ninth Army; Wang Jun appointed Ota as the commander of the cavalry corps as the lieutenant general of the Second Legion, and secretly handed Ota a stack of documents on the deployment and training of cavalry. Ota is a cavalry-born general, and his understanding of cavalry is far better than that of several other hoplite-born generals. According to the king's orders, Ota was to lead the cavalry corps to reorganize, and then along the southern flank of Hadrian's Wall, interspersed with training back and forth, until the end of the Scottish campaign.

The other five generals, in addition to staying on Hadrian's Wall with more than 20,000 infantry to defend against the enemy, had to recruit soldiers from the local area, and each legion had to add two brigades of crossbowmen to the existing part of the archers. The training of crossbowmen was entrusted to Alex, the deputy general of the Third Legion, who was born as an archer; After the training is completed, they are divided into three regiments.

Seeing that the newly appointed commander of the group army, Wang Jun, did not mean to arrange for them to be "sent to death", the generals of the three corps, such as Otta, were greatly relieved, and while grateful, they actually began to worry about Wang Jun; In their eyes, Wang Jun planned to lead the Fourth Army into the depths alone, which might be hanging in the mountains of Scotland. Several generals persuaded the commander one after another, citing the facts to make sense, the facts are nothing more than the disappearance of the Ninth Army decades ago, and the main reason is to emphasize that the Fourth Army is a recruit camp.

The first military conference ended abruptly.

After the meeting, Wang Jun, who was in an average mood, ran to the nearby camp of the Third Army and the nearby Great Wall for a walk, and then his mood progressed from ordinary to very bad.

One general is incompetent, dragging down the three armies.

These so-called generals! It's just that they are afraid to step out of the Great Wall, because Mao's thoughts have affected their own subordinates?

During the inspection, Wang Jun had friendly but not pleasant exchanges with many veterans.

Defense? No problem, Commander, look at the thick walls!

Offensive? What are you kidding, commander, even if a legion goes out, it is estimated that there will not be even scum left!

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To be honest, Wang Jun now has the urge to click off these generals one by one.

Well, I just came by myself, and I am not familiar with life ... Just give them a chance.

This is its own army......

Night falls, and the sky is full of stars.

Wang Jun took Hoge to conduct a routine night patrol in the camp of the Fourth Legion, and his mood was a little depressed as he saw the energetic faces of the soldiers on duty, and slowly improved.

Fortunately, the Fourth Legion, which he had formed himself and was almost entirely composed of new recruits, was currently in good morale.

This is the only unit that its Ninth Army has taken out at the moment.

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