Chapter 25: The Hope of Returning Home
The Battle of Glasgow almost exhausted the elite combat power of the Picts and Scots in the area north of Hadrian's Wall and south of Anthony's Wall.
The two follow-up corps of the Ninth Army progressed relatively smoothly, and there was no stubborn resistance or large-scale harassment along the way.
The general of the Second Army, Clark, led the Second Army from Dumfries northwest of Hadrian's Wall, and advanced north along the coastline, clearing a total of 10 tribes along the way, and finally reached the Glasgow Warlock according to the requirements of the king's army.
The general of the Third Army, Detes, led the Third Army from the area of Coldstrim on Hadrian's Wall, passed through Lauder to Edinburgh, and completed the elimination of a total of 7 enemy tribes along the way, and cooperated with the cavalry corps directly under him, and successfully captured Edinburgh, which was only old, weak, sick and disabled.
At this point, south of Anthony's Wall, nearly 200 kilometers away, in the area of Hadrian's Wall, the Picts and Scots completely lost the ability to resist, and only a few small tribes and scattered people fled into the mountains.
After the personal reorganization and rearmament of the royal army, the combat effectiveness of the cavalry corps in the plains around Glasgow increased significantly, but there was no strong opponent to test the sword for the time being, and only played a little value, chasing and killing a small number of enemies scattered on the plains, and cooperating with the Third Army to besiege Edinburgh, and finally forced Edinburgh to surrender.
The stirrup, the "invention" of the Wang army, completely released the combat effectiveness of the cavalry.
The 2,000-strong cavalry sprinted with terrifying momentum and good speed and endurance, but the long wooden gun barrel, bare horse body, and knight wearing only half armor fully showed that this heavy cavalry still needs to continue to invest heavily in transformation.
The 3,000-strong cavalry archers were very good-looking, with horned bows on their hands, an arrow bag on their backs, and two on either side of the horse's buttocks.
The cavalry corps of 5,000 people was also issued with a strange-looking "long sword", which was also made by Wang Jun, vaguely like a saber used in later generations. This strange "long sword" cavalry is very unaccustomed to use, of course, this means that after dismounting, it feels good on horseback, the original Roman short sword is indeed shorter, and you have to tilt your body sharply to the side to cut people on horseback.
The officers and men of the group army felt more and more that the Wang army was unfathomable, and what else could the commander not do?
Wang Jun's series of achievements and actions finally paid off handsomely, and all the generals returned to their hearts, and the Ninth Army was firmly in the hands of Wang Jun.
Jack Es, the Roman Governor of the Roman Empire in Britain in Lentini, was very aggrieved some time ago, and as soon as the royal army arrived in Britain, he left a short list of weapons needs, only two things, stirrups and sabers; It doesn't matter if Jack Ace hasn't seen it, Wang Jun provided the drawings; But the problem is that this amount is also too much, and the time given is still very short.
Governor Jack Ace was hairy at the time, but...
The Roman Empire made it clear that during the conquest of the army, the local officials had to cooperate fully, otherwise the consequences would be serious!
Can't refuse, Jack Ace is very sad, tears, tears, thousands of miles of tears never stop...
Staying in the noisy blacksmiths every day, almost all of them have become blacksmiths, who said that the governor's position is easy to do?
Jack Es has a lot of respect for Wang Jun, of course, at first, it is definitely to look at the face of Emperor Maximus; But now it is really from the heart, even if Wang Jun gave him such a heavy job to do before. The conquest of the whole of Britain was about to be realized, and as the "Emperor of the Land" here, not only did he not have the threat from the north, he had no worries, and he also gained more land and more resources; In addition, as a retired soldier, Jack Ace knows how difficult it is to defeat the barbarians in the north, and Wang Jun can basically do it with three strikes and five divisions, and this battle achievement alone has to be admired.
After bringing back a bunch of prisoners, Wang Jun did not do anything to leave his post again, and honestly served as a commander for a few days, which also made Villeries and others breathe a sigh of relief; are all in the top spot of the group army, what are you running around for!
Since the return of Wang Jun, large-scale civil construction has begun again, which seems to be similar to the officials of later generations, who do not engage in infrastructure construction, and you are embarrassed to tell others that you are a cadre.
Two improvised military ports were soon put into use, one near Edinburgh and one near Glasgow; Both ports were filled with barely counted "navy" ships. Edinburgh also added a permanent Roman military fortification, which could defend Edinburgh and the nearby military port, and could also echo Glasgow. As for the half-abandoned Anthony Great Wall, Wang Jun is not interested in rebuilding this thing, defending? Attacking is what a conqueror should do.
Further to Glasgow due north, the mountains are very dense, the terrain is dangerous, it is not easy for the infantry to enter the mountains, and the Wang army who probed the road is very clear; In order to avoid unnecessary losses, Wang Jun used his hypnotic ability to design the Picts and the Scots, and after they crippled each other, he sent troops into the mountains to clean up the mess.
From Edinburgh, along the northeast of the coast, there are mostly plains and hills, and the cavalry corps is very suitable for action; According to the order of the king's army, Otta happily pulled the 5,000 reorganized cavalry regiment to sweep all the way, while the navy docked at the Edinburgh military port followed all the way to provide supplies and short sea voyages. Even if the Picts and Scots had no civil strife, they would not be able to hold back the cavalry legions that had been raging all the way in the plains and hills, not to mention that there was now a fierce "blood feud" between them.
At the end of June, Horta's cavalry regiment, with the assistance of the navy, made its way to the northernmost point of Britain, near Castletown; If you go further north, there are the islands of Kirkwall and Lerwick, well, speaking of Britain, it is actually a larger island. But Ota and they only cleared the coast along the way; To the west are endless mountains, and their gang is all cavalry, and they will stop eating as soon as they enter the mountains.
Not to mention how busy Iotta is, Wang Jun is also busy now; A group of subordinates ask for war every day, and they are really worried.
Sitting in the commander's tent in the Glasgow military village, Wang Jun, who had been holding back for several days, finally got angry!
The enemy himself is fighting in full swing, what are we going to do? Convulsions?
Isn't it good to eat wild game, soak in hot springs, and Kankan Mountain, and pick up the fruits of victory later? Hungry?
Do you really think that the Picts and the Scots are muddy? Brain-dead?
After only a few victories, they all flew into the sky? Look at your proud hanging!
Villeris, the deputy commander of the army, sat with a dead face, and said nothing; Second Army General Clark hung his head; Detes, the general of the Third Army, sat and twisted in his chair; Alex, the deputy general of the Third Legion, who came to report with six brigades of crossbowmen who had been trained for several months, looked at the ground and counted the ants; And Lan No, the general of the First Legion, who had only brought a few personal guards to Glasgow to study, sat straight and straight.
In short, the atmosphere in the tent was quite unfriendly, quite silent, quite boring......
The world is unpredictable, and the generals who were reluctant to step out of Hadrian's Wall a few months ago are now eager to fly with their men and horses into the mountains further north.
Heavenly Father is above, fortunately, Wang Jun is not good at scolding, and he has not been scolding for a long time, and he has no vocabulary.
Wang Jun was silent, it's not that he was angry, isn't he thinking of new words! At this time, the plug-in jumped out very inopportunely, interrupting Wang Jun's next behavior; Annoyed and angry! This is definitely intentional! Wang Jun's mind was filled with a sweet and greasy voice.
"Hidden Mission: The Great Roman Empire's Western Crusade; This is triggered by the host's drastic changes in the historical course of the plot world. ”
"This is a special hidden mission, and the reward for completing the mission: the eagle emblem of the Roman legion."
"If the host is unable to complete the task, the host will die an unnatural death."
"The current mission progress is 37%."
"Friendly reminder: If the host completes the task, it can return to the original world."
"Say it again! The sentence just now. Wang Jun didn't control it all of a sudden, said it loudly, and stood up excitedly; The generals in the big tent were startled, it seemed that no one was talking! Could it be that the commander Wang Jun was not scolding enough, and planned to beat his subordinates......
"Friendly reminder: If the host completes the task, it can return to the original world."
"Haha! Hahaha! Wang Jun just stood in the big tent and looked up and laughed, and the generals around him were confused.
……
"Huh? Plug-in, how did your voice change? Wang Jun motioned for the generals to leave, sat down again, and continued to talk to the plug-in in his head; Just now because I was so happy, how did the voice of the plug-in become a female surname, and it was so boring?
"In the past few days, I have studied some materials downloaded from the earth network, and I feel that I need to locate my surname; Don't you think it sounds good? ”
Wang Jun was speechless, Khan! Sweat! Doesn't this plugin work a little bit?
"What are you learning..."Wang Jun suddenly hated the Internet on Earth now.
"There are a lot of high-definition interactive educational audio-visual materials for men and women in the island countries near your hometown, and I have looked at them in the past few days and think they are very good." The plug-in sound is getting more and more tired.
“……”
"People have recovered a lot now, and I'm not afraid to tell you a secret, in fact, as long as the plug-in system is fused with spiritual power, it will not only evolve into intelligent life, but also evolve into a surname, and this surname can choose the direction of evolution by itself..."
"I surrender! I've surrendered, right? "Wang Jun was scorched by the thunder's inner and outer scorching, and the goods from this higher plane were ...... It's incredible.
For the sake of the hope of going home, Wang Jun gritted his teeth and ignored the selling of plug-ins; It's better to get down to business.
"I'm going home!" Wang Jun's heart is full of such a voice now.
All the generals were called back to the big tent by the commander's personal guards, and they were all in the clouds; Commander had a convulsion today? Or is it weird?
"I have decided that the whole army will immediately start preparing and march north early tomorrow morning." Seeing that everyone had arrived, Wang Jun gave an order without hesitation, completely ignoring the fact that ten minutes ago, he had just rejected the application of everyone to continue to go north to clear and suppress.
"......" Villeries and the others looked at each other, is it swollen today?
Well, as long as there is a battle to be fought, the generals will not think about the abnormal behavior of the commander today, and it is not necessary that unfathomable characters have such strange problems.
"The commander ordered, enter the mountain tomorrow!"
The Glasgow military village began to get busy inside and out, and a group of carrier pigeons flew into the sky; The plan for the army to enter the mountains to clear the mountains had already been drawn up, just waiting for the order of the royal army; No one knows, if it weren't for a plug-in that transformed from a surname to a "female surname" that gave the commander a friendly reminder, it would have been possible to wait for ten days and half a month for this matter of entering the mountain.
In the mountains of the north, the war between the Picts and the Scots has escalated to the level of a war of extermination. Wang Jun led hundreds of hypnotized Pictish warriors to release many Scots intentionally or unintentionally when they attacked the Scots tribes at night; When their homes were destroyed, their loved ones were killed, or their whereabouts were missing, those who survived "by luck" ran directly to the surrounding Scots tribes for support.
Witnesses, hundreds of witnesses who were "lucky" to be alive;
Evidence, the burned tribal camp contained the bodies of Picts killed in the night raid;
Testimony, it was an indictment of blood and tears of great resentment.
Well, there is no need for a court or anything in this era, at least not in Scotland.
Friends and neighbors of the alliance for many years raised their butcher knives to their own people!
War is inevitable.
You attack my tribe at night, and I attack your tribe at night; A tooth for a tooth, blood for blood.
Many Picts were inexplicably killed by a large number of Scottish warriors in the dark night, and after that, the awakened Picts began to retaliate frantically.
Man? Kill!
Woman? Kill!
Old people and children? Kill them all!
Once the war began, it escalated rapidly; From night raids to day and night, the endless mountains are full of war.
Allies of hundreds of years turned into enemies of life and death overnight, and because the two sides understood each other, the war was very cruel, far beyond the expectations of the royal army; A person's surname may have been ugly in the first place.
The hundreds of Picts who had been hypnotized by the royal army as gunmen were now slaves of Rome and were used by the Fourth Legion as free labor; It is impossible for Wang Jun to hypnotize such a large group of people every day, not to mention that the plug-in is unwilling, "she" has to rely on absorbing Wang Jun's spiritual power to repair herself.
A month later, Britain fell under the control of the royal army, and the surviving Scots, Picts, and those captured in the rebellion all became Roman slaves, and those who surrendered directly became low-ranking subjects of Rome; Jack Es, the governor of Britain, who has now decided to justifiably speak, vigorously promoted the work of assimilating North Britain, educating the local people as much as possible, so as to eliminate people's defensive psychology and slowly integrate into the Roman Empire; In the sense of edification, Governor Jack Ace is still very capable.
As soon as the war in Britain ended, Wang Jun couldn't wait to set his sights on Ireland in the west, which was his hope to return home.
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