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Volume One: The Young Eagle Spreads Its Wings Chapter 463: Spartacus

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    Late December or early January.  After one and a half months of pre-war preparations, all the supplies and troops participating in the war were in order. Luo Jia, the general of the Qin army's northern front, gave an order. More than 20,000 Qin infantry aimed at capturing Constantinople and launched the struggle for the Balkan Peninsula.  war.  Cao Xin and Ji Xin, as the vanguard troops who first crossed the sea, landed one after another. Their mission was to complete the battle to capture the city within fifteen days. Within this time, they had to complete a battle to capture the city, and the Qin army  What they faced was not only the tall and solid city wall, but also the five thousand Thracian warriors who had just expelled the Greek defenders.  In Macedonia, multiple ethnic groups coexist. ? Among them, Macedonians, Greeks, and Thracians are the main ones.  Among these three peoples, the Macedonians are superior, ruling and enslaving the other two peoples to work for them. Although the Greeks and Thracians are far more numerous than the Macedonians, they are  The deep-rooted distrust between them restricted each other and could only be willing to be enslaved by Macedonia.  In the eyes of the Greeks, who were proud of their advanced civilization, the Thracians, who had no written language, no mythological inheritance, and were only used for generations, were barbarians and could not be compared with the great and upright Greeks.  .  "So what about the barbarians, as long as they are not as shameless as the Greeks." Similarly, the Thracians have no good impression of the Greeks.  The two peoples are close to each other. When it comes to the grievances between them, there are many stories that can be told in detail. The most famous one is during the Perobnesian War.  The Persians invaded the Greek peninsula. The majestic and upright Greeks were weak and no match for the powerful Persians.  They could only ask for help from the neighboring Thracians, but what was ridiculous was that when the Thracians, who had kept their promise and braved heavy snow and wind to reach the rendezvous point, they found that the Greeks had not arrived yet.  The Thracians, who lacked support, ended up miserable. They starved for their allies, only to find themselves abandoned under the attack of the Persians.  The Thracian army of 20,000 was severely defeated, and even their king became a prisoner of the Persians.  Afterwards, the furious Thracians questioned the Greek allies about the reason, and the answer they received was that the Greeks, who considered themselves the sons of civilization, thought that in such bad weather, it was impossible for the Thracians to come to support as promised, so.  They stayed in the city with peace of mind and did not go to the agreed meeting place.  This deception made the Thracians furious.  For the Greeks, who are romantic by nature, they feel that the Thracians overreacted. It was just a misunderstanding and there is really no need to hold grudges for a lifetime.  With this layer of origin.  You can imagine.  What is the relationship between Greece and Thrace?  The city of Constantinople.  After the Thracians announced their alliance with Rome, control of the city had fallen into the hands of the rebels, who were mainly Thracians. The few Macedonian troops originally composed of Greeks in the city, after a slight resistance,  He put down his weapon helplessly.  Became a prisoner of the Thracian barbarians.  ¡ª¡ª.  King Philip V of Macedon hesitated, and the fortress of Constantinople fell into the hands of the pro-Roman Thracians.  This made the Qin army's plan to cross the sea have to be modified temporarily. Fortunately, Ji Xin, who had crossed the sea before, had sent trusted soldiers to contact him at one point in the strait. Otherwise, it would be very unlikely for the officers and soldiers of Cao Xin's army who were unfamiliar with the land to rush into Serei.  In the midst of the siege of the Sri Lankan people.  "His grandma's Philip V can't even handle his own subordinates, so he should be tricked by the Romans." During the march, Cao Xin gritted his teeth and cursed secretly.  The winter in the Balkan Peninsula is extremely cold, and the weather here is cold and humid. If the city cannot be successfully captured before dawn, the Qin army sleeping in the wild may lose its combat effectiveness in the cold.  Sneak attack.  This is the best way for the Qin army to gain a foothold on the other side of the strait.  The Qin army¡¯s sea-crossing move.  Although they were right under the noses of the Thracians, fortunately, the Thracians, who were immersed in the joy of victory in occupying the Greek city-states, had contempt for the Qin people across the strait. A year and a half ago, the Huns were defeated by them.  The battle examples in their hands made the Thracian generals doubt the abilities of the yellow people. They thought that the Qin army was just the same as the Huns.  Therefore, when Cao Xin led the Qin army across the sea and sneaked to the city of Constantine, the Thracians guarding the city were still in the dark and had no idea that the danger was coming.  bastion.  Stone wall.  There is also a condescending position.  Constantine is known as a fortified city. It was almost impossible in the era of cold weapons to rely on force to break the city. In history, the Eastern Roman Empire?The Turks had been attacking for more than 40 years. In the end, the city fell because of the appearance of traitors in the city. In order to capture the city, the Turks lost more than 100,000 soldiers.  A thick wooden city gate.  It was tightly closed, and in the shadows, several special operations soldiers belonging to the Tianlei Force were holding projectiles packed with thin iron sheets in their arms, and quickly approached the base of the city gate.  A piece of cotton wire extends outward along the foot of the city wall.  This kind of thing is similar to a cluster grenade. It mainly relies on the ignition point of the fuse to push the gunpowder to explode inside the thin iron barrel, and then uses the powerful external thrust to blow open the city gate on the side.  Thermal weapons are used in siege warfare.  This is the Qin Army¡¯s first attempt since the invention of black gunpowder. In early experiments, the Tianlei Army relied on this secret weapon to blast through a rammed earth city wall nearly half a meter thick.  The city gates of Constantinople were made of thick wood. The toughness of the wood was absolutely unable to withstand the power of gunpowder explosions. The main problem the Qin army encountered during the blasting process was to allow the fuse to burn to the point smoothly, and  It would not be discovered and put out by the enemy soldiers on the city, and this was why Cao Xin decided to launch a surprise attack in the dark.  Boom!  Boom boom!  After the first thunder exploded, the ground was shaken by successive explosions.  A big hole was blown open in the wooden gate of Constantinople in an instant. More than ten Thracian gatekeepers who were hiding in the city gate to take shelter from the wind were affected by the aftermath of the explosive, and they suddenly fell to pieces.  The flesh and blood are blurred.  The grieving Thracian soldiers were breathing heavily, with blood foaming at their mouths. A Thracian squad leader who was leading the team tilted his head and leaned on the stone steps, with his neck at a ninety-degree angle.  Twisted, next to his body, an irregular fragment of wood was stained with blood.  Outside the city.  Cao Xin jumped up and shouted: "Attack!" Upon hearing this order, the Qin army soldiers who had been lying on the cold frozen land for a long time jumped up one by one like wild beasts. For these people, they could only act as  For the infantrymen of the second-line troops, today is a day of pride for them. Brothers of the cavalry, just look at it. We infantrymen also have the opportunity to participate in the war.  And for this day, the infantrymen bled and sweated during training, braved the wind and snow, and endured the beating of big waves. Now is the time for them to prove themselves. In front of the barbaric Thracians who are known to be brave, the Qin infantrymen  Whether we can still reproduce the tenacity and bravery of the past during the war of reunification must be proven by facts.  ¡ª¡ª.  In the city of Constantine.  Thracian military camp.  The young spearman Spartacus who was responsible for guarding the camp gate woke up from his sleep in a daze. After shaking his head vigorously, his head was still a little dizzy.  "What is this sound?" A violent explosion.  The shock made his eardrums buzz, and this sharp sound, like a landslide and a cracking earth, made Spartacus frightened and his legs trembled.     Fourteen.  It is in the youthful years, from a boy to a man, from a boy to an adult, that the experiences at this stage have the greatest impact on people.  Perhaps it is due to race. The Thracians recruited soldiers three years earlier than the Qin people. They mainly adopted the method of selecting a strong man from a family. If there are many brothers in the family, like Spartacus  A young man like Si should not go to the battlefield.  However, just looking at Spartacus's appearance, he is tall and somewhat heroic, no different from an adult.  It¡¯s very helpless.  Apart from his mother and two sisters, there was no male in Spartacus's family. His father, Spartacus Spartacus, was killed in the battle between Macedonia and Seleucid three years ago, and the only thing he got was  All his money was exhausted after a few months, and Spartacus, who was unable to pay for military service, could only use his thin body to support his shaky family.  "Sparta, what are you doing standing still? Hurry up and gather in front of the camp, the Qin people are coming." At a loss, a veteran of the same team pulled Spartacus forward and ran forward.  Around them, the panting soldiers were in disheveled armor, some even held their weapons backwards, and some simply went bare-chested and shouted like barbarians.  "Brothers, the Qin people have broken the city. Go and block the east gate." "There is also thunder at the north gate. Send a group of people to go there. Don't let the Qin people come from behind." In the chaotic scene, the Thracian leader  The leaders of the team all looked defeated. In just one night, the Qin people destroyed the city. This is really disappointing.It was so shocking.  Under the leadership of the veteran, Spartacus ran toward the north gate. At this time, he didn't know what he was going to do next. He just followed the inertia and walked. After half an hour, Spartacus  Bardacus felt his body become heavy. He looked down and saw that the Thracian veteran who had been pulling him was clutching his chest and falling to the ground with a pair of eyes fixed on him.  Near the North Gate.  Qin General Ji Xinxin led the crossbowmen and a group of infantry to break through the defense line near the city wall. The Thracians, who were under the pressure, dispersed their troops at various crenellations, but they did not expect that the Qin army would use special  The high-tech weapons blasted open the impregnable city gate.
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