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    "Get ready, gather your troops and horses, and arrange your equipment. Keep your minds at ease. This period of relaxing vacation should be over." Gao Yang took a breath and issued the order in a deep voice.  Niger, who was in Cyrenaica, had no intention of actively attacking the Egyptian province.  He was expanding his strength in Cyrenaica and living like a king. How could he take the initiative to provoke a powerful enemy?  Nigel completely scorned the orders sent by Rome.  He simply sent more than a thousand barbarian mercenaries with cavalry to visit the border between Egypt and Cyrenaica, and then sent a letter to Rome that the army would attack Egypt and fight fiercely with the invading foreign army.  There are no live broadcasts and satellite reconnaissance in this era.  This is an era where intelligence depends entirely on the eyes.  The city of Rome easily believed the false information that Nigel's army had entangled the main alien army in Egypt, and very excitedly began to plan to attack the alien flank force in Greece.  The city of Rome was completely unaware that Egypt was now peaceful. Zhang Liao sent Ma Chao to board Sun Jian's fleet with an army of nearly 50,000 troops and more than 30,000 local natives.  Because they knew they were going to fight in the mountainous Macedonia, these sergeants all dressed up as infantry.  With such a huge fleet and army mobilized, many people and ships were seen.  But no news reached the city of Rome.  When Gao Yang led nearly 200,000 troops composed mainly of Han troops and supplemented by subordinate tribes from various places, he entered the Macedonian province.  The Romans didn't react at all.  The Romans knew that the foreign armies in Greece were dominated by cavalry.  Therefore, they preconceptionally believed that it was impossible for the foreign army to come north in large numbers and actively attack Macedonia, which had mountainous terrain.  And when hundreds of thousands of infantry troops entered Macedonia, the Romans didn't even have time to assemble their troops!  The huge army divided into several groups and attacked along the mountain passes into Macedonia.  In the early stage, it was completely unstoppable, sweeping across the entire southern region.  Tens of thousands of Roman troops who were caught off guard were surrounded and defeated.  A small half of Macedonia fell into Gao Yang's hands.  After experiencing the initial chaos, the Macedonian legion commander Tasius Tullus sent a distress letter to Rome.  While gathering the legions under his command, he prepared for a decisive battle with those foreign armies.  Although they are at a disadvantage in terms of numbers.  But Tulus was full of confidence.  Because he didn't think those dismounted aliens would have much fighting power.  As for the vassal soldiers, as long as they defeat the foreign army, those vassal soldiers will inevitably collapse.  "This won't work." Gao Yang rode on his horse.  Looking at the huge military formation surrounding the vast sea.  After pondering for a moment, he said, "The Roman legions we encountered before were very weak. There were very few elite garrison legions using tortoise shell formations. And we were all cavalry at the time, so it was not difficult to defeat them." "Isn't it possible now?" Yuandian asked.  road.  "Yeah." Gao Yang nodded and replied, "It's not impossible, but it's become troublesome. The Roman legion here is already an elite force, and there are a large number of tortoise shell formations among them. That is, dense shield phalanx." "  Is there anything different about this?" Yuan Dian asked curiously.  "Of course it's different." Gao Yang smiled and said, "It was okay when we were cavalry. Whether we used powerful assault or used range to drag them to death, it was easy. But now everyone is infantry, with serial crossbows as the main force.  The Han army was fine against those nomads who had little armor or just wore leather armor, but it would be troublesome to shoot the Roman garrison who were holding heavy metal shields and wearing strong armor.  It's just a crossbow arrow, not an armor-piercing projectile. Moreover, although their spears have a relatively short range, if they are hit, the Han soldiers will be killed or injured even if they are wearing heavy shields.  "That's true." Yuan Dian suddenly said, "Then what are you going to do? Now both sides are fighting with infantry as the main force. If they encounter a large-scale Roman turtle formation, it will be really troublesome."  The turtle formations of the Romans are not invincible. If you want to deal with them, you must first have heavy range weapons. The catapult is too big, and the bed crossbow is the most suitable. No shield can withstand the fire of the bed crossbow.  Captain America¡¯s shield.¡± Gao Yang said with a smile, ¡°I decided to change the equipment for the army. First, use the crossbow to shoot fiercely, and then the infantry used the spear formation to attack the Romans. As for their javelins, the Han army was also equipped with metal shields.  And strong armor. Better and stronger than the Romans!" Two days later, the armies of both sides met in the wilderness at the foot of the Lorentan Mountains.  Tullus had nine Roman legions, three of which were elite eagles.  In addition he was supported by five auxiliary corps.  The total number of troops under Gao Yang¡¯s command is nearly 200,000!    The first to engage were the auxiliary corps on the left and right wings of both sides and the Greek local troops that had recently joined the Han army.  The battle between the auxiliary legions of both sides was extremely fierce.  The local Greek vassal armies under Gao Yang knew very well that once the Han army was defeated.  The Romans would never let these traitors go.  By that time, being able to die in battle is already a luxury!  Therefore, their fighting passion is very strong, and their fighting will is far beyond that of those auxiliary corps.  Likewise, they also have an advantage in numbers.  Gao Yang stood on a hill on a war horse.  He watched the large-scale fighting between the auxiliary corps on both sides with an indifferent expression.  Tens of thousands of people fought desperately, and the shouts and shouts of killing were deafening.  The entire battlefield was in chaos.  "These Greeks are quite brave." Looking at the fallen Greek mercenaries on the battlefield in the distance.  Gao Yang said softly.  "That's because they know what will happen after defeat." Yuandian said loudly, "No matter where they are, betrayers will not be forgiven." "Looking at their careful performance. I decided to give  The Greeks who participated in this war were rewarded with an island in the Aegean Sea. "Is this a reward?"  Yuandian said in a dumbfounded voice, "You kicked them to a barren island to be kings? This should be a punishment, right?" "Isn't it better to be alive and continue to be a king than to die?" Gao Yang sneered and said.  "Those kings who did not participate in this battle did not even have the opportunity to go to the desert island." "You are really ruthless." Yuan Dian said helplessly.  "This is something that must be done." Gao Yang shook his head and said, "Let's not talk about these things. This is all Cao Cao's job. The Roman auxiliary corps can no longer withstand it. It's time for their main force to attack."  The format on the battlefield evolved quickly.  The auxiliary legions raised by the Romans collapsed under the fury of the numerically superior Greek vassals.  The mountains and plains were full of Roman auxiliary soldiers fleeing backwards.  These troops, whose training and morale were extremely low, completely lost their temper, abandoned their weapons and fled backwards, shouting wildly.  It¡¯s no wonder that these auxiliary corps don¡¯t fight.  They were nominally a legion of the Roman Empire, but they never received a dime of salary from the Roman Empire.  Their equipment, horses, armor, weapons, etc. are all configured by themselves.  Even when I eat, I eat my own food!  How can an army like this achieve nothing win a tough battle?  The reason why they joined the auxiliary legions was to be able to follow the regular Roman legions and loot and make a fortune when they won the battle.  Once you encounter a tough battle, you will not be reliable at all.  At this moment, the Greeks, who were forced to panic, began to lose their temper.  These auxiliary corps were naturally defeated.  Many soldiers of the Roman auxiliary legions were so panicked that they ran headlong into the Roman regular army's position.  What followed was a bloody massacre.  If you collide with the military formation on the battlefield, no matter who you are, you will only end up dead.  Tullus did not care about the defeat of the auxiliary corps.  For him, these auxiliary corps were just an appetizer.  The real battle still had to be fought by the regular Roman legions.  "Legion, attack!" Tullus, who was wearing typical Roman armor, drew out his sword, swung it forward suddenly, and shouted loudly.  "Rome!" Tens of thousands of Roman regular legionnaires shouted in unison, and then began to move firmly towards the opposite army.  "Hey, it's really good." Gao Yang on the hill narrowed his eyes and chuckled.  "The Roman Empire was able to achieve this step because of two things." Yuan Dian said softly.  "Yeah." Gao Yang nodded and said in response, "I know. If they didn't have the ability, they would have been wiped out by the barbarians long ago. But that's not important." Gao Yang waved to Cao Cao, who was not far behind him, and ordered in a deep voice, "Let's go  Those Greeks went to test the power of the enemy. Watch carefully, it will be your turn to take the field later. "The Greeks were actually very afraid of the Roman legions.  They have actually experienced the power of the Roman legions, especially those regular legions with eagle marks.  However, now they are riding a tiger and it is difficult to get off. Once they disobey Gao Yang's order, it will offend both sides.  This is a result they cannot accept.  At this time, the Greeks could only grit their teeth, reorganize their queue, and then charge forward.  The Greek army is very powerful, especially the Spartan army, which can be said to be invincible throughout the Mediterranean.  But that was hundreds of years ago.  Greece nowThe strength of the army is not much stronger than that of ordinary militiamen.  When they rushed towards the Roman legions in a chaotic and loose formation, they were actually doomed to failure.  The Greeks, who lacked armor, performed extremely poorly when faced with the javelins that were as dense as locusts from the Romans.  They were simply unable to withstand a dense barrage of javelins.  Many people had their bodies penetrated and were stuck to the ground, but they were unable to die for a while. They could only wail miserably on the battlefield.  And the Greeks fought back.  Well, the arrows fired by their archers could hardly achieve any other results besides hitting the shields of the regular Roman legions with a clanging sound.  In the end, the Greeks retreated without any surprise.  (To be continued)
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