After capturing the city of Ores, Yamazaki ordered five thousand heavy-armed troops to suppress the city, purchased grain and horses from the wealthy people and merchants in the city, and prepared armaments. The remaining troops took the time to rest.
Yamazaki asked people to parade through the streets holding flags, praising the coming of the God of War and other gods. Although the people in the city were skeptical at first, they more or less believed it later.
After all, God is watching from the Divine Realm. If you use the name of God, you will only die, and you may stay in the underworld forever to receive punishment.
As for the church, they were dumbfounded by the banner raised by the Gron family, and did not say a word about the Gron family's policies, because it was obvious that this team was related to God, otherwise God would have killed them long ago. Now God is
No objections, and they dare not have any.
The flag representing the Church of Mars has a shield and crossed swords on the front, a vulture on the shield, and an empty chariot behind it with a spear standing on it.
The flag representing the Church of Eros has a dove with a rose in its mouth on the front, standing on a big red apple, and a dolphin in a big shell with pearls in the shell on the back.
The policy is the same, but this time there is no God of War coming down to earth to support it. Yamasaki doesn't know if words alone can make those greedy guys restrain themselves, but Yamasaki is ready to kill them as a warning, confiscate their property, and make their whole family slaves.
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Yamasaki did not let Meidaizi do anything with the armaments he collected. They were all numbered and recorded. If there were any more, it would make people suspicious.
After the iron mine, iron smelting plant and arsenal in Dorseo are built, it will be better to convert some of the things made by the craftsmen into alloy texture.
No one knows who did it normally, it's confidential.
On the other hand, Yamazaki asked Meidaizi to purify a batch of the collected gems, change their shapes, and keep them for trading.
No one knows the outcome of the war.
However, in the worst case scenario, I believe we can go all the way to the Wasenis area and get a beach.
Then we can trade grain with the Kingdom of Sigoth across the Mediterranean Sea, or even with anyone.
Ten thousand Roman pounds of wheat, more than three tons, was enough to feed ten thousand people.
One hundred million Roman pounds of wheat, more than 30,000 tons, could feed 10,000 people 10,000 meals, and 500,000 people 200 meals. Add in the grain and livestock produced by itself, and that's about it.
Of course, the more food, the better, but transportation is a problem.
A small merchant ship of about thirty tons needs a thousand transportation times.
Yamasaki calculated the headache. If the Vandal Kingdom did not trade grain, perhaps occupying the entire Moorish-Roman Kingdom would be the best choice. At least the Vasenis region would have to be occupied in order to have enough grain for self-sufficiency...
On the other side, the expatriate teams returned one after another, and the tribes retreated and evacuated the area. They also did not want to hand over their autonomy.
It was already evening, and Yamazaki asked them to rest.
Yamazaki looked at the map and planned the next battle.
Hadera City is about 400 kilometers away from here, and the messenger bird should have arrived.
The elite troops of Moorish Rome will soon gather, of course, to the extent of the original city of Dorseo.
When stationed in the field, the crossbow cavalry can beat any current troop type with its range, without any worries.
The problem is that if there is a huge disparity in numbers, fighting will be very difficult.
In addition, some tribes will go to the Nimega region and the Caps region. The increase in numbers and lack of food will force them to attack the Dorseo region and the Ores region, or even go to the territory of the Vandal Kingdom.
The city of Dorseo has 20,000 sets of heavy armor, so it has enough power to defend the city.
However, there are less than 10,000 horses left. At the same time, the personnel lack training and cannot use bows and arrows well. They can only use wooden crossbows. The light cavalry of the tribe in the field battle team will be defeated and cannot take care of the entire Dorseo area.
I have a headache, but don’t worry about it for now. Let’s take advantage of it. The most important thing now is food. . . .
In the middle of the night, three thousand crossbow cavalry and three thousand light cavalry were organized into the second legion, with one man and three horses, carrying enough food and crossbow bolts, and set out for the Hadera area to meet the incoming troops.
The terrain there is open and suitable for field battles, and the purpose of this battle is to harass, slow down their speed, and lower their morale.
The golden eagle Nika will follow them in the air to warn them of the enemy.
Six hours later, the newly formed Third Army Corps will set off, and six hours later, the newly formed Fourth Army Corps will set off, and at the same time, Yamazaki's main formation will also be dispatched...
One day later, the Second Legion of Gron and a legion of the Moorish Roman Kingdom encountered six thousand crossbow cavalry with wooden crossbows, including three thousand heavy troops.
Both sides found each other, and it was a wild battle.
The alloy crossbow slings the wooden crossbow and wins completely.
Half a day later, Gelong's third army arrived, and Gelong's second army could rest peacefully.
At the same time, the army of the Moorish Roman Kingdom turned and entered the city of Hadera after hearing the report of the defeat.
Another half day later, the main formations of the Fourth Army of Gelong and Yamazaki arrived, the Third Army of Gelong rested, and the Second Army of Gelong went to open a road to the base of Hadera City in Binglin City.
Yamazaki could clearly see through the golden eagle Nika that the army in Hadera included not only the regular army and slave army of the Moorish Roman Kingdom, but also mercenaries from the Visigothic Kingdom.
Mei Daizi also saw it, "Ha, once this war starts, we will no longer be able to trade with the Visigoths. This diplomatic method is really good. However, without the Visigoths' trade, this is forcing us to
Conquer the Moorish Roman Kingdom with all your strength."
Yamazaki said: "There are still two and a half months, and they know this."
Mei Daizi asked: "Brother, tell me, is the Vandal Kingdom sitting on the ground and raising the price, or is it planning to occupy it?"
Yamazaki said: "I don't know, it's possible. He is also hesitating whether to watch us fight first or seize the territory while we are fighting."
"If you say it, you haven't said it yet." Mei Daizi asked, "What should we do now?"
Yamazaki said: "You let people copy our statement, and then let the vultures go to their backs to drop leaflets, to confuse people's hearts first."
Mei Daizi smiled and said: "Would you like to throw oil bombs? I have made a lot of oil bombs."
Yamazaki said: "No need. If it's not necessary, it's better not to use that thing."
Before she finished speaking, Nika the Golden Eagle made a new discovery. The army in Hadera City used a cunning trick to sprinkle something on the grass outside the city. Needless to say, it was medicine for horses.
It seems that the other party discovered that Gelong's army did not bring any fodder, and grass in the wild was the main food for the horses.
If the grass around the city cannot be eaten, it will be difficult to siege the city.
After a long time of being unable to capture the enemy, the horses had no food, and they were about to get into trouble, so they had no choice but to withdraw, and the day passed.
Yamazaki quickly asked Mei Daizi to control the golden eagle Nika to send a message to the Gelong Second Army, asking them to stop nearby...
The city of Hadera is on a mountain, overlooking the ground below, and is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Of course, that's for others.
However, Yamazaki's choice was to give dry food to the third army and let them guard the perimeter, while the others took a direct detour to the Wasenis area.
There are many farms in the Wasenis area, and food for 20,000 people can be grabbed along the way.
The Moorish Roman Kingdom also registered this choice, and arranged three legions to block the road, dig horse pits, and build fortifications.
Yamazaki chose to throw oil bombs, and a huge fire burned the fortifications to the ground.
The burning of a large amount of phosphorus creates thick smoke, which not only makes people unable to see clearly, but also makes people cry and cough, leaving them with no time to defend themselves.
The alloy crossbow's arrows rained down, immediately causing continuous screams.
The morale of the army was low, and the three legions were useless. They were defeated in one blow. Most of the people fled, but the horses were not under their control and did not run away.
There are three legions, one is a regular heavy armor, and two are slave legion engineers, all carrying wooden crossbows.
The engineers brought a lot of ordnance with them. Although a lot of it was destroyed, there was still some left.
They brought a lot of food, enough for twenty days, which meant that they originally wanted to hold off the Gelon Army for at least fifteen days.
However, even if they were defeated, they still held off the Gron army for a day.
Road construction, if you don't take this road, the detour will take more than three days.
Just treat it as a rest, and send a batch of horses and food to the third legion, so that they can run faster and last longer.
One day later, the Gelong Army stopped again near the big forest. There was an ambush. The number was unknown, but it would not be less than one legion...