After arranging the redemption of the mercenaries, Yamazaki led three crossbow cavalry regiments from the Gron Kingdom to the Leptis Port City area, an enclave of the Moorish Roman Kingdom.
In the previous battle, more than twenty undermanned legions were captured. Since they needed to set an example of punishment, they could not be let go.
People were selected using horseback riding, crossbows, and long-distance running and organized into twelve legions, and the rest were organized into the engineer corps.
There are ten crossbow cavalry corps with certain training and two regular heavy armor corps.
However, in order to complete the redemption transaction with the Goths as soon as possible, the existing golden crossbows were used and would be given to the Goths in batches, so they were not distributed.
Meidaizi can be made at once, but that is not the right way, so he has to wait for the arsenal to assemble it and then turn the actual object into an alloy crossbow.
The arsenal is wasting no time in shaping the casting mold. Without that thing, it cannot be formed.
The ten smelting furnaces are all using pure iron ore to make armor and supply it to the army of the Kingdom of Geron.
The legions in each city have been reorganized. Due to financial constraints and a wait-and-see mood, the Kingdom of Geron only has ten regular legions, and there are no alloy crossbows for the time being.
The Dorseo Group Army, the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, and 7th Gronn, a total of 5 crossbow cavalry regiments.
The Ores Army, the 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th Grund, has a total of 5 infantry regiments, the first two are heavy infantry, and the last three are light infantry.
The 5th, 6th and 7th Crossbow Cavalry Regiments and the 2nd and 3rd Crossbow Cavalry Regiments accompanying us this time need to rest and recuperate.
The mount is a horse, two camels, three riders per person, and they walk along the Roman road along the coast.
There was food and water along the way, but people and horses needed more water. The seawater distillation and desalination method was used, and the high-quality anthracite brought with them was used as fuel.
The whole trip took five days and arrived in the Leptis Port City area in early December. However, upon arrival, we had to face the nomadic tribe army.
After the Gron Army demonstrated the range of the alloy crossbow, it immediately aroused uneasiness.
The advantage of the nomadic tribe is that they are good at equestrian skills and can ride and shoot. It is not that they do not have armor, but that they are not accustomed to wearing it and lack professional warriors.
Nowadays, the Geron army's crossbows have a range far greater than their bows. Everyone knows that they will suffer losses in this battle.
Yamazaki had Gron's statement read out and then gave them a choice, either to surrender or to leave.
As a result, the other party said that they would think about it for a day and implement a delaying strategy.
Yamazaki gave the other party an hour. One day was enough for the other party to gather hundreds of thousands of troops.
In the past few days, Yamasaki has drawn a map of the Leptis Port City area from the air.
This place is led by nomads and they live in tents. The city is damaged and not suitable for defense. They have not repaired it and only use the city as a discussion point.
There are plains and plateaus along the coast here, agriculture is developed, animal husbandry is even better, the fishery looks good, there are iron mines and smelting workshops in the mountains, and camel caravans even go to the Red Sea.
There is a large population here, it is estimated that there are millions of people, but most of them are slaves. Those who are half-clothed, those who are shackled and tied with hemp ropes. If you look around, you can see them everywhere, with an average of ten slaves per household.
Multiple slaves.
Beatings, violations, and killings happened almost all the time.
These are not what Yamazaki and Meidaizi like to see.
While waiting, the opponent mobilized their troops and issued swords to the slaves. It seemed that they were preparing to fight.
Yamazaki also detached a legion and took the camels away.
Gradually, the opponent gathered nearly 200,000 people, but Jiu CD was a slave and only had short swords.
Seeing this, Yamazaki also had people declare the Gelong Statement to persuade the slaves to give up their resistance.
The common language used is ancient Greek, because a considerable number of these slaves should be descendants of the Western Romans, perhaps two or three generations ago.
Speaking of which, this is also a cycle of cause and effect. When the Western Rome was strong, it enslaved the tribes, and now the tribes enslave the Western Romans.
The other side launched an attack immediately, without giving the Gelong army a chance to speak.
Gelong's army retreated and took their slaves on horseback. It was impossible for these slaves, who probably didn't have enough to eat, to catch up with the horses.
In the wild, you can easily get rid of them and then directly attack the opponent's regular army.
In front of Nica the golden eagle, the opponent's arrangements are all there, and all the maneuvers can be seen clearly, and they are all in vain.
Yamazaki led two crossbow cavalry regiments in an arc to attack the opponent's flank.
After two rounds of crossbow arrows, the opponent collapsed and ran away.
The Gelong army drove them away for a while, and the other party threatened to negotiate.
Yamazaki agreed, but he did not meet the other party in person. Since the fight had already begun, it was another courtesy.
The other party is willing to surrender, or surrender, and is willing to pay tribute every year.
Yamazaki refused, and there were only two options: leave or surrender. Surrender meant that the laws of the Gron Kingdom would be used from now on.
When leaving, you can take everything with you except slaves and grain. Slaves who voluntarily follow can take away, and each person can also take away ten Roman pounds of grain. Animals that do not want to be taken away can be sold.
The other party chose to leave, not wanting to be assimilated into the Kingdom of Gelon.
The next step was to supervise the opponent. At the same time, Yamazaki also asked the messenger to call for reinforcements in order to prevent the situation from getting out of control in the future.
The Gelong army escorted the opponent, and then followed the opponent all the way to notify each ethnic group, receiving territory and slaves in each place, and watched the opponent pack up their tents and leave.
When the opponent's number exceeded 60,000, three archer regiments from the Gron family arrived. They were one man and three cavalry, and they rushed over quickly with water.
Under the pressure of the six legions, the other party did not do anything breach of trust and retreated obediently.
The whole process took seven days. They took away livestock all over the mountains and fields, about 100,000 slaves, and more than 600 tons of wheat.
There are mountains of grain in grain depots everywhere, but the problem is we don’t know how much.
The remaining slaves, with a population of more than 700,000, consume 1,500 tons of grain every day, 50,000 tons every month, and 600,000 tons a year.
If we estimate based on the field area, 100 square kilometers can produce 50,000 tons of grain, and the annual output is only a little more.
But this is just an estimate, another headache.
Another headache is the management here. Those people are basically enslaved. It is very difficult to make them free people.
The slaves in the city are different. Those slaves are well-informed and most of them can adapt to the life of free people.
Here, work and reproduction are all. Although many people can speak ancient Greek and know about life in Rome, it is just a childhood story for them.
A very beautiful woman named Hybelia Lidis approached Flo and tried to seduce him. She was willing to help manage this place and build an army belonging to Flo.
Fro's expression was very strange, because Yamazaki was right next to him, and Meidaizi was already holding her stomach and laughing.
Mei Daizi smiled and said: "It's so fun. This woman will be yours from now on."
Yamazaki said: "Okay."
"Thank you, Master." Flo knelt down overjoyed.
"Master?" The woman quickly knelt down and lay on the ground.
Mei Daizi raised the woman's head with her little feet and said, "You are really beautiful, but remember, don't take it too seriously, you can't fight me."
The woman kissed Mei Daizi's feet, "Supreme, lovely master..."
"Stop, stop saying flattery." Mei Daizi said, "Remember what I said, be honest, you can still have good results in this life." She backed away.
"Yes, Master." Hybelia Lidis responded solemnly.
Yamazaki said: "Then, Hebeia Lidis, you will be in charge of this place."
"Don't whip them at will, violate them, and don't kill them at will. These slaves may not be able to become civilians due to ideological constraints, but as a manager, you must treat them as civilians, just like you."
"I hope you won't let me replace you and chop off your beautiful head."
"As for Flo, you can't be with her yet. You have to wait until after this mission."
"Not even for one night. This bad example cannot be set up in the army."
"That's all, get up."
"Yes, Master." The two of them responded.
Afterwards, Yamazaki learned about Haibei Lidis and learned that this place actually produces food, but the prerequisite is that there are livestock and fish to supplement it, and she can't tell clearly now.
In addition, the population situation in the Cyrene area and the areas around the Red Sea is similar to that here, with many slaves...