January 13, Yamazaki and Meidaizi’s camp outside Alexandria.
Yamazaki and Meidaizi seemed to be studying the sand table in front of them, but they were actually calculating grains in the spiritual world.
The Kingdom of Gron is on the southern coast of the Mediterranean. In quite a few areas, the temperature exceeds ten degrees in winter, so sowing and planting can be done all year round.
But once a field is sown, it will take at least ninety to one hundred days to produce results, and continuous farming will affect the harvest.
At least ninety days for barley and one hundred days for wheat.
At present, for the sake of food, the Kingdom of Gelong has increased its efforts in reclamation, but it is difficult to say how much food will be harvested from the newly reclaimed land.
After taking over the Nile Delta, there is a lot of ready-made farmland. The question is whether the output of this farmland can make up for the gap.
However, after all calculations, it is only theoretically sufficient. In practice, it still has to be determined by heaven, especially since there are gods in this world, and the highest god worshiped by Eastern Rome is Zeus.
When it was time to harvest, Zeus sneezed and it rained, so the harvest would be ruined.
Yamazaki said with a headache: "We still have to buy food."
"The question is who to buy from?" Mei Daizi said, "The Kingdom of Aksum in the East African Horn and the Kingdom of Gassanid in the Fertile Crescent are good, but they don't border on us."
Meidaizi smiled again and said: "Let's just push the army to the Sinai Peninsula, capture the Nabatean and Herod districts, and hit the border of Cilicia and Cappadocia. Just beyond that is Anatolia.
Not suitable for large-scale cavalry operations"
Yamazaki sighed: "To be honest, I don't like war, but if there is really no other way, I can only do it."
Mei Daizi smiled and said, "Hey, it's actually quite fun to watch your territory grow."
Yamazaki said: "Okay, hurry up and practice. Strength is the foundation."
"I know, I know." Mei Daizi smiled...
In the morning, the trapped Eastern Roman reinforcements, the 7th All-Heavy Armored Corps, surrendered to the 5th Crossbow Cavalry Corps of the Kingdom of Gron. They no longer had the strength to raise their shields.
At noon, the 6th and 7th regiments of the Gron Kingdom and the 1st and 2nd Gothic Heavy Regiments of the Gron Family crossed the river again.
The Eastern Roman Army sent mercenaries to harass, but the mercenaries were ineffective and slowly languished.
An afternoon passed, and the four legions also retreated across the river...
At night, Paryusiam Fortress.
The Eastern Roman Army held a combat meeting to discuss an all-out attack. Navy troops and merchant ships would transport seven legions of soldiers and horses, plus themselves, to Alexandria and land at night tomorrow on the 14th.
The army is divided into two. One team defends on the banks of the Nile Delta, and the other team crosses the river in the New Babylon fortress area tomorrow night. After crossing the river, they surprise the opponent's two legions, and then directly attack Alexander.
But the question arises again. What if the Gron army refuses to fight, gives up Alexandria, or even other cities, and insists on fighting in the open field?
In that case, let alone more than thirty legions, no matter how many legions there are, they won't be enough.
The strength of the Gelong Kingdom lies in their army and their equipment.
So, use the navy to transport troops to surprise them from behind?
Africa? The information is unclear, and you may be overwhelmed by the sea of people if you are not careful.
So, the Segalan region? If there is widespread destruction there, the troops will definitely be withdrawn from the Aegyptos region for rescue, which will greatly reduce the pressure on the local area.
The problem is that the entire operation takes at least three days to transport troops from the sea to the Segalan area. Although it can create the illusion of harassment during this period, the military strength is empty and it is very dangerous.
If the opponent attacks comprehensively, the consequence may be total loss.
However, more reinforcements will take time, and judging from the newly added Gothic heavy troops, reinforcements from the Kingdom of Gron are also on the way.
Whether the Kingdom of Geron will give them this time is hard to say.
In the end, the chief decided to take a gamble in order to keep his official position.
After all, there are forty legions facing a dozen legions. The guys in the country don't care about the quality of the weapons, they only care about the numbers of both sides.
If he really has to wait for reinforcements to arrive before he can win, then when he goes back, the word "incompetent" will definitely be thrown at him...
January 14, outside Alexandria.
Regarding the mobilization of the Eastern Roman army, Yamasaki saw clearly through animals.
The reinforcements include the first, second, and third three all-purpose heavy-arms regiments, four miscellaneous mercenary regiments, and seven regiments loading ships. We estimate the itinerary based on the food, grass, and water we have brought with us. It is estimated that we are going to the Cyrene area.
Because the Cyrene area was formerly the territory of the Eastern Roman Empire, although the tribes surrendered, they would not immediately help the Kingdom of Gron, which invisibly reduced resistance.
In contrast, the Gelong Army has more troubles.
The heavy troops opened up the situation, and the mercenaries carried out the destruction, and later they could frame the destruction on the mercenaries, saying that they had done it themselves. In this way, when the Eastern Romans took over the Cyrene area again, the tribes had nothing to say.
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It's a good calculation, but it must be successful.
I don’t know if it is really the blessing of the God of War. When the Eastern Roman Army reaches the Cyrene area, reinforcements from the Kingdom of Gron will arrive there first.
Due to the significant increase in the military strength of the city-states, the 2nd and 3rd Crossbow Cavalry Corps of the Kingdom of Gron, as well as the five infantry regiments of the Ores Army, are already on horseback.
Together with the Gron family's 1st Heavy Armored Corps and 4th Catapult Corps that were left behind, it was enough to defeat them all in one fell swoop.
But here, all the legions had to do was hire locals to send the captured equipment of the eleven legions across the river, making them unable to resist in a short period of time. It was time for a general attack.
The second and third all-around cavalry legions of New Babylon Fortress, plus two slave archer legions.
The 1st and 2nd All-purpose Cavalry Legions of Paryusiam Fortress, plus four mercenary legions, and the 7th All-purpose Heavy Infantry Legion as reinforcements.
What the Gelong Army needs to face is two armies and twenty-two legions.
Along the east bank of the Nile Delta, that is, in the Paryusiam Fortress area, there are ten legions. The reinforcements are the fourth, fifth, and sixth three all-purpose heavy-armed regiments. The two all-purpose heavy-armed troops in the Paryusiam Fortress are combined.
Legion, the 3rd General Hussars, one Engineer Legion and one Slave Archer Legion, two mercenary legions.
The port area of the Nile Delta, that is, the New Babylonian Fortress area, has twelve legions, reinforcements from the 8th to the 15th and 17th all-around heavy armored legions, two all-around heavy armored legions in the New Babylonian fortress area, and the New Babylonian fortress area.
1st General Hussars, a legion of engineers and a legion of slave archers.
The Gelong Army has eighteen legions available locally.
The fifth, sixth, and seventh third crossbow cavalry regiments of the Gron Kingdom, the first to ninth crossbow cavalry regiments of the Gron family, the first and second Gothic heavy armored regiments of the Gron family.
There are also four engineering corps, forty-eight large catapults, and five hundred mobile city ballistae vehicles.
The alloy crossbow has over a million arrows, the city defense long crossbow has over 10,000, and the iron oil can has over 200...
Afternoon, the east bank of the Nile Delta.
The 6th and 7th Legions of the Kingdom of Gron, and the 1st and 2nd Gothic Heavy Regiments of the Gron Family crossed the river again.
But this time, the Eastern Romans did not come to harass them. They waited until they were ready and then attacked using human wave tactics, hoping to take the lead in crippling the four armies that came to their door, the Gron Army.
In the evening, the four legions returned to Hexi, and their actions were the same as before...
On the other side, the east bank of the river in the Morris Lake Oasis area.
After the prisoners were dealt with, the fifth crossbow cavalry regiment of the Gron Kingdom and the fifth and sixth crossbow cavalry regiments of the Gron family were assembled and advanced towards the New Babylon Fortress a hundred kilometers away.
The New Babylon Fortress had no choice but to respond and sent out the New Babylon Fortress's first all-purpose light cavalry and slave archer regiments, as well as six all-purpose heavy infantry regiments, which were placed in the south and southeast of the New Babylon Fortress, forming a rhombus.
expanded into a prismatic array.
While preventing the three legions of the Geron Army from attacking the reinforcement camp outside the fortress at night, it can also hold back the three legions of the Geron Army.
Because of the distance, the six heavy armored legions can walk back with shields, while the New Babylon Fortress's first all-purpose light cavalry and slave archer legion can patrol with confidence. If problems are found, they can withdraw to form six heavy armored legions.
in the defense zone.
If the Crossbow Cavalry Corps wants to attack, it will inevitably face the Heavy Armored Corps. However, the Gelong Army does not want to attack at night, but just wants to wear them down...