Augustus Under the Horseshoe

At the end of the banquet, Brutus quickly contacted the Dove Whispering Court. Under Augustus’s supervision, the efficiency of the war machinery was jaw-dropping. Hundreds of double-deck galleys carrying only food and sailors, from the Golden Horn, from every port of the Greek city-states, from Asia Minor, Cappadocia, and every province of Bitinia on the southern coast of the Black Sea. Filed out of a dock, drove mightily towards the northern shore of the Black Sea.

Pain Hess arranged the most luxurious and comfortable rooms for several Roman envoys, and then immediately summoned the chiefs of the nine races, or the important ministers who stayed behind in the royal court, to discuss the matters of the war.

"Warchief, please forgive me-in this war, our Greymane clan stayed at Gredinian for you, so we won't participate."

Gorell pleaded with a complicated expression.

"No problem, I understand your difficulties, but please send ten Greymane veterans who are familiar with the terrain, climate, and roads of Eastern Rome as my advisers to accompany me on the expedition."

The Pale Warlock nodded and allowed the other party's request. After all, they tore up the contract, and ended up having trouble with the Eastern Empire. It’s okay if you don’t go. Who knows what the other party thinks, in case there is a conflict with Augustus on the chassis of the Eastern Roman Empire... ··

"I--I don't want to go back either."

Hernivale shrank into a ball in the corner, slender and dark arms wrapped around her knees, and said sullenly.

Before, she had hoped to leave this ghost place and return to her hometown. However, after being betrayed by a battalion commander Quintuchus, Imperial Secret Agent Alpharis, and even her own demon, she knew that the Empire had even given up to rescue her. , The drow's mind was permanently changed, she didn't want to see the faces of those people.

Painhurs nodded in acquiescence again.

"I have a question. At today's banquet, did you see the gift that Brutus brought? Mythril Buckler, Wild Dragon Leather Armor... These equipments are simply tailor-made for us! At that time, after my excitement, I only felt terrified: as if our every move could not escape the eyes of that huge empire. Why, what did he know about us so much?"

"I can guarantee that the secrets were not leaked. These envoys have stayed inside the hotel after they landed. The people sent to monitor are also loyal and reliable veterans."

Christina wiped her hands with sharp arrows irritably, and she was also very puzzled.

"Have they been in contact with other people before?"

The warchief continued to inquire.

"No, but they came from the west along the coastline..."

Abhors reacted suddenly.

"Goths! Those two-legged beasts had a deal with Rome! The other party even sent troops to support it! If I were those envoys, I would definitely be the first to come to the other party’s capital, Cesonisus! These envoys, contact Asana Over!"

"Tsk—what a hell."

The Pale Warlock frowned.

The Stormpike clan is responsible for guarding the Viseurius Fortress, and the warriors of this clan cannot be easily mobilized. Ten thousand bloodangered soldiers, at least two thousand households must be left in the city, and one strong enough to deter other vassals, the Romans only need cavalry...

After some calculations and negotiations, the team made a decision.

The Blood Fury Clan dispatched three thousand households, and the newly joined Hanyue Clan dispatched three thousand households. These two big clans alone dispatched a total of 12,000 men and horses.

Immediately afterwards, all members of the Wind Howl clan of all spellcasters were dispatched, and two hundred households and four hundred men and horses joined the war under the leadership of Al'Akir.

Five hundred households were bitten poisonously, and five hundred households with dry bones were all sent out. In this way, the number of centaurs and horses under Pain Hess reached 14,400.

As for the other clans? Kuronia is responsible for leading two thousand-family bloodrage soldiers to sit in the royal court. The Stormpike clan of Lego guards the northern border, and the Greymane clan of Gorell is stationed in the central Caohai to monitor the Goths and the half-sheep satyrs. .

Sigrit’s black fangs are responsible for monitoring and suppressing other people.

As for Peanna’s dead poets, these green dragon descendants who have lost their leader are now homeless and can only cling to Painhurs’ wings—the warchief gave them the first order: let these be good at The bards of illusion and enchantment went to Chessonsus to perform a top secret mission-if they fail or try to betray the race again, then what awaits them is the ruthless blade of black fangs.

After solving the internal problems of the people, Painhes immediately summoned the ambassador stationed in Diodosiya. Send ravens or carrier pigeons to bring a letter to their master-the war is about to begin, it's time to fulfill your obligations.

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Sartre Chief Yrel immediately responded to the call. She personally took a thousand bards riding on horses to join the expedition. The orcs are in the Northern Expedition, so you can not participate, and Gary Wix also took One thousand hobgoblin wolf cavalry riding on the wolf, and three thousand goblin wolf cavalry riding ordinary prairie wolves-forget it, anyway, Augustus only needs cavalry, and he didn't say what kind.

Sitting in the Governor's Mansion in Panticapone, Salina frowned deeply when she looked at the letter from within the royal court. She didn't expect that the war would come so fast, and the opponent was the old enemy of the high elves: the demon descendant from Persia...

The warchief ordered these elves to send at least one elven mage from a hundred families to join this glorious expedition.

Hell, the calculation method of centaur is different from that of human beings. The whole clan is considered as soldiers regardless of male and female. Therefore, the actual combat strength of a hundred families is two hundred soldiers.

Panticapone has just been rebuilt, and when he is ready to go, two hundred mages are drawn out to fight such a huge war...

"Reject, think of a way to refuse to drop. Or take out some flesh and blood golems to make up the number."

Song of Blue Sky sighed. As she read the letter from the warchief, she thought of excuses for resigning the order.

Then, she saw the end of the letter-the Eastern Roman Empire, willing to share the magical mysteries stored in their White Tower. If the elves of Panticapone sent troops, then they were also eligible to copy a copy and store it in themselves. In the mage tower of the city state.

"Send two hundred! No! Six hundred mages! If the number is not enough, bring those apprentices! Copy all the knowledge of Greek magic!"

Salina was trembling with excitement, her face was as cold as ice, and she flushed with excitement like a little girl who had never seen the world.

Ten days later, a total of 20,000 soldiers from various races gathered in Diodosiya, and all the ships from various ports of the empire gathered on the northern shore of the Black Sea. This huge city port simply cannot accommodate thousands of huge double-deck sailboats! It took 20,000 soldiers a full day and night to successfully board the ship.

Augustus fulfilled his promise. Three gold coins a day for each man and horse, and one gold coin a day for the rest of the vassals: a full 1.46 million Sudlers gold coins, enough money to hire this army for a month, were sent to the royal court of the man and horse.

According to the rules of the tribe, half of all the soldiers’ income was turned in. Painhurs, who had no idea about money, became rich overnight. There were more than 732,000 lovely gold coins with Augustus’s face in his pocket... ····

Hey, this barren land has no reliable currency system at all, basically bartering things. So far, tribal development has relied on plundering and annexing. The wood and stone materials used in the construction were all excavated on-site... What is the concept of seventy three thousand and two thousand gold coins, the warchief has no idea.

This time, let’s take a look at the civilized world. What can you buy with this mountain of gold? You can make your kingdom stronger.

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Julian calendar four hundred years, Maya month, 21st. (May 21, 400 AD)

The men and horses stood on the clean and tidy deck, smug. Rows of neatly organized double-deck dinghies, densely occupies the entire dim Black Sea, painted on one side with four huge sails of β, PX, double-headed falcon, and even SPQR, hunting under the blowing of the sea breeze The noise stretched to the end of the field of vision!

"Brutus, where is our destination? What is the empire's operational deployment?"

Pain Hess hugged Sister Christina from left to right, standing on the deck, admiring such a magnificent fleet, and asking questions to the Roman envoy beside him.

"Rhode Island, we will cross the Bosphorus, the Marmara Sea, the Dardanelles, enter the Mediterranean Sea, and then go directly to Rhode Island in the southwest of the Asia Minor Peninsula."

Seeing the cavalry team finally boarding, Brutus also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Dear Augustus, for the battlefield of Asia Minor, a total of seven legions have been assembled! As well as uncountable logistics and military service. They have arrived at that scenic island one after another. When all of us have joined together, the entire army will be there. Landed on the southern coast of Anatolia, fighting to the death with the King of Kings."

The chief nodded in satisfaction. The interior of some sailboats was full of armor and weapons forged by Roman craftsmen, just as Augustus promised, except for druids and warlocks, all half-man and half-horse monsters , They were all draped in exquisite full-body lock armor and an extra scale armor chest, turning them into a steel monster with human harness armor.

Kontos rode lances that were more than five meters long, densely packed the entire transportation cabin. The quiver sewn in a bag of animal skins is full of composite longbows and metal feather arrows made by the elves.

Centaur enviously wielded a tomahawk and heavy hammer forged by a dwarf-the forging technology of the Roman Empire far exceeded their resemblance.

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