Chapter 1071 A flash of inspiration
Spartacus, who led the Southern Army, encountered similar situations. When he advanced from west to the southernmost end along the southwest coast of Sicily, he encountered empty towns along the way. But some of them had obvious signs of being inhabited by people since they were close.
Spartacus wondered why the other party's scout was so keen. He could have evacuated so cleanly after reconnaissing the movements of his army at least two or three days in advance. When he arrived at the coastal city of Pozalo, the southern end of Sicily, the city was still empty, and there was no ship in the harbor outside the city. However, there were still many houses in the streets in the city without much dust in Luo. Although the grain warehouse in the city was empty, there were many scattered grain particles on the ground. All this proved that the Roman defenders in the city of Zalo had not been long.
Spartacus became increasingly uneasy. His nearly 10,000 troops had left Palermo, nearly 500 miles away from his base camp, and the entire army had almost eaten food and grass. He was at the risk of being surrounded and annihilated alone. In the end, he decided to lead his troops north to meet Hannibal.
The Spartacus army was walking along an official road covered with weeds. But suddenly the sound of arrows breaking through the air came from the air. With a few screams, several of his soldiers had fallen to the ground. Some people shouted: "The enemy has appeared! The enemy attack!"
Spartacus looked carefully and found that the arrows inserted on the fallen soldiers' bodies were all unique crossbow guns of Feng Yu's army. He immediately ordered: "The whole army stopped advancing."
Before the military order was heard, the soldiers in the attack area had already raised their shields toward both sides of the road. Seven or eight heavy armored generals or cavalrymen also surrounded Spartacus and protected him tightly. But the other party was silent. Spartacus drank: "They must have only a few people coming to harass us, and the light cavalry scout attacked!"
Dozens of light cavalry then rode out and chased in the direction where the arrows came. But a few quarters of an hour later, the sound of horses neighing and screaming from more than a dozen distances came.
Spartacus's face changed, and he rushed up with his personal guards. The rest of the troops were not required to be ordered, followed closely by the generals of various departments. Soon, a large number of Roman soldiers appeared in Spartacus's sight. They were divided into dozens of strands and running through the weeds in the wasteland. Spartacus estimated that there were four or five hundred people he saw alone. The dozens of cavalry scouts he had sent before fell into pools of blood. Some of them were wearing crossbow guns, while the rest were killed by swords, guns and spears after landing. In addition, there were a large number of injured horses lying on the ground and whining. More than a dozen horses who lost their master had already run away.
He was able to kill dozens of his war cavalry so easily, and the "bows and crossbows" he used were all individual crossbows unique to Feng Yu's army. Spartacus determined that the opponent was mostly the main force of the Roman army. Even if it was not the main force, it was an elite force. Then as long as he annihilates them and catches some prisoners, he might be able to find the food he urgently needs now.
Spartacus thought of this and immediately ordered: "The entire army dispatched half of the troops to pursue the enemy with light equipment, and the rest of them escorted the supplies and food to follow him. The other party must be the main force of the Roman army, and their nests must be nearby. Which of your brigades will be the first to find is a great achievement."
After he said that, he waved his hand, and thousands of soldiers and horses searched forward in a fan-shaped brigade.
In fact, Spartacus' judgment was completely wrong. The Roman army in front of him had only five or six hundred people in total. Except for the 100 Feng Yu's direct troops holding individual crossbows, the rest of the Roman soldiers were all remaining Roman soldiers on Sicily. Their main task now is to restrain Spartacus. The reason why they could easily kill dozens of Spartacus's war cavalry was because they had already set up trip Marsso.
The troops of both sides were chasing one after another. Spartacus found that the other party was not only running fast, but also being able to take advantage of the opportunity of the team in front to set a distance from the rear from time to time to fight back. He also lost many soldiers. At this time, after chasing for such a long time in such a large range, he did not see the opponent's main force as scheduled. Spartacus's heart suddenly became weak again. He was worried that the other party would set up an ambush somewhere and deliberately lured the enemy into depth.
He immediately ordered the entire army to stop pursuing, and then the army turned around and headed north again. But not long after he traveled, the small group of Rome came up again. Spartacus was so angry that he was as if he was scratching his heart, but the other party played the game of cats and mice with him, and he could only accompany him to the end.
It happened that at this time, it became dark again. Spartacus looked around and found a shadow of the outline of the city not far away, which was the city of Pozalo. He went around for a day and returned to the starting point. He had to order the entire army to enter the city for a while.
The rebel soldiers who had been working hard for a day quickly fell asleep by the campfire. Even the soldiers who were guarding the city walls were dozing off their heads bit by bit. But Spartacus couldn't sleep. He had too many questions in his mind, why did the Roman army withdraw from the city without knowing what was going on along the way, as if they knew his marching route? Why did he fight north to fight with Hannibal, and even entangle him even though he tried his best?
After thinking about it, Spartacus didn't understand it. His head was drowsy and gradually fell asleep.
In his sleep, he dreamed that he was talking with Hannibal on the dock at the port of Palermo. A sharp blade suddenly bulged in Hannibal's chest. When Hannibal fell, a man grinned with a bloody short sword in his hand. He tried hard to see the man's face, but he couldn't see clearly. He wanted to catch the other party, but he couldn't move as if he was immobilized. Then, the man walked towards the ship docked by the dock. In addition to him, there were also black rebel soldiers who lowered their heads, dragged their slow pace, and followed the man onto the ship like a zombie. Spartacus tried his best to shout, asking these people to stop, but he couldn't shout out. He struggled with all his strength, and then woke up from the bed and found that his body's close clothes were sweating.
Spartacus, gasping for breath, recalled this strange dream. The ship... soldiers boarded the ship... betrayed Hannibal. The Roman army knew their marching routes well, and they wanted to deliberately drag themselves to the southern part of Sicily.
A light of inspiration flashed through Spartacus' head. He slapped his thighs as if he suddenly realized, "So that's it!" The loud voice of the general general, who was dozing off, was shocked and asked quickly, "General, what happened?"
Chapter completed!